Mar 31, 2023
Your Directors take pleasure in presenting the Thirty First Annual Report together with the audited statement of accounts of your company for the year ended 31st March 2023.
1. |
Financial Results (Standalone) |
(Rs. in Lakhs) |
|
Particulars |
2022-23 |
2021-22 |
|
Sales and Other Income |
330.99 |
716.15 |
|
Profit/Loss before Depreciation, Finance Cost and Tax |
(1,501.51) |
(796.24) |
|
Less:- Finance Cost |
197.94 |
240.00 |
|
Less:- Depreciation |
238.62 |
143.59 |
|
Less: Exceptional items |
- |
- |
|
Profit/Loss after Depreciation, Interest and before tax |
(1,938.07) |
(1,179.83) |
|
Exceptional Items |
- |
(442.58) |
|
Tax expense |
47.65 |
35.11 |
|
Profit / Loss after Tax |
(1,985.72) |
(1,657.52) |
|
Profit available for appropriation |
- |
- |
|
Earnings Per Share (Rs.) |
|||
- Basic |
(14.67) |
(13.26) |
|
- Diluted |
(14.67) |
(13.26) |
|
Financial Results (Consolidated) |
(Rs. in Lakhs) |
||
Particulars |
2022-23 |
2021-22 |
|
Sales and Other Income |
482.18 |
838.23 |
|
Profit/Loss before Depreciation, Finance Cost and Tax |
(1,633.53) |
(770.31) |
|
Less:- Finance Cost |
82.14 |
329.47 |
|
Less:- Depreciation |
238.71 |
143.68 |
|
Add: Extra ordinary items |
- |
- |
|
Profit/Loss after Depreciation, Interest and before tax |
(1,954.38) |
(1,243.46) |
|
Exceptional Items |
- |
(442.58) |
|
Tax expense |
47.65 |
35.11 |
|
Profit / Loss after Tax |
(2,002.03) |
(1,721.16) |
|
Profit available for appropriation |
- |
- |
|
Earnings Per Share (Rs.) |
|||
- Basic |
(14.67) |
(13.26) |
|
- Diluted |
(14.67) |
(13.26) |
2. Subsidiary and Joint Venture details with consolidated financial statement
Your Company has one 100% wholly owned subsidiary Avant Garde Infosystems Inc, In USA and one Joint Venture named KERNEX TCAS - JV and there were no associate Companies as of 31st March 2023. There has been no change in the business of subsidiary and JV during the year under review. In accordance with section 129 (3) of the Companies Act, 2013, the Company has prepared Consolidated financial statements of the Company and the JV & subsidiary in the form and manner as that of its own in compliance with the accounting standards and the listing regulations of the stock exchanges which forms part of the Annual Report for laying before the Annual General Meeting.
A report on the information about the subsidiary is annexed as Annexure - A to this report.
Companies which have become or ceased to be subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures
During the period under review, no company has become or ceased to be subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures
3. Amount, if any, which the Board proposes to carry to any reserves
Your directors of the Company have not proposed to transfer any amount to reserves.
Your directors of the company in the absence of distributable profits have not declared any dividend during the year.
5. State of Company''s Affairs
Your company has recorded a turnover of Rs. 3.31 Crores in the financial year FY 2022-23. The company has recorded a loss (before tax) of Rs.19.38 crores as against a loss of Rs.16.22 Crores in the previous year.
South Central Railways
Kernex has completed the execution of the TCAS contract issued by South Central Railways in 2019. Pre-commission check list and Joint Inspection was carried out in the entire section and complied with. The company is now in the process of Final Handing Over of the Equipment to the Railways. Safety Integrity Level 4 (SIL4) certification by M/s. Ital Certifier (Independent Safety Assessor) has been taken up and is waiting for ISA (Independent Safety Assessment) Certification.
NCR A,B& ICF Projets :
The Railway Board has floated multiple tenders in various Railway zones for the installation of Kavach System. The total budget of the tenders was to the tune of Rs. 1,500 crores spanning across 1,500 Kms. Out of these tenders, Kernex has partnered with KEC as a consortium and bagged two orders worth about Rs. 550 Crores in the North Central Railway Section.
Project 1 - NCR-A (North Central Railway):
⢠Provision of Kavach (Train Collision Avoidance System), along with 2x24 fiber OFC as a backbone on ChipyanaBuzurg (Excl) - Kanpur (Excl.) Sector on North Central Railway on 31 Aug 2022. The total value of the project is Rs.268.89 Crores.
⢠The project is to be completed by August 2024
⢠The RSSI, Drone Survey, Station & locomotive surveys, tower location survey were carried out and the drawings were submitted. The detailed procurement plan and project schedules were worked out and were submitted. The procurement of material was initiated along with the pre-production works for the manufacturing of Station Kavach, Loco Kavach etc.,
Project 2 - NCR-B(North Central Railway):
⢠Provision of Kavach (Train Collision Avoidance System), along with 2x24 fiber OFC as a backbone on Kanpur (Incl) - Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyay Nagar (Excl) on 30 Sep 2022. The total value of the project is Rs.268.52 Crores
⢠The project is to be completed by September 2024
⢠The RSSI, Drone Survey, Station & locomotive surveys, tower location survey were carried out and the drawings were submitted. The detailed procurement plan and project schedules were worked out and were submitted. The procurement of material was initiated along with the pre-production works for the manufacturing of Station Kavach, Loco Kavach etc.
Project 3 -ICF(Integral Coach Factory, Chennai)
⢠Your company bagged an order worth of 26 Cr to supply and commission Kavach equipment on Vande Bharat trains being manufactured at Integral Coach Factory, Chennai.
⢠The delivery and commissioning will be completed within the Fiscal year 2023-24.
Egyptian National Railways (ENR), Cairo
Having supplied all the 136 gates earlier, your company has completed installation and Commissioning of 124 gates and preliminary handed over to the customer was completed. Your company is in the process of Final Handover process.100% material supplies are completed. Project short closed from 136 Lx to 124 Lxs on mutual agreement between Kernex and ENR , 2 Lxs repaired and rebuilt and the remaining material lying in store related to 10 Lx gates needs to be handed over to ENR, the process is started and handed over 102 nos wheel sensors to ENR, as a part of this material 2 years warranty maintenance for three PHO groups (34 Lx each) has been completed and warranty Maintenance of fourth Group (22Lxs) is under progress, likely to be completed in January 2024FHO of Lx sites is under progress, FHO of 6 Lx sites has been completed out of 96 Lx sites which are under operation currently.
28 Lx sites have been dismantled and removed by ENR out of 124 Lxs commissioned.
Sri Lanka Railways
Execution of the order from Sri Lanka Railways for Supply, Installation, Testing, Commissioning and Maintenance of 200 Nos of Bell and Light Level Crossing Protection Systems could not be done in 202122 due to the circumstances arising from Covid and Economic crises in Sri Lanka. During end of March 2022, Sri Lankan economy plunged into payments crisis with depleting Foreign Exchange reserves. The Sri Lankan Government has imposed Import controls and restrictions on foreign exchange utilization. Kernex has been evaluating the situation ever since, and due to the COUNTRY RISK, wanted to exit the project through a âConciliated dialogue with SLRâ. It is expected to have Marginal financial implications, as the EXIT would be mutual.
6. Change in Nature of business
Your Company is mainly in the business of manufacturing of safety systems for Railways. During the period under review there is no change in the business of the Company.
7. Material changes and commitments, if any, affecting the financial position of the company, having occurred since the end of the Year and till the date of the Report
There have been no material changes and commitments affecting the financial position of your Company which have occurred between the end of the financial year of the Company to which the financial statements relate and the date of the Report.
8. Details of revision of financial statement or the Report
During the period under review, there was no revision of financial statement or the Report
Members are aware that the Company has taken approval for the Increase in Authorized Share Capital
of the Company from Rs. 15,00,00,000/- divided into 1,50,00,000 equity shares of Rs. 10/- each to Rs. 25,00,00,000/- divided into 2,50,00,000 equity shares of Rs. 10/- each.Further, the Company has issued and allotted 13,00,000 equity shares of Rs. 10/ each at a premium of Rs. 103/- per share to the specified investors (non-Promoter group) on preferential basis on 25.04.2022. As a result of which the issue, subscribed and paid-up capital of the Company has been increased from Rs. 12,49,96,550/- to Rs. 13,79,96,550/-. Further also the Company has issued and allotted 10,59,767 equity shares of Rs. 10/- each at the premium of Rs. 256/- per share to the Promoters and Non-Promoters including conversion of un-secured loan of Promoter and Promoter Group on preferential issue basis on 10.01.2023, and the Company has issued 6,00,000 Share Warrants carrying an entitlement to subscribe to an equivalent number of Equity Shares having face value of Rs.10/- (Rupees Ten Only) each at a premium of Rs. 256/- each to the person belonging to non-Promoter group on preferential basis on 10.01.2023. The Company has received full subscription amount as per the terms of issue of warrants and allotted 6,00,000 equity shares of Rs. 10/- each to the warrant holder on 17.02.2023. As a result of the above allotments, the Issued, Subscribed and Paid-Up Capital of the Company has increased from Rs. 13,79,96,550/- to Rs. 15,45,94,220/-
Issue of equity shares with differential rights,
During the period under review, the Company hadn''t issued equity shares with differential rights.
Issue of Sweat Equity Shares
During the period under review, the Company hadn''t issued sweat equity shares.
Details of Employee Stock Options
During the period under review, the Company hadn''t issued stock options to the employees of the Company.
10. Transfer of unclaimed dividend
There is no Un-claimed dividend to be transferred to IEPF (Investor Education and Protection Fund).
11. Directors and Key Managerial Personnel
During year under review, members are aware that the Directors of the Company have co-opted Mr. Narender Kumar as an Additional Director of the Company on 18.09.2022 and members of the Company has approved the appointment of Mr. Narender Kumar as a Director of the Company at the EGM held on 12.10.2022. Further Mr. Sunny Sharma has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer of the Company on 05.12.2022.
During the period, Mr. B Vishnu Varma has been appointed as CTO of the Company from 15th May 2023.
Further, Mr. V Ramayya, Chief Financial Officer of the Company has been resigned on 05.12.2022 and Mr. K Satyanarayana Raju, Chief Executive Officer of the Company has been resigned on 20.03.2023.
Further, in accordance with the provisions of Section 152 of the Companies Act, 2013 Ms. Sreelakshmi Manthena and Dr. Vinta Janardhana Reddy, Directors of the company retires by rotation and being eligible offers themselves for re-appointment.
Further, the term of Mr. M B Narayana Raju and Mr. Sitarama Raju M as whole-Time Directors will be expiring on 01.09.2023. The Board at its meeting held on 13th August 2023 as recommended by Nomination and Remuneration committee, has re-appointed Mr. M B Narayana Raju and Mr. M Sitarama Raju as whole-time directors for further period of three years with effect from 02.09.2023.
The brief profiles of the Directors who are to be appointed/re-appointed have been furnished in the notice convening AGM.
12. Declaration by Independent Directors
All the Independent Directors have submitted their disclosures to the Board that they fulfill the requirements as stipulated in Section 149 (6) of the Companies Act 2013 to qualify themselves to be appointed as Independent Directors under the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the rules
framed there under. In terms of Section 150 of the Act read with Rule 6 of the Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014, as amended, Independent Directors of the Company have enrolled their names in the data bank of Independent Directors maintained with the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs and the said directors have taken the test conducted by the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs.
During the year, nine meetings of the Board of Directors were held, as more particularly disclosed in the attached Report on Corporate Governance. The intervening gap between any two meetings was within the prescribed period.
The number and dates of meetings held by the Board and its Committees, attendance of Directors and details of remuneration paid to them is given separately in the Corporate Governance Report in terms of Section 134(3) (b) of the Companies Act, 2013.
None of the Directors are disqualified under Section 164(2) of the Act. Certificate on non-disqualification, as required under Regulation 34 of SEBI (Listing Obligation & Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 is annexed to this Annual Report.
The Board of Directors has the following Committees:
a. Audit Committee
b. Nomination and Remuneration Committee
c. Stakeholders'' Relationship Committee
d. Risk Management Committee
e. Corporate Social Responsibility Committee
The details of the Committees along with their composition, number of meetings and attendance at the meetings are provided in the Corporate Governance section of this Report.
15. Nomination and Remuneration Policy of Directors, Key Managerial Personnel and other Employees
In terms of section 178 (1) of the Companies Act 2013 the Board on the recommendation of the Nomination and remuneration committee approved the criteria and policy for selection and appointment of directors, key managerial persons and their remuneration. The remuneration policy forms part of the report on corporate governance.
Pursuant to the provisions contained in the Companies Act 2013 and listing regulations the Board has carried out annual performance evaluation of its own members, The chairman of the Board, individual directors as well as the evaluation of the working of the Audit, Nomination and Remuneration committee and other committees. The evaluation was based on the attendance, contribution, independence of judgment and preparedness for the meetings
17. Particulars Relating to Remuneration of Directors/Key Managerial Personnel and Employees.
Disclosures pertaining to remuneration and other details as required under Section 197(12) of the Act read with Rule 5(1) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 are provided separately and annexed as Annexure - B to this report.
In terms of Rule 5(2) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, the Company does not have any employee who is employed throughout the financial year and in receipt of remuneration of Rs.102 Lakhs or more, or employees who are employed for part of the year and in receipt of Rs. 8.50 Lakhs or more per month.
Remuneration received by Managing/Whole time Director from holding or subsidiary company
The Whole Time Directors have not received any remuneration from the subsidiary company. The details are provided in the report on corporate Governance.
18. Directors'' Responsibility Statement
The Directors to the best of their knowledge hereby state and confirm that:
a) in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards had been followed along with proper explanation relating to material departures
b) the Directors had selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company at the end of the financial year and of the loss of the Company for that period
c) the Directors had taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities
d) the Directors had prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis and
e) the internal financial controls to be followed by the Company were laid down and such financial controls were adequate and were operating effectively
f) the Directors had devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and that such systems were adequate and were operating effectively
19. Internal Financial Controls
The Company has laid down policies and procedures to be adopted for ensuring the orderly and efficient conduct of its business, including adherence to company''s policies, safeguarding of its assets, prevention and detection of frauds and errors, accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, and timely preparation of reliable financial information. An independent audit committee of the Board reviews the adequacy of internal controls.
20. Auditors Statutory Auditors
In terms of Section 139, 141 and 142 of the Companies Act, 2013 (âthe Actâ), and the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 made there under, members of the Company have re-appointed M/s. P R S V & Co LLP, Chartered Accountants (FRN: S200016) as Statutory Auditors of the Company to hold office for a period of 5years from conclusion of the 30th Annual General Meeting of the Company.
