Me, Mr Jit Paul and my 25 years of service to Park Mansions and Apeejay
By Narayan Das Chowdhury Standing in Park Mansions, a week after Mrs Shirin Paul gave me a Long Service Award, with authors, literary giants and guests from Kolkata, India and abroad, I felt really proud of how Apeejay was using our heritage building to make Park Street the cultural hub of Kolkata. Perhaps it was the first time that the lawn hidden away from bustling … Continue reading Me, Mr Jit Paul and my 25 years of service to Park Mansions and Apeejay
Why a Bookstore creating a Literature Festival is as Special as it is unique!
by Maina Bhagat As we prepare to celebrate the 10th year of the Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival, (Jan 18- 20th ) and herald the upcoming centenary of India’s much loved Oxford Bookstore Park Street, I sit here in my office at the Oxford Bookstore contemplating the journey, which is, indeed, the destination. I believe , as the Spanish novelist Jorge Carrion enunciated beautifully, Every bookshop … Continue reading Why a Bookstore creating a Literature Festival is as Special as it is unique!
Why I cycled for Apeejay’s ISR® NGO partner on my weekend off and how my fitness keeps my finance work sharp
by Sudipto Dey Being part of Apeejay gives me time to pursue a full life out of office. Our decision to announce the working day falling between weekends and scheduled holidays as an off day was a major change which encouraged many employees to pre-plan family vacations well in advance and was as big a change as transitioning to a five-day work week some years back. … Continue reading Why I cycled for Apeejay’s ISR® NGO partner on my weekend off and how my fitness keeps my finance work sharp
From an Office Assistant to Manager – Technical! My career so far at Apeejay Shipping Limited
By Shivmala Dey In 1991 with a graduate degree in Philosophy, I joined as an Office Assistant in Apeejay Shipping and today I am in a technical managerial role! A woman in this role is non existent in the shipping industry. My growth from an office assistant to technical manager and the journey that has brought me here both are completely unique. Apeejay Shipping was my … Continue reading From an Office Assistant to Manager – Technical! My career so far at Apeejay Shipping Limited
Behind the scenes with me, Apeejay’s in-house designer, and our award winning employee magazine
By Anirban Dutta Apeejay Calendar 2019 is getting ready for approvals and Paulina, a marketing colleague in the UK supplying one of the images, delighted me with her questions yesterday. Not everyone understands the creative process or the meaning of a good Design Brief! Owing to the transactional nature of my work with many group companies and departments, I am also guilty of never pushing … Continue reading Behind the scenes with me, Apeejay’s in-house designer, and our award winning employee magazine
From a Junior Executive to GM Finance, how performance drew my growth chart at Apeejay
By Kaushik Sengupta As I stepped out of the Manchester Airport on an assignment for our brand Typhoo Tea, my memories went back to the day I joined Apeejay Tea as a junior executive in the finance team way back in 1994. Since then, I have traversed nearly 25 years in the organization seeing it grow bit by bit to becoming the 3rd largest tea … Continue reading From a Junior Executive to GM Finance, how performance drew my growth chart at Apeejay
How, as Apeejay’s project manager, I have built, restored and maintained our Group’s Real Estate assets
By Bibhas Sanyal I have been building from day one of my journey in Apeejay! First day at work in 2004, I had been handed over a target – a very special project – The Banyan Tree Apartments – completion. So it was hands on training from day one of my journey so far in the Group. Then I went on to complete the Apeejay … Continue reading How, as Apeejay’s project manager, I have built, restored and maintained our Group’s Real Estate assets
How I contributed to Apeejay Tea Factory Star Awards that value service, drive quality and create a culture of performance
By Vikram Singh Khangarot Rare organizations treat employees as family members and Apeejay Surrendra Group is one of them. I have joined the tea company of the Apeejay Surrendra Group this year in the month of February after a selection interview before a panel and then a one on one interview with Group Chairman Mr. Karan Paul. I was very thrilled and eager to meet … Continue reading How I contributed to Apeejay Tea Factory Star Awards that value service, drive quality and create a culture of performance
A for academics ; B for behaviour ; C for caring – the ABCs of education at Apeejay School, Bhubaneswar
By Dr. Sasmita Tripathy A little over a year old, our school is doggedly pursuing the intellectual, emotional, physical, spiritual and aesthetic development of each of our students, in a sprawling green lush land in Ghatikia, away from the pollution and noise of the city of Bhubaneswar . In the fast-paced, digital world, it is often felt that students are quite disconnected from one another, much … Continue reading A for academics ; B for behaviour ; C for caring – the ABCs of education at Apeejay School, Bhubaneswar
How working in Apeejay helps me also fulfill my social responsibility
By Debjiban Mukherjee On 1st August 2018 I completed an eventful decade at Apeejay. The opportunities to contribute to society are amongst the prominent memories of my eventful journey. Born in a middle class family with the middle class value system deeply entrenched in me and my supportive family as a strength, I am naturally inclined to involve myself in extra-curricular and co-curricular activities. The … Continue reading How working in Apeejay helps me also fulfill my social responsibility
Freedom to Dream : My Journey from being a Tea Tribe Youth to a Management Trainee at Apeejay Tea
By Raj Bagh I joined Apeejay Tea in November 2017 and have been posted at Borjuli Tea Estate. I was absorbed into the Management Trainee program of Apeejay Tea and have been away from home for the last nine months! I took a short 2-day break in-between and went back home to visit my parents. My relatives and neighbors came to see me and started … Continue reading Freedom to Dream : My Journey from being a Tea Tribe Youth to a Management Trainee at Apeejay Tea
Apeejay Surrendra Group: Digging Deeper with Money Control
Tune in to Moneycontrol’s podcast “Digging Deeper”, which is a series on family businesses in India, to listen to the fascinating journey of Apeejay Surrendra Group, tracing the evolution of the Group borne out of a patriotic fervour in 1910 to employing over 43,000 people in multiple operations in tea plantations and tea brands, fast-moving consumer goods, shipping, boutique hotels, real estate , bookstores and … Continue reading Apeejay Surrendra Group: Digging Deeper with Money Control
Inspired at Apeejay, a Group employee starts solar power production at home
By Renu Kakkar In the last 370 days, I have offset 2.13 tons of carbon, which is the equivalent of 55 trees and driving a car around for 2,25,000 km. If combating climate change was an Xbox game, consider it lost. This game can only be won by having one’s own skin in the game. If none of us has skin in this game, it is … Continue reading Inspired at Apeejay, a Group employee starts solar power production at home
Driven by Quest for Knowledge and Sense of Enterprise: Adventures of Apeejay Shipping’s Captain as a Sea Farer
By Captain Ranganathan Narasimhan The Welsh poet George Herbert had once said, “He that will learne to pray, let him goe to Sea”, implying how the ship and its crew are always at the mercy of the sea and its weather. APJ Uma Kismat, acquired in Hong Kong earlier this month, sent me into a flashback of my adventures as a part of the crew … Continue reading Driven by Quest for Knowledge and Sense of Enterprise: Adventures of Apeejay Shipping’s Captain as a Sea Farer
Working for ‘third parent’ Oxford Bookstore to curate Kolkata’s First and India’s Only Literary Festival created by a Bookstore and India’s First Bangla Festival
By Aatreyee Ghosh My first introduction to the world of books was my grandmother who would take me to Oxford Bookstore every first Saturday of the month which would be followed by lunch at one of the restaurants in Park Street and then an evening pouring over the treasures accumulated throughout the day at the bookstore. So, coming back to work at nearly 100 year old … Continue reading Working for ‘third parent’ Oxford Bookstore to curate Kolkata’s First and India’s Only Literary Festival created by a Bookstore and India’s First Bangla Festival
Apeejay Shipping’s First Woman Mariner’s Journey in a Male Bastion
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
Oxford Bookstore’s Century in Books
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
Trying to bring Every Child in School at Apeejay Tea’s Budlabeta Tea Estate
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
An Apeejay Shipping executive whose day job is safety of ships and night job is safety of abandoned animals
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
I am a Welfare Officer in Apeejay Tea and my role is critical to my tea estate.
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.
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