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Group Chairman’s Message

My Dear Colleagues,

As we bid goodbye to a year gone by and warmly welcome the year 2010, I am delighted to be part of a strong ‘Team GMR’ that has grown by yet another year.

We have moved from being an Indian to a multi-national organisation with a wide global footprint of our International Business Division. This message of mine will reach my colleagues based as far west as the UK and as far east as Indonesia, as far north as Canada and as far south as South Africa. This diversity is a welcome development.

The year 2009 was a challenging year for the global economy and for us as well. The double whammy of economic meltdown and swine flu hit airline passenger traffic very hard and our Airport Sector had to move fast to minimize its effect. Value for Money initiatives and speedy project implementation were given added focus and we came out stronger than before. Istanbul Sahiba Gökçen International airport was inaugurated much ahead of schedule and it is seeing rapid increase in passenger traffic. Hyderabad airport won wide recognition and several awards to be recognized as the best airport in the world in the 5-15 million passengers per annum category. Delhi’s brand new T3 terminal construction is moving ahead on schedule despite several challenges.

Urban infrastructure development around our 2 Indian airports has been going on with several leading global players expressing keen interest to join hands with us. We are enthused to build a world-class airport city around Hyderabad airport and a central business district around Delhi airport, of a scale and class that India has not seen before. We are confident of setting yet another global benchmark in this Sector. In spite of recession badly impacting the SEZ sector in 2009, due to the strategic call taken to continue with land procurement, we became one of the very few large format SEZ players in the country.

The Highways team completed 6 projects making us the largest private operator in India. We have also been given highest rating by the government of India for certain category of

projects. The team has been working hard to evolve its business model rapidly to stay ahead of intense competition. We came out victorious in 3 projects this year. This Sector is going to see rapid acceleration in size of opportunities, with competition heating up even more.

The economic downturn had its opportunities to offer and our Energy Sector acquired the 800 MW Island Power of Singapore and 600 MW Emco Power in India’s state of Maharashtra, both of which are in the development stage. We started making significant movement in our maiden 300 MW hydro project on the Alaknanda river in the foothills of the Himalayas and some important strides in positioning ourselves strongly as a private player in the nuclear energy sector in India. Our pipeline of over 7000 MW in this Sector is looking strong with a balanced fuel mix and a multi-country presence. Our Indian projects have encountered a few delays and several challenges with the external environment changing rapidly e. g. Indian visa restrictions for Chinese workers, land acquisition, coal availability etc. The year 2010 will be another important period for the Energy team to overcome these challenges.

You will be happy to know that our other businesses also made notable progress this year. GMR Sports that owns the Delhi Daredevils cricket team made a remarkable financial turnaround with wonderful on-field performance. Our Agri Business has projects on hand to grow to a critical mass next year, despite multiple constraints of India’s highly regulated environment around sugar, molasses and power.

Our Corporate Services have also taken many initiatives to keep pace with our growth and our challenges. Our emphasis on investor relationship, employee engagement, training & development, performance management and IT implementation has borne tangible results. Banks and financial institutions have maintained strong faith in us, we are making significant investment in leadership development and succession planning and SAP and other automation & communication tools have been rolled out successfully across the organization.

GMR Varalakshmi Foundation won us significant recognition this year as well. Our unique CSR model has attracted the attention of the Indian government which is seriously considering giving corporations greater credit for CSR activities beyond tax breaks.

Friends, GMR Group remains a young organization. Resting on our laurels is not part of our DNA. We have to achieve much more and I am sure, the year 2010 will be full of challenges and surprises for us all.

Thomas Edison had said “Vision without execution is hallucination”. Year 2010 will have to be another year of execution excellence

- increasing revenue stream and cash flow in all our operating assets as global and Indian economy are witnessing an encouraging upswing.

At the same time, we have to remain sharply focussed on achieving few important milestones:

Commission the Delhi T3 terminal by July 2010

Achieve financial closure of 1320 MW Chhattisgarh, 300 MW Alaknanda and 1320 MW Shahdol and 800 MW Singapore projects

Achieve commercially viable coal and gas supply assurance

Make on-the-ground progress in property development around our 2 Indian airports

Integrate SAP across all locations into a single instance

As our business grows, it will be essential for us to step up our institution building processes as well.

Irrespective of the pressures of business, governance demands your attention and it starts from the top. I urge GHB members, CEOs and COOs to make sure that processes and systems are followed all the time, short-cuts are not tolerated and transparent practices are encouraged.

For your processes and systems to be more effective and efficient, framework for business excellence is crucial. It is everyone’s business, not just that of Group Corporate Development. Adequate investment in time and effort will be essential for it to get ingrained in our culture.

Profit, planet and people are precious ingredients of sustainable business . While you have taken important strides towards cash flow focus, carbon footprint reduction and CSR, you must drive strategy for sustainability across all your businesses even more strongly as a responsible individual.

Finally, my dear colleagues, I am reminded of a stanza from the Upanishad, the ancient Indian text:

You are what your deep, driving desire is

What your desire is, so is your will

What your will is, so is your deed

What your deed is, so is your destiny.

On this note, I wish you and your families a wonderful New Year 2010!!

Best regards,

G M Rao

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Cover Story

Group Chairman receives CNBC First Generation Entrepreneur of the Year Award - 2009

The Group Chairman was awarded “The First Generation Entrepreneur of the Year – 2009’ award at the India Business Leader Awards 2009 at the Taj Palace Hotel, New Delhi, on Thursday, 3rd December, 2009. He received the award from the Honourable Union Minister for HRD, Mr. Kapil Sibal.

The awards instituted by CNBC TV 18 – India’s leading English business news channel seek to honour leading business luminaries who have contributed to the growth and success of Indian business. The First Generation Entrepreneur of the Year Award was conferred on the Group Chairman in recognition of his entrepreneurial

vision and abilities to take risk, spot unseen business opportunities and translate it to reality. In an environment dominated by family owned businesses, the award aims to encourage enterprising business leaders to stay committed to their vision.

While thanking the jury for choosing him, the Group Chairman, Mr. G M Rao, dedicated the award to the efforts of the thousands of employees of our Group and in particular, to the members of his family and well wishers in the business community. He recounted his journey from Rajam to present day and emphasized the values of good governance and ethical practices,

both at work and at home.

The selection process follows stringent, objective and transparent criteria to shortlist deserving candidates. The business leaders are judged by a jury comprising world-respected management strategists, academics and corporate personalities. The jury comprising independent and CNBC TV 18’s expert research team assessed candidates through a unique judging process based on a combination of criteria, including financial performance, leadership, creativity, innovation and social responsibility. Candidates were

also evaluated on their ability to create short-term advantage, long-term value, a competitive edge, and the demonstration of leadership in the business community.

The CNBC-TV18 editorial panel and research team conducted a 3-phase methodology to identify and shortlist the deserving candidates. The methodology by itself a comprehensive exercise in research and analysis, enabled the panel to recognize the companies with excellent business leaders at their helm.

The consortium of GMR Infrastructure Ltd., (GMR), Limak Insaat San. Ve Tic. A.S. (Limak), and Malaysia Airports Holding Berhad (MAHB) inaugurated Istanbul Sahiba Gökçen International Airport in Turkey on 31st October, 2009, a full year ahead of schedule as promised to the Honourable Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister of Republic of Turkey during the ground breaking ceremonies on 3rd May 2008.

The airport was inaugurated by the Prime Minister of Republic of Turkey in the presence of Mr. Praful Patel, Honorurable Minister of Civil Aviation, Govt. of India and YB Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat, Honourable Minister of Transport, Government of Malaysia. Also present on the occasion were Mr. G.M. Rao, Group Chairman – GMR Group, Mr. Nihat Ozdemir, Chairman

– Limak Group and Mr. Tan Sri Datuk Dr. Aris bin Othman, Chairman – MAHB and other senior dignitaries.

The brand new international terminal, designed to handle 20 million passenger capacity was constructed for a total cost of 451 million Euros (Rs. 3143.50 cores approx) for a concession period of 20 years.

The construction was completed in a record time of 18 months ahead of the concession agreement deadline of 30 months. This was achieved without compromising on quality.

This confluence of three nations and three partners has been unique. While LIMAK brought in domain knowledge and strong Construction capabilities; GMR brought in the Developer’s

capabilities besides engineering & electrical equipment knowledge and most importantly airport specific IT systems; MAHB brought in robust Operations capabilities coupled with their experience of running over 30 airports.

