G.S.’s German Tour

(From left) Mr. M.Mohanarangam, Mr.Subhash Chander, Dr. Monica, Wulf Mathies, Policy Advisor to the Board of Management Deutsche Post, Mr.T.N.Rahate, Dr.Jurgen Lohmeyer, Vice- Prseident, International Relations, Mr.S.Samuel (our GS) Mr.D,Theagarajan and Mr.Ashutosh Bajpai, Director, Public Policy, Deutsche Post in India.

Shri.S.Samuel, our General Secretary was deputed by the Department on a study tour to Germany and returned on 28th March 2009. The objective of the tour was to facilitate exchange of service union representatives between Deutsche Post Germany and India Post to give an exposure to Foreign Postal administration. The following union leaders were deputed from 22.03.2009 to 28.03.2009 under the leadership of Shri Subash Chander , Director (SR), Postal Directorate.

1. Shri S.Samuel, SPOs, Chengalpattu 603001 - General Secretary, AIA of IP/ASP 2. Shri D.Theyagarajan, SA , Chennai Sorting Division - Secretary General , FNPO 3. Shri M.Mohanarangam, ASP, Mail Business Chennai -General Secretary, RMS ASP/IP 4. Shri T.N.Rahate, Postman,Tank Road P.O., Mumbai-33- General Secretary, NUPE P 4

This is the first time General Secretary of our Association has been deputed abroad on study tour. It was a good exposure and enlightened the union leaders about the growth and success of German Postal System. Deutsche Post World Net is the global market leader for logistics. It has three Divisions viz. Deutsche Post, DHL and Postbank. While Deutsche Post delivers mail and parcels in Germany, DHL delivers time critical shipments, as well as goods and merchandise, by road, rail, air or sea and Postbank is the largest single retail bank in Germany. Deutsche Postbank serves 14.5 million custormers. It employs more than 4,200 mobile financial advisors. It primarily provides traditional savings and current account offerings, private real estate financing and home loan savings products. Over 5,00,000 employees in more than 220 countries make the German Post the sixth largest employer. Deutsche Post was fully privitised in the year 2000.While it was a government department, it was running with huge loss. After privitisation, it is continuously earning profit. The employees are very responsible and hard working. The company is also doing a lot for the welfare of its employees. Both the employer and employees work in harmony and that is the success story.