CONTENT INSIDE

Akshay Urja

Hydro & Renewable Operations

01 From the Chief’s Desk 01

02 Business & Performance 02

03 Centenary Year Celebrations 09

04 Safety – A Core value 13

05 Employee Speak 17

06 Tata Power – Community Care

Initiatives 22

April 2015

Volume 2 Issue 1

One must forever strive for excellence, or even

perfection, in any task however small and never be

satisfied with the second best.

-J. R. D. Tata

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The last quarter of FY-2015 has seen multifarious activities at Hydros & Renewable

Operations. The focus has been both on technical challenges – with multiple

overhauls at Khopoli, Bhivpuri; Stator replacement at Bhira PSU etc. as well as

ensuring timely completion of year-long projects within the timelines.

Hydros division hosted the event commemorating 100 years of the organisation. The focus of the

entire Tata Power family was on Khopoli on 9th Feb, and I must acknowledge the wholesome efforts

put in by the team to ensure a memorable event.

Simultaneously, a 2-day annual Knowledge Fair (K-Fair), on 8th & 9th February, was organised at

Khopoli. K-Fair is an annual innovations challenge, in which all divisions of Tata Power participate.

Some of the most useful innovations have come out through it. Micro Hydro Turbine by Hydro team,

which won the K-Fair event this year, is a case in point.

All these commitments have meant that the employees have been actively engaged in multiple

activities, and it is heart-warming to see such levels of commitment towards various organisational

goals. However, it is important to take breaks, spend quality time with the family, and provide them

equal amount of our energies – who make it possible for us to fully commit ourselves to our pursuits.

We look towards FY-2016 for new challenges – professionally, as well as personally.

Bhira - Scheduled Generation

(MU)

Bhira - Actual Generation

(MU)

Bhivpuri - Scheduled Generation

(MU)

Bhivpuri - Actual

Generation (MU)

Khopoli - Scheduled Generation

(MU)

Khopoli - Actual

Generation (MU)

Apr-14 64 71 31 36 25 15

May-14 64 80 31 38 25 16

Jun-14 70 55 25 39 25 30

Jul-14 101 47 5 17 24 38

Aug-14 115 102 5 10 15 36

Sept-14 85 110 10 12 25 26

Oct-14 73 69 33 20 24 17

Nov-14 67 54 31 27 22 19

Dec-14 65 64 33 31 22 18

Jan-15 65 79 33 37 22 26

Feb-15 47 61 30 32 18 22

Mar-15 67 46 33 31 20 13

883 837 300 330 267 276

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From the Desk of Chief – Hydro & Renew. Operations

Hydro Performance (FY-2015)

Remote Operation of Bhivpuri Power Station from Khopoli

Khopoli and Bhivpuri Hydro Power Stations each have 3 identical 24 MW units. In addition to the 24 MW

units, Bhivpuri also has 2x12 MW units and 2x1.5MW units. Both Khopoli and Bhivpuri have similar 110 KV

switchyard. A common philosophy is used for Operation and Maintenance of these units and Switchyard

equipments. A Benchmarking Study was carried out for Operation and Maintenance practices of the Hydro

division by M/s SN Power (Norwegian company), post which the remote operation of Bhivpuri was

proposed. Further, a systematic program was taken up to automate and integrate Bhivpuri plant

equipments for enabling remote operation from Khopoli.

Following plant / equipment automations and integration were carried out and tested successfully :

1. Establishing redundant communication link between Khopoli and Bhivpuri

2. Automation and integration of plant equipments with central server

3. Commissioning of State-of-the Art Centralised Control Room equipped with LVS display at Khopoli

4. Implementation of Automation schemes to achieve centralized operations from Central Control Room at Khopoli

5. Upgradation and integration of SCADA systems for Switchgear and Switchyard operations.

6. Upgradation of Protection systems

7. Implementation of IP based CCTV system

8. Modernization of 12 MW units at Bhivpuri

9. Advance training on fire-fighting provided to O&M personnel

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Benefits:

1. Complete Plant Information and control is available at central location

2. Optimized utilization of resources for Operation and Maintenance of both plants

3. Improved reliability of equipment’s with up gradation and modernization of equipments

4. Reduction in equipment downtime due to automation of equipments and availability of online

diagnostic facility

5. Improved Maintenance practices with availability of online monitoring

6. Enhanced Security and Vigilance

7. Ability to integrate plant control functions in one hardware system

8. Improved plant performance and operation reliability

9. Flexibility of O&M staff will be achieved between the two Divisions

10. Reduction in O&M and inventory costs with common resource and spares

11. Improved skills and knowledge of people

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On 9th of February, 2015, we were witness to an event of a lifetime. It was a day of celebration, not

just for the Hydro, but for the entire Tata Power family.

A century ago, our founder Mr. Jamsetji Tata envisioned the necessity to harness the power of the

abundant water reserves in the Western Ghats in order to provide the city of Mumbai with a clean,

and abundant source of electricity. It was a truly revolutionary project in those times.

9th Feb - CENTENARY DAY CELEBRATIONS

Through this vision was born the Tata Hydro Electric

Company, the fore-runner to the present day Tata

Power Company. Sadly, the founding father didn’t live to

see the project come to light. But many others strived

hard to ensure that the vision was manifested into

reality. This centenary year was a celebration of that

spirit –

a) Founding’s father’s vision to create abundant and sustainable energy supply

b) The incumbents who ensured that the vision is fulfilled

Hydro, and specifically Khopoli, is where the 100 year old journey had started, and thus, it was an

apt place to pay tribute to our founding father. Hydro, also has a unique distinction of having

many employees among us who have been responsible for running this plant for 4 generations.

The occasion was magnanimous, a once in a lifetime event for all of us. And the Hydro team, in

partnership with the Central corporate team, ensured that the event lived up to the momentous

occasion.

EVENTS OF THE DAY

The attendees list included members of the senior management team of Tata Power, Members of

Group Executive Council, directors from Tata Sons, retired directors of Tata Power, retired

employees of Tata Power along with their wives, current employees of Tata Power Hydros, and

the employees of Tata Power group spread across the geography, who had joined us through 42

satellite links.

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Bhira PSU 200 MVA STATOR

REPLACEMENT

INTRODUCTION Tata Power’s Bhira Hydro Power Station is a surface power station with an installed capacity of 300 MW, including one generating unit of 150 MW, named Bhira Pump Storage Unit (BPSU). The onsite construction of new & higher capacity stator for BPSU has been going on since Dec 2014 by Voith Hydro Pvt Ltd, which will replace the existing stator of BPSU. It is decided to replace the existing stator to upgrade the capacity and to avoid forced outages due to frequent occurrence of faults in existing stator. Project information

Project name: Bhira Pump Storage Unit (BPSU)

OEM: Voith Hydro Pvt Ltd

Project Location: Bhira, Taluka. Mangaon, Dist. Raigad, Maharashtra, India-402308

Improvements in design over the existing

Comparison – Stator Core

No Parameter Existing Design (176.5 MVA) New Design (200 MVA

1 Stator Core ID / OD 4440 mm / 5300 mm 4436 mm / 5700 mm

2 Air Gap 41 mm 39 mm

3 Stator Core Length 2092 mm 2102 mm

4 Active Core Length 1700 mm 1736 mm

5 Air Ducts 49*8 mm 61*6 mm

6 No. Of Stator Slots 216 216

Comparison - Stator Winding

No Parameter Existing Design (176.5 MVA) New Design (200 MVA)

1 Type of Winding Double layer bar, Wave Double layer bar, Lap

2 Connection 4 parallel path 4 parallel path

3 Rated Voltage 11 kV 11 kV

4 Insulation VPI, Class 155 (F) VPI, Class 155 (F)

5 Slots/Pole/Phase 216/12/3 216/12/3

6 Winding Pitch 20/16 (18) 14/15 (14.5)

7 Chording 16/18 15/18

Comparison – Stator Frame:

No. Existing Design (176.5 MVA) New Design (200 MVA)

1 Stator core stacked with split b/w frame segments

Stator core stacked continuously layer by layer, no split in core

2 Stator frame split in 3 segments Stator frame split in 2 segments

3 Pressure plates with different segment sizes & segmented (half) pressure fingers

Pressure plates with equal segments, no segmented pressure fingers

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Khopoli Overhaul

Other activities were Generator Cryogenic cleaning and Runner overhauls that were conducted in record time. Tests like Polarization &Depolarization Current Analysis, Capacitance & Tan Delta, Non-linear Harmonic of Insulation Test, Partial Discharge Analysis, DC Winding Resistance, ELCID Test on Stator core, Wedge Tightness Test were carried out and found the unit in healthy condition.

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Old Governor Panel New Governor Panel

Unit-7 & Unit-8 Overhaul was done back to back in the month March ’15 successfully. The Sulzer

make DTL -595 Governor of Unit 7 and Unit 8 were installed 15 years ago, and was giving frequent

trouble resulting in loss of generation and increased forced outages. Technical support was not

available. This DTL-595 governor was replaced with smarter Siemens make AK-1703 ACP governor.

In this governor manual operation is also possible from the HMI provided on governor panel. Start

and Stop sequence is provided on HMI for fast trouble shooting of problem. The governor related

alarms are provided on HMI for better understanding during tripping and start/stop sequence. In

new Governor we have taken assurance from the OEM for spares for next 15 years, both for

Support and Services.

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Bhivpuri – Technical Focus Areas

• New 4 MVA make Transformer was commissioned at Bhivpuri in March 15.

• Old transformer was prone to frequent oil leakages and test results verified it’s deteriorated

condition. It had failed earlier in 2008 and was repaired in-house.

• This has resulted in improved reliability of TRPH Generation and enhanced workplace safety.

• This was major capex job of Rs. 40 Lakhs

New 4 MVA Transformer

New bay for 110 KV Khopoli - Bhivpuri Line 2 has been commissioned and taken in service. This

will improve the power evacuation capacity, reliability and stability of Bhivpuri Power House.

110 KV RADSS Bus fault relay was replaced with new ABB make REB 670 numerical relay, which

was required for remote operation of the Station.

All 110 KV equipment side GODs have been replaced for facilitating remote operation. Also

22KV isolators at Headworks have been replaced.

New 415 V ACDB at Khandi was commissioned in Jan 2015. This has improved the power supply

reliability at Headworks.

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On 9TH FEBRUARY, 2015 was a significant day for Tata Power, especially Khopoli

Hydro Power Station. It was on this day, a hundred years ago, and at this very

location that the company first began its’ commercial operation.

A century ago, our founder Jamsetji Tata envisioned the necessity to harness the power of the abundant

water reserves in the Western Ghats in order to provide the city of Mumbai with a clean and abundant

source of electricity. Through this vision was born the Tata Hydro Electric Company, the fore-runner to

the present day Tata Power Company. The company commissioned its’ first hydro-electric power

generating station at Khopoli in on 9th February, 1915.

The occasion was magnanimous, a once in a lifetime event for all of us. And the Hydro team, in

partnership with the Central corporate team, ensured that the event lived up to the momentous

occasion.

9th Feb - CENTENARY YEAR CELEBRATIONS

Events of the Day

Mr. Vivek Talwar : Chief Culture Officer, compered the occasion

in his inimitable style. He shared anecdotes about mahaseer fishes,

and through it established the concept of Invisible Goodness. An AV

film on Invisible Goodness was projected.

The attendees list included Directors from Tata Sons, Members of Group Executive Council, retired Directors of Tata Power, members of the Senior Management team of Tata Power, retired employees of

Tata Power along with their wives, Committee Members of Tata Hydro Electric Employees’ Union,

current employees of Tata Power from Hydros. Live telecast of the even was relayed through 42 satellite

links for employees of Tata Power group spread across the geography to witness the historic event.