The airport has commenced commercial operations on 9th November, 2009 with Turkish Airlines initiating its international flights from ISGIA to seven new European destinations namely Moscow, London, Amsterdam, Stuttgart, Cologne, Berlin, Hannover. ISGIA will eventually target to increase the passenger traffic by at least 40% of the present capacity by 2010.

Salient Features

Terminal twice the size of Hyderabad airport and 3.5 times the size of Bangalore Airport

Total floor space - 2 million m²; largest Duty Free area - 4500 m² ;

4 level car park for 4700 cars; 128 room hotel

VIP terminal; 2 CIP lounges

Restaurant & café area - 5000 m²

Constructed to withstand Zone 5 Seismic activity even though Istanbul is located in Zone 1.

Fully automated baggage handling system and latest security systems

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Delhi International Airport (P) Limited

DIAL awards communication solutions contract to Quippo Telecom for T3DIAL has awarded the ‘Neutral Host In-building Communication Solution’ contract to Quippo Telecom for IGI Airport’s under construction Terminal 3. Quippo has introduced Ericsson as Technical Partner for this prestigious project. The solution will be on active fiber-based technology and is first of its kind in the Indian telecom industry for wireless Coverage (GSM, CDMA & UMTS).

To provide high-speed connectivity to the passengers, DIAL chose to partner with QTIL and Ericsson. QTIL through its IBS vertical, offers shared in-building solution for GSM/ CDMA/ UMTS, Wi-Max and Wi-Fi Technologies. The common shared solution will enable all operators to radiate their coverage and capacity on shared infrastructure.

Ministers and Media appreciate T3 progress work

The Honourable Minister for Civil Aviation, Mr. Praful Patel and the Honourable Chief Minister of NCT Delhi, Mrs. Sheila Dikshit visited the project site of Terminal 3 at IGI Airport and witnessed the modernization progress on December 17, 2009.

A team from DIAL apprised the dignitaries about the development progress. Both the minsters expressed their satisfaction over the progress of work. The infrastructure facilities of Terminal 3 (T3) will be ready by March 2010. Thereafter, the ORAT (Operational Readiness and Airport Transfer) trials will be conducted over three months. T3 will be ready for commercial operations in July 2010.

During their visit, Mr. Patel and Mrs. Dikshit inaugurated the check-in counters in the Departure level. Terminal 3 will boast of 170 check in counters spread over 6 islands; an advanced in-line baggage handling system with a capacity to handle 12,500 bags per hour to name a few. The Baggage Handling System also features nearly 6.5km of baggage belts.

The dignitaries also inaugurated the automatic walkways (Travelators) in the international pier of T3. T3 will have more than 90 travelators in addition to 63 elevators and 31 escalators. 8 of the travelators will be inclined, the first of their kind in India. The length of the travelators vary between 28 meters and 118 meters. The travelators are energy efficient, featuring variable voltage frequency operation and automatic start or stop feature for power saving.

Work on T3 is nearing completion. T3 is spread across 5.2 million sq. ft and will rival some of the best airports in the world. T3 also has special features for passengers with special needs. These include specially designed ramps

Wipro and DIAL sign 10 year strategic partnershipIT operations. The scope includes airport specific applications, data centre, networks, security and surveillance systems and end user systems. Additionally, Wipro will be responsible for managing a host of intelligent systems including building management systems, access control, public address, passenger display, and telephony. For passengers, this engagement will deliver superior customer experience and for airlines, it will deliver fast efficient systems which

enable quicker turnaround times.

The outsourcing contract was signed alongside a JV which has been named Wipro Airport IT Services Limited. Wipro holds 74% in the JV and DIAL holds 26% stake .The JV was signed by Mr. PS Nair, CEO-DIAL and Mr. Anand Sankaran, Senior Vice-President and Business Head, India and Middle East, Wipro. Also present were Mr. Kiran Kumar Grandhi, Business Chairman Airports, and Mr. Suresh Vaswani, Jt.CEO and Member of the Board, Wipro.

In a first of its kind JV structured around 10-years in the airport business, DIAL and IT major Wipro have signed a 10 year total outsourcing contract to provide world class IT Infrastructure and Services for IGIA, New Delhi.

The total outsourcing engagement will deliver business IT alignment for DIAL by combining leading airport solutions with Wipro’s strong practices of governance, process excellence and integrated service delivery. Wipro is responsible for complete IT management in T3 for 10 years and will deliver seamless Airport

for wheelchairs, disabled-friendly toilets, reserved vehicle parking space and a special contact zone service, manned by DIAL staff for unaccompanied passengers requiring special assistance.

DIAL is also building two new taxiways ‘T’ and ‘Y’ which are parallel to IGIA’s third runway 11-29. Runway 11-29 was opened last year an has made IGIA, the only airport in India with 3 operational runways. The two new taxiways will complement the existing parallel taxiway Z.

In yet another high-profile visit, NDTV Chairman, Mr. Prannoy Roy toured the airport and was apprised of the developments by Mr. Kiran Kumar Grandhi, Business Chairman - Airports.

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Delhi International Airport (P) Limited

Chetna movement at DIAL to spread DOP Awareness

The Management Assurance Group (MAG) department of DIAL organized a road show ‘Chetna’ to raise awareness among DIAL employees about the Delegation of Power, on 9th and 10th November, 2009. The two-day event witnessed enthusiastic participation from over 450 employees.

The event was inaugurated by Mr. Bhaskarudu, Independent Director-DIAL.

Showcased through specially designed standees with the policies printed on them, the MAG team ensured that all questions pertaining to the delegation of power were solved. Quizzes and games were also organised.

IGI Airport passes ACI-DKMA Audit with flying colorsIt was a moment of pleasure and pride at IGI Airport as the airport successfully passed the audit that was conducted by ACI-DKMA auditors on 26th and 27th August 2009. Commending this feat, Mr. PS Nair, CEO-DIAL congratulated DIAL and the stakeholders for their sincere approach towards improving the overall airport services quality at IGIA.

The results attest to the hard work and dedication that DIAL and the stakeholders have exhibited in bringing the passengers’ delight on the IGI Airport. Looking back on the track record of service quality, IGIA was able to achieve a score of 4.28 in the 2nd Quarter of 2009 scoring the 19th position out of 131 participating airports.

The rating further improved in Q3 2009 score of 4.22. ACI audit results have put IGIA on the overall satisfaction level of 4.21. It is also heartening to note that IGIA has consistently featured as the best airport in the World in its category (15 – 25 million passengers) in both Q2 2009 and Q3 2009 results. In fact, this consistent rise in the score and the ranking prompted ACI-DKMA to conduct the field work audit at IGIA.

Further commenting on this development, Mr. Nair said, “This is just a beginning and we are yet to achieve our vision of being Top 10 by 2011, but I am sure with untiring and sustained efforts from all of us, we will surely achieve the same.”

Jagruti exhibition held at DIAL

Cargo Terminal concession awarded to Çelebi Hava Servisi AS

DIAL applauded for Haj Operational Preparedness

It’s KM All the Way at DIAL

Knowledge Management (KM) at DIAL is all about People, Process and Technology. Other than marathon workshops to educate the employees of DIAL about the various features of the portal, several activities were also conducted to sensitize them about their role towards managing knowledge – both explicit and tacit.

The most recent of the initiatives has been ‘The Forum’. Its first session was held on 19th November 2009 at DIAL. The event was launched by Dr. Govindan Sridharan, Executive Director, GADL and Mr. ASK Reddy, CHRO - DIAL. In this session Mr. Ryan Tay, GM, Emergency Planning and Co-ordination was in conversation with Mr. Nichhattar Kabba from Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF).

Other initiatives include article writing contest KM Quiz, KM Nuggets and KM Quotes to promote KM culture at DIAL. With the active participation of DIAL employees, the KM culture at DIAL is slowly taking deep roots.

DIAL signed a 25 year concession agreement with Çelebi Hava Servisi AS of Turkey to upgrade modernize, finance, operate, maintain and manage the existing Cargo Terminal on an area of approximately 70,000 sq.mts. at IGI Airport, New Delhi.

Further, DIAL plans to develop world class cargo infrastructure with an aim to turn the airport into a major international hub for Cargo operation

with the most modern technology and state-of-the-art equipment.

There was a global interest in this cargo opportunity at DIAL. These development initiatives are ongoing in creating the right environment to support, growth, quality and innovation for the Air Cargo business at the IGI Airport. The future projects as part of the Cargo Master plan include Logistics Complexes and Specialized Cargo Zones etc.

