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CCE Committee Contd...
After Sh MDA issuing concurrence and endorsement , I conveyed the same to Dr HM. Immediately, we convened the first meeting of all 5 sub committee leaders and worked out the strategy and working methodology for each sub committee. At that stage since Sh M.Anbunathan was there in Nagpur, he was roped in as an active member. Since he had the profile records of all members, he and me allocated various members in each sub committee and got the concurrence of sub committee heads. After that , it was concluded that all sub-committees shall meet at least once in a month and deliberate to furnish their final report by Aug./Sept'94 positively.
Question arose, who shall host the monthly meetings of each sub committee &who will bear the expenses for travel and boarding &lodging for the members to attend. As the constitution of the committee was for national cause, it was concluded that each member in a sub committee will host one day meeting at their premises by rotation and all that sub committee members will travel and attend at their own company's cost. So there was no question of lodging arose. Beauty was that every member cooperated with full heart , participated and contributed effectively.
Coming to operation of each sub committee: Though each sub committee had its identified leader. AR took full control of the situation and acted like an orchestra conductor! I made it a point to be present in all sub committee meetings every month i.e attend 5 sub committee meetings every month at different venues across India. While conducting the meetings at each place, we used to identify several aspects concerning that sub committee's assigned task and raise debatable questions. As assignment, it was expected of each member present to address and issue their versions of response to my Reliance office secretariat by that month end- in those days, since computers and e-mail exchanges were not prevalent, people used to transmit by Fax or Telex. My personal secretary Ms Meena Punjabi used to collect/correlate the data immediately and send back to all members of that sub committee positively by 2nd/3rd of every month. People used to read and come prepared for valuable discussions during the forth coming meeting of that sub committee. It was a treat to watch those proceedings.
Here I would like to highlight two important points.
In one of the meetings where Dr HM was the leader of one sub committee, when I was differing with him on a technical aspect, one of that sub committee member present cautioned me that you cannot differ with CCE!
I reacted saying, DR HM is present here as leader of sub committee and not as CCE and when it comes to technical argument, official position does not matter. Dr HM being an excellent technocrat in Bureaucratic position silenced that person saying AR is right &he can openly express.
On another occasion, one of the sub committee member cautioned me stating'what you are prescribing here may affect your own installation and be careful'. I responded to him,' I am not here to defend any Reliance interest and even if comes to cut my throat, I cannot violate the Technical importance'. The whole team clapped and appreciated my stand. Rather at the close of the entire Committee Report submission, Dr HM personally phoned MDA and expressed his thanks in deputing me for this assignment.
Final report preparation and how it got edited and printed:- That is a big story. Dr HM did not imagine that the final report will be that voluminous! He convened a meeting at IOC Chairman guest house bungalow in Peddar road with identified limited team of personnel. Dr HM, Ghoshal, MA, AR, Dr Patel of TCS and my secretary Ms Meena were only present for 2 days to finalize the final report. Contd........
Key Aspects :- Critical challenge, Incident analysis, Leadership,Recognition, Reputation, Responsible
CCE Committee Contd...
After Sh MDA issuing concurrence and endorsement , I conveyed the same to Dr HM. Immediately, we convened the first meeting of all 5 sub committee leaders and worked out the strategy and working methodology for each sub committee. At that stage since Sh M.Anbunathan was there in Nagpur, he was roped in as an active member. Since he had the profile records of all members, he and me allocated various members in each sub committee and got the concurrence of sub committee heads. After that , it was concluded that all sub-committees shall meet at least once in a month and deliberate to furnish their final report by Aug./Sept'94 positively.
Question arose, who shall host the monthly meetings of each sub committee &who will bear the expenses for travel and boarding &lodging for the members to attend. As the constitution of the committee was for national cause, it was concluded that each member in a sub committee will host one day meeting at their premises by rotation and all that sub committee members will travel and attend at their own company's cost. So there was no question of lodging arose. Beauty was that every member cooperated with full heart , participated and contributed effectively.
Coming to operation of each sub committee: Though each sub committee had its identified leader. AR took full control of the situation and acted like an orchestra conductor! I made it a point to be present in all sub committee meetings every month i.e attend 5 sub committee meetings every month at different venues across India. While conducting the meetings at each place, we used to identify several aspects concerning that sub committee's assigned task and raise debatable questions. As assignment, it was expected of each member present to address and issue their versions of response to my Reliance office secretariat by that month end- in those days, since computers and e-mail exchanges were not prevalent, people used to transmit by Fax or Telex. My personal secretary Ms Meena Punjabi used to collect/correlate the data immediately and send back to all members of that sub committee positively by 2nd/3rd of every month. People used to read and come prepared for valuable discussions during the forth coming meeting of that sub committee. It was a treat to watch those proceedings.
Here I would like to highlight two important points.
In one of the meetings where Dr HM was the leader of one sub committee, when I was differing with him on a technical aspect, one of that sub committee member present cautioned me that you cannot differ with CCE!
I reacted saying, DR HM is present here as leader of sub committee and not as CCE and when it comes to technical argument, official position does not matter. Dr HM being an excellent technocrat in Bureaucratic position silenced that person saying AR is right &he can openly express.
On another occasion, one of the sub committee member cautioned me stating'what you are prescribing here may affect your own installation and be careful'. I responded to him,' I am not here to defend any Reliance interest and even if comes to cut my throat, I cannot violate the Technical importance'. The whole team clapped and appreciated my stand. Rather at the close of the entire Committee Report submission, Dr HM personally phoned MDA and expressed his thanks in deputing me for this assignment.
Final report preparation and how it got edited and printed:- That is a big story. Dr HM did not imagine that the final report will be that voluminous! He convened a meeting at IOC Chairman guest house bungalow in Peddar road with identified limited team of personnel. Dr HM, Ghoshal, MA, AR, Dr Patel of TCS and my secretary Ms Meena were only present for 2 days to finalize the final report. Contd........
Key Aspects :- Critical challenge, Incident analysis, Leadership,Recognition, Reputation, Responsible
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