Hero Universe Magazine - Vol 3, 2018 by Admin

Vol 03/2018 wwww.heromotocorp.com

INDEX CHRO Message

COMPANY HIGHLIGHTS

• Business performance 5 • Hero Hatch 6 • Pinkathon 8

CAPABILITY BUILDING • • • • • •

iLEAD: Batch 2: ALP Women in Leadership: Batch 2 Finance Townhall FLP & Fire Side Chat Motopassion Quiz Competition Sales Learning Academy

CSR INITIATIVES NEWS FROM OUR PLANTS & FUNCTIONS • • • • •

Dharuhera Plant Gurgaon Plant Haridwar Plant Neemrana Plant & GPC CIT - Jaipur

INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS

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CHRO, CIO & Head-CSR Message

Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to present the 3rd volume of our quarterly Hero Universe magazine for 2018. Through this magazine, we wish to share with you all the new updates in various fields taking place throughout our organization. Starting with the business front, our last quarter’s performance was quite good. Our growth in domestic market was approx. 13.7% and driving strong scooter growth, building strong portfolio in premium Mr. Vijay Sethi CHRO, CIO & Head-CSR and scaling up Global Business remain our key strategic priorities. More details about the business performance are given in our CFO’s column. Also, you would be all aware that we have signed Virat Kohli as our Brand Ambassador and launched the Xtreme 200R through him. This would certainly give a push to our marketing efforts and result in strong sales during the coming festive period. We are working aggressively on promoting a culture of Innovation within the organization. A big achievement on this front was the launch of HeroHatch. Hero Hatch was officially inaugurated in September 2018 with a group of 11 hatchers selected from within the organization through a very exhaustive selection process. These 11 hatchers are passionate and driven about achieving some great heights and are working on 2 different projects of strategic importance to the organization. Moving on to the Capability Development front, the 2nd batch of our flagship program – Hero iLEAD completed their year long journey with the successful presentation by the 4 Groups on their Action Learning Projects to Chairman, MD & CEO. The 2nd batch of our Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) completed their journey and were felicitated at the Graduation Ceremony in Emeritus Business School Singapore. I am proud to announce that among the 4 ‘Scholars’ selected within the batch, 3 were our own employees – Sharad Mehta, Rahul Gambhir & Rajiv Basisth. We have also successfully completed 2 batches of our Future Leaders Program 2018 in collaboration with IMT Ghaziabad for grooming our young managers. We have also launched our 2nd batch of WIL – Women in Leadership program for creating Women Leaders within the organization. More details about these initiatives are given in the Capability Building section of the magazine. As part of Motopassion, our Change Management initiatives aimed at increasing curiosity and excitement about the world of mobility, we conducted On Ground Quiz competitions, known as “The Grand Prix Quiz” at 4 locations with enthusiastic participation from our employees. You can read more about this in the upcoming pages! 3

For enhancing employee experience, we launched Employee Service Desk for HR which would help our employees to track their queries and reduce resolution time. We also launched resignation & retirement guidebooks to smoothen out these processes in the organization. We are continuously monitoring feedback from employees and bringing about key changes in existing policies and processes. Under our CSR initiatives, I am happy to announce that Hero MotoCorp extended support to Kerala flood relief victims by making contribution towards C.M relief fund, providing 1 Lakh food packets to needy and supported 200 families by providing humanitarian aid kits. We saw an increased participation in this year’s Pinkathon, which is the largest women’s marathon in support of increasing awareness about breast cancer. Also, Im happy to announce that we won the CII GreenCo Awards which was started to promote and champion conservation of natural resources in Indian industry without compromising on growth. There is a lot of employee engagement initiatives happening at our various plants and locations. Dharuhera plant celebrated the ‘Occupational Health Day’ by spreading health awareness through ‘Hit hai to Fit hai’, ‘Fitness Oath’, yoga sessions etc. We also inaugurated a Central Remote Monitoring lab to monitor critical equipment in plants. I am delighted to announce that our Haridwar Plant bagged yet another award – National Award for Excellence in Energy management. After our success in creating ‘Little Heros’ in Gurgaon plant, Day care Facilities were started in CIT Jaipur in July 2018. We are now entering the festival period of Diwali, Dusshera and Navratri, a time when we make the majority of our annual sales and all our employees across the functions work together in Top gear and to their fullest potential to ensure that our organization is able to achieve the aggressive targets. Wishing everyone all the very best for ensuring that Hero’s flag flies high during this critical and important time period. I hope you enjoy reading this edition of Hero Universe and look forward to your contributions for the upcoming edition. Regards, Vijay Sethi CIO, CHRO & Head - CSR

