Tata Motors Grihini Society empowers women
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- CAMIL PARKHE
Wednesday, 23 October 2013 - 03:50 PM IST
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PIMPRI: Tata Motors Grihini Social Welfare Society, the cooperative society of women relatives of Tata Motors employees, has empowered its over 1,000 members.
Tata Motors Grihini Social Welfare Society was founded in 1973 with seven women members. Today, it has four registered affiliated cooperative societies, each involved in a different industrial sector.
Tata Motors Grihini Shivankala Society, for example, stitches uniforms and hand gloves for Tata Motors company employees, besides producing various other items of sale, including bags, purses etc, which are sold in the open market.
Tata Motors Grihini Cable Harness Society assembles cable harnesses while Tata Motors Grihini Electronics Society assembles electronic components used in vehicles produced by the Tata Motors.
Tata Motors Grihini Vividh Karyakari Society prepares spices and other eatable items. Members of this society are presently busy preparing sweets and other eatables for the Diwali festival.
The all-women cooperative welfare body is headed by the wife of a senior executive of the Tata company, appointed by the company, while the other office-bearers are elected from among the members.
Speaking to Sakal Times, Grihini Social Welfare Society's Vice-president Jayashree Shrikhande, Secretary Supriya Gosawi, and Treasurer Savita Shinde said, "The four cooperative societies' members work for five hours a day and they are paid monthly wages, along with other benefits like leaves, bonus, gratuity, etc."
The members work in two-shifts as per their convenience and some members, like those belonging to the tailoring cooperative, can also operate from their homes, they said.
Grihini Welfare Society has generously contributed to the Sakal Relief Fund.
"This year, the cooperative society avoided lavish spending at its annual general body meeting and the saved amount of Rs 1 lakh was contributed for the fund to rehabilitate the victims of the recent floods in Uttarakhand," Shrirang Dhavale, Tata Motors Divisional Manager (corporate sustainability), said.
ABOUT THE SOCIETY
Established by Leelatai Moolgaokar, wife of former TELCO chairman Sumant Moolgaokar, Tata Motors Grihini Social Welfare Society presently boasts of Rs 10.7 crore annual turnover and is involved in diverse traditional as well as modern industries.