M/s. P R S V & Co LLP, Chartered Accountants, Hyderabad, have confirmed that they are eligible to conduct and within the prescribed limits under Section 141 of the Companies Act, 2013.
The financial statements have been audited by M/s. P R S V & Co LLP, Chartered Accountants, Statutory Auditors of the Company, and no qualifications/comments have been made.
However, the Auditors have emphasized the matter which was mentioned in the Auditors Report and is self explanatory.
Frauds reported by the Auditor
There has been no such instance during the period.
In terms of section 204 of the Companies Act''2013 and the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules 2014 the Company has appointed Mr. D S Rao, Practicing Company Secretary to conduct Secretarial Audit for the year 2022-23 and their report is annexed as Annexure-C to this report.
Reply to the Comments made in the Secretarial Auditors'' Report
1. in terms of SEBI Circular No.Cir/ISD/3/2011 the entire shareholding of Promoters/ Persons Acting in-Concert (PACs) has not been dematerialized. Therefore, the stock exchanges have kept the trading in the shares of the Company under trade-to-trade.
The Company is pursuing the same but unable to fulfill the condition as the promoters were not Responded
The Board of Directors based on the recommendation of the Audit Committee has appointed M/s. Thirupathi and Associates. Chartered Accountants, Hyderabad, as the Internal Auditors of your Company. The Internal Auditors are submitting their reports on quarterly basis.
During the year, your Company has not accepted any deposits, within the meaning of Section 73 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 2014. No amount on account of principal or interest on deposits from public was outstanding as on Balance Sheet date. Further, the Company has availed an amount of Rs. 0.10 crores from Mr. M B Narayana Raju, WholeTime Director, and M/s.Capgro Private Limited., Rs.7.50 crores, during the period 2022-23 which is exempt from the definition of Deposit. The outstanding unsecured loan balances which were exempted from the definition of Deposit as on 31st March 2023 is Rs. 5.28 crores (including ICDs).
22. Particulars of Loans, Guarantees and Investments.
The details of Loans, Guarantees and Investments covered under the provisions of Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013 are given in notes forming part of the financial statements.
23. Related Party Transactions
All the related party transactions by the Company during the year 2022-23 were on an arms'' length basis and were in the ordinary course of business and as such the provisions of section 188 are not attractive. There are no materially significant Related Party Transactions with Promoters, Directors, Key Managerial Persons, or other designated persons during the year. However, during the year the Company has taken approval from shareholders for related party transactions which were falling under the material events. However, these transactions are not likely to have any conflict with the Companyâs interest. Further, the details of the related party transactions entered into by the company during the year under the provisions of section 188 of the Companies Act, 2013 in Form AOC-2 is annexed as Annexure-D to this report.
24. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
The Company had adopted a Corporate Social Responsibility Policy and constituted a CSR Committee as per the provisions of Section 135 of the Companies Act 2013. The details of policy and committee are placed on the website of the Company i.e., www.kernex.in. Further the Company was not required to spend any amount on CSR as the average three years net profits of the Company are in negative i.e., Rs. (655.67) lakhs. Hence, the requirement of disclosure under the said provisions and rules are not applicable to the Company.
25. Conservation of Energy, Technology Absorption and Foreign Exchange Earnings and outgo:
The information pertaining to conservation of energy, technology absorption, foreign exchange earnings and outgo as required under section 134 (3) (m) of the Companies Act ''2013 read with Rule 8 (3) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules 2014 is furnished and annexed as Annexure-E to this report.
Your Company has in place a mechanism to identify, assess, monitor and mitigate various risks to key business objectives. Major risks identified by the businesses and functions are systematically addressed through mitigating actions on a continuing basis. These are also discussed at the meetings of the Audit Committee and the Board, Your Company has put in place internal control systems and processes to optimize the risk mitigation measures for review by the audit Committee and approval by the Board. The executive management is guided from time to time by the Board to improve the risk mitigation measures and initiate timely action.
Your Company in compliance with the provisions of Section 177 (9) of the Companies Act, 2013 framed a whistle Blower Policy/Vigil Mechanism for reporting illegal or unethical behavior. The employees are free to report violations of applicable laws and regulations and the Code of Conduct. The Audit Committee reviews reports received from the employees who may also report to the Chairman of the Audit Committee. During the year under review, no employee was denied access to the Audit Committee. The Directors and senior management staff are to maintain confidentiality of the reporting and ensure that the whistle blowers are not subjected to any kind of discrimination.
No significant and material orders were passed by the regulators or courts or tribunals impacting the going concern status of the Company and its future operations.
29. Compliance with Secretarial Standards
The Company is in compliance with the applicable secretarial standards.
30. Corporate Insolvency Resolution process initiated under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC)
During the period under review, there was no one initiated Corporate Insolvency Resolution process under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC).
31. Failure to implement any Corporate Action
There were no instances occurred during the period under review.
The Annual Return of the Company as on 31stMarch 2023 is available on the Company''s website and can be accessed at www.kernex.in
33. Disclosure under the sexual harassment of women at workplace (prevention, prohibition and redressal) Act, 2013
Your Company has put in place a Policy for prevention of Sexual Harassment of Women at the Workplace in line with the requirements of the Sexual Harassment of Women at the Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition & Redressal) Act, 2013. Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) of the Company has been constituted to redress complaints regarding sexual harassment.
During the period under review, the Company has not received any complaints.
34. Familiarization Programs for Independent Directors
The Company familiarizes all the independent directors about their roles, rights and responsibilities in the Company, nature of Industry, Risk Management, Board evaluation process and procedures, financial controls and management, Board effectiveness, strategic direction etc., The Directors also were explained in detail the compliances required from them under the Companies Act, SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015 and other relevant regulations and their affirmation taken with respect to the same. With a view to familiarize with the Company''s operations, the functioning of various divisions / departments, the Company''s market share and the markets in which it operates, governance and internal control processes and other relevant information pertaining to the Company''s business. The Whole time Director/ CEO also has personal discussions from time to time with the Independent Directors. The above initiatives help the Directors to understand the Company, its business and the regulatory framework in which the Company operates and equips them to effectively fulfill their role as Independent Directors of the Company.
a. Consolidated financial statements is also being presented in addition to the standalone financial statements of the company
b. No delay in holding the annual general meeting
c. Cost records are not required to be maintained by the Company.
36. Statement of deviation or variation
During the year the Company has raised funds from the public through private placement/preferential issue basis. All the proceeds were used for the objects as stated in the Notice and Private Placement Offer Letter which was circulated to the Allottees.
37. Management Discussion & Analysis (MDA)
Management''s Discussion and Analysis Report for the year under review, as stipulated under Regulation 34(2) (e) of the Listing Regulations is presented in a separate section forming part of the this report and annexed as Annexure-F.
38. Corporate Governance Report
Your Company is committed to adhere to the corporate governance requirements. The report on Corporate Governance as stipulated under Schedule V of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 is given separately and annexed as Annexure-G to this report.
The requisite certificate from the Practicing Company Secretary confirming compliance with the conditions of corporate governance is attached.
The shares of the Company have been listed and traded on the BSE Limited and NSE. The securities of Company have not been suspended from trading on BSE Limited and NSE
Your directors would like to express their sincere appreciation for the guidance, assistance and cooperation received from the Indian Railways, South Central Railways, NCR (A) and NCR (B), RDSO, Egyptian Railways, Sri Lanka Railways, State Bank of India, Government authorities and members during the year under review. Your directors also wish to place on record their deep sense of appreciation for the commendable and dedicated contribution of all employees.
Mar 31, 2018
DIRECTORS REPORT
To
The Members,
Kernex Microsystems (India) Limited.
The Directors have pleasure in presenting the Twenty Six Annual Report together with the audited statement of accounts of your company for the year ending 31st March, 2018.
Financial Results (Standalone)
Rs in Lakhs
2017-18 |
2016-17 |
|
Sales and Other Income |
1.402.41 |
1,414.94 |
Profit/Loss before Depreciation, Finance Cost and Tax |
(2,042.68) |
(3,074.59) |
Less:- Finance Cost |
319.34 |
331.14 |
Less:- Depreciation |
224.62 |
255.72 |
Less: Exceptional items |
- |
521.31 |
Add : Extra ordinary items |
- |
2,874.98 |
Profit/Loss after Depreciation, Interest and before tax |
(1,498.70) |
(134.06) |
Taxexpense |
(56.41) |
216.66 |
Profit / Loss after Tax |
(1,442.29) |
(390.77 |
Add: Balance brought forward from previous year |
(960.85) |
(610.13) |
Less: Adjustments consequent to revision of useful life of certain assets pursuant to Schedule II of Companies Act,2013 |
||
Balance carried forward to Balance sheet |
(2,403.15) |
(960.85) |
Profit available for appropriation |
||
Earnings Per Share (Rs.) |
||
- Basic |
(11.54) |
(2.81) |
- Diluted |
(11.54) |
(2.81) |
Appropriations: |
||
Transfer to General Reserve |
- |
- |
Proposed Dividend |
- |
- |
Income Tax on proposed Dividend |
- |
- |
Balance carried to the Balance sheet |
(2,403.15) |
(960.85)) |
1. Economy, Industry and the Companyâs working during the year
Economy
The GDP of Indian economy though during the year under review decreased marginally over the previous year, continued to be highest among major economies. It was a remarkable achievement that the growth was achieved with lower inflation, improved current account balance and, reduction of fiscal deficit. Besides implementation of GST, resolution of non-performing assets and liberalization of Foreign Direct Investment and other reforms continued. The protectionist policies of major economies, trade war, increase in oil prices, Domestic savings and Investments are a concern
Industry
Your Companyâs main business activity is related to Railways. The Indian Railways is among the worldâs largest rail networks with route length spread over 1,15,000 km, with 12,617 passenger trains and 7,421 freight trains each day from 7,349 stations plying 23 million travelers and 3 million tones (MT) of freight daily. The Government of Indiaâs focused area now is to improve infrastructure for freight and high speed trains. The Indian rail projects are attracting not only several domestic but also foreign Companies
Your Company is operating in the Rail Safety equipment manufacturing and supply of Prevention of Rail Collision Devices, Train Protection warning systems, Electronic Inter Locking and providing necessary hard ware and software.
2. Future outlook
The Indian Rail Network is expected to grow at a healthy rate of 10% over the next five years and the Government has a safety first policy of the Railways and is planning to invest considerable amount to adopt European Train Control Systems (ETCS) which is expected in developing infrastructural facilities. The proposed National Rail Plan envisages integration of all rail networks with other modes of transport and provides Rail safety besides eliminating unmanned level crossings, up gradation of rolling stock, accelerating track renewal and most important of all particularly to your Company is implementation of TCAS/TPWS technology across high density network in the coming three years.
It is very encouraging news for your company that railways of many countries in the world are upgrading their infrastructure by deploying or considering to deploy, Train Control / Train Protection Solutions and Level Crossing Protection Systems both of which are the areas of strength for your company.
Your company is pursuing opportunities for providing protection at railway level crossings from India and also many countries around the world like Egypt, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Botswana etc., and expects to win a few projects in this year
Train control/protection systems, the area of focus of your company, was under full gaze at the highest level in India - the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India. That this topic is taking the top priority is evident from the fact that the Minister of Railways himself has been reviewing plans and options for implementation of train protection systems in Indian Railways in a big way in the next few years. After initially studying a few foreign solutions for implementation, the Minister reviewed Train Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) also with the industry and the Railway body and gave a favorable view of TCAS. The Minister has even suggested some new features for TCAS so that the product becomes truly world class.
Operations during the year
International
RBCT, RYCAS - South Africa
Your company has completed the project including warranty maintenance to the satisfaction of the customer and is presently discussing with customer for maintenance contract for one or two years. Your company is also exploring more business opportunities with the customer
Egyptian National Railways (ENR), Cairo
Having supplied all the 136 gates earlier, your company has completed installation of 105 gates and handed over 102 gates to the customer. An order for supply of spares was received and this has been executed by your company
Domestic
During the year 17-18 your company has closed in further on completing the Train Control Avoidance System project. Completion of the project was delayed due to certain changes at the Independent Safety Assessorâs end. Significant progress has been achieved with the ISA subsequently and your company has advanced to the final acceptance testing by RDSO and commencement of passenger trials. With very few tasks now pending, your company expects to receive the approval by end Sepâ 2018 and also receive a contract for deployment of TCAS over a 500-Km area by March 2019.
Research & Development and Addition of New
Products
Development activity has commenced on the Universal Brake Interface Unit and the Driver Machine Interface Unit. These are advanced versions and allow us to address a larger chunk of the TCAS project.
Your company is in discussions with a Spanish company (Ingenieria Y Control Ferroviario -ICF in short) specializing in railway products to market their products and solutions in India and neighboring markets on exclusive basis. Since some of these products have immense potential in Indian Railways, your company plans to get these products approved by Indian Railways so that we are in a position to sell them in the year 2019-2020 onwards.
3. Subsidiary Details with consolidated financial statement
Your Company has one 100% wholly owned subsidiary Avant Garde Infosystems Inc, In USA and there were no joint ventures or associate Companies as of 31st March 2018. There has been no change in the nature of business of subsidiary, during the year under review. In accordance with section 129(3) of the Companies Act, 2013 the Company has prepared Consolidated financial statement of the Company and the subsidiary in the form and manner as that of its own in compliance with the accounting standards and the listing regulations of the stock exchanges which forms part of the Annual Report for laying before the Annual General Meeting.
A report on the information about the subsidiary is annexed as Annexure-A to this report
4. Material changes and commitments affecting the financial position of the company
There have been no material changes and commitments affecting the financial position of your Company which have occurred between the end of the financial year of the Company to which the financial statements relate and the date of the Report.
5. Share Capital
There is no change in Share Capital of your Company during the year.
The Company has obtained the shareholdersâ approval for preferential issue of 18,70,057 equity shares of Rs. 10/- each at a premium calculated in terms of SEBI ICDR Regulations and obtained the in principle approval of the National Stock Exchange. The BSE approval is required to be sought. The promoters and others to whom an offer of preferential issue of equity shares was made after seeking an approval of the shareholders on 16th February, 2018, have conveyed their unwillingness to subscribe the shares of the company.
6. Dividend and Reserves
Your company in the absence of distributable profits has not declared any dividend during the year. And no amount was transferred to reserves also.
7. Directors and Key Managerial Personnel
In accordance with the provisions of Section 152 of the Companies Act, 2013 Mr. Anji Raju Manthena and Mr. Vinta Janardhan Reddy, Directors of the company retires by rotation and being eligible offer themselves for reappointment.
