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ISSUE #02 DECEMBER 2015

EXCELLENCE

RAMBOLL INDIA NEWSLETTER

Dr. Pawan MainiManaging DirectorRamboll India

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It has been an eventful quarter for Ramboll India. It is also with great pleasure that the team presents before you a special edition of EXPRESS featuring the first RIN Annual Awards. The Awards Night brought to the fore the unarguable fact that our employees are giving shape to a robust culture grounded on integrity, excellence and innovation, and a culture that recognises commitment and achievement. I want to reassert that each and every one of you is a winner in our growth story.

The journey this past quarter has been a noteworthy one, underlined by some significant project wins. There were two major wins by the Transport Unit i.e. the Eastern Peripheral Expressway (EPE) and Gammon’s project of widening the two lane Udhampur to Ramban section of National Highway-1A in Jammu and Kashmir to four lanes. Apart from being projects of national significance, the Gammon project is especially important as it is for the first time that Ramboll India’s Domestic Transport team has relied on the skill sets in the Ramboll Engineering Centre to deliver a project. In the Buildings sector, Ramboll is playing a pivotal role right from the schematic design stage to the completion stage of the high-rise Beaumonte Towers in Mumbai. Our Telecom team also bagged a mega project to supply tubular towers to Reliance Industries for pan-India deployment.

I am happy to share with you that Ramboll India is playing a pivotal role in shaping the dialogue on Smart Liveable Cities in India. Recently, at the IIT- Bombay Alumni Association’s Global Business Forum – a platform of policymakers, industrialists, investors and students– I was joined by our Group Market Director for Planning & Urban Design Neel Strøbæk to engage with the audience to identify and act upon the ‘liveability’ factor for developing a Smart City on ground.

Message from MD’s Desk

The last quarter was also special because it marked the 70th anniversary of Ramboll. Seventy years ago, when Børge Johannes Rambøll and Johan Georg Hannemann founded Ramboll, they thought of their employees to be united, fully committed to a common goal, rooted in a humanitarian spirit and unshakable mutual trust. And we are today what they cherished for: wearing a badge of high ethical standards with a sense of responsibility and awareness to our obligations towards the society we live in.

Enjoy your read!

Best Regards,

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Welcome to yet another exciting edition of EXPRESS. Firstly, I would like to express my gratitude for the overwhelming response received upon the release of the employee newsletter. I must restate that it was truly encouraging. Our editorial team is committed to ensuring that EXPRESS continues to be the platform for interesting and informative updates for our colleagues across offices.

In this second edition, we lead with a feature on the Ramboll India Annual Awards. We also feature stories on few significant projects and the appreciation by our clients.

At Ramboll India we believe in being socially responsible and giving back to our community. You will find an update on the progress made in this area in the sections ahead. Finally you have the opportunity to learn more about our colleagues in ‘Ramboll & Beyond’.

Enjoy reading this issue of EXPRESS and do share your comments or feedback with us.

Warm regards,

Dhwani TandonSenior Consultant, Communications and Branding

Dhwani TandonSenior Consultant

Amit GuinCommunications Coordinator

Maria Fe GarciaMarketing and Communications Consultant, RME

“I am honoured to have been selected as the winner of the Newsletter name competition. Ramboll gives me the environment where I feel free to think and utilise my creativity at its best.”

Congratulations Anjan Chakraborty!

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The night was sparkling with stars - the Ramboll Superstars. In Gurgaon, Mumbai and Hyderabad on 28 October, 4 and 5 November respectively, employees who achieved high standards in delivering their work were recognised at the first ever Ramboll India Annual Awards event. The awards were aimed at providing a positive reinforcement of the culture of recognising commitment and excellence.

A total of 89 employees across Buildings, Transport, Ramboll Engineering Centre, Telecom and Business Support were presented awards in six categories i.e. Ramboll Values Personification Award, Outstanding Performance Award, Rising Star Award, High Performing Team of the Year Award, MD’s Leadership Award and MD’s Achiever of the Year Award.

Three nights, three different cities celebrating one occasion: employee recognition

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Star-studded Awards

Pawan Maini, Ramboll India’s Managing welcomed hundreds of employees including our some of our international colleagues to the event where he spoke about the milestones for the year, projects that have helped us grow and thanked everyone for their contribution and encouraged employees to continue to perform. “It’s a truly exhilarating experience to see the talent pool assembled under one roof. You all are a window to our future and the remarkable things we can achieve,” said Pawan in his opening remarks.

