Mawana Sugars Limited

Presence: Mawana Sugars Limited is the sixth largest private sector sugar manufacturer in India; the Company was formed in December 2003, when it acquired the sugar business of the conglomerate Siel Ltd; besides, Nanglamal Sugar Limited, an erstwhile subsidiary, was merged with MSL with effect from 1.10.04.

Location: Mawana Sugars Limited has an installed capacity of 29,500 TCD cane crush and this is spread across manufacturing units at Mawana, Titawi and Nanglamal; these are located in the fertile cane-rich region of West Uttar Pradesh in India.

Experience: Although Mawana Sugars has been in business for more than 60 years; its Titawi sugar unit (since 1993) and Nanglamal (since 2006) are considered to be amongst the best sugar mills in India.

Products: Mawana Sugars pioneered the manufacture of branded retail sugar with its 'Mawana' brand of sugar in India since 1994. Available in retail packs of 1 kg, 2 kg, 5 kg and Rs 5 value pack, the brand has emerged as the largest selling retail sugar pack in India, commanding a premium in a competitive marketplace. Besides, the Company is also a preferred supplier to brand-enhancing institutional giants such as Nestle, Coca Cola, Pepsi, JoyCo, Perfetti, Hamdard, Dabur, Haldiram, GSK, Britannia and Cadburys.

Mawana also has strong presence in the Chemicals business through 'Siel Chemicals limited' & in the Edible Oils business through 'Siel Edible Oils Limited'.

• To harness renewable natural resources effectively: Mawana Sugars will remain a company that produces products from annually renewable natural resources, its established core competence.

• To make and distribute quality products needed by society: The company will not venture into  products that do not enhance community value, either presently or in the long run.

• Using evolving goals and techniques to create sustainable value, the Company will use the best plants, processes and practices to create enduring value.

• In harmony with our environment, our community, our stakeholders, the Company will collaborate with its stakeholders, not exploit them and our Self.

• The Company will strive to strike a chord with the inner self of every associate.

"We at Mawana Sugars are committed to provide quality sugar creating customer delight through a motivated and committed team of employees by creating an environment of collective innovation and empowerment towards continued progress and growth."

Corporate governance:

At Mawana Sugars Limited we believe that stakeholder value can indeed be protected through a sound governance process. The purpose of the code of conduct is to create an environment where all Board and senior management members respond consistently to an ethical standard through the following initiatives:

• Honest and ethical conduct.
• Create a corporate climate in which the integrity and dignity of each individual is valued and promoted.
• Assure compliance with laws, rules and regulations that govern the Company's business activities.
• Assure the proper use of the Company's assets.
• Abstain from indulging in any activity that adversely affects the image of the Company.

• Fair dealing: The Board members and senior management of the Company shall deal with each other fairly, respecting all individuals, non-compliance attracting disciplinary action.

• Discrimination and harassment: The Company provides a workplace free of discrimination and harassment based on race, colour, religion, age, gender, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other biases. An officer or associate may lodge a complaint of discrimination or harassment to the Managing Director of the Company in case of discrimination.

• Confidential information: Confidential information (technical, operational or commercial) should not be disclosed to anyone. Such information is confidential and for exclusive use of the Company.

• Employee relationships: The Company continually strives to promote positive and productive working relationships among its officers to fully comply with the letter and spirit of all laws, prohibiting discrimination and other gender-related harassment.

• Saves generation of the same amount of power in grid-connected, fossil fuel dominated power plants.
• Reduces GHG (Green House Gases) emissions due to reduced usage of conventional fossil fuels like coal, oil, natural gas; thereby helps conserve these finite natural resources.
• Truly carbon-neutral, since CO2 emission due to combustion of bagasse is more than offset by its absorption, thanks to the surrounding cane fields.
• Efficient utilisation of locally available bagasse gives sustainable competitive advantage to the cultivation of sugarcane.
• Sets an example for other sugar mills by making bagasse-based cogeneration seem more attractive due to its revenue potential.
• Increased power availability due to distributed electricity generation improves the quality of life in the surrounding villages.