COMPANY HIGHLIGHTS

Business Performance: Q1 FY 2018-19 Q1 Performance and current trends impacting the world of Mobility • Macro economic trends

Global economy continued to be stable as far as growth is concerned, but rising commodities cost continue to be a worry. Indian GDP grew at 8.2 % in latest quarter. Rupee has depreciated sharply over last couple of months, to be around 72 now vs. a level of 65 at the beginning of this fiscal year.

• 2 wheeler industry and our performance in Q1

Our growth in domestic market was at 13.7% against Industry growth of 15.9%. Global business grew at 9.3% . Driving scooter growth, Building strong portfolio in premium, and scaling up Global business, will remain our key strategic priorities.

• Profitability and margin trends

We delivered an EBITDA margin of 15.6%, down Y/Y by 60 bps, impacted by commodity costs. The commodities, as mentioned above continue to move up, and it will be critical for us to get more out of Leap/Lead programme and overhead cost reduction, while taking judicious price increases depending on market scenario.

• Upcoming launches

We have already launched X-treme 200 R nationally, and company will be 125 cc scooter shortly. This will allow us to start re-building our premium portfolio, as well as participate in the fast growing 125 cc scooter segment.

Regards, Niranjan Gupta Chief Financial Officer

COMPANY HIGHLIGHTS Hero Hatch Updates HeroHatch came with a lot of firsts:

• They were awestruck with their new office.

• First step towards initiating startups within Hero • First team working independently and reporting directly to CMD • First team working from a co-working space (WeWork) HeroHatch kicked-off the first batch on 4th Sep with a bunch of 11 hatchers, who were passionate about doing something great with this opportunity but also nervous about how it would turn out.

But this was a great day for them for a lot of reasons: • They had a candid conversation with our CMD.

If you ask the hatchers, they would say a lot has changed for them. They want to stay in office and work hard, because they want to make it work at all costs. Their appearance has changed but it doesn’t mean they are having fun only! From:

• They got a lot of goodies from WeWork - their office space for the next 6 month. To:

Their projects are the only thing they think about, be it in office or even outside...when they catch people on road to take their interviews to get customer insights.

If you ask the team, they have all good words to say. They are enjoying the work, each other’s company, the workplace and their dream to make it big!

The working and discussion sessions are intense.

Here are a few snippets: “Hero hatch is all about unleashing yourself and exploring the unchartered territories. The atmosphere instigates creativity and gives you an unparallel platform to live your dreams!” - Navjyot Shanker “Working in HeroHatch makes me feel like ....”I am Master of my destiny and captain of my soul” - Ravi Kant “HeroHatch, what a game! Not for faint-hearted really! Welcome to the circus of infinite possibilities, unlimited ideas, grandest vision, unparalleled wit & wisdom and endless energy. Magnificent experience so far! Embrace it to unleash new dimensions of yourself!” - Puskar Prasun

COMPANY HIGHLIGHTS Pinkathon

inkathon, India’s Biggest Women’s run founded by Milind Soman and Reema Sanghavi, was created with the objective of spreading awareness about women’s health related issues, breast cancer in particular. This was conceived as more than just a running event, and saw a participation of 60,000+ women across 8 cities last year. At the core of this pan India project is the run in each city, built around which are year round training sessions, free offers of medical checkups and mammograms for all participants, training workshops and counseling sessions for various marginalized communities. Pinkathon 2018 - Delhi Chapter held on Sunday 23rd September, organized by the United Sisters Foundation saw a participation of more than 10,000 women. This year 63 of our female colleagues from Hero Motocorp Ltd. were a part of this Marathon and all were highly excited and motivated after participating in the event!

CAPABILITY BUILDING iLEAD – Senior Leaders Program: Action Learning Project Presentation

he 2nd batch of iLEAD, Hero Motocorp’s Senior Leadership Development Program in collaboration with Wharton Business School, Philadelphia, presented their Action Learning Projects on Friday, 17th August. The presentations were made in the presence of our Chairman, MD and CEO Mr. Pawan Munjal, Prof Jagmohan Raju, Vice Dean of Executive Education, Wharton Business School, Prof Todd Henshaw and Ms Catherine Hawkes from Wharton, Leadership Team, previous batch of iLEAD participants, all ELP participants and senior members of the Excellerator Club. The projects presented by the various groups were very interesting and exciting and we are looking forward to the implementation of them in the future. The participants of iLEAD Batch 2 and ELP Batch 1 were felicitated by Pawanji and Prof. Raju.

Women in Leadership: Batch 2

atch 2 of Women in Leadership Program, a flagship program has completed the first trimester of their journey post the launch of Program in June 2018. The WIL has been designed for providing holistic leadership exposure to our women employees at mid-entry level of management and is divided in 3 trimesters.

In the first part of the journey, participants covered the following modules: • Leadership and Communication • Dr. Sukhwinder Sircar (Practitioner of Human Behaviour) • Pedagogy used:- Sensitivity training, group discussions • Career Advancement Strategy • Dr. Punam Sahgal (Former Dean and Prof. OB IIM Lucknow) • Dr. Indira Parikh (Former faculty at IIM Ahmedabad) • Pedagogy Used:- Projective techniques, MBTI exercises and simulations, Story telling • Presentation Skills • Dr. Neera Jain (Faculty at MDI and practitioner of NLP) • Pedagogy Used:- Video recording and LIVE presentation by Group • Power • Dr. Tanuja Sharma (Area Chairperson, HRM & ICC – Presiding officer MDI Gurgaon) • Pedagogy used:- In class discussion, Video screening, experiential learning • Negotiation Skills • Dr. Sujaya Banerjee (Founder & CEO Capstone People Consulting) • Pedagogy Used:- Role Plays, Class discussions their WIL journey.

CAPABILITY BUILDING Finance Quarterly Townhall – Goes Global!

uarterly Town hall act as a platform for open dialogue between leaders and employees, to keep the team updated on all aspects of the business, from financial health to culture to important initiatives. As we expand in globally and march towards our journey of Building Future Ready Finance; avenues like Town hall help us stay connected and aligned as One Finance. We started the practice of quaterly town halls in finance from last year, and so far , its been confined to indian finance teams. This time, we expanded this to cover our finance teams based on Columbia and Bangladesh and the first ever Global Finance Townhall was conducted on 30th August 2018. Entire finance team of around 200 members attended it through web – while some in corporate office attended in person. The 90 minutes’ program started with a keynote by Mr. Niranjan Gupta, CFO who shared update on Financial Results, Automation Projects, FinGreen initiatives & People Development.

To keep the entire team updated on breakthroughs in technology there was a session on Block Chain & it’s application by Ananthalakshmi G and Deepanshi Goel. They highlighted the potential benefits, industrial scope and probable use cases of Blockchain Technology. Following that Ms. Monica Delgado, CFO- HMCL Colombia presented the business & Finance update of Colombia. She is the first women CFO in Hero Group- joined few months back. The last part was an open forum for Q&A, discussions and suggestions addressed by Mr. Niranjan Gupta and Mr. Surender Chhabra, Vice President – Corporate Finance- where many interesting questions came spanning across, the commodity challenges, electric vehicle, our inorganic strategy, etc. Enthusiastic & passionate audience makes everyone look forward to upcoming Town Halls

Future Leaders Program & Fire Side Chat

he 1st & 2nd batch 2018-19 of one of our Key Leadership Development programs - Future Leaders Program - FLP, which is conducted in association with IMT-Ghaziabad have been completed from the months of July – September 2018. Each batch was of 10 days duration and conducted in two modules of 5 days each.

Future Leaders Program is part of our Tiered Leadership Development approach, targeted towards our first time managers and building their capabilities to make them ready to assume higher responsibilities in the future. Mr. Sanjay Bhan (Head - Sales and After Sales), and Mr. Mahesh Kaikini (Plant Head – Gurgaon Plant & Head - NMC) inaugurated the first and second batch of the program respectively at IMT Ghaziabad campus. Mr. Bhan and Mr. Kaikeni spoke about the importance of this program for the participants and encouraged them to derive maximum benefits and learning’s from the program. They also encouraged the participants to practice key leadership lessons learnt in their day to day working and explained to the participants about how this program would enable them to do much better as Managers. Another key feature of FLP is the “Fire Side Chat”, which is aimed at providing our Future Leaders an opportunity to interact with and learn about the personal leadership journey of a Hero leader up front and close. For the Fireside Chat, we had Ms. Neerja Sharma (Company Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer) and Mr. Mukesh Goyal (Plant Head – Haridwar & Vadodara Plant) interacted with the first and second FLP batch participants respectively at IMT. Both the Leaders had a very engaging and inspiring discussion with participants wherein they talked about their Leadership Journey, the importance of investing in one self and one’s team and the importance of strongly following our value systems. The honesty and openness of their answers made the participants connect easily with the leaders and put forward their apprehensions and ambitions. This freewheeling informal discussion and the energizing talk was appreciated a lot by all the participants.

CAPABILITY BUILDING Motopassion Grand Prix Quiz Competition

otopassion Grand Prix Quiz 2018 was organized at Creating excitement and curiosity about the world of mobility amongst the employees of Hero Motocorp by providing exposure towards its myriad dimensions. The event was conducted at CIT Jaipur, Gurgaon Plant, Haridwar Plant and Neemrana Plant & GPC. The purpose of the event was as below: • Create excitement about the world of mobility • Increase employee curiosity in innovating, inventing and improving work processes • Encourage employees to understand and analyze Competition, Market / industry scenario, Customer analysis and the various socio economic and GELT changes impacting the world of mobility • Engage and energize employees The Quiz format was based on the following format: Round 1: Reverse Gear (Questions from history of 2 wheeler industry and past trends) Round 2: High Beam: Low Beam (Questions will be based on videos and clips from movies and advertisements – identifying products, technologies, tag lines) Round 3: Back to the Future (Questions on upcoming future products, technologies and other futuristic changes in the industry) Round 4: Road Maneuvering (Questions based on Connect the Dots, road safety signals and signals) The quiz covered a wide range of automotive topics and saw an enthusiastic response from the employees with around 40 teams participating in each of the locations.

The Points Table at each location stood as below: CIT Jaipur Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th

Team Name CFD Rebels Brahmos VI Motorcycle Team Slip Stream

Team Member 1 Rajat Bhardwaj Tejas Babhale Devendra Bolia Anbarasan M

Team Member 2 Chetan Kishore Venkatesh Damacharla Lokesh Goel Vijayendran M

Team Name Storm Rangers Passionaite Brothers Mavericks Technoriders

Team Member 1 Sanjiv Kumar Jha Sudhanshu Pandey Gurvinder Singh Sujit Sheoran

Team Member 2 Harpreet Dhiman Navjyot Shanker Saurabh Sharma Shankar Batra

Team Name Meter Down The Cobras Hero Impulse Motopassionaites

Team Member 1 Saurabh Sharma Nandeibam Balgopal Singh Vivek Anand Sanjay Sharan

Team Member 2 Abhishek Rampuria Udit Vashishtha Santosh Kumar Pranit Pratim Baruah

Team Name Diablo Jai Maheshmati Just In Time Hope

Team Member 1 SHRAWAN PARADKAR SAURABH BHANDARI MOHD ANAS KHAN PARMOD KUMAR KAUSHIK

Team Member 2 SANCHIT MALLICK PANKAJ JINDAL VIKRAM DOGRA VISHAL BHAT

Neemrana Plant & GPC Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th

Haridwar Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th

Gurgaon Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th

Hero Sales Academy Update - Xtreme200 R Recruitment and Onboarding Strategy

ith the launch of Xtreme200 R we saw an opportunity in grooming the existing Sales Executives (DSE) at Dealerships to mature to a higher level to meet the expectations of Premium Bike Customers.

