BPCL

All India Intensive Aviation Operations Refresher Course

22^nd–24^th November 2010 at Cochin AFS

The 6^th All India Intensive Avn.Ops.Refresher course was organized at Cochin AFS under the esteemed leadership of sh. N.Anand, Aviation Manager South.

Twenty One participants from all the Regions including the SBU Head & G.M.Aviation sh.S.B.Bhattacharya & Eight Management Trainees attended the Course. The experienced faculty comprised of sh.Yashpal CAOM, sh.B.K.Singh Dy.QCM H.O. & sh.Milind Varhade DMAO, Cochin AFS.

This was Sh.Shyamal Bhattacharya’s first ever visit to Cochin AFS after taking over as Head of Aviation SBU. He was warmly welcomed by sh.N.Anand, Avn.Mgr South with a bouquet. The faculty & Team Leader HR were welcomed with flower bouquets by Team Cochin AFS. All the eight Management Trainees of Cochin AFS welcomed all the participants with a rose bud.

The course was inaugurated by G.M.Aviation by lighting the traditional South Indian lamp (Kuthu Vilakku). Sh.N.Anand, Avn.Mgr South welcomed him, the faculty & the participants in his welcome address. GM Aviation, in his inaugural address, invited questionnaire from all the participants, addressed their concerns of the future of Avn.SBU & gave bright insight to the explosive growth waiting to happen in the Industry in the years to come.

All the 3 days covered various class room sessions including field checks.

GM Aviation took full interest in all the topics & was an active participant throughout the three days. He bombarded the faculty with lots of questions.

On each & every topic, he took the opportunity to flare up the innovative thinking spirit of the BPC Aviation fraternity.

Sh.A.C.K.Nair, Airport Director, CIAL took a session on CIAL & described how they pioneered as the 1^st even private Airport in the country.

Sh.Arvind Krishnaswamy, DGM Strategy, kindly agreed to GM Aviation’s request to talk on the Dream Plan of our Corporation and he took all the participants thru the process of Dream plan.

Sh.E.Nandakumar, ED KR came forth & kindly arranged for a guided tour of Kochi Refinery for all the participants.

GM Aviation himself took a session on detailing the Dream Plan of Aviation & got the full support of all the participants in implementing it.

Prizes were distributed to all the winners of the tests conducted at the end of the course. AM South & participants appreciated Cochin AFS Team for having organized the course very well.

A course Dinner was organized at Hotel Le Meridien which was attended by ED Kochi Refinery & his team along with all the local heads of various SBUs in Kochi. All the attendees shed their inhibitions by dancing away all their exhaustion.