During the Haj period, thousands of Muslims undertake a pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca. IGIA is the only airport in India to have this exclusive permanent facility for Haj passengers. This year again in the month of October to November, over 40,000 pilgrims made their way to Mecca through the Haj Terminal.

To make the journey easy and comfortable for the passengers, DIAL has taken several

measures such as setting up new check-in counters, baggage belts and hassle free x-ray scanners. The Security Hold Area (SHA) has also been realigned and can accomodate more than 600 passengers.

The X-ray screening of Registered Baggage as well as Terminal Operations at the Haj Terminal during the journey has always been a challenging task. The Terminal - 2 Operations and Security & Vigilance team took several steps to streamline the entire movement of Haj pilgrims to ensure their simple and hassle free movement and passage.

The courtesy, politeness and cooperation displayed by the team during the journey was exemplary. The CISF, BCAS, Immigration, Customs, Delhi Police and Delhi Traffic Police extended their full cooperation to conduct Haj Operations smoothly. All the authorities and staff won plaudits from the passengers.

Jagruti-2009 - HR policy exhibition was inaugurated on 8th September by CEOs and KCG heads.

Several policies were exhibited on panels and were explained in detail by one or two HR team members stationed at every panel.

BCM and CEO along with the KCG Heads attended the exhibition and complimented on the novelty of concept and take away of the initiative.

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GMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited

GMR Aviation Academy appointed as Airport Council International’s Global Training HubGMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited (GHIAL) and Airports Council International, (ACI World) Geneva, have signed an agreement for the appointment of the GMR Aviation Academy as a Global Training Hub for the Asia Pacific region on 28th November, 2009, in Hyderabad.

The agreement was signed in Hyderabad by Mr. Kiran Kumar Grandhi, Business Chairman, Airports, GMR Group and Ms. Angela Gittens, Director General, ACI World.

Through this agreement, the GMR Aviation Academy will facilitate ACI’s training opportunities that help develop managerial and operational standards, and spread

knowledge of best practices throughout the world’s airports.

Commenting on the occasion, Mr. P. Sripathy, CEO, GHIAL said, “Considering that the other such training hubs within Asia Pacific are located at Dubai in the UAE, Incheon in South Korea and Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, the GMR Aviation Academy will provide an ideal training venue, not just for the professionals from within the airports in India, but also from those in the SAARC countries.

“And with twelve new greenfield airports that will be coming up, and a majority of the existing 126 airports that are operated by the Airports Authority of India which will be upgraded, there will be a substantial increase in the number of requirements of adequately trained staff that are employed by airports, their suppliers and the different service providers.

“The GMR Aviation Academy will be geared up to provide the best, professional training that the qualified instructors from ACI will impart here in Hyderabad”, Mr. Sripathy added.

Ms. Angela Gittens, Director General, ACI World, who made a presentation on “Forging a vision of sustainable aviation”, said that, “Simply put, airports are capital intensive businesses highly dependent on economies of scale. Even in a downturn airports have to invest to provide capacity for the future. And user charges may have to increase.

Airports Council International (ACI), the voice of the world’s airports has 1700 member airports. ACI Global Training was established to make training opportunities more accessible, and help develop managerial and operational standards at its member airports worldwide.

GHIAL bags CAPA Award for ‘Airport Environmental Performance of the Year’

GMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited (GHIAL), has bagged the Center for Asia Pacific Aviation’s (CAPA) newly instituted award in the category, “Best Airport Environmental Performance of the Year,” on 29th October, 2009 in Hyderabad.

The award was received by Mr. G Radhakrishna Babu, Chief Financial Officer, GHIAL in Beijing, China, at a ceremony that was held as part of the sixth annual Asia Aviation Outlook summit, showcasing airline and airport CEOs from around the Asia Pacific and Middle East regions.

The citation which was read out by Mr. Peter Harbison, Executive Chairman, Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation, states, “GHIAL is to be commended for incorporating sustainability in the airport development, as a result of which the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport is the first airport in Asia to achieve a LEED Silver certification for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design from the US Green Building Council. This sets a benchmark for other airports in the region to follow”.

Mr.P Sripathy, CEO of GHIAL, said that, “this award recognizes the fact that each and everyone at GHIAL is conscious of his duty towards conserving and protecting the environment. Such recognition will further encourage us to raise the bar for our sustainability initiatives, even as we continue to provide quality service and customer delight to all our guests in the coming months.”

CFM Int’l to set up Maintenance Center in GMR’s Aviation SEZ

GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd., (GHIAL), has signed an agreement with the world’s leading aircraft engine manufacturer, CFM International (CFM), to establish a new CFM56 maintenance training center to support its customers in the South Asian region on 30th October, 2009 in Hyderabad. CFM International is a 50/50 joint venture between Snecma (SAFRAN Group) of France and General Electric Company (GE) of the United States.

This training center, which will commence operations by late January 2010, will be located in the GMR Aerospace Park, being developed in the exclusive 250 acre aviation SEZ, that forms part of the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport complex. This aviation SEZ has been recently notified by the government of India. GHIAL will build the facility and lease it to CFM.

The agreement which seals a Memorandum of Agreement executed in January 2009, was signed here last night in the presence of the French Minister for Foreign Trade, H.E. Ms. Anne-Marie Idrac, by Mr. P Sripathy, CEO of GMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited and Mr. Paul-Andre Chevrin, CFM International Vice President for India.

Also present on the occasion were members of the visiting French Trade delegation, comprising their Members of Parliament, Mr. Nicolas Forissier, Mr. Andre Ferrand and Mr. Jérôme Bonnafont, the French Ambassador to India, amongst others.

GHIAL hosts first vendors meetIn line with building confidence and goodwill amongst the vendors, GHIAL hosted the first vendor meet at Hyderabad.

The meet was attended by over 200 key partners, in the presence of Mr. G K Raghunandan, CEO-CPD, Mr. G R K Babu, CFO, GHIAL, Mr. Rajinder Zalpuri, COO, GHIAL and other senior managers at Novotel Hyderabad Airport, Shamshabad, on 6th November, 2009.

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The Group-wide Business Excellence initiative has taken the first significant stride with the launch of the Business Excellence initiative at GHIAL. The initiative was launched by Mr. P Sripathy, CEO- GHIAL at the GHIAL Steering Committee meeting held on November 25, 2009.

The Group Chairman expressed his thoughts on Business Excellence to the Steering Committee members. Next, Mr. Sripathy addressed the steering committee members on the occasion. This was followed by a detailed presentation on Business Excellence by the Head of Consulting for TATA Quality Management Services (TQMS), the Group’s partners in the initiative.

GMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited

First anniversary of SDWT held

Self Directed Work Teams (SDWT) celebrated its first anniversary on 26th October 2009 at the site office auditorium in the presence of

Mr. Kiran Grandhi, Business Chairman, Airports Sector, Mr. P Sripathy, CEO, GHIAL and Mr. Rajendar Zalpuri, COO, RGIA.

Mr. Kiran Grandhi presented the Excellence awards to the winners and congratulated them and all the members of the SDWT. Speaking on the occasion, he applauded the team spirit and their contribution towards operational excellence.

The team which is led by Mr. Rajinder Zalpuri, works on reducing the risks and eliminating the problems with minimal cost, effort and as little organizational changes as possible.

The air was filled with the mellifluous rendering of soul-stirring songs by the Oscar winning musical maestro, A R Rahman on Saturday, 24rth October, 2009. The GMR hosted event held beside the Novotel Hyderabad Airport was attended by thousands of people who listened with bated breath to the compositions of the legendary singer.

The programme kicked off with Rahman singing the popular Bollywood number “Jaage Hai” after welcoming the audience with a warm namasthe.

The President of Maldives, H.E. Mohamed Nasheed, the first lady Mrs. Laila Ali, Mr. K Rosaiah, Chief Minister of A.P., Mr. G M Rao and his family members were amongst the

distinguished guests at the Live Concert.

The crowd was constantly on its feet, cheering while Chitra, Shwetha Pandit, Benny Dayal and other famous singers joined Rahman and the dynamic Sivamani.

Rahman also dedicated a specially composed song ‘Naina Neer Bahaye…’ to the Late Chief Minister, Dr. Y S Rajashekara Reddy, which was punctuated by visuals of the dynamic YSR.

