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STL won the Golden Peacock National Quality Award for quality excellence, at the Golden Peacocks Awards Presentation Ceremony held on April 18, in Dubai.

STL has undertaken significant initiatives to enhance governance and sustainability practices to set new benchmarks, in the Quality Management space. The company went beyond the statutory, ethical, and sustainable compliance requirements to achieve high standards of customer satisfaction and corporate excellence.

STL has been recognized for it significant risk management strategies and sustainability practices which are embedded into its operations and decision-making processes, leading to improved performance.

At the recently concluded Marketing Innovation Conclave & Awards ceremony in Bangalore, LK Pathak, Head of Media Relations, STL, was presented with “Enterprise IT World 100 Best Marketing Minds of India 2018” award

STL won the Forbes China award in the category ’20 most successful Indian companies in China’, at the 2018 Forbes China Innovation Summit, held in ChengDu, on 15 August. A list of 20 Indian companies successful in China was published, recognizing the contributions by these companies to the Chinese market.

STL is one of the Indian companies in China that has achieved a commendable level of quality and innovation, and is adding significant value. Several other Indian companies are experiencing major turnover growth, and progress such as 80% business profit. Factors such as employment, investment, influence and market share, have been playing a pivotal role in the advancement of these companies. Such developments are solidifying the foundation that STL and other Indian companies have been laying in China.

With over 120 Indian companies having already established their presence in the Chinese market, growth and opportunities for upcoming Indian enterprises are clearly going to be on the rise, in the near future.

At the recently conducted ‘LinkedIn Content 50’ powered by Paul Writer, Alok Chander – Head of Marketing, STL, was presented with the “Top 50 Desi Content Marketers” award. The event was held to felicitate marketing professionals who have made significant contributions through several marketing campaigns on the basis of their creativity, targeting, effectiveness, execution, and innovation.

STL’s webinar campaign led by Alok Chander, particularly received recognition, as it has been strengthening the company’s position as a key thought leader in the industry.

At the recently held My India WiFi India Summit 2018 in New Delhi, STL and BSNL were declared joint winners of the “Best Wi-Fi Monetisation Solution” award.

BSNL has deployed STL’s next-generation Wi-Fi Monetisation and Service Management Platform (SMP) in its network as a core solution which handles traffic from multiple access points. This integrated platform supports guest subscribers from public Wi-Fi hotspots, mobile data offload for BSNL’s existing packet core subscribers, and provides the mobile wireless broadband alternative for BSNL’s existing wireline subscribers.

STL’s unique SMP allows BSNL to leverage carrier Wi-Fi as an integral part of their heterogeneous network services to improve spectral efficiency, offer bundled plans; earn profitability, and deliver a high-quality user experience.

Making a difference to lives of citizens, this cloud-ready SMP also enables operators to tap new revenue opportunities with innovative offerings for different business verticals such as public venues, enterprises, residences, hospitality, municipalities, stadiums, universities, malls etc.

STL won the “Best-In-Class Cross-Functional Teamwork Project” award, at the 12th edition of the Express Logistics and Supply Chain Conclave, held on October 4, 2018, in Mumbai.

For a particular raw material, the entire cabling industry was dependent on foreign imports owing to the absence of Indian suppliers, low availability and high TCO. The objective of the project was to re-engineer the recipe and process for this key raw material, utilising only Indian resources, ensuring zero investment, timely delivery, and high quality of performance.

STL’s supply chain team led the initiative with the specific PDCA approach. A cross-functional team consisting of internal departments like Quality, Design, Production, Process; external team 3 suppliers, and Subject Matter Experts. The teams utilized the Stage-gate model, brainstorming approaches, Ishikawa diagrams, root cause analysis, and multi-stage trials during the project. The biggest challenge was keeping performance consistency despite parameters changes, as all the steps in the overall process were interlinked. However, with persistence, the team could eventually achieve their goal with complete precision.

The successful outcome of these efforts has now led to the high quality manufacturing of the raw material within national boundaries with abundant supply, and an end to the monopoly of foreign suppliers. Reduction of time and elimination of custom-duty are further added advantages.

On 25th October at The Taj Mahal Hotel, New Delhi, Amit Deshpande, Company Secretary & Corporate General Counsel at STL, was inducted into the Top 100 General Counsel Powerlist – India 2018 by Legal 500. This was no easy feat as the evaluation involved a comprehensive research process which ran over months and included various intricate elements.

Amit, a senior legal professional with over 15 years of experience in areas such as Corporate Law, M&A, corporate restructuring, legal due diligence and more, has played crucial roles, spearheading acquisitions, demergers, dispute settlements, and onboardings of new investors. At STL, Amit is instrumental in driving secretarial, corporate legal, ethics and compliance initiatives, among various others.

The industry has recognized the significance of Amit’s contributions over the years, and has inducting him into the prestigious league of Top 100 legal professionals in India.

Demonstrating exceptional hold in the supply chain, logistics & procurement space, STL bagged the ELSC Supply Chain Collaboration award. The ceremony took place at the CPO Forum on October 25, at Novotel Mumbai.

The company received this recognition for its innovation and excellence demonstrated through collaboration with internal and external partners.

In addition, the company’s contributions were also recognised giants such as Capgemini and Mahindra & Mahindra, from the IT and automobile worls respectively.

STL won CSR project of the year award for women empowerment programme

Received platinum award for Rakholi plant

Received gold award for Dadra plant

The Jury Commendation Award was won by STL at the 16th FICCI CSR Awards, for large-scale impact in water management in the drought-hit Aurangabad region. It’s Project Jaldoot has resulted in a 150 per cent increase in Aurangabad’s water-storage capacity. Through this initiative, 22 check dams were constructed in 16 villages, along with strategic focus on dam structures and water management, for long-term impact.

Between 2016 – 2017, Project Jaldoot brought about an increase of 644,000 cubic metre of groundwater in eight villages, directly benefiting 14,000 villagers. The project has resulted in over 6,000 villagers accessing clean drinking water and 20 per cent increase in the average incomes in these villages, leading to transformational changes in the everyday living experiences of the people, while ensuring security of livelihoods and significant economic growth.