A WORK EXPERIENCES DONE AT

ASWATHY PIPES PVT. LTD. ANAYADI

Submitted to University of Kerala in Partial Fulfillment of the
requirement

For the Award of the degree

BM-MAM (INTEGRATED MBA)

Submitted By

KIRAN P C
Reg. no: 59615811017

Under the supervision of

MRS. NAIR BEENU BABU

(Assistant Professor)

MEMBER SREE NARAYANA PILLAI INSTITUTE OF

MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY
CHAVARA, KOLLAM

2015-2020
 DECLARATION

I KIRAN P C Student of MSNIMT, CHAVARA hereby declare that the report

on internship conducted at ASWATHY PIPES PVT. LTD. submitted by me under the

guidance of Mrs. NAIR BEENU BABU, Assistant professor to the University of

Kerala, for the partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of degree in

BM-MAM (Integrated MBA) is a record of an original work.

I also declare that the internship report is my own work and has not been

submitted earlier for the award of any degree or diploma to any Institute or University.

Place: Kollam

Date: KIRAN P C
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

First and foremost, I thank almighty God who blessed in all ways to complete my work

experience.

I owe my gratitude towards our Principal DR. MADHU R for giving us permission to do

the work experience.

I would like to express my sincere thanks to Dr. VIVEK S.K (work experience

coordinator) for the encouragement given to do my work well.

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my internship guide Assistant professor

Mrs. NAIR BEENU BABU (Academic Guide), for valuable guidance and supervision

given at all stages of my work experience.

The training with which the work should be conducted was wholly due to the whole co-

operative assistance and valuable acceptance of B.K SASIDHARAN PILLAI (Company

Manager) and all other supporting managers and staffs.

Last but not least I wish to express my thanks to my parents, friends and all the unseen

that helped me to doing of this work experience.

KIRAN P C
Chapter Title Page No

INTRODUCTION TO WORK EXPERIENCE

2.1Objectives of the work experience
1 2.1 Scope of the work experience
2.3 Limitations of the work experience

2 INDUSTRY PROFILE

3 COMPANY PROFILE

WORK EXPERIENCE DETAILS

4 4.1 Nature of work
4.2 Log book details
4.3 An average day work& target V/S achievement

5 LEARNING SUMMERIZATI& CONCLUSION

BIBLIOGRAPHY
 CHAPTER -1
INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION

As a part of Master of Business degree program, The Thirty Days work experience

program was conducted for studying the practical aspect of organization. The

work experience program gives the opportunity to have a practical knowledge on

every department in the textiles areas. The purpose so internship is to get an

overall knowledge about an organization.

Work experience is an experience that a person gains while working in a

experience is widely used to mean a type of volunteer work that is commonly

intended for young people often students to get a feel for professional working

environments.

Though the placements are usually unpaid, travel and food expenses are

sometime covered, and the end of the appointment a character reference is usually

provided. Trainees usually have the opportunity to network and make contact

among the working personnel, and put themselves forward for forthcoming

opportunities for paid work.

Many employees in the more sought after profession (TV, politics,

journalism) demand that every new entrant undergo a period of unpaid “work

experience” before being able to get paid work.

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 At university level, work experience is often offered between the second and

final year of an undergraduate degree course, especially in the science,

engineering and computing field. Courses of this nature are often called sandwich

course, with the work experience year itself known as the sandwich year. During

this time, the student on work placement has the opportunity to use the skill and

knowledge gained in their first two year, and see how they are applied to real

world problems. This offers them useful insight for their final year and prepares

them for the job market once their course has finished. Some companies sponsor

students in their final year at university with the promise of a job at the end of the

course. This is an incentive for the student to perform well during the placement

as it helps with two otherwise unwelcome stresses: the lack of money in the final

year, and finding a job when the University course ends.

Basic Work Experience Ideas:

Everybody usually has certain ideas regarding work experience. But the basic

concept of work experience is to understand the skill set of the candidate and also

the projects undertaken by him/her in their previous organizations.

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Work Experience Definition:

The apt definition for a ‘work experience‘ is it is a period of work done in a

particular organization or anything own from which learning can be achieved.

There are different types of work experience which can be listed in your resume

according to the various factors like time period, the role you played. Most

common work experience categories are:

1. Full-time work experience:

Here the person would be employed for a full time in a job role. He/she would be

involved in all the aspects of the job which involves more than a duration of 8 to

10 hours approximately.

These type of work experience are expected in many organizations as the

employee skill level would be higher when compared to others.

2. Part-time work experience:

Here the person would be employed part-time, according to the job role. These

type of work experience are also expected as few organizations might have only a

need of an employee for a few hours.

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This is common in many types of organizations like textile, and marketing, retail

outlets etc.

3. Work experience in own organizations:

This type of work experience is where an employee owns an entire or part of a

business by himself. This is also needed for few organizations where

more management skills are expected.

This type of work experience is commonly expected in franchise bidding, handling

whole management positions etc.

4. Vacation work experience:

This type of work experience is where most students get to have during the

vacation. Here the person would be employed for a short span of a few months.

Most of the freshers are expected to these type of work experience.

5. Voluntary work experience:

This type of work experience is where the person might not get paid for the job

role player but he gets to know the work. This type of work experience is generally

common between students as they do it as a part of project or internships.

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This is an added advantage to list in the work experience. Few organizations also

consider this type of work experience too.

Relevant Work Experience Meaning:

Relevant work experience means having work experience related to the job posted.

