Roop Vaartalap 2019-20

Roop vaartalap

13th Edition

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Vaartalap

Table of Contents

1. Director’s Desk 2-4
(1) Mr. Mohit Oswal
(2) Mr. P K Salhotra 2
(3) Mr. Gaurav Jain 3
4
2. Letter from Editor
5
3. RAL Initiatives
4. Business Facts at Glance 6-9
10
5. Industry Updates
(1) Auto Industry Updates 11-12
(2) Global Top 10 Countries Sales Forecast 11
12
6. HR Corner- HR Trends That Will Rule 2020 13
7. Our Achievements 2019-20 14-15
14
(1) Awards 15
(2) Our Major Achievements 16-18
8. HR Corner-New Sailors 19-22
9. Employee Spotlights- HR Corner
19
(1) Interview with Mr. Atul Aggarwal 20
(2) Interview with Mr. Amit Ahuja 21
(3) Interview with Ms. Vandana 22
(4) Interview with Mr. Kapil
23
9. Focus on Reskilling and Upskilling our Employees 24
10. Latest Press on the Company 25-29
11. Cherished Moments 25
26
(1) Annual Day, Blood Donation Camp, Pongal Celebration @Chennai 27
(2) Operators Outing, Khelutsav, Women’s Day Celebration, Quality Month 28
(3) Auto Expo, Flash Mob, Operator’s Spouse Event, Best HOD 29
(4) Family Movie Outing, Ayudha Puja @Chennai, Catchy Moments 30-33
(5) Tiktok Challenge
12. Poem, Couplets & Facts 34
35-37
13. Riddles 38
14. Awards for Best idea & Kaizen 39
15. Covid-19 Fighters Team 40-42
16. Covid-19 Relief Activities
17. CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility)

Vaartalap

Director’s Desk

Message from Managing Director

Dear Colleagues,

Our company and country is going through one of its most
challenging time. It will take intelligent team effort & a lot of luck to
bring both back to normal.

Mr. Mohit Oswal A large number of our customers had been shut down for nearly 2
Managing Director months. Some have started to limp back to partial production after
mid may. Demand for vehicles is at its lowest in decades. This throws
up unique challenges for us. Our goods in transit and stocks in
customer warehouse and ours, have become too much as there is no
demand. Still there are parts that customer is projecting that they
will need. We are producing and shipping these parts, but there is no
guarantee that the parts will be used when they reach.

In addition there is a possibility that our customers will keep producing and we may have to shut down
if infections rise. Or that the customer may have to shut down for the same reason while we are still
running. These are extremely abnormal conditions and there are risks both with over production and
shortages. However the risk of over production is easier to manage and has less long term impact. The
good news is that no customer line has been effected due to us.

While North America is trying to come back to normal, Brazil and European customers remain shut.
There is also a lot of hope on the Chinese economy that is starting to show signs of good recovery. The
Indian OEMS are still grappling with both lack of demand and a disrupted Supply chain. You will be
happy to know that we were able to get production permission well ahead of others and were able to
start production in time to meet the customers May projections. A lot of you have been working very
hard to ensure that we do this with care and safety.

Our 1st priority is the safety of each and every one of us and for that all of us are responsible. In order
of priorities the next is cost & Capital expenditure saving. Every one of us needs to focus on this as we
all need to contribute in protecting JOBS no cost is too small to save. The working conditions have
changed and we need to adapt. This is a war like situation and we cannot and should not expect peace
time privileges.

Mohit Oswal

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Director’s Desk

Message from Director

Dear All,

In this Roop bulletin, I am going to share information & my
learning. Roopteam has got for making of IMT Uni-2 in IMT
Manesar.

It all started in August 2016, to the plant commissioned in January
2019 &had first PPAP by customer in February 2019. It is
happened because of the Roop team hard work and their efforts. I
further add here that this was first of its kind plant conceived &
commissioned by Roop auto which has end to end automation
with equipment best possible from world over.

We had started production by 3rd week of February 2019 & started Mr. P.K. Salhotra
having issues to attain the required production committed to Director- Technical
customer.

The issues & efforts put in by Roop team with our suppliers gave us lot of learning, few important of
which I will summarize below;

-Equipment must have PDI, means Pre-Delivery Inspection thoroughly before handing over to
production for trial runs, reason during transportation lot of misalignment & minor damages happen
which mostly is ignored gives rise to unusual issues when equipment starts production.

-Follow the rule which is one of the major issues perpetually we face with teams working on the
project, meaning plant should run with procedure & systems laid down rather choosing to manage
things on your own way. This gives issues which has no explanation to customers with automation,
like operation missing, assy parts missing, machines mal functioning which gave us huge lot of
problems at our customer & end customer.

-There are many more learnings which I will share in subsequent Roop Bulletin.

Today & after 7 to 8 months of working of team ROOP we are not only being able to meet
requirement of customer but also reduced line cycle time from 51 sec to 44.5 sec. & Roop team
further trying to improve cycle time.

P K Salhotra

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Director’s Desk

Message from Director

Dear Roop Auto family,
My message comes to you in the most unprecedented times of COVID 19. I
had never imagined that “Work From Home” will become the New Normal
for most of us. Today infact marks 2nd month anniversary since this
Lockdown was announced and it’s reasonable to say that our lives have
surely changed.
A time when we ended up being more with our families inside our homes,
we often wondered if things will get back to how they were before.
Friends, my guess is same as yours.

Having said that, it’s initiatives like RoopVaartalap that bring us all back
together.

Mr. Gaurav Jain This 13th Edition of our Newsletter couldn't have come at a better time
Director- HR & P&A when we all want to be associated with a bigger cause. A cause we call
#RoopAutolife.

Last year we saw sluggish movement in both domestic and International Auto Industry demand. Our new plant in IMT that
we all were excited about has been running smoothly now and it has been a unique journey for many of us who had to

shuttle between multiple locations. My thanks and gratitude goes out to each one of them. 2019-20 also marks the year

when we received maximum awards and recognition in industry. Truly a proud moment for all of us.

Our CSR activities under Roop VK Jain Foundation is something I am personally very proud of. Our initiatives on education,
women empowerment and community development gained maximum momentum so far and had a never before like
impact.

I am happy to share that we were able to continue these efforts in COVID 19 lockdown times too. I am sure you all are
aware of the same.

Friends, as we head towards the New Normal, I believe that each one of us can make a difference towards making Roop
Auto better by learning new ways of being more efficient, productive and being cost conscious. Every penny saved will be
needed and appreciated at present. I want all of you to rethink once again and come up with solutions where you can
continue to WFH, ensure Business Continuity keeping costs to a bare minimum.

We all are in this together.

We all will get out of this together.

I hope to see all of you in office at some point in time with renewed vigor, enthusiasm, and positive perspective towards
making your company better.

#RoopAutokiJai

Gaurav Jain

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Vaartalap

Letter from Editor

Together we can!.....

My Dear Readers,

The FY 2019-20 was not a very good year as far as Performance w.r.t Sales are

concerned. In 2019-20 we achieved a cumulative sale of INR 403.96 Cr, due to global
slowdown. But that doesn’t affect my Excitement to come up to you with the 13th
Edition of our Yearly magazine ROOP VAARTALAP.

Mr. Satyajeet Singh We have shown improvements in overall Quality rejection PPM level, across the years
DGM, HR that has gone by. Many congratulations to everyone for achieving the current PPM
level. We understand that in this current scenario of Global slowdown and COVID 19
Outbreak, it is very important for us to tighten our Quality parameters and targets, so
that any kind of wastages can be avoided. The advice by our Industry expert on How to
take new normal in manufacturing process is quite interesting to read. We as an
organization must look towards implementing the plans for the future readiness and

preparedness. Industry update focus on sluggish global sales in automotive industry and the revival is possibly seen
only in 2021.As an organization we need to focus on Austerity measures to come out of this situation strongly.

HR corner depicts the various HR trends that would be a part of New normal post COVID19. Of course, Work from
home is also going to play a very important role in maintaining and improving the productivity level in 2020-2021. New
Sailor experience are also shared through the HR corner which helps everyone in knowing more about these sailors of
RAL.

2019-2020 is also the year where we got the Maximum awards and we should be proud of our accomplishments in the
year gone by. Congratulations to everyone for putting up hard work towards these rewards and recognition. We also
introduced our state of the art DOJO center this year, where the focus is on reskilling and upskilling of our employees.

The most interesting section of Poems, couplets and facts has always been my favorite. Reading employee
contribution has always brought smile on my faces. Don’t miss it Guys!!.

Amongst the most cherished moments, glimpses of some of the employee engagement activities are depicted. Many
more activities are also conducted under the flagship of Roop VK Jain foundation which focused on CSR in the nearby
areas, and the team had enjoyed doing a every bit of it.

Happy reading….
#ROOPAUTOKIJAI

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Vaartalap

Sohna Plant Initiatives 2019-20

 DOJO Training Centre
To enhance the skill of manpower, Company has set up skill
development centre at its Sohna Plant where each operator
mandatorily needs to undergo 6 working days training which
covers company information, safety, processes, brief on
relevant policies and working procedure before being
deployed.

 Create Vendor base in Sohna Near Roop Auto

Two vendors Inseptra and AK Automotives in Shed 17 and
Shed 16, Engage retired employee of Roop Auto

 Low Cost Automation

Implement Low cost Automation in Plant

 CNC Eye Hole Boring machine auto loading , unloading and
auto offset correction

 Automation on less testing machine, , Convert manual
operation to Semi auto operation

 Automation on Marking Machine (Shaft Yoke assembly)
manual rotation to Auto rotation

 Robot Implementation on Press Machine for Pick and Place of
Parts

 Automation of Deburring Machine , Manual to Auto loading
and unloading

 Visitor Management implementation

Visitor Management system implemented to manage Visitors,
We can easily access the visitors through our software.

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IMT Unit-1 Plant Initiatives 2019-20 Vaartalap

Initiatives :- Team Building Page No 7 of 45

Participation in CCQC & NCQC Quality Circle Competition

Benefits :
 Got Excellence award at NCQC in 2019
 Got Gold award at CCQC in 2019.

Initiatives :- SMED Concept implementation

SMED concept implementation by modifying the fixtures.

Benefits :
 Set up Reduction
 Set up Rejection Reduction

Initiatives :- Single piece flow implementation :-
Single piece flow implemented by introducing the conveyor between two
operations.
Benefits :-

 Idle time elimination.
 Reduced operator fatigue
 Elimination of operation miss
 Accident elimination
Initiatives :- Operation Elimination :-
Operations like Eye hole drilling , shaft hole drilling etc .
Benefits :-
 09 no’s machines elimination.
 Manpower cost saving = 3888000 INR
 Other savings :- Energy, space, lubrication.

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IMT Unit-2 Plant Initiatives 2019-20

Fully - 100% traceability with DMC Marking of Products
Automated - Inspection with vision camera
- 100% export oriented plant
Plant - Operating with 90% efficiency which is best in its class
- Equipped with latest technology of manufacturing
- Power back with 1500kva ups

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Vaartalap

Chennai Plant Initiatives 2019-20

 FEMALE WORKFORCE IN ROOP- CHENNAI PLANT:
Female workforce has been deployed in the Shop Floor for running
machines in both day and night shifts. This is one of the remarkable
examples to expose Roop is a safe and secure place to work. They are
deployed in CNC as well as SPM machines. Getting to equal, we believe
the future workforce is equal one and have set bold goals to accelerate
gender equality.

“It is important to appreciate our Gentlemen’s &
Gentlewomen’s”

 BEST SUPPLIER AWARD FROM MANDO:
Roop Auto Chennai has been awarded as a Best Supplier for the Year
2019 from Mando. This is the second time best supplier award from
Mando earlier at Year 2016. This achievement would not be possible
without management’s support and teamwork.

 RAL VS RPL CRICKET MATCH - CHENNAI:
On 29th Feb 2020, friendly cricket match has been conducted between
Roop Automotives ltd & Roop Polymers at Satyam Grand Resort,
Chennai. The match was so interesting with unforgettable funny
moments. Roop Auto team won the winning trophy with stunning
opening batting and in fielding segment. RAL – 101/8, RPL – 83/5 (12
overs).

“Teamwork & winning moments are tailor made for Roop
Auto”

 CHENNAI STAFFS OUTING TO KODAIKANAL:
First ever team outing to Kodaikanal on 25th & 26th January 2020. Our
team outing was something extra special with a multi essence of fun,
joy, laughs & adventure. A successful team blossoms from this kind of
fun filled outing.
A photograph is the pause button of the life. We captured every candy
moment during this outing which can make us to stand still and admire
on it at any part of life.

 PONGAL CELEBRATION IN CHENNAI PLANT:

First ever Pongal Celebration has been celebrated in Chennai plant
with lot of fun, we had a Pongal cooking competition, Tug of war,
Kabaddi & Musical Chair competition. This day remembers our culture
of worshiping sun. Pongal will be celebrated in the Tamil month of
“Thai”.

As tamil proverb sayings, “Thai piranthal Vazhi Piraikum” meaning
“Commencement of Thai opens out new opportunities and strongly
believe that advent of Thai will bring solutions to long-standing
problems.

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Business Facts at Glance Vaartalap

Quality Updates Sales Updates

(Quality Rejection PPM) (Monthly Sales Summary)
By Dheeraj Khanna Q.A. By Nakul Chaskar, F&A

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Vaartalap

Industry Updates

Auto industry updates

As and when the normal economic activities start after the Corona By R.S. Kundi
turmoil the World Order is going to change. The CORONA effect is Technical advisor, R&D
going to stay and production processes will have a Paradigm Shift. The
automation, The Robots, The Gantries and The Transfer Lines will be
the Mantra and future of Indian Industry.
We as Indians must have the full Optimism that India is going to be the
manufacturing destination for most of the Advanced countries
replacing China. Infect countries like USA and Japan have started the
process.
We have not only to import automation but design and manufacture
indigenous equipment. It will be a good opportunity for ROOP to
venture into these new fields in future.

We as a company have to look more towards Automation. Let us take the current situation our Plant 212 can be
the fastest to come into full Production having the less number of people to maintain the social distancing making
some modifications in the assembly line.

In future Automation will attract more and more educated youngsters to ROOP Auto. And also making us a
preferred carrier growth company.

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Industry Updates Vaartalap

By: Mudheser Yasin Peer, Global Top 10 Countries
Sr. Manager-International Business Sales Forecast

According to LMC Automotive's forecast (Quarter 4,
2019), global light vehicle sales in 2020 will be 90.1
million units, a decrease of 0.3% y/y. The already
stressed Automotive Industry got further impacted due
to current pandemic which isn’t even clear yet and the
intensity of global economic disruption largely depends
on how long the different regions take to contain the
current pandemic.
The different scenarios and possibilities are been
discussed across the industry, one of them which I
believe has different insights and with an overview of
how the situations might look like explaining Fast
Recovery, Delayed Curve or even Profound
recession/depression.

Source Roland Berger
However, in Jan 2020 the LMC Automotive QA 2019
depicted the below sales forecast for 2020 and 2021,
which comparatively can be interrelated with the
impact through above scenarios.

In 2019 the global LV sales is with a decrease of 4%, in
2020 expected to be 0.3% of decrease in 2021
expected 2.3% increase compared to previous years.

Source: LMC Automotive "Global Automotive Sales
Forecast (Quarter 4, 2019)" (Note) 1. Data indicate
figures of only small-size vehicles, including passenger
cars and light commercial vehicles with a gross vehicle
weight of under 6 tons.

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Vaartalap

HR Corner
HR TRENDS THAT WILL RULE 2020

With the ever-expanding opportunities in the Digital world, organizations have to evolve their HR practices to stay
relevant. The majority of the workforce slowly dominated by the millennials, progression is quite visible in the diverse
areas, and HR needs to embrace new trends in the near term. Emerging HR trends that will surely dominate the in
2020.

Implementation of Artificial Rise of freelancing or on-
Intelligence (AI) demand hiring ( GIG Workforce)

Satyajeet Singh
DGM- HR

The use of AI will surely govern the Freelancing structure will dominate the HR
organization in 2020. The robotics industry in the near-term.
technology is gradually and expeditiously Recruiting on hourly basis or project basis drops
establishing itself. It is a great help in the cost for the employers and gives higher
recruiting procedure. However, robots cannot flexibility to employees.
replace the human tenacity entirely, but it is When the candidates are hired on a temporary or
sure to add on to the abilities. Recruiters can part-time basis, he/she is required to be
be reliant on them. Additionally, this selection compensated with a smaller amount as compared
process is free from human error and bias the to a full-time employee. On-demand hiring also
implementation of AI technique allows HR boosts the in-house talent acquisition of the
team to craft thorough job descriptions. AI company.
powered software can also scrutinize job Indeed, freelancing has generated an ecosystem
network and envisage success rates by for talent with temporary jobs focused on
checking the online presence of the candidate. proficiency.

Use of chatbot

Chatbot is a software that conducts a conversation via auditory or textual methods. It uses natural language
processing and can initiate a human-like communication. Candidates can get their all FAQs answered through this
tool. Implementation of chatbot in the HR industry ensures 24*7 availability and 'on-demand' availability.

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Vaartalap

Our Achievements 2019-20

Awards

Receiving an award for one’s hard work is
indeed one of the most deeply joyful
moments that one can ever get in one’s
life. We got lot of awards due to our
Employees’ hard work and dedication.

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Our Major Achievements 2019-20

2019-20

2019- D&B Awards Best Auto Component Company in Mid Corporate
20 Segment

2019- D&B Awards Best Employee Engagement Initiative in Mid
20 Corporate Segment

2019- HR Distinction Award Diamond award in Best Employee Engagement
20 by HRAI Strategy

2019- HR Distinction Award Platinum award in corporate Wellness organization
20 by HRAI of the year

2019- National Convention Excellence award in Quality concept for cultural
20 on Quality Concepts Breakthrough

2019- HR Excellence award Gold award in Best Industrial Relation
20 by PNGI

2019- HR Excellence award Silver award in Best Organization culture
20 by PNGI

2019- Set up new Plant @ Inaugurated new plant with new product line @ IMT
20 IMT Manesar Manesar

2019- QCFI Quality 2 Gold Awards & 1 Silver award in Quality
20 Competition Award Competition

2019- Skill India Program Mr. Mohit Oswal, MD got an outstanding
20 contribution award by Chief Minister of Haryana

2019- ACMA Khelkood- 1 Gold Award & 1 Bronze Award in ACMA Khelkood
20 Indoor Games Competition
Competition
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Vaartalap

HR corner- New Sailors

New Sailors @ Central

Dheeraj Khanna Ravi Kalra Pankaj Garg Amit Ahuja Ramji Gupta
SGM- QA GM- R&D GM- Purchase Manager- L&S Asst. Manager- PE

Pramod Kumar Yadav Abhishek Sharma Utkarsh Shukla Rajesh Sharma Pulkit Gandhi
Sr. Engineer- PE Sr. Engineer- IB Sr. Engineer- P&A Sr. Executive- F&A Sr. Executive- L&S

Binit Sati Renu Pradeep Kumar Laxman Samri Manish Kumar
Engineer- IT Engineer- PE
Asst. Engineer- PE Asst. Engineer- Purchase Asst. Engineer- NPD

Zahid Ansari Pooja
Asst. Engineer- PE Jr. Engineer - Purchase

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HR corner- New Sailors

New Sailors @ Sohna

Vineet Kumar Ravi Kumar Mishra Mandeep Kumar Pankaj Kumar
Sr. Engineer- QA Engineer- Production Asst. Engineer- Production Asst. Engineer- QA

New Sailors @ IMT Unit-1

Ravish Raj Sukhwinder Singh Bhishm Prasad Vandana
Asst. Manager- PRC Sr. Engineer- QA Asst. Engineer- QA Jr. Executive- HR

New Sailors @ IMT Unit-2

Atul Agarwal Yugal Mittal Ravi Kumar Nitish Kumar Sandip Kumar Prasad
DGM- Operations Sr. Engineer- QA Sr. Engineer- QA Engineer- Maint. Engineer- Maint.

Praveen Rajput Deepak Yadav Hem Singh
Asst. Engineer- QA Asst. Engineer- QA Jr. Engineer- QA

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HR corner- New Sailors

New Sailors @ Chennai

Kapil J
Asst. Engineer- QA

Trainees absorbed @ Roop

Sarbjeet Singh Radha Krishan Sharma Vimit Gupta Shubham Mahajan Vivek Mishra
Engineer- NPD Engineer- Production
Engineer- Production Engineer- Production Engineer- Production

Vasanth SV Saran AS Priyanka Gupta
Engineer- QA Engineer- Production Assistant- IB

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Employee Spotlight - HR Corner Vaartalap

Interview with Mr. Atul Aggarwal, Plant By Rashim Demla, HR
Head, IMT Unit-2.
Meet
Rashim (HR): What are the most Mr. Atul
important values you demonstrate as a Aggarwal
leader?
Introduction of Mr. Atul Aggarwal
Atul Aggarwal (AA): Commitment & Mr. Atul Aggarwal hails from Rajasthan.
Dedication are important values for me. He is B.Tech Mechanical from IASE, Rajasthan having
a total of 21 years of experience with different
HR: What have you done in the past to industries like Machining, Die Casting, Stamping,
prevent a situation from becoming too Assembly, Welding etc.
stressful for you and your colleagues to He got married with Ms. Kavita Aggarwal on 5th Dec,
handle? 2003 and has two kids. He believes in team faith.

AA: Taking team for outing, having lighter
times with the team and positive talks
with the team time to time help us to
reduce stress.

HR: What, in your opinion, are the key
ingredients in guiding and maintaining
successful business relationships?

AA: Faith in team, Timely review, support
to team (professionally & personally).

HR: As per you, what is your most
significant leadership achievement in
workplace? What can we learn from it?

AA: Focus on the team to achieve the
targets with clear vision. With this, we
learnt that if team is having the clear
target with time limit, nothing is
impossible.

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Employee Spotlight – HR Corner Vaartalap

By Rashim Demla, HR

Interview with Mr. Amit Ahuja, Manager, Legal

Rashim (HR): When did you join Roop Automotives
Limited and in which department?

Amit Ahuja (AA): I Joined Roop Automotives on
24th June 2019 as a Manager in Legal Department.

Meet HR: What is the best part of being at Roop Auto?

Mr. Amit AA: This is actually a difficult question to answer.
Ahuja According to me, HR policies and practices are the
best. The way HR team works is very appreciable.
They rightly aimed at equal participation, employee
training and development in technical as well as
personal front, employee health and safety, etc.

Introduction of Mr. Amit Ahuja: HR: Tell us something about yourself that we don't
know.
Mr. Amit is from Rajasthan.
He got married with Minal on 5thFeb, 2017 and AA: I am a good cook of Indian cuisine.
has one daughter.
Amit’s wife is a Chartered Accountant and HR: What was your motivation for choosing or
working with US based company. accepting this position?
He believes in flexibility, result orientation and
time management. AA: Actually before joining RAL, I was at HLL Infra
Tech Service Limited. It is a Govt company which is
in healthcare sector. One day, I had a word with my
mentor and he advised me to join a good company
where I can utilized my skills and potential. By God
grace, I have got the opportunity to work with RAL
where I can use my professional knowledge,
learnings and technical skills.

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Employee Spotlight - HR Corner Vaartalap

Interview with Ms. Vandana, Junior By Rashim Demla, HR
Executive, HR

Rashim (HR): When did you join Roop Automotives Meet
Limited and in which department?
Vandana (VA): I joined on 9th May 2019 in HR Ms.
Department Vandana

HR: What is the best part of being at Roop Auto?
VA The best part is that all employees are supportive
and working environment is very good for female
employees.

HR: Tell us something about yourself that we don't know.
VA: I love to play ludo.

HR: What was your motivation for choosing or
accepting this position?
VA: My motivation for choosing this position was my
Reporting Manager. She inspired me a lot before my
joining also.

HR: How satisfied were you with the welcome you received from your department?
VA: I appreciate the induction process. Our company treats new employee as a family member. I was e very
comfortable from my first day of joining.

HR: Would you recommend ROOP as a good place to work?
VA: Definitely Yes. I will recommend ROOP a very good place to work because Roop’s working environment
is very good.

Introduction of Ms Vandana:

Vandana hails from Sirsa, Haryana.She is B.Tech and has 4yrsof work experience.

Her last company was Reliance Nippon Life Insurance Co. Ltd.

Her hobbies are to watching movies and surfing internet.
She got married with Mr. Navneet on 4th-Oct-19. She believes in passions.

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Employee Spotlight – HR Corner

Meet By Rashim Demla, HR
Mr. Kapil
Interview with Mr. Kapil, Assistant Engineer,
Quality Assurance

Rashim (HR): When did you join Roop Automotives
Limited and in which department?

Kapil (KP): I joined roopautomative in 01/11/2019 as
Assistant engineer in quality department for chennai
plant

HR: What is the best part of being at Roop Auto?
KP: After joining Roop, I explored many things and got
very good friends. The best part is I like the team work
in this company

HR: What was your motivation for choosing or accepting this position?
KP: I choose this position to learn and standardize the quality of Roop projects.

HR: How satisfied were you with the welcome you received from your department?
KP: The department is very good and had a warm welcome from the Roop Automotive friends.

Introduction of Mr. Kapil:

He is Kapil. He is from mukkudal , Tirunelveli district .
He has done his diploma in mechanical engineering at Arulmigusenthilandavar polytechnic College.
He has 3 years of work experience and his previous company were Hyundai motor india and Igarashi
motors.
He likes to visit new places.

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Focus on Reskilling and Upskilling our employees

The only skill that will be important in the 21st century is the skill of learning
new skills. Everything else will become obsolete over time!
We have started lot of new initiatives for reskilling and upskilling our white
collar, blue collar and contractual operators

Employee Skill enhancement DOJO Center: To enhance the skill of

manpower, company has setup skill
development center at its Sohna Plant where
each operator mandatorily needs to undergo 6
working days of training which covers company
information, safety, processes, brief on relevant
and working procedure before being deployed.

We laid foundation stone of Dojo training
Center in Sohna. This was done in presence of a
very senior delegation from Andhra Pradesh.
This DOJO centre will help our employees in
skilling new workforce.

The English Class:

Keeping the need for development of our
Junior Level staff, an initiative of English
Speaking smart classes by External Faculty
was organised. 50 employees participated
in this program . Certificates were
distributed to the participants. Program
was a great success and it was appreciated
by all.

Some special training programs were
organised for our white collar and
Blue collar employees like:
Diversity & Inclusion awareness:
Six Sigma certification Program
Fire Fighting Training
Safety Pep talk on shop floor

By Jagbir Dhull-HR By Naveen Chandra-P&A

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Vaartalap

Latest Press on the Company

Celebrations at ROOP Auto are not just about having a good time. It’s also about giving back and doing something for the
community.
To promote continuous learning and encourage children to study, we organized lot of activities @ Roz ka Meo School on
regular basis. A great moment of joy for all of us to see such happy faces frequently.

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Vaartalap

Cherished Moments

Annual Day :

Roop Annual Day was celebrated on
Sept 17, 2019 at Sohna Plant, Dec 17,
2019 at IMT Unit-1 & Feb 8, 2020 at
Chennai plant. Hawan Pooja was
conducted in the Plants followed by
variety of cultural events including
dances, song & physical acrobats.
Prizes were given to the winners.

Blood Donation Camp:

Blood donation to society is a noble activity that
can save lives!
Blood donation camp was organized @Sohna and
IMT plants with the help of Lions club.

Pongal Celebration:

Pongal was celebrated on 15th
January,2020 in our Chennai Plant. All
employees wore in traditional clothes
and lot of games were organized like
tug of war, kabaddi and sack race.

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Cherished Moments Vaartalap

Khelutsav Operators Outing @Haridwar &
Rishikesh
To promote the sporting culture in work place,
KHELOUTSAV was initiated on 17th Feb, 2020. Sports Taking time off to rejuvenate only makes us
competition spread over 4 days for all our contractual more productive!!
workforce was organized in Sohna. 300 of our shop floor Our workforce of Sohna and IMT shop floors
associates participated in a variety of games like sack who enjoyed 22nd and 23rd feb weekend in
race, Kabaddi, Lemon spoon race etc. Haridwar and Rishikesh. 2 days of laughter,
team bonding, lot of fun were there.

Women’s day celebration

Women’s day was organized on 7th
March, 2020 across all locations.
Organised leaders talk on “ Equal pay for
equal work”, “No discrimination Policy”,
“opportunities same for all” and “Skill
and hard work matters”. Games and quiz

competition was also organized.

Quality month celebration:

Nov, 2019 was celebrated as Quality month across all Roop’s
locations. To enhance the culture of Quality, various activities
were organized for each location such as:

banners displayed
by all staff and operators.

.

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Cherished Moments Vaartalap

Auto Expo

Auto Expo 2020-Asia’s largest automotive Show was
jointly organised by ACMA,CII &(SIAM) scheduled from
6th to 9th FEB, 2020 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India.
Roop Auto showcased their latest products including
Subassemblies , Steering Columns and I-shafts and was
visited by large number of OEMs like M&M, Maruti
Suzuki, Tata Motors,and major Tier one Customers. All
these visitors had shown keen interest in our Latest
ventures and some of them have already been sent our
company profiles for future communication and
prospective Business opportunities.

Flash Mob:

A little flash mob always give motivation and zeal in
our employees. We don’t just work very hard but
we have some fun at work also.

Two flash mobs initiated by youngsters in the
month of December and March.

Operators’ Spouse event :

Behind every successful man is a hard-working woman!
We invited wives of our permanent operators for Plant
Visit and Health Awareness Camp @ Sohna Plant and
felicitated all those women. It was super amazing to see
proud faces of these women whose husbands have
helped in shaping our company. Truly a touching
moment for us.

Best HOD:

A jovial and motivated team leader of Roop
Automotives Ltd. Mr. Ramanathan Iyer, Plant Head,
IMT Unit-1 has adjudged as Best HOD of the year
2019. Due to his mentorship and visionary
approach towards his employees, he has bagged
this award coupled with love and affection of his
peers.

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Vaartalap

Cherished Moments

Family Movie Outing:

Our largest event was a big Success.
It was our Annual Family Movie watching
event when we all went and saw Tanhaji &
Chapaak ...
Mr. Prakashan Elimban won prize for selfie
with maximum Roop Auto people.
We had a great fun to watch these two
movies.

Ayudha Puja @ Chennai:

The festivals are like a map charting our spiritual programs.

Ayudha Puja is a part of the Dushera festival which is usually celebrated on
the ninth day of Navaratri festival. It is a celebration involving the worship of
the tools which makes ones living. It is believed that by placing these
implements n front of the Divine on this day will ritually purify the tools. Our
Chennai plant celebrated this festival on 4th Oct, 2019 where in each one has
participated with reverence.

Catchy Moments:

Promotions are good, bonuses are better but working with a team like us is the best perk of our job!!

Capturing the beauty of our employee’s journey @ Roop

Pleasure in the job
puts perfection in the

work

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Vaartalap

Cherished Moments

Roop Tik Tok Star Ki Khoj:

To increase the likelihood that employees will establish a positive emotional connection with your organization during
the pandemic situation, an initiative of Roop Tiktok Star ki khoj has been started. 54 employees have participated and
125 videos received from our employees. All our employees funny videos are available in our Roop Auto You Tube
channel.

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Poem, Couplets & Facts Vaartalap

EASY IS TO JUDGE THE MISTAKES OF OTHERS,
DIFFICULT IS TO RECOGNIZE OUR OWN
MISTAKES.
EASY IS TO HURT SOMEONE WHO LOVES YOU,
DIFFICULT IS TO HEAL THE WOUND
EASY IS TO SET THE RULES,
DIFFICULT IS TO FOLLOW THEM.
EASY IS TO SAY WE LOVE,
DIFFICULT IS TO SHOW IT EVERYDAY.
EASY IS TO MAKE MISTAKES,
DIFFICULT IS TO LEARN FROM THEM.

By - Dheeraj Khanna-QA, Sohna

By - Prempal Singh-P&A, Corporate

By - Vandana-HR, IMT Unit-1

By - Minakshi-PRC, Corporate

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Poem, Couplets & Facts Vaartalap

Poem for My Mother Maang ke loge toh bheekh hi milegi,
You are the Sunlight in my day. Hak se chahiye toh kamana seekho...
You are the moon I see far away. Jaruri nhi ki sab kadar kare tumhari,
You are the tree I live upon. Aur jo naa kre unhe gawana seekho...
You are the one that makes troubles be gone. Sehmi si iss dharti pe Apne kadmo ko Jamana seekho...
You are the one who taught me about life.
How not to fight and what is right. Dusro ke gumo ko samjhte ho,
You are the words inside my song. Pehle khud ko toh Hasana seekho...
You are my love, my life, my mom.
Sabka pet bharna achi baat hai,
You are the one who cares for me. Par pehle khud ko toh Khilana seekho...
You are the eyes that help me see.
You are the one who knows me best. By- Sarbjeet Singh-NPD, Corporate
When it’s time to fun & time to rest.
You are the one who helped me to dreams. THE MECHANICAL ENGINEER
You are my heart & you hear me my screams. Wake up and listen, you will hear
I am blessed, for God sent you from above. Why I am called an mechanical engineer
You are my friend, my heart, my soul. I solve, I build, I invent.
You are my love, my life, my mom. And I did say my time is very well spent.
Want a universal joint? I will design for you.
By- Narender Khatri- PE, Corporate Want a new kind of wheel? I will develop that too.
I use computer, I use my brain.
I think and test till the answer is plain.
Want a robot, a rocket, an electronic device?
I will take the assignment. I will not think twice.
My life is all about invention.
Making the world work better is my intention.

By - Vimit Gupta- Production, Sohna

By - Vandana Singla – Purchase, Corporate

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Vaartalap

Poem, Couplets & Facts

WHAT TO WRITE AND WHERE TO WRITE
A Story tells that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument,
and one friend slapped the other one in the face.
The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand: TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED
ME IN THE FACE.

