Pearls of Wisdom – From the Pages of Guru’s Diary
A meeting was under way in conference room with an air of tension flowing across the space. Why not?
It was manufacturing HSE meeting where site wide incidents related process upsets were being
discussed. Chairperson had been grilling the presenters with probing questions, after all the meeting was
about plant and personnel safety.
While the meeting was being concluded, our “Operations Guru” shared his thoughts based on three
decades of his experience as a Plant Operations professional. Mudassar Y. Rathore (known as Rathore
Sahab) has spent his whole career implementing, strategizing and coaching methods known in today’s
world as “Operational Excellence” aka OPEX.
Considering it the right time to pass on the torch to the upcoming generation, Mudassar conducted a few
sessions with the upcoming generation of professionals. The sessions were simple, thought provoking
and full of operational wisdom as the presenter summarized his lifelong experience in mere 90 minutes.
He talked about simple professional values, implementation of which would help us achieve “Operational
Excellence” in its true sense.
These inspiring sessions have been a true depiction of how a chemical manufacturing site should
behave if the personnel working in it expect to have a trouble fee and safe run for the upcoming era
when business scenarios become more challenging.
Uneeb Ullah
‘Mens sana in corpore sano’
The importance of this Latin phase, which
translates as ‘A healthy mind is found in a healthy
body’, cannot be over emphasized. The brilliant
minds and creative little angels of Sahara School
had no proper playing area. Sahara Welfare Society
took the initiative of adding land to the school
existing facility and converted it into a playing area.
Different sets of swings added to the place have
just changed the colors of it. Previously, where there
was a barren patch is now the place where there is
the sound of students laughing, running around and
playing on ‘their’ swings. Rows of students can be
seen standing in ques to take the slide, whilst at the
other end, once can see them going round and
round on the Mary Go Round. The little lessons and
memories created from these moments in the
playground would help them a long way in their
lives.