The festive awards ceremony saw captivating musical, dance and other performances by the employees. Following the presentation of the awards and acknowledgements, the employees engaged with each other over dinner.

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Winners Speak

Puneeth H, Design Engineer, Civil/Structural Engineering Rising Star Award“I am humbled to have been chosen for the Rising Star Award. I promise to continue my career and personal

progress and to live up to the expectations of Ramboll. I would like to thank my parents and my team members, management and all the mentors who have guided me to achieve this.”

Shrirang Gopaldas Agrawal, Senior Engineer, Civil/Structural EngineeringRising Star Award“I feel very proud to be receiving the Rising Star award for this year. Ramboll gives me the environment where I can feel free to think

and utilise my best knowledge with my manager and friendly colleagues.”

Sanjay Vasantrao Denge, Principal Engineer, Civil/Structural EngineeringHigh Performing Team Award“It’s an amazing and encouraging moment for my team. This

recognition is a result of awareness of responsibility, dedication, hard work, support and belief towards each other. I would like to thank Mukesh who recognised the team’s hard work and dedication. Although not a regular team member, our special thanks to Sandeep Dodeker too.”

Amudhalingam S, Principal Engineer, Civil/Structural EngineeringOutstanding Performance Award“This award winning moment was quite a special one in my career life for two specific reasons. It is a kind of reassurance that the

management recognises your hard work and effort. The challenge to head the entire design office of Bengaluru and grow threefold in a span of one year in terms of people and projects was huge and was possible, only because of all the support rendered from team members, family members and management.”

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Aniket Ashok Chaudhari, Senior Engineer, Civil/Structural EngineeringRamboll Values Personification Award“I am very pleased and honoured to receive “The Ramboll Value personification Award”. I thank my team and my seniors for their

guidance and support. Last but not the least I appreciate this initiative where our skills and work ethics are noticed and recognised. It means a lot to us.”

Suresh Chenna, Consultant, Transport PlanningRising Star Award“I am happy and excited to receive the wonderful award in Rising Star category. But the real stars behind me are the entire

Transport Planning Team (Ramboll India and Ramboll Sweden) with whom I am working for past few years. I want to say special thanks to Srinivas Chekuri and John Mcdaniel for their whole-hearted support.’

Sooraj Nair, Head of Department, MEPMD’s Leadership Award“It was a great experience to receive the award and that too in the Leadership category. The recognition of the same by the management for the efforts put in the last

few years is truly heart-warming. It also inspires me to contribute more towards the success of the company in the capacity of an individual by leading a team of highly dedicated professionals.”

Preethi Biju, Assistant Manager, Business AdministrationOutstanding Performance Award“Awards can give you a tremendous amount of encouragement to keep getting better. I know that without the support of my unit

members I wouldn’t have achieved this. I am deeply obliged for all the love and support they have shown to me over the years. So whilst the award proudly sits in my trophy cabinet, I would like to say a huge THANK YOU to each and every one.”

Meenakshi Asija, Technical Manager, Transport Planning Ramboll Values Personification Award“It was a pleasure to win Ramboll Values Personification Award. The award means a lot to me. I feel all the more elated after

being recognised for displaying Ramboll shared values of two Is (Insight and Integrity) and 3 Es (Empathy, Enjoyment and Empowerment) in various aspects of work. These values, in any case, are very close to my heart and style of working.”

Vineet Dhankar, Senior Design Engineer, BridgesHigh Performing Team Award“As a team we feel proud and happy that our efforts were recognised, appreciated and awarded. This award has given us a new boost and enthusiasm to work harder for all our future

projects as well. Receiving an award on Ramboll India’s first Award Night is something special and we will always cherish the moment. We would like to thank Ramboll for giving us this honour.”

Subash Parvataneni, Senior Design Engineer Rising Star Award“I am very happy and excited to receive this award for recognition of my work. I feel thankful to Sankara Ganesh Dhoopam, Santosh Reddy and my colleagues for their

extended support and guidance in my work. This award motivates me to pursue my work with more zeal in the future.”

Jeevanandam M, Deputy ManagerRising Star Award“I’m immensely happy to receive the Rising Star Award for this year. My sincere thanks to all. This award is an encouragement for me to excel in my future career.”