CDM projects at Mawana Sugars entail increasing the efficiency of bagasse (a renewable fuel source, produced as residue from sugarcane processing) based cogeneration units at the three plants of the company. These plants sell electricity to the regional grid, thereby substituting the power generated by carbon-intensive northern grid, to which the state of Uttar Pradesh is connected. The power plants connected to the northern grid use conventional fossil fuels like coal, diesel/ oil, natural gas, among others. Thus, the project activity would reduce CO2 emissions and also conserve finite fossil fuels to that extent.

• Four registered CDM projects to generate over 1.5 million Certified Emission Reduction Units (CERs) till 2016.
• ADB has an agreement with Mawana Sugars to buy 0.308 million CERs.
• ADB selected Mawana Sugars as a partner after rigorous due diligence.

• Mawana Sugars (Board of Directors)
• Mr. Siddharth Shriram (Chairman & Managing Director)
• Mr. Sunil Kakria (Managing Director)
• Mr. K.P. Singh (Whole Time Director)
• Mr. A K Mehra (Whole Time Director)
• Prof. Dinesh Mohan (Director)
• Mr. N K Goila (Director)
• Mr. Ravi Vira Gupta (Director)
• Mr. R S Bedi (Director)
• Ms. Anuradha Dutt (Director)

Social Face of Mawana Sugars: The Shriram Group has been involved with community ad social services in the country. Many social and educational institutions could emerge due to pioneering work of the Shriram Group. Continuing this legacy, Mawana Sugars Ltd commenced a series of social development programs in villages in UP. We believe that a social interface with the community is a continuous process and is essential for a long term relationship where we contribute to each others growth and well being.

Mawana Social Services (MSS) was established as a department 3 years ago with the objective of bringing about sustained development in the villages.

Community Development Programmes:

• Khabar Ghar programme: Our flagship programme is the Khabar Ghar programme, set up with an objective of making information available to the rural community by making newspapers, magazines and books available to them in their villages. Khabar Ghars are reading rooms, provided by the villagers themselves, where the people can come and read. The magazines and books cater to men, women, youth and children. 50 Khabar Ghars have been set up in the villages.

• Urdu Classes: "Urdu": A word which is synonymous with beautiful linguistic expression which symbolizes expression from the heart and has been a part of the spirit of India. However, the language seems to be losing its usage if not the classical charm. Hence Urdu Classes were set up with the objective of providing facilities for students to learn Urdu, to increase the appreciation of the language.

• Village Library: Imagine children studying without even the basic text books! That is the reality of many villages where we work. A Library has been established to make text books and reference books available to the children.

Shriram School, Mawana

The school is located in the campus of Mawana Sugar Works factory, Mawana and caters to the educational requirements of the Mawana Township. This is an English medium school with classes from Nursery to Class VIII. The school is undergoing a transformation in the academic processes in order to provide a congenial atmosphere for the learning and growth of the children.

Mr. Sidharth Shriram - Chairman: Siddharth Shriram is the son of Dr Charat Ram, who was awarded the title of "The Order of Sacred Treasure, Gold & Silver Star" by the Emperor of Japan in 1995. He belongs to the family of Shrirams who have varied business interests in India and overseas. He is presently the Chairman of Siel Limited, a manufacturer of Vegetable Oil and Chlor Caustic Chemicals and, Mawana Sugars Limited, one of the reputed manufacturers of Sugar in Northern India.

His Company, Siel Limited has a joint venture with Honda Motor Japan for manufacture of Portable Generators, General Purpose Engines and automobiles and holds the position of Chairman in these two companies viz. Honda Siel Power Products Limited and Honda Siel Cars India Limited. He is also the Founder of the Delhi Policy Group, an independent private sector Think Tank, developing policy option papers

His family is well known for the promotion of art and culture and they manage a cultural organization called the Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra which organizes various cultural activities and has over the years earned a place for itself in the country. He is a keen golfer and his other interests are playing Bridge and solving Crosswords puzzles.

Mr. Sunil Kakria - Managing Director: Mr. Sunil Kakria, a management Graduate from Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi with specialization in Marketing and Operations Research. Has more than 30 years of professional experience in the field of strategy, operations, projects and marketing (both domestic & international). Prior to joining Mawana Sugars Limited Mr. Sunil Kakria was the CEO of Samtel Color Ltd.

