Godrej Appliances inaugurates 29th Godrej Disha Excellence Center.

CineBuster Online | Updated — Fri, 12 Mar 2021 16:02:04 +0000

Godrej & Boyce, the flagship company of the Godrej group today announced that its business unit Godrej Appliances, India’s leading home appliance manufacturer, has opened its 29th Excellence Centre for technical training in the city of Goa, in association with Montfort Academy, working relentlessly towards its commitment to empowering rural youth by training them with quality technical skills and job-oriented trades. The excellence center is part of the ongoing ‘Godrej Disha’ initiative – the vocational training program of the group -and aims at improving lives of India’s underprivileged youth by training them in skilled employment, in line with the Government’s National Skill Development Mission.

Montfort Academy is a premier education institute, with 23 years of academic excellence with distinctive academic profile. The new centre will conduct training programs for college students, underprivileged youth in Goa, apart from Godrej Appliances’ ASP technicians. The training programs ranges from 15 days to 3 months duration and are designed to impart know how on repairing of refrigerator, washing machine, microwave oven and air conditioner.

Hon’ble Chief Minister of Goa, Shri Pramod Sawant, inaugurated the new excellence centre in the presence of Mr. Gregory K. Paulose, Regional Service Manager, Godrej Appliances along with Fr. Roland Coelho SJ, Provincial Supervisor, Montfort Academy. In addition to the content and curriculum for the training, the excellence centre will receive support in terms of tools, equipment, spare parts and products from Godrej Appliances.

As per the India Skill Report 2021, employability of the youth in India has decreased from 47.38% in 2019 to 45.9% in 2021. The 2019 edition of ISR suggests that only 29.46% of ITI graduates are employable. Through Godrej Disha, Godrej Appliances is trying to address this skill gap by providing high-quality vocational training in collaboration with renowned training institutes that will allow our underprivileged youth to be employable as appliance service technicians.

Speaking on this occasion, Mr. Ravi Bhat, National Head – Service, Godrej Appliances said, “Our industry is undergoing significant changes in technology and customer expectation has been climbing up. Hence the demand for skilled technicians will increase proportionately. The on-going pandemic has also impacted the employment opportunities across the nation for the past year. As a responsible corporate, we introduced these affiliated programs focused on building employability and help instil an entrepreneurial spirit among the trainees. We are elated to share that we have successfully added over 65,000 skilled youth to the appliance industry by 2020. Our Disha initiative strives towards bridging the employability gap, by specifically targeting the underprivileged youth.”

Fr. Roland Coelho SJ, Provincial Supervisor, Montfort Academy further added, “Equipping the youth with skills that can help them become employable is a high priority in our country. We are privileged to be associated with a trusted brand as Godrej. Apart from our students, the partnership will immensely benefit the economically weaker and socially disadvantaged youth and empower them through the acquisition of skills relevant to the industry, leading to employment, entrepreneurship or community enterprise.”

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With advanced vaccine cold storage technology, Godrej & Boyce makes India ‘Atmanirbhar’!

CineBuster Online | Updated — Tue, 09 Feb 2021 17:45:53 +0000

Godrej & Boyce, the flagship company of the Godrej Group, has been contributing to making India self-reliant since its inception. Taking a step further towards building the nation’s healthcare infrastructure, Godrej & Boyce through its business unit Godrej Appliances, has been partnering the ongoing Covid vaccination drive in India through its advanced, made in India, medical refrigeration solutions which safeguard the sensitive vaccines at just the right temperature. Today, it added state of art ultra-low temperature freezers to its portfolio, strengthening the vaccine cold chain further. These advanced medical freezers can preserve life-saving medical supplies including critical vaccines below -80°C and are aimed at boosting both Indian and global medical cold chain.

Godrej Appliances is currently deploying vaccine refrigerators which maintain a precise temperature of 2 to 8°C to store the highly temperature sensitive Covaxin and CoviShield vaccines being administered in India, as part of the national tender it received in October 2020. Medical Freezers which maintain -20°C are also being deployed for diluents and ice packs needed for the last mile delivery in the Covid vaccination drive. The vaccines run the risk of damage if they are subjected to fluctuations beyond the specified temperature band, leading to both health and economic implications.

