The Apeejay Surrendra Group has had a bustling Intranet since 2001, which over the years has grown into a single–window for Internal Communications and an HR Portal for many group companies. Nicknamed Apeejay People, it has been upgraded at various times from 2001 to 2009. To ring in the Centenary, we decided to completely replace it with a Common Group Intranet where each company would have its own embedded intranet, on the same platform and accessible from anywhere. In terms of design and functionality, it would be benchmarked against the best Intranets globally. This initiative was backed by a robust Content Management System, complete with the most advanced Photo editing tools that would make Internal Communications work more fun for the PR and HR teams across the Group companies. The larger objective was to make inter-company information flow in a broad based manner by making many employees stakeholders to Internal Communications thus helping people connect with each other, irrespective of their location, stay informed on a real time basis about each others personal and professional achievements and finally be able to leverage each other’s strengths.

"A larger group of HRs and PRs are now empowered with content creation and management tools. I urge these Champion Users to commit to making the Group Intranet an even more vibrant communication platform. The name ´Apeejay People´ chosen by my sisters and me in 2001 will be carried forward."
Chairman Mr. Karan Paul in his launch message in 2010.