The basic eligibility criteria for a DSE to sell Premium Bikes was Hero Selling Skill (Sales Process) Certified. They were identified and on-boarded through the following Multi-Pronged process: • Psychometric Test • Psychological Interview • Product Training • Process Training with Test Ride •

Mindset Transformation Workshop

After going through the above sessions they were designated as Premium Consultants. The Mindset Transformation Workshop is a first of its kind initiative with focus on Personality Analysis, SWOT Analysis and Adaptation to Change. Each Premium Consultant was made to undergo mindset change to align with Premium Customer Mindset by connecting with their subconscious mind through Neuro Linguistics Programming (NLP) Techniques. A learning video and a SOP Manual was also made for continuous learning and reinforcement of Premium Consultant.

CSR INITIATIVES

verall number of beneficiaries of various initiatives as part of Hero We Care:

• Road Safety under banner of Ride Safe India: More than 3.18 Lakh participants • Education and Girls Empowerment under banner of Hamari Pari and E2 (Educate to Empower): More than 1.86 Lakh beneficiaries

supporting “Sparsh Ganga Abhiyaan.” • Project Shaksham launched in 20 schools of Gurugram and Rewari by providing Tab lab and Smart Class facility, which focuses on improving English and Mathematics and provide career counselling facility in higher classes.

• Caring about environment and cleanliness under banner of Happy Earth: More than 1.0 Million tree plantations and more than 1000 toilets • Various Community Initiatives across locations : More than 2.20 Lakh beneficiaries across the country • In addition, outreach thru social and mass media has More than 7.4 Crore views till date Status of our CSR initiatives were • Hero MotoCorp extended support to Kerala flood relief victims by making contribution towards C.M relief fund, providing 1 Lakh food packets to needy and supported 200 families by providing humanitarian aid kits.

• M u k h y a m a n t r i Jal Swavlamban Yojana, 3 Check Dam facility inaugurated in Neemrana having capacity to hold 75.5 Lakh liter water, helps in conserving natural water resource under Happy Earth initiative. • Sakhi a Women Empowerment project supported women police officials of Bulandshahr, UP Police by handing over 25 two wheelers along with 50 Helmets for patrolling activity and safety of women.

• Hero Green drive saw plantation of over 3.0 Lakh trees in 2018, Ahmedabad 1.3 Lakh trees planted, in presence of C.M of Gujarat Mr Vijay Rupani, Indore 1.5 Lakh trees planted and 50,000 + tree plantation underway in Haridwar,

• Skill center inaugurated at Bastpur and Neemrana providing skill training on tailoring, beautician and digital literacy.

• 107 Women graduated by undertaking skill development courses on tailoring and beautician under Project Jeevika in Gurugram and Dharuhera.

• Two Wheeler Service Technician (TWSS) and employability support has helped tribal, rural and urban talented youths in Mumbai by developing them as future entrepreneurs. • 100 children and 2 children homes are being supported in SOS village Jaipur for quality education and empowerment. • More than 70 Asha Center are now operational in Dharuhera with RKMF benefitting 1750 students.

• Project Disha an Entrepreneurship Information and Orientation provided training sessions for women and has helped 679 women in setting up their own business • Science Center Inaugurated in Dharuhera aimed at fostering curiosity, critical thinking and creativity by using hands on models and experiment to help students and teachers to learn and retain important concepts • Under Shiksha project which aims at holistically developing students by undertaking various initiatives in government schools, renovation work undertaken in 8 school of Jaipur and Dharuhera.

• Ek Pahal – a CSR initiative has achieved a major milestone by Empowering 1000 + girls, ride 2 wheeler.

• Mobile Medical Van in Neemrana,Dharuhera,Delhi and Halol has attended to more than 85000+ patients till date, by serving to their medical needs by providing OPD consultancy, Medicines and diagnosis tests. • Mobile Eye Check Up Van has attended to 5,700 + patient till date which carries out free eye checkup,OPD consultancy and gives free medicine, along with diagnostic test. • Enable a Hero MotoCorp CSR initiative focused on Supporting Differently Abled has benefitted more than 2000+ physically challenged people • Under Hero Green drive tree plantation activity undertaken by M.T’s and G.T’s during their induction in Dharuhera.

• Award: Bhamashah Award – Shiksha Vibhushan conferred by Education Department of Rajasthan Government – to Hero MotoCorp,FY 2017-18 for undertaking various development work in government school of Jaipur and Neemrana under CSR initiative.

NEWS FROM OUR PLANTS & FUNCTIONS Dharuhera Plant Updates Message from Plant HR Head

eing physically fit in the workplace occupies a major place among our concerns. Towards this end, we celebrated Occupational Health Day on 9th July 2018, which marks the foundation day of Indian Association of Occupational Health, Mumbai. With the theme of “Hit hai to Fit hai” we began the day with distribution of stickers, followed by Yoga Sessions in both A &B shifts. This was capped by ‘Fitness Oath’ taking by all. A blood donor’s wall was also set up to remember 191 employees who donated blood on 2nd July 2018. We inaugurated Combo Oven for oil free food and organized Fun Football. A lively informative session on ‘Office Ergonomics’ also held. On 28th July 2018, another informative sharing was held on World Hepatitis Day.

In the Gurukul, an induction program was organized from 12th to 28th Aug 2018 for the GETs to familiarize them with our Products and Processes. A similar program is underway for the DETs. On 31st July 2018 our CHRO, CIO & Head CSR inaugurated a Central Remote Monitoring Lab which monitors the parameters of critical equipment in the plant. Again on 22nd Aug 2018, he consented to inaugurate new Maintenance Lab & Computer Lab in Gurukul premises.

An initiative called “Agra” was launched to augment the professional excellence of HR Team. A well-structured effort spanning three months greatly improved the English conversational skills of the attendees.

To mark Independence Day, a theme-based decoration contest was held between Departments. The morning began with distribution of tri-color wristbands and the joyous yells of employees & their children zestfully participating in kite flying competition. It was capped with an impressive flag hoisting ceremony followed by giving away of prizes. Our Canteen also served tri-colored special dish on this occasion.

A KYC facilitation camp for PF beneficiaries was organized from 19th June to 3rd July 2018 with the aim of addressing the common hardships faced by employees in updating/changing personal details on PF portal. Desirous individuals were also taught how to apply for loan online. In order to boost up the eco system to promote diversity, Lady Guards and Housekeepers have been deployed in the plant. Major renovation works have been taken to uplift the overall feel and make the infrastructure convenient to all employees. We in HM1D have started a couple of new initiatives- One is the launch of Dharuhera Plant E-Newsletter from July 2018. It gives comprehensive coverage of happenings in the fields of TPM, TEI, Health & Safety, Kaizens, Audits & Assessments and Employee corner. It has been received quiet eagerly by all. Second is the Go-green drive in which planting of flowers inside the plant and along the outer boundary has been taken up. In the coming times, will impart a verdant and cheerful look to the plant. (Pic – 116) With these developments, we at HM1D look forward to more exciting times ahead.

Gurgaon Plant Updates Message from Plant HR Head

he year continues to be eventful with varied initiatives viz. Independence celebration, Motopassion Quiz, Corporate Talent Championship - Season 7, Festival celebration, Engaging Internal trainers in People Development, Women Open House and so on. It is overwhelming to see the exuberance with which our employees and their families have been participating in all the events. The growing volumes last quarter demanded of focus, determination and real spirit of teamwork and collaboration. Our employees deserve heartfelt appreciation for achieving 4.9 Lacs vehicle production at Gurgaon Plant in the last quarter and taking Hero to yet another level. We extend our sincere gratitude to all the family members for their support without which this

continued journey of crossing various milestones was impossible. We are also witnessing the changes happening in and around industry. In this era of Digitization, scope of new business models and customer experience are rising day by day. The times ahead are full of challenges and opportunities to the individuals as well as the organization to catch up with the latest technologies. Resetting the approach, being technologically savvy and future readiness is need of the hour. Let us stay focused and keep moving towards our goals. May this festive season bring to you and your families everlasting joy, health and prosperity! Wishing everyone a very Happy Dussehra and a safe Deepawali!

Haridwar & Vadodara Plant Updates Message from Plant HR Head

M3H was awarded the National Award for Excellence in Energy Management, 2018 by CII during 29-31 August 2018.