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Leaders of Tata Sons and Tata

Power arrived at the helipad in ’12

Bungalow’ campus. They were

welcomed by our ED : Mr. Ashok

Sethi and Chief – Hydro & Renew.

Operations : Mr. Mahesh Paranjpe

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Whole-hearted efforts were made to ensure that everybody gets to be a part of this joyous occasion. Buses

were arranged to ensure the attendance of the retired employees as well as their spouses. Breakfast

arrangements for the spouses were done in the colony area while for employees it was arranged at the

generation plant.

The leaders of Tata Power and Tata Sons arrived at the helipad, in the ’12 bungalow’ campus, and were

escorted to the Khopoli Power House Generation by the Hydros team, led by Mr. M D Paranjpe. They were

welcomed by the Hydros leadership team and the Union leaders. On arriving at the Power House, Mr. Cyrus

Mistry, Chairman of Tata Sons, unveiled the ‘Invisible Goodness’ logo, as part of our centenary year

celebrations.

Following the unveiling of the logo, the leaders took a heritage walk, where they were accompanied

by the leaders of the Hydros as well as Union leaders. It was a heritage walk in the truest of sense.

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Our 100 year old journey

started at Khopoli, thus it

was an apt place to pay

tribute to our FOUNDER

JAMSHEDJI TATA

Chairman of Tata Sons :

Mr. Cyrus Mistry, unveiled

the ‘Invisible Goodness’

logo, as part of our

Centenary Year

celebrations

Mrs. Railkar was given the honour of speaking first. She is a product of our Tata Colony at Bhira. She

has spent all of 84 years of her life in Hydro.

Her father, father-in-law, husband have all

spent their lives serving the Tata Power

organisation. Even her son, Mr. Girish Railkar is

currently working in Bhira Stores. In fact, she

was born in this location. She elucidated how

the life around Bhira has changed significantly,

and how Tata has been playing an active role

in improving the social life at Bhira.

Mr. David Awale, General Secretary of Tata Hydro Electric Employee’s Union, happily mentioned

the 55 year long association they have shared with

the Tata Power Company. He shared the proud

achievements of the company, and exhorted the

need to stay relevant in the current competitive

times, and thus lead to a journey of 200 years! He

mentioned that the 4th generation of employees

working in our organisation are our real assets, and

we need to preserve this culture with Care!

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Though most of the machinery of yesteryears are not in use anymore, some about 100 years old, they have been duly preserved and were on display in all their glory. Khopoli employees took special pride in displaying the mechanical contraptions.

Speeches :

Our MD : Mr. Anil Sardana spoke about continuing to live the Values living up to the founding father’s values. He spoke fondly of how the business values of a century back are still relevant today. He mentioned the need of the organisation to document our past successes and stories, so that it can be passed on to the generations to come.

Tata Power, in 1915, had generated 12 MW of energy from

Hydro. As a tribute to Jamsetji Tata, the MD, on behalf of the

organisation, committed to commissioning at least 120 MW of

hydro-electric power generation in the Centenary Year.

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Group Chairman : Mr. Cyrus Mistry also spoke on the

occasion. He recounted the vision of the greatest

industrialist of our country, and how the work that we are

carrying forward is part of the ‘Invisible Goodness’

concept.

Ex-Employees Mr.

Shashank Ogale

(on the left) and

Mr. Abdul Rashid

Kharkar (on the

right) too spoke on

the occasion

Safety is of utmost importance and is the primary Value for Tata Power

BSI have recommended us for ISO 22301:2012 BCMS certification.

Summary of risk evaluation done in Bhivpuri power house area to find out & made fire load

action plan. In this summery risk severity & Responsibility mentioned.

Rigorous mock drill exercises carried out on monthly basis to successfully tackle any emergency

situations.

