GVK BIAL celebrated excellence in collaboration with the airport community with the second edition of the Pinnacle Awards – a platform that acknowledges and recognizes star performances amongst the various airport stakeholders in several capacities. The award ceremony was presided over by

Mr G V Sanjay Reddy, MD-GVK BIAL and attended by the senior management of the airport, partners and concessionaires. GVK KIA has clocked 15.4 million passengers in FY 2014-15 and has now established itself as South India’s busiest and India’s third largest airport. Amongst the many awards announced, Indigo was awarded the Domestic Airline of the Year while Emirates won the International Airline of the Year second time in a row.

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Winners at BIAL Pinnacle Awards 2015

GVK KIA celebrated its seventh anniversary in May with a cake cutting ceremony and a special

lunch for its employees. On this momentous occasion, Mr G V Sanjay Reddy, MD-GVK BIAL congratulated the employees for their hard work

and encouraged them for success in future.

GVK KIA turns seven

GVK KIA employees during the 7th anniversary celebrations

Performances at BIAL Pinnacle Awards 2015

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Sustainability remains a constant in all of GVK’s projects and initiatives. All projects at GVK conform to the international norms of sustainable development. On World Environment Day, GVK employees across locations

participated in various activities to promote environment friendly practices.

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GVK CSIA in collaboration with Ela Foundation, Pune conducted the first-of-its- kind National

Conference on Wildlife Hazard Management in Aviation. The large gathering involved participation from all the leading private airports, AAI, DGCA, leading carriers, academicians to name a few. The conference covered a wide range of very interesting and important issues related to Wildlife Hazard Management and particularly those related to bird hits and passenger safety.

A mock counter terrorist exercise was conducted by CISF at GVK CSIA in coordination with the Mumbai Police. The aim of the exercise was to create awareness among all relevant stakeholders about the processes and respective functions to be owned up in a real-life situation. The exercise

was conducted for about two hours and was concluded by a de-briefing chaired by the Commandant, CISF.

GVK CSIA conducts conference on Wildlife Hazard Management in Aviation

Mock counter terrorist exercise at GVK CSIA

National Conference on Wildlife Hazard Management in Aviation

The GVK Lounge at GVK CSIA, T2 has been nominated in the category of Asia’s Leading Airport Lounges for the World

Travel Awards 2015. The World Travel Awards was established in 1993 to acknowledge, reward and celebrate excellence across all sectors of the tourism industry.

GVK Lounge nominated for the World Travel Awards 2015

GVK Lounge at GVK CSIA, T2

Mock counter terrorist exercise at GVK CSIA

Budding tennis player Yadlapalli Pranjala is now ranked 19 which is the highest rank ever achieved by an Indian in the ITF

juniors’ circuit. Congratulating Pranjala on her achievement, our Founder Chairman & Managing Director Dr GVK Reddy said, “Pranjala has become the pride of the country and GVK Tennis Academy has again produced a budding champion. The tennis player has the potential to bring laurels to the nation and fulfilling her dream of playing a Grand Slam and becoming number 1 in the world one day.”

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GVK KIA welcomed the arrival of AirAsia India’s fourth A320 - The Pioneer that has a livery dedicated to JRD Tata with the largest Fire Truck Water Arch (FTWA) ever created that measured at 74.44 metres high. This FTWA is exactly the same height as the

Taj Mahal. A special award dedicated to GVK KIA’s Taj Mahal FTWA has been created by anna.aero.

GVK KIA also welcomed the Malaysian Airlines MASKargo’s first freighter with a traditional water canon salute. With a cargo capacity of 60 tonnes per sector, this freighter has a weekly flight from KIA, Bengaluru.

GVK KIA creates record for largest Fire Truck Water Arch

GVK CSIA distributed 100 solar-powered LED lamps to the tribal inhabitants residing at the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP). The initiative will immensely help the tribals, who ironically, even though residing in such close proximity to a metro city like Mumbai, never had access to electricity till date. This initiative

would enable children to study even after dusk and allow inhabitants to keep away from wild animals.