Mr. K Krishnam Raju, Director has vacated office effective 29th Septemberâ2017. Mr. M Gopalakrishna, Independent director resigned from the Board effective 10th Februaryâ2018.
The Board on 20th Novemberâ2017 has appointed Mr. K Krishnam Raju as Chief Executive Officer, Ms. Sree Lakshmi Manthena and Mr. Badari Narayana Raju Manthena as additional Directors. Further, the Board of Directors of the Company has appointed Mr. Badari Narayana Raju Manthena as a whole Time Director on the same day by changing his designation.
The Board also appointed CA TVSN Raju as Independent Director effective from 10th Februaryâ2018 and Sri. Ashok Gopal Rao Kalmankar as Independent Director from 12th Augustâ2018.
The brief profile of the Directors who are to be appointed/re-appointed have been furnished in the notice convening AGM.
8. Declaration by Independent Directors
All the Independent Directors have submitted their disclosures to the Board that they fulfill all the requirements as stipulated in Section 149 (6) of the Companies Act 2013 so as to qualify themselves to be appointed as Independent Directors under the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the rules framed there under.
9. Nomination and Remuneration Policy of Directors, Key Managerial Personnel and other Employees
In terms of section 178 (1) of the Companies Act 2013 the Board on the recommendation of the Nomination and remuneration committee approved the criteria and policy for selection and appointment of directors, key managerial persons and their remuneration. The remuneration policy forms part of the report on corporate governance.
10. Board Evaluation
Pursuant to the provisions contained in the Companies Act 2013 and listing regulations, the Board has carried out annual performance evaluation of its own members, The chairman of the Board, individual directors as well as the evaluation of the working of the Audit, Nomination and Remuneration committee and
other committees. The evaluation was based on the attendance, contribution, independence of judgment and preparedness for the meetings
11. Number of Meetings of the Board of Directors
During the financial year 2017-18 the Board of Directors of the Company met 6 times on 09/05/2017, 10/08/2017, 08/09/2017, 20/11/2017, 17/01/2018 & 10/02/2018. A separate meeting of the Independent Directors of the Company could not be held during the year as required under Section 149 (8) Schedule IV (VII) of the Companies Act 2013 and clause 25 (3) of Securities Exchange Board of India (Listing obligations and disclosure requirements) Regulations 2015. as the Company is in the process of identifying and inducting further number of them so as to meet the requirements stipulated.
12. Public Deposits
During the year, your Company has not accepted any deposits, within the meaning of Section 73 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 2014. No amount on account of principal or interest on deposits from public was outstanding as on Balance Sheet date.
13.Regulatory / Court Orders
No significant and material orders were passed by the regulators or courts or tribunals impacting the going concern status of the Company and its future operations.
14. Disclosure under the sexual harassment of women at workplace (prevention, prohibition and redressal) Act, 2013
Your Company has put in place a Policy for prevention of Sexual Harassment of Women at the Workplace in line with the requirements of the Sexual Harassment of Women at the Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition & Redressal) Act, 2013. Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) of the Company has been constituted to redress complaints regarding sexual harassment.
15. Directorsâ Responsibility Statement
Pursuant to section 134 (3) (c) of the Companies Act, 2013 the Directors to the best of their knowledge hereby state and confirm that
a) in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards had been followed along with proper explanation relating to material departures
b) the Directors had selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company at the end of the financial year and of the loss of the Company for that period
c) the Directors had taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities
d) the Directors had prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis and
e) the internal financial controls to be followed by the Company were laid down and such financial controls were adequate and were operating effectively
f) the Directors had devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and that such systems were adequate and were operating effectively
16. Internal Financial Controls
The Company has laid down policies and procedures to be adopted for ensuring the orderly and efficient conduct of its business, including adherence to companyâs policies, safeguarding of its assets, prevention and detection of frauds and errors, accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, and timely preparation of reliable financial information. An independent audit committee
of the Board reviews the adequacy of internal controls
17.Particulars of Loans, Guarantees and Investments.
The details of Loans, Guarantees and Investments covered under the provisions of Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013 are given in notes forming part of the financial statements.
18. Committees of the Board
The Board of Directors has the following Committees:
1. Audit Committee
2. Nomination and Remuneration Committee
3. Stakeholdersâ Relationship Committee
4. Risk Management Committee
The details of the Committees along with their composition, number of meetings and attendance at the meetings are provided in the Corporate Governance section of this Report.
19. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
The Company having regard to the net profit/turnover/ net worth is not covered under the provisions of Section 135 of the Companies Act 2013 to constitute a committee and spend the amount towards CSR activities
20. Related Party Transactions
All the related party transactions by the Company during the year 2017-18 were on an armâs length basis and were in the ordinary course of business and as such the provisions of section 188 are not attracted. There are no materially significant Related Party Transactions with Promoters, Directors, Key Managerial Persons or other designated persons during the year. The details of the related party transactions entered by the company during the year under the provisions of section 188 of the Companies Act, 2013 in Form AOC-2 is annexed as Annexure-B to this report.
21. Vigil Mechanism
Your Company in compliance with the provisions of Section 177(9) of the Companies Act, 2013 framed a whistle Blower Policy/Vigil Mechanism for reporting illegal or unethical behavior. The employees are free to report violations of applicable laws and regulations and the Code of Conduct. The Audit Committee reviews reports received from the employees who may also report to the Chairman of the Audit Committee. During the year under review, no employee was denied access to the Audit Committee. The Directors and senior management staff are to maintain confidentiality of the reporting and ensure that the whistle blowers are not subjected to any kind of discrimination.
22.Familiarization Programmes for Independent Directors
The Company familiarizes all the independent directors about their roles, rights and responsibilities in the Company, nature of Industry, Risk Management, Board evaluation process and procedures, financial controls and management, Board effectiveness, strategic direction etc., The Directors also were explained in detail the compliances required from them under the Companies Act, SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015 and other relevant regulations and their affirmation taken with respect to the same. With a view to familiarize with the Companyâs operations, the Directors also were given detailed presentations giving the organizational set up of the Company, the functioning of various divisions / departments, the Companyâs market share and the markets in which it operates, governance and internal control processes and other relevant information pertaining to the Companyâs business. The Whole time Director/ CEO also has personal discussions from time to time with the Independent Directors. The above initiatives help the Directors to understand the Company, its business and the regulatory framework in which the Company operates and equips them to effectively fulfill their role as Independent Directors of the Company.
23. Extract of Annual Return
The extract of the Annual Return in Form No MGT-9 as required under section 92 of the companies Act, 2013 for the financial year ending March 31, 2018 is annexed hereto as Annexure -C and forms part of the this report.
24. Risk Management
Your Company has in place a mechanism to identify, assess, monitor and mitigate various risks to key business objectives. Major risks identified by the businesses and functions are systematically addressed through mitigating actions on a continuing basis. These are also discussed at the meetings of the Audit Committee and the Board, Your Company has put in place internal control systems and processes to optimize the risk mitigation measures for review by the audit Committee and approval by the Board. The executive management is guided from time to time by the Board to improve the risk mitigation measures and initiate timely action
25.Transfer of unclaimed dividend
There is no unclaimed dividend for the financial year 2009-10 to be transferred to IEPF (Investor Education and Protection Fund) and the sum for the financial year 2010-11 is due for transfer.
26. Auditors Statutory Auditors
M/s PRSV & Co., LLP, Chartered Accountants, are the statutory auditors of your Company and they hold office until the conclusion of the thirtieth AGM to be held in the year 2022.
Reply to the Comments made in the Audit Report
1. Non Re-conciliation, confirmation of receivables and provisions.
The Companyâs major customers are Indian Railways and Egyptian National Railways, which r
recognize the invoices on payment basis. The company could not obtain the confirmation and reconciliation of balance from both the parties. The company intends to file arbitration proceedings against KRCL for Rs.5.18 crores, hence no provision was made in the books of accounts.
2. Non-provision for slow and nonmoving stock.
The slow and non-moving stocks significantly constitute electronic components which can be used by the company in future expected domestic and international orders, hence provision was not made.
Secretarial Audit
In terms of section 204 of the Companies Act2013 and the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules
2014 the Company has appointed M/s A. J. Sharma & Associates, Company Secretaries to conduct Secretarial Audit for the year 2017-18 and their report is annexed as Annexure-D to this report
Reply to the Comments made in the Secretarial Audit Report
Belatedly filing of Annual returns and forms
The company was facing severe financial constraints since some time due to which Key Managerial Personnel could not be put in position to look after the compliances under various applicable legislations from time to time. As such there was delay in submission of returns and forms.
Penalties imposed by BSE/NSE for delay in compliance under SEBI (Listing Obligations and disclosure requirements) Regulations 2015
These penalties are pertaining to earlier years. There were no major penalties imposed during the year 2017-18.
The Company is required to authorize one or more KMP in terms of Regulation 30(5) of LODR Regulations 2015.
The Company Secretary and Chief Financial Officer is designated under Regulation 30(5) of SEBI (LODR) Regulations 2015 for identifying material events and necessary disclosures.
No Independent directors meeting was held during the year
The Company is in the process of identifying and inducting further Independent directors so as to comply with Regulation 17 of SEBI (Listing obligations and disclosure requirements) Regulations 2015
Updating of Website
The company has appointed a qualified Company Secretary for adhering to all the compliances including updating of Companyâs website.
Delay in payments of Statutory Dues
The company was facing severe financial constraints since some time, as such there was delay in submission of returns and payment of statutory dues.
INTERNAL AUDITORS:
The Board of Directors based on the recommendation of the Audit Committee has re-appointed M/s. SRH & Co., Chartered Accountants, Hyderabad, as the Internal Auditors of your Company. The Internal Auditors are submitting their reports on quarterly basis.
27. Conservation of Energy, Technology Absorption and Foreign Exchange Earnings and outgo:
The information pertaining to conservation of energy, technology absorption, foreign exchange earnings and outgo as required under section 134 (3) (m) of the Companies Act 2013 read with Rule 8 (3) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules 2014 is furnished and annexed as Annexure-E to this report
28.Particulars Relating to Remuneration of Directors/Key Managerial Personnel and Employees.
Disclosures pertaining to remuneration and other details as required under Section 197(12) of the Act read with Rule 5(1) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 are provided separately and annexed as
Annexure-F to this report.
In terms of Rule 5(2) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, the Company does not have any employee who is employed throughout the financial year and in receipt of remuneration of Rs.102 Lakhs or more, or employees who are employed for part of the year and in receipt of Rs. 8.50 Lakhs or more per month.
The Company does not have any employee who is employed throughout financial year or part thereof, who was in receipt of remuneration in financial year under review which in aggregate, or as the case may be, at a rate which in the aggregate is in excess of that drawn by the Managing Director or Whole time director and holds by himself or along with his spouse and dependent children not less than 2% of the equity shares of the Company.
29.Other General Disclosures
No disclosure or reporting is required of the following as:-
a. No equity shares with differential rights as to dividend, voting or otherwise were issued
b. No sweat equity shares were issued
c. No remuneration or commission was received by the Managing Director/Whole time Director of the Company from subsidiary Company.
d. No significant or material orders were passed by the Regulators or Courts or Tribunals which impact the going concern status and Companyâs operations in future.
30. Corporate Governance Report
Your Company is committed to adhere to the corporate governance requirements. The report on Corporate Governance as stipulated under Schedule V of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 is given separately and annexed as Annexure-G to this report.
The requisite certificate from the Practicing Company Secretary confirming compliance with the conditions of corporate governance is attached.
31. Management Discussion & Analysis (MDA)
Managementâs Discussion and Analysis Report for the year under review, as stipulated under Regulation 34(2) (e) of the Listing Regulations is presented in a separate section forming part of the this report and annexed as Annexure-H.
32. Acknowledgements:
Your Directors would like to express their sincere appreciation for the guidance, assistance and co-operation received from the Indian Railways, RDSO, Egyptian Railways, State Bank of India, Government authorities and members during the year under review. Your Directors also wish to place on record their deep sense of appreciation for the commendable and dedicated contribution of all employees.
By Order of the Board
for KERNEX MICROSYSTEMS (INDIA) LIMITED
Manthena Badari Narayana Raju Raju Narasa Mantena
Whole-Time Director Chairman & Director
(DIN:07993925) (DIN 02666074)
Palce : Hyderabad
Date : 12th August, 2018
Mar 31, 2016
DIRECTORS REPORT
To
The Members,
Kernex Microsystems (India) Limited.
The directors annual report of Kernex Microsystems (India) Limited (the âCompanyâ or âKERNEXâ) along with the audited financial statements for the financial year ended March 31, 2016 below and consolidated performance of the Company and its subsidiary has been referred to wherever required.
Financial Results
Rs in Lakhs
2015-2016 |
2014-2015 |
|
Sales and Other Income |
1,422.41 |
2,300.11 |
Profit/Loss before Depreciation, Finance Cost and Tax |
(731.35) |
(284.36) |
Less:- Finance Cost |
309.18 |
267.28 |
Less:- Depreciation |
321.00 |
416.56 |
Profit/Loss after Depreciation, Interest and before tax |
(1,361.55) |
(968.20) |
Tax expense |
(32.60) |
(28.91) |
Profit / Loss after Tax Add: Balance brought forward from previous year |
(1,328.94) 799.01 |
(939.29) 1,806.30 |
Less: Adjustments consequent to revision of useful life of certain assets pursuant to Schedule II of Companies Act,2013 |
Nil |
(68.00) |
Balance carried forward to Balance sheet |
(529.93) |
799.01 |
Profit available for appropriation Earnings Per Share (Rs.) - Basic - Diluted |
(10.63) (10.63) |
(7.51) (7.51) |
Appropriations: |
||
Transfer to General Reserve |
- |
- |
Proposed Dividend |
- |
- |
Income Tax on proposed Dividend |
- |
- |
Balance carried to the Balance sheet |
(529.93) |
799.01 |
This year 2015-16 was a difficult year and company has incurred a loss (approx.) of Rs.13.29Crores. The abrupt stoppage of Operation Maintenance Contract (OMC) and Annual Maintenance Contract (AMC) of
ACD project by Railways, in NF Region and slow progress of ENR project severely affected our income earning capacity as well as, shortage of important components, which had to be resourced locally in Egypt. Besides, the company continued to invest in R & D of Train Collision Avoidance System of which the Indian Railways wish to adopt and also provisioning of collision prevention device in Richard Bay Coal Terminal, in South Africa; Diversification could only be taken up after studying emerging markets, demand supply position and mobilization of funds. Banks have tightened issue of extra working capital affecting progress of works, even though company had adequate collateral backup. Thus the overall, earnings decreased to Rs. 14 crores, the lowest in the last 8 years leading to large loss.