Safety Initiatives at Hydro

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At Tata Power, Safety is of paramount importance. The first alphabet of the acronym of our core value

“SACRED” denotes Safety. The challenge for each and every member of the Hydro & RO SBU was to

achieve target of ‘Zero Accident’. The task was daunting as it also involved aligning Contractors and their

workers to abide by the high standards of Safety. Innovative ideas like training by Aakar, Surasha Samwad,

training by Pentasafe on Working at Height, were used to explain the importance of safe working

conditions & practices to local work force. Safety guidelines were explained in detailed to employees in

groups and comprehensive training programs were given regularly to inculcate the culture of safety

amongst the work force. It’s implementation was verified by rigorous safety inspections, daily site visits

and safety meetings.

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Safety Day celebrated at Bhivpuri. All employees came together & participated whole heartedly

To ensure safe environment at site, 5 Star Safety Management System (SMS) that closely embeds various parameters such as Safety organization, Mgmt. Control System, Fire Control System, Accidents, Incidents & Near-miss reporting and Workplace implementation, is being followed at workplace. Monthly safety trainings carried out at all sites to train and improve the capability of individuals working at wind farms Wind turbines require one to work at an elevated height. Therefore, as mandated by the process, using of ‘Double Lanyard Safety Harness’ along with ‘Fall Arrester’ has become a standard practice.

Mock Drills

Rigorous mock exercises are carried out on monthly basis to successfully tackle any future emergency

situations. Some of the exercises carried out are Rescue, Firefighting, Snake Bite, Scorpion bite, Road

accident, WTG Panel flash over, Electrical Shock etc. (as per the site requirements)

Various mock drills / exercises are routinely carried out considering following scenarios: Ground Fire,

Natural Calamity, Road accidents, Snake Bite, Electrocution and Chemical splash in various wind farms.

BCP drill was successfully conducted at various sites

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Scenario of Vehicle Accident - Bramanvel

Scenario of Vehicle Accident - Bramanvel

Scenario of Fire - Gadag Scenario of Fire - Gadag

Scenario of Electrocution - Nivade Scenario of Electrocution - Nivade

BCP Drill: Scenario of Flashover - Visapur

BCP Drill: Scenario of Flashover - Visapur

Wind Farms:

Various Safety trainings were carried out to build capability of individuals working at Wind farm locations.

Trainings were carried out on following subjects: “Disaster management & Business Continuity Plan, Safety

audit training, Electrical safety, Hoisting & Rigging techniques, Lockout & Tagout (LOTO), Supervision, Near

miss, Permit to Work (PTW) and PPE awareness across wind farms

Safety Capability Building Trainings

Session on Safety in Hydraulic Systems- Poolavadi

Session on Working at height - Nivade

Session on Safe driving - Supa Session on LOTO - NSW

Session on Supervision for Safety - Samana

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a. What motivated you to come up with your brainchild, micro hydro turbine?

Well right from my academic years, it’s been my passion to work on machines. When I was posted in Bhivpuri Mechanical Maintenance, I was working on a cross flow turbine which could harness the hydro power available in tailrace water discharge. When I just completed the primary mathematical analysis of turbine, 2012’s Knowledge fair arrived and out of enthusiasm we participated in the competition. We were out of the competition in the very level of evaluation. However, when our MD Mr. Anil Sardana visited our stall he encouraged me to think beyond the ordinary and posed a challenge to make a turbine which actually can be used in our tailrace like water streams for power generation. That was the moment that propelled all of us to work on this extraordinary project. Not only did we win the 1st prize in the organizational level Knowledge Fair, but also in actual field wherein we commissioned our first prototype that is continuously generating 3.5 KW power at our Khopoli tailrace. We have now moved ahead and have created a 15 KW turbine setup, which is ready to be installed in tailrace very soon. b. What was the key technological aspect/challenge that you had to work on during creation of micro turbine? Considering the nature of industry that we are in, our scope for doing actual R&D gets limited, since it requires a completely different set of knowledge & resources. It took almost 8 months of deeply focused studies to finally come out with a conceptually agreed design. In the absence of sophisticate software, for every design problem we had to do long mathematical modeling instead. Also, in the absence of adequate testing facility (jobs of such nature ideally require a lot of field trials), we had to make a turbine which could use at low head ranges without much loss of efficiency. At the same time, we wanted the cost to be lower than the other products available in market. Our engineering skills & perseverance were put to test, requiring us to do a lot of brainstorming and innovations to finally overcome these challenges.

c. How is this different from any other micro-hydro turbine, technically as well as commercially?

