By Prakhyati Raut I have sailed as a Trainee Marine Engineer on an Indian Bulk Carrier, as a Junior Engineer on a Korean Car Carrier and as a 4th Engineer on a Chinese Chemical Tanker before joining Apeejay Shipping. I sailed on Sher-e-Punjab ; Glovis Companion ; New Dawn for 8 ½ , 6 and 7 ½ months respectively as the only woman in the all male … Continue reading Apeejay Shipping’s First Woman Mariner’s Journey in a Male Bastion
By Maina Bhagat As the much loved heritage Oxford Bookstore Kolkata inches its way towards a “Century in Books”, I take a peek into its role in the life and times of this great city, and reminiscence randomly through the two decades of my close association with the legendary store. “You see, bookshops are dreams built of wood and paper. They are time travel and … Continue reading Oxford Bookstore’s Century in Books
By Manmohan Singh Bambrah Earlier this week, my team and I, put together an “Every Child in School” Campaign, an important objective of Apeejay Tea, at our estate. In my 21 years of working in tea industry, I have often seen social mobility as an impact of education and I have also seen the lack of awareness in many communities on the need for education. … Continue reading Trying to bring Every Child in School at Apeejay Tea’s Budlabeta Tea Estate
By Projit Basu My connection with animals started when I was born. Both my grandmother and father were hospitalised at the time of my birth and my mother had to balance her time among the three of us. I was basically baby-sitted and taken care of by her pet, our little Pomeranian. She used to stay with me 24×7, keeping me in her protective custody. … Continue reading An Apeejay Shipping executive whose day job is safety of ships and night job is safety of abandoned animals
By Mousumi Bharali Apeejay Tea deployed its first Welfare Officer in 1987, just a few years after Apeejay Surrendra Group diversified into its tea business. Their original responsibility was to carry out population census, attend to labour complaints on housing and ensure safe potable water by constructing and inspecting concrete tube well plinth. They were also responsible for Sanitation and School and Hospital maintenance. During … Continue reading I am a Welfare Officer in Apeejay Tea and my role is critical to my tea estate.
By Nitin Warikoo In the Food & Beverage (F&B) industry, the one key factor that distinguishes one café from the other is the unique experience it offers to its customers. At Cha Bar – the brainchild of Ms Priti Paul, Director, Apeejay Surrendra Group – our aim has been to create a first-of-its-kind urban contemporary space which creates an experience that the customers will rejoice … Continue reading Creating unique customer experiences at Cha Bar
By Neeta Sreedharan As the third edition of Oxford Bookstore Book Cover Prize culminated at Zee Jaipur Literature Festival 2018 last week, the jury said, “The Oxford Bookstore Book Cover Prize has come of age!” The prestigious prize, instituted by Apeejay Surrendra Group’s nearly 100-year-old Oxford Bookstore in 2015 to recognize and encourage the extraordinary work of illustrators, designers and publishers across India, is held … Continue reading Celebrating Brilliance in Book Cover Design with Oxford Bookstore Book Cover Prize
By Laxmi Todiwan The goal and mission of Training and Development function in an organisation is to line up initiatives and activities to the overall organisational objectives. Most employees do have weaknesses in their workplace skills. A training program is thus needed to strengthen those skills. A development program on the other hand creates equity among employees. The purpose of training and development is to organise, facilitate and … Continue reading Training is more important internally than externally in today’s world
By Ramakrishn Ghosh Working at Apeejay has taught me many things. It is here that I realized that HR is not just a department or a function. It is a position of responsibility – towards the employees as well as the company. It is a process which binds all the departments of a company together and drives them towards the company’s business goals. It provides … Continue reading Why there is a bit of Apeejay in everything I have achieved so far as HR
By Renu Kakkar I was born to a family, hailing from East Punjab, made refugee during the India-Pakistan Partition. They had escaped in near penury with just a broken skull of their youngest seven year old son Mulkh – my father – during the fateful days of Partition in 1947. Stunned by the unimaginable cruelty of neighbours and friends, my grandfather spurned repatriation to the … Continue reading Memories of Pain and Resilience – The Partition Museum observes the first Partition Remembrance Day supported by Apeejay Trust
By Vikas Kumar I grew up in a small town in western part of Uttar Pradesh. We were a family of extremely limited culinary adventurism. Eating out used to be mostly restricted to family functions or special occasions in our pure vegetarian family. My father was an engineer who travelled often and my mother was a school teacher taking care of three of us siblings, … Continue reading Culinary Creativity, Skilled Craftsmanship and Scientific Acumen in the Kitchen fuels the Legacy of Flurys
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By Rita Chatterjee What is inclusion? Why do we discuss about inclusion so much these days? Why has the world opened up to inclusive practices and inclusive ideologies so vehemently in the recent past? Is it not suggestive that we, as a human race, as a civilized society have been practising exclusion exclusively? The quest for perfection is a utopian ideology… Continue reading Creating a barrier free design for universal accessibility at Apeejay School
By Sujata Guin Employee Engagement is critical at Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels! At The Park, we put our People First. Our People Philosophy is clearly defined by our Mission statement: “We believe our strength is our people and we will encourage their development. We respect them as individuals and believe that teamwork, commitment and integrity are values that will lead us to success.” In today’s … Continue reading Putting People First at Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels
By Razi Khan The job of a tea blender is creative, diverse and demanding. My journey in the tea industry began way back in 1999 at Williamson Magor & Company Limited in Dooars and Darjeeling, India, where I began learning about planting and manufacturing of certain tea types. After spending two years building my knowledge there, I relocated to Kolkata to join the second largest tea broker in … Continue reading The Romance in the Tea Tasting Room that creates Tea Blends and Recipes at Apeejay
Typhoo has recently been named National Champion for the UK in the European Business Awards, Europe’s largest business competition. Please vote for us on http://www.businessawardseurope.com/vote/detail-new/united-kingdom/21680. To know more, read on Continue reading Brewing Innovation at Typhoo since 1903
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Have you ever met a person and felt an instant connect? A connect that allows you to admire them and virtually track everything that they do. I e-met RENU KAKKAR, Director CSR & Communications – Apeejay Surrendra Group through a Corporate Communications group in 2008. I have been quietly watching her and following her thought-process. I have always been inspired by her actions… Continue reading Pursuing Perfection, every living moment: RENU KAKKAR, Director CSR & Corp Comm, Apeejay Surrendra Group
By Anjum Katyal This journey began with Alice Walker, celebrated Pulitzer Prize winning writer-activist, whose unforgettable The Color Purple was a rite of passage in my undergraduate days. She pledged to come to us in January 2017 and the excitement of that promised treat was the wind beneath my wings as the planning for AKLF 2017 started. But as the year steamrolled ahead, it got … Continue reading Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival – Love in a Time of Vitriol
Oxford Bookstores hosts India’s pioneering Bangla Literary Festival Continue reading Apeejay Bangla Sahitya Utsob – Taking forward the rich literary legacy of Bangla Language
Rita Chatterjee, Principal & Administrator, Apeejay Schools writes on the importance of inclusive education. Continue reading Inclusion – a way of life at Apeejay Schools
Apeejay Surrendra Group remembers “Queen of Bay of Bengal” – MV APJ Akhil Continue reading Remembering the Queen of Bay of Bengal, Akhil of Apeejay Shipping
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