This has more plus than the generalized work experience as it gives a basic

structure to your resume and highlights your skills set relevant to the job.

For example, if you are applying for a retail outlet job, having a previous

experience in the same retail category is an added advantage. That is more relevant

work experience draws more attention to the recruiters. Some of the basic added

advantages to your resume if you have a relevant work experience are:

1. It makes your resume focused:

There might be many work experiences listed in your resume. Relevant job

experience will give more clarity to your resume and will add more focus to the

interviewer.

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2. Edge over other resumes posted:

There might be a huge number of resumes posted for a job application. But any

relevant work experience will add an edge over others and more commitment to

the interviewer to review your resume.

3. Chances of getting higher job roles are high:

As when your resume has a relevant work experience, there are many chances that

your resume gets added points and they might also consider your resume for higher

job roles as already you are experienced to the relevant job posted.

Importance of Experience in the Workplace:

Employers usually prefer experienced candidates to fill the vacancies in their

organization. This helps in many ways and the main thing is training which costs

them a lot of time, money and resources. Hiring experienced candidates can also

help the organization in many ways when compared to freshers. help the

organization in many ways when compared to freshers.

1. Young people are more likely to be successful in their job hunt if they have done

some good work experience.

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2. If you haven’t got a clue what career you want to do, work experience is a

perfect way to sample some possible career options. It’s a way of exploring

different jobs without actually committing to anything

. 3. If you do know what you think you want to do, it’s the best way to get a real

sense of your chosen industry. You’ll get to speak to employees and ask them

questions.

4. Doing work experience shows passion and interest. Evidence that you have

done work experience shows the employer that you are motivated.

5. If you’re not sure and aren’t that bothered about your career or education at the

moment, work experience might just be what you need to motivate you. You might

find something you are passionate about and get motivated.

6. Work experience gently introduces you to the world of work. You get to learn

the dos and don’ts, get to know a work place and learn to cope in a working

environment. It’ll give you an idea of the skills you might need to thrive in the

workplace.

7. It’ll help you identify your own skills and perhaps even highlight the areas that

you might want to work on and definitely give you a good understanding of your

strengths and weakness.

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8. You might impress them so much that you’ll manage to get yourself a part-time

job.

9. It’ll help you build up contacts and, you never know, they might even give you

a future job or recommend you to another company.

10. And finally, if nothing else, work experience gives you something to put on

your CV

But from the organization’s side, if freshers are recruited, even after training,

employers need to provide some senior assistance before making them work in the

real time. Saying this does not mean that freshers are a complete NO in the

business market. It totally depends upon the requirement of the project in hand and

the need of the organization.

Be it any sector, a perfect candidate to be hired needs to be one who can be the best

combination of right academics and real-time work experience. A good work

experience can help you in the following ways,

 Teaching new and trending things

 Helps you highlight your abilities and skills

 Finding your interest and passion in the work

 Helps in discovering new career paths

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  Get motivated to work differently and smartly

 Make good networking with people

 Helps you connect with people who can guide you when required.

 Understand how things work

Benefits of Work Experience:

Having a work experience is a big advantage not only to the job seeker but also to

the recruiter in many ways possible. In the present scenario, having a good degree,

many certifications will not help as much a work experience can do to you.

Nowadays, all employers have started to seek a person who has an on-hand

experience for the job role. They believe a person becomes more skilled once he is

exposed to real-life work.

Work experience provides job seeker many benefits, giving you skills and a good

exposure that will allow a person to stand out to potential employers as well as

guiding them to choose the right sector to work in.

Be it a part-time or a full-time work, an experience can gain you many benefits and

make you more exposed to the good talented opportunities around you.

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Here are few things to be noted which makes a work experience stand out than a

shining degree.

1. Master of soft skills:

A good work experience will enhance the way you communicate, team building

skills, awareness about the industry, enhance leadership ability, and lot more. It

will make you a master of soft skills as you have a good amount of work

experience.

It is generally said that a person with enough amount exposure to work life will

generally develop a strong soft skill ability. And good soft skill ability generally

comes by more exposure to the environment.

2. Makes you more worthy:

Work experience will build your confidence level as much as possible. For

example, it will make you learn how to meet deadlines, basic phone and Email

etiquettes, pressure managing ability, importantly people management, and time

management etc. This will certainly have an impact on you and makes your more

worthy.

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3. Upgrades your application forms and interviews:

Work experience will surely enhance your application form and also during the

interviews. This also has a great impact on the advantages and disadvantages of a

letter of the application when applying for a particular job.

This is because of real-time knowledge about the sector you have gained

previously in your job. It will also make the interviewer comfortable in explaining

the job role as you have experience in work life before.

4. More option to choose for yourself:

Having work experience will help you to choose the right organization, right

sector, as well as a right shift. This is because a good experience can help you to

choose things which suits your nature.

For example, a person might be interested and more comfortable in working in

night shifts. This can be identified once you have experimented with a particular

shift in your previous organization.

If things are not in your way, a good job experience will make you move in the

right direction as you understand the whole process and your mind has a clarity

about job life.

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5. A possibility of having better offers:

This is the very good advantage of having work experience as it will help you have

better offers than your previous employment.

For example, a good reputed part-time job done previously will help you to secure

a full-time job as a reward. There is a chance of improvement in your career as you

move with a work experience.

