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A REFRESHER TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR DY.CHIEF CONTROLLER OF EXPLOSIVES,

AT HEADQUARTERS, NAGPUR

A RefresherTraining Programme was organized at Head Quarters forthe Dy.Chief Controller of Explosives on 25th, 26th and

27th November, 2010. All the Dy. Chief Controller of Explosives from allover India along with officers of the Head Quarters have

Jarticipated in the above programme. The programme was inaugurated by Shri P.B.Yedla, Chief Controller of Explosives on

25/11/2010.

In his inaugural speech, Chief Controller of Explosives has expressed that the training has a specific goal of improving ones

:apability, capacity and performance. He also said that this encouraging and inaugurating event would give the participants the

tools and insight they need to transform learning into performance improvement.

The programme was conceived and designed by Shri T.R.Thomas, Jt. Chief Controller of Explosives, Nagpur. It was so

designed to maintain, upgrade and update the knowledge, skills and working knowledge of the participants. It was designed in a

>lery professional manner with a vision to be beneficial to all the participants who are leaders to take up the leadership of their

Dffice in the near future. Shri T.R.Thomas has emphasized the urgent need of the refresher course. According to him, this

programme will facilitate the learning in such a way that the participants could gain, learn and eventually apply the knowledge

they gained, with enthusiasm and zeal in their workplace. He also said that the Organization expects greater returns on training.

In this Refresher Training Programme, the faculties were the participants. The subjects were allotted to all the

participants and all the Dy.Chief Controller of Explosives were given an opportunity to express their views. Shri P.e. Srivastava,

J .Chief Controller of Explosives dealt the technical and statutory requirements and procedure for approval of cross country

pe roleum pipelines. Shri Kailash Kumar, Dy.Chief Controller of Explosives, Nagpur has delivered an excellent presentation on RTI

and Shri G.M.Reddy, Dy.Chief Controller of Explosives, Hyderabad has shared his knowledge on Explosives. It was a high quality

comprehensive refresher programme, which enhanced the participants over all knowledge. The programme was highly

a preciated by Chief Controller of Explosives and all the participating officers.

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VISION STATEMENT _ 0 •

iet controller of Explosives and his team shall constantly endeavor to render effidenl# and,Court~u$.~i~,to all '1licensees, Public and industry with complete b'ansparency in their working through optimum'utilization of,available 0'1

RESULTSFRAMEWORK DOCUMENTS (RFD) IN PESO

The Cabinet Secretariat has placed "Results Frame WorkDocument for monitoring the performance of theMinistries and Departments and attached/subordinateOrganisations and Public Sector Companies. PESO hasprepared its RFD with details of the deliverables by theOrganisation which can be monitored at the end of everyfinancial yearforthe performance of the Organisation.

The RFD highlights the Vision, Mission, Objectives andFunctions of the Organisation. The Target/Criteria Value ofsuccess indicators of each key objectives of theOrganisation has been laid down in RFD. Emphasis hasalso been put on the present value of success indicatoralong with the projected value of success indicator of theOrganisation for next two financial years. RFD alsoenvisages the interaction of the Organisation with variousMinistry/Government Agency like DIPP, New Delhi andNIC, Nagpur for achieving the goals of the Organisation.PESOshall endeavour to comply with Result Frame WorkDocumentto achieve excellence in ensuring the enhancingsafety of public and property.

FIREWORKS SAFETY- PYRO 2010

The Office of Dy.Chief Controller of Explosives,Hyderabad organized a seminar on "Fireworks Safety -PYRO 2010" along with the Fireworks Dealers Associationof Andhra Pradesh on 19th September, 2010 at MariottHotel Convention Centre, Hyderabad. The seminar wasattended by LE-3licence holders, Form '21' licence holdersfor fireworks and Shri S.Sargunaraman, Jt.Chief Controllerof Explosives, South Circle, Chennai was the Chief Guest atthe seminar. The seminar attracted vide media attentionand the following TV channels covered the proceedings ofthe seminars. (1) ETC(2) TV9 (3) TV5 (4) NTV (5) Gemini TV(6) C NEWS(7) Zee 24 Hours (8) RajTV (9) HM TV (10) A TV(11) Janata TV.

The key note address of Sh.S.Sargunar'1'lan, J .CCE

were published in all newspapers like the Hindi, BusinessLine, Eenadu, Andhra Bhoomi, Andhra Prabha, PrajaSakthi, Surya, The Rahnuma -E-Deccan Daily, The SiasatDaily and some other newspapers. The seminaremphasized on safe storage and sale of fireworks by thefireworks dealers who were issued licences by thisorganization. This seminar, first of its kind in this state,attracted vide media publicity.

MEETINGS / SEMINARS / LECTURES/ WORKSHOPS

On 26/10/2011 Shri T.R. Thomas, Jt. ChiefController of Explosives attended one day seminar on"Biomethane Upscaling challenges and opportunities"organized by MNRE in DIRECT-2010at Greater Noida. Theseminar was enriched with presentations on productionand purification of Bio gas issues related with compressionand filling into cylinders.

On 16/11/2011 Shri T.R. Thomas, Jt. ChiefController of Explosives gave a presentation on "Safety inLPG cylinder godowns" in the All India LPG DistributorsSilver Jubilee Conference and Exhibition" at Mumbai. Thepresentation dealt the safety issues of LPGgodowns withrespect to the safety distances and was well responded bythe participants Shri. R.K.Maindola Dy.Chief Controller ofExplosives also accompanied Shri. T.R.Thomas.

On 24/11/2011 Shri T.R. Thomas, Jt. ChiefController of Explosives gave presentation on "Anoverview of the safety measures in place to regulatemanufacture, import, export, transport, possession anduse of compressed gases for vehicular use in India" at the"NGV Indian Exhibition and Conference at Mumbai. In thepresentation, Shri Thomas deliberated on the safety issuesrelated to the use of Compressed Natural Gas filled in gascylinders for fuel in the automobiles. He also dealt on theissues related with the proposals for use of Hydrogen-CNGmixtures as well as Enriched Biomethane as automotivefuels in India.

On 17/12/2011 Shri T.R. Thomas, Jt. Chief

issues related to Hydrogen production vis statutoryissues" at Hydrogen and HCNG Workshop" organized byM/s.lndian Oil Corporation, R&D Centre, Faridabad,Department of Energy (USA) and UNIDO. In thispresentation, Shri Thomas dealt in details the challenges inensuring safety in Hydrogen and Hydrogen Mixturefuelling in India. There were very good responses from theparticipants.

Shri. S.C Maiti, Jt. Chief Controller of Explosivesattended a discussion Panel constituted by High PowerCommittee at Port House, Mumbai appointed by Ministerof Shipping on 07/10/2010. The discussion was held on thevarious aspects of Chlorine leakage occurred in theMumbai PortTruston 14/07/2010.

Smt. A.U. Khalwadekar, Controller of Explosivesattended a Co-ordination meeting held at ONGC, Uran on26/10/2010 in order to discuss the emergency plan inconnection with the mock drill on Offsite DisasterManagement.

Shri. R.K. Maindola, Dy. Chief Controller ofExplosives attended the meeting of the Board constitutedby Ministry of Defence for export of explosives and reviewsof notification of 1959 on 27/10/2010. He also visited theKaranja Jetty for investigation. 60 Board membersparticipated in the decision making and the loadingmembers participated in the decision making and theloading operation aswell asexplosives van parking are.

The Principal Secretary, Commissioner ofRevenue Administration, Ezhialagam, Chennai organized aOne Day Workshop on safe handling and disposal offireworks waste collected from illegal manufacturingplaces to the Revenue and Police Officials on 14.09.2010 atthe Conference Hall, Collectorate, Madurai. Shri. KNagarajan, lAS., Joint Commissioner (D.M & M), RevenueAdministration, Chennai - 5 presided over the meeting.District Collectors, other Revenue and Police Officialsapproximately 80 from the nine southern districts fromTamilnadu state were participated. The requirement ofsubject workshop was to bring safety awareness amongRevenue and Police Officials while handling and destroyingfireworks seized following a devastating fire accidentoccurred on August 2010 while disposing quick match fuseseized from illegal manufacturers in and around Sivakasi.In that accident 8 officials were killed.

In the session, Shri 1.0. SasiDy.CCE., and Shri. P.Seeniraj,CE., Sivakasi office gave a Power Point presentation to theparticipants covering various topics on precautions, Do'sand Don't's to be followed while handling and disposal ofre orks. Sa pies of c emicals used in the manufacture

of fireworks, finished fireworks items were also displayedand narrated to the participants on how those items aresafely handled and stored. There was overwhelmingresponse and appreciation from all the participants andthe organizer.

A workshop on awareness for licensees of Orissa State on"manufacture, possession, sale, use and transport ofExplosives and statutory requirements under ExplosivesRules, 2008" was organized by 0/0, the Dy. ChiefController of Explosives, Rourkela on 19/01/2011 in thebeautiful ambience of Indo German Club at Rourkela. Theaim of the programme was to make aware the Mining

Industries, manufacturers of explosives and explosivedealers about the provisions of the Explosives Rules, 2008and guidelines issued by the Chief Controller of Explosivesfrom time to time.

