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Those were the days

Hema
Krishnamurthy

I still cherish my days in GNO, even though it is nearly 20 When I was promoted to a Manager, Mr.Joy Kutty wrote me a
years since I left GNO. I will always be grateful for the many lovely note, that I still treasure. He congratulated me on being the
opportunities I got, to learn and grow my career. The long working first and only woman Manager among 200 Managers! In the male
hours were so fun-filled that we hardly felt the strain. I think one dominated world of GNO, I was treated with respect and had
of the criteria for employment in GNO was that you should have equal opportunities. When I am asked in many forums what is
a good sense of humour. my experience on gender discrimination, I tell them I don't know
because I have never felt discriminated at GNO!
As a fresh management accountant, I had prepared some
elaborate reports and proudly presented the same to Mr. Hoshang There were so many incidents and fun time we had, teasing,
Patel, our late Managing Director. He browsed through it patiently imitating and clowning around during the many training programs,
and finally asked me, 'So, what do you think?' I was taken aback get-togethers and travel times... Those were the days my friend,
and could not answer... Firstly I never thought, what I thought we thought they'd never end!
mattered, and secondly I was not trained to think... I told him I
would think and come back. This incident, set me thinking because Mrs. Hema Krishnamurthy worked in the Finance function
we were more focused on getting the right answer, rather than in Bangalore between 1988 and 1998.
think about what can be done to improve a given situation The
freedom to express an opinion and have a different point of
view helped us to grow personally and contribute better to the
organisation. For this I am so grateful to GNO!

GNO Board and Senior Managers at
the Strategy Meet – Ooty April 1989
Standing: (L-R) Mr. D.T. Devare, Mr.
Baji Kalwachia, Mr. P.G. Pawar, Mr.
Joe Pereira, Mr. Vinod Kapur, Mr.
V. Shivkumar, Mr. K.S. Gurumurthy,
Mr. Devraj, Mr. Joy Kutty, Mr. S.
Panchapakesan, Mr. Pramod Bapat
Seated: (L-R) Mr. Valecha, Mr.
Soli Mehta, Mrs. Meheru Mehta,
Mrs. Dilnavaz Variava, Mr. Amal
Chakrabortti, Mr. Hoshang Patel,
Mr. Russi Billimoria, Mrs. Almitra
Patel, Mr. Anand Mahajan, Mr. Zarir
Fraser(Musa)

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T5Ch0eetlmhebeArnfaontriiovtnheressianr1y991 The 1990s

50 Golden Jubilee Song

On the occasion of GNO's 50th Anniversary in 1991

Fifty years ago, it all began,
The first Grinding Wheel Company in the land;
So many people, have given all they can,
We salute them, EVERY woman and man.

We've Journeyed to the Top, you've heard us say,
The Grindwell Family has grown stronger along the way;
So many people, together at Work & Play,
Have made Grindwell what it is today.

Grindwell Norton,
We are SOLID GOLD,
We are THE BEST,
We're better than the rest .Oh! Yeh!

Grindwell Norton,
We are NUMBER ONE,
We're aiming HIGH
And together we will touch the SKY.

Life Begins at FIFTY, we proclaim,
We will make a difference, We will change;
So many people, will take us to a higher plane,
Will light up the sky with Grindwell's name.

Grindwell Norton,
We are SOLID GOLD,
We are THE BEST,
We're better than the rest .Oh! Yeh!

Grindwell Norton,
We are NUMBER ONE,
We're aiming HIGH
And Together we will touch the SKY.

We're aiming HIGH
And Together, YOU & I, will touch the SKY.

Golden Jubilee Celebrations

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Oystermeyer, Mr. & Mrs. Jean LeMinoux, Mr. Donald Devine,
Mr. & Mrs. Michel Besson & Mrs. Tehmina Sidhwa
at the celebration in Mora

Mumbai - Dec 1991

Women's Throwball Team HO & Mora

Employees singing the Golden Jubilee Theme song Cricket team

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Naval Officer's visit to Mora plant at the Golden Jubilee

Celebration in 1991
(L-R): Mr. Welling, Mr. E.P.Fernandes, Mr. Parulekar,
Mr.K.C.Kalia, Mr. V.Contractor, Mr. J.L. Agarwal, Mr.
A.B.Gawade

In-house newsletter of GNO in the 90s Management Goals circa 1991

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keys

Extract from an interview with Babu Vichare – Inhouse magazine,
Jan-Mar 1992

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Sales and males Ravi
Purushotham