6. Moving the scale personally:

Good work experience will not only make you grow career wise but also it will

help you to scale up personally. It will make you move higher in the scale and

financially it will have a great impact if you have a good work experience.

Generally, having a good work experience will make you move to the better

position in the organization.

7. Hands on experience in tackling any kind of environment:

People with good work experience knows how to handle people of various nature

in the office.

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They might have overcome initially lots of people management experiences, they

will have a good knowledge understanding the human mind and adapting to it.

8. More benefits related to company policies:

People with good experience will be exposed to lots of beneficiary plans in the

new office. In order to retain them, companies will offer them many beneficial

plans like good medical coverage, private provident funds, pension plans, paid

leave and many more.

9. Chances of going abroad:

Getting a chance of going abroad related to work is not very common in all

organization. But for people with better work experience gets a good chance of

going abroad related to the job. This helps you experience different work culture

all over the world.

10. Increase independence will increase in growth:

A person with good experience will have enough number of skill set compared to a

fresh graduate. In this case, dependency on that person might increase

considerably, it will surely make them grow in the company.

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This type of responsibility and dependence will only be rewarded to a person who

has a good amount of work experience.

11. No hesitation to the new environment:

People who already have a work experience will be mentally prepared to handle

the new work-life environment. And they generally have good adaptive skills as

they are exposed to all kind of people in the previous organization.

Disadvantages of Work Experience:

1. Salary negotiations might be tough:

Sometimes people might choose a job to gain experience than considering the

salary. It might do good for the job experience, but when thinking to shift a job it

might cause a problem as any salary offer for a new job will depend upon the

previous pay scale.

2. The experience might dominate the offer than skill set:

Sometimes our liking for the new job offer or our skill might differ from the role

we apply. In this case, more than an individual’s skill set, work experience on

some other skill which was not our choice will be considered more than the actual

skill set we possess.

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So, we have to stick to our previous work experience than the skill set which

education provided us.

3. It might lessen your options:

Depending on the work experience skills, sometimes the number of job role we

tend to apply will get reduced. Once a person experienced in few skills in the

previous work atmosphere, he will be expected to only perform well in that

particular skill set.

So, obviously, the number of options will get reduced in choosing a job and it will

affect his/her skill set in the future.

4. Forced to decline higher study options:

There might be much higher study program available with a sabbatical. But these

might be declined as experienced persons are recruited to manage the position

vacant.

This is one important disadvantage as it will be declined due to the experience of

the person.

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5. Pressure on handling expectations:

Being an experienced person might sometime give you lots of pressure related to

job goals. As an experienced person, people might expect more efficiency in terms

of work, people management, and team building and many more.

This is one of the disadvantages, as many people might not properly handle

pressure and might lose confidence.

6. Poor work-life balance:

People with good work experience are often expected to handle more commitment

towards the job.

As they go up the scale more commitment increases and it will affect their work-

life balance as well as their health. This is a very common disadvantage, as a good

number of people are affected by this issue.

All recruiters expect a well deserving candidate for a job opening. Sometimes

when there are too many applicants many factors are considered to scrutinize the

applications received. One such important factor which plays a major role in

selecting a right candidate is the work experience.

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A recent study reveals that most of the recruiters when given a two graduated with

an equal degree and personal strength they tend to choose a person who has a good

work experience than a graduate with a good qualification. So, try to explore the

job world as much as possible by getting into the real-time scenario

Benefits of work experience

Work experience is an opportunity to introduce young people to the reality of

working life within a willing organization, to help them secure and sustain

employment.

By taking students on work experience, you get an opportunity to engage,

inspire and inform young people about what working life is really like.

Benefits for employers

Offering work experience can bring a number of benefits to you as an employer:

Raise your profile

Being known as a business that offers work experience

opportunities will raise the profile and appeal of your business and sector.

Improve staff retention

Investing in young people brings commitment and loyalty, which

means they are more likely to stay with the business which helps maintain

productivity and reduce recruitment costs.

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Grow your own talent

Get access to the up and coming talent of the future.

Develop employees –

Developing your employees by involving them in the placement

and providing potential management opportunities can help employees feel

motivated and loyal to the business.

Get additional help at no cost

As an employer, you do not have to pay students on work experience.

Achieve new perspective and ideas –

Young people often bring fresh ideas and approaches which may

open up new and emerging markets for the business.

Gain new understanding of modern learning

Increase your understanding of modern learning processes and

current educational qualifications.

Benefits for young people and society/industry

There are a number of benefits for young people and for the rest

of society and industry:

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Increase in knowledge –

Work experience can increase students’ occupational knowledge

and understanding of the skills, attributes and qualifications required.

Breaking the cycle –

Many young people find themselves in a situation where they cannot

get a job because of lack of experience so taking part in a work placement gives

them this valuable experience.

Improvement in communication skills

Work placements help young people to gain experience in working

with people, enhancing their social and communication skills

Learning about the recruitment process

Applying for a placement provides the opportunity to learn about

recruitment.

Example -How to apply for a job, prepare for job interviews and building a CV.

Economic development

Work experience contributes to economic development within the

local community.

Improve competitiveness

Work experience opportunities can help industry to remain

competitive.

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The Indian pipe industry has been showing rapid growth since past several year

and the major reason for the growth of this industry is increasing demand for pipes

in the irrigation sector, oil and gas sector and also the real estate industry. The

demand for steel pipes such as seamless pipes HSAW, LSAW pipes is increasing

as the need for oil and gas transportation in India is growing. The demand for

plastic pipe such as PVC and CPVC is also increasing as these pipes are better in

quality and durability infrastructure development, urbanization and the subsequent

development of residential and industrial construct are fascinating the growth of

the pipe industry in India.

The government of India is coming up with new project and investment in the

irrigation sector. The focus of the government is on rural water management,

which will be fulfilled only when there will be proper transportation of water to

the-end-user.

Competition increase, access to abundant information, availability of similar

products and services etc. reduce competitive capability of organizations. The only

way for them to survive is to supply products and services with higher values and

qualities and their requires innovation and exploration and evaluation of

customer’s needs and wants.

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Aswathy pipes are a fast expanding enterprise with proud past, programmed

growth and relentless pursuit of excellence in its activities. Founded in 1971 by

late.Shri.N.Vanikumarnath. Aswathy Spun Pipes has grown to become a

recognized leader in the design and manufacturing of steel reinforced concrete

pipes. It is the first private sector industry to manufacture steel reinforced concrete

pipes and associated precast concrete products in Kerala and now Kerala’s largest

manufacturing industry of reinforced machine made concrete products.

We have held a commanding position in the pipe manufacturing industry.

Company is dedicated to specific line of products of manufacturing RCC Hume

pipes, RCRenforced cement concrete spun pipes are generally used in the public

Health Eng.Department. Public works Dept, Agriculture and Forest Department.

National High-ways, Environment Eng.Department& Municipal Corporation etc...

These pipes are widely used for water drainage sewerage, culverts and irrigation.

RCC pipes are classified as pressure and non-pressure pipes viz NP2, NP3, NP4,

P2, P3,P4 for use in specific conditions. These pipes are made from cement,

course and fine aggregate, sand, mild steel and HT rods and bars. RCC pressure

pipes and RCC jacking pipes.

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OBJECTIVES OF THE WORK EXPERIENCE

 To understand the organization frame work and its functioning

 To gain knowledge about the difference department of the organization

 To study the interdependence of various department

 To study the services offered by the company to the consumers

 To understand how the key business process are carried out in an

organization

SCOPE OF THE WORK EXPERIENCE

The scope of the study is to know about the organization, its structure, the

functions performed by various departments and to know the overall performance

of the organizations. The study will help the management students in getting a

practical exposure.

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LIMITATIONS OF THE WORK EXPERIENCE

 The study is limited to my experience and knowledge

 Lack of availability of secondary data from published journals and reports

 Secrecy of the organization prevents them from giving some of the details

regarding the firm Employees were busy in their work so they could not give

more information

 Only the permanent workers were considered for the study

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 CHAPTER-2

INDUSTRY PROFILE

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The last decade of twentieth century witnessed an evolution for the Indian pipes

industry players, in wake of huge raw material reserves and infusion of funds for

capacity creation and modernization. As a result, mainstream steel producers and

iron ore producers have successfully scaled their operations to global scale. Amidst

the sustained growth of the steel industry, Indian steel pipe industry continued to

grow at snail ‘space However, a large growth potential was waiting to be

Unearthed and the ‘thrust’ came in wake of two important events - one, the great

Indian Infrastructure initiative by the Government of India to support the GDP

Growth roadmap; and second, the surge in the global oil prices to USD140 levels,

resulting in increased demand from oil and gas exploration industry. The steel

tubes and pipes industry witnessed robust demand from various domestic

industries like real estate, construction, telecom, power, energy, entertainment

zones, metros, airports and sports, etc. Key policy-led initiatives such as the urban

infrastructure programmed under Public Private Partnership also proved to be a

shot in the arm. Oil and Natural Gas industry, however continues to offer larger

opportunity for the industry.

During the first five years (2000-05), the global spend on exploration & production

of oil& gas to satiate the demand for energy consumption was USDlOObn. 738.7

QBTU (quadrillion British thermal units) by 2035. Due to limited reserves in crude
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(present production of 8Omn barrels per day), demand switch to natural gas has

risen to present levels of 3tcm (trillion cubic meters). As more than 70% of oil &

gas reserves are found in Middle East and Eurasia, transportation of gas to deficit

regions of Asia and Europe entails huge demand for steel pipes.

INDIAN PIPE INDUSTRY

The Indian pipe industry with presence across all the categories of pipes (steel,

cement and plastic) has become a major exporting hub to the regions like Middle

East, US and Europe due to its location advantage and global accreditations. Also,

the lower oil and gas pipeline penetration level in India provides huge opportunity

for laying new pipeline infrastructure in the country, considering its vast

geographical area.

The operating environment for the Indian pipe industry was challenging during

FY2012. The steel pipe companies expanded their capacities domestically as well

as globally during the last couple of years, which led to excess capacities. Hence,

most of the domestic players had to resort to lower margin orders domestically to

maintain their order books. The higher input and finance costs significantly eroded

their profitability margins.

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Infrastructure & Real Estate

Government is keep on developing India’s infrastructure and continues to put more

thrust on investments in its core sectors such as power, ports, roads, airports, etc.

The government has increased its budgetary allocation towards infrastructure to Rs

l,735.5bn.The rise in demand for housing and commercial spaces in the urban

region has led to a huge demand in hollow section and ERW pipes .ln the

infrastructure space, the company has already started supplying to prestigious

projects like the Delhi and Bangalore Airports and metros. Each airport and metro

station requires 15,000MT and 400MT of branded steel pipes and tubes. With the

real estate growing at a robust rate, the demand for steel pipes and tubes is also

expected to grow as it is used in scaffolding, fire safety and cabling .Increasing

numbers of malls and high rise buildings have led to an increased demand for

structural/hollow steel products as they are stronger and also have better aesthetic

sense

Automobiles

In Automobile sector, the bus body parts segment is coming up as a huge segment.

