Sri M. Venkaiah Naidu, Hon’ble Union Minister for Urban Development, Govt of India, inaugurated a state-of-the-art Radiology Department funded by the GVK Foundation at St Joseph’s Hospital, Santhapet, Nellore. Our Founder Chairman and Managing Director Dr GVK Reddy, our Vice Chairman

Mr G V Sanjay Reddy and other esteemed dignitaries were also present on the occasion. The GVK Radiology Department houses a state-of-the-art CT Scan System with all accessories, and also a Digital X-ray film printer which ensures excellent image quality for a wide range of imaging applications. GVK Foundation has signed an MoU with St Joseph’s Hospital to provide free medical care to poor and school children in Kothuru Village and nearby hamlets near Nellore.

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Dr GVK Reddy along with Sri M. Venkaiah Naidu, Hon’ble Union Minister for Urban Development, Govt of India, Mr G V Sanjay Reddy and other dignitaries at the Radiology Dept inauguration

Dignitaries at the Radiology Dept at St Joseph’s Hospital, Nellore

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Our Vice Chairman Mr G V Sanjay Reddy delivered the commencement address at the Michigan Ross Class

of 2015 ceremonies on 1May at Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. It was indeed interesting that he was bestowed with this unique honour, exactly 25 years after he had graduated from the same Ross School of Business, University of Michigan. Around 7000 students and alumni attended the meet.

During his address, he accredited the business school for shaping his life. He congratulated the students for graduating from one of the best business schools and wished them success for their future endeavours.

Mr G V Sanjay Reddy addresses the Michigan Ross class of 2015

GVK MIAL has been bestowed with the Golden Peacock Business Excellence Award for the year 2015. Mr Rajeev Jain,

CEO, GVK MIAL received this prestigious award from His Highness Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Culture, Youth and Community Development, Govt of UAE. Justice (Dr) Arijit Pasayat, Co-Chairman, Institute of Directors and former Judge, Supreme Court of India and Lt. Gen. J. S. Ahluwalia, PVSM (Retd), President, Institute of Directors, India were also present on this occasion.

The awards ceremony was held on 20 April 2015 at The Meydan Hotel, Dubai (UAE) during IOD India’s annual ‘25th World Congress on Leadership for Business Excellence & Innovation’.

GVK MIAL bags Golden Peacock Award

GVK CSIA has received the prestigious Management Consulting Association (MCA) award, UK for the ‘Best International Project Delivery for 2014’. The MCA awards are

unique as they are awarded to both the consultant and the client. The award was received by Mr Ashish Dongre for GVK CSIA along with Mr Tim Hawley of Arup. GVK CSIA has set a global benchmark competing against 20 other projects from various domains across the world. The jury pronounced GVK CSIA as one of the most challenging projects in terms of scale, expectations and socio cultural aspects.

GVK CSIA receives MCA award

Mr G V Sanjay Reddy delivering the commencement address

Mr Rajeev Jain, CEO, GVK MIAL (3rd from Left) receiving the prestigious award from His Highness Sheikh Nahyan bin

Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Culture, Youth and Community Development, Govt of UAE

Mr Ashish Dongre and Mr Tim Hawley at the awards function

GVK CSIA commemorated its nine years of

existence on 3 May by celebrating Passengers’ Day. At the stroke of midnight on Saturday (3 May), passengers were greeted with an announcement, ‘Happy Passengers Day’ that was followed by a professional dance performance at the T2. Many entertainment and engagement activities like caricature, tattoo-designing, magic shows, graphology, spin-art, snakes and ladders and ventriloquism were conducted for the passengers. 30 underprivileged kids were also invited from the Umang Foundation for an experiential journey of GVK CSIA’s iconic Terminal 2.

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Mr G V Sanjay Reddy was honoured with the ‘DDP Game Changer’ award at the South India Travel Awards. This award is given every year to a leader who has taken important measures to change the industry drastically, helping it grow

from strength to strength. At the same event, GVK KIA was felicitated with the ‘Best Airport Award’ and ‘Best Airport Aviation Marketing Award 2014’. The India Travel Awards support, promote and develop the Indian travel and tourism industry by identifying and rewarding excellence and inspiring its practitioners to continuously raise the standards of their product and service offering.

Mr G V Sanjay Reddy honoured at South India Travel Awards

Mr Raj Andrade, VP, BDMS, BIAL and Mr Lokesh Matta, AGM, Airline Marketing, BDMS, BIAL (3rd and 4th from Left) receiving the awards on behalf of GVK KIA

Passengers’ Day celebrations at GVK CSIA, Mumbai

GVK CSIA celebrates Passengers’ Day

GVK MIAL upgraded its airport carbon rating to Level 3 (Optimization) in February 2015.

The certificate was presented at a glittering ceremony during the ACI-Asia Pacific Regional Conference held in Jordan. Mr V P Singh, Head - Facilities received the award on behalf of GVK CSIA.

GVK CSIA’s carbon rating upgraded

Mr V P Singh receiving the award

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AP1 GVK BALI International Airport has been recognised as the best in Indonesia and the seventh best in the world as per the Airport Service Quality

(ASQ) survey by Airport Council International (ACI). It has been chosen among 79 airports with a capacity of handling 5 -15 million passengers a year. ASQ is the sole global benchmarking program comparing airport service. ACI is a Montreal, Canada-based organization that conducts the global airport survey whose results are based on passengers’ interviews.

AP1 GVK Bali cited among the world’s best

Eye check-up camp for GVK CSIA

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GVK CSIA and Vasan Eye Care organised a one-day free eye check-

up camp for all GVK CSIA employees. Employees actively participated and

got their eyes tested by the best ophthalmologists of Mumbai.

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GVK CSIA employees participate in the eye check-up camp

GVK KIA welcomes airport ambassadors

GVK KIA has clocked 500-plus airport ambassadors for the ongoing ambassadors’ visit program. Last month, GVK KIA hosted 20 corporate representatives from Karnataka through CII for an airport induction. Also, 40 students and professors from Presidency College were taken for a tour around the cargo facility by Menzies

Aviation Bobba (Blr) Pvt. Ltd to understand the import and export processes. The students got a chance to see the operations of the incoming and outgoing cargo and steps involved in security clearances.

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Jegurupadu CCPP employees and their families bonded over a get-together and enjoyed many fun activities along with wide varieties of mouth-watering delicacies.

Gautami CCPP organised the Electric Safety Week for its technicians, employees and their families. Many training programs on electric safety were conducted that imparted useful tips to ensure safety at workplace and at home.

Get-together at Jegurupadu CCPP

Safety Week at Gautami CCPP

Deoli-Kota Expressway

Tunnel # 2 being reviewed by the Finance team Portals at the Deoli End Tunnels (developed view)

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GVK BIO participated

in Japan’s biggest pharma sourcing event - CPhI Japan which was organised during 22-24 April, 2015 at Tokyo, Japan. Japan is a strategic market for growth for GVK BIO. It is one of the highest per capita spending countries on medicines in the world, and is expected to reach a value of US $166 bn by 2023. The Japanese pharmaceutical market is Asia’s biggest with US $108.2 bn worth in 2014. This represents over 11% of the global drug market with a Compound Annual Growth Rate of 3.9% between 2013 and 2023. CPhI Japan served as a great platform to showcase GVK BIO’s capabilities to over 17,000 pharma professionals who visited the conference.

Second periodic pavement renewal in progress at the Jaipur - Kishangarh Expressway Project

Jaipur - Kishangarh Expressway

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GVK BIO participated in the 1st Indian Global Exhibition on Services (GES) from 23-25 April at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. Over 40 countries participated in the event that served as a global platform to showcase the inherent strength of services sector in India across all domains, aimed at increasing the trade in services. The event was jointly organized by the Government of India along with Ministry of Commerce and Industry in association with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Services Export Promotion Council (SEPC).

GVK BIO participates in the 1st Indian Global Exhibition on Services

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Taj Banjara used candle lights within the hotel premises during the Earth Hour. All the lights were switched off from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm and the guests were briefed about the significance of the Earth Hour. A special candle light dinner was also organised for the staff in the cafetaria.

Taj Banjara’s fond farewell to winter batch trainees

Taj Banjara bid farewell to the trainees of the winter batch by organising a cake cutting ceremony along with high tea. The General Manager gave away the training certificates and discussed many career enhancement opportunities with the young minds.

Employees at Taj Banjara spent a day at the Dream Valley Water Resort and enjoyed many fun-filled activities throughout the day.

Taj Banjara employees enjoy a day out

Earth Hour at Taj Banjara

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Taj Banjara employees enjoying at Dream Valley Water Resort

Candle light illuminating the hotel premises during the Earth Hour

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Workshop on Hygiene & Sanitation with kids at the local school run by ‘Hyderabad Society of Human Welfare’

Cleanliness drive at the lakeEmployees participate in Hand Wash & Slogan Competition

Taj Banjara participates in Tata Volunteering week

Vivanta by Taj and Taj Club House, Chennai conducted the Safety

Awareness Week to enhance the preparedness of their employees in case of an emergency. The employees took the safety oath, participated in awareness sessions on safety, art competition, safety quiz and more such activities.