The Companyâs business and operational results:
1. The Company''s joint development of Train Collision Avoidance Systems (TCAS), along with RDSO, Railway Board is yielding good results. It has reached user trials stage and last minute fine tuning by way of last minute additions/ modifications is being done. The project is expected to be ready for deployment all over Indian Railways. Indian Railways has already asked the concerned zonal railways to be ready with plan and execute TCAS from New Delhi to Guwahati and also in Guntakal Division of SC zonal railways.
2. Safety Certification by an accredited agency of your company''s Train Collision Avoidance System has been entrusted to an international accredited agency Ital Certifer, Milan, Italy and this work is in progress. Certification may be obtained by Dec 2016, and in case, major alterations are required, it may be go up to June-
2017.
3. Progress on ENR project has been stalled as ENR wanted us to source, an important component of the system, i.e Booms with mechanical fuse locally in Egypt from military production wing of Government of Egypt. The product delivered by Egypt has not been approved by ENR and forcing your company to procure the same from other countries. Those are expected to be delivered in September 2016 and accepted by ENR. On such acceptance, project can pick up thereafter.
KBRNEX
Delivering Railway Safety
Kernex Microsystems (I) Ltd.,
Annual Report 2015-16
4. Your company has been awarded an order for US$ 8,46,000/-, and contract for provision of collision prevention system, in Richard Bay Coal Terminal in South Africa, including proving the concept of collusion avoidance and execute the system over 10 locos and track equipment on the ground to prevent collision and avoid the delays & breakdowns in coal unloading & dispatching. The first phase of demonstration of concept was successfully completed in April-June 2016 and manufacturing of the system is in progress.
5. Annual Maintenance & Operation Maintenance Contract of NF Railway has been discontinued suddenly with effect from 01 July 2015. We are however continuing our effort to impress upon the Railways to use the Safety System and achieve better safety record in NF Railways. However, owing to change over to TCAS, there is no surety.
6. Your MD has taken an active part in the discussion & collaboration of technologies, for high speed bullet train project from Mumbai to Ahmadabad sector, in order to meet up Japanese companies, for signal and safety related technologies.
International Operations
7. Egypt:Egypt is likely to come-up with new Lx systems and also modernization of Railways with new locos, Rolling stock, signal and safety systems. We are exploring the possibilities with MNCs to take up execution as a local partner with a matching up-gradation of local marketing setup.
8. South Africa: To build up further on our strengths of providing collision preventive devices, in South Africa in coal terminals and provide appropriate TCAS to South African railways, a marketing tie-up is being planned.
9. Tie-up with Nippon Signal: Discussions are ongoing with Nippon Signals, for manufacturing their safety systems in India for High speed trains, Metros and other trunk route trains in India. This may take up to one year, as it is a slow decision making process.
Future Projects Abroad:
10.Egypt, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Australia and some African countries are at present upgrading their railway infrastructure. With suitable technology and marketing setup, we could-CTT0 expand our product market.
New Areas of Business in India:
11. Immediate prospects for the company depends on the proliferation of TCAS all over India and the Railway ministry''s early initiatives. This is being pursued at highest level. Union Railway Minister, in the Railway Budget speech in Parliament, on 26 Feb 2016 that Railways have taken up 8 major works, under âcritical mission category'' including TCAS.
12.Supply of Lxs Automatic gates for dedicated freight corridors, where incorporation of Rail, Road over bridges could provide the company a good opportunity to expand its Lx market.
13. Number of defense projects under âMake in India'' program could provide opportunities to your companies, which are being studied and explored.
Research & Development:
14.Your company has capability to undertake R & D work, develop a new product and bring to the commercial stage in a short period like in the case of ACD, TCAS and Lx System. There is scope to develop products for Railways, Universal Interface for loco breaking system, computerized display system in Locos and division control centre, Electronic inter locking system etc. Single & multiple digital axle counters, Integrated Power Supplies, Hot axle & vibration detection systems. However, these can be undertaken as and when demand arises and funds are available &D, often requires collaboration with MNC''s in important items of Defense, Railways and Energy Systems. The company is exploring such possibilities.
Progress on IPO
15.Progress achieved on the IPO and company expansion projects: As part of IPO related work, acquiring of some land corridor to the main road are in progress, for which Rs. 160 lakhs is in deposit with the monitoring agency State Bank of Hyderabad, surplus if any could be used for TCAS work.
Overseas Subsidiary
16.Overseas Subsidiary and consolidated financial statement: The Company has one 100% wholly owned subsidiary Avant GardeInfosystemsinc., USA as at 31st March 2016. In accordance with section 129(3) of the Companies Act, 2013 the Company has prepared consolidated financial statement of the Company and the subsidiary which forms part of the Annual Report for laying before the Annual General Meeting. A report on the performance and financial position of the subsidiary forms part of the consolidated statement in Form AOC-1.
Dividend and Reserves:
17.The company has incurred heavy loss in the financial year, as new orders did not materialize and the expected dues were not received. Work progress on ENR was also tardy. Your directors regret their inability to declare any dividend on the paid up capital of the company.
Material changes and commitments:
18.No material changes and commitments affecting the financial position of the Company occurred between the end of the financial year to which the financial statements relate and the date of this report. There was no change in the nature of business of the Company during the financial year ended 31st March 2016
19. Directors and Key Managerial Personnel: Other Corporate Information
i. Col. L.V. Raju, (Retd.) Managing Director-KMP*
ii. Mr. Murali Mohan, Director Technical (WTD) -KMP
iii. Dr. ManthenaAnjiRaju, Non Exec. Director
iv. Dr. ManthenaNarasaraju, Non Exec. Director
v. Dr. VintaJanardhanreddy, Non Exec. Director
vi. Dr. JyothiRaju, Non Exec. Director
vii. Mr. M. Gopalakrishna, IAS (Retd.), Independent Director
viii. Mr. A. Venkataratnam, Independent Director
ix. Mr. Arun kumar Sanwalka, Independent Director
x. CS. S. Srinivasa Kiran, Company Secretary-cum-Compliance Officer - kMp
Col L V Raju (Retd.) re-appointed from 1st July-
2015 for a period three years and obtained approval from Shareholders in 23rd AGM, but resigned on 09th August-2016 and will continue till 31st October, 2016.
Dr. JyothiRaju, Non-Executive Director also resigned on 09th August-2016 on personal grounds.
20. Declaration by Independent Directors:
All the independent directors submitted their disclosures to the Board that they fulfill all the requirements as stipulated in Section 149(6) of the Companies Act 2013 so as to continue to qualify for appointment and continue as Independent Directors under the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the rules framed there under.
21.Nomination and Remuneration Policy of Directors, Key Managerial Personnel and other Employees :
In terms of section 178(1) of the Companies Act 2013 the Board on the recommendation of the Nomination and Remuneration committee approved the criteria and policy for selection and appointment of directors, key managerial persons and their remuneration. The remuneration policy forms part of the report on corporate governance.
22. Board Evaluation :
SEBI (Listing Obligations & Disclosure Requirements) Regulations 2015, mandates that the Board shall monitor and review the Board evaluation framework. The framework includes the evaluation of Directors on various parameters such as:
- Board dynamics and relationships
- Information flows
- Decision making.
- Relationship with stakeholders
- Company Performance and strategy
- Tracking Board and committees'' effectiveness and
- Peer evaluation.
The performance of the Board was evaluated by the Board after seeking inputs from all the directors on the basis of the criteria such as the Board composition and structure, effectiveness of board processes, information and functioning, etc.
The performance of the committees was evaluated by the board after seeking inputs from the committee members on the basis of the criteria such as the composition of committees, effectiveness of committee meetings, etc.
The Board and the Nomination and Remuneration Committee (âNRCâ) reviewed the performance of the individual directors on the basis of the criteria such as the contribution of the individual director to the Board and committee meetings like preparedness on the issues to be discussed, meaningful and constructive contribution and inputs in meetings, etc. In addition, the Chairman was also evaluated on the key aspects of his role.
In a separate meeting of independent Directors, performance of non-independent directors, performance of the board as a whole and performance of the Chairman was evaluated, taking into account the views of executive directors and non-executive directors & KMPs. The same was discussed in the board meeting that followed the meeting of the independent Directors, at which the performance of the Board, its committees and individual directors was also discussed. 23.Number of meetings of the Board of directors : 8 times during the year 2015-16 (As per Annexure)
24. DIRECTORSâ RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
The financial statements are prepared in accordance with the Generally Accepted Principles (GAAP) under the historical cost convention on accrual basis, which are measured at fair values. GAAPs comprises mandatory accounting standards as prescribed under section 133 of the Companies Act 2013 (âthe Act) read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules 2014, the provisions of the act (to the extent notified) and guidelines issued by SEBI. Pursuant to Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013, the board of directors, to the best of their knowledge and ability, confirm that :
I. in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards have been followed and there are no material departures;
ii. they have selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company at the end of the financial year and of the profit of the Company for that period;
iii. they have taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;
iv. they have prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis;
v. they have laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the Company and such internal financial controls are adequate and operating effectively;
vi. they have devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and that such systems were adequate and operating effectively. Based on the framework of internal financial controls and compliance systems established and maintained by the Company, work performed by the internal, statutory and secretarial auditors and external consultants and the reviews performed by management and the relevant board committees, including the audit committee, the board is of the opinion that the Company''s internal financial controls were adequate and effective during the financial year 2015-16.
25. Internal Financial controls:
The Company has laid down policies and procedures to be adopted for ensuring the orderly and efficient conduct of its business, including adherence to company''s policies, the safeguarding of its assets, the prevention and detection of fraud and errors, the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, and the timely preparation of reliable financial information. An independent Audit committee of the board reviews the adequacy of internal controls.
26.Particulars of Loans, Guarantees and Investments :
The details of Loans, Guarantees and Investments covered under the provisions of Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013 forms part of the financial statements.
27. Audit committee of Board:
The Audit Committee of the company comprises four (4) Directors including three (3) independent Directors and the Managing Director. The Chairman of the Audit Committee was present at the Board Meeting where Annual accounts have been approved.
28. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR):
The Company having regard to the net profit/turnover/net worth is not covered under the provisions of Section 135 of the Companies Act 2013 relating CSR activities.
29. Related Party Transactions:
All the related party transactions by the Company during the year 2015-16 were on an arm''s length basis and were in the ordinary course of business and as such the provisions of section 188 are not attracted. There are no materially significant Related Party Transactions with Promoters, Directors, Key Managerial persons or other designated persons during the year.
30.Familiarization Programme for Independent Directors :
In terms of clause 49(II)(B)(7) of the Listing Agreement with the Stock exchanges the Company familiarizes all the independent directors about their roles, responsibilities, rights in the company, nature of Industry, Risk Management, Board evaluation process and procedures, financial controls and management., Board effectiveness, strategic direction etc.
31.Extract of Annual Returns :
The extract of the Annual Return in Form No. MGT-9 forms part of the Director''s Report.
32. Risk Management :
During the year under review the Audit Committee of Directors was entrusted with the responsibility of identification, assessment and addressing of various risks which may threaten the existence of the Company and to assist the Board in overseeing the risk management framework and to manage, monitor and report on the principal risk and uncertainties that can impact its ability to achieve its strategic objectives. The absence of the Chief Financial Officer and collection of overdue amounts from M/s. Konkan Railway
Corporation Limited (KRCL) and tardy project management in ENR, Egypt have affected our attempts at better risk management. We have referred our case regarding dues from KRCL to Arbitration for a sum of Rs. 98 Crores (approx.)
33.Transfer of Unclaimed dividend :
The unclaimed dividend for the financial year 2008-09 Rs.48,779/- was transferred to Investor Education and Protection Fund and the sum for the financial year 2009-10 is due for transfer.
Auditors
34.Statutory Auditors: M/s GMK Associates, Chartered Accountants, Hyderabad were reappointed as statutory auditors at 23rd AGM of the Company held on
28th September 2015 for a period of three years subject to ratification at every AGM. They have confirmed their eligibility to the effect that their re-appointment, if made, would be within the prescribed limits under the Act and that they are not disqualified for reappointment
35. Secretarial Audit :
In terms of section 204(1) of the Companies Act
2013 and the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules 201 4 the Company has appointed Mr. AbhishekShukla, Practicing Company Secretary and Sr. Partner of M/s. AbhiskekShukla& Associates, to conduct Secretarial Audit for the year 2015-16 and their report is annexed to this report
36.Conservation of Energy, Technology Absorption and Foreign Exchange Earnings and outgo:
The information pertaining to conservation of energy, technology absorption, foreign exchange earnings and outgo as required under section 134(3) (m) of the Companies Act 2013 read with Rule 8 (3) of the companies (Accounts) Rules
2014 is furnished in Annexure B and forms part of this report.
37.Particulars Relating to Remuneration of Directors/Key Managerial Personnel and employees:
Disclosures pertaining to remuneration and other details as required under section 192(12) of the Act read with Rules 5(1) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 are provided in the Annual Report.
There were no employees drawing remuneration in excess of the limits contained in Rules 5(2) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014.
General:
No disclosure or reporting is required on the
following:
a. The Company has not accepted any deposits covered under Chapter V of the Act
b. No equity shares with differential rights as to dividend, voting or otherwise were issued.
c. No sweat equity shares were issued
d. No remuneration or commission was received by the Managing Director/Whole-time director of the Company from subsidiary company
e. No significant or material orders were passed by the Regulators or Courts or Tribunals which impact the going concern''s status and Company''s operations in future
f. No cases filed pursuant to the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013
38. Corporate Governance Report:
The Company''s committed to adhere to the corporate governance requirements set out by SEBI. The report on Corporate Governance as stipulated under the Listing Agreement forms an integral part of this Report. The requisite certificate from the Auditors of the Company confirming compliance with the conditions of corporate governance is attached to the report on Corporate Governance.
39. Management Discussion & Analysis (MDA):
Management''s Discussion and analysis Report for the year under review, as stipulated under Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with the Stock Exchanges in India, is presented in a separate section forming part of the Annual Report.
40. Share Capital & Unsecured Loans:
The authorized share capital of the Company has remained unchanged at Rs.15,00,00,000/-. The called up and paid up Share capital as on 31.03.2016 stood at Rs. 12,49,96,550/-. No fresh loans were taken from the Banks / Government during the year.
41. Board Composition
The Company has a Non-Executive Chairman. The Board of Directors of the Company consists of eminent persons with professional expertise. The Board comprises of two Executive Directors and Seven Non-executive Directors, of whom three are independent Directors as on March 31, 2016. Accordingly, the Composition of the Board is in conformity with the listing agreement entered with Stock Exchanges.
