Today was another vocational day and the team scattered around the city of Amravati and surrounding areas to study forests, bicycles and teeth. I took the opportunity to tag along with Michael who spent four hours visiting the Jadhao Group of Companies. This is a family owned conglomerate of agricultural and industrial machinery manufacturers located in the area of the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation, a government-sponsored program to encourage business.
We thank Michael's host, Rotarian Dada Padole for setting this up (he's the one with the spectacular moustache in the photo below). We extend a special thanks to Shweta Jadhao, a director of the company and a very busy executive at the company for giving Michael an extraordinarily thorough tour of the many aspects of the company.
But we also got up close to every step in the production process, inclusing seeing the furnace that produces the large cast iron pieces for the machines they produce. (Editorial aside: I'm not sure that this is actually a "blast furnace" but I couldn't think of another cute title for this blog).
They employ as many as 700 workers and they were working hard during our tour. Everyone has been very tolerant about our photography during our entire Exchange. And we appreciate that very much as it helps us share our experiences with Rotarians and family members back home.
We thank Michael's host, Rotarian Dada Padole for setting this up (he's the one with the spectacular moustache in the photo below). We extend a special thanks to Shweta Jadhao, a director of the company and a very busy executive at the company for giving Michael an extraordinarily thorough tour of the many aspects of the company.
One of the groups primary lines are cotton ginning machines and here Shweta is showing Michael the finished product.
They employ as many as 700 workers and they were working hard during our tour. Everyone has been very tolerant about our photography during our entire Exchange. And we appreciate that very much as it helps us share our experiences with Rotarians and family members back home.
Tonight is our Team presentation to two of the Rotary Clubs in Amravati and we leave for our next host town in the morning. It seems like only hours ago that we arrived here. The Rotarians have done a tremendous job.
I want to thank my hosts, Amarjyotsingh Jaggi, his wife, Jaspalkur (a wonderful cook!), and Simrun, their very intelligent daughter whose knowledge of English grammar far exceeds my own!
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