GVK CSIA distributes solar lamps

GVK CSIA conducted a mock anti-hijack exercise

that was chaired by Addl. Chief Secretary (Home) who is also the Chairman of Aerodrome Committee.

The mock exercise was conducted with a combined effort of various concerned stake holders within their defined roles and responsibilities.

Mock anti-hijack exercise at GVK CSIA

Solar LED lamps being distributed by GVK CSIA to the tribals at SGNP

Historical water arch by GVK KIAAir Asia’s flight-The Pioneer

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GVK Australia has announced its plan to boost regional jobs in the operational workforce of

its planned Galilee Basin mining operations in Central Queensland, Australia. This involves adopting bus-in/bus-out services stretching over 300 kilometres throughout Central Queensland to create sustained, long-term employment throughout the region.

GVK BIAL hosted the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce that visited the airport as part of their overall understanding of the Export

Infrastructure in lndia and performance of Coffee Sector. This visit was part of their trip that also included Chikmangalur and Hyderabad and was led by Raj Andrade and Lokesh Matta from BDMS-Airline Marketing team.

GVK Ngurah Rai Airport, Bali has been rated sixth in the list of Top 10 Fastest WiFi Airports

Worldwide released by Rotten WiFi. The airport provides a download speed of 16.01 megabytes per second (Mbps), faster than Taiwan’s Kaohsiung International Airport, Stockholm Arlanda Airport in Sweden, George Bush International Airport in the US and Frankfurt Airport in Germany.

Suvarnabhumi Airport in Thailand is ranked first with a download speed connection of 41.45 Mbps, followed by Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport in the US and Dublin Airport with speeds of 30.98 Mbps and 19.45 Mbps, respectively.

GVK Australia aims to boost regional employment

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Taj Banjara employees thoroughly enjoyed the mela celebrations within the hotel premises. A lot of games and fun activities were conducted which included coin in

the bowl, ring the gift and darts. The winners received attractive gifts.

Mela at Taj Banjara

Tollywood superstar, Mr Rajnikanth and famous music composer, Mr Ilayaraja stayed at Taj Banjara on separate

occasions. Known for their courteous and polite nature, they obliged the staff and guests with autographs and photographs. The guests

and hotel staff were enthralled to see their superstar in the hotel premises.

Stars stay at Taj Banjara

Around 50 participants from different departments at Taj Deccan

enjoyed a week long carrom tournament.

Mr Vinay Deep – Finance Department emerged as the

winner while Mr Kumar – Florist, bagged the runners-up trophy.

Carrom tournament at Taj

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Employees enjoying the carrom tournament

Vivanta by Taj in association with Vasan Dental Care conducted a

free one-day dental check-up that saw active participation from many

employees.

Vivanta by Taj conducts dental check-up

Dental check-up camp at Vivanta by Taj

Mr Rajnikanth at Taj Banjara Mr Ilayaraja at Taj Banjara

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Taj Banjara conducted an employee engagement activity which included a game of bowling and attracted huge participation. The game was played with a twist where they had to put the ball into the glasses kept at a distance. The participants enjoyed the game while the audience relished the snacks and

cheered their respective players.

Employee engagement activity at Taj Banjara

Winner : Kuldeep 1st Runner-up : Anoop 2nd Runner-up : Titli Ghosh

Vivanta by Taj conducted a Karaoke Gig – An exclusive Joy @Work initiative for its employees. This vocal extravaganza attracted all passionate and budding singers from various departments who enthralled the audience by belting out their favourite numbers from the Bollywood

and English Rock Music. A poster campaign was also conducted a week prior to create awareness among all associates for maximum participation.

Vivanta by Taj employees perform at Rock the Mic

Taj Banjara conducted the blood donation camp in association with the Red Cross Society. The staff participated whole-heartedly towards this noble cause.