The government has also increased the budgetary allocation under JNNURM to

Rs.128.9bn. With~100,000buses to be manufactured over the next few years, steel

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pipes and tube companies see a huge opportunity in this segment. The automobile

sector has shown robust growth in FY10. The sales of Passenger and Commercial

Vehicles grew by 26.9% and 35.0% respectively over FY09. With the domestic

economy on a strong growth track, we expect this sector to post robust growth.

ERW Tubes & Pipes Eyeing Newer Markets

Apart from the traditional markets, steel pipes & tubes manufacturers are now

targeting newer markets such as construction, urban infrastructure -airports, malls,

metros, piped gas distribution, fire safety segments and commercial passenger

vehicles. These markets are finding newer applications for steel pipes and tubes

like scaffolding, fencing, cabling, bus body parts, fire safety, etc.

R.C.C SPUNPIPES

Reinforced cement concrete spun pipes up to 1000 mm Dia are exclusively

reserved for manufacture in the 551 sector. These pipes are widely used for water

drainage, sewerage, culverts and irrigation. RCC pipes are classified as pressure

and non- pressure pipes viz. NP2, NP3, NP4 for use in specific conditions. These

pipes are made from cement, coarse and fine aggregate, sand, mild steel and HT

rods and bars.

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Market Potential

Public Health Engineering Department, Public Works Departments, Agriculture

and Forest Department, National Highways, Environment Engineering

Department, Panchayats Municipal Corporations are the bulk consumers of RCC

spun pipes. Most of the customers are approved civil contractors who are executing

the works of the Government Department and Public Sector Undertakings.

Presently government is giving stress on rural irrigation and improving methods of

water supply scheme, so the demand for pipes is increasing.

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 CHAPTER-3

COMPANY PROFILE

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 COMPANY PROFILE

ASWATHY PIPES PRIVATE LIMITED

INTRODUCTION

A fast expanding enterprise with a proud past, programmed growth and backed by

relentless drive to pursue excellence. Founde in 1971 by late Shri.

N.Vanikumarnath, Aswathy Spun pipes has grown to be a recognized leader in the

designing and manufacturing of steel reinforced concrete pipes.

FACTORY 1

ASWATHY SPUN PIPES is located in the industrial belt of Aroor, Alleppy. The

factory is situated in 1.5 acres of land with a built up area of over 20,000 sq.ft.

Sizes: 150mm to 2000mm NP2, NP3, NP4 and spigot and socket pipes.

FACTORY 2

ASWATHY PIPES Private. Limited. Is located at Kollam in 4 acres of land and

has a built up area of over 30,000 sqft. The various mechanized processing

activities are modernized and are functionally integrated for better performance.

Sizes: 150mm to 2000mm NP2, NP3, NP4 and spigot and socket pipes.

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FACTORY 3

ASWA-CON factory is located in Aroor, Manufacturing RCC concrete septic

tanks and water tanks.

FACTORY4

Apcon factory is located in chathannur kollam, manufacturing RCC concrete septic

tank and water tank.

MANUFACTURING

Steel reinforced pipes and tanks are made from coarse and line aggregates, cement

and hard drawn steel reinforcements. Pipes can also be custom made and tested to

meet specific customer requirements. The products are scrutinized and tested under

every stage of processing and are quality tested to meet Indian standards.

SIZE AVAILABLE

Clients can avail from us a broad series of RCC Pipe in various standard sizes as

well as customized sizes. The products in this range include RCC Pipe (150 mm

Dia to 2200 mm Dia Np3 Class, Np4 Class, Np2 Class). These products find a

comprehensive usage in construction, plumbing purposes, Drainage system, SWD

Pipe line etc

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RCC Hume Pipes

 NP2: Standard quality for general purpose

 N P3: Heavy quality for heavier loads.

 NP4: Heaviest quality.

150mm to 2000mm in NP2, NP3, NP4 and spigot and socket pipes.

DURABILITY

For normal installations, the service life of concrete pipes and tanks are unlimited.

Concrete is tested as the most durable material for pipes and tanks.

COMPANY VISION

 To maintain the brand leadership and market in pipes. manufacturing though

quality and customer satisfaction.

COMPANY MISSION

 To manufacture and supply pipes of uniform quality of most competitive

price.

 To meet and exceed customers expectations of service through timely

communication and quality information.

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 FUCTIONAL DEPARTMENT

STRUCTURE OF THE DEPARTMENT

MANAGING
DIRECTOR

MANAGING
DIRECTOR

PRODUCTION FINANCE HR MARKETIN QC R&D

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MANAGER
MANAGER MANAGER MANAGER MANAGER MANAGER

SUPERVISOR ACCOUNT HR MARKETING R&D

OOFFICER EXECUTIVE EXECUTIVES EXECUTIVE

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MAJOR DEPARTMENTS IN ASWATHY PIPES (P) LTD, KOLLAM

1. Human resource department

2. Marketing department

3. Finance department

4. Purchase department

5. Production department

6. Quality control department

7. Store department

8. R & D department

1. HUMAN RESOURCE AND ADMINISTRATION.DEPT.

The HR and administration department performs vital role in the HR and

administrative function. This department is responsible for the recruitment,

selection, training, performance appraisal, enumeration, welfare measures and

maintenance of good industrial relations. This department is headed by

personnel and administration manager.