Then the MC took over and announced a two minute silence in memory of Dr. YSR. This was followed by felicitations to A R Rahman by the President of Maldives and the Chief Minister of A.P. The first lady, Mrs. Laila Ali was later preseneted a memento by Mrs. G Varalakshmi.

Musical maestro mesmerizes audience at ‘Jai Ho’ concert

HAZMAT Exercise ConductedHAZMAT (Hazardous Material) emergency and response exercise was conducted at the cargo complex of RGIA on 6th October by the ARFF in co-ordination with the Cargo department. The exercise was the first-of-its kind conducted at any airport in India.

A table top exercise in which various internal (CISF, Menzies) and external (State fire department) agencies participated was also conducted.

Activities such as fire fighting, rescuing casualties, de-contamination of the victims and first-aid were carried out during the exercise, by a specially trained team wearing chemical suits. The team was lead by Mr. N N Tiwari, Watch Commander.

Haj Ops. at RGIA impresses ministerMd. Amanabdullah, Minister for Minorities, Government of Andhra Pradesh, flagged off the first flight of Hajis to Madina from the Special Handling Terminal at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport on 23rd October.

Prior to that, Mr. Amanabdullah interacted with 417 Hajis at the newly inaugurated Special Handling Terminal (SHT). He lauded GMR for providing a separate terminal, with all the facilities including separate prayer rooms and Vajju for males and females.

The Minister was accompanied by Mr. Rajinder Zalpuri, COO-RGIA, Mr. K N Tripathy, CASO,-CISF, Mr.Bharat Kamdar, Mr. Jishnu Mukerjee, Mr. Hussaini, Mr. Hitarth and others.

Business Excellence Initiative Kicks Off at GHIAL

Foundation Day at Hyderabad

4000 employees of GMR Group and their families congregated on a Saturday evening on 19th December,2009 to celebrate the GMR Foundation Day, 2009, at the Novotel Hyderabad Airport.

The event started with a classical dance recital by Ms. Archana. This was followed by a welcome speech of Mr. P M Kumar to all the employees who had assembled at the venue. The audience were then shown a video clip of Mr. G M Rao receiving the Honorary Doctorate from Andhra University and the CNBC IBLA Awards 2009. The audience gave a standing ovation as Mr. G M Rao strode up on the stage to address the gathering.

Later, a fusion dance recital portraying the Values & Beliefs of the Group was staged which was followed by solo dance performance by the in-house participants. Renowned singers Hemachandra and Hima Bindu’s serenaded the audience with soul-stirring music.

The programme concluded with the vote of thanks by Ms. Nalini Naidu.

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Energy

GMR Energy breaks ground for new EMCO Energy project

The magnificent 220 MW GMR Energy plant which had made Mangalore its home for the last 8 years will now have a new home by end of February 2010.

The 220 MW GMR Energy plant will be relocated to Kakinada off the coast of Andhra Pradesh by the end of February 2010.

Barge relocation project at Kakinada commenced in the month of July 2009. The project has received all the statutory permissions and most of the contracts have been awarded. Civil works for Barge Mooring Basin area is 75% completed. Civil works for other balance of plant systems is in progress. It is planned to relocate the barge from Mangalore to Kakinada in the last week of February’2010.

Work in full-swing to relocate GMR Energy plant from Mangalore to Kakinada

GMR Energy Trading completes 1 year of successful operations

GMR Energy Trading Limited has successfully completed one year of operations after being granted a Trading License by the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission on 14th October, 2008. It has traded more than 1100 MUs during this period.

Here’s wishing the Trading team a power-packed performance in the year ahead.

GMR Energy pursues opportunities in Nuclear Business

GMR Energy is actively exploring opportunities to enter the nuclear power business in India. It has diligently been pursuing opportunities to increase its visibility in this space. To this effect, it has been participating in prestigious Seminars and Exhibitions on Nuclear Energy.

GMR Energy was present at the recently concluded International Conference on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy – 2009 held in New Delhi. The conference was jointly organised by the Department of Atomic Energy India, Indian Nuclear Society and International Atomic Energy Agency at Vigyan Bhavan. The conference was attended by the key Policy makers from around the globe and several high-ranking officials from India.

The conference was inaugurated by Mr. Anil Kakodkar, Chairman – Atomic Energy Commission. He later addressed the audience.

The Bhoomi pooja ceremony of the EMCO Energy project was conducted on 9th November, 2009 at the project site in the Warora Taluka, District of Chandrapur in Maharashtra. The puja was performed by Mr. GM Rao and his wife Mrs. Varalakshmi. Around 70 people including bankers and consultants, senior officials from GMR Group participated in the programme. A special Pooja (religious ritual) was also performed by the pundit (priest) in the presence of Mr. BVN Rao, Business Chairman - Energy, Mr. Raaj Kumar, CEO-Energy, Mr. Avinash Shah, Mr. Sanjay Barde, Mr. Raghunandan, Mr. KVV Rao, Mr. Sundarrajan, Mr. Sreekumar, Mr. Onkar Kapoor and the EMCO team. On this auspicious occasion food packets were distributed to the local people of the Warora Taluka.

EMCO Energy Ltd. is a 100% subsidiary of GMR Energy Limited (GEL). GEL had acquired EMCO Energy from EMCO Ltd., a Public Limited Company, on July 24, 2009. EMCO Energy Limited is developing a 600 MW coal based power plant, in two phases (of 300 MW capacity each), in the Warora Taluka, District Chandrapur

in the state of Maharashtra.

The acquisition has helped the Group to establish a firm foothold in the Western region of the country. With this, the Group enjoys a pan-India presence spanning the Northern, Southern, Eastern and North Eastern parts of the country. With this acquisition the energy portfolio of the Group will receive a significant boost. The project will partly contribute to reducing the energy-deficit in the state of Maharashtra and other states in the Western Region.

EMCO Energy Ltd achieved financial tie up on 21st October, 2009 within a span of less than three months from its acquisition. Most of the major clearances for phase-1 of the project are in place while for phase-2 they are being pursued and will be obtained shortly.

The project will be executed on BTG-BoP basis. Installed capacity of 2 X 300 MW, will be implemented in two phases with a time lag of 3 months. NTP for the Project will be 1st Dec 2009. BoP packages will be ordered based on priorities.

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Energy

Wellness programme implemented at GEL Mangalore

As part of the wellness drive initiated at GMR Energy Limited pedometers were issued to every employee. The programme was inaugurated by the renowned nutritionist Dr. Sushma Appaiah and teed off with a Walkathon competition on walking an average of 10,000 steps a day. Later, Dr. Appaiah stressed on the necessity for leading a healthy life-style and following a disciplined dietary regimen. Next, she interacted with each employee and their family members to understand their prevailing food habits while also studying their medical histories in detail. Following this, she counseled the employees and their family members to improve their life-style and dietary habits.

Periodic visits by Dr. Sushma to assess individual employee progress and dissemination of health and safety related information have greatly benefitted the employees. Every single employee has gone through the counseling procedures. Total number of persons counseled: 124 (including new trainees) of which 70% to 80% are regulars.

SEPCO President Mr. Wang is presented a bouquet by the villagers of Kamalanga during

his site visit. Also present was Mr. KVV Rao.

Mr. Wang flanked by Mr. KVV Rao - MD, GMR Kamalanga Energy Ltd. and other Senior GKEL

officials

GPCL Family Day Out to Yercaud

SEPCO team visits Kamalanga site

G Subba Rao Addresses Dignitaries at Indo-Nepal Business Summit

FICCI, CII and ASSOCHAM jointly organised a Business Meet in the honour of the visiting Prime Minister of Nepal, Mr. Madhav Kumar Nepal on 19th August, 2009 at Hotel Oberoi in New Delhi.

Several distinguished luminaries from leading corporate participated in the meet.

Mr. G. Subbarao, President-Hydro from GMR Group was present at the meet and gave a welcome speech.

The meet was aimed at enhancing bilateral trade, investment and cooperation between the two countries.

Areas of mutual business interest between the two countries such as hydro power, construction, tourism, pharmaceuticals, textiles, wood & wood products, telecom, transport equipments, food processing, chemicals, light engineering, IT and IT enabled services, were also discussed.

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Highways

GMR Group notches highest points in Govt. of India’s technical evaluation for road projects

GMR Group has emerged as the No. 1 road developer in the country amongst 49 companies, in the technical and financial evaluation conducted by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. The evaluation was conducted to arrive at a scoring tally of highway developers based on their financial and technical competencies and merit.