As a part of the drive for capacity building ofofficers, Shri D.D. Mankad of M/s. Trivedi Associates,Vadodara was invited to gave a presentation on "SafetyConsiderations in Design & Installation offlammable liquidstorage tanks on 09/07/2010 for the benefit of officers ofBaroda office. The presentation was very informative andbenefited the officers immensely.

Shri Ashendra Singh, Controller of Explosivesattended a meeting organized by TOLlC, Vadodara on29/078/2010. Dr. M.L.Gupta, Director was present in themeeting. It was chaired by Shri Harjendra Singh,Commissioner of Excise.

Shri Ashendra Singh, Controller of Explosivesattended a meeting organized by Assistant Commissionerof Customs, Bhavnagar on 16/08/2010 for disposal ofcylinders recovered from ships coming for recycling atAlang, Bhavnagar. Port Officer, GMB, Bhavnagar andrepresentative of District Magistrate, Bhavnagar werepresent. Additional Commissioner of Customs, Jamnagarchaired the meeting.

Shri R.C.Kaul, Dy.Controlier of Explosives,..,..'--rl-rl ""10 ~ i-.n _f I_..o.r i_irl_1 rnrT'lrT'li++..o..o nn Chin

Recycling held at Bhavangar on 17/09/2010. The meetingwas chaired by Additional Secretary, Ministry of Steel,Government of India.

A meeting of the major explosives dealers locatedin Gujarat State was organized in the office of Dy.ChiefController of Explosives, Baroda on 27/09/2010 with theaim to apprise the Explosives Industry in Gujarat about thenew guidelines being enforced by PESO to regulateexplosives transactions. 19 major dealers of Gujaratparticipated in this meeting. A demo for online filing ofquarterly returns ofthe explosives was also organized.

Shri R.C.Kaul, Dy.C.C.E.inaugurated a workshopon "Safety, new Applicatons and Advancement in LiquidTransport & Storage" organised by All India GasManufacturers Association, Western Region on08/10/2010 at Vadodara. In this inaugural speech Shri Kaulapprised the participants about the guidelines beingadopted by PESOfor LNG based storage installation andtransport tanks. Shri M.Ll.Ansari, C.E. also attended theworkshop.

Shri R.C.Kaul, Dy.C.C.E. participated as a ChiefGuest at the Seminar on "Standards Make the workAccessible To All" on 14/10/2010 organized by BIS atAhmedabad on the occasion of the World Standard Day.Shri R.C.Kaulgave a talk on the importance of standards inenforcing safety in industry.

Shri R.C.Kaul, Dy.C.C.E.inaugurated a seminar onElectrical Hazard in Industries organized by Gujarat Safety

Council on 20/12/2010 at Vadodara.

On 07/01/2011, an ariticle titled "OrganizationalSafety; Fostering a theme for safety in next decadeauthored by Shri M.Ll.Ansari, C.E. (PESO) Baroda waspublished as technical paper by M/s. Gujarat SafetyCouncil, Baroda in their 32nd Annual State Level SafetyConference Souvenir 2011.

A one day workshop on "Online Submission ofReturns of Explosives" was organized by PESO,Vadodara &Ilr f\1...•..,•..•.•••.••.• __ II_h __ •.:........•....:•.L. reo _ no 11"\1/ •••.1"\11 _.L

Hotel Grant Regency, Rajkot. Mr. S. Dhoke, TechnicalDirector, NIC, Nagpur and Mr. R.D.Borole, Scientist, D, NIC,Nagpur were key speakers in this workshop. Thisworkshop was attended by all the officers of PESOVadodara. 217 delegates from various part of Gujaratparticipated in the workshop.

Shri M.Ll.Ansari, C.E. delivered two lectures onPenalties & Procedures pertaining to Explosives &Petroleum Act and Rules framed there under at one dayseminar organized by Gujarat Safety Council on StatutoryProvisions of Industrial Safety on 21/01/2011 at Vadodara.

Shri R.C.Kaul,Dy.C.C.E.witnessed a trial run on theuse of RFIDTechnology for identification of CNG cylindersfitted in vehicles at a demonstration point in the CNGstation of M/s. Gujarat GasCo. Ltd at Surat on 22/01/2011.C.C.E. Nagpur has given trial permission for use of thetechnology for verification of its efficacy in identifying testdue cylinders fitted to CNG vehicles. The technology forthe same has been provided by Crossecom Australia.During the demonstration various scenarios were createdto verjfythe efficacy of the system.