Aswathy pipes(P)ltd. Provides employment to number of persons. It has about

350 employees working under various sections. It is appreciable that all the

staff members are dedicated to their work.

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 Human resource management is the strategic approach to

the effective management of people in a company or organization such that they

help their business gain a competitive advantage. It is designed to

maximize employee performance in service of an employer's strategic

objectives. Human resource management is primarily concerned with the

management of people within organizations, focusing on policies and systems. HR

departments are responsible for overseeing employee-benefits design,

employee recruitment, training and development, performance appraisal,

and reward management, such as managing pay and benefit systems. HR also

concerns itself with organizational change and industrial relations.

The overall purpose of human resources (HR) is to ensure that the organization is

able to achieve success through people. HR professionals manage the . They can

specialize in finding, recruiting, training, and developing employees, as well as

maintaining employee relations or benefits. Training and development

professionals ensure that employees are trained and have continuous development.

This is done through training programs, performance evaluations, and reward

programs. Employee relations deals with the concerns of employees when policies

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are broken, such as cases involving harassment or discrimination. On the other side

of the field are HR generalists or business partners. These HR professionals could

work in all areas or be labor relations representatives working

with unionized employees.

HR is a product of the human relations movement of the early 20th Century, when

researchers began documenting ways of creating business value through

the strategic management of the workforce. It was initially dominated by

transactional work, such as payroll and benefits administration, but due

to globalization, company consolidation, technological advances, and further

research, HR as of 2015 focuses on strategic initiatives like mergers and

acquisitions, talent management, succession planning, industrial

and diversity and inclusion. In the current global work environment, most

companies focus on lowering employee turnover and on retaining the talent and

knowledge held by their workforce. New hiring not only entails a high cost but

also increases the risk of a new employee not being able to adequately replace the

position of the previous employee

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 DEPARTMENT HEAD

HEAD
MANAGER

IN-CHARGE
IN-CHARGE TRAINING IN-CHARGE
RECRUITMENT ADMINISTRATION

SUPERVISOR SUPERVISOR SUPERVISOR

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2.MARKETING DEPARTMENT

A functional marketing department implements customer relationship management

functions to track and predict what customers want in their products. It connects

the customer to the product with hard data as well as emotional, qualitative

information that can help product designers differentiate your products from those

of a competitor. This information also helps marketing promotions by highlighting

these differences in marketing materials. A marketing department sets prices for

products that recoup development and promotional costs while generating revenue

for the company.

Promotions and PR

Marketing departments carry out promotional strategies for products and services,

and some may also incorporate promotional activities, such as public relations, for

the business as a whole. The promotions staff assists the sales force with sales

promotions; offers public relations support for product launches, trade shows and

other events; purchases advertising that illustrates product benefits and features;

and pitches the product to media outlets. Promotion activities range from creating

awareness of a product to persuading customers to try and then buy the product.

Marketing works closely with sales in generating new business. Employees entice

prospects to engage with your company in some way, even if it’s just visiting the

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website, and then uses incentives to get customers to continue thinking about the

product so that the sales team can convince them to buy the product. This is called

generating leads. Not every lead turns into a paying customer, so business

development is ongoing.

It can also include identifying new markets for existing products or discovering a

need that current customers have for a modified version of an existing product

The modem market is consumer oriented market and it deals with customers. A

satisfied customer of that product so “customer satisfaction” is very important.

The marketing department of Aswathy Pipes (P) Ltd has mainly two

subdivisions.

1. Classical division: agencies, branches and distributor are serviced by

marketing department through the classical divisions. Representatives are

trained to handle them. More than 400 item are sold through branches and

agencies.

2. Patent division: these division representatives are trained to consult with

technicians and maintain relation with them. Some of the products are highly

competitive product of the industry. So they sales this product with help of

high qualified technicians.

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Main markets of Aswathy pipes

Kerala itself. They mainly concentrated on local markets. Nearly 80% of sale is

within Kerala. They export only 10% of the total production and 10% to outside

Kerala.

METHOD ADOPTED FOR MARKETING PRODUCTS

Aswathy pipes selling their production through their agencies, branches and

distributors in Kerala. They have 600 agencies, 230 distributers and 20 branches.

They supply pipes 2 times in a month. For distribution facility they divide Kerala

into 5 zones. They are Pathanamthitta, Palakkad, Trivandrum, Kasrgode and

Kottayam, they cover all the areas through this route ie.

 Pathanmthitta pathanamthitta, Alappuzha(east)

 Palakkad- Alappuzha(south), Kollam,TVM

 Kasrkode- Ernakulam,Trissur, Malappuram, Kozhikode, Kannur

 Kottayam- Alappuzha, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Idukki

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 HEAD(SALES &
MARKET)

REGIONAL SALES BRAND

OFFERSCER MANGER

BRAND
ASSISTANT SALES EXECUTIVE

MANAGER

PRODUCT
SALES DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVE

OFFICER

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3.FINANCE DEPARTMENT

Finance is the life blood of business. Hence finance department has significant

importance in business organizations.