The score card is expected to help the government in identifying and selecting the preferred bidders to execute the development of selected sections of the National Highways on PPP model under the NHDP phase – IV programme. Around 58 projects worth Rs. 70,000 Crores have been identified for development under the scheme.

Several domestic and international companies submitted their applications for the technical and financial evaluation. GMR Group was however adjudged the No. 1 company scoring 16,174 points based on its previous track record of completing four road projects on schedule and other parameters.

The evaluation process is expected to address duplication of efforts, (namely conducting the feasibility studies during each bidding process), eliminate inconsistencies and expedite the assessment process.

GMR Group bags its first road project in Karnataka and the 3rd in this Financial Year

Close on the heels of GMR Group bagging the Hyderabad-Vijayawada and Chennai ORR road projects, the company won its third NHAI project on a Build, Operate, Transfer (toll) basis through the international competitive bidding route. The Group staved off stiff competition to win the 4 laning of NH-13 from Hungund-Hospet in the state of Karnataka.

This is the ninth road project of the Group and its very first in the state of Karnataka. The BOT project measuring a distance of 99.054 on NH-13 km entails design, construction, development, finance and operation of the 4 and 6 lanes for an estimated cost of Rs. 946 crores. The concession period for the project (which includes the construction time of 30 months) is 19 years. The project will be developed by the consortium of

GMR Group and Oriental Structural Engineers Pvt. Ltd.

Commenting on the significance of the project, Mr. O Bangaru Raju, Managing Director of GMR Highways Private Limited and Director of GMR Infrastructure Limited said, “the project will ease traffic congestion and provide a tremendous boost to trade and commerce in the state. Apart from reduction in travel time, this development is expected to improve safety levels for travelers since it will be built as per world-class specifications.”

GMR Group had entered the highways business in 2001 by winning two projects with benchmark annuity offer. It has even received an early completion bonus from the NHAI for completing the Tambaram-Tindivanam project in Tamilnadu ahead of schedule. Today, the Group has a balanced portfolio of three annuity and three toll projects (toll operations for two projects have already commenced) totaling 420 kms across the length and breadth of the country. All six projects have been completed as per schedule including the Tindivanam – Ulundurpet project which will commence toll operations shortly.

Concession Agreement Signed for Hyderabad – Vijayawada Road Project

GMR won the prestigious Hyderabad –Vijayawada Project on BOT (Toll) basis. The project measuring 181 Kms on NH-9 entails designing, engineering, finance, procurement, construction, operation and maintenance of the four-six laning of the Hyderabad – Vijayawada section in the state of Andhra Pradesh.

The group has received letter of award on 27th May 2009. The Concession Agreement for the project was signed on 9th October 2009 and the financial closure for the projects needs to be achieved in 6 months time. Construction of the project highway needs to be completed in 30 months time after financial closure. Punj Lloyd and GIL - EPC division will be the EPC contractors for the project.

Commenting on the significance of the project, Mr. O Bangaru Raju, Managing Director of GMR Highways Private Limited and Director of GMR Infrastructure Limited said, “the project connects two major economic hubs of Andhra Pradesh namely Vijayawada and Hyderabad which are witnessing multi-fold growth. It is also a vital link in facilitating Kolkota – Bangalore traffic movement. We are delighted with the significant step that we have taken and are keen in ensuring that the project caters to the needs of multiple stakeholders”

Elaborating on the future plans of the highways sector, Mr. Srinivas Bommidala – Business Chairman (Urban Infrastructure & Highways) of GMR Group said, “Our endevour is to maintain a sustainable and robust portfolio which offers significant value to all stakeholders and we shall continue to do so”

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The SEZ business of GMR Group has launched its first SEZ development project, a zone dedicated to Solar and Photovoltaic manufacturing and services, in the 24th European Solar PV Conference and Exhibition in Hamburg in the last week of September 2009. Branded GMR Solar Tropic, this zone would be the first dedicated and tailor made eco-system for Solar PV activities anywhere in the world. The high level GMR team was led by Mr. Srinivas Bommidala, Chairman UI & Highways and included Mr. SGK Kishore, CEO-SEZ and Mr. Y. Kamalakar Rao CFO-SEZ.

The event in Hamburg was widely attended by

the global Solar PV industry with over 40,000 visitors and over 900 stalls. GMR held significant marketing discussions with the industry leaders from Europe, US and Far East. The advantages of large Indian market, excellent access to talent, tax advantages of SEZ and Indian Solar Mission, laced with the benefit of being a GMR Group branded development were well received by over 400 meetings held over the 4 days.

GMR’s stall was designed to depict “Vasudaiva Kutumbakam” (universal oneness) for sustainability. The visitors were greeted by hostesses attired in traditional Indian dresses with GMR corporate colours and were given a taste of Indian hospitality. Specially designed

GMR Solar Tropic launched in Hamburg

Urban Infrastructure

GIL EPC Division builds India’s largest car park at T3

the rest of the floors will be 19,155 Sq.m each. The parking structure will be well connected to the T3 building through a corridor at ground level and through an air-conditioned elevated sky-walk with travelators.

The MLCP at T3 will be the largest multi level parking facility built so far in the country. With numerous other enticing features which include 78 aerobridges, 168 check-in counters, 95 immigration counters, a high speed rail link to city centre, a wide range of restaurants, shopping & recreation facilities, the state-of-the-art parking facility at T3 will redefine the modern facilities an airport terminal can offer. Soon IGI Airport’s T3 will not just be an airport terminal, but an experience in itself.

Mumbai Office Shifted

GMR Group’s new regional office in Mumbai

has shifted to the 7th floor of Naman Centre

in the Bandra Kurla Complex at Mumbai.

The pooja was conducted in the presence of

Mr. GBS Raju and Mr. A Subba Rao, Group Chief

Finance Officer – GMR Group.

The floor space measuring 14150 sq.ft. was

acquired by GMR Group and the interiors were

executed by the Property Development team.

Strategic Finance, Debt Market, Deal Origination

and Relationship teams and Treasury Head will

operate from the premises.

and hand-made jute bags by GMRVF were given away in the stall.

GMR’s participation in the event, its unique product Solar Tropic received wide coverage in the industry circles. Several key industry players are in active discussions subsequently with GMR to enter Indian Solar PV market and set-up their their facilities in GMR Solar Tropic.

The 3300 acre SEZ is located in the Krishnagiri District of Tamil Nadu and is envisaged as the first green SEZ in the country on account of its eco-friendly construction (green corridors, ecological efficiency, quality and social infrastructure).

Once the New Integrated Passenger Terminal Building, Terminal 3 (T3) , opens to the public at Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI Airport), passengers will experience comfort of a different kind. By mid 2010, T3 will boast of India’s largest Multi-level Car Park (MLCP) with a capacity to park more than 4300 cars. T3 would not only be one of the largest terminals in the world in terms of size but every measure is being taken to ensure that it ranks among the best in the world in terms of technology, infrastructure, facilities and customer satisfaction also.

At T3, the multi-level car parking will be a ground plus five floor structure. With seven levels, the terrace will also be used for parking. The ground floor will be 19,263 Sq.m. in size and

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Sports

Sehwag is Man of the Series against Sri Lanka as India becomes No. 1

In a series dominated by Delhi Daredevils, Virender Sehwag spearheaded India to a 2-0 series win over Sri Lanka with a victory by an innings and 24 runs in the third and final Test at Brabourne Stadium. India had earlier won the second Test in Kanpur by an innings.

A total of six centuries flowed from the bats of Daredevils, as Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir and Sri Lankan TM Dilshan scored two centuries each.

Sehwag, who missed his third career triple century in Test cricket by seven runs, was adjudged Man of the Match as well as Man of the series.

This is the second successive Test series in which a Delhi Daredevil’s player has been adjudged Man of the Series for India. Earlier in the year, Daredevils skipper, Gautam Gambhir was adjudged Man of the Series in New Zealand.

Sehwag scored 491 runs in the series at an average of 122.75 with two centuries and one fifty. His top score was 293 and he also scored 131 in the second Test. His strike rate was a phenomenal 108.14 for the series.

Gambhir scored a century in each of his two Tests – 114 in Ahmedabad and 167 in second Test at Kanpur. Sehwag had a century (131) in Kanpur and 293 in Mumbai.

Another Daredevil, TM Dilshan also scored two centuries in the series. He made 112 in the first Test at Ahmedabad and then scored 109 in the third Test in Mumbai. He totaled 249 runs in the series.