The year was 1993. The setting: idyllic Khandala; the venue: Duke's he was concerned. The pauses between words would stretch longer
Retreat and the occasion was our annual sales conference. GNO was and the audience would get very still and quiet trying their level best
coming off the back of many successful years; each surpassing the to ensure they got every word that was said.
previous year with record-breaking sales figures. At the helm was
AYM with sales headed by the one and only Joy Kutty. Stories about With the disappointing figures, AYM was upset that he wasn't warned
Joy's temper with poor results had already become part of GNO's earlier about the downturn as most of our presentations blamed
folklore. And our results that year were not the best. the economy, the Chinese, the weak Indian rupee and just about
every innovative reasons that we could think of. He remarked that
The mood was grim as Joy got stuck into the forum. Most of us we had met just 3 months earlier and all of us had predicted a good
were ducking for cover and the brave amongst us who dared to sit quarter. If things were getting worse, we were told, then we should
straight up bore the brunt. As PK Shrimal made his presentation have communicated the same and not wait for the conference. 'You
for the Northern region, the din of lunch cutlery being cleared from know I love mail. You should have written to me'. An equally quiet
the hallway outside the conference hall was becoming a distraction. but a very brave voice spoke from the back 'That's funny AYM. All
Out marched Joy, to clear sighs of relief from the forum. A massive of us love Fema(i)les'.
outburst followed as Joy vented his frustration on apparently the
hapless hotel staff. All became quiet except for Joy's verbal assault. I could go on to write many interesting stories. Or of the people,
Then there was brief respite - for a very brief second or two. Then the passion, the work atmosphere and the sheer quality of the
an equally frustrated voice bellowed 'I am a guest like yourself too'. people that I was fortunate to work with. Pages won't be enough
Needless to say what followed in the conference room was equally and would not do justice. It's been close to 16 years since I moved
hilarious – nervous glances, then a snicker or two followed by cackles on from GNO. Memories still linger. GNO shaped my work ethic and
of laughter that lasted for a long long time! helped me become what I am in the corporate world. I wish Saint-
Gobain Abrasives and its families all the very best.
The setting three years later was the conference room in Mora. Joy
had retired and BSM had taken over as the sales chief. However, the Mr. Ravi Purushotham worked in GNO between 1987 and
situation was similar – sales figures lower than expectations. AYM was 2001 in various roles in Abrasives Sales and Marketing
addressing the group. AYM's reproach has the same telling effect as
does Joy's verbal assaults. If Joy was like a runaway Shatabadhi
when he got upset, AYM was the exact opposite. Normally a soft
spoken person, his decibel level would drop significantly lower when

Sales Training Programme in Khandala, 2001
Back Row (L – R) Mr. D. Sankaran, Mr. E.
Lakshminarayanan, Mr. Virinder Khosla, Mr.
Vivek Sud, Mr. G. Swaminathan, Mr. K. S.
Hooda, Mr. Pratas Baruah, Mr. Ravi Kumar.
Front Row (L – R) Mr. R. B. Deshpande, Mr.
K. S. Gopalakrishnan, Mr. A. Dinakar, Mr.
Ritesh Patterson, Mr. Nalin Jain, Mr. Ravi
Purushotham, Mrs. Anita, Mr. Pramod Bapat,
Mr. Venu Shanbhag, Mr. Gerard D'Cunha, Mr.
Manoj Malhotra, Mr. Rajiv Gandhi

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GNO Managers' conference with families -
Goa, April, 1991

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Story of GNO's P. Natarajan
Non-woven business

Serendipity and luck often plays an important role in stories about responsible for personal products of HLL at that time was Mr.
business start-ups. One such story, which I have been part of, is that Harish Manwani and Nitin was reporting to him. We had a few joint
of the GNO non-woven business. I remember very well the cold call meetings to discuss the various possibilities but what followed in
I made in October 1994 from the GNO sales office in Mumbai to the quick succession was way beyond my wildest imagination. We ended
Hindustan Lever Ltd (now, Hindustan Unilever) office asking to speak up not only signing an agreement in India for the Indian market
to the product manager for VIM. The objective of my call was to but triggered by our initiative, Norton and Unilever signed a global
try and get HLL to buy Norton scrubber pads (which were imported agreement for promoting sales of scrubber pads in many other
from Mexico in those days) and give it as free gift with VIM powder, markets in the world.
which was the leading brand in the segment. I was lucky not only
to be put through immediately to Nitin Paranjpe, who was the VIM The agreement with HLL is what gave us the comfort and the impetus
product manager but also his immediate response to come and meet to invest in the non-woven plant in Bangalore. In fact the line was
him. Coincidently, HLL was considering product extension to the VIM mainly designed for making consumer pads and there was even a
brand and was thinking of scrubber pads as an independent product machine to cut into small pads at the end of the line. The line was
similar to what 3M had recently successfully launched in India with commissioned in March 1996 and Nitin and his colleague attended
a major TV commercial. the plant inauguration.

We spoke about our respective global strengths and complementary Meanwhile to seed the market we had imported pads from Mexico
positions in the market with Norton not being interested in the and sold the initial lot to HLL. These were branded VIM Scrub pads.
consumer market and Unilever in the industrial market. The person HLL had an internal launch of the pads and we were invited to attend

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the same. It was my first exposure to how a consumer product various consumer brands to sell scrubber pads. The business which
company executes a marketing plan. I was surprised to see that was in trouble due to the failed HLL deal gradually turned the corner.
they had made catchy songs and film clips to address their internal Between 2000 and 2010 the business not only became profitable
sales team with a view to get their attention to sell new products. but generated cash for GNO with sales growing at a CAGR of 25%
per annum and various new products being churned out year on
Unfortunately the first lot of pads which we imported from Mexico year. We continued to sell consumer pads in various brand names
were not of very good quality and the market response to the to different agencies and continued to innovate. In 2010-11, we even
product launch was lukewarm. Compared to 3M pads, the VIM pads overtook 3M in the number of consumer pads sold and were running
were very soft and weak and this was a significant setback. When at full capacity. In 2012, a new plant was set up which gives us new
we started making the pads in-house we tried our best to improve capability to grow the business. While we continued to grow our
the product and offer a product which was superior to 3M but by presence in the industrial market, consumer pads provided the high
then HLL had also changed its plan and their strategy had changed volumes. Today, we sell under multiple brand names with strong
from brand extension to brand consolidation. The scrub pads then relationships with various parties. As luck would have it, our non-
became a 'free with VIM' add-on to get rid of the stocks and, despite woven story came full circle when, in 2015, we restarted the sale to
all our efforts to improve the quality of the pads, the plans for an HLL under the VIM brand!
independent scrubber pad category were dropped. Over time the
HLL business stopped completely and the original purpose for the Post script: While the initial idea of HLL and GNO coming together
non-woven line was no longer there. This happened soon after we to produce and sell VIM consumer pads failed, the people involved
started our new plant. succeeded. Harish Manwani went on to become the MD of HLL and,
later became the chief operation of Unilever global business and Nitin
This was a major setback and between 1997 and 2000 the non-woven Paranjpe followed Harish Manwani's footsteps to become the MD of
business struggled. The plant was highly underutilised but the team HLL and is currently the President of Unilever's Home Care business.
rallied around and made various improvements in the line to produce Even I moved on to various roles within and outside Saint-Gobain.
several new products for various applications. We also tied up with

Mr. P. Natarajan joined GNO as a management trainee in 1981 and went on to Head the Coated Abrasives Business. In 1998 he took
on a new responsibility of MD, Vetrotex, India within the SG Group. He left the Group in 2003, but re-joined to Head a new project
in 2012. Currently, he is the MD of SEPR Refractories business.

Senior Management of GNO at
conference in Mumbai, 1997
Front row (L-R): Mr. P. Natarajan,
Mr. P.K. Shrimal, Mr. B. Santhanam,
Mr. Pramod Bapat, Mr. Sanjay Arte,
Mr. M.A.Puranik, Mr. N.S.
Sahasrabuddhe
Back row (L-R): Mr. S.
Venkataraman, Mr. K. Mohandas,
Mr. B. Shankaraiah, Mr. Joy Kutty,
Mr. J.N.Bhandare,
Mr. Ramarathnam, Mr.
Karamehetty, Mr. Anand Mahajan,
Mr. Deepak Thombre, Mr. Joseph
Pereira, Mr. N. Sreedhar

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Inauguration of Coated Abrasives Plant, Bangalore, 1993

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(L-R) wMirt.hSMatri.sJhoCyoKountdtoy (Dealer - Hyderabad), Mr. A.Dinakar (L-R) Mr. Vinod Kapur, Mr. Zarir Fraser (then Musa) along
along with Mr. Donald Devine (then Chairman, GNO)

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1995
families, Kathmandu,

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Employees first V. Srinivasan

I worked in GNO between 1999 & 2003 - seems quite a while ago!!!

The concepts of employee first & employee empowerment which is talked about so much today was then itself embedded in GNO's
DNA. Even for a small company (those days anyway) we had enough complexities in terms of varied businesses (SBUs), technologies,
multi locational manufacturing, sales offices, warehousing etc. But the futuristic HR policies & practices, not only made it a successful,
growth oriented company but it also provided the embryo for providing very many business leaders & CEOs for various other Saint –
Gobain businesses in India & abroad.

I personally gained a lot in my career from the rather short stint in GNO & I am sure many other GNO Alumni will also hold similar views.

My best wishes,

Mr. V. Srinivasan was the Vice President Coated and Super Abrasives between 1999 to 2003

3 year Plan Meet - Mumbai, 24-25 Nov'1999
(L-R) First row: Mr. Joy Kutty, Dr. P.G. Pawar, Mr. D.T. Thombre, Mr. Venu Shanbhag, Mr. A.Dinakar,
Mr. S. Nagaraju, Mr. B. Shankaraiah, Mr. Karamchettey
Second row: Mr. Gerard D'Cunha, Mr. K. Mohandas, Mr. Sahasrabuddhe, Mr. Joe Pereira, Mr. Vivek
Madiwale, Mr. V. Contractor, Mr. Vivek Sud, Mr. Rajiv Gandhi, Mr. Bhandare, Mr. Venkatraman,
Mr. Virinder Khosla, Mr. Panchapakesan, Mr.M.A.Puranik, Mr. Anand Mahajan, Mr. Atuk Dhall,
Third row: Mr. Krishna Prasad, Mr. P.K. Shrimal, Mr. M.R.Ramarathnam, Mr. V.S.Hooda, Mr. K.
Pitichaiah, Mr. N.Sreedhar, Mr. Pramod Bapat, Mr. Abbey John
Standing tall in the last row (centre) Mr. V.Srinivasan

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The 2000s

C&P Conference - Kerala - Jan, 2001

(L-R) Mr. Joe Pereira, Mr. Joy Kutty, Mr. & Mrs.
B. Santhanam

Clockwise: Mr. Mahajan, Mrs. Vera Mahajan,
Mrs. Rajani (wife of Mr. B. Santhanam), Mr.
B. Santhanam, Mr. Joe Pereira and Mrs.
Beena Kutty (wife of Mr. Joy Kutty)

(L-R) Mr. Joe Pereira, Mrs. Rajani Santhanam,
Mrs. Cloty Pereira and Mrs. Vera Mahajan in
traditional Malayali attire

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Performing Pooja M.R.Ramarathnam

Amongst the many unforgettable moments I had in GNO, this Palace. On reaching the site I told Anand that he should perform
is etched strongly in my memory . the Pooja. Anand resisted and said the power of attorney was
with me. I told him – not for this one- he needs to do this as the
I wanted to have a Traditional Ground Breaking ceremony for Company Boss.
our Site at Buti Bori. It was peak summer – beginning of May
and the weather was punishing. We had engaged a local priest, Anand squatted on the Floor and went through a fairly long ritual
who would not shorten any of the rituals.No one was sure as administered by the experienced Priest.He was barefoot on a hot
to how much Anand subscribed to these rituals. On the Ground and sunny day.He could hardly remember his birthstar and had
breaking day, Anand, Pramod and I were proceeding to the Site. even more difficulty in remembering Vera's!
As we entered the site premises, all the decorations around the
site made it look like a grand ceremony. The Security Guards were The whole thing lasted for an hour and a half. All of us enjoyed
in a fantastic attire – they resembled the Guards in an English this function. This one became a minimum template for Ground
breaking in all our future Projects.

Mr. M.R. Ramarathnam joined GNO in the month of April 1982 as a Senior Project Engineer in the erstwhile Consulting
& Projects Division…Since then he has worked in several functions including Engineering, Project Management,
Campus Management, Building Materials Trading, Environment, Health & Safety and Sourcing. Today, he is the
Vice President – EHS, Loss Prevention & Group Security within the Saint-Gobain Group in India.