Taj Banjara conducts blood donation camp

Taj Banjara employees at the blood donation camp

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This year’s Summer Fest (16 May-14 June) at GVK ONE was based on the interesting Circus Carnival theme. The beautifully decorated

mall premises attracted a huge footfall that comprised visitors of all ages. The 3D elements like Trapeze act, Ring Masters, Jokers and colourful drapes perfectly complemented the circus theme and added the wow factor to the decor. The kids enjoyed a wide range of activities with their parents like Magic Show, Jugglery, Hot Wheels car race, Puzzle solving, Caricature and many more. The participating kids were duly rewarded with gift vouchers from mall partners.

Summer Fest at GVK ONE

Deoli-Kota Expressway Project readies for commissioning

Completed tunnel Aerial view of the road

GVK BIO has partnered with Medivir AB, a research based pharmaceutical company with focus on infectious diseases and oncology.The association aims to enhance efficiency and quality within its portfolio of research

projects while reducing overall research costs and enhancing future cost flexibility over time.

GVK BIO partnerswith Medivir AB

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GVK EMRI’s commitment towards better emergency response services has prompted the announcement of fulltime Advanced Post

Graduate Diploma in Emergency Care at its Hyderabad centre. The course is affiliated to Osmania University, Hyderabad and prepared with the help of Stanford School of Medicine, USA and GVK EMRI.

GVK EMRI-Tamil Nadu conducted a one-day blood donation camp to help volunteers contribute towards saving lives. A total of 75 units of blood were collected and

donated to the Government Medical College Hospital.

GVK EMRI to conduct Advanced Post Graduate Diploma Course

GVK EMRI-Tamil Nadu conducts blood donation camp

GVK EMRI Pilots felicitated

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World Blood Donor Day helps raise awareness about the need for safe blood donation (including its products) voluntarily and unpaid by the healthy person. Transfusion

of blood and blood products helps save millions of lives every year. It can help patients suffering from

life-threatening conditions live longer and with better quality of life, and supports complex medical and surgical

procedures.

International Yoga Day, Father’s Day and World Music Day (21 June)

The United Nations has declared 21 June as the International Yoga Day, recognising the ancient Indian

science’s “holistic approach to health and well-being.” As many as 192 countries usher in this day with some deep

breathing and coordinated movements.

Father’s Day is celebrated worldwide to recognize the contribution that fathers and father figures make to the lives of their children. This day celebrates fatherhood and male

parenting.

World Music Day is an annual event held on 21 June in 120 countries across the globe. The World Music Day was kick started in 1982 in France and was made popular as Fete de la Musique (festival of music) by the then French Minister of

Culture, Jack Lang.

World Milk Day (1 June)

World Blood Donor Day (14 June)

Milk is an important part of a healthy balanced diet and World Milk Day provides the perfect

opportunity to spread the word. Milk is an essential component of one’s diet. The world’s largest exporters of milk and dairy products are

the member states of the European Union, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand. Events and activities held on the occasion are

organized by health and agricultural organizations, milk producers, etc.

Significant Days of the Month

World Environment Day (5 June)

World Environment Day (WED) is the United Nations’ principal vehicle for encouraging worldwide

awareness and action for the environment. Over the years it has grown to be a broad, global platform

for public outreach that is widely celebrated by stakeholders in over 100 countries. It also serves as the ‘people’s day’ for doing something positive for the environment, galvanizing individual actions into a collective power that generates an exponential

positive impact on the planet.

World Oceans Day is celebrated each year to

highlight the significance of the oceans for the existence of the ecosystem. It is one of the lungs of our planet, providing most of the oxygen that we breathe. This day provides an opportunity to raise awareness about the impact of human actions on the ocean; and to mobilize and unite the world behind a project of sustainable global ocean management.

World Oceans Day (8 June)