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Dharwad Krishi Mela in Karnataka

This year Karnataka State is experiencing drought in many districts and the farmers are put through lot of hardship. To address this issue, the University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad has been engaged in developing technologies for draught mitigating and developing varieties tolerant to draught. The next step taken is the Krishi Mela-2012 scheduled from 22nd to 25th September organized at main campus of UAS, Dharwad.

Some priority Areas of this fair are drought management, rainwater harvesting, agriclinic & agribusiness management, farm machineries, hi-tech farming, bio-fertilizers and organic farming.

As part of this fair, special emphasis  was laid on imparting knowledge about draught management.

Apart from this, agriculture, farm machinery & organic farming exhibitions were also arranged.

 

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TAFE Madurai Plant Receives Environmental Green Award

TAFE has always prioritized its concern for the environment, and keeping in line with this, the MDU plant bagged the ‘Environmental Green Award’ from Tamil Nadu Government this Tuesday, September 11th 2012, in appreciation of their initiatives and commitment to protect the environment by adopting new technologies not only in the process section but in the treatment section as well.

The award also recognized TAFE’s efforts in taking action to reuse treated trade effluent in the process, providing rainwater harvesting, and complying with the rules and regulations made by the various environmental agencies.

The MDU Plant was one of the 12 plants to bag this award amongst more than 200 plants that were shortlisted by TNPCB, all over the state.

Cheers to TAFE for its eco-friendly ways of operation! .

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TAFE Tractor Division Recommended for Re-Certification by TUV Auditors

At TAFE, care for the environment is one of our main priorities, and we strive to maintain sound management systems in order to reduce and eliminate effects on the enivronment.

TAFE’s Tractor Division (all plants including Turkey Operations, H.O., R&D, 14 Depots and 25 Area Offices) was recommended for re-certification for the next 3 years by M/s. TUV-NORD Pvt in a closing meeting at DBR Plant Conference Hall in Bangalore, on September 1st.

We thank each and every one who have contributed both directly and indirectly for the sustenance of Quality Management System (QMS) and Environment Management System (EMS) – ISO 9001: 2008 and ISO 14001: 2004.

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COMMit – A CorpComm COMMit-ment

We, at TAFE Corporate Communications, have launched a new single window contact on TAFE Channel, called COMMit!

COMMit will serve as a one stop portal for other departments to get in touch with us and place requests.

Since the corporate communications department is the custodian of the corporate brand, our work is concerned with all internal and external stakeholders. We handle a number of assignments, and hence, COMMit gives us a very systematic approach to work.

It will improve exchange and flow of information from the Corporate Communications to other Departments, and vice versa. Also, it will increase efficiency of communication, and also save time.

Through COMMit, a system of uniform and consistent communication can be established, as the Corp Comm communications follow the Corporate Identity Program.

We would sincerely like to thank the E-Comm team: P R Kannan, K Gopalakrishnan, P Hemanand, M Dinesh, K M Nisha for putting our ideas into execution.

We kindly request all departments to place their requests and requirements to Corporate Communications via COMMit.

It’s a CorpComm COMMit-ment!

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TAFE in the Last Eight at SAP F15 Cricket Cup

Two matches on, with one massive win against Empee and an otherwise avoidable loss against Ashok Leyland, TAFE enters the quarterfinals in the tournament.

The match against Empee was a cake walk for TAFE. In the allotted 15 overs, the TAFE team scored a massive 173 for the loss of  four wickets. Aravind was 63 not out when stumps were drawn. The openers, Vivek Seshan and Sokkanathan amassed 55 runs in the first four overs.

On the fall of openers, spectators were yet again treated by some good batting display by Irumbidiar and Vijay Srinivas. The wicket keeping was done by Rupesh. The opponents, Empee’s batsmen were packed to the pavilion for a meager 60 runs.

Anand Vijay  and Vivek Srinivasan scalped four  and three wickets respectively to see TAFE enter the quarterfinals with this win. After ensuring the quarterfinal berth, with a reshuffled team, TAFE had the match against the mighty Ashok Leyland. The match was played after a few hours of their first match and they lost on a poor run rate.

