Cairn India is committed to conducting its operations in a socially and environmentally responsible manner. This commitment is fundamental to the long term success and focus on creating value and making a difference where Cairn India operates through various community development initiative in Rajasthan, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Sri Lanka. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is therefore an integral part of Cairn India’s business strategy. Cairn India’s success is guided by the CSR vision, which is encapsulated in the 3 Rs – Respect, Relationships and Responsibility.

1. A Cairn India CSR Magazine
March 2012 Issue
Striding Ahead

2. Contents
About Ravva
Bringing Social Responsibilty to Ravva
Economic Development
Health
Education
Infrastructure
Strides We Took
Transforming Lives
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3. Ravva
Cairn India has been at the forefront of Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives in the villages in and around Ravva since 2005.
Over the years, the number of initiatives have increased, intensified and benefited the marginalised community in a positive manner.
The CSR initiatives at Ravva are a combined effort of all our partners - ONGC, Videocon, Ravva Oil and Cairn, hence its called
Ravva Joint Venture (Ravva JV).

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T
his issue of Striding Ahead establishing the infrastructure of
provides insight into the the village. A number of initiatives
extensive CSR initiatives taken to enhance education and women
up at Ravva for the benefit of the empowerment were undertaken
rural community, under the 3R's along with various opportunities of
CSR vision of Respect, Relationship market linkage which were provided
and Responsibility. Cairn India has to ensure economic stability. One
always reached out to the community, such key initiative was the Micro-
since the time it initiated business Vendor programme which received
operations at Ravva. The 3R's vision an award from TERI. As part of its
was best demonstrated at the village health-related initiatives, Ravva JV
of Surasaniyanam in Ravva. operates a village health clinic where
over 100 community members today
The CSR team worked hard on the seek consultation and medication.
four pillars of infrastructure, economic
development, health and education Read more about these programmes
to bring out a drastic change in the being executed at Ravva in this issue.
community. Roads for the entire
community, offices for the panchayat
and District Adminstration, schools
for the children have been a part in

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About Ravva
Ravva, one of Cairn’s active assets, is king’s name from which the city derived its Since the time Cairn began its operations
located in a village called Surasaniyanam. ancient name – ‘Rajamhendravaram’. The in the area, various kinds of benefits
Also known as S’yanam ,it belongs to the new archaeological evidence suggests that were extended for the benefit of the local
East Godavari District in Andhra Pradesh. the city may have existed even before the community. Considering this marginalised
Developed in partnership with ONGC, Chalukyas. sector needed support with respect to
Videocon and Ravva Oil, Cairn became the infrastructure, health and sanitation,
operating partner of this plant in the year In addition, the remains of 11th century education and employment, Cairn in
1996. Spread over 225 acres, the onshore palaces and fort walls still exist. Being partnership with Ravva JV reached out to
processing facility at S’yanam is owned by one of the biggest cities in Southern India them in every manner.
the Ravva JV partners. The plant processes until the 19th century, Rajahmundry
natural gas and crude oil from was also the hotbed for various “The Ravva
the Ravva field. freedom struggles.
onshore terminal
The Ravva field was recognised as one of It was during the British rule in India operates to
the most efficient field operators when that Rajamhendravaram was renamed
benchmarked against 25 of its peers in July Rajahmundry.The British rulers established
internationally
2005. Ravva JV has maintained its low-cost headquarters of the Godavari District at recognised
operating model by focusing on life-cycle Rajahmundry at the time when the entire
planning, continuous monitoring and control district was split into East and West.
environmental &
of operational costs, and the innovative Rajahmundry is also the place of origin of the Safety standards –
application of operating technologies. great language – Telugu.
A beautiful drive from Rajahmudry, via
ISO 14001 &
Amlapuram, brings you to S’yanam where Situated amidst lush green landscapes, OHSAS 18001 – and
the Ravva off-shore plant of Cairn is located. coconut trees and the sea; Ravva presents a
Rajahmundry is a city in Andhra Pradesh, picturesque sight. The locals at S’yanam are
has the capacity
India, with a rich historical background. depended on aqua-culture and agriculture to handle 70,000
The origin of this city can be traced back for their survival. However, the community
to the times of the Chalukya king Rajaraja stands divided in terms of caste and suffered
barrels of oil per
Narendra. It is believed that it was the from poor living conditions. day (bopd). “

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Bringing ‘Social Responsibility’
to Ravva
Keeping in view the CSR vision of 3Rs – RESPECT RELATIONSHIPS RESPONSIBILTY
Respect, Relationship and Responsibility,
Cairn values community members across People are Cairn India’s The success of the Cairn India is operating
its operational areas as key assets and an key asset and critical company would in many areas that face
integral part of its business development.
Building and sustaining relationships with
to the business. The not have been economic, social and
stakeholders, understanding and responding entrepreneurial spirit is possible without the environmental challenges.
to the socio-economic requirement and underpinned by a depth consistent support We have a responsibility
operating responsibility towards the of knowledge and a of all stakeholders, to understand these
environmental challenges in the areas of
Cairn’s operations are some of the key
strong set of cultural governments, challenges, identify
responsibilities. core values including regulators and JV the potential impact
integrity, social partners, to the local of our activities and,
At Ravva too, Cairn India envisaged a and environmental communities and the through engaging with
holistic and sustainable approach towards
the upliftment and transformation of the
responsibility, team- administration of the stakeholders, look for
marginalised community at S’yanam. Prime work and the nurturing regions where Cairn opportunitieswhere
focus was laid on economic growth and of individuals. India operates. mutual benefit is secured.
development of human capital.

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Economic
community. While some micro-vendors socks and uniform for school children.
continued to work at Cairn, many others
benefited from the skills learnt at Cairn and In order to open market opportunities for
moved ahead to work with companies in these women, Cairn collaborated with
‘Godavari Delta Lace Artisan Cottage
Development
Andhra Pradesh.
Industry, Narsapur’ and organised a lace
Ravva JV made an impact by stabilising the training programme for women in S’yanam.
economic condition of the rural people at This programme was highly appreciated as
S’yanam and plans to empower women of new techniques and methods were shared
the village were put in place. with the women. Close to 100 women were
trained for 6 months after which they began
Developing Micro Vendors successfully by the micro-vendors included Women Empowerment operating from home as appropriate market
Rig Movement to Chirayanam. It was linkage was also provided.
At the end of 2005, the Ravva asset in realised that many micro-vendors lacked Cairn drove attention towards income
Andhra Pradesh launched its first CSR quality, safety and environmental knowledge generation programmes for women. The Further initiatives towards women
initiative to develop the local micro-vendor to meet Cairn India’s requirements. This aim was to bring about socio-economic empowerment included establishment
base around its production site. The aim resulted in a training and supervision independence amongst women of S’yanam of a coir unit by Cairn in 2006. ‘Coconut
of this initiative was to provide more programme to enhance skills and upgrade and surrounding areas. In order to meet the by-Product Society, Uppalaguptam’ was
opportunity for vendors on the doorstep knowledge amongst their vendors. The objective, women were enrolled into training engaged and partnered for this initiative.
of Cairn India’s production activity. It was programmes included detailed instruction workshops for lace and rope making. A well They were propagated to provide necessary
ensured that local contractors benefited on the required work, specific training equipped tailoring centre was established in assistance to the rural women of S’yanam.
from Ravva JV operations in the area. At identified by quality engineers, inspection November 2004 and a trainer was engaged The Society supplied raw materials and
the end of 2006, close to 30 micro-vendors and certification of the work and much more. to conduct training programmes. took finished products, thereby adding to
were registered to provide services such The training helped create a pool of vendors the economic stability of the women SHGs.
as minor civil, electrical and mechanical and contractors and contracts worth close Appropriate infrastructure and more than The coir unit has been beneficial to the
work, gardening, waste management, sand to US$ 1 million were awarded to about 80 10 sewing machines were procured for the households which had hitherto depended
blasting and painting. micro-vendors at Ravva. centre. Women from the village benefitted only on agriculture.
economically and socially through this skill
One of the most critical jobs undertaken by Micro vendors have since then been enhancement programme. A Self Help
the micro-vendors was the construction of motivated to take up challenging jobs for Group (SHG) of women was formed in
the Irrigation Canal. Ravva JV supported Ravva JV were awarded the transport & October 2005 and ever since, Ravva JV
the construction work financially and logistics contracts for Ravva. The entire has been supporting the association by
technically. Some of the other tasks managed initiative positively impacted the local encouraging women to stitch coveralls, wind

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Economic Development
It is people who make a difference to the business on a daily basis but it is
external relationships and partnerships that push it further.
We aim to make a difference for local communities — wherever we operate.

