Vedanta Aluminium Ltd, Orissa.

This office is a bit of a trek from Orissa, as we are located in Mangalore, Karnataka. The address is 3-204, Sri Siddhi Kripa House in Kempul, Padumarnad. We are set up in a house owned by Shankar Shetty. It is a very green and quiet area, quite different from the industrial parts of Jharsuguda. The zip code here is 575013. Working out of a house gives the whole operation a very personal feel. We are not in a high-rise building; we are in a neighborhood with trees and gardens. The rain in Mangalore is something else—it pours down for days during the monsoon. We handle some of the administrative and coordination tasks for Vedanta Aluminium from here. The office is just a few rooms with basic office equipment. It is peaceful, which helps when we have to go through a lot of data or long reports. We don't have a big corporate cafeteria, so we usually just bring our own lunch or get something from the local shops nearby. The pace of life in this part of Karnataka is a bit more relaxed than in the big cities. We know our neighbors and they know us. It is a simple setup that works well for the team we have here. We just focus on getting our tasks done and making sure the communication between the sites stays clear.