TAFE had mustered 106 in their 15 overs. The wicket keeper Rupesh had his fireworks with bat, which was amply supported by Irumbidiar, Vijay Srinivas and Aravind. Irumbidiar went on to take two wickets later on.

At the end of the fourth over, when Ashok Leyland was on 29/2 rain interrupted and the game was stopped. It restarted after a while and then again only four overs were possible. In the eighth over played by Ashok Leyland  were able to accumulate 68 runs for two wickets. As per the organisers’ rule, Ashok Leyland was declared winner.

TAFE has now to play in quarterfinals with the team that emerges from other groups and we are sure the team will put up a strong combination in the matches to come

Cheers to the TAFE Team!

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TAFE Signs MoU with Vel Tech

TAFE entered into a unique MoU with Vel Tech (a well established university in Chennai) in its pursuit of excellence in Industry – Institute collaboration.

The important feature of this MoU is that TAFE employees in Chennai region can pursue MTech in Tractor Engineering sponsored by TAFE. The course is designed by experts in the field andtailor made to suit TAFE requirement.

The board of studies committee is being headed by Mr.S.Sriraman.who, along with his team, has designed the course curriculum to fit TAFE’s requirements, thereby laying more emphasis on ‘Application’.

Apart from higher  education, the MoU also includes co-operation in the areas of project work for students, plant visits, faculty visit, guest lectures etc.

This MoU is unique and one of its kind in the industry, focussing on higher education and joint collaboration.

We are sure that both TAFE and Veltech will reap a lot of benifits from this new relationship. Cheers to both parties!

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Woman Behind the Wheel Chairman – In Conversation with Sudha Menon

Recenty, Sudha Menon, author of the renowned book – Leading Ladies, featured our chairman Mallika Srinivasan on the Khaleej Times.

The article encompasses the journey of our chairman right from a focused young professional to the leader she is today. It also talks about her experience with growing up in a business family; her strength and support in the family; and the importance of value-based leadership.

Below, is the link to the article:

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/displayarticle.asp?xfile=data/international/2012/August/international_August954.xml&section=international&col=

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TAFE Inaugurates New Dealership at Villupuram Kallakuruchi

A month ago, TAFE had appointed a new dealer under the name Mahalaxmi Tractors in Villupuram and Kallakuruchi districts this past month. Today, both these branches of dealership were inaugurated at Villupuram & Kallakuruchi respectively.

The business radius of Mahalaxmi Tractors covers entire Villupuram district, Attur and Gangavalli Taluk of Salem District. They have been in the business for more than 85 years and have a solid contact base with the farmers in the entire Villupuram district.

The dealership was inaugurated by Mr.AL. Kumarappan- Sr.GM-Sales Marketing, in the presence of Mr.P C Dash, AVP (Customer Support), Mr.A.Kalyanaraman- Sr.DGM- Customer support,  Mr.Philip Vegeese & Mr.Ramesh- Manager Sales.

Further, a customer meet was also organized at both districts, gathering nearly 500 farmers, thereby starting on a very promising note.  

The TAFE team has already established a good rapport with customers there. Here’s wishing our new dealership great success!

 

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Stress-Free Zone Launched at MDU

Madurai operations launched a cafeteria, referred to as the Stress Free Zone. This place was named in the same fashion as the Safety Zones in the plants.

This Stress Free Zone is a pay and use cafeteria at MDU where employees can have refreshments and also socialize with co-workers during the course of a busy day.

Since the MDU plant is situated about 40 kms from the city of Madurai, there are not many refreshment cafes nearby. To overcome this, the HR team and the Plant Head, with the help of the Admin team, set up this cafeteria. The initiative was put into action after receiving suggestions from employees on what facilities to implement.

The MDU employees work six days a week, and have a very busy routine. Hence, This stress free zone clearly serves as a very useful refreshment center for them!

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