Earlier in the year, in New Zealand, where India won the last series, Gambhir scored 445 runs at an average of 89. He had scored two centuries.

Big turnout for Delhi Daredevils Soccer maniaBig turnout for Delhi Daredevils Soccer mania

Delhi Daredevils and GMR Sports re-affirming their commitment to promote local sports In the Capital and NCR, became the first IPL Franchise to organise a local football tournament.

It was five-day long 32 team contest for boys and in addition there was another competition for the four girls teams. The tournament was played on the practice grounds of the Feroze Shah Kotla, the home ground for Delhi Daredevils.

In a thrilling finale that ended in a penalty shootout, DU Force beat Red Bull 7 to lift the inaugural Delhi Daredevils Soccer Mania 2009. The match went into a penalty shoot-out after the two teams finished tied goalless. DU Force triumphed by a 2-0 margin in the shoot-out.

For their splendid showing, the winning team pocketed Rs 50,000, while the runners-up had

to settle for Rs 25,000. The two losing semi-finalists got to take home Rs. 5,000 each.

The four team ladies tournament saw Eves Soccer Club beat Centerline FC 3-2 in another penalty shoot-out. Eves as the winners were richer by Rs 10,000. Centerline got to take home

Rs. 5,000.

The prizes were given away by Dr. S.S. Sareen of the DDCA and among the dignitaries present were Delhi Daredevils leg spinner Amit Mishra. Other Daredevil cricketers who visited the venue over the week were Mithun

Manhas and Pradeep Sangwan.

Among other exciting prizes were the ‘Golden Boot Award’ bagged by Prem of Super FC who scored a total of 11 goals. The ‘Best Goal Keeper’ award was won by Bhanu of Red Bull 7 while Yogesh of DU Force was declared the ‘Player of the Tournament’.

Sehwag bats for “Make Delhi Safe for Women” Campaign“Treat Women with the respect they deserve. And you will be called a Daredevil”, “ declared Virender Sehwag in person and from the hoardings and in promotionals being run by The Centre for Equity and Inclusion (CEQUIN), a Non Governmental Organisation, working for the safety of women in Delhi.

Announcing Delhi Daredevils’ star cricketer Sehwag as the Goodwill ambassador was Sara Pilot, founder member of CEQUIN. She was accompanied by Lora Prabhu, who co-founded the organization.

Mrs Pilot, speaking on the occasion said that Sehwag as a Goodwill Ambassador will drive home the message more emphatically. She was also happy that GMR and Delhi Daredevils as a team were backing the campaign.

“It is the responsibility of the citizens to take serious action if they come across any case of harassment against a girl. I hope that in the times to come, we are able to create enough awareness about this issue would help make the women feel safe,” added Sehwag.

Sehwag also stressed as the Commonwealth Games approaching, it is now the responsibility of the citizens to ensure that the tourists feel safe and secure in Delhi.

“The upcoming Commonwealth Games in 2010 would welcome a lot of people, both men and women. So it is our duty as the citizens of Delhi to ensure their safety, it is not the duty of the police or the government,” he said.

The Centre for Equity and Inclusion (CEQUIN) is a Non Profit Organization, working towards the empowerment of marginalized and excluded sections of the population, with a special focus on women. CEQUIN was set up in 2008 by Sara Pilot and Lora Prabhu, who were previously associated with the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) and have worked extensively in the development sector for the empowerment of women.

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GMR Industries

Workshop on Stores processes at RamdurgA team from Wipro conducted a workshop on Stores process at Ramdurg. Teams from Engineering, Process, Electrical, Stores, HR, IT, Finance and Security departments participated in the workshop, which covered Material Receipt and Issue processes.

Town Hall at SankiliA Town Hall meeting was held at Sankili, when Naresh Kumar addressed all staff and workmen updating them on developments in the GMR Group and the performance of the Agri-business sector.

Sankili team unwindsThe Sankili team conducted their annual get-together at Madduvalasa village, a scenic location about 30 km from Sankili. Transport was organized for all staff and their families and it was a day of fun packed with games, songs, competitions and prizes. A visit to the Madduvalasa Reservoir was also undertaken, before the participants disbursed.

Spectacular Show by Siva Kumar

Mr. Ch. Siva Kumar, Executive – IT has been selected as Sankili’s “Best Employee for the month of October 2009” for his outstanding contribution in developing and implementing a

software application for monitoring the “In and Out” movement of visitors and materials at the Security Gate.

The same software would have cost a minimum of Rs 2 lakhs in the market. Siva Kumar volunteered and developed this a p p l i c a t i o n using Oracle. With the existing hardware, coupled with a web camera, the application has been installed and successfully test run. The system is now in place and is working without a hitch. For his initiative amd enterprising efforts, Siva Kumar was unanimously chosen the Best Employee of October 2009.

Congratulations Siva…!

SAP-CMS launched at Haliyal and Ramdurg

The SAP-CMS application was launched successfully at Haliyal and Ramdurg a few days before crushing of cane commenced. Mr. K. Balasubramanian, Business Chairman inaugurated the application at Ramdurg and Mr. Deekshitulu did the honours at Haliyal by generating a cutting permit. SAP-CMS is a unique state-of-the-art fully integrated application which handles Cane Management from planting to harvesting, transport, weighing and crushing with all intermittent data on advances paid, payment dues, etc., This will indeed be a boon to all stakeholders like users, farmers, H&T contractors, …providing total transparency across the entire spectrum of activities.

GMR Industries & GMRVF collaborate to provide aid to flood victims

The Foundation, along with a team from GIDL, Ramdurg and Corporate visited Unoganoor village near Ramdurg to distribute rice, pulses, utensils and clothes to the villagers whose houses had been ravaged in the torrential rains. 125 families lost their homes and were living in the open.

Apart from Unoganoor, there were several other villages which were ravaged by the rains. As an immediate relief, GMRVF and GIDL ran community kitchens in 3 worst-hit villages (Halloi, Khanpet and Hosekere) near Ramdurg. About 1000 people were fed every day for a week.

Medical camps and health awareness programs were conducted in collaboration with the Health Department.

A baseline survey of the 8 villages (Hoskere, Kharadiguda, Gonaganur, Khanpet Ramapura, Ujjinkoppa, Haumsagra and Halloi) was conducted. Over 1200 families were identified who had lost their homes. Relief packages consisting of 1 saree, 1 dhoti, 1 towel, 1 bed sheet, 5kg rice, 1kg dhal and a set of utensils

were distributed to these families.

Mr. TCS Reddy, Director (Technical) GIDL, Mr. Deekshitulu GPSK, VP,

Haliyal, Mr. K Kumar, CFO, Mr. Ravindra D Patil, Plant head GIDL, Ramdurg and other GIDL Colleagues had taken part in the relief materials’ distribution programs organized in different villages.

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Corporate News

Group Chairman defines Knowledge Management as an Integral part of Institution Building

With the rapid expansion of GMR Group over the years and the business environment getting increasingly competitive, the need to build a robust knowledge management system was felt. Hence, the Group embarked on a mission to create a strong knowledge management system last year and has today made significant progress on this front.

December 4, 2009 was a red-letter day for the KM initiative in GMR Group. On this day, the Group Chairman formally announced the “Group-wide Access” of KM Portal. Operationally, this meant that all the regular employees could access the KM portals of the business in which KM had been implemented, i.e. Highways, Airports and Construction. KM portal development is underway for the Development Group followed by the Corporate and Energy businesses.

While announcing the Group-wide access, our Group Chairman said, “Knowledge Management is an integral part of institution building. It is also essential to create future value, mitigate risks and build organizational capabilities. Your GHB and I have fostered Knowledge Management as a way of organizational life.” Further, he looks forward to accelerated usage of the portal to

share & collaborate in order to derive tangible business benefits.

A note from the Chief Knowledge Officer (CKO) – Mr. P.K. Ishwar was also circulated highlighting the following two key features of the KM portal.

“FIND INFORMATION, ANALYZE, LEARN, and DEVELOP” (COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE)

GMR Group has procured a General Competitive Intelligence Database [i.e. “Business Monitor Online” (BMI)] along with a “Search & Compile” feature with unlimited Group wide access. The service provider will cover market and industry information across various geographies. The service provider will be providing the general database access, daily and weekly alerts, rapid response on queries and Audio / Video Conferencing with the concerned BMI team.