Arun Bohtra, Assistant Manager – Quality, ManufacturingRising Star Award“I would say I really feel proud and honoured that I work for such a company where

employees always feel motivated by living with Ramboll values. I am really thankful to the management for giving me such award to build more confidence in me which makes me to work hard and achieve more in future.”

Ravi Kumar Bobba, Associate Director High Performing Team Award/ MD’s Leadership Award“I am happy to receive the Leadership Award. I would like to thank all my colleagues and my managers who supported

me to achieve this award. For me the award is the recognition of the time spent with company, dedication to work and business. This Ramboll Annual Award programme is good initiative and will create healthy competition at the work place.”

Sankara Ganesh Dhoopam, General ManagerHigh Performing Team Award/ Ramboll Values Personification Award“I am very pleased to have been selected for adhering to the principles and philosophy of the Ramboll founders. Without false egos, I feel that other managers are also worthy of the reward. I am deeply honoured also because it was one of my childhood dreams to stand in front of many people accepting an award which recognises my qualities and achievements. We will do our best to maintain your trust and

contribute to the business.”

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Gaurav Tripathi, Senior Project Manager – NationalOutstanding Performance Award‘‘I feel very proud for receiving the award this year. I am very thankful to my seniors and colleagues who

supported me. I would also like to thank Ravi Kumar Bobba, Pankaj Sachdeva and Pawan Maini who have motivated me and always shared their valuable knowledge on different platforms.” Ganesh Kolli, Technical Delivery Manager, IT

ServicesOutstanding Performance Award“The award was a real thrill and a very special honour. I think it’s a wonderful way to show appreciation for employees and their efforts, in

addition to raising their morale.”

Balakumar V, Senior Design EngineerOutstanding Performance Award“I’m really pleased and honoured to receive this award. It means a lot to me. It’s been a great course in Ramboll. I would like to express my gratitude to my

colleagues and my team. I would also like to thank my managers for believing in me and guiding me to do my job well.”

Ankit Neema, Deputy Manager, RF ServicesOutstanding Performance Award“I am deeply honoured to receive this prestigious award. This award is especially dedicated to my entire Radio Frequency (RF) team for their hard work. It is a testament to the

innovation, energy and dedication of my team and the trust in us given by the management. I also thank Yogesh Arya who is a motivating factor for our team.”

Kulwinder Singh, Deputy Manager - Quality, ManufacturingOutstanding Performance Award“I am touched by this award. It is an amazing achievement for me. I also want to thank the Management for organising such a lovely event. This award will challenge me to perform better.”

Chaitali Basu, Assistant Manager – OperationsRising Star Award“This award is a reflection of my team’s ability and skills, for which I am truly

grateful. This award instils in me a new confidence to take on more challenging projects, and attempt at progressive innovations in my work. I am indebted to Iftikhar Drabu for his constant support which has been an immense inspiration. I am also proud of working with Anuj Maitrey who steadfastly motivates his team to strive for excellence.”

Prithwi Raj Kottanakal, Design Engineer, BridgesRising Star Award“As always, I follow the sayings of Sir M Visvesvaraya who said that “Remember, your work may be only to sweep a railway

crossing, but it is your duty to keep it so clean that no other crossing in the world is as clean as yours.” Having the ambition to even turn a small task into a perfect one, made me grow and achieve excellence. This award recognises my achievements and belief.”

Shah Alam Malik, Design Engineer, MEP Rising Star Award“I am deeply honoured to have been selected as the laureate to accept the Rising Star 2015 award. Thanks to my manager and my team for their trust which empowered me. It energises

me to keep delivering the best in my present and future assignments.”

Danish, Senior Design Engineer, MEP Outstanding Performance Award“Thank you for the award. I’m very pleased and honoured to win it for this year. This award means a lot to me. I would like to thank Farhad Khan for considering me to

work on challenging project and Sulabh Thakkar for motivating me and my team members.”

M G Harikrishnan, Senior Design Engineer, BridgesOutstanding Performance Award“The team that worked on the Herning Holstebro project has been broad, varied and dynamic; and this win is dedicated to everyone who has played a part in the success of this project on either side of the

continents. Personally, I am proud to be part of such a strong team and I am lucky to have worked with almost everyone in the Nordics Bridges group in one way or the other.”

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K Prasanth, Team Leader, RDK, Bridges & CivilHigh Performing Team Award“It is of immense pleasure in stating that the Herning Holstebro project team has won the Best Performing Team Award for

REC. The team had to really undergo lot of pressure in understanding and implementing the Danish bridge design practices in a relatively short period of time. It is quite motivating that the hard work of the team has been really appreciated and provides a big inspiration for other project teams.”

