Born: 27 February 1957 Birthplace: Surat, Gujarat Best Known As: CEO of Skyline Millars and founder of PGD

group (construction companies) Harshad Dave is a B.com passout from Saraswati College of commerce Gujarat. He came to Mumbai about 40 years back in search of earning a livelihood. He stayed at his friends place for 6 months and from there began job hunting, but for next three months he didnt find good job and he started to work as a supervisor for a construction company of Mr. Karamchand Patel. At first he didnt take the construction business seriously but as he started working he started liking the job. He found out that it was a serious business as the infrastructure market was booming tremendously in Mumbai. Impressed by his determination, dedication and devotion towards his work Mr. Patel soon promoted Harshad. Within 3 years duration he was handling all the work of construction. He stayed with this company for 5 years and had become very close to Mr. Patel. In the mean time he got married and started his family he has two sons by the name Maulik and Devang. After the marriage and kids he decide to start his own construction company. With the help of Mr. Patel and support of his wife he started his construction business by the name PGD group. Initially he faced a lots of problems with all the legal hassles and business was slow because it was a new company. But as the time passed by they grew bigger and started taking on big projects in the suburban part of the city. From this date about ten years back Walchand group approached Harshad with the plan of Skyline Millars and asked him for the expertise and some financial support. Finding this as a good deal he supported them and he was made CEO of the company. He still owns the PGD group and his piece of advice to us is if u are dedicated, devoted and determined to do something nothing can stop u.

Skyline Millars Limited (SML) (Formerly Known as Millars India Limited) was incorporated as The ACME Manufacturing Company Limited on 28th November, 1919 under the Indian Companies Act, 1913. Its name was changed to Millars India Limited on 04th January, 2002 and later on changed to Skyline Millars Limited on 23rd Oct. 2007. The Companys registered office is at 24, Kurla Kirol Road, Ghatkopar (West), Mumbai 400 086.

The Company was promoted by the Walchand Group; Mr. Ashok Patel son of Mr. J.V.Patel acquired the shares from Walchand Group and took over the management in 1972. Khandelwal Udyog Limited a manufacturer of EOT Cranes & Millars Timber and Trading Company were acquired by Mr. J.V. Patel in 1969 and 1970 respectively. Khandelwal Udyog Limited was merged with The ACME Manufacturing Company Limited w.e.f 1st October, 1974 as per the order of the Bombay High Court dated 13th August, 1976. The running business of construction machinery of M/s Millars Machinery Company Private Limited was taken over by the Company in 1984. Mr. Ashok J. Patel was the Managing Director of the Company from 1974 to 1984 and thereafter he became the Chairman of the Company and continues to be the Chairman of the Company. He also the Managing Director of M/s. GMM Pfaudler Limited

The main activities of the Company are manufacturing of construction equipment and EOT cranes. It has recently entered into property development business. The Companys manufacturing activities which were being carried out at its unit at Ghatkopar, Mumbai have been fully shifted since October, 2003 from Ghatkopar, Mumbai to its works at Karamsad, Gujarat.

The company continued to make operating profits and net profits up to 1994-95. Its started incurring operating losses from 1995-96. Due to recession in the capital goods industry and high labour cost at Ghatkopar, Mumbai, the crane manufacturing activity at Ghatkopar started incurring losses from 1996 and thereafter due to continuous losses in the Company for four years, it was declared as a Sick Industrial Undertaking by the Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (BIFR). BIFR sanctioned a scheme of Rehabilitation in 2001 appointing Bank of India as a monitoring agency. As a rehabilitation measure, the company shifted its manufacturing activities from Ghatkopar, Mumbai to Karamsad, Gujarat in October, 2003 and entered into joint development agreement for its Ghatkopar property with M/s Skyline Residency Private Limited. The Company adopted various other rehabilitation measures which has resulted in its net worth becoming positive from 2003-04. Consequently, as per the summary record of the proceedings of the review hearing held on 17th October, 2006, the BIFR has discharged the Company from the purview of the Sick Industrial Companies ( Special Provisions ) Act, 1985 / BIFR. Accordingly, SML is no longer a Sick Company.

The company is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange

CODE OF CONDUCT FOR DIRECTORS AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVES

Philosophy

It has been long pursued policy and commitment of Skyline Millars Limited to adhere to highest standards of integrity professional and financial and business ethics in the operation of its business. We believe that this organization has been handed to us by the various stakeholders in "trust and we as professional managers are the "trustees" of those stakeholders. It is therefore our responsibility to ensure that the organisation is managed in a manner that protects and furthers the interests of our stakeholders.

Applicability.

The Code of Conduct shall apply to:

1) All Directors of the Company, whether executive or non-executive including nominee directors; 2) All executives of the Company from the rank of General Manager and above. 3) All executives of the Company, reporting directly to the Managing Director irrespective of their grade.