Manrd. AMnar.nPdrMamahoadjaBnappeartforming the pooja. To his left is Mr. M.R.Ramarathnam

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Challenging Roles N. Sreedhar

I still remember, my father cautioning me when I decided to quit the group.Looking back at my journey in GNO, I realise that
my earlier job to join GNO. He reminded me of a popular quote: GNO did meet my constant quest for new challenges. I was kept
"A rolling stone never gathers moss" and advised me to stay for professionally engaged without any feeling of monotony. I had a
a longer period at least in GNO. My initial impressions about GNO change in my role or responsibility almost every 3 to 4 years. Each
were; it's a small organization, like a family, where people generally change brought in new challenges and tremendous learning. Now,
join and stay for a long time. Consequences of this, I thought, I am associated with GNO for more than 22 years and continue
was that my career growth within GNO will also be limited. Ergo, I to remain extremely enthusiastic about opportunities in store for
felt that I may need to search for another challenging job outside the years to come.
the group after gaining some experience in GNO.
Mr. N. Sreedhar joined GNO in June 1994 as Works Accountant,
However, once Saint-Gobain started taking interest in the Indian Mora Plant, Since then he has worked in several functions
market, things started changing. Many GNO Team members were including Vice-President, Abrasives India. Today, he is the
assigned challenging assignment of developing the Saint-Gobain Vice-President, Finance for High Performance Materials and
business in India. These developments changed my perception IT, Strategy & Purchasing function for Innovative Materials
and I started realizing that I can also get new challenging Sector, Compagnie de Saint-Gobain.
opportunities within GNO / Saint-Gobain group and there is
really no need for me to look out for any opportunities outside

Mr. N. Sreedhar along with the members of the Workers' Union

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Campus Life at Mora Aju Varghese

Back then, most of the new entrants who joined the GNO family the shop to delay it as much as possible, so that we come and
started their career at the Mora campus. Mora-Uran campus for check the progress every day and also visit the naval club.
GNO was one of the major locations at that point in time and Still the mystery is not solved, I think, it was on Day-5 evening,
had a very thriving residential campus. we were told by the shop keeper that the repaired wet grinder
has been taken back home by DS's wife Meena that morning.
The campus was so vibrant and filled with fun and frolic. A lot We got back only to find out that the ladies had ganged up against
of us cherish those memories of our campus life both at the us; curious for the latest update!
bachelor accommodation called Rendezvous and later at the We lost the reason and poor DS became the batter.
family accommodation.
Mr. Aju Varghese joined GNO in 1993 as an Analyst
Amongst a lot of fun filled incidents; some of which cannot be Programmer. Since then he has worked in GNO, Glass
reproduced here, there is one such incident that comes to my & Delegation. Today, he is the Chief Information Officer
mind involving few individuals, who are still within GNO. for the Saint-Gobain Group in India.

After marriage, I had moved into the family quarters within the
campus. I had Mr. Thimmappaiah and family, Mr. D Sankaran (DS)
& family and Dr. PB Arora & family as my neighbors. We lived on
the same floor of the newly constructed K-Block.

It was during that time, the four of us received the Naval Club
membership. This was a good gesture from the
Indian Navy (NAD Karanja). They encouraged us to
use their club facilities. For us, it was a welcome break;
earlier we had to travel for more than 30 minutes to
go to a good restaurant that served multiple cuisines
and drinks. Transport to get back was always difficult.

With the access to the Naval Club (only for men) that Long Service Award to Mr. Aju
offers good quality food and drinks, for 4 of us, what
we needed was only a reason. It was on one of the AanndanhdisMfaamhailjyaninp2r0es0e9nting the
days, the most critical appliance in a Tamilian family,
the wet grinder, that is used to prepare the dosa and (R-L) Mr.
idli batter; stopped working and resulted in a near Varghese
catastrophe at DS's house. Naval campus had an
electric goods repair shop and we finally had the real
reason to go there. Since the wet grinder was really
heavy, we needed 4 people to carry it to the vehicle
and then to drop it at the repair shop. We convinced
the women folks that it is important to check the
status of the repair; we gave special instructions to

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Sreedhar Compagnie
Bangalore,
The Board of Directors at the
56th Annual General Meeting of

Grindwell Norton Ltd. in 2007
(L-R): Mr. Shivanand

Salgaokar, Mr. Pradip Shah,
Mr. Amal Chakrabortti, Mr.
Anand Mahajan, Mrs. Dilnavaz
Variava, Mrs. Meheru Mehta,

Mr. Noshir D. Sidhva

(R-L)Mr. Krishna
Prasad and Mr.
B.Shankaraiah
during the
construction of the
Bhutan project in
2008

Grindwell Norton features in Forbes
Asia's 200 "Best under a Billion" list
2007. In the photo Mr. Joseph Periera
receiving the award on behalf of GNO

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Abrasives Group Concord Meeting I, Lonavala, 2009 Employees Performance at Family Day Mumbai 2010

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