None of the Directors on the Board is a member on more than 10 committees or Chairman of more than 5 committees as specified in listing agreement, across all the Companies in which he is a Director. Necessary disclosures regarding Committee positions have been made by the Directors.
The names and categories of the Directors on the Board, their attendance at Board Meetings held during the year and the number of Directorships and Committee memberships held by them in other companies is given below. Other directorships do not include alternate directorships, directorships of private limited Companies and companies incorporated outside India. Chairmanship/membership of Board committees includes membership of Audit and Shareholders/Investor Grievance Committee.
42.Auditors Certificate on Corporate Governance:
As required by SEBI (LODR), Regulations, 2015, the Auditors Certificate on Corporate Governance is enclosed as Annexure, which forms part of the Directors Report. The Auditors Certificate for fiscal 2016 doesn''t contain any qualification, reservation or adverse remark.
43. Auditors
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 139 of the Act and the rules framed thereunder, M/s. GMK & Associates, Practicing Chartered Accountants, (Firm Registration No. 006945S) were appointed as statutory auditors of the Company from the conclusion of the Twenty Third (23rd) Annual
General Meeting (AGM) of the Company held on 28th September, 2015 till the conclusion of the Twenty Fourth AGM to be held in the year 2016, subject to ratification of their appointment at every AGM.
44. Auditorsâ report and secretarial auditorsâ report
The auditors'' report and secretarial auditors'' report does not contain any qualifications, reservations or adverse remarks. Report of the secretarial auditor is given as an annexure which forms part of this report.
45. Extract of annual return
There was one EGM (held on 24th May, 2015) conducted during the Financial Year 2015-16.
46. Particulars of employees
The information required under Section 197 of the Act read with rule 5(1) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 are given below:
There are no employees / Whole Time Director & MD / KMPs, whose salary is beyond the threshold limit of Rs.60,00,000/- per annum (Rs.5,00,000/- per month), as prescribed under Schedule V of the Companies Act 2013 and the rules there under.
47. Disclosure requirements
As per Clause 49 of the listing agreements entered into with the stock exchanges, corporate governance report with auditors'' certificate thereon and management discussion and analysis are attached, which form part of this report.
As per Clause 55 of the listing agreements entered into with the stock exchanges, a business responsibility report is attached and forms part of this annual report.
48. Corporate Governance Philosophy of Kernex
Corporate Governance is about maximizing the Shareholder value legally, ethically and sustainably. At Kernex, the goal of Corporate Governance is to ensure fairness for every shareholder. We believe, sound corporate governance is critical to enhance and retain investor trust. We always seek to ensure that our performance is driven by integrity. Our Board exercises its fiduciary responsibilities in the widest sense of the term. Our disclosures seek to attain the better practices in Corporate Governance. We also endeavor to enhance long term shareholder value and respect minority rights in all our business decisions.
49. Vigil Mechanism:
The Company in compliance with the provisions of Section 177(9) of the Companies Act, 2013 and clause 49 of the listing agreement framed a Whistle Blower Policy/Vigil Mechanism for reporting illegal or unethical behavior. The employees are free to report violations of applicable laws and regulations under the Code of Conduct. The Audit Committee reviews reports received from the employees who may also directly report to the Chairman of the Audit Committee. The whistle blower policy is also posted on the Company''s website.
50. Acknowledgements:
Your Directors would like to express their sincere appreciation for the guidance, assistance and co-operation received from the Indian Railways, RDSO, Egyptian Railways, Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd., State Bank of Hyderabad, Government authorities and members during the year under review. Your Directors also wish to place on record their deep sense of appreciation for the dedicated contribution of all employees.
By order of the Board
For KERNEX MICROSYSTEMS (INDIA) LIMITED
Col.L.V.Raju (Retd.)
Managing Director
(DIN:00052102)
Place: Hyderabad
Date: 09-08-2016
Mar 31, 2015
Dear Members,
The Directors present herewith, the Twenty third Annual Report
together with the audited accounts of the company for the year ending
31 March 2015.
Financial Results
Rs. in lacs
2014-15 2013-14
Total Revenue 2,300.11 3,312.16
Profit/Loss before
Depreciation, Finance (284.36) 412.33
Cost and Tax
Less: Finance Cost 267.28 219.52
Less: Depreciation 416.56 403.18
Profit/Loss after
Depreciation, Interest
and before Tax (968.20) (210.37)
Tax Expense (28.91) (39.93)
Profit/Loss after Tax (939.29) (170.44)
Balance brought forward 867.00 1,976.74
Less: Adjustments
consequent to revision of
useful life of certain assets
pursuant to Schedule II of
Companies Act, 2013 (68.00) -
Balance carried forward to
Balance sheet 799.01 1,806.30
Year in Retrospect
The year 2014-2015 was a difficult year and company has incurred a loss
of Rs 9.39 crores. The main reason is the slow progress of the ENR
project 136LX gates due to difficult working conditions, innumerable
technical problems, gate accidents that diverted man power. The
dropping of 75 gate contract by ENR, local law and order problems in
Egypt, slow decision making and shortage of adequate working capital,
etc., compounded our difficulties and drastically curtailed the
earnings expected from Egypt. In the domestic area Kernex could not
obtain any new projects and all projects are either that of Railways or
Defence which have long gestation period and need heavy Investment.
Kernex is required to complete the TCAS project along with other
competitors, which requires a lot of working capital. In the absence of
any bank credit, company has to spend on R&D work from their revenue.
Owing to lack of orders, switch over from ACD to TCAS, a number of
properties of Kernex could not be put to use. However, the depreciation
cost has to be provided for. Despite best efforts, Kernex could not
obtain a large amount of pending receivables from KRCL. The matter
Arbitration and the Arbitration award is awaited. In view of the
adverse circumstances, the overall earnings decreased from Rs 33.00
crores to Rs 23.00 crores this year. The expenditure could not be
reduced, as it would have severely affected our working in Egypt, NFR
Railways and TCAS Projects. In order to raise funds to meet the urgent
requirements of capital for pursuing running projects, your Board of
Directors have taken a decision to dispose of the non essential assets
not generating viable revenues to meet the capital and operational
requirements and complete the work on ENR and TCAS.
The Company's Business and Operational Results
1. With the dropping of ACD project by KRCL/Indian Railways, The Train
Collision Avoidance System which was awarded in April' 2013 for
development was continued in the modular development mode during
2014-2015 and has now reached a level of design and functional
capability demonstration. Design has been approved and type test have
been successfully completed. Production was taken up by your company in
November'2014 and continued upto 31st March' 2015. Onsite work
including erection of towers and wiring is in progress and is likely to
be completed shortly. The breaking Interface unit, including test bench
work was completed and Type and user testing is likely to be completed
by the end September'2015.
2. New Certification agency as approved by RDSO, Lucknow for Safety
Integrity Independent Level by an Independent Safety Assessment Agency
(ISA) is being appointed in place of the earlier agency who has
expressed its inability to continue. New ISA is likely to be finalized
shortly out of the RDSO's panel..
3. The User trials are scheduled for September - October'2015 and on
successful trials, TCAS may be used by Railways for deployment in
Indian Railway Network.
4. The Annual Maintenance Contract and OMC of ACD System in N F
Railways has been successfully carried out during the year and
continued in the current year. The extension of the same upto 31st
March'2016 is awaited.
5. Your company has entered into an MoU with M/s MRT Signals Limited,
Kolkata, to jointly bid for the TCAS Project in Indian Railways. This
will help to synergize the resources and capabilities of both companies
to mutual advantage.
International Operations
Egypt
6. The progress of installation of 136 Gates of ENR Project has been
affected due to accidents caused by uncontrolled traffic in Egypt and
difficult working conditions, 80 gates have been installed so far and
work on the remaining gates is continuing. Due to delayed payments and
lack of additional working capital, the project completion date is now
revised from December'2015 to June 2016. Other remaining works of the
contract is in progress like Internal and External Training, supply of
over 400 new booms, supply of spare parts for 2 years, PHO and warranty
maintenance works, etc. The proposal of ENR for a contract for further
75 gates has been dropped.
7. MNC Enquiries: In Egypt a number of MNCS like M/s Thales, M/s
Alstom, etc., who are working there have shown interest in using Kernex
LXS in their signaling contract for interlocked gates. Kernex is
pursuing the matter.
8. Defence Production Department, Government of Egypt is seeking
technical collaboration with your company for supply of ECM module,
Digital Axle Counter, Sensors, Mechanical Locks etc to be supplied in
knock down condition to be assembled in Egypt. Negotiations are in
progress on the scope and scale of the work.
Future Prospects
International- South Africa
1. Your company has submitted a bid to Richard Bay, Coal Terminal of
Johannesburg for Supply of Collision Avoidance System to coal unloading
terminal yard with tippler assemblies costing over1.28 million US $.
The order for Phase - I has been received.
New Areas of business in India
2. Kernex is working at a fast pace to complete the development of
TCAS and also secure Certification for SIL, so that it is ready for
sale.
3. We have given an offer to KRCL and NFR to provide new breaking
Interface for EMD. Loco's that are being run in NF Railway routes.
4. Your company proposes to take part in Defence projects covering
Microwave, RF Radar Technologies and take up out sourced manufacturing
of Electronic components from Defence vendors for DRDO, DRDL, BDL, HAL
Etc. or directly from them
Research and development
Your company has been working, in the focused areas like R&D,
especially for Railways and Defence, design and supply of collision
avoidance system for coal unloading yards, 'Fog Pass' for helping
locos to move in poor visibility, unmanned gate warning system,
universal loco break Interface unit, Balises and Balises transmission,
indigenous radio modem in UHF frequency, RFID tags and readers ,
development of online data and operational display units etc.
Progress achieved on the IPO and company expansion projects
As part of IPO related work, acquiring of some land and approaches to
the main road are in progress. This work will be completed shortly. The
balance proceeds of Rs.160 lakhs is deposited with the monitoring
agency State Bank of Hyderabad.
Overseas Subsidiary and consolidated financial statement
The Company has one 100% wholly owned subsidiary Avant Garde
Infosystems Inc, USA and there were no joint ventures or associate
Companies as at 31st March 2015. In accordance with section 129(3) of
the Companies Act, 2013 the Company has prepared Consolidated financial
statement of the Company and the subsidiary in the form and manner as
that of its own in compliance with the accounting standards and the
listing agreement with the stock exchanges which forms part of the
Annual Report for laying before the Annual General Meeting. A report on
the performance and financial position of the subsidiary forms part of
the consolidated statement in Form AOC-I.
Dividend and Reserves
The company has incurred losses in the financial year, as the expected
dues were not received, work progress on ENR was tardy and new orders
did not materialize. As such, your directors regret their inability to
declare any dividend on the paid up capital of the company.
Material changes and commitments
No material changes and commitments affecting the financial position of
the Company occurred between the end of the financial year to which the
financial statements relate and the date of this report. There was no
change in the nature of business of the Company during the financial
year ended 31st March 2015
Directors and Key Managerial Personnel
In accordance with the provisions of Section 152 of the Companies Act,
2013 Ms Jyoti Raju and Mr Raju Narasa Mantena, Directors retire by
rotation and being eligible offer themselves for re-appointment. Col
L.V.Raju is proposed for re-appointment as Managing Director of the
Company The brief profile of the Directors who are to be
appointed/re-appointed forming part of the notes and explanatory
statement to the notice of the Annual General Meeting is furnished. Mr
K.Subash and Mr K.Suman Kumar were appointed as Company Secretary and
Chief Financial officers during the year. The CS and CFO resigned
during the current year and the company is looking for suitable persons
for appointment.
Declaration by Independent Directors
All the Independent Directors have submitted their disclosures to the
Board that they fulfill all the requirements as stipulated in Section
149 (6) of the Companies Act 2013 so as to qualify themselves to be
appointed as Independent Directors under the provisions of the
Companies Act, 2013 and the rules framed there under
Nomination and Remuneration Policy of Directors, Key Managerial
Personnel and other Employees
In terms of section 178 (1) of the Companies Act 2013 the Board on the
recommendation of the Nomination and remuneration committee approved
the criteria and policy for selection and appointment of directors, key
managerial persons and their remuneration. The remuneration policy
forms part of the report on corporate governance.
Board Evaluation
Pursuant to the provisions contained in the Companies Act 2013 and
clause 49 of the listing agreement the Board has carried out annual
performance evaluation of its own performance, The chairman of the
Board ,the individual directors as well as the evaluation of the
working of the Audit, Nomination and Remuneration committee and other
committees. The evaluation was based on the attendance, contribution,
independence of judgment and preparedness for the meetings
Number of Meetings of the Board of Directors
During the financial year 2014-15 the Board of Directors of the Company
met 10 times on 24.05.2014, 11.08.2014, 20.08.2014, 09.09.2014,
25.10.2014, 10.01.2014, 14.11.2014, 07.02.2015, 10.03.2015 and
24.03.2015. A separate meeting of the Independent Directors of the
Company was also held on 20.08.2014 to discuss items enumerated under
Schedule IV to the Companies Act 2013 and clause 49 of the listing
agreement
Directors' Responsibility Statement
Pursuant to section 134 (3) (c) of the Companies Act, 2013 the
Directors to the best of their knowledge hereby state and confirm that
a) in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting
standards had been followed along with proper explanation relating to
material departures
b) the Directors had selected such accounting policies and applied them
consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and
prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of
the Company at the end of the financial year and of the profit of the
Company for that period
c) the Directors had taken proper and sufficient care for the
maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the
provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and
for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities
d) the Directors had prepared the annual accounts on a going concern
basis and
e) the internal financial controls to be followed by the Company were
laid down and such financial controls were adequate and were operating
effectively
f) the Directors had devised proper systems to ensure compliance with
the provisions of all applicable laws and that such systems were
adequate and were operating effectively
Internal Financial Controls
The Company has laid down policies and procedures to be adopted for
ensuring the orderly and efficient conduct of its business, including
adherence to company's policies, the safeguarding of its assets, the
prevention and detection of frauds and errors, the accuracy and
completeness of the accounting records, and the timely preparation of
reliable financial information. An independent audit committee of the
Board reviews the adequacy of internal controls
Particulars of Loans, Guarantees and Investments.
The details of Loans, Guarantees and Investments covered under the
provisions of Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013 forms part of the
financial statements
Audit Committee of Board:
The Audit Committee of the company comprises four (4) Directors
including three (3) independent Directors and One (1) Managing Director
and the Chairman of the Audit Committee was present at the Board
Meeting where Annual accounts have been approved.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
The Company having regard to the net profit/turnover/ net worth is not
covered under the provisions of Section 135 of the Companies Act 2013
to constitute a committee and spend the amount towards CSR activities
Related Party Transactions
All the related party transactions by the Company during the year
2014-15 were on an arms length basis and were in the ordinary course of
business and as such the provisions of section 188 are not attracted.