They kept on walking until they found an oasis, where they decided to take a bath. The one who had been slapped got
stuck in the mire and started drowning, but the friend saved him.
After he recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone: TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SAVED MY LIFE.

The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend asked him,” After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now, you
write on a stone, why?’

The other friend replied” When someone hurts us we should write it down in sand where winds of forgiveness can
erase it away. But, when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it in stone where no winds can ever
erase.

LEARN TO WRITE YOUR HURTS IN THE SAND AND TO CARVE YOUR BENEFITS IN STONE.
By - M. Rosario Arokiaraj - Production

By – Ramji Gupta – PE, Corporate Your Terrible JOB is the dream of
every
UNEMPLOYED
Your HOUSE is the dream of every
HOMELESS
Your SMILE is the dream of every
DEPRESSED
Your HEALTH is the dream of every
ILL
Your LIFESTYLE is the dream of every
Somebody else
Don’t let DIFFICULT time make you
Forget your blessings.

By- Neha Pal-IB, Corporate

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Poem, Couplets & Facts Vaartalap

Kya Lagta Hai Ye Jo Maang Rhe Ho, By- Nilanshi Rastogi-NPD, Corporate
Jindagi Se Itna Tum De Payegi Tumhe, Video games help train the brain to

Aur Jo Na De Paayi Toh, make faster real-life decisions.
Nirash Toh Nhi Ho Jaoge,

Wada Kro Rukoge Nhi
Thak Jana Par Thamna Nhi,
Vo Jo Aag Andar Jalai Thi Kabhi,
Uss Aag Ko Jalaye Rakhna…

Jo Kadam Uthaya Hai
Apne Sapno Ko Paane Ke Liye,
Unhe Hamesh Tum Chalaye Rakhna,
Har Cheej Mukaddar Mai Nhi Hoti

Esa Sab Kehte Hai,
Par Uss Mukaddar Ka Khel Tum
Apne Hatho Pe Sajaye Rakhna
By - Shubham Sharma – Production, Sohna

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Riddles Vaartalap

By: Renu Kamboj, HR

Guess who are these employees are and win prizes…
1st Prize: Gift coupons worth Rs 1000
2nd Prize: Gift coupons worth Rs 500
Winner will be picked from a lucky draw among all correct entries. Please send

your answers along with your name, employee code and department to
[email protected] & [email protected] before 20th June,

2020.

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Vaartalap

Awards for Best Idea & Kaizen
Best Idea, Sohna

Vinod Pal Lakshmi Rani Subhash Chand Satyapal Singh Manoj Kumar
Manager, Stores Dy. Manager, F&A Sr. Engineer, PE Sr. Engineer, QA Sr. Engineer, QA

Nilanshi Rastogi Rajesh Sharma Narpat Singh Renu Kamboj Rahul Saneja
Engineer, NPD Executive, Stores Asst. Executive, Stores Asst. Executive, HR Jr. Executive, F&A

Pulkit Kumar
Jr. Engineer, QA

Best Kaizen, Sohna

g Dinesh Kumar Dheeraj Kumar Anil Kumar Manoj Goyal
Ruddar Khan Manager, Prod. Manager, Prod. Manager, Maint. Manager, QA
Manager, NPD
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Awards for Best Idea & Kaizen
Best Kaizen, Sohna

Sahun Khan Prempal Singh Sunil Saini Jagbir Dhull Jitender Kumar
Manager, PE Dy. Manager, P&A Asst. Manager, Purchase
Asst. Manager, HR Asst. Manager, Maint.

Ashish Chaudhary Sachin Sharma Naveen Chandra Dhuru Kumar Satish Kumar
Sr. Engineer, Prod. Sr. Executive, SAP Executive, P&A Asst. Engineer, Maint. Asst. Executive, Purchase

Best Idea, IMT Unit-1

Neha Rao
Engineer, Purchase

Best Kai`zen, IMT Unit-1

Ajeet Agarwal Navin Kumar Jitender Matta Puneet Sharma Manoj Yadav
Sr. Manager, Prod. Manager, QA Manager, Prod. Manager, Maint. Manager, Prod.

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Vaartalap

Awards for Best Idea & Kaizen
Best Kaizen, IMT Unit-1

Manoj Kumar Dillip Nayak Abdul Rahim Mukesh Gupta Pushpendra Pathak
Dy. Manager, Prod. Dy. Manager, Prod. Asst. Manager, Prod. Asst. Manager, Stores Asst. Manager, QA

Abhishek Kumar Dhanesh Neeraj Kumar Akshay Singh Mukesh Kumar
Asst. Manager, Q.A. Sr. Engineer, QA Engineer, Prod. Asst. Engineer Maint. Jr. Executive, Stores

Best Idea, Chennai

Vasanth SV Saran AS Dhanacheziyan
Engineer, QA Engineer, Prod. Asst. Engineer, Stores

Best Kaizen, Chennai

Boobalan R Arunkumar C Prabu G Udhayakumar K Sivakumar D
Dy. Manager, Prod. Dy. Manager, PRC Asst. Manager, P&A Asst. Manager, QA Asst. Manager, Maint.

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Awards for Best Idea & Kaizen

Best Kaizen, Chennai

Jaganath K John Vijayakumar J Dinesh Ravi Rosario Arokiaraj M Ranjith Kumar E
Asst. Manager, PE Sr. Engineer, QA Engineer, Purchase Engineer, Prod. Asst. Engineer, MAint.