Mr. A K Mehra - Whole Time Director:

Mr. Ashwani Kumar Mehra is a Master of Chemical Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology; Chicago (USA).He started his career as a Graduate Engineer Trainee with DCM Chemicals. Thereafter he worked in various capacities in DCM Chemicals / Siel Foods & Fertilizers Ltd. / Corporate Office. Currently he is a Whole Time Director and has over 36 years of rich experience in Plant operations, Projects. He has been instrumental in setting up of Siel Chemical Complex, at Rajpura, Punjab and capacity expansion of Sugar Plants and Cogeneration facilities.

M. BANDYOPADHYAY - Executive Director: Mr. M.Bandyopadhyay, a Management Graduate started his career with SAIL in HR. Thereafter, he worked with various Corporates (CESC, NTPC, DLF, MITSUI, SAMTEL) as HR Head at Plant / Corporate level.

He has over 30 years of rich experience in HR, OD and IR. Currently he is an Executive Director-HR at Maw

• Shriram Shankarlal Music Festival is the oldest musical festival in the country. Contrary to the belief that "Classical Indian music is losing its sheen", it is more pertinent and popular than ever before. Since classical music itself has evolved over the past five decades, the festival format has been designed to meet today's challenges and yet retain its original flavour. The Festival has pioneered the process of providing a forum, which could present the best in Indian classical music to the people of Delhi.

• Mawana Sugars Indian Open Marathon is one of the most popular marathon events in India and has earned itself the laurels of being one of the best technically organised event. It is on the national calendar of Athletic Federation of India. The event has produced leading women athletes like Asha Aggarwal, Sunita Godara, Suman Mehta Rawat, and Rigzen Angmo. Some of them went on to be awarded the coveted Arjuna Awards. The winners of the event have been sponsored for London and Boston Marathons The marathon started in 1982 under the name 'Rath India Open Marathon' to coincide with the 9th Asian Games. The event was rechristened in 2006 as 'Mawana Sugars Indian Open Marathon'.

• Ladies Northern India Open Golf Championship is a highly regarded and popular Ladies Northern India Open Amateur Golf Championship for the past 18 years, with the intention to promote and nurture the game of golf in India. In an effort to create interest and excitement amongst the golfing community, exciting prizes are put on offer. The eventual dream of the company is to host a professional ladies tournament in the country and to see the game rise to international standards in the near future. Promising talent is encouraged by way of additionally sponsoring the Sub- Junior girls tournament which runs alongside the main Championship. These youngsters are the future of golf in India and it is hoped that along with men, they will establish India on the golfing map of the world.

• Siel Chemical Complex: Siel Chemical Complex (SCC) is a leading Chlor Alkali manufacturer in North India. It manufactures Caustic Soda (Flakes & Lye), Hydrochloric Acid, Stable Bleaching Power, Sodium Hypochlorite, Hydrogen and Liquid Chlorine. SCC is located in an Industrial Estate in Charatrampur, near Village,Khadauli/Sadargarh, Rajpura, District Patiala, Punjab. It has proximity to markets and is catering to the ever-growing requirement of agri-based paper and textile businesses. SCC has an installed capacity of 250 TPD of Caustic soda lye production with a provision to convert 100 TPD into Flakes. The quality of Flakes is amongst the best available.

• Seol: Siel Edible Oils Limited (SEOL) formerly Known as Siel Foods & Fertilizers (SFFI) came into existence on 1st April’2006. SEOL is in the business of distributing & marketing of Sugar, edible oils & soaps. SEOL markets edible Oils under the bands Panghat and Cornola. Panghat is known for its traditional goodness and purity whereas Cornola is a new age Oil for the health conscious consumers. The company is committed towards providing Quality products that keep pace with the changing needs, taste & preferences of the consumers. Further the company has a well established distribution network across North India.

• Mawana Consultancy Services: Mawana Consultancy Services (MCS) is a division of Mawana Sugars Limited, which provides consulting services in strategic dimension of HR and partners with clients in their growth processes and turnaround of businesses. MCS is committed to facilitating clients achieve their highest potential and growth. MCS works for path breaking solutions, hands-on learning and believes in honest/open communication and total integrity.