When we started working on this project, we went through most of the micro turbine setups available in the market. We found that most of them below head range of 3 meters, are financially not viable. Also there was a technological constraint which restricts use of same type of turbine in different types of water flow conditions. We took up a conscious decision to work on this void. The turbine we designed can work on any range of water head from 0.5 m to 3 m. We kept its design so simple that it can be commissioned & operated by even an average person with little technical knowledge. But the bigger challenge was the cost aspect. The total cost of the 15 KW turbine that we developed in-house, is approx. 6 lakh rupees, which means that if it runs for 14 hours a day, the cost of turbine can be recovered in just about 2 years. This is the major advantage compared with the other micro turbine setups currently available in market.

Micro Hydro Turbine

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Vishesh Verma, Lead Engineer – MMD (Khopoli)

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e. How much duration was required to work on this? What was the support that you received at the organizational level?

In such type of projects (which involves R&D), basic designing & the mathematical analysis involved takes majority of the time, which was true for our project too. The design-to-actual trials took almost 13-14 months. This includes focused group studies for 3 months. The one aspect that is very critical for success of such projects is management’s trust in the team and flexibility of time lines. We really are very grateful to Hydro leadership for giving us both of these in abundance. Everyone in senior position were very supportive to the project, especially Mr. Mahesh Paranjpe (Chief – Hydro & Renewable Operations), whose constant technical guidance and interest helped us a lot in achieving success. f. While working on innovative/out of the box projects, what are the key areas one needs to focus on?

Basic scenario analysis, which tells you what is currently available in market and what is not. This helped us to identify the void in the market. Currently, the market does not have an easy to install & financially viable turbine setup for water head range below 3 meters. This enabled us to focus on this specific head range. Another key aspect is the mathematical analysis. You need a lot of mathematical analysis for such kind of design projects. Thus time spent on books & research material plays a very important role.

g. What usage do you envision for this project? For the organization and the community as a whole?

This turbine can work at any head range from 0.5 m to 3 m without any significant drop in efficiency. The setup we designed for it makes it very user friendly in terms of installation in tailraces of our hydro stations. Moreover there are many locations in & around our power houses where seasonal water streams flows, where this setup can be used. Since we have kept the design very simple & cost very low, people from rural areas where such small water stream flow, can use it for their day to day electrical power usage. We are also working on the horizontal variant of this setup which can increase the scope of this turbine to a very far end. If our efforts result in even a very finite saving of costly electricity by replacing it with power from natural unharnessed water stream, it will be the greatest reward for us.

Receiving award from Chairman : Mr. Cyrus Mistry

Hydro won

the 1st

Prize

during

Annual

Knowledge

Fair 2015.

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Born to Mr. Liagi Tabin & Mrs Liagi Yaya, we are four brothers and three sisters.

Parents migrated from Ziro (Native place) to Itanagar in search of better

opportunities, which I believed paid off. Itanagar is capital city of Arunachal

Pradesh and it derives name from historical fort called Ita-Fort which dates back

To 15th Century. So most of my life, I have been away from home. Being most

naughty among siblings, I was sent to boarding school – Vivekanada Kendriya

Vidyalaya Seijosa, at the age of 6 Yrs. There I completed my matriculation and did my higher secondary

education from Kendriya Vidyalaya-2 Itanagar. Thereafter I got opportunity to study in one of the reputed

college in West Odisha – Veer Surendrasai University of Technology (Formerly known as University

College of Engineering, Burla). One beauty about my college is that it is situated along the bank of river

Mahanadi and falls in catchment area of Hirakud Dam, the longest major in Asia, measuring 25.8 km (16

mi) including dykes, and stands across the river Mahanadi.

I completed my graduation in B.Tech in Electrical Engineering in year 2009 and got selected through

campus placement to work for The Tata Power Company Ltd. This, I would say was turning point of my

life. I joined Tata Power on 1st 0ct, 2009 as GET and initially worked in Distribution (MMG) and then

moved to work in Business development in Wind operations. Two years back, we were separated from

Business Development and became a separate division, WIND – O&M. So far, journey has been roller

coaster ride, and with every down, I rose up.

I am stationed at Ahmednagar as Asset Manager for Khandke (50.4MW), Supa (18 MW) &

Bhramanvel 11.25 MW) Wind farms.

Employee Introspection

Tabyo Liagi, Asset Manager – Khandke, Supa & Bramanvel Wind farms

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Subhakanta Nayak, Asset Manager - Samana Wind farm operations is from

village Pandua, which has a population of about 3000 people

The speciality of the village is that although people following both Hindu &

Muslim culture are in the village, all villagers come together and celebrate the

annual village festival which has resulted in developing harmonious relationship

among the people

History says that drama & art was a part of the life of the village people and was a constant annual

feature when Subhakanta was studying in school

But recently the younger population has migrated to neighbouring cities pursuing various job

opportunities. Due to this, the celebration of annual festival had stopped

Since the village is in a remote set up, the school children could not find any other platform to

showcase their talents in art and to display their skills to the society

Subhakanta decided to act upon this matter. Along with the help of some dedicated friends,

Subhakanta started the program Jagruti to provide a platform to the school children where they can

discover their hidden talent and display it during the annual festival among a mass of people, which

would help build their confidence

Hence from 2002, an annual program - “Jagruti” is being conducted in the village during the vacation

of Dasahara & Lakshmi Puja

Kudos to Subhakanta for helping children realize their talents

Employee Volunteering

Subhakanta Nayak, Asset Manager – Samana Wind farms

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Aiding Conservation Projects

CONSIGNMENT OF 10,000 MAHSEER FINGERLINGS RELEASED INTO HIRA BAMBAI RESERVOIR

Tata Power has since long been helping Fisheries and forest departments in various conservation projects like

Fisheries and Afforestation. At the request of Dr. Dilip Singh, Additional Principal - Chief Conservator of Forests &

Member Secretary - Maharashtra State Biodiversity Board Nagpur, Tata Power supplied 10,000 Mahseer fingerlings

to Forest department. This helped them in establishing a Mahseer conservation centre at Hira Bambai Reservoir,

Melghat (near Nagpur).

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Preparation for safe journey -

Acclimatisation & treatment to fishes

at Lonavala Hatchery Travel time from Lonavala to Hira

Bambai Reservoir : approx. 17 hrs.

Consignment being handed over to

representative by Mr. T K Kedari (Group Head -

Headworks) and Vivek Vishwasrao

(Head – Biodiversity)

Top officials from the forest

department along with the community at the Mahseer conservation centre at Hira

Bambai

Palaswadi Solar plant lies in Satara District and has very scanty rainfall. Rainfall here is of an average of

200mm per year. Due to such low rainfall, we had tried to extract water from bore well at 5 different

locations, but we couldn’t get a drop of water even after digging as deep as 600 to 700 ft. So we had to

purchase water for utilization at the solar plant. Requirement of water for this Solar plant is about 1,00,000

Liters per month for Solar Panel Module cleaning and about 10,000 liters for domestic purpose. We are

fully depended on the water bodies lying few kilometres away from the plant, brought by tankers to the

plant premises.

Given the above background, we at Palaswadi have been very sensitive towards water usage & its

conservation. This year we identified an open well in the plant premises, and on the World Water Day we

installed a 1HP submersible pump for uplifting this water into our storage tanks.

We were able to lift almost 15,000 Liters of water in one day with only 6 units of power consumption. This

quantity is almost equal to 3 water tankers. And we were surprised to see that the open well was

recharging its level significantly. Hence, although in small quantities, but we are now able to get

continuous source of water within our plant premises.

Identified Open Well Installation of Submersible pump

Puja of the Pump Trial of the Pump Lifting water to storage tanks

World Water Campaign - Palaswadi

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Anaemia Detection & Awareness Program (TATA Volunteering Week – III

Anaemia detection and Awareness Program was organized on 07-Mar-2015. TATA Power was

collaborating with Surhuday Health Foundation (NGO) and Senapati Bapat School, Male (Mulshi).

Around 100 Adolescent Girls from Senapati Bapat School gathered at program venue i.e. TATA Power

Community Development Trust (TPCDT) Hall, Mulshi. Of these, 80 Adolescent Girls had registered for

Blood Test/ HB Test, also 5 CSR volunteers and their families were present.

Following dignitaries were present during the event :

1. Ms. Malti Datir, Dy. Head Master Senpati Bapat School, Male (Mulshi)

2. Mr. Dilip Kawade, Group Head-CR, TATA Power, Bhira Division

3. Ms. Kalpana Habade, TPCDT- Male (Mulshi)

4. Dr. Vaidehi Nagarkar, Surhuday Health Foundation, Pune

5. Mr. Dattatraya Bhande, Associate Survey- TATA Power, Bhira Division

The theme for Volunteer week “We are One” was shared – At Tata group, we believe that we are a part of

the community. Dr Vaidehi Nagarkar presented her viewpoint on Nutrition, covering the following topics :

1) Nutrition and its role

2) Food components

3) Basic Nutrition

4) Healthy Cooking

5) Healthy Habits

6) Dietary Guidelines

She also spoke about health of Adolescent Girls, balanced food, function and importance of Nutrition and

Balanced food. Her primary aim was to give these inputs to Anganwadi workers with the aim that they can

deliver their learning to the community. After her speech she opened the platform to adolescent Girls for

open discussion and queries.

Observation & Sharing by Participants:

It was a 1-Day programme that was well organised and managed, during which participants listened

actively and showed interest in learning. In words of an Adivasi Girl “Doctor madam ne bahut achha

samjhaya, mujhe samajh me aaya”. Another Adolescent Girl said “Mai bhi aese hi gaon ki Ladki ko

samjhaungi”.

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Anaemia Detection Camp - Bhira

General, Gyneac, Eye & Pediatric Camps

Wind farms covered: Khandke, Supa, Agaswadi, Samana & Gadag Wind farms

General Medical Camps – Camps held in all the 8 villages around Khandke, Supa & Agaswadi wind farms

on 20-Feb-2015. Approx. 700 villagers benefitted through the camp.

Gyneac Camps - Camps held in all the 8 villages around Khandke, Supa & Agaswadi wind farms on 27-

Mar-2015 and approx. 500 women benefitted through the camp.

Eye Camps - Camps held in all the 8 villages around Khandke, Supa & Agaswadi wind farms on 27-Mar-

2015. Approx. 400 villagers were tested of which 156 were detected with cataract.

Paediatric Camps – Camp held for schools in all the 8 villages around Khandke, Supa & Agaswadi wind

farms on 31-Mar-2015. Approx. 1200 students were tested and counselled during the camp. Camp held

for 2 schools around Samana Wind Farm on 24-Mar-2015 during which 450 students were tested and

counselled. Camp held for 4 schools around Gadag Wind Farm on 26-Mar-2015 during which 696 students

were tested and counselled.

Community Development Activities

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Herbal Plantation

Thrust Area : Sustainability

Wind farm covered : Poolavadi

Details of Activity: 75 Nos. of herbal saplings, with fencing and drip irrigation facility were planted at local

PHC near Poolavadi wind farm on 22nd January 2015 benefitting 8433 villagers among 8 villages

Community Development Activities

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