HEAD
(FINANCE)

ACCOUNT FINANCE COMMERCIAL

MANAGER MANAGER MANAGER

ACCOUNT FINANCE COMMERCIAL

EXECUTIVE EXECUTIVE EXECUTIVE

In this organization, head of the finance department controls the finance

department. The accounts manager, finance manager and commercial are

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immediately followed by him. Account executive, finance executive, and

commercial manager respectively. The main function of this department is to

manage the available finance efficiently and to keep the keeps of the accounts up

to date.

Current capital of Aswathy pipes(P) ltd is 82 Lakhs. The turnover is 3.5 crore in

the year 2010-2011. The expected turnover of this year Score. The auditor of

Aswathy pipes (P) Ltd ID Rangamani & Co.

The company uses both owned and borrowed land. Dhanalakshmi bank is the

main source of borrowed fund. Only external auditing is done in the organization.

The audit of the account is carried out once in every month and their external

auditor is Rangamani & co. The company has contributed substantial revenues to

the government by way of income tax, excise duty etc.. the remittance of provident

fund is done on the basis of the restrictions form the central Government. In 2005-

06, they have earned an annual turnover of Rs. 4 crores and of these they had to

pay excise duty and spend major part of their revenue on advertisement.

2. PURCHASE DEPARTMENT

The department wants to purchase around 400 raw materials, 120 packing

materials, machinery and other times. Mainly raw materials are purchased from

Mumbai Gujarat and Rajasthan.

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 DEPARTMENT
CHART

PURCHASE
MANAGER

CLERK

Process of Purchasing

I. Purchasing requisition

II. Purchase enquiry

Requisition sends to the suppliers

III. Quotation with sample

Quotation refers to the response from the suppliers. It includes the rates,

quantity, credit period etc. of the required raw material.

IV. Quotation selection

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 According to the rate, qualities credit period allowed by the suppliers one or

two suppliers have been selected.

V. Purchase order

The next step is getting approval from the general manager, next step is

insurance of purchase order to the suppliers. It includes quotation number, date

purchase order number, purchase order rate etc.

VI. Invoice with lorry receipt

Store supervisor check the quantity of the raw material and lorry receipt. In

purchase module all the details entered by the purchase manager and duly

signed by the deputy general manager.

VII. Payment

Accounts department sent the purchase module to the finance department for

making payments.

3. PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT

Production department include management of the function of organization. In

this company materials are used on the basis of first in first out method.

Production department is under the control of Deputy General Manager (DGM).

Good manufacturing practices (GMP) certification is yet another laurel to

Aswathy Pipes manufacturing division. Manufacturing practices have been

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 perfected over 60 years of authentic experience. The division accommodates

modern technology with traditional values.

FACTORY
MANAGER

FACTORY SUPPLY CHAIN

MANAGER MANAGER

SUPERVISOR STORE OFFICER

WORKERS

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Production department includes the following areas:

a. Pre-processing area

b. Processing area

c. Storage area

d. Fermentation area

e. Pre-packaging room

f. Finished store

g. Dispatch area

 Production department will be responsible for meeting the raw materials and

for supply of quality products

 This department will accept only raw materials satisfactory for them. A

batch manufacturing record is maintained for early identification of required

raw material for each product.

 Any quality problem in the finished product will be the sole responsibility of

the production supervisor in charge.

 Periodic inspection should be carried out by the store keeper on all raw

materials, its aging use ability and the same should be initiated to the

production department.

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PACKING SECTION

Packing section situated within the production plant. They do not have their own

packing material. All the packing process in manual. Different materials are used

for packing is made in such a manner that is easy to deliver to the customers. Then

they are sending to the finished goods store.

Finished goods store is a store which separates all the goods by racks. They have to

enter the details of the goods in various records. They take the goods according to

the received and send to the dispatch section.

They are nearly 50 workers both male and female working under the production

and packing section respectively. Those workers are paid on the monthly basis.

Under production department main classical products are manufactured. And store

department comes under the control of production department.

4. QUALITY CONTROL DEPARTMENT

Quality is very important for the manufacture of RCC pipe products, because the

very existence of manufacture depend on the quality of their products. Good

quality ensure high productivity, greater good will and makes the employment of

highly skilled manpower with better wages possible production cost depending on

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the type and nature of a product, for this purchase a manufacture maintaining a

separate inspection and testing by using experts or laboratory with the latest

equipments and trained personal. Using different quality control methods, the

quality of manufactured pipes. Latest quality control technology is available here

and so the total quality of the product is almost perfect.

Aswathy pipes processing facility is with staff having rich experience; some of

with 20/30 in the same facility. Still Aswathy pipes consider is tradition seared. In

spite of advent of most modern quality control methods and materials company

still believes in the traditional sensory quality control.

QUALITY CONTROL METHODS

POLICIES

 To maintain the product with high quality.

 Daily verification of quality.

 Verify the quality of both raw material and finished products.

 Improve the customer satisfaction.

 Maintaining the code number for every branch for future verification.

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 6.STORES DEPARTMENT

Store department is the department where all the raw materials, work in progress

and finished goods are stored. This department is responsible for the proper storage

of all goods and an assistant manager

Control department under his control. There are three supervisors for finished

goods, raw material and packing material respectively

SUPERVISOR
FINISHED
STORE

SUPERVISOR RAW MATERIAL

FINISHED STORE
STORE

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 STORE PROCEDURE

Materials are indenting by store department on the basis of minimum maximum

order level fixed on the stock card. Other local raw materials are arranging by the

production in charge through purchase department.