Jayachandiran N Bhuvaneswari D
Asst. Eng\ineer, Prod. Jr. Executive, HR

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Vaartalap

COVID-19 Fighters Team

COVID-19 Fighters Team (Sohna & Corporate)

Mr. Harish Kumar Mr. Arvind Chourasia Mr.Naresh Verma Mr. Prempal Mr. Santosh Pandey Mr. Satish Kumar

Plant Head P&A Production P&A P&A Purchase

COVID-19 Fighters Team (IMT, Unit-1)

Mr. Ramanathan Mr. Arvind Chourasia Mr.Ajeet Aggarwal Mr. Shravan Choubey Mr. Bhajan Lal Mr. Mohan Yadav

Plant Head P&A Production P&A P&A P&A

COVID-19 Fighters Team (IMT, Unit-2)

Mr. Atul Aggarwal Mr. Arvind Chourasia Mr.Chanderpal Mr. Narender Swami Mr. Nitin Tyagi

Plant Head P&A Production P&A Maintenance

COVID-19 Fighters Team (Chennai)

Mr. MGV Vijayendra Mr. Boobalan Mr.Gopal Prabhu Mr. Arun Kumar Mr. Sivakumar
P&A PRC Maintenance
Plant Head Production

COVID-19 Fighters Team (Chennai)

Devakumar Mr. Prem Kumar Mr.Udhayakumar Mr. Jaganath Mr. Suresh Raja
F&A P&A QA PE Purchase

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COVID-19 Relief Activities Vaartalap

COVID RELIEF

 OrganisedPrevention and Awareness Campaign Against Coronavirus
 COVID19 Relief: Medicines provided at Rehoboth Home
 COVID19 Relief: Ration Distribution @ Sohna, IMT Manesar and Chennai
 COVID19 Relief: Protective Gear provided @ Sohna
 COVID19 Relief: Protective Gear provided @ Govt. Hospital Sohna
 COVID19 Relief: Donated Masks and Gloves
 COVID19 Relief: Provided Protective Gear for Local Administration
 COVID19 Relief: Provided Dry Ration for Migrant Workers
 COVID19 Relief: Initiated 2 Lakh Meals
 COVID19 Relief: Women SHG Stitching Washable Facemasks provided
 COVID19 Relief: Donations and other Contributions are done

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CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility)

 Provision of Dual Desks to 5 Govt. School at Nuh & Manesar for enabling
proper sitting arrangement in classrooms.

 Recognition to Meritorious Students of class 10th &12th at Mewat &

Manesar.

 Mahila Panchayat to create awareness about women rights and
issues at Rozka Meo Village, Mewat.

 Provision of 100 Pairs of Footwears @ Earth Saviours Foundation for
Homeless People.

 Awareness rally through students at Sohna towards the need of
casting electoral vote ahead of Haryana Assembly Polls

 Republic Day celebrations at primary schools of Rozka Meo and
Raipur and award distribution to students exceling in studies, co-
curricular activities and attendance.

 Organized awareness session with Roop Plastic Focus Group with the
students of Class 4th & 5th of Raipur School to inform students the
harmful effects of ‘single use plastic’ on environment and individual
health.

 Cluster level academic competition among 16 government primary &
middle schools of Mewat with more than 200 children taking part in
different categories to create awareness towards school education
among children and the parents.

 Functional literacy for women with ability to sign (voting, ration, Pan
Card) ability to calculate (monthly expenses, reading time, dialling
phone number) and ability to read (medical prescription, bus number)

 Ensuring children take interest in learning and excel in the subject of
mathematics, Roop Automotives Ltd. organized training for teachers
for to make them equip with the latest tools and teaching
methodologies for Mathematics. Along with Students were given
training on personal health hygiene so that remain healthy and are
able to attend school regularly.

 Nari ki Chaupal to provide functional literacy to 50 women to enable
them to be self reliant in daily life.

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CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility)

 Creating a positive impact in lives for differently abled people by
providing them with an employment opportunity at Roop
Automotives

 Kabaddi team from Govt. Sr. Sec. School Kanwarsika participated at
Haryana State Level at Under 14 category representing Nuh to create
awareness towards sports.

 Teacher Training for 27 primary teachers for Hindi, English and
Health & Hygiene to improve personal health and to make
classroom teaching more engaging.

 Training on Personal Health & Hygiene for students of Govt. Primary
School at Sohna to create awareness among students towards
personal health & hygiene.

 Workbook distribution every two months as per the syllabus at
Sohna to 450 students to improve quality of education and help
children prepare for their exams

 Workbook distribution every two months as per the syllabus at
IMT Manesar to 300 students to improve quality of education and
help children prepare for their exams

.

 Organized training session for teachers of Govt. Primary School,
Rozka Meo on Mathematics to improve teaching abilities of the
teachers and make classroom session more interactive for the
students to improve learning.

 25 students from Govt. Sr. Sec. School Dhaula visited Roop
Automotives Ltd. for exposure visit to see and understand how
industries work, what kind of skills are required in industries and
how to get employment in industries awareness towards sports.

 Exposure visit for few selected members of livelihood group to Oz
Mela organized by Australian High commission at their office venue
and Delhi Haat exhibition for innovative ideas for production.

 Vocational training (Stitching and tailoring) classes with 15 women on
weekly basis.

 7 training sessions were conducted with women to build their
capacities to raise their voices against violence. Some of the topics
covered –gender discrimination, emergency helpline no , legal rights.

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CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility)

102 units of blood collected Inter-school sports competition Organized Christmas
during the camp with organized between Govt. Boys celebrations @ Tau Devilal Old
companies such as Roop and Girls Primary school Age Home, Gurgaon, housing 30
Polymer, HTK, OGRA Clutch and Bhangrola during the month of mentally & destitute women.
ASTI Electronics Pvt. Ltd. December. More than 100 girls Provided warm clothing and
supporting the cause. and boys participated with Girl meal to the residents.
School winning the overall
competition.

Enabling Regular Attendance of Renovation at Little Drops Old Organized Christmas
Students of Aroli Govt. Hr. Sec. Age Home @ Chennai to ensure celebrations @ Rehobhot
School, Kannur (Kerala) by comfortable stay for the 100 Rehabilitation home, housing 30
providing a Van to ferry elderly people living there. mentally disabled women.
children Provided personal hygiene
products and meal to the
residents.

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