Kolkata: Aruna Das, an octogenarian occupant of Ramthakur Briddhabas, an eldercare office at Rajpur-Sonarpur, looked all confounded when a middle class leader, who she had never met, enquired about her troubles, and vowed to fix the problems.The chief, Kaushik Poddar, is among 1,000-odd representatives of city-based KWW Electricals and Hardware, who have been entrusted with the obligation of connecting occupants of advanced age home and stretching out a hand of help to them, as a component of their KRA (key outcome region or key liability area).
The human asset (HR) division of the electrical products producer has made it obligatory for every worker to deal with the fundamental conveniences and medical issue of the occupants of an advanced age home and invest some energy with them on a customary basis.The Rs 500-crore organization, which has gone public with its full scope of electrical merchandise, has given this new KRA rule for its 1,000-odd representatives spread the nation over, in a bid to keep them stay straightforwardly connected to a compassionate cause.”Remember, this isn’t a piece of the required CSR (corporate social obligation) exercises. Our organization has made a different asset to burn through cash for the matured who avoid their genuine home. We simply maintain that our representatives should invest a few energy with these individuals and assume liability,” said Ajit Kumar Khaitan, CMD, KWW Electricals and Gadgets, which makes Drove lights, fans and home machines, including electric cooking range.Gobindo Haldar, who runs Ramthakur Briddhabas, said, “We thought that it is off-kilter at the outset. In any case, the KWW authority cleared up its HR goals for us and a portion of their staff have been taking care of our home occupants from that point forward.” Presently, the organization is in converses with a few eldercare offices in and around Kolkata to guarantee its workers satisfy their yearly evaluation criteria.With an accumulated yearly development rate (CAGR) of 23%, KWW has posted a business turnover of around Rs 100 crore in 2022-23. “At the ongoing speed, we are sure of meeting our turnover focus of Rs 1,000 crore in the following five-six years,” added Khaitan, who had accepted the responsibility of his family’s copper wire exchanging business, Khaitan Twisting Wire, in 1980. The organization set up its Behala plant in 1989 for making super plated copper wire. “We have never thought back from that point forward,” said Khaitan. KWW has additionally traded its items to Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan.