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EMPLOYEES SPEAK                                                                                                                                                                                     JSW ENERGY BOLT  |  ISSUE 1

                                            corporates in India as well         learning opportunities to my                                                       team with this kind of              much I care for them even

                                            as abroad. Now whenever             family members as we                                                               attitude and realized that I        though at times if I miss
                                            they call me to share their         shifted from a small town to                                                       have been losing both on            calling them. At the end of

                                            progress, I feel immensely          metro city like Mumbai.                                                            personal and professional           the day, I succeed in
                                            proud of having contributed         How did you overcome                                                               front. I discussed this issue       convincing and make them

                                            a little in improving               the challenge / hurdles                                                            with my seniors who guided  feel happy without arguing.
                                            their lives.                                                                                                           me efficiently to come out          In my position, I’d use this
                                                                                and how do you see
              Abhay Yagnik                  Tell us something about             yourself now?                                     Sucharita Nakka                  of my comfort zone and              trait to quickly and

                  Mumbai                    yourself that isn't on              During last 4 years my                                   Mumbai                    empathised with me while            effectively resolve issues

                                            your resume                                                                                                            formulating steps to                both within the team and
                                                                                interaction with Senior                                                            improve my performance.             externally facilitating

                                            I am fitness enthusiast and         Management has                                                                     From then on, I never took a        discussions rather
                                            firmly believe in “The First        progressively increased                                                            step back in any of the             arguments.

        What personal / career              Wealth is Health”. I regularly      manifolds. Initially it used to                What personal / career              assignment I received and           What is that one of the
        accomplishment makes                exercise, run long distance         create lot of stress and                       accomplishment makes  have performed the best I                         most important event of

        you most proud?                     and passionately play               anxiety as it was a major                      you most proud?                     could. My team also have            your life you would
                                            sports specifically                 challenge for me to meet                                                           consistently appreciated my
        When I started my career as                                                                                            After graduating, I felt                                                want to share?
                                            badminton and cricket. I also  their expectations and                                                                  efforts and have been very
        Plant Engineer in my                                                                                                   destined to work on a fresh
                                            enjoy listening to Ghazals &        satisfy their queries on any                                                       supportive through the              Moving out from a small
        previous job, I used to work                                                                                           green field project on
                                            Sufi Music as well as               assigned task.                                                                     enormous work load which            town, Ongole in Andhra
        with many fresh ITI                                                                                                    “Electric Vehicle”. When I
                                            reading novels.                                                                                                        we faced together. Coming           Pradesh to the capital city
        technicians from local                                                  Over a period, I learnt to                     started my career here in           out of my comfort zone,             of the country - Delhi is my
        villages coming from low            What is that one of the             handle such situations by                      JSW, my department was              becoming a real team player         one of most important and

        income strata. These                most important event of  improving my preparedness                                 responsible for formulating         and performing my best is a         cherished moments of my
        technicians were employed           your life you would want  on the subject matter,                                   strategies for the                  critical accomplishment             life. It changed me as a

        as contract labour with             to share?                           preparing concise and                          establishment of                    that I would count for the          person and had a huge
        limited or no growth                Joining JSW in 2008 was a           pointed brief, preparing                       automotive vertical for an          rest of my career.                  impact overall. It really

        opportunities. I, along with        major event not only from           answers on anticipated                         already well-established                                                molded me in to the person I
        my few colleagues, used to          my professional life                queries and learning from                      and diverse player like JSW.        Tell me something about             am today with a strong

        encourage/guide them to             perspective but it was a big        experience of others. It has                   Unfortunately, most content  yourself that isn't on                     character and an outspoken
        master their work skills and        positive change in my               resulted into reduced stress                   appeared morbid when I              your resume.                        attitude. Adjusting to the

        also pursue higher studies.         personal /family life. It has       or in other words I am now                     started,and I felt completely       With a loving and caring            diverse culture & varied
        Many of them                        made course correction in           better equipped to handle                      uninspired. I often                 family back in Andhra, it           climatic condition, making

        acquired/mastered the skill         career path as I switched           the stress :-)                                 expressed my views on the           becomes at times difficult          friends from across the
        sets and few of them                over from plant engineering                                                        same to my team. Working            to convince them and make           country, exploring amazing

        pursued higher studies and          to managerial function in                                                          for almost three months, it         my family understand the            monuments & places has
        have settled down with              corporate office. It has also                                                      made me realize that I was          reasons I have for not              made me the person I truly

        good jobs at large                  given plethora of growth /                                                         not being resourceful to my         visiting them often and how  am today. For this reason,


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        Delhi would always hold a           Energy’s HR team. This              singing and gardening as
        special place in my heart.          course helped in                    well.!! All these made me a

        Without any second thought  understanding & analysing                   more confident and an
        I would say that moving to          a problem from a financial          efficient person. And Thanks

        Delhi is the most important         point of view. I stretched          JSW for becoming a partner
        event of my life.                   myself, took the effort to          in overcoming my hurdle.!!!

                                            understand & experiment
        What was the challenge
        / hurdle you faced?                 with different
                                            subjects/views/areas which
        In the past, I refrained from       would help in betterment of

        trying different things and         my problem-solving skills.
        have missed out on a few of  TPM training helped me in

        them. They would vary from          brushing up all my basics of
        taking active participation in  statistics and offered a

        sport, learning guitar or           variety of problem-solving
        studying social sciences. I         methods for me to play with.

        was always a person who             JSW Learning Academy
        would stick to something            would give me a fathom of

        and would learn more and            guidance in any area of my
        more about it alone. This           interest I can think of, they

        had a given me a                    have videos, materials and
        challenging situation at my         everything I can ever ask for

        workplace which demanded  regarding any subject. That
        to think differently to offer       is the very reason, I enjoyed

        different solutions to the          participating in the
        same problem. My habit of           “#girlswannalearn” series

        concentrating on a single           and have gained a lot from
        thing handicapped me from           it. It wouldn’t be fair on my

        not being able to think in          part to finish my answer
        different directions.               without mentioning about


        How did you overcome                Kwench and the amazing
        the challenge / hurdles             facilities it offers to find out
        and how do you see                  books on varied topics. With

        yourself now?                       such happening in my
                                            professional life, I couldn’t
        It all started with the             leave my personal life
        “Finance for non-Finance”           behind. So, I took up guitar

        course facilitated by JSW           classes, trying my hands on
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