On 27 April 2007, Valves Business Group bade farewell to P. Sivaramakrishnan (SRK), Assistant Manager – Commercial, who is retiring after 34 years of service with L&T.

We wish SRK all the best.
SRK’s Profile from Inflow-Outflow Archives (2003)

U. K. Brahma (UKB), who spearheaded our after-sales support initiatives for many years, has retired and has moved to his hometown, Kolkata.
We wish Brahmaji, a cricket fanatic, a very happy second innings.

The fourteen engineers who had joined Valves Business Group in the last 3 months recently attended the induction program in Chennai.

Mr. A. K. Banerjee addressing the group.

From L to R: Ashutosh Srivastava, S. Balaji, Venkatesh Parthasarathy, Adarsh Prasad, Sourav Banerjee, Akash Sharma, Abhijit Banerjee

From L to R: Milind H. Parab, C. Raghu Raman, Jose Kurian, [...]

Date of birth: October 14, 1970
Parents: Varthani & V. R. Pandurangan
Brother: Shankara Narayana Brammah (Engineer – Grundfos)
Wedding Date: June 11, 1997
Wife: Vanishree Shankari (Teacher, Chettinad Vidyashram, Chennai)
Sons: Akshith (7 years) and Rohith (6 years)
Education: DME, MNM Jain, Chennai, 1989, BE (Manufacturing Engineering); Anna University, 2004; Currently pursuing PGDBA, Symbiosis, Pune.

First Job: Service Engineer – [...]

L&T has emerged as the biggest supplier of valves for the Reliance Jamnagar Export Refinery Project. In the picture, Mr. A. K. Banerjee, Vice President, Valves Business Group, flagging off celebrations in connection with a recent major order.

A historical document unearthed during recent archaeological excavations in Chennai’s Anna Nagar area.

Ms. Shashi Khanna, Valves, Kolkata, completed 25 years of service with L&T on 19 April 2007.
In the picture, Mr A. K. Banerjee, Vice President, Valves Business Group, felicitating her on the occasion.
Congrats Shashi!
We wish you many more years with L&T.

In 2006-07, we achieved a growth of 35% in order booking, compared to the previous year. The cumulative sales was 21% higher than 2005-06 performance.
We congratulate all of you for making this possible.

A meeting of the sales managers of VBG – Domestic was held in Manali, HP, from 8th to 10th April, 2007.
The participants reviewed 06-07 performance, adopted 07-08 budget and discussed strategies to enhance growth in key productlines and markets.

The revamped website of L&T Valves Business Group, www.lntvalves.com, is up. Currently the site carries content only regarding our International operations, the Domestic site will be launched within the next two weeks.
Please check out the site and post us your suggestions and comments on the blog.