11. Dormitories for the Students Discipline
Hands—on with Machinery
Training of Mind Body Soul Hands—on with Machinery
Discipline
Learning
Hand
Experience
Resiing
Mess Facility
Experience
Mess Facility
Mess Facility
Mess Facility
Experience
Mess Facility
Learning
Yoga
A day at GMRV Foundation for
Experience the Residential Training
students from S’yanam
Mess Facility Yoga
Mess Facility
yrenihcaM htiw no—sdnaH
Residential Training
Experience
Mess Facility
Experience
Practical Lessons
Mess Facility
Hands—on with Machinery
Experience
Mess Facility
Mess Facility
Mess Facility
Experience
Experience
Training of Mind Body Soul
Experience
Mess Facility
Yoga
Yoga

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Skill Training Programme were trained at GMRVF, Hyderabad for
three months. The students attained training • Uses sustainable skill development and vocational training
It was realised that economic independence in automobile repair and mobile repair. initiatives.
would not be sustainable until the youth Ravva also invested in training rural youth • Bridges skill gaps across service sectors.
were trained intensively and counselled in the subject of Retail Management with • Creates gainful employment opportunities for rural below
appropriately. Focus was drawn towards support from IL&FSES. A key feature of
the youth of S’yanam and building their the programme is the linkage with industry poverty line youth.
capabilities. Special programmes were with companies such as Hero Moto Corp, • Supplements the nation’s economic growth rate.
designed keeping in mind the ultimate Spar Retail, Ashok Leyland and Big C.
objective of ‘skill based employment’ Counselling sessions continue to happen
for the youth. till date, benefiting close to 200 local youth
every session. About GMR Varalakshmi recreation rooms, seminar halls, etc, all
In the first phase, trained counsellors were under one roof.
hired to counsel the rural unemployed
Foundation
youth. These counsellors belonged to highly About IL&FS ES Some of the courses offered here include:
acclaimed institutions like IL&FSES (IL&FS The GMR Varalakshmi Foundation was electrical house wiring, refrigerator and
Educational Services) and GMRVF (GMR IL&FS Education Services is the social developed with an objective to help develop air conditioning repair, advanced welding
Varalakshmi Foundation). Representatives infrastructure initiative of IL&FS India. social infrastructure and improve the training, basic computers, mobile repair, etc.
from these institutions briefed the The Skills Initiatives Group within IL&FS quality of life for the rural and marginalised Students who enrol at the GMR Varalakshmi
participants about vocational opportunities Education facilitates and manages large scale communities. The areas of focus at the GMR centre for empowerment & livelihood are
and courses conducted in Hyderabad, skills training and placement programmes Varalakshmi foundation are that related not only provided education pertaining to
Vijayawada and Vishakapatnam. with an aim to eradicate poverty in rural to education, health, empowerment & their course but also taken through soft skills
areas. The ultimate objective remains to livelihood, community development and training sessions, yoga, shramdan (voluntary
The aim was to bring them face-to-face with connect industries in need of skilled workers much more. service to the society) and cultural & sports
reality and ways to overcome poverty and with trained personnel and to address activities.
unemployment. The counsellors conducted employability issues. At the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport,
surveys to find the interests, capabilities Hyderabad, Cairn has tied up with one of
Economic Development
and skill-sets of each youth. Post this, one- Supported by Ministry of Rural their arms:- GMR Varalakshmi centre for
on-one sessions took place with the youth Development, IL&FS Education has empowerment & livelihood. The centre
where each one was directed towards successfully trained and placed more than has been established to provide quality
achieving his goal. Ravva JV offered to one lakh youth across industries such as vocational training and placement facilities to
provide sponsorships to candidates and apparel, leather, service sector, engineering the youth. It is a residential centre equipped
the first batch youth from S’yanam village and construction. with classrooms, worksheds, mess, library,