There are no materially significant Related Party Transactions with
Promoters, Directors, Key Managerial Persons or other designated
persons during the year.
Vigil Mechanism
The Company in compliance with the provisions of Section 177(9) of the
Companies Act, 2013 and clause 49 of the listing agreement framed a
whistle Blower Policy/Vigil Mechanism for reporting illegal or
unethical behavior. The employees are free to report violations of
applicable laws and regulations and the Code of Conduct. The Audit
Committee reviews reports received from the employees who may also
report to the Chairman of the Audit Committee. During the year under
review, no employee was denied access to the Audit Committee. The
Directors and senior management staff are to maintain confidentiality
of the reporting and ensure that the whistle blowers are not subjected
to any kind of discrimination. The whistle blower policy is also posted
on the Company's website.
Familiarization Programme for Independent Directors,
In terms of clause 49(II)(B)(7) of the Listing Agreement with the Stock
Exchanges the Company familiarizes all the independent directors about
their roles, rights and responsibilities in the Company, nature of
Industry, Risk Management, Board evaluation process and procedures,
financial controls and management, Board effectiveness, strategic
direction etc., The Directors also were explained in detail the
compliances required from them under the Companies Act, Clause 49 of
the Listing Agreement and other relevant regulations and their
affirmation taken with respect to the same. With a view to familiarize
with the Company's operations, the Directors also were given detailed
presentations giving the organizational set up of the Company, the
functioning of various divisions / departments, the Company's market
share and the markets in which it operates, governance and internal
control processes and other relevant information pertaining to the
Company's business. The Managing Director also has personal
discussions from time to time with the Independent Directors. The above
initiatives help the Directors to understand the Company, its business
and the regulatory framework in which the Company operates and equips
them to effectively fulfill their role as Independent Directors of the
Company.
Extract of Annual Return
The extract of the Annual Return in Form No MGT-9 forms part of the
Director's Report and is annexed as Annexure-A
Risk Management
During the year under review the Audit Committee of Directors was
entrusted with the responsibility of identification, assessment and
addressing of various risks which may threaten the existence of the
Company and to assist the Board in Overseeing and approving the risk
management framework and to manage, monitor and report on the principal
risks and uncertainties that can impact its ability to achieve its
strategic objectives. The Company has put in place internal control
systems and processes to optimize the risk mitigation measures for
review by the audit Committee and approval by the Board. The executive
management is guided from time to time by the Board to improve the risk
mitigation measures and initiate timely action
Transfer of unclaimed dividend
The unclaimed dividend for financial year 2006-07 was transferred to
Investor Education and Protection Fund and the sum for the financial
year 2007-08 is due for transfer
Auditors
Statutory Auditors
M/s GMK Associates, Chartered Accountants, Hyderabad were appointed as
statutory auditors at 22nd AGM of the Company held on 27th September
2014 for a period of three years subject to ratification at every AGM
They have confirmed their eligibility to the effect that their
re-appointment, if made, would be within the prescribed limits under
the Act and that they are not disqualified for re-appointment
Secretarial Audit
In terms of section 204 of the Companies Act2013 and the Companies
(Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel ) Rules 2014 the
Company has appointed M/s A.J.Sharma & Associates, Company Secretaries
to conduct Secretarial Audit for the year 2014-15 and their report is
annexed as Annexure-D to this report
Conservation of Energy, Technology Absorption and Foreign Exchange
Earnings and outgo:
The information pertaining to conservation of energy, technology
absorption, foreign exchange earnings and outgo as required under
section 134 (3) (m) of the Companies Act 2013 read with Rule 8 (3) of
the Companies (Accounts) Rules 2014 is furnished in Annexure-B and
forms part of this report
Particulars Relating to Remuneration of Directors/Key Managerial
Personnel and Employees.
Disclosures pertaining to remuneration and other details as required
under Section 197(12) of the Act read with Rule 5(1) of the Companies
(Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 are
provided in the Annual Report as Annexure C.
There were no employees drawing remuneration in excess of the limits
contained in Rules 5(2) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration
of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014,
General
No disclosure or reporting is required of the following
1. The Company has not accepted any deposits covered under Chapter V
of the Act.
2. No equity shares with differential rights as to dividend, voting or
otherwise were issued
3. No sweat equity shares were issued
4. No remuneration or commission was received by the Managing
Director/ Whole-time Director of the Company from subsidiary Company.
5. No significant or material orders were passed by the Regulators or
Courts or Tribunals which impact the going concern status and Company's
operations in future.
6. No cases filed pursuant to the Sexual Harassment of Women at
Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.
Corporate Governance Report
The Company is committed to adhere to the corporate governance
requirements set out by SEBI. The report on Corporate Governance as
stipulated under the Listing Agreement forms an integral part of this
Report. The requisite certificate from the Auditors of the Company
confirming compliance with the conditions of corporate governance is
attached as Annexure-E to the report on Corporate Governance.
Management Discussion & Analysis (MDA)
Management's Discussion and Analysis Report for the year under review,
as stipulated under Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with the Stock
Exchanges in India, is presented in a separate section forming part of
the Annual Report.
Acknowledgements:
Your Directors would like to express their sincere appreciation for the
guidance, assistance and co-operation received from the Indian
Railways, RDSO, Egyptian Railways, Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd.,
State Bank of Hyderabad, Government authorities and members during the
year under review. Your Directors also wish to place on record their
deep sense of appreciation for the commendable and dedicated
contribution of all employees.
By order of the Board
For Kernex Microsystems (India) Limited
Col. L.V.Raju (Retd)
Place: Hyderabad Managing Director
Date: 10-08-2015 (DIN.00052102)
Mar 31, 2014
Dear Members,
The Directors present herewith, the Twenty Second (22nd) Annual Report
together with the audited accounts of the company for the year ending
31st March 2014.
Financial Results Rs in Lakhs
2013-2014 2012-2013
Sales and Other Income 3312.16 3144.26
Profit before interest and 412.33 696.25
depreciation
Interest 219.52 245.45
Depreciation 403.18 275.95
Profit before Tax
Provision for Taxation (39.93) 110.17
Profit after Tax (170.44) 64.68
Add: Balance brought 1976.74 1912.06
forward from
previous year
Profit available for 1806.30 1976.74
appropriation
Earnings Per Share (Rs.)
Basic (1.36) 0.52
Diluted (1.36) 0.52
Appropriations:
Transfer to General - -
Reserve
Proposed Dividend - -
Income Tax on proposed - -
Dividend
Balance carried to the 1806.30 1976.74
Balance sheet
Dividend
In view of the company making losses in comparison with the previous
years that is 2010-2011, 2011-2012 and 2012-2013, your Directors are
not in a position to recommend any dividend on the paid up capital of
the company for the financial year 2013-2014. As many orders in the
pipeline are not finalized, existing reserves are required to sustain
the company''s business and provide seed capital to enable the company
to take up new R&D and other projects which are profitable.
Year in Retrospect
The year 2013-2014 was a very difficult year owing to financial
constraints of the Indian Railways, KRCL keeping on hold and dropping
of ACD Project and Indian Railways opting for the new TCAS Project.
With reduced revenues from the main sources of income, combined with
the slow progress of ENR Project, have lead to a drop in our turnover.
The Country''s economic slow down, Railway constraints and hold up of
investments have sevearly affected your Company operations and
proposals of diversification.
The Company''s Business and Operational Results
1. KRCL has dropped the ACD Version 1.0, developed over 6 years and
Ver 2.0, developed over a period of 4 years on instructions of Indian
Railways and the same was informed to Kernex towards the end of
2011-2012.
2. Taking account of the inadequacies of ACD System, Indian Railways
and RDSO have come out with New Development Notification for
development of TCAS System (Train Collision and Avoidance System) in
place of ACD System.
3. Kernex which allowed keen interest to develop the TCAS System in
conjunction with RDSO was short listed for receiving the competitive
tender in the IIIrd quarter of 2011-2012, after thorough evaluation of
our Strengths.
4. Kernex submitted tender to RDSO in response and was awarded,
Package B of the contract for development of TCAS System valued at
Rs.5.80 crores, in the Vikarabad-Bidar sector.
5. The development work started in July 2013 and continued up to year
end. The primary functionality of Inter-communications, logics, Braking
Interface, SPAD Protection, use of RFID Tags and RF reader
interoperability with the other vendors, design according to SIL
specifications, documentation and partial certifications have been
completed satisfactorily.
6. The equipment is presently being evaluated for type testing,
environmental screening and site acceptance trials, as aprelude for
final user''s evaluation and certification criteria testing. We expect
all related development, testing, approval and certification to be
completed by the end of January 2015.
7. Kernex, successfully executed CMC agreement for operational and
comprehensive maintenance of ACD System, in NF Railway, which involved
over 1250 ACDs and 8 Loco sheds including 200 Guard and SLR ACDs.
8. Egyptian National Railways Project has progressed satisfactorily,
and over 73 Gates were installed. As on 31 March 2014, more than 50%
Gates have been completed and balance gates are being installed despite
difficult local, administrative problems and financial constraints.
9. The project delays are due to many forced stoppages of work because
of avoidable accidents which necessitated diversing of manpower, local
difficulties and delay in power supply, shortage of materials like
booms etc, which are to be provided by ENR. ENR has also delayed
payments and is withholding substantial payments. At present, the PHO
is also held up by ENR. With provision of sufficient funds and
strengthening the protect team, the project is expected to move faster.
International Operations Egypt
Over 50% of Gates have been completed and the remaining gates are
expected to be completed by 31 March 2015. We have separately submitted
a new tender for over 75 gates, which is being evaluated by ENR and is
likely to be finalized shortly.
Sale of additional Lx Gate materials to Egyptian Govt. Ministry of
Defence Production
Egyptian Govt. of Defence Production is seeking technical collaboration
with us to supply ECM Modules, Digital Axle Counter, Sensors,
Mechanical locks to be supplied to them in knock down conditions with
final assembling to be done in Egypt. Quotations have been submitted
and final terms and conditions of supply are being negotiated.
Supply of additional items as part of spares for ENR as part of
original contract
Action is in hand to supply 500 booms, if ordered as part of 5 year
spares along with 96 control panels and supply of two years maintenance
costing over 2.00 million dollars to ENR.
Work tender submitted to Richards Bay Coal Terminal, South Africa
The work is under technical evaluation and the complete South African
Railway team is likely to visit India in September 2014.
Domestic Market
Kernex plans to complete the development of TCAS project in about 6
month''s time and be ready to bid for tenders in Railway market. Digital
Axle counters are greatly in demand and we are pursuing our association
with other companies to secure approvals from RDSO and market the
product in India and abroad.
New areas of business in India
Your company proposes to take part in Defence projects, in Microwave,
RF and Radar technologies and accept outsourced manufacturing orders
from Defence vendors or jointly manufacture Electronic Components
required by DRDO and Defence Ministry to utilize our infrastructure and
expertise.
Research & Development
Your company intends to take up R&D work in Defence related projects
and GIS projects, besides new projects of Railways which are being
tendered by RDSO. Kernex also explore scope for Joint Ventures in
emerging areas of interest.
Progress achieved on the IPO and Company Expansion Projects
As part of IPO related work, acquiring of some land and approach
stretches is in progress. All efforts are being made to complete the
revised project works during the year 2014-15.
Subsidiary company and consolidated financial statements
The Company had one Wholly Owned subsidiary in USA as on March 31,
2014. There has been no material change in the nature of the business
of the subsidiaries. As required under the Listing Agreements entered
into with the Stock Exchanges, consolidated financial statements of the
Company is also attached.
The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance
with the relevant accounting standards as prescribed under section
211(3C) of the Companies Act, 1956. The consolidated financial
statements disclose the assets, liabilities, income, expenses and other
details of the Company and its subsidiaries.
The members may refer to the statement under section 212 of the
Companies Act, 1956 for further information on this subsidiary. The
Balance Sheet of the said company is also attached herewith as required
under Section 212 of the Companies Act, 1956.
Corporate Governance Report, Management Discussion & Analysis Report
and Business Responsibility Report
As per clause 49 of the Listing Agreements entered into with the Stock
Exchanges, Corporate Governance Report with auditors'' certificate
thereon and Management Discussion and Analysis are attached and form
part of this report.
Directors'' Responsibility Statement:
As required under Section 217 (2AA) of the Companies Act, 1956 it is
hereby stated that:
a) . In the preparation of the Annual Accounts for the year ended March
31, 2014 the applicable Accounting Standards had been followed along
with proper explanation relating to material departures
b) The directors had selected such Accounting Policies and applied them
consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and
prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of
the company at the end of the financial year and of the profit or loss
of the company for that period.
c) The directors had taken proper and sufficient care for the
maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the
provisions of this Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and
for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities; and
d) The directors had prepared the annual accounts on a going concern
basis.
Audit Committee of Board:
The Audit Committee of the company comprises four (4) Directors
including three (3) independent Directors and One (1) Managing
Director, The Chairman of the Audit Committee was present at the Board
Meeting where Annual accounts have been approved.
Fixed deposits
The company has not accepted any deposits from the public and
therefore, the provisions of section 58A of the Companies Act, 1956 are
not applicable.
Conservation of Energy, Technology Absorption, etc.:
The particulars prescribed under 217 (1) (e) of the Companies Act, 1956
read with the Companies (Disclosure of particulars in the Report of
Board of Directors) Rules 1988, in respect of technology absorption,
foreign exchange earnings and outgo are set out in the annexure forming
part of this report.
Employee Relations:
Relations between the employees and the management continued to be
cordial during the year.
Particulars of Employees:
None of the employees are covered under section 217(2A) read of the
Companies Act, 1956 read with the Companies (particulars of employees)
Rules, 1975.
Directors:
Inductions
On 14th February, 2014, the Board Appointed Sri. Venkata Ratnam
Anugolu as Independent Non-Executive Additional Director.
Re-Appointments
Dr Anji Raju and Dr Janardhana Reddy Vinta, Directors retire by
rotation and being eligible, offer themselves for reappointment.
Details regarding Directors proposed to be appointed at the Annual
General Meeting to be held on 27th September, 2014, due to changes
arising from the implementation of the Companies Act, 2013 are provided
in the annexure to the Notice convening the Annual General Meeting.
Auditors:
M/s. GMK Associates, Chartered Accountants, Hyderabad the Statutory
Auditors of the Company retire at the conclusion of this Annual General
Meeting and are eligible for re-appointment.