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Shilpa Kulkarni, Senior Manager, HR, Ramboll Values Personification Award“I feel exceptionally delighted holding the award and am thankful to all those who have supported me in my life to achieve

this recognition.”

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Mohd Khalid, Senior Design Engineer, MEPOutstanding Performance Award“I am very pleased and honoured to win the ‘Outstanding Performance Award’ for

this year. I am very thankful to my HoD (Farhad Khan) and my co-workers (MEP Team) for helping me to do my job well. I am very thankful to my clients (PBUs) for such overwhelming support and providing friendly work environment and recognising my efforts as well.”

Anila Jaison, Executive AssistantRamboll Values Personification Award“I am really delighted and honoured to receive the award. The recognition is not just because of my own efforts but has

an equal contribution from the colleagues I have worked with.”

Swati Garg, Manager, ProjectsMD’s Achiever of the Year Award“It feels awesome to have this recognition. It further makes me believe more in the work and team I am associated with. It surely is a great motivation going forward.”

Vidya Singh Mehta, Senior Design Engineer, StructuresOutstanding Performance Award“It is so meaningful to know that we had done well enough that someone thought that we deserve an award. I feel considerably

honoured to receive an award and deeply thankful for the support given by my team member, HoD and specially Sebastian Wood.”

Bovin Kumar, Head of Department, RoadsRamboll Values Personification Award“Ramboll Awards is a very good initiative taken by Ramboll India to recognize the contribution made by employees. I feel that all of us should follow Ramboll values in our

day to day working. I am happy to be recognised as a person who follows the company values.”

Pawan Kumar, Assistant Manager, HR MD’s Achiever of the Year Award“I’m very pleased and honoured to win the MD’s Achiever of the year award. It means a lot to me. Thank you to my supervisor Geetu and

my co-workers helping me to do my job well and thanks to Ramboll for appreciating my work in such a great way.”

Supriya Sah, Manager, HR Outstanding Performance Award“RIN Awards are the highest recognition platform for us and they celebrate excellence and high performance. I would like to thank

Pawan, Geetu and the RIN Leadership team for considering me for this award. It is a recognition of all the hard work the HR Business Partner team has put in over the last year and will inspire us to put in our best in the future.”

Shivani Wadhawan, Assistant Manager, HR High Performing Team Award“It was a very satisfying and cheerful experience for receiving the High Performance Team Award. I would like to thank all my team members who have put their best effort in

achieving the hiring targets. I also want to say thanks to all Directors and stakeholders. This acknowledgement is something that I will cherish throughout my life.”

Mahesh Ramnath, Assistant General Manager, Finance Ramboll Values Personification Award“ It's always nice to be recognised by your organisation. I would like to thank

Sumit Gupta, General Manager, Finance Outstanding Performance Award“I feel honoured for receiving this important recognition. I dedicate this award to my entire team because

without their continuous support and contribution, this was not achievable. Through this award, I also would like to thanks the management for showing trust and confidence in the work performed by my team.”

Pramesh T U, Head, IT High Performing Team Award“It’s a proud moment for the entire team. We are really happy and honoured about IT team getting the

“High Performance Team” award. This is solely due to the dedication, hard work and extra hours put in by everyone in the team by maintaining the best response levels. We hope to do even better moving forward and continue keeping this tag with us.”

Sahil Anand, Application Analyst, GBA India Rising Star Award“This award showcases Ramboll as an organisation that ignites real commitment in its employees to reach their highest potential. I want to thank Himanshu Singhal for recognising my contributions and my colleagues for motivating me to do my work well.”

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all the colleagues who have been part of my journey in Ramboll.”

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Turning ‘Make in India’ into a reality

Ramboll India recognised at 2015 TISS Leapvault CLO Awards

To become a manufacturing hub, India needs a crystal clear strategy and favourable policies for the manufacturing sector to take off. There is an urgent need for a close dialogue and partnership between government and the private sector.

Speaking at a panel discussion on “Succeeding in a tough environment and what are the best locations for Make in India – The idea of states and cities”, Ramboll India’s Managing Director Pawan Maini stated that “India suffers from infrastructure deficit on many counts – from the lack of efficient roads, ports and other distribution

Ramboll India won the bronze award for the Best Induction Training Programme category at the TISS-LeapVault CLO Awards India, held at the 7th edition of Chief Learning Officer (CLO) Summit in Mumbai. The award was received by Mukesh Ramsaroop Pritamdasani, Buildings Director Ramboll India and Rajat Kapoor, Training & Development Manager Ramboll India.

A significant effort has been made since 2014 in designing and delivering the best induction and on-boarding programme to the different business units in Ramboll India. “The three-month long learning and journey for the new joiners in Ramboll helps them to better understand and live the Ramboll values, and also become aware of the functionalities of the company’s business units,” said Geetu Shukla, Director, Human Resource, Ramboll India.

channels - which are pivotal to strengthen manufacturing at large.” The discussion was part of National Competitiveness Forum 2015, an event co-designed by Vivekananda International Foundation, US Council on Competitiveness, Mint, India Council on Competitiveness & Institute for Competitiveness.

During the discussion, Pawan highlighted that for foreign investors, manufacturing in India has become a vain hope as land, labour and archaic laws have escalated into a major deterrent.

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Scania applauds Ramboll’s safety efforts

Ramboll India completes MRO test ahead of scheduleRamboll India’s Telecom department has completed the pre-testing in 40 towns of Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra and post-testing in six towns of Gujarat much before time as part of Minimum Rollout Obligation (MRO) for Telenor India, a part of Telenor Group, one of the world’s major mobile operators with over 48 million Indian subscriptions.

The rollout obligation is mandatory as part of the license conditions whereby all telecom operators that receive spectrum are supposed to roll out services in 90 per cent service area in metros, and 10 per cent district headquarters in other service areas within 12 months of the date of award of licences.

BUILDINGS TRANSPORT TELECOM

• Proposed RBI Office inNaya Raipur, Chhattisgarhfor Ratan J Batliboi

• Proposed high-rise residentialdevelopment at Sion, Mumbaifor Sahana – Sheth

• Proposed high-rise residentialdevelopment at Malad, Mumbaifor Transcon-Sheth Creators

• Proposed commercialdevelopment of GodrejII at Vikhroli, Mumbai forGodrej Properties Ltd.

• Detailed design for the EasternPeripheral Expressway Package-III for Jayprakash Associates

• Detailed design of the fourlanes of Harike Bypass ofthe National Highway-15in Punjab for SP Singla

• Technical & Traffic studyfor Mukarba Chowk toPanipat for IDFC

• Traffic study for SouthIndia project/Bangaloreelevated highway for IDFC

• Tower/monopole orders fromReliance and Airtel (Lineage)

• International TLVA services forTowershare and IHS Africa

• iTowers annual licenserenewals for Kalpataru PowerTransmission Limited andGammon India Private Limited

• Design engineering servicesfor Empower Trans, SterlitePowergrid Ventures Limitedand Indus Towers

• TX provisioning Capitalisation Automationby Rambase for Uninor

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For smooth execution of the network roll out, the government’s Telecom Enforcement, Resource and Monitoring Cell carried out network testing of the selected towns along with Ramboll. Ramboll’s engineers carried out the pre- testing before and post- testing along with the TERM cell people. Ramboll India is presently doing MRO testing at 200 towns in these three states.

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One of the world’s leading manufacturers of heavy trucks and buses, Scania has acknowledged the efforts of Ramboll India in achieving 3.5 million safe man-hours for their operations in Bengaluru’s Narasapura industrial area.

“This achievement at the Scania project site is the result of our hard work, focussed efforts towards safety education and our relentless pursuit towards preventing accidents by tackling the root causes itself. Zero tolerance towards any safety violations and enforcement of strict penalties with the full support from the site team, management and client representatives helped build a safety work culture among the vendors,” said Sony Francis, Safety Manager, Ramboll India.

Ramboll has done a number of safety training programmes and site inspection activities at the project site which includes firefighting training, electrical safety and accident prevention training for site engineers and medical check-up and induction for labours, among others.

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Fifty six Ramboll India employees participated in the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon, an iconic annual sporting event.

Ramboll’s enthusiastic team of runners participated in the six kilometre Great Delhi Run and the 21 kilometre Half Marathon, two of the five categories of the Delhi Half Marathon that attracts a large number of participants.

“It gives me immense delight and sense of well-being to participate and finish the 6-km race. It was fun participating with my colleagues in the event. I am looking forward to participate in 21 km half marathon next year.” speaking of the race, Ramboll Engineering Centre’s Senior MEP Engineer Karandeep Siingh.

