Every RedAlkemist is excited and talking about it almost daily. It’s the topic of discussion during lunch as well as evening tea breaks. It’s none other than the RedAlkemi’s own branded t-shirts.
Black background and rubber imprint of RedAlkemi logo in front looks stylish yet elegant. The shirt brings a sense of uniformity among team members. It adds to the professionalism as well across the board and there is obvious increased productivity.
Friday has been decided as RedAlkemi t-shirts day.
The RedAlkemi t-shirts have been designed keeping into mind the different styles for girls as well for boys. T-shirt for girls is V- neck and for boys is round neck.
We have already worn it the last Friday and again waiting for the next Friday!
On 6th May 2010 we had our first ADOPT Review Meeting. It was time to share one month’s progress of the program with all RedAlkemists. Just to give you a brief in case you missed our earlier post on ADOPT. This is a company wide initiative to promote 460 directories through various promotional means by staff members.The ADOPT results were very interesting. A total of 16 RedAlkemists managed to promote 25 websites and increased their Page Rank! Each RedAlkemist takes away a 1000 reward points each time they hit a PR increase.The Review Meeting took place at Entertainment Center. The COO, Ms. Anuja Lath gave these rewards to all the winners in front of whole staff. The winners shared with everyone what strategies they adopted to promote their respective websites.
RedAlkemi conducts recruitment drive in Chandigarh Group Of Colleges, Landran and Dev Bhoomi Group of Institutes, Dehradun.
Chandigarh Group of Colleges organized two-day job fest- Udaan wherein all the big companies related to Telecom, IT, Banking and FMCG participated. This recruitment drive was for MCA and MBA students. Students throng the place in thousands. Since the students were too many and the time was less our team of recruiters did the initial bit of shortlisting.
We also conducted recruitment for Dev Bhoomi Group of Institutes, Dehradun. This recruitment drive was basically for B.tech students. Before starting the recruitment process, our recruitment team briefed all the students about the company and the profile. The interview process consisted of two rounds, one written test and other was personal interview. Overall experience was good and the college management was very supportive.
RedAlkemi shall continue to conduct such recruitment drives in near future as well.
RedAlkemi received an extension of ISO 9001:2008 certification for Internet Online Marketing Services for the next three years.
RedAlkemi underwent a comprehensive external audit by a third party, The Moody International. The Moody International Group is a worldwide technical services organization that provides management system certification along with various other services on a local basis.
Two representatives from their organization conducted the whole audit. The audit was completed in two days and covered all the divisions across the board.
Alignment of our processes and systems to ISO norms, well maintained processes and customer-focused approach were instrumental in the extension of the ISO certification for RedAlkemi.
Through RedAlkemi’s Quality Policy, we have always committed ourselves to delivering high quality solutions to our customers, which fulfill their business needs, while nurturing a long-term partnership and enhancing their customer experience.
We aspire to achieve these objectives by inculcating an environment within our company & our people, towards customer focus, quality awareness and by fostering learning, knowledge-sharing, mentoring, improving our processes, adapting new technologies and building trust through transparency and mutual respect.
We further commit ourselves to be a socially responsible company and fulfill our obligations towards the expectations of our external stakeholders.
HR Team, RedAlkemi conducts one day placement drive at Doaba Business School, one of the venture of Doaba Group of Colleges near Chandigarh. The drive was mainly for MBA Marketing students (June 2010 pass out batch) for Business Analysts profile. After briefing the students about the company and the profile, we started with our interview process.
The interview process consisted of two rounds, one written test and the other was one to one interview with those candidates who passes the written test.
The written test was of 30 minutes duration followed by personal interviews wherein the knowledge, attitude, confidence of a student is evaluated and considered thereafter.
It was overall a nice experience and their training placement officer, Mr. Harpreet managed the whole event really well.
To celebrate the joy of achieving the overall company target for the month of March 2010, RA organized a dance party for its whole staff. The party was organized at the company’s official party center – EC, that is Entertainment Center on 9th April 2010, Friday. It started at around 7:00 pm and came to full swing at around 8:00 pm with gals and guys hitting Dance floor and grooving to latest Hindi and Punjabi tracks. Drinks and snacks were on the house.
Everyone had a really good time and have started working hard once again to get their next party soon
Recently we started Team Building Activities for RedAlkemi employees. As always wanting to have fun and break out from the routine work pressure & stress. It has been quite refreshing for all of us here. We have always believed in learning and if it is through various activities it is all the more better.
This instills a lot of confidence in employees to learn and experience whatever they want to learn under the roof of RA.
With the help of our experienced trainer we play different games like save an egg, cricket, drawing competition between the teams and many more…all with the idea of learning something in the end and become stronger as a team.