Acknowledgements:
The Directors take this opportunity to thank all share holders,
investors, Indian Railways, RDSO, Konkan Railway Corporation, NF
Railway, Egyptian National Railways, Embassy of India, Egypt, our local
agents in Egypt, Eagle Aviation Resources, State Bank of Hyderabad for
their continued support during the year. Your Directors would like to
place on record their appreciation of the contribution made by
employees at all levels for their commendable team work, dedicated and
whole hearted efforts made during the year.
We thank the governments of various countries where we have our
operations. We also thank the Government of India, particularly the
Ministry of Railways (Railway Board), Ministry of Corporate Affairs,
the Customs and Excise Departments, the Income Tax Department, the
Reserve Bank of India, the Software Technology Parks (STPs) for and
other government agencies for their support, and look forward to their
continued cooperation in the future.
The directors appreciate and value the contributions made by every
member of the KERNEX family locally and globally.
By order of the Board
For Kernex Microsystems (India) Limited
B. Murali Mohan Col. L.V.Raju (Retd.)
Technical Director Managing Director
Place: Hyderabad
Date: 20-08-2014
Mar 31, 2013
To The Members of Kernex Microsystems (India) Ltd.
The Directors present herewith, the Twenty first Annual Report
together with the audited accounts of the company for the year ending
31 March 2013.
Financial Results Rs in Lakhs
2012-2013 2011-2012
Sales and Other Income 3144.26 4598.42
Profit before interest and 696.25 1135.26
depreciation
Interest 245.45 369.68
Depreciation 275.95 80.54
Profit before Tax 174.85 685.08
Provision for Taxation 110.17 238.11
Profit after Tax 64.68 446.97
Add: Balance brought 1912.06 1610.37
forward from
previous year Profit available for 1976.74 2057.34
appropriation
Earnings Per Share (Rs.)
Basic 0.52 3.58
Diluted 0.52 3.58
Appropriations:
Transfer to General
Reserve
Proposed Dividend 125.00
Income Tax on proposed 20.28
Dividend
Balance carried to the 1976.74 1912.06
Balance sheet
Dividend
In view of the reduction in turnover of the company Your directors are
not in a position to recommend any dividend on the paid up capital of
the company for the financial year 2012-2013. Due to recession and
withdrawal of orders in process existing reserves are required to
sustain the company''s business and seed capital to take up new R&D
projects.
Year in Retrospect
The year 2012-13 was a difficult year due to funds constraints of the
Indian Railways, their switchover to TCAS from ACD and put the R & D
Work of the company on ACD on hold and in suspension. This has
adversely affected the turnover of the Company and receipt of regular
payments.
The Company''s Business and Operational Results
1. Your company has successfully developed Anti Collision Devices
System Ver 1.0 along with Konkan Railways Corporation and commissioned
the systems in Konkan Route over 730 KMS and 730 KMS in N.F Railway
during 2004-2007.
2. The changes suggested by the Railway Board and RDSO, have been
incorporated in the new product ACD Ver 1.1.1. An advanced version 2.0
was also tested and tried out.
3. In the meantime Indian Railways and RDSO has gone ahead with their
Train Collision and Avoidance System (TCAS), with their new
specifications RDSO, has floated tender in December 2012-January 2013
with TCAS specifications for product development. Your company has
been qualified in 1st stage approval process Kernex has been qualified
to develop the TCAS system on 14 June 2013. The Work order for
Rs.584.00 lakhs with some conditions has since been received.
4. According to the work order, KMIL has been awarded package "B" to
develop, install, carry out trials of TCAS and prove inter operability
in Vikarabad- Sadasivapet-Bidar track over 80 KMS. This work has been
planned for Oct-Nov-Dec 2013 and if required, further trials will be
taken up.
5. Comprehensive Maintenance Contract operations for the year
2012-2013 have been successfully carried out, in NF Railway over 1800
KMS from Katihar to Dibrugarh and 12 Loco sheds. The ACD system was
maintained successfully in the year 2012-2013, which involved over 575
Loco ACDs, 750 Static ACDs at Stations, at Gates and 245 Mobile ACDs,
over forward repair centers located at 4 places that is at Guwahati,
Jalpaiguri, Burdwan and Tinsukia and has functioned well.
6. Our R&D work, on TCAS related work, and Lx System, continued during
the year along with work on Multi Axle Digital Counter System (MSDAC).
7. Apart from R & D Work on development of Ver1.1.2 of ACD, the
software for ACD System Ver 1.1.2 involving new design without
Repeaters between Stations has been successfully tested and is ready
for deployment.
Cross Approvals, New Designs and Indigenization
Our efforts for obtaining approvals for MSDAC, has been tardy due to
change of specifications and rules. New work has to be undertaken. As
far as our Lx System is concerned, it has been fully developed with
Remote Diagnostic Monitoring System and work for obtaining accredition
certification is in progress.
International Operations and Exports
Your company has completed development and shipment of 136 Lx Systems
to Egyptian National Railways during 2011-2012. Installation work is in
progress and by the year end only. Over 44 Gates have been installed
due to dispersed sites. local problems of stores and delayed payments
from ENR. Expected progress could not be achieved due to disturbed
political, security and law and order problems in Egypt. We are seeking
time and with situation improving, we may be in a position to achieve
the targets. We are however exploring the scope to market Lx Gates and
our technology in new export markets.
New areas of business in India
Your company has been participating in all R&D tenders being floated by
RDSO as far as Railways are concerned. It proposes to take part in
Defence projects, in Microwave, RF and Radar technologies, by accepting
outsourced manufacturing orders from Defence vendors or jointly
manufacture Electronic Components required by Defence to utilize our
infrastructure and Manpower skills.
Domestic Market
Kernex plans to complete the development of TCAS project in about 10 to
12 months and be ready to bid for tenders in Railway market. Digital
Axle Counters are greatly in demand and we are pursuing our association
with M/s Altpro to secure approvals from RDSO and market the product in
India and abroad.
Research & Development
Your company intends to take up work in Defence related projects and
GIS projects, besides new projects of Railways which are being tendered
by RDSO. Kernex is planning to take up projects for indigenization and
also local manufacturing on Transfer of Technology basis.
Progress achieved on the IPO and Company Expansion Projects
As part of IPO related work, acquiring of the few pockets of land and
approach stretches and part of conversion work is in progress. All
efforts are being made to complete the revised project works during the
year 2013-14
Overseas 100% Owned Subsidiary
Your company has one Wholly Owned Subsidiary in USA as on 31st March
2013. The members may refer to the statement under section 212 of the
Companies Act, 1956 for further information on this subsidiary. The
Balance Sheet of the said company is also attached herewith as required
under Section 212 of the Companies Act, 1956.
Directors'' Responsibility Statement:
As required under Section 217 (2AA) of the Companies Act, 1956 it is
hereby stated that:
a) In the preparation of the Annual Accounts for the year ended March
31, 2013 the applicable Accounting Standards had been followed along
with proper explanation relating to material departures
b) The directors had selected such Accounting Policies and applied them
consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and
prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of
the company at the end of the financial year and of the profit or loss
of the company for that period.
c) The directors had taken proper and sufficient care for the
maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the
provisions of this Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and
for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities; and
d) The directors had prepared the annual accounts on a going concern
basis.
Audit Committee of Board:
With the resignation of the Independent Non-Executive Chairman of the
Audit Committee, the Audit Committee of the company now comprises two
Independent Directors and will be suitably strengthened. The Chairman
of the Audit Committee was present at the previous Annual General
Meeting.
Corporate Governance Report and Management Discussions and Analysis
Report:
Separate reports on Corporate Governance along with Auditors''
Certificate on its compliance as well as Management Discussion and
Analysis Report forming part of this report is annexed.
Fixed Deposits:
The company has not accepted any deposits from the public and
therefore, the provisions of section 58A of the Companies Act, 1956 are
not applicable.
Conservation of Energy, Technology Absorption, etc.:
The particulars prescribed under 217 (1) (e) of the Companies Act, 1956
read with the Companies (Disclosure of particulars in the Report of
Board of Directors) Rules 1988, in respect of technology absorption,
foreign exchange earnings and outgo are set out in the annexure forming
part of this report.
Employee Relations:
Relations between the employees and the management continued to be
cordial during the year.
Particulars of Employees:
None of the employees are covered under section 217(2A) of the
Companies Act, 1956 read with the Companies (particulars of employees)
Rules, 1975.
Directors:
Dr Jyoti Raju and Dr. Raju Narasa Manthena, Directors retire by
rotation and being eligible, offer themselves for reappointment. Shri
S.V.Subba Raju, has resigned from the Board on health grounds. Your
Board records its appreciation of the valuable services rendered by
Shri S.V.Subba Raju during his tenure as Director.
Auditors:
M/s. GMK Associates, Chartered Accountants, Hyderabad the Statutory
Auditors of the Company retire at the conclusion of this Annual General
Meeting and are eligible for re-appointment.
Cost Auditors:
"The products classified as Electronic Products are subjected to Cost
Audit in terms of Section 233B of the Companies Act, 1956 read with the
central Government Rules
M/s DZR and Co, Cost Accountants have been reappointed as the Cost
Auditors for the year ending 31st March 2014having been appointed for
the F.Y 2012-13.
The Cost Audit for the Year ended 31st March 2013 is in progress and
Cost Audit Report will be filed within the stipulated time."
Acknowledgements:
The Directors take this opportunity to thank all investors, business
partners, clients, and technology partners, Company''s Bankers, State
Bank of Hyderabad, Punjab National Bank, Central and State Government
Authorities for their continued support during the year. Your
Directors would like to place on record their appreciation of the
contribution made by employees at all levels for their commendable team
work, dedicated and whole hearted efforts made during the year.
For Kernex Microsystems (India) Limited
B. Murali Mohan Col. L.V.Raju (Retd)
Technical Director Managing Director
Place : Hyderabad
Date : August 14, 2013
Mar 31, 2012
The Members,
Kernex Microsystems (India) Ltd.
The Directors present herewith, the Twentieth Annual Report together
with the audited accounts of the company for the year ending 31 March
2012.
Financial Results Rs in Lakhs
2011-2012 2010-2011
Sales and Other Income 4598.42 4577.12
Profit before interest and
1135.26 1124.22
depreciation
Interest 369.68 311.25
Depreciation 80.54 105.24
Profit before Tax 685.08 707.73
Provision for Taxation 238.11 249.90
Profit after Tax 446.97 457.83
Add: Balance brought 1610.37 1298.30
forward from previous year
Profit available for 2203.09 1756.12
appropriation
Earnings Per Share (Rs.)
- Basic 3.58 3.66
- Diluted 3.58 3.66
Appropriations:
Transfer to General - -
Reserve
Proposed Dividend 125.00 125.00
Income Tax on proposed 20.28 20.76
Dividend
Utilized on Issue of Bonus - -
Shares
Balance carried to the 1912.07 1610.37
Balance sheet
Dividend
Your Directors are pleased to recommend a dividend of 10 % on the paid
up capital of the company for the financial year 2011-2012. The
dividend if approved at the ensuing Annual General Body Meeting, will
be paid to those share holders, whose names appear on the register of
members of the company as on September 27th , 2012 as per the rules
applicable at that time.
The Company's Business and Operational Results
1. Your company has exclusive license for Manufacturing, Installing
and Commissioning of the Networked ACD System "Raksha Kavach", the
IP Rights of which are held by Konkan Railway Corporation, CBD Belapur,
Navi Mumbai, with whom Kernex has Agreements and MOU.
2. After being commissioned in April 2007, ACD System is deployed over
2480 KMS, that is approx. 1750 KMS in NF Railway and 730 KMS in Konkan
Route. Presently the system deployed in NF Railway is being provided
Operational and Annual maintenance services by your company.
3. As regards the deployment of ACD System in the rest of Indian
Railways, Railways have tested the product and suggested a few changes.
These changes and improvements are being implemented in NF Railway as
Version 1.1.1 while advanced Version 2.0 is also ready for final
trials.
4. Railways are awaiting further study and validation before it is
deployed in the rest of the country. IR wants to remove unnecessary
breakings and improve maintainability and operability. At present, the
advanced version of ACD subject to evaluation and validation awaits
release of orders over 8 Railway zones.
5. CMC operations for the year 2011-2012 have been successfully
carried out in NF Railways. Over 300 installations which were affected
due to theft and vandalism have been restored at a cost of over Rs.6.00
crores to make the system fully functional.
6. As part of CMC, over 1000 ACDs were repaired and recycled into the
system and thereby ACD safety system was maintained uninterrupted.
7. Your company's R&D work is reaching its potential with the
development of Lx Gates for Egyptian Railway Project, development of
new version ACD System 2.0 and improved version of Multi-section
Digital Counters.
8. In Software division we have successfully closed version 1.0 and
developed a special version for NF Railway Ver 1.1.1. and an improved
version 2.0 which is under evaluation.
Cross Approvals, New Designs and Indigenization
Your company was involved in the designs of Lx Gates with Safety
Integrity level III for Egyptian National Railways. This has since
been approved by Cairo University Consultants and ENR (Egyptian
Railways) authorities, The Altpro Multi-section Digital Axle Counters,
which have a major market in India, have been gone through trials in
Hosur near Bangalore and Piparsand near Luck now and have performed
well. Certain clarifications have been sought by RDSO which work is in
progress. The cross approvals are expected shortly.
International Operations and Exports
Your company has completed development, manufacture, testing and
factory acceptance tests of all 136 Lx Gates. All the Gates have also
been shipped to Egypt. It is to the credit of our Engineers that an
Indian product with SIL 3 standard has been accepted by Egypt. It is
likely that Egypt may increase the number of Gates to be supplied by
Kernex either by procurement by ENR or subcontracts from other
contracting MNC's for Egyptian Railways. We may also bid for a share
of the orders.
Your Company has been rigorously scanning for international markets in
Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam, Cambodia, Loas and Srilanka
for Lx Gates market and also Multi-section Axle Counter. It has also
participated in Interim tenders in some of these countries.
New areas of business in India
Your company will be participating in all related Railways tenders like
TPWS or as component suppliers or Installation & Commissioning agency.
Your company is also examining the scope for developing components for
Defence needs and also for RDSO, like TCAS 3.10 etc.
Domestic Market
Depending upon the progress of ACD trials and acceptance, new zones
like South East, East Coast, Eastern and East Central zone and three
zones in the South may be authorized to deploy ACD System during
2012-2013.
Multi-section Digital Axle Counter, if approved, by Railways could
provide a growing market for the Company.