Many events were organized to boost employee morale in Q2. Motopassion Quiz â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Grand Prix was organised on 29th August and winners were felicitated. Carom Competition was organized by Josh CFT in the month of August and Table Tennis competition in September. Next in line is Hero Cricket League, which will be conducted in the upcoming Quarter.

FIFA Fan Park was organized at WIC, Dehradun on 14th July were more than 50 employees enjoyed the Belgium vs England match.

and concept projects were presented before the Plant Leadership Team. DET Induction was also conducted during the last quarter, where a variety of Training programs, On the Job Learning assignments and other projects were conducted for them to make them ready for assuming challenging roles within the organization. Mr. Subhash Chand, Associate â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Security superannuated on 31st July, thus marking the first retirement from HM3H since its inception. On this momentous occasion, a retirement function was organized which also featured the plant leadership team.

Sanskriti CFT and JOSH CFT were declared winners during the Annual CFT Review for FY 17-18 which was organized on 5th September. HM3H has its own platform for rewarding innovation. The 7th Shining Project Contest Final was conducted in the month of September wherein top implemented

Neemrana Plant & GPC Updates Message from Plant HR Head

e began the year in an optimistic manner by taking challenges head on. One of them was challenging TPM Excellence Award one full year ahead of schedule. On 1st Aug, 2018, we faced the First Stage Assessment (FSA) and emerged successful. This has given us renewed vigor to consummate the challenge of facing Second Stage Assessment in Jan 2019, in order to take home TPM Excellence Award.

Kwizzing Klub launch and FSA Quiz (HM4N & HP3N):

There were a few moments of celebration on the way, when we inaugurated “Little Heroes” Day Care at Neemrana, which is being used not only by women colleagues but also by wards of our male employees too.

A platform was launched under the name “Kwizzing Klub” to provide more opportunities for quizzing enthusiasts at Neemrana location, to showcase their talent and participate in internal as well as external quizzes. Under this, the first quiz was organized on 20-Jul-18, in the run-up to FSA. With the help of an internal quizmaster, led by Gyan Pravah CFT, the quiz was held at GPC auditorium where total 13 teams participated and battled for the winning positions. The quiz was conducted on an online interface with scores reflecting live after each question, leading to a nail-biting finish.

Waving the flag high of Garden Factory, a Fruit Garden has been created on our premises. We have, thus, successfully juxtaposed features from different topographies i.e. a cactus garden and a fruit garden. This has added another feather to our cap and contributed in improving employee experience.

Hero Google Day was celebrated on 04-Sep-2018 and an awareness cum live demo session was organized on usage of Google G suite, for employees at Neemrana Plant auditorium. The daylong event included activities, live demonstrations and class-room sessions.

Neemrana Heroes continued to demonstrate excellence in business processes and quality in various excellence forums by winning coveted ranks and prizes. Neemrana CSR wing continued to deliver services to society. Mr Vijay Sethi, our CHRO, CIO & Head CSR, inaugurated local computer training center for under privileged girls as well as self-help & self-employment oriented training center for local women.

Hero Google Day (HM4N & HP3N):

As a focused attention on Parts business, a series of plant visits in both HM4N & HP3N is being organized every alternate day for the Parts Dealers and their family members, which is helping us to share and strengthen our Manufacturing Happiness. Independence Day (HM4N & HP3N): On the occasion of Independence Day, photo booths in tri-colour, were prepared at Neemrana Plant GPC to let employees participate in the Fun-o-mania contest on social media. People thronged the decoration pieces in numbers and posted their selfies and group photos on different platforms. One photo booth was designed in amalgamation with Garden Factory concept, where the balloon tri-colour was supported by variegated plants as a part of Indoor Forest, reflecting that sustainability truly shall buttress the nation’s future growth.

Manufacturing Happiness @ HM4N & GPC The horticulture team put in special efforts to create things of wonder at Neemrana Plant and GPC. They have worked towards creating Indoor forest, Innovation - Water Fountain from scrap material, Pots recreation from stones carved, Water lily in water ponds, New Concept of roof grass - Jumping Grass, Liliput Trees at Stone Mount - Picturesque destination for visitors, Falling Pots etc.

