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IRCON Contributes Rs 20.5 crore

to PMCARES Fund

rcon International Limited is one of the biggest challenges years has been partnering with
(IRCON) has come forward to that our country is facing and it the Government towards nation
Iprovide an additional finan- has been unprecedented in its se- building. We are confident that as
cial assistance of Rs. 15.5 crore verity. We at IRCON, has always a nation, we will be able to over-
to PMCARES Fund for fighting been at the forefront in times of come this exceptional situation
COVID-19. This amount is in ad- need for the country. The biggest and emerge a stronger nation.
dition to Rs 5 crore assistance an- need at this time is to be united IRCON employees have also
nounced earlier. Company’s total and strengthen the hands of the come forward and supported
contribution to PMCARES Fund Government of India. We as re- company’s endeavor by donat-
now amounts to Rs 20.5 crore, in- sponsible company have been ing their one day’s salary for
cluding contribution of Rs 51 lakh assessing the situation and have this COVID-19 fund. Total
by the employees. decided to enhance our contribu- amount of Rs 51 lakh was con-
Mr. S. K. Chaudhary, CMD, tion. Further, Mr. S. K. Chaudhary tributed by all employee of Ircon
IRCON said that the COVID-19 said that, IRCON, through the International Ltd.

BHEL Optimises Emphasis on Employee

Engagement during the Lockdown;

Nearly 21,000 Employees Benefit though renewed Focus on E-learning

ndaunted by the un- creativity & productivity of em- (Unnayan). During such difficult
precedented halt in op- ployees. The company has created times, BHEL is also very effective-
Uerations due to the lock- more than 230 learning opportu- ly using the power of social media,
down, Bharat Heavy Electricals nities through various e-learning not only for instant, seamless and
Limited (BHEL) has achieved a courses / webinars / trainings on authentic communication across
major milestone by successfully technical, functional, managerial the organisation but also for shar-
implementing a huge employee and behavioral domains. These ing details of learning & develop-
engagement initiative. In the past opportunities are the joint efforts ment opportunities along with in-
one month, the company has of BHEL’s Corporate Learning formation on latest developments,
reached out to nearly 21,000 em- & Development Division, Engi- circulars & advisories. BHEL’s
ployees to maintain continuity neering Division – Project Engin- monthly journal ‘Ekam’ is also be-
and to facilitate the transition to eering Management and various ing shared digitally on this forum.
work-from-home. Significantly, training centres spread across During the review of BHEL’s
in addition to focusing on the BHEL’s units. BHEL has exten- L&D Initiatives during the lock-
health and wellbeing of its em- sively used its in-house skill, ex- down period, Secretary (Heavy
ployees, BHEL has effectively pertise and domain experts in Industries) lauded BHEL’s efforts
used this lockdown as an oppor- developing e-modules that are and encouraged them to continue
tunity to sharpen the skill set and available on its e-Learning Portal with its innovative initiatives.

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