Celebrations galore at India Inc.

This Diwali, India Inc made sure their employees celebrated the festive times with much meaning and cheer. Newsindia tells you how they did it like never before.

Cash, contests and celebrations
This year, British Telecom celebrated Diwali with a special theme of CASH – celebration, affection, smiles and health. The celebrations bundled with games, ethnic dress contests, creative office decorations and loads of special prizes made the work place more lively, personal and engaging for our employees. They also celebrated an entire day as ‘Affection Day' at BT when everyone on the floor appreciated the work of their peers/managers and expressed their gratitude. Employees were encouraged to do cross-functional appreciation by appreciating the work of other teams. Employees also showed affection to each other by presenting flash cards as per the category of recognition.

Traditional celebrations
Ingersoll Rand conducted a special Lakshmi Puja in the office and along with various games and competitions employees took time out to decorate their desks with colours and diyas. The best-decorated workstation won a prize. To help make a special Diwali for the less fortunate, they went a step further and tied up with a local NGO. The NGO setup its stall in the office and sold innovative items made by inmates of Tihar Jail. Employees enjoyed their shopping spree, getting to choose from crochet bags, purses, mobile covers, Leather woven visiting card holders, jewellry boxes etc. The money collected from the sale of the items went to the Children of Vulnerable Societies (children of the inmates studying in government / mcd schools).

The magic of cinema
Uninor organised a film festival this Diwali, wherein screening of different popular films for all employees at the corporate office was done. In addition to this, we gave out Diwali gift cards to all our on-and-off role employees. With this, was a personal thank you card from the MD, which was developed together with Literacy India, our NGO partner. We also sent out handmade items from Literacy India as gifts to all employees and partners.

Spirit of celebrations
The festive celebrations at Deloitte commenced with partnering with several NGOs like Khushi, Himjoli, Arunim, Hope Worldwide India and Calcutta Marudyan by encouraging our people to buy goods manufactured by these NGOs. As an organisation, we distributed gifts and sweets to all our colleagues. To enable our colleagues and their families to bond with each other, we organised events, which brought out the best in them. We organised team competitions for our people. This year, we also explored organising events for family members. We had team competitions for our employees' spouses as well as for their children. We encouraged our people to sell whatever they want to and contribute the sales proceeds towards charity.

Joys of serving
Since Convergys is celebrating ten years of successful operations in India in the month of October, 2011, Diwali was a time for celebration, recognition and fun at work. We also celebrated the ‘customer service week', a global initiative to acknowledge the contribution of our employees who we recognise and reward as ‘customer service idols'. During the Diwali week, Convergys organised themed skits to portray unique customer service skills that fetch us greater customer satisfaction scores. Convergys decided to make a contribution to the Blind School at Maneswar during the 10-year celebrations as a part of its CAN initiatives.