“PUT THE MIND OF MANY TO WORK FOR YOU” (PEOPLE LOCATOR):

This feature enables the user access by a simple keyword search to a list of individuals having desired areas of experience. They can then be contacted for detailed consultation, discussions or even for resolving challenges faced in day to day work

There are plans for regular communication by CKO on various other features of the KM portal from time to time.

GIL selected among top 25 companies for Good Governance for 2nd consecutive year The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI), New Delhi, professional body constituted under the Act of Parliament to develop and regulate the profession of Company Secretaries (CS) in India, has selected GMR Infrastructure Limited (GIL) as one of the Top 25 companies adopting good Corporate Governance practices for the year 2009. This is for the second consecutive year GIL has been selected as one of the top 25 companies.

The selection of top 25 companies is done after detailed deliberation by a Jury consisting of personalities of eminence in various fields.

This year, the Jury was chaired by Hon’ble Justice Shri R.C. Lahoti, Former Chief Justice of India.

The recognition has been conferred for the practices followed by the Group in constituting an eminent Board of Directors and its committees; effective performance of the Board; presentation of information in annual reports and enhancement of stakeholder value.

Other practices include managing risks, prolific HR policies, recognizable Environmental protection measures, creativity and innovation in various aspects of corporate functioning, timely statutory compliance, audits and sound corporate social responsibility measures undertaken by the Group.

Kudos to Corporate Secretarial Team for bringing the glory to GMR Group!!

Madhan Kumar Felicitated Mr. Madhan Kumar, Manager-Legal, Corporate

Legal Department has

been recognised and

featured as one of the

Top 25 in the In-house

Corporate Counsel

2009 in the prestigious

Asia Law Business

Journal.

Incidentally, he is the only Indian Corporate

Counsel to have been recognised and featured

in the instant Journal.

Congratulations Madhan!!!

On Saturday, 5th December, 2009 all roads in Vizag led to the Sir Cattamanchi Ramalinga Reddy Utsavarangam, the Convocation Theatre, inside the Andhra University campus. The occasion was the 76th Convocation, and the 1700 capacity auditorium was overflowing with over 3000 guests and media-persons.

The convocation began with Mr. N.D. Tiwari, Honourable Governor of Andhra Pradesh presiding over the function. Mr. K.G. Balakrishnan, Chief Justice of India delivered the convocation address, and later he was conferred with the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters. Mr. Iqbal Singh, Honourable Lt. Governor of Pondichery also received the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters.

Next, the audience watched with rapt attention as Mr. G.M. Rao’s name was announced to receive the honorarium. Mr. Rao strode up on the stage and accepted the Doctor of Letters from the Governor N.D. Tiwari in the presence of Chief Justice of Supreme Court K.G. Balakrishnan and Andhra University Vice Chancellor, Prof. B. Satyanarayana.

Andhra University Awards Doctorate to Group Chairman

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Group Corporate Development

Leadership Development Programme Launched for AVPs, VPs

The Leadership Development Program for AVPs and VPs was formally launched on 22nd Oct 2009 at IBCKP (Bangalore) by Mr. GBS Raju, Chairman Corporate & IBD in the presence of Mr. BVN Rao, Business Chairman-Energy, Mr. PM Kumar, Executive Director, Group Corporate Development, and Mr. Srinivas Bommidala, Business Chairman – Urban Infrastructure and Highways and Mr. M Damodaran, Ex-Chairman SEBI.

The Leadership Development Program is being conducted in collaboration with IIM Bangalore. The first batch of 27 participants drawn from all the businesses went through the first module of three days from 30th November to 2nd December 2009 at the IIM Bangalore Campus. The programme commenced on 29th November 2009 with an inaugural address and lamp lighting by Mr. YM Shivamurthy, Group President Legal and General Counsel. This program has been comprehensively designed by the Corporate HR –Development Group in collaboration with IIM Bangalore to cover diverse aspects of Leadership – Leading Self, Leading Others, Leading Business and Leading Change. Organization Priority Projects and Coaching have been made an integral part of this program to ensure practical learning through experiential means.

Operational Excellence – II tests HR Employees Knowledge Quotient

Operational excellence phase- II was conducted

on 8th December, 2009 for all the HR members

across the Group. This being a mandatory

examination, 131 HR members across all levels

gave the test at Bangalore, Delhi and Hyderabad

on the same day.

The test was conceptualized and designed by

CHR-OPS team and was conducted with the

help of MAG department who validated the

answer sheets.

Operation excellence is a key element for the

success of HR fraternity. The objective of this

initiative was to promote better understanding

and interpretation of HR policies in order to

facilitate qualitative interaction with internal

customers.

Laras Managerial Leadership Development ProgrammeThe third batch of LARAS Managerial Leadership

Development Programme was concluded on

21st November 2009 at the Woodrose Club,

Bangalore. This program was conducted by

LARAS Leaders, Chennai and was launched

in May 2009. This programme was spread

over 7 months and had 14 modules on various

Managerial Leadership aspects . 21 participants

from GIDL, GCC and Energy Business made

presentation to the panel consisting of

Mr. R Ramakrishnan, MD-GMR Industries Ltd,

Mr. Prasad Gopalan, Head-Development

Group, Corporate HR, Mr. Ravishanker S, Head

– GMR Power Corporation Ltd, Chennai. All

the 21 participants were awarded Certificate of

Successful Completion by LARAS Managerial

Leadership Development Process.

Alaknanda CDM validation site visit impresses validator

As part of the mandatory CDM Project registration protocol of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Alaknanda Project Design Document (PDD) was webhosted on the UNFCCC – website. This is a crucial step in the CDM project registration process, which seeks to obtain comments from the Global Stakeholders. Later, the Alaknanda CDM validation site visit was organized at the project site at Pandukeshwar on 06th November, 2009.

The validation was performed by the appointed validator M/s TUV-NORD. The Validation meeting was arranged by the Alaknanda site

team and the Environment Group in assistance with the appointed CDM consultants M/s E&Y.

During the validation meeting, the Validator’s queries were addressed by the stakeholders and the Alaknanda site team. The project site visit to the proposed power house and barrage, was done by the validator to assess the site conditions and technical barriers prevailing in the region.

The validator was satisfied with the support extended by the engineering and GMR Varalakshmi Foundation teams to the local community by providing basic facilities at the project site.

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Foundation

FOSA Orthopaedic Project wins Group Chairman’s SEF Award

Nine exciting social development projects were executed by about 100 GMR colleagues in the first round of the GCM SEF. And the winning project was ‘Setting up an orthopaedic unit in FOSA Humanitarian Hospital, Bangalore’. The two close runners up are: ‘Life Skills and HIV / AIDS awareness, Bangalore’ and ‘Computer training in govt. school, Chennai’.

The panel of judges comprising Mrs. Vijaya Mohanram, Mrs. Smitha Raju (Board members, GMR Varalakshmi Foundation), and Shri Aniruddha Ganguly, EVP, conducted a rigorous evaluation process. They were impressed by the work put in by each of the teams and congratulated all the participants. This is what they had to say about the winning projects:

PRIZE WINNING PROJECT: ‘Setting up an orthopaedic unit in FOSA humanitarian hospital’ – Excellent achievement. Distinctive features of this project are (i) the quality of team composition in terms of diversity and competence, (ii) high quality of execution and (iii) professional presentation. The project also opens our eyes to the fact that such an intervention can be accomplished at so low cost.

Congratulations to the team of Bibek Parsad Mishra, Lakshmi Sudarshan, Mary Lukose, Meena KS, Mounita Dutta, Narayana Pillai MV, Omana K, Rajesh Veeramani, Ratish R, Santhoshkumar J, Srinivasan G, Sujatha Srinath, Suraj Thomas, Thandaveswaran NA, Unnikrishnan K, Veena Narayanan, Vishalkumar Sinha and 14 family members.

RUNNER UP: ‘Life skills and HIV / AIDS awareness’ – Very good endeavour; compliments to the team for taking up a subject which is still considered taboo in certain parts of our society. The team now has trained people who should be encouraged to spread this to more schools and colleges.

Congratulations: Chaitanya N, Gayathri R, Hymavathy Challa, Mark N, Mruthyunjaya E, Murali Krishna T, Namratha Mahesh, Natarajan CK, Prasad S, Raghavendra B, Rebecca Solomon, Rozario Kishore D’souza, Srinivasulu Rajakunte, Uma Shankari M, Vinutha Nagaraj

RUNNER UP: ‘Computer training in Govt. School, Chennai’ – Very good initiative; practical approach; highlight of the project was to create leaders among the students to carry the work forward.