Along with other trainings, team building activity is conducted on alternate days as a regular exercise. TBA also helps to motivate our employees to contribute on a larger scale and help RA to have a better workplace.
The March Supplement of India Today’s Simply Punjabi featured our very own COO- Anuja Lath, on the cover as one of the top businesswomen in Punjab. Arvind Chhabra interviewed Anuja, as well as two other woman entrepreneurs for a quick look into their work, and personal, lives.
The cover story is dedicated to businesswomen in Punjab who have the grit and determination to think, create, imagine and take the road less traveled in order to reach the upper echelons of the business world.
Come December and there is this party feeling all around. We at RedAlkemi had enough reasons too as our Co-Founder and COO of RedAlkemi, Ms. Anuja Lath had been honored with the Award of Excellence as the “Woman Entrepreneur of the Year” for the year 2008-2009 by Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) and it was Christmas round the corner also. We the HR organized this great party at The Gravity… a cool discotheque near office to party all evening.
The party started at around 7pm and came to full swing at around 8pm with the beautifully dressed girls and handsome looking boys hitting the dance floor with full energy. The DJ rocked the party with his latest bollywood and Punjabi numbers. Each and every person was enjoying the party to the core. There were drinks, snacks and dinner on the house. We danced the whole evening sweating without a break. It was really great and we had loads of fun like we always do.
Like every year in RedAlkemi, we celebrated the 7th Annual Function on 11th Dec 09. The day was full of excitement and energy, we all were eager to know how we had performed as a company in the year 2009.
Opening for the function started with HR presentation, Ms. Preeti Raina (Asst. Manager –HR) talked about the HR projection for the year 2010 and gave us an overview of what had happened in 2009. Followed by we had a great insight of achievements of 2009 and future projections for 2010 from our COO, Ms. Anuja Lath. This was really an eye opener for all of us at RA, as everyone’s hard work was being appreciated.
After the session of appreciation given by our COO Mr.Atul Gupta for the hard work done in 2009 and to be continued in same energy for the coming year 2010, our CEO also added few important aspects to the function by giving us the Vision, Future solution road map for 2010.
As the knowledge sharing part was almost through we were already excited for the Rewards & Recognition for the year 2009, where all the deserving employees were given a momento as appreciation towards their work.
The list is as follows: -
Best Office Boy – Ravi
Punctuality- Brij Lal (Team Spiders)
Most Diligent Employee- Vivechana Chabbra (Team Achievers)
Best Performer LB- Nitin Shekhar
Best Employee Tech- Chandan Kathuria
Best Employee RAPID- Rapinder Kaur
Best Employee HR- Divya Vashisht
Best Performer SEM- Harkawal Singh (Team Achievers)
Best Biz Analyst- Divya Sharma (Sales Team)
Best Programmer- Sudhanshu Kashyap (Team Achievers)
Best Project Manager- Satwinder Singh (Team Achievers))
Best Designer- Manoj Kandwal
Highest Team Efficiency- Sanjay Gupta (Team NumeroUno)
High Billing Team- Satwinder Singh (Team Achievers)
Best QC Analyst- Mahisuta Sharma
Most Promising New Comer- Ajay Kashyap & Pankaj Sharma
Award for Excellence- Chhavi Firani
After the awards ceremony we had announcement for Wall of Fame (for employees completing more than 2 years with RedAlkemi) and to the list of 51 employees we proudly added 17 more names this year. They are as follows: -
The best part of the evening that is the most exciting element was the Salsa and bachata dance, which came as a pleasant surprise arranged by Ms. Preeti Raina from HR Team. This changed the entire mood of the evening and slowly we could see few individuals picked up from the crowd and paired to perform few steps of Salsa. This was really fun and we all landed up having great time.
Last but the not least we had the cake cutting followed by dinner, the entire RA warmed up towards the end of the function by enjoying fruit punch and yummy dinner which was long awaited.
This year we celebrated Diwali in a very different and unique way. We organized “Dandiya or Garbha Nite” on 15 October 2009 in the evening. Dandiya Raas, is a traditional dance form in India which is performed during Navratri (festival) in Gujarat. In Dandiya or Garbha, men and women dance in two circles, with sticks in their hands.
All were asked to come dressed in ethnic wear or traditional wear. DJ played special Gujarati folk songs for Dandiya Night. Everyone had fun dancing to folk numbers with Dandiya Sticks in hands.
