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New Delhi 06-Sep-2007
To motivate IndianOilPeople and enthuse their participation in bringing in innovative changes, an IndianOil Suggestion Scheme is running most efficiently in the Corporation. This platform gives a wonderful opportunity to any team member to present and implement their innovative suggestion to improve the working efficiency in any field of work, which will accrue monetary savings for the Corporation. At the IndianOil Day function held recently, the IndianOil Suggestions Scheme Corporate Awards for the year 2006-7, were presented by Mr S V Narasimhan, Director (F) to four deserving IndianOil team members The Corporate Award for the Most Frequent Suggestor and Best Suggestor for the year for the year 2006-2007, was bagged by Shri Tarun Chandra Thakuria, (Mechanical Engineer, Mechanical Maintenance Department), Guwahati Refinery. Mr Thakuria received both the awards, in recognition of his contribution of Forty-Two (42) award-winning suggestions and being rewarded with a cumulative award amount of Rupees Fifty thousand and eighty-nine only (Rs. 50089/-), on accepted suggestions. In recognition of his contribution towards fostering a culture of innovation and creativity, encouraging colleagues to participate in the Suggestion Scheme, and mentoring the implementation of the accepted suggestions, Mr Aniruddha Chatterjee, Officer (Administration & Welfare), Barauni Refinery & Co-ordinator of Barauni Refinery, won the Corporate Award for the Best Co-ordinator for the year 2006-07. Mr Chatterjee generated 546 accepted suggestions and implemented 199 suggestions. Shri Asis Das, Senior Manager, Information Systems, and Shri Sanjay Kishore Pandey, Senior Information Systems Officer, of Barauni Refinery for their valuable suggestion on `Replacement of existing Overtime Management System with a Web-based Form Flow System’ received the Corporate Award for the Best Suggestion of the year 2006-2007. The Corporate Award for the Best Suggestion of the year under IndianOil Suggestion Scheme is presented to an employee/team of employees whose suggestion qualifies for the highest amount of reward at the corporate level. In Barauni Refinery, manual jobs with respect to monitoring of overtime at the Time Office like overtime slips collection, sorting, segregation, record keeping and data retrieval have been replaced by an IT-enabled system, which makes overtime entry, monitoring and retrieval of data easier and speedier. Their innovative system has resulted in manpower savings and system simplification in addition to meeting the basic purpose of efficient monitoring of overtime. The innovative suggestion has already been implemented at Barauni Refinery, which has resulted in a net financial savings of Rs. 5.67 Lakh per annum to the Corporation on a recurring basis. Heartiest Congratulations!