CIT Jaipur

Hero FIFA Fan Park The Hero FIFA Fan Park was organized for all CITian’s who participated in the engagement quizzes and other activities related to FIFA World Cup 2018. A total of 79 CITians participated and enjoyed a host of fun activities that we had lined up. The fun activities were followed by a themed dinner at the Road House Bar & Grill-Holiday Inn Hotel, Jaipur. Snap shots of the event are below: Hero MotoCorp Jaipur by Nite Marathon 2018: The Hero MotoCorp Jaipur-by-Nite marathon was a resounding success with ~ a 100 marathoners participating in the marathon. Hero MotoCorp was the official title sponsor for the marathon which was flagged off by our CTO, Dr. Markus Braunsperger in the presence of royal dignitaries from Jaipur. The event was indeed a grand success thanks to the zeal and enthusiasm of the participants & volunteers. Below is a snapshot of the CIT participation in the marathon

organized at CIT with much fanfare. After 4 rounds & 85 Matches covering 115 Players, 3 Winners emerged victorious. 2018 Women’s Champion: Priyanka 2018 Men’s Champion: Vinay Kumar Gupta 2018 Doubles Champions: CIT heroes (Shiwalik Ghosh & Hanit Bansal) The 2nd Edition of CIT Foosball tournament: The tournament kicked off on 11th Sep. with Finale on 12th Sep 2018 for Males & Females as well. After five rounds of enthralling matches, Team Aaho -Dheeraj Bhardwaj & Dilawar Singh were crowned the CIT men’s Foosball Champions beating the Runners Up- Team Unseen- Sumit Kumar & Nazhar Hussain! The CIT women’s Foosball Champions were Team Warriors –Aarti Kumari & Jaya Tiwari who edged out the Runners Up- Team Foos Fighters Monika Kumawat & Aarti Manral.

2nd Edition of CIT Table Tennis Tournament 2018 The 2nd edition of CIT Table Tennis tournament was

INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS Manali Leh Khardungla cycling expedition

aving been cycling for a long time, we were very attracted to the idea of cycling to Himalayas and thus planned Manali-Leh-Khardungla cycling trip with my colleague and cycling partner Dheerendra with the help of Bikat Adventures.

10th Annual GVDP Meet -2018 at Hotel Leela Ambience, Gurugram on 5th June 2018 ( World Environment Day)

Manali Leh Khardungla Mountain cycling is one of the best life time experience. It is a moment of pride when we ride cycle for 540 km continuously for 10 days to world’s highest motorable all-weather pass - Khardung La. Such an expedition is not only a test of endurance limit of the body but also the mental toughness. We started our cycling journey from Manali crossing peaks Rohatang La (pass), Baralaccha La, Gata loops, Nakee La,

CII - GREENCO, ENVIRONMENTAL BEST PRACTICE AWARD-2018

ero MotoCorp were awarded as Winner of following 2 Awards during the CII – Greenco & Encironmental Best Practices Award – 2018, held on 27th June 2018 at Hotel ITC Grand Chola, Chennai:

Lachung La and Tanglang La reaching the world’s highest motorable allweather pass Khardung La (17982 feet). We met en route the snow-clad mountains standing tall, waterfalls melting out of glaciers, clear rivers, interstellar sky, and mesmerizing Mother Nature. The trip fulfilled our Interstellar dreams of stargazing in the valleys. Obstacles of rain, hail, and sub-zero temperatures like did not scare us as these are just like the stones in front of the real rock-like challenge. The huge challenge associated with the trip the feel of completion boosted our motivation. Remembering the vivid memories of the trip will give us happiness to our lifetime. In the route for many days we were out of mobile network which was also a digital detoxification experience. We pay our gratitude to Our Family member and team mates for their moral support. Patience and the practice made us to conquer the feat. It was a rejuvenating experience and also a big motivation to keep taking on such endeavors. Contributed by: Mr. Sanjay Kumar Singh

• Most Innovative Environmental Project • Most Useful Environmental Project Hero MotoCorp - Neemrana Plant also received CIIGreenCo “PLATINUM” Award On 28th June’18 in the same CII seminar (27th June – 29th June), which was already announced earlier by CII- GreenCo on 29th Dec’2017 Contributed by: Mr. Anil Chawla