Stock issues are purchasing in the computer every day consolidated issue

statements are received from the computer and it is posted in the stock card. Stock

card is tallying Until the actual stock time to time exess shortage is adjusting

accordingly. There is a serial number on the stock card and same number and name

on the labels are tied in the bags. Bundles kept on the rack to identify the material.

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 INVENTORY CONTROL

Maximum level mentioned on the stock card should not be gone up, at the same

time minimum stock should not come down.

HEAD (R&D)

QUALITY CONTROL
MANAGER (R&D)

QUALITY CONTROL
EXECUTIVE (R&D)

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 CHAPTER-4

WORK EXPERIENCES DETAILS

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NATURE OF WORK DONE

The one month work experience program which is mandatory for the successful

completion of the MBA degree by the University of Kerala was a great opportunity

for developing my soft skills and experience. It is viewed as a formal program

within organization whose primary purpose is to offer practical work experience.

Work experience was carried out in the month of May. 2019 at the Aswathy pipes

anayadi, kollam for which the time was allotted from 9.30 to 12.30 pm. My major

focus was on the P&A department.

At the very first day I required to attend a safety class before entering to the human

resource department which is also known as personnel& administration

department. The next day a short meeting with the personnel officer took place and

in the coming days I got assigned to work under different sub section of the

department. I have tried to integrate my theoretical knowledge of HR and combine

it with practical examples as observed during my internship. I have gathered some

valuable practical experience within the short course of time.

The nature of work varies from basic level to mid-level such as:

 Check in attendance register

 Assisting the officer to prepare memos, notice

 Attending the office call and mail and notifying the officials

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 Assisting the superior and subordinate in personnel and administration

department to perform a variety of task.

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 Log book details on daily basis

DAY WORK DONE

02-05-2019 Company guide give a class about the organization and the working

Of the firm and rules and regulation of the firm and introduced

Staff of the firm.

03-05-2019 Today I visited to the production department. And learned about the

different production procedure

06-05-2019 Today also I visited to the production department.

07-05-2019 Today the company guide gives more detail about the organization.

08-05-2019 Today I went to the various department of the organization.

09-05-2019 Today I went to the HR department.

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10-05-2019 Today also I went to the HR department.

13-05-2019 Today I went to the quality control department.

14-05-2019 Today I help to load the pipes using the crane.

15-05-2019 Today also I went to the quality control department.

16-05-2019 Today I visited to the storage department.

17-05-2019 Today also I visited to the storage department.

20-05-2019 Today I learned about the market condition of the organization.

21-05-2019 Today I went to the purchase department.

Today I went to the marketing storage and learned about the order

22-05-2019 collection and dispatch of production to distribution.

23-05-2019 Today also I went the marketing storage and learned about the order

Collection and dispatch of production to distribution

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24-05-2019 Today also learned about the market condition of organization.

27-05-2019 Today also I help to load the pipe using the crane.

28-05-2019 Today also I went to the production department.

29-05-2019 Today also I went to the various department of the organization.

30-05-2019 Last day of my internship at ASWATHY PIPES PVT.LTD. I visited

the general manager.

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An Average day work

The interns are required to complete four works of work experience as a part of the

source curriculum. The work experience was from 02 may2019 to 30may2019.

The working hour of ASWATHY PIPES PVT.LTD ANAYADI is from 8AM to

5.30PM.since my working hours were from 9.30AM to 12.30pm. I spent the whole

working hours there and I assigned to do different work. Also i went for a site visit.

In total out of 30 days, 21 days were working and 9days were holiday.

Target v/s achievement

The objective of my study was to understand the functioning of an organization

and to learn how the business processes are carried out there. By the study I could

get a clear how they effectively utilize their resources to achieve their target on

timely manner on the set budget.

During the work experience period they gave me work such as to prepare

quotation, monthly report etc. I had completed all the work on time.

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LEARNING SUMMARIZATION& CONCLUSION

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LEARNING SUMMARISATION

The very first day of my work experience was with a welcoming attitude of the

employee of ASWATHY PIPES. It was their keen help possible for me to

complete my work in great success.

Every activity that performed in the company was the learning process. For each

task assigned to me there were the changes of learning new thing. The thirty days

provided as a part of curriculum. Give me an experience to know various aspects

of the organization. These days which was given to me I could in detail understand

that theoretically what I learned to an extended can be made practically in the

human relation. I came to know about the importance of human resource and its

scope in the organization. As an intern though I had limited space to work. I still

managed to grab plentiful of experiences. As the given time was not at all

preferable to cope with the working system. It was much more adequate to well

and understand about the working system.

Aswathy pipes has offered me the pathway to understand and to get in terms be

knowledge to a very new aspect apart from my academic knowledge. Each day

from day one to very last day the organization has offered me a very great hand in

getting to know the duties, roles, function of an employee in an organization.

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CONCLUSION

In order to conclude over the internship programme it was an out most experience

that would be given to student. I made my maximum available source to utilize

every help and chance. I could prove capable of myself, proving that I willing and

capable to do the work assigned to me. For the work experience was successful to

me only with the help of pleasant atmosphere and welcoming approach of the

employee at ASWATHY PIPES. I could in brief conclude that every opportunity

given to me was an accountable experience that would be cherished as a lesson to

my future Endeavour.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Company record and manuals

Aswathy pipes brochure

Apex manual and department procedure of Aswathy pipes

http://www.aswathyspunpipes.com

http://www.wikipedia.org

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