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Health
“It is health that is the real wealth and not (d) First Aid Training
pieces of gold and silver”, said Mahatma To ensure that any needy local person
Gandhi. Catering to the basic health and receives first aid at the right time, Cairn
medical requirements, Ravva JV set up a local conducted a training session for the
health clinic at the S’yanam village. The clinic community members and taught them
operates for 2 hours every day where a Cairn the ways to provide first aid to any
appointed doctor along with a nurse extend suffering person.
their services to the needy. Medication and
consultation are provided free of cost to the Apart from curative healthcare emphasis is
villagers and today more than 150 villagers also laid on preventive healthcare in order
visit the health clinic daily. The initiative has to brining sustainable health improvement
helped in improving the health standards for the S’yanam community. Regular health
and awareness amongst the community awareness programmes are organised
members. Various programmes under taken through various mediums of folk media
with the help of the health clinic include: like Kala Jatha (street theater), folk songs,
a) Eye camp for the community puppet shows etc. In these awareness
Cairn has been sponsoring spectacles and programmes various issues like importance
cataract surgery for those in need of these of hygiene, immunization, balanced diet,
(b) School Health Programme etc are discussed.As a CSR initiative, Cairn
Cairn has been reaching out to the school has also been extending support towards
COMING SOON
students and instilling awareness about the handicapped persons in the village by
diseases, ways to prevent diseases and providing pension (monetary support) for A 12 bed hospital has been constructed by Ravva JV in
hygiene practices in day-to-day living. close to 70 handicapped persons in the Surasaniyanam. Very soon, the hospital will be inaugurated
(c) Dental & Oral Hygiene community. In addition to this, the Red Cross and bring about a transformational change in the lives of
Cairn has been educating the community Society has also been getting immense the villagers who will benefit from this immensely.
members on benefits of dental and oral support from Cairn with respect to financial
hygiene. bearing.

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Catering to the health requirements of the local community at the
village health clininc run by Cairn India
Health

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Education
While the health of the community was ensured that necessary equipment and
improving, Cairn began to focus on furniture was provided in order to create a Solar Lighting
COMMUNITY
BENEFITS TO THE
enhancing education for the youth of the better learning environment for the students. Ravva JV conducted an assessment survey to understand ‘street
village. The agenda was to consistently lighting’ requirement at S’yanam. Keeping in mind the sensitivity of
the area towards natural calamities, it was decided to install solar
contribute towards primary education for Over the years Ravva JV formed a lights in the village. Today villagers benefit from the solar street
students at S’yanam. Cairn realised that Scholarship Programme for the children lamps installed and provided by Ravva JV.
to achieve this, the school infrastructure at S’yanam, encouraging them towards
needed to be improved; uniforms, school academic success. On a merit and need Green Belt
books and bags were to be provided and basis, scholarships have been provided to Keeping in mind the need to maintain ecological balance around the
support towards government schemes like students. Special attention was given to area of operations, Cairn decided to build a Green Belt at S’yanam
in 1996. As per the Cairn CSR objective of being responsible, this
mid-day meals was needed. ‘education of girl child’ especially those who step was taken to help land reuse and regeneration and mitigation
dropped out after matriculation. In addition of adverse impacts on environment. Also, the Green Belt helps to
All these objectives were met by Cairn and to this, bus passes have been provided to mitigate environmental damage and destruction.
an era of ‘learning and spreading knowledge’ students travelling outside S’yanam to attend
began. A step ahead was taken and Ravva colleges or other educational institutes in The belt is spread over an area of 229 acres around the terminal,
village roads and the beach. There are about 25 species of trees
JV built classrooms in schools and sponsored Amalapuram and nearby areas. in the green belt, dominated largely by casuarinas and mangroves.
teachers. The teachers were interviewed Currently, a micro-vendor has been contracted for its maintenance
from Amlapuram and Rajahmundry and Keeping in mind overall development of the and the focus is on consolidating the existing green belt area.
hired on contract in order to positively students, a children’s park was built in the
impact the school going students. village. Apart from this, attention was drawn
This was an effort towards improving the towards ‘adult education’ too. ensure that children of the village attain activities and prizes. These occasions have
literacy rate of the region thereby increasing standard education and support for overall also been used as platforms to conduct
the employability opportunity of the youth The programme proved to be a success and development. As part of micro-interventions, special sessions with the students such
and economic stability for the community helped some of the contract workmen at Cairn collaborates with the school authorities as: eye screening camp, dental camp,
as a whole. To make education practical and terminals to enroll for higher education and during special occasions like Republic Day, counselling sessions etc.
up to date, Ravva JV introduced a computer thereby aim at better employment options. Independence Day, Teachers Day, Children’s
center and a science laboratory in the Ravva Till date, Cairn continues to take up Day, etc. Cairn has been extending support
JV sponsored school at S’yanam. It was measures from time to time in order to by conducting and sponsoring sports