On 15.11.2010 Shri 1.0. SasiDy.C.C.E.,attended ameeting on "The Orientation-cum-CoordinationConference and conduct of Table Top Exercise on Chemical(Industrial) Disaster" organized by Br. B.K. Khanna, SeniorSpecialist, National Disaster Management Authority ofIndia held at Collectorate, Virudhunagar, Tamilnadu.Approximately 40 participants including District Collector,9 major Sivakasi fireworks manufacturers, Officials fromInspectorate of Factories, Police Officials, Proprietors ofmajor hazardous installations in Virudhunagar Districtwere present. In the meeting the Senior Specialist stressedthe need for working out on site emergency preparenessplan for all hazardous installations including fireworksfactories and conducting of mock fire drills periodically byfireworks factories in Sivakasi. In the session Shri 1.0. SasiDy.C.C.E.,spoke about the safety measures being adoptedby the fireworks manufacturers and the periodic trainingimparted to the workers of the fireworks factories underthe Provisions of Explosives Rules.

Shri RVenugopal, Controller of Explosivesattended the meeting of High Level Committee on "AirQuality improvement in Chennai City" convened by theChief Secretary, Tamilnadu at the Secretariat, Chennai on15.07.2010.

Shri.S.Sargunaraman, Jt.Chief Controller ofExplosives and Dr.S.K.Dixit, Controller of Explosivesattended the meeting convened by the Addl.Commissioner of Police, Chennai on shifting of fireworks

Shri.RVenugopal and Dr.S.K.Dixit Controllers ofExplosives officiated as Judges in the Tamilnadu StatePolice Duty Meet 2010 Anti Sabotage Check Competition

on 1st September 2010.

Shri.C.Shanmugam, Controller of Explosivesdelivered lecture on "Petroleum Act and Rules" in a workshop on "Back To Basics" for Territory Engineers of M/s.Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited,Chennai on07/09/2010.

"Hindi Week" was organized by this office from14/09/2010 to 21/09/2010. All officers and staffwholeheartedly participated in the various competitionheld by this office. Shri Srinivasan, Retd. Hindi Officer,Hindi Teaching Scheme, Shastri Bhavan, Chennai was theChief Guest at the valedictory function.

Shri.R.Venugopal, Controller of Explosives,delivered lecture on "Explosion Hazards in Chemical

Industries" at the Regional Labour Institute, Adyar,Chennai on 22/09/2010 as a part of training programmeconducted by them for the Inspector of Factories ofvarious States.

One DayWorkshop on 18/12/2011 was organisedby the Dy. Chief Controller of Explosives, Bhopal on"Creation of awareness for strict implementation ofExplosives Rules 2008 and to register LE-3, (Possession forSale and Possession for Use) licensees in the State ofMadhya Pradesh & Chattisgarh fortheir online submissionof Quarterly Returns in form (RE-7)". Shri. P.B.Yedla ChiefController of Explosives inaugurated the workshop. About300 nos. of LE-3 licensees of Madhya Pradesh &Chhattisgarh State were attended the workshop.

PROMOTIONS

Name Station Promoted Promoted

From to

Dr. A.K. Vadav Agra CE Dy. CCE

Shri. P. Kumar Chandigarh CE Dy. CCE

Shri. Vijaypal Singh Faridabad UDC Assistant

Shri. Suresh Kumar Faridabad UDC Assistant

Smt. H.D. Tandon Mumbai Assistant Office Supdt.

Shri. Toram Prasad Hyderabad LDC UDC

Shri. D.D. Jambhulkar appointed as Accounts Officeron deputation basis in the 0/0. Chief Controller ofExplosives, Nagpur w.e.f. 08/11/2010.

TRANSFERS

Name of the Designation From To

Officer

Dr. D.J. Roy Dy. CCE Jaipur Kolkata

Dr. Anoop Kumar Dy.CCE Chandigarh Jaipur

Shri. N.T. Shahu Dy. CCE Rourkela Nagpur

Dr. A.K. Vadav Dy.CCE Chandigarh Agra

Shri. K.L. Silawat Dy.CCE Bhopal Rourkela

Shri. R.P. Singh Dy. CCE Faridabad Hazari bagh

Shri. M.K. Jhala Dy. CCE Manglore Bhopal

Shri. P. Kumar Dy.CCE Allahabad Chandigarh

Shri. Abdul Basir Dy. CE Asansol Allahabad

RETIREMENTS

Name Designation Date of Station

Retirement

Shri. N.N. Nandanwar 0.5. 30/11/2010 Nagpur

Shri RajkumarSingh Peon 30/11/2010 Nagpur

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