1. Sh. R Swaminathan, Independent Director, BHEL visited EDN Bangalore unit for familiarization with operation of manufacturing unit from 13th to 16th September, 2019.
2. Sh. Ranjit Rae, Independent Director, BHEL visited HPBP Trichy unit for familiarization with operation of manufacturing unit & review of local CSR activities from 9th to 11th January, 2020.
3. As a part of familiarisation programmes for Independent Directors, presentations were made to independent directors S/Sh. Rajesh Sharma, Raj Kamal Bindal & Manish Kapoor on the following subjects :
• An overview of BHEL
• Overview of business sector viz., Power sector, Industry Sector and International Operations.
• Project Management
• Important statutory & regulatory provisions under Companies Act, 2013 and Listing (Obligation & Disclosure Requirements ) Regulations, 2015 with emphasis on provisions concerning Directors
The presentations were made on 16th March, 2020 from 10.00 am to 5.00 pm(Six and a half hours).

1. Shri R. Swaminathan, Independent Director, BHEL attended Training Program on Corporate Governance – EFFECTIVE DIRECTORS FOR SUSTAINABLE COMPETITIVENESS for 02 days which was scheduled on 14th & 15th March, 2019, organized by SCOPE.
2. Sh. R Swaminathan, Independent Director, BHEL visited HEP Bhopal unit for familiarization with operation of manufacturing unit from 7th to 10th June, 2018.
3. Sh. R Swaminathan, Independent Director, BHEL visited HPEP Hyderabad unit for familiarization with operation of manufacturing unit from 10th to 13th June, 2018.
4. Sh. Ranjit Rae, Independent Director, BHEL visited HPEP Hyderabad unit for familiarization with operation of manufacturing unit & review of local CSR activities from 19th to 22nd March, 2019

1. As a part of familiarisation programmes for new Independent Directors, presentations was made to new independent director Ms. Surama Padhy on the following subjects on 30th May, 2017 at 9.30 am to 14.00 pm (four and a half hours).
• An overview of BHEL
• Important statutory & regulatory provisions under Companies Act, 2013 and Listing (Obligation & Disclosure Requirements ) Regulations, 2015 with emphasis on provisions concerning Directors
• Overview of business sector viz., Power sector, Industry Sector and International Operations.
• Project Management
2. As a part of familiarisation programmes for new Independent Directors, presentations was made to new independent director Shri Ranjit Rae on the following subjects on 9th October, 2017 at 11.00 am to 13.30 pm (Two and a half hours).
• An overview of BHEL
• Important statutory & regulatory provisions under Companies Act, 2013 and Listing (Obligation & Disclosure Requirements ) Regulations, 2015 with emphasis on provisions concerning Directors
3. Independent directors, Ms. Surama Padhy and Shri Ranjit Rae have attended TWO DAYS Orientation Programme for capacity building of independent directors organised by Department of Public Enterprise on 8th and 9th January, 2018 at Visakhapatnam from 10:00 am to 17:30 pm ( both days). The programme structure included sessions on.
• CPSE overview in India
• Roles & Responsibilities of Independent Directors in the context of Companies Act, 2013
• Understanding Financial Statements
• Role & Responsibilities of Audit Committee
• Functioning of Audit Committee - Perspectives from Government
• Role of Management Accounting for Effective Decision making (Case study)
• Corporate Social Responsibility : Perspectives and Way Forward
4. Shri Ranjit Rae, Independent director has attended One & Half Hour familiarization programme on 06th Feb, 2018 at BHEL Corporate Office, New Delhi on "Insight into BHEL's Corporate Social Responsibility Policy and Procedural Aspects".
5. As a part of familiarisation programmes for new Independent Directors, presentations was made to new independent director Shri Desh Deepak Goel on the following subjects on 7th Feb., 2018 from 2.00 pm to 07.00 pm (Five hours).
• An overview of BHEL
• Important statutory & regulatory provisions under Companies Act, 2013 and Listing (Obligation & Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 with emphasis on provisions concerning Directors
• An overview of Power Sector, Industry Sector and Project Management
6. Sh. R Swaminathan, Independent Director, BHEL visited HEEP Haridwar unit for familiarization with operation of manufacturing unit from 25th to 31st March, 2018.

Two programmes for the new independent Directors (S/Shri Rajesh Kishore, Keshav N Desiraju & R Swaminathan ) were organised on 28.12.2015 and 12.02.2016 on the following subjects in the year 2015-16:

• An overview of BHEL.
• Important statutory & regulatory provisions concerning Directors.
• Human Resources in BHEL
• Overview of business sector viz., Power sector, Industry Sector and International Operations.
• Project Management
• Corporate Governance Provisions under the Listing (Obligation & Disclosure Requirements ) Regulations, 2015
• BHEL's Code of Conduct for Regulating & Reporting Trading by Insiders and for Fair Disclosure
• Secretarial Standard 1 (on Board Meetings) and Secretarial Standard 2 (on General Meetings)

In the year 2015-16, total number of hour spent by new independent directors was seven and a half hours each