To commemorate World Hand Hygiene Day, Taj Club House, Chennai conducted awareness session on basic hand hygiene for its employees. A special demo

on basic hygiene was also conducted for the children.

World Hand Hygiene Day at Taj Club House

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Safety Awareness Week at Taj Club House

Safety Awareness Week at Vivanta by Taj

Taj Club House employees attend the session on Hand Hygiene awareness

To enhance their level of preparedness in case of any security threats in the mall premises, the Security team at GVK one conducted a mock drill at GVK one. Various teams

were formed which helped evacuate the customers and staff present in the mall.

GVK one conducts mock drill

GVK one marked its 6th anniversary celebrations on 1 May 2015 with all

the employees. Mr Sanjay Bansal, Head-GVK one appreciated everyone for their hard work and dedication towards conducting successful operations at the mall.

Mock drill at GVK one

Mr Sanjay Bansal, Head-GVK one with the staff during the cake cutting ceremony

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Bandstand activity at GVK one

GVK one and Tata Docomo came together to support the budding Bands by giving them a chance to showcase their talent. The crowd present at the mall cheered the artistes who enthralled them with their wonderful performances.

Visitors at the mall enjoying the performanceYoung artistes performing at the event

World Earth Day at GVK one

To mark the World Earth Day celebrations, GVK one in association with Shoppers Stop distributed saplings to the visitors at the mall to encourage their support towards sustainable practices.

Mr. Amol Savale, Sr. Manager - Retail, GVK distributing a sapling to a visitor at the mall

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GVK EMRI-Assam in association with Assam’s Secretariat Administration Department conducted a mock disaster drill to enhance disaster preparedness, mitigation and response. GVK EMRI provided first aid to the injured participants and shifed them

to the nearby hospital for further treatment.

GVK EMRI-Assam conducts mock disaster drill

GVK EMRI-Uttarakhand deployed 48 ambulances

en route Char Dham Yatra to ferry patients to the nearest hospitals in case of emergency. GVK EMRI also placed four highly experienced EMTs, who were equipped with first aid kits at temporary medical relief points on Gaurikund-Kedarnath bridle path to provide emergency relief. A First Responder Training was also provided to police, SDRF and Paramedical staff of health department.

GVK EMRI-Uttarakhand gears up for Chardham Yatra

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The International Day of Families, annually held on 15 May, celebrates the importance of families and the work started during the International Year of Families. The year 1994 was proclaimed as the International Year of Families by the United Nations. This was a

response to changing social and economic structures, which have affected and still affect the structure and stability of family units in many regions of the globe.

World No Tobacco Day (31 May)

If you are a smoker who wants to get rid of the nasty habit, you can bid farewell to cigarettes on May 31, the

World No Tobacco Day. This day appeared in 1988 when the World Health Organization set a goal to

the international community to root out the problem of tobacco smoking in the 21st century). Awareness campaigns across the globe highlight the health risks associated with tobacco use and advocate effective policies to reduce tobacco consumption. The day is

intended to encourage a 24-hour period of abstinence from all forms of tobacco consumption around the globe.

International Labour Day (1 May)

International Day of Families (15 May)

International Labour Day or May Day is observed annually on 1 May to celebrate the achievements of workers. It has its origins in the labour union

movement, specifically the eight-hour day movement, which advocated eight hours for

work, eight hours for recreation, and eight hours for rest. For many countries, Labour Day is linked

with the International Workers’ Day.

Significant Days of the month

World Laughter Day (3 May)

World Laughter Day is intended to build up a global consciousness of brotherhood and friendship through laughter. The day was created in 1998 by Dr. Madan

Kataria, founder of the worldwide Laughter Yoga Movement. The celebration of this day is a positive

manifestation for world peace. Its popularity has grown exponentially with that of the Laughter Yoga

Movement now counting thousands of Laughter Clubs in more than 100 countries.

Mother’s Day is a day to show their

appreciation towards mothers and maternal figures worldwide. In most countries, Mother’s Day is celebrated on the second Sunday in May. Among them are USA, Canada, most European countries, Australia, New Zealand, India, China, Japan, the Philippines and South Africa.

Mother’s Day (10 May)