Congratulations: Aditya, Gururajan B, Krishnan, Manikandan, Mohan S, Muralikrishna P, Nagaraju L, Praveen Kumar M, Radhakrishnan L, S.Suresh, Sampathkumar C., Selvam

Under GCM’s Social Entrepreneurship Scheme (1st round), the employees of GCM’s Office and Founders Business Office formed into a group “Gul MohaR Care Mission” and donated some essential articles to “NELE-Ashakirana”,

an orphanage of 30 girl children located at Gottigere, Bannerrghatta Road, Bangalore.

Articles supplied were Water Tanks with a total capacity of 5000 ltrs, two cycles to enable the girl inmates to learn life skills, 30 trunk boxes to store the books and personal belongings of the children, 1400 note books and 30 school bags. The total cost of these items was Rs.58,205/. The Foundation granted Rs.25,000/- and the excess of Rs.33,205/- was met by members contribution.

The articles were distributed by Smt. G Varalakshmi, Wife of our GCM and Smt. Ramadevi, daughter of our GCM at the closing function held on 6th September 2009.

GMRVF-CSW Annual Summit Held

The 4th Annual Summit of the Community Services Wing of GMR Varalakshmi Foundation was held at Hyderabad from 21 to 23rd October, 2009. Participants from all GMRVF-CSW locations, including Nepal participated in the Summit. Shri Balasubramanian, Chairman CSR, and Dr. V Raghunathan, CEO, GMRVF were present for the programme. The Summit was a forum for sharing experiences from across 19 locations where GMRVF is working.

GMR Group bags the Silver Plate Award for supporting cause of Elders

GMRVF has been awarded the Help Age India Silver Plate Award for the CSR works with the elderly. Mrs. Meena Raghunathan, Director Community Services, GMR Varalakshmi Foundation, received the silver plaque and citation from Shri Mukul Wasnik, Hon’ble Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment in Delhi on 1 October, 2009 which is celebrated as the International Day of the Elderly.

GMRVF has been working with the elderly through a partnership with Help Age India since 2004. HelpAge India is a leading NGO in the country, set up in 1978 for the cause of the elderly. Currently GMRVF and HelpAge run three Mobile Medical Units (MMU) in Hyderabad, Rajam and Rajahmundry in Andhra Pradesh to take health services to the doorsteps of the elderly. Each mobile MMU has a doctor, a health care worker, a pharmacist and is equipped with appropriate medicines and medical instruments. Services include regular health checkups, supply of medicines, referral services, home visits etc.

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Books on wheels

GMRVF has devised an innovative idea to make books accessible to villagers of Ramdurg, Sankili and Haliyal where the Group’s sugar factories are located. Books are stored in a trunk fastened to the passenger seat of a cycle and pedalled to locations where villagers congregate. The cycle typically carries a wide collection of books and magazines. It costs only Rs. 1, 500/- to start such a library. The Foundation is currently running four such mobile libraries in and around Haliyal and Ramdurg.

The cyclist not only lends out books, but also narrates stories, organizes games for children, reads out excerpts from religious books every Saturday.

GMRVF records show a 45% increase in the readership in these areas, in the last 2 years.

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GMRVF reaches instant relief to flood ravaged victims

The North-eastern monsoon which began with slight showers intensified its velocity affecting several regions in North Karnataka. Continual rains for 10 days flooded the Ramdurg taluk region causing untold human suffering and misery. GMRVF initiated relief work within 24 hours, reaching supplies to the flood affected people. Community kitchen and medical camps were organized initially, enabling over 1000 families to tide over their difficulties immediately. GMRVF engaged youth and self-help groups in the clean-up operations and encouraged them to focus on maintaining sanitation and public-health in the affected villages.

GMRVF identified three villages to provide immediate relief and long-term rehabilitation. It also organized distribution of relief materials to 850 families in three villages of Ramdurg .The immediate relief material constituted saree, dhoti, bed-sheet, towel, rice-5kgs, dhal-1kg and cooking utensils. It will also be reaching out to 850 families and 4,200 people in the first phase.

Coordination has been established with the Government authorities for the smooth distribution of relief materials.

The packets were distributed in the three villages with the help of community

volunteers. GIDL team members from Haliyal and Ramdurg , our team members and local people supported the relief operations.

In Andhra Pradesh, GMRVF sent several truckloads of relief materials including food items, clothes, cooking vessels, medicines, bleaching powder etc. to Kurnool and Vijayawada. Of this, large quantities of rice and medicines were donated by GHIAL colleagues. NSS students of GMRIT also collected nearly Rs. 1.0 lakh towards flood relief. Family kits consisted of clothes, rice, dal, cooking vessels, soaps, etc. which were distributed to 2500 families in Kurnool and 510 families in Vijayawada.

Three GMR Helpage Mobile Medical Units with Doctors, Pharmacists and other staff spent a week in the flood affected areas of Vijayawada, Kurnool and Mehboobnagar. Medicines worth Rs. 70,000/- was procured and sent with MMUs. The medical team helped 3,345 patients with medical care.

GMRVF opens two new vocational training centers

Two new vocational training centers for the under-privileged youth were inaugurated recently at Bangalore and Delhi. The centers will provide job-oriented short term training for school and college dropout youth and help them find entry-level jobs.

Both centers have started 2 streams of training and currently have about 40 students each. The training centre at Bangalore has started its operations from the SKIP House, while the training centre at Delhi is currently operating from the old cargo area. The permanent centres for both these locations are in the planning stages.

GMR Polytechnic records 100% admission from rural students GMR Polytechnic (GMRP) was launched as an initiative of GMR Varalakshmi Foundation to support AICTE’s endeavour to utilize resources optimally. GMRP aims to offer high quality technical education to aspiring diploma engineers from rural background, in the 2nd shift when the GMRIT facility is not in use.

Diploma courses are offered in four disciplines namely Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electronics and more recently

Communication Engineering and Electrical and Electronics Engineering which were introduced in 2009. 60 students are permitted to enroll for each discipline and GMRP has recorded 100% admission for every discipline.

The students are admitted through (CEEP) “Common Entrance Examination for Polytechnic”.

The Diploma Certificate will be issued by State Board of Technical Education, AP

B.E. Aircraft Engineering Course introduced at GMRIT

The BE Aircraft Engineering Course was introduced this academic year 2009-10, with a Tripartite MOU between Andhra University – Visakapatnam, GMR Institute of Technology – Rajam and Perth College UHI – Scotland, UK.

It is a three year course, wherein the First Year is at GMRIT, Rajam and the remaining two years

at Perth College, Scotland, UK.

This course is specifically designed to help meet the growing need for skilled Aircraft Maintenance Engineers specifically for MROs (Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul) and Aircraft and component manufacturing industries.

All students graduating from this course will be eligible to stay and work for 2 years in UK under the Post Study Work Scheme.

The Degree will be awarded by Perth College UHI, Scotland, UK.

GMR International office at London has donated several quilts, blankets, pillows, pillow covers and bed sheets to Shelter – a charity set-up for the cause of the homeless through Mr. John Hibbert and Mr. PNS Murthy.

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Childrens Day event in Mangalore

Session on the eve of International day of ‘The Elimination of Violence against Women’, Savda, Delhi

Road safety awareness programmes at Villupuram, Tambaram-Tindivanam Highway,Tamilnadu

A session on electricity by Mr. Rajeev, GMR Energy Limited for local youth at Pandukeshwar, Uttarakhand

Mr. Srinivas Bommidala and his son Santosh distribute clothes at Sarvodaya Service Society - Oldage Home and School for the mentally disabled

Mrs. Varalakshmi delivers speech at Tamilnadu Arya Vysya Mahasabha meeting. She later distributed scholarships to poor students.

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Office of GMRVF-Community Services Wing at Rajam inaugurated by Dr. PDK Rao, Board Member GMRVF

A street play at Rajahmundry as a part of the AIDS awareness programme

Mr. Ravindran, COO - Aviation and Aerospace Business, GHIAL, distributing certificates for vocational trainees at GMRV-CEL, Hdyerabad

Joyful learning and usage of TLM in Dapper School, Ambala- Chandigarh Highway

GMRVF inaugurated a Bala Badi at Ramgarh, Upper Karnali, Nepal

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GHIAL Security and Control, Transport Department and RAXA donate relief materials to flood affected people through GMRVF.

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