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Educating the local rural youth
Education

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Infrastructure
touched the lives of over 35,000 villagers. USD was spent from 2007-2009 in enabling
Construction Ravva JV continued to provide major and this comfort for the villagers. The housing
minor infrastructure support towards the toilets came across as a better option for the
Under the Indira Awaas Yojana, Ravva JV community. A cyclone shelter, bus stand rural women who were otherwise depended
supported the construction of over 200 and a children’s park was constructed for on sun-down time and had to walk long
houses for the marginalised community better living conditions of the community. In distances.
members at Ravva. In addition to this, order to address to the medical requirements
classroom construction and establishment of of the villagers, a health clinic was also Another significant step taken towards
computer learning centres were also initiated constructed. better living standards for the marginalised
keeping in mind the emphasis Cairn CSR community members was ‘providing
gives towards education. The support functions did not stop here. clean and safe drinking water’. Cairn built
Ravva JV endeavoured to understand storage tanks for storing drinking water for
The local community was hugely impacted community requirements and accordingly, consumption by the villagers. It was ensured
by these initiatives. Ravva JV thereby various efforts to improve the sanitation of that drinking water pipelines were laid in all
was able to win their support helping the the area were put to action. streets so that every household could get
business to continue smoothly. In addition, access to clean and safe drinking water.
support was also extended towards
constructing internal roads at S’yanam, Sanitation Though the health status of the entire
building a boundary wall and establishing community was impacted positively due to
panchayat offices in the village. Sanitation refers to the provision of facilities this initiative, Cairn remained committed
and services for safe disposal of human to bring primary healthcare services at the
Villages like Challapalli, Kamarajupeta, excrement and inadequate sanitation is a doorstep of the community members and
Kithenchuruvu, Singayya Cheruvu, major cause of disease world-wide. hence various developments took place in
Uppalaguptam, Gopavaram, Badugupeta, The first step that Cairn took in partnership the segment.
Pedagavalli Colony, and B.V. Ramanayya with Ravva JV was towards constructing
Nagar amongst many other, benefited over 600 housing toilets with a shed and
immensely from the action taken up by Cairn door. This helped villagers learn and adapt
on constructing roads. These initiatives to clean and hygienic living. Around 285,000

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Infrastructure
Developing infrastructure for the benefit of local community at S’yanam

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Strides we took
In 2008, the prestigious TERI (The Energy Research Institute) CSR Award was
presented to Cairn India for its highly impactful ‘Micro-Vendor Programme’
successfully initiated at Ravva.
Cairn India for the first time participated in the ‘Oil
Industry Safety Awards’ for the year 2010-2011
and Ravva Asset emerged as the Winner of under
‘offshore production platforms’ category.
Youth from S’yanam
were enrolled in Boosting economic stability for the community at S’yanam, Cairn created a
skill based trainings The sanitation status at pool of micro vendors who were awarded contracts worth US$ 1 million.
programmes and today S’yanam was poor, prompting
they earn close to Cairn India to take up the
INR 7500 per month; initiative of constructing
which helps them toilets. Today over 600
support their families housing toilets have been
and bring about built, ensuring hygienic living
economic stability in conditions for the community
the community. members.

20. Sanitation & Development Of Providing Better Women Contract Worth 1 Skill Training Attending To Over 150
Construction Micro-Vendors Education For Empowerment Million US $ For The Programmes For The Patients Everyday At
For Better From The Village The Students Through Sewing Local Micro-Vendors Local Youth, Enabling The Village Health Clinic
Infrastructure By Sponsoring Training, Coir, Rope Them To Earn. (Today Operated By Cairn India
Additional Teachers And Lace Making Youth From S’yanam
And Opening A With Market Linkage Are Placed In
Computer Centre. For The Same Companies Like Spar
Retail, Hero Honda
And Big C)

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Transforming
Lives
Employment For The but soon Rao was a regular attendee at the
daily sessions. The one month long course
Local Youth Through Skill included technical training and soft skills
Development Training required to pursue a successful career in
the BPO or retail sector. Apart from regular
practical training, IL&FS also imparted
Eswara Rao, a 20 year old youth from English speaking, yoga and personal
S’yanam is the only brother to his three development training which Eswara says
younger sisters and the only hope of survival helped him improve his attitude and brought
in old age for his parents. A family of six about positive thinking.Little did Rao know
members has to fight for a living at S’yanam that reaching Vijayawada from S’yanam was
if they stay wholly dependent on agriculture. not the end of his journey, rather it was just
Having realised this through one of the the beginning.
counseling sessions conducted by Cairn, Rao
chose to know more about the skill training Today, comparing himself to his friends,
programmes. He attended a full-fledged Rao confidently states that he is glad
counseling workshop held by Jana Kalyan he underwent this training as now he is
Welfare Society at S’yanam and his eyes employed by one of the largest retail chains
opened to the opportunities available in the in the country, SPAR, and working in a
market to make a sustainable living. metropolitan city where he gets to live a life
He joined a batch of trainees sent to IL&FS which he had only seen on television. Rao’s
for retail training on 3rd January 2012. family is proud of him and they look up to
him for financial support. Eswara dream of a
Leaving home, Rao carried with himself gainful employment which would allow his
faith, hope, dreams and aspirations. Leaving family to live unfettered of financial woes has
behind a family of five was not easy at first now been achieved.

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“Although he misses home, he assures us He knew that his family would need him to small soda-making unit which would barely
that he will keep visiting us often. After all, be financially sound in order to help them all provide enough for him and his family. He PARTNERS IN OUR
my brother can afford travelling by bus” says survive comfortably and therefore, Sridhar dreamt of being a civil contractor but did not SUCCESS
Rao’s proud little sister. began to study hard at the GMR Centre. He have either the guidance nor the financial
was trained on mobile repairing techniques wherewithal to fulfil his dreams. It was at the
and was also taken through soft skills training time when Pettamdar was facing his worst Jana Kalyan Welfare Society
Building Confidence & which is essential in today’s professional financial crisis that Cairn India introduced the
Future Plans scenario. ‘micro-vendor development programme’ at GMR Varalakshmi Foundation
Ravva. The programme aimed at bringing
Like any other teenager, Badugu Sridhar After the two month course, Sridhar was a economic stability within the community and ILFSES (IL&FS Educational
from S’yanam had dreams about a life of changed man. The yoga sessions helped him benefiting locals.
comforts. Sridhar dreamt of running his keep a positive attitude towards his goal and
Services)
own successful business and supporting the training sessions had helped him gain Pettamdar got to know about this initiative
his family. But there were few opportunities all the necessary practical and theoretical and grabbed the opportunity Cairn had to ALEAP
in the village and his parents were not know-how to either join a firm or start his offer. “The moment I got to know that Cairn
sufficiently aware to be able to guide him in own business. India was issuing contracts to local vendors, State Health Department,
the right direction. I established ‘Sri Bhakta Engineering’ and Government of Andhra
Determined as he was, Sridhar is on his way registered it. In 2005 we got the contracts
In 2011, Sridhar came to know about Cairn to launching his own shop to catering to of the company on tender basis. I had
Pradesh
India’s initiative of sending students from mobile repairing services. As compared to experience in handling hydra equipments in
S’yanam for education and skill based his friends he feels way more independent agriculture, so I participated in the tender of Nehru Yuva Kendra (Ministry
trainings which could help him open up his and proud of himself. Sridhar and his family hydra equipments supply contract. of Youth Affairs)
own business someday. Sridhar had just are thankful to Cairn for this transformation
turned 19 when he attended one of the in their lives. I presented a quote and got the contract Amalapuram Government
counseling sessions conducted by Cairn for the three years. I have built my own
and here he chose to learn more about portfolio of products and am looking at other
Hospital
‘Mobile Repairing’. From here there was Enhancing Economic contracts as well”, Pettamdar was quoted as
no looking back and soon Sridhar was saying. “From a small soda maker, now I am District Administration
sponsored by Cairn to gain knowledge and
Stability a contractor. I have grown step-by-step with (East Godavari District,
Transforming Lives
over all development at the GMR Centre, the help and guidance given by Cairn India. Government of Andhra
Hyderabad. Leaving behind parents and a Pettamdar, a resident of S’yanam, was Now I am settled and I happy that I achieved Pradesh)
younger brother was not easy but this young one of the many people suffering from what I wanted to be,” said Pettamdar.
boy was determined and kept faith in Cairn. economic hardships in the area. He ran a

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