The Code All Directors and Senior Management Executives:

1) Integrity: All Directors and members of Senior Management shall act in the fiduciary capacity while conducting their activities on behalf of the company. They should also act with utmost honesty, integrity and fairness. They will act in good faith, responsibly, with due care, competence and diligence, without allowing their independent judgment to be subordinated. All their acts will be in the best interest of the company.

2) Compliance: All the members of the Board and the Sr. Management are required to comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations. In order to assist the company in promoting lawful and ethical behavior, Directors must report any possible violation of law, rules, regulation or the code of conduct to the Compliance Officer.

3) Conflict of Interest: Directors on the board of the company shall not engage in any business, relationship or activity, which may be in conflict of interest of the Company or the group.

Following are the circumstances which will amount to conflict of interest.

a) Directors should not engage in any activity / employment that interferes with the performance or responsibility to the company or is otherwise in conflict with or prejudicial to the company. b) Directors and their immediate families should not invest in a company, customer, supplier, developer or competitor and generally refrain from investments that compromise their responsibility to the company. c) Directors should avoid conducting company business with a relative or with a firm / company in which a relative / related party is associated in any significant

role., unless such proposed transactions are first disclosed to the Board of Directors and they approval is obtain for that transaction.

If such related party transaction is unavoidable, it must be fully disclosed to the board or to the CFO of the company.

4) Confidentiality/Publicity: a) Shall respect the confidentiality of data made available to them from time to time. Such respect for confidentiality shall also continue after such person ceases to hold office as Director or serve the organization. b) Shall not give any statement detrimental to the interest of the Company to the press or any other form of media.

5) Legal Compliance: a) Shall adhere to the Insider Trading Code of the Company. b) Shall take every reasonable step to ensure adherence to the laws of the land.

6) Gender Friendly Environment: a) Shall help promote equality of gender, class and caste in so far as the same relates to the activities of the Company. b) Shall encourage women employees to report any harassment concerns and be responsive to any complaints of harassment or other unwelcome and offensive conduct.

7) Social Responsibility: a) Shall in their decisions respect the necessity of protecting the environment consistently with the need of sustainable development

8) Cost Consciousness: a) Shall exercise their responsibilities with utmost cost consciousness within the organization and shall promote the same. b) Shall not use any facility of the Company for their personal use except when such facility has been provided for personal use by policy or specific permission.

9) Transparency and Accountability: a) Shall be transparent in all their dealings except in cases where the needs of business security dictate otherwise and shall hold themselves accountable to the appropriate authority/body.

10) Dealings with People in the Organization: a) Shall practice and encourage the spirit of productive debate and discussion among the employees and with the Board as the situation may warrant. b) Shall not show disrespect to their superior officers or to the authority of the Board. c) Shall not engage in misinformation, disinformation or personal vilification or victimisation of any employee or stakeholder. d) Shall uphold the values of trust, teamwork, mutuality and collaboration, meritocracy, objectivity, self-respect and human dignity.

11) Relationship with Suppliers and Customers: a) Shall never compromise with the interest of the company in all their dealings with suppliers and customers. b) No Director of the company shall receive or offer, directly or indirectly, any gifts, donations, remuneration, hospitality, illegal payments and comparable benefits which are intended (or perceived to be intended) to obtain business (or uncompetitive) favours or decisions for the conduct of business. Nominal gifts of commemorative nature, for special events may be accepted and reported to the Board.

12) General: a) Shall at all times make an endeavor to attend such meetings /occasions including Board and Committee meetings as are required of the person for the benefit, growth and development of the Company. b) Shall dedicate sufficient time, energy and attention to the Company to ensure diligent performance and be aware of and seek to fulfill his or her duties and responsibilities as set forth in the Companys Memorandum & Articles of Association and Corporate Governance Guidelines.

c) Shall not use abusive or offensive language at the workplace or any such location connected to official business. d) Shall not illegally withhold any property or documents of the Company and should ensure protection of the same at all times. e) Shall not knowingly suppress a material fact, which can be detrimental to the interest of the Company, from the appropriate authority/body. f) Shall not make any statement; verify any return or form, containing any articulars, knowing it to be false. g) Shall practice a conduct of giving highest respect to humans and human values and must promote the same. This Directors Code set forth guidelines for conduct for the Board of Directors and Senior Management Executives. It is not intended to nor does it create any right in favour of any Director or Senior Management Executive, client, supplier, customer, shareholder, or any other person or entity. Any waiver of any provision of this Code of Conduct for a director, senior management executive must be placed for approval before the Board of Directors.

Products
1.Concrete batching and Mixing Plants 2.Mixomat 3.Transmix 4.Modular Construction 5.Cement Mixers

Realty
Skyline Millars has also been in the construstion industry . Skyline Oasis constructed at Ghatkopar (mumbai) is one of the biggest residential project .