One tradition which is attached to Diwali Festival is ‘Rangoli’ making. We invited entries for Rangoli Competition in teams. We received seven entries of four to five members in each team. HR had a really tough time to decide on the winner of the competition. All the teams were creative and came up with beautiful rangolies. (Pictures attached below)
Exchanging gifts with all near and dear ones also marks the festival of Diwali. RedAlkemi presented its entire staff members with a unique gift, a Bamboo Plant in a small pot and Eggless Homemade Cake with a special message,
‘Dear RedAlkemist,
We hope you enjoy your eco-friendly Bamboo Plant and keep it on your desk as a symbol of green and peace! May the special Eggless Homemade Cake add sweetness to your Diwali this year.
Wishing you a very Happy Diwali!’
A healthy, green plant brings a lively energy into the home and this little plant adds a lot without asking much of you.
Celebrating Diwali in unique and traditional way was not only fun but memorable as well.
It gives us immense pleasure to share with you all that our Co-Founder and COO of RedAlkemi, Ms. Anuja Lath has been honored with the Award of Excellence as the “Woman Entrepreneur of the Year” for the year 2008-2009 by Software Technology Parks of India (STPI).
Dr. S.S. Channy, Principal Secretary, Industries and Commerce, Government of Punjab, distributed the STPI Software Exports Awards for 2008-09 at the awards night held as part of the e-Revolution 2009.
On 14 August 2009, RedAlkemi organized the Cultural Event named RACE 2009. It witnessed the performances from all the teams. Preeti Raina, Divya Vashisht and Naresh Kumar did comparing for the event. The event was a huge hit among all. We witnessed a whole lot of hidden talents in RA. Here is list of performances by various teams for the Cultural Event.
Following are the list of events performed on the cultural Event:
Dance by Hardeep & Sapna (Team Net Masters).
Parody love Marriage (Team NumeroUno) Performed by Sanjay, Priyanka, Sneha and Vivek.
Mahabharata ke Dhurander (LB, SEO & Accounts) performed by Rahul, Ajay, Sunny, Arun, Ashish, Rakesh, Sushil and Davinder Bisht.
Recession Skit (Team Net Masters) by Suresh and Rajneesh.
Bhootiya Circus (Sales Team) by Brahminder and Divya Sharma.
Bhangra (HR & Admin) by Sapna, Harjit, Ginni and Gurinder Kaur.
Ramleela (RAPID) by Pankaj Jaiswal, Saif, Rapinder, Rishi and Shiv.
Jitender & Brahminder Performance (Sales Team)
Poetry by Shiv (RAPID Team)
Punjabi Skit (Achievers) performed by Satwinder, Harkawal, Arun, Jasmine, Udesh, Pooja Puri and Ashutoshyap Kashyap.
To celebrate the joy of hitting a 100% target for the month of July 2009, RA organized a dance party for its whole staff. It was organized at the company’s official party center – EC, that is Entertainment Center on 8 August 2009. The party started at around 7pm and came to full swing at around 8pm with the gorgeous gals and handsome hunk hitting the dance floor with full energy! DJ rocked the event with some latest bollywood and Punjabi numbers. Each and every person was enjoying the party to the core. There were drinks and Chinese snacks organized on the house. Neither the humid weather nor the hunger or thirst could stop the party animals to keep dancing till they drop. We, the RedAlkemists surely know how to live upto our motto, “Work Hard and Party Harder”
Today as a routine after coming to the office while checking my daily mails, it strike to me how nice it feels to work in an employee friendly environment. As soon as I come to the office, the first thing I do is check my mailbox and click on“RedAlkemi’s Box of Knowledge” mail sent by HR which includes a Quote of the day, Health tip and Amazing fact.
Next I check if there is any “Happy Birthday” e-mail. Happy Birthday e-mail is a birthday wishes mail sent by the HR team to the person whose birthday it is. It includes a lovely bouquet picture, birthday boy’s / girl’s sun sign followed by the information on famous people with whom he / she share his / her birthday, general prediction based on the sun sign and the email address of the person, so others can wish him/her as well. This mail also works like a reminder mail for others to wish their colleague(s). I always come to know whose birthday it is on a particular day even before I check my mailbox. How? Oh! It’s really simple, that person’s workstation is decorated with beautiful ribbons and colorful balloons.
You know what – I am always aware of the latest happenings in the IT industry as HR makes sure to send weekly “Top IT News” email to all the employees. So now you know the secret, it’s not only me but also all RedAlkemi employees, who are always aware of the latest happening in IT industry.
I also come to know when some new person joins our organization as we get induction e-mail. It includes his / her name, designation, qualification, interest and email address.
Now let me tell you about an interesting thing. We have something called fun profile. You can check one’s fun profile by clicking on his/her name under signature lines in the email. In fun profile you’ll find the information about the person like his hobbies, interests, favorite food, what he is scared of etc. So next time whenever you receive any RA employee’s email, make sure to click on his / her name in signature line to learn more about him / her. Believe me its fun!