The ultra low temperature freezers are a new addition to this portfolio and are particularly suited to mRNA based vaccines which are being deployed in other countries currently. The mRNA-based Covid 19 vaccines are extremely temperature-sensitive as well and must be stored at very cold temperatures. mRNA is constantly at risk of being destroyed by other molecules in the environment. Although manufacturers of the vaccines have made chemical changes to the synthetic mRNA and wrapped it in a protective layer, they need to be stored at temperatures as low as below -80°C, to prevent wastage of vaccines, which has a direct implication on human health. Hence, any wastage or inefficiency in the vaccination process due to logistical issues related to cold chain must be avoided.

The operating principle for the Godrej Ultra Low Temperature freezer is a cascading system having a PHE (Plate heat exchanger) as a heat exchanger between the primary and the secondary system. This lowers the standing pressure of the secondary system leading to lowering of temperature. Additionally, Godrej Ultra Low Temperature Freezers have inbuilt safety systems with alarms to protect secondary compressor in case of unlikely pressure build up. Features like (a) 2 step sealing & Internal separate doors to help avoid temperature ingress and (b) Oil recovery for secondary system for long running, boost the overall efficiency of the unit during operation. Furthermore, back-up systems like Liquid CO2 or Liquid NO2 ensure safety of stock stored, by maintaining a stable temperature for over 48 hours, in case of a power outage or an unlikely system failure.

The current capacity for Ultra Low Temperature Freezers is 12,000 units per annum, which Godrej Appliances is working towards quickly ramping up to 30,000 units per annum, to meet the growing global demand.

Godrej Appliances is also exploring other ways to assist in the next phase of vaccine deployment till the last mile. It has successfully piloted a mobile clinic in rural Maharashtra, running an ambulance equipped with a vaccine refrigerator, without connecting it to a power source for three days. The temperature was monitored every 2 hours and met the required temperature norms. As India accelerates the pace of vaccinations, more agile remote deployment may hold the key to success.

Godrej & Boyce has been committed to serving the country especially in the trying pandemic times, through its diverse offerings – be it through medical components – Hospital Bed Actuators and Electro-magnetic valves for ventilators, or through disinfectant devices aimed at keeping the population safer at home, or setting up socially distant offices to keep people safe at work; and is proud to serve not just the country but the world with Made in India medical refrigerators, freezers and ultra-low temperature freezers, at a time when they are most needed.

Commenting on the recent developments, Mr. Jamshyd Godrej, Chairman and Managing Director, Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Company Ltd. said, “Depth of coverage and sustenance of Covid-19 vaccination drive will be key to ward off further spread of the pandemic. Today, nations across the globe are facing challenges in running effective covid-19 vaccination programs. Inadequate cold chain equipment is one of the key challenges, which can lead to inefficacy of the vaccines and cost human health. With Godrej’s decades of expertise in refrigeration technology, the brand offers a range of advanced cold storage solutions for vaccines and life-saving supplies that can help governments across the world in their fight against the covid-19. This pandemic has underscored the need to be future ready when it comes to vaccine cold chain infrastructure. As a group we are constantly transforming to get newer technologies and partner to make the nation self-reliant. Our latest offering of Ultra Low Temperature Freezers will help make India more ready for vaccines of the future as well. This endeavor also brings alive our ethos of Made in India for the World.”

Commenting on these developments, Mr. Kamal Nandi, Business Head and Executive Vice President, Godrej Appliances said, “We are glad that we have been able to apply our refrigeration expertise in developing a strong vaccine cold chain in India at a critical time. Our medical refrigerators and medical freezers deliver the precise cooling temperature of 2°C – 8°C and -20°C respectively, needed for the vaccines being administered by India currently. Now, with our newly launched range of advanced ultra-low temperature freezers, which can provide a temperature of below -80°C, India will also have the storage solutions readily available, for other Covid-19 vaccines being deployed across the world. We are partnering with various stakeholders in strengthening the healthcare cold chain and aiming to assist in other potential vaccine roll out challenges – like through mobile clinics for last mile vaccine deployment in remote areas, for the next phase of Covid-19 vaccine inoculation.”

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Godrej Appliances inaugurates 29th Godrej Disha Excellence Center.

With advanced vaccine cold storage technology, Godrej & Boyce makes India ‘Atmanirbhar’!