Ramboll considers its employees its greatest asset and aims to help them fulfil perfect health and wellbeing through stress management and participation in sporting activities. And this is why, among the other runners, Heena Arora, Assistant Manager – Legal, felt ‘rejuvenated’ after finishing the race.

Ramboll India runs Airtel Half Marathon

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Ramboll India celebrated Deepawali, the festival of light with much vigour and enthusiasm across its offices in Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Bengaluru.

The offices were adorned in a festive look with employees decked in traditional outfits. A Deepawali theme bay decoration competition which had the workstations decorated was held apart from employees beautifying the office premises with Rangoli, a pattern of colours drawn on floors using dry colours and flower petals.

Later on, the employees were glued to the game of tambola. The winners of the bay decoration competition and tambola were recognised with gifts at the end of the day. The celebrations go a long way in building team spirit and bringing to the fore the talent and diversity of the employees.

Let there be light…always!

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SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE

The rapid pace of urbanisation and industrialisation has led to deterioration of water quality in rural and urban India. There is an urgent need for participation from different entities for maintaining water quality and look at other aspects like hygiene, sanitation, storage and disposal.

Ramboll India is closely working with Water for People India Trust, a non-governmental organisation, to address the issue of existing drinking water coverage gap in the Patharpratima block of South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. For this, Digambarpur village in Patharpratima has been selected for a water supply pipeline project.

During its financial year 2014 to 2015, Ramboll India has spent INR 2.7 million from its annual Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) fund to support Water for People India Trust develop one pipeline for water supply in Digambarpur village.

This project will cater to the water needs of approximately 2,500 people of 500 households.

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For the execution of the same, a series of discussions had been carried out with the members of the Gram Panchayat (village council) and block administration to discuss various aspects of the project. The drilling process and the laying of the pipelines will be initiated soon in the village.

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Ashwin Babu Narra, on life, likes and leisure among other things

Describe yourself in three words.Determined, ambitious and helpful.

If you could choose anyone, who would you pick as your mentor? And why?I don’t want to restrict myself to any one individual. I try to follow the best I come across in my daily life. I always believe that “experience is the teacher of all things”. If you could learn to do anything, what would it be?I would like to get a better grasp of the online tools and gadgets which can help me in simplifying and atomising my daily activities both personally and professionally. What is the one thing you are proud of while working with Ramboll?While there are many things I am proud of while working with Ramboll, I would say the one thing I am most proud of is that it provides an apt platform to employ your knowledge at work.

Where were you educated and what majors did you specialize in? I completed my graduation in engineering from PRRM Engineering College, Telangana.

What is your favourite quote?My favourite quote is “Difficulties in life do not come to destroy you, but to help you realise your hidden potential and power. Let difficulties know that you too are difficult.”

What is your favourite pastime?Listening music, watching movies and reading novels.

What are the three things people would be surprised to know about you?I met Mr. B. J. Rambøll in 2008. I am an avid follower of cartoons. I am scared of heights.

If you are allowed to live all over again, then what things would you do?I would like to establish a company of my own. I would also love to live a commendable life full of power, wealth and authority.

What is your favourite book?“Still surprised” by Samuel Harf

What is your favourite movie?Apocalypto

Which is your favourite sport?Though I don’t play them, I like watching football and kabaddi.

What is the one thing you would like to do before you die? I would like to finish the sacred Kailash Manasarovar Yatra.

Who is the one fictional character you would like to be?Dr. Jhatka from “Motu Patlu” (an animated Indian sitcom) for his non-logical inventions.

What is your first memory of being really excited?On the day when I received an award from our client Indus Towers on behalf of my team for being the ‘Best Quality Partner’.

What would you name the autobiography of your life?If I write one, it will be “Journey of my life”.

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An Indian by heart

Photography by Christina Sjögren

Exploring different cultures and travelling is what pulled Cecilia Susanne Orosz to India in 2007, apart from taking up challenges, which she feels “is the alley to participation and progress in our lives.”

Having recently completed 26 years of service with Ramboll, Cecilia would like to be an Indian in her next life. She finds the contrasts in India “amazing and amusing” and finds things happening at a fast pace.

From Chennai to Mumbai and then Gurgaon, Cecilia had a “priceless experience” in India, where she played a role in the Ramboll Engineering Centre in 2014.

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