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Initiatives

Corporate Management

Long-Range Perspective Plan Five Year Rolling Corporate Plan Annual Growth Plan Operational Benchmarking Enterprise Resource Planning Constituted a committee for recommending approval for extension of Contract Employees Review of Administration, Personnel and Finance Wings Inclusive Participation in Company’s growth Effectiveness and Streamlining of Processes Decentralisation of Administrative Functions

Business Development

Participated in CII-Africa Conclave held at New Delhi from 14-16 March, 2010 Chaired the session on “Rural Economics and Infrastructure Development in Africa” - 15.03.2010 Deputed a team of WAPCOS Officers for exploring Business Potential in the participating African Countries Held meeting with His Excellency Mr. Karim WADE, Senior Minister, Minister for International Cooperation, Town and Country Planning, Civil Aviation and Infrastructure, Republic of Senegal - 16 March, 2010 Held meetings with Hon’ble Ministers of Malawi and Liberia Projects being pursued in Democratic Republic of Congo, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritania, Mozambique, Senegal, Swaziland, Uganda and Zambia Signed MoU with DHI (India) Water & Environment Pvt. Ltd. To collaborate in the areas of river hydraulics, Coastal hydraulics, including Ports and Harbours, Water Supply & Sewerage, Environment Sector WAPCOS officers participated in CII delegation to Laos for Business Development from 21-23 February, 2010 Created Water Bodies and Lake Conservation Division To explore Business Potential under schemes of MOWR, MOEF and JNNURM Exploring the possibilities of taking up projects in new areas Desalinization Cleaning of Lakes/Water Bodies using new techniques Management of Municipal Solid Waste Signing of MoU with CWPRS Approval received from MOWR Matter taken up for signing of MoU with CSMRS New Brochures in English and French finalised and printed Website under finalisation

Brand Building

Elected as Chairman of Indo-Cambodia, Indo-Laos Business Forum of FICCI Jury Member, Water Digest Awards 2009-2010 Facilitated Linkages with Organisations in Water Sector Participation from Govt. & Pvt. Sector and NGOs Media Reports “Indian Firm Seeks to Manage Water Supplies in Africa”- Indo Asia News Service, 28th October, 2009 “Water Under the Bridge”- The Economic Times, 30th October, 2009

Human Resource Management

Optimum Utilisation of Manpower Review of Technical Manpower upto Engineer Trainees Level Introduced In-house Journal “WAPTECH” To encourage officers and staff to Contribute Technical Papers Nomination for Training Programmes Through Roster Across all Ranks Judicious Mix of Senior, Middle Level and young Professionals Taken up the matter for security of WAPCOS Staff working at Salma Dam Project, Afghanistan with MOWR and MEA Proposed to engage MES personnel for Construction Management of Project Revised proforma for probation clearance linking it to performance w.r.t. assigned targets

Project Implementation

Revival of Centre for Water Resources Business Share Increased from 6% (2008-09) to 20% Periodical Review of Progress of Projects Focus on Customer Satisfaction and timely completion of projects

Financial Management

Focus on Realisation of Payments Debtors EMDs To Increase the Cash Flow Bidding through consultations amongst Finance and Technical Wings Assessment of Competition Strength of Technical Proposal Judgment of Clients Inclination Chargeability of Overheads and Fee made flexible Financial Bid Movement in Sealed Covers Finance Wing Reviews Progress of Turnover/Realisation achievement at Regular Intervals Cost Control Introduced Austerity Measures Redeployed Manpower Conducted Diagnostic Study Shared the findings with GMs for participatory effectiveness of various measures

Corporate Social Responsibility

“National Capacity Building Programme in Water Sector” on the occasion of World Water Week, 2010 at CSMRS on 26.03.2010 on behalf of Ministry of Water Resources WAPCOS intends to actively participate in the idea of “Water Hub” with India Water Foundation and other Govt. organisations/NGOs in consultation with Ministry of Water Resources Website on “India Water Hub” under preparation International Conference on “Brain Storming on Innovative Ancient Techniques in Resolving the current crisis of Soil, Water and Environment” at CSMRS, New Delhi on 14.02.2010 Brain Storming Session on “Knowledge Economy and Capacity Building in Water Sector” at Bangalore on 15.01.2010 Technical Session on “Corporate Social Responsibility” during World Water Day 2010 celebrations organised by Ministry of Water Resources on 22.03.2010