The company has since completed development of Version 2.1 ACD System
with software and also Lx Gates, Multi-section Digital Axle Counter
System, ACD Survey software and ACD Reporting System software except
for a few changes or up gradation, if required by clients.
Research & Development
You are aware that your Company's strengths are strong R&D,
professionalism as well as opportunities in related technologies which
are in demand.
Progress achieved on the IPO and Company Expansion Projects
As part of IPO related company's expansion projects, establishment of
new manufacturing centre for ACDs, ADDs and Advanced Signal System has
been completed, and acquisition for Intelligent Transport Technology
Centre, planned R&D Projects has been completed. Balance work on
Intelligent Transportation Technology is in progress. International
marketing office and project offices have since been set up to the
extent required and rest will be taken up as and when required.
Overseas 100% Owned Subsidiary
Your Company has one Wholly Owned Subsidiary in USA as on 31st March
2012. The members may refer to the statement under section 212 of the
Companies Act, 1956 for further information on this subsidiary. The
Balance Sheet of the said Company is also attached herewith as required
under Section 212 of the Companies Act, 1956.
Directors' Responsibility Statement:
As required under Section 217 (2AA) of the Companies Act, 1956 it is
hereby stated that:
a) In the preparation of the Annual Accounts for the year ended March
31, 2012 the applicable Accounting Standards had been followed along
with proper explanation relating to material departures
b) The directors had selected such Accounting Policies and applied them
consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and
prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of
the company at the end of the financial year and of the profit or loss
of the company for that period.
c) The directors had taken proper and sufficient care for the
maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the
provisions of this Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and
for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities; and
d) The directors had prepared the annual accounts on a going concern
basis.
Audit Committee of Board:
With the resignation of the Independent Non Executive Chairman of the
Audit Committee, the Audit Committee of the company now comprises two
independent Directors and will be suitably strengthened. The Chairman
of the Audit Committee was present at the previous Annual General
Meeting.
Corporate Governance Report and Management Discussions and Analysis
Report:
Separate reports on Corporate Governance along with Auditors'
Certificate on its compliance as well as Management Discussion and
Analysis Report forming part of this report is annexed.
Fixed Deposits:
The company has not accepted any deposits from the public and
therefore, the provisions of section 58A of the Companies Act, 1956 are
not applicable.
Conservation of Energy, Technology Absorption, etc.:
The particulars prescribed under 217 (1) (e) of the Companies Act, 1956
read with the Companies (Disclosure of particulars in the Report of
Board of Directors) Rules 1988, in respect of technology absorption,
foreign exchange earnings and outgo are set out in the annexure forming
part of this report.
Employee Relations:
Relations between the employees and the management continued to be
cordial during the year.
Particulars of Employees:
None of the employees are covered under section 217(2A) of the
Companies Act, 1956 read with the Companies (particulars of employees)
Rules, 1975.
Directors:
Dr Anji Raju and Dr Janardhana Reddy Vinta, Directors retire by
rotation and being eligible, offer themselves for reappointment.
Sarvashri S.V.Subba Raju and R Sankaran non executive Directors have
resigned from the Board on health grounds and Sri Kishore Gottimukkala
has resigned from the Board for personal reasons. Your Board records
its appreciation of the valuable services rendered by Sarvashri
S.V.Subba Raju, R Sankaran and Kishore Gottimukkala during their tenure
as Directors.
Auditors:
M/s. GMK Associates, Chartered Accountants, Hyderabad, the Statutory
Auditors of the Company retire at the conclusion of this Annual General
Meeting and are eligible for re-appointment.
Acknowledgements:
The Directors take this opportunity to thank all investors, business
partners, clients, and technology partners, Company's Bankers, State
Bank of Hyderabad, Punjab National Bank, Central and State Government
Authorities for their continued support during the year. Your
Directors would like to place on record their appreciation of the
contribution made by employees at all levels for their commendable team
work, dedicated and whole hearted efforts made during the year.
For Kernex Microsystems (India) Limited
M Gopalakrishna
Place : Hyderabad IAS (Retd.)
Date : 28th May, 2012 Chairman
Mar 31, 2011
The Members
Kernex Microsystems (India) Limited
The Director present herewith, the Nineteenth Annual Report together
with the audited accounts of the company for the year ending 31 March
2011.
Financial Results
Rs. in lacs
2010-11 2009-10
Sales and Other Income 4421.81 667.93
Profit before interest and
depreciation 1130.22 (669.98)
Interest 317.25 247.56
Depreciation 105.24 139.96
Profit before Tax 707.73 (1057.50)
Provision for Taxation 249.90 Ã
Profit after Tax 457.83 (699.10)
Add: Balance brought forward
from previous year 1298.30 1997.41
Profit available for appropriation 1756.12 1298.30
Earnings Per Share (Rs.)
- Basic 3.66 (5.59)
- Diluted 3.66 (5.59)
Appropriations:
Transfer to General Reserve à Ã
Proposed Dividend 125.00 Ã
Income Tax on proposed
Dividend 20.76 Ã
Balance carried to the
Balance sheet 1610.37 1298.30
Dividend
Your Directors are pleased to recommend a dividend of 10% on the paid
up capital of the company for the financial year 2010-2011. The
dividend if approved at the ensuing Annual General Body Meeting, will
be paid to those share holders, whose names appear on the register of
members of the company as on September 26th, 2011 as per the rules
applicable at that time.
Company's Project
Company's Business and Operational Results:
1. Your company has exclusive license for manufacturing, installation
and commissioning of networked system "Raksha Kavach" for which IP
rights are held by Konkan Railway Corporation.
As regards to introduction of ACD System through out the country
Honourable Railway Minister had announced the following during Railway
Budget speech in Parliament for, 2011-2012.
"In my first tenure, I had approved the introduction of Anti-Collision
Device (ACD). After ten years, I find that it has been implemented only
on NF Railway. Our recent trials with an improved version of ACD have
met with success and it will be commissioned on three Zonal Railways,
Southern, South Central and South Western Railway. Considering the
successful trials, I have decided to extend this device to Eastern,
East Coast, East Central and South Eastern Railways. With this, we will
have covered 8 out of 17 Zonal Railways".
2. You will be happy to learn that the State-of-Art facility is ready
at Hardware Technology Park of your company, near Kancha Imarat, 5 Kms
from Airport for manufacture of 10,000 ACDs/year has been completed in
all respects and is ready to undertake designing and manufacturing
operations at short notice.
3. During this period under consideration, some of our R&D Projects of
previous years have been consolidated. This including RFID Readers and
Tags for correct identification of track ID, Inter-connecting all ACDs
except Repeaters through GSM Network and Realtime monitoring of status
of ACDs and use of Blue tooth technology for data accessing on the
running Loco ACDs and development of Lx Semi Auto Gates and
Multi-section Digital Axle Counters.
4. CMC operations in NF Railway covering over 1300 ACDs and over 16
locosheds at a cost of Rs.10.55 crores has been completed for year
2010-2011. Further, it also involves supplementary works costing over
Rs.7.5 crores, additionally.
Indigenization, Cross Approvals and New Developments
You are aware that your company has signed collaboration agreement with
M/s Altpro D.O.O. Zagreb, Croatia for manufacture and supply of
Multi-section Digital Axle Counters. There is over Rs.60 crores market
in Indian Railways and there are only one or two approved suppliers.
We have fulfilled all requirements of RDSO, including site trials of
two units at Hosur and the other one near Lucknow. The approval is
expected shortly.
Your company proudly announces the completion of Development of
Electronic Semi-automatic Level Crossing System (Lx System) of safety
integrity level 3. We have already shipped over 81 units after Factory
Acceptance test to ENR, Egypt. Balance 55 Nos. are expected to be
completed shortly and are likely to be shipped to ENR by end of Oct
2011 after Factory Acceptance test. We expect to receive certification
from accredited agency by 31 March 2012.
International Operations
Your company has an extended quantity order for 55 more Lx Gates from
Egypt in addition to previous 81 units, taking total to 136 Lx Gates,
at an additional cost of Rs.23.5 crores. The date of project completion
has been extended to upto 30 June 2012 without any liquidated damages.
Your company has intensified marketing effort for selling Lx Systems
and MSDAC abroad. We have received enquiries from Australia, England
and Turkey, etc. Further, we have submitted quotations for Auto Gates
to be executed by MNC in Egypt over 30 Nos. costing over Rs.50 crores.
New areas of business in Indian market
Your company has also received enquiries from MNCs to indigenize
components and subsystems required for Train Protection and Warning
System (TPWS) in India and also for Metro and Mono Rail System. We are
considering these enquiries.
Extension of existing projects
Your company may secure orders for additional Gates as part of 174
Gates from Egyptian Railways.
Domestic Market
Coming to Domestic markets, depending upon the progress of trials, new
zones may be sanctioned for deployment of ACD System that includes
South East, East Coast, Eastern and East Central and three zones in the
South during 2011-2013.
Research & Development
You are aware that your Company's strengths are strong R&D,
professionalism, venturing into technologies which are in demand,
through forward looking plans like technology acquisitions and Joint
Ventures.
The company has since completed development of Version 2.1 ACD System
with software and also Lx Gates, Multi-section Digital Axle Counter
System, ACD Survey software and ACD Reporting System software except a
few additions to be added, if required by clients.
Diversifications
Your Company needs to diversify as it cannot remain a single client,
single type of equipment suppliers. Taking up new opportunities in
Defence and other areas like transportation sectors, etc.
Progress achieved on the IPO and Company Expansion Projects
As part of completion of IPO related company's expansion projects,
establishment of new manufacturing centre for ACDs, ADDs and Advanced
Signal System, land acquisition for Intelligent Transport Technology
Centre, planned R&D Projects have been completed, International
marketing office and project offices have since been opened to the
extent required and rest will be taken up as and when required.
Overseas 100% Owned Subsidiary
Your Company has one Wholly Owned Subsidiary in USA as on 31st March
2011. The members may refer to the statement under section 212 of the
Companies Act, 1956 for further information on this subsidiary. The
Balance Sheet of the said Company is also attached herewith as required
under Section 212 of the Companies Act, 1956.
Directors' Responsibility Statement:
As required under Section 217 (2AA) of the Companies Act, 1956 it is
hereby stated that:
a) In the preparation of the Annual Accounts for the year ended March
31, 2011 the applicable Accounting Standards had been followed along
with proper explanation relating to material departures
b) The directors had selected such Accounting Policies and applied them
consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and
prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of
the company at the end of the financial year and of the profit or loss
of the company for that period.
c) The directors had taken proper and sufficient care for the
maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the
provisions of this Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and
for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities; and
d) The directors had prepared the annual accounts on a going concern
basis.
Audit Committee of Board:
The Audit Committee of the company comprises three independent
Directors and the Chairman of the Audit Committee was present at the
previous Annual General Meeting.
Corporate Governance Report and Management Discussions and Analysis
Report:
Separate reports on Corporate Governance along with Auditors'
Certificate on its compliance as well as Management Discussion and
Analysis Report forming part of this report is annexed.
Fixed Deposits:
The company has not accepted any deposits from the public and
therefore, the provisions of section 58A of the Companies Act, 1956 are
not applicable.
Conservation of Energy, Technology Absorption, etc.:
The particulars prescribed under 217 (1) (e) of the Companies Act, 1956
read with the Companies (Disclosure of particulars in the Report of
Board of Directors) Rules 1988, in respect of technology absorption,
foreign exchange earnings and outgo are set out in the annexure forming
part of this report.
Employee Relations:
Relations between the employees and the management continued to be
cordial during the year.
Particulars of Employees:
None of the employees are covered under section 217(2A) read of the
Companies Act, 1956 read with the Companies (particulars of employees)
Rules, 1975.
Directors:
Sri S V Subba Raju, Sri M Gopalakrishan IAS(Retd.), Dr Raju Narasa
Mantena, Directors retire by rotation and being eligible, offer
themselves for reappointment.
Auditors:
M/s. GMK Associates, Chartered Accountants, Hyderabad the Statutory
Auditors of the Company retire at the conclusion of this Annual General
Meeting and are eligible for re-appointment.
Acknowledgements:
The Directors take this opportunity to thank all investors, business
partners, clients, and technology partners, Company's Bankers, State
Bank of Hyderabad, Punjab National Bank, Central and State Government
Authorities for their continued support during the year. Your Directors
would like to place on record their appreciation of the contribution
made by employees at all levels for their commendable team work,
dedicated and whole hearted efforts made during the year.
For Kernex Microsystems (India) Limited
Place:Hyderabad S.V. Subba Raju
Date :August 13, 2011 Chairman
Mar 31, 2010
The Directors present herewith, the Eighteenth Annual Report together
with the audited accounts of the company for the year ending 31 March
2010.
Financial Results
Rs. in lacs
2009-10 2008-09
Sales and Other Income 657.30 2427.26
Profit before interest and
depreciation (680.61) 751.51
Interest 236.93 105.96
Depreciation 139.96 181.90
Profit before Tax (1057.50) 463.65
Provision for Taxation - 183.74
Profit after Tax (699.10) 279.91
Add: Balance brought forward
from previous year 1997.41 1870.74
Profit available for appropriation 1298.30 2150.64
Earnings Per Share (Rs.)
- Basic (5.59) 2.24
- Diluted (5.59) 2.24
Appropriations:
Transfer to General Reserve - 7.00
Proposed Dividend - 125.00
Income Tax on proposed
Dividend - 21.24
Balance carried to the
Balance sheet 1298.30 1997.41
Dividend
Your Directors have not recommended any dividend for the financial
year, as the company has not made any profit.
Companys Project
1. Your company has exclusive license for manufacturing, installation
and commissioning of net worked system Raksha Kavach for which IP
rights are held by Konkan Railway Corporation. This system has been
installed over 1800 kms and 730 kms in NF Railways and konkan route
respectively. This system is being maintained by your company on
behalf of Konkan Railways. Railways have taken a decision, according to
2010 budget speech by Honourable railway minister that, deployment of
ACD system in the Southern, South Central and South Western Railways,
for which ACD survey has been done during 2003-2004, will be taken up
shortly. The work is yet to be released, and awaiting for the outcome
of new trials ordered. Final report on trials is being submitted by
30th September, 2010, by RDSO to Railway board.
2. You will be happy to learn that the State-of-Art facility is ready
at Hardware Technology Park for manufacture of 10,000 ACDs/year has
been completed in all respects and is ready to under take design and
manufacturing operations at short notice.
3. During the period under consideration some of our last year
products like RFID- based track I-D determination device, new type of
Goods Guard ACD, Gangman ACD, etc., have been perfected. These are
ready for deployment and commercialization. During this year, OMC and
AMC on Konkan Route was carried out to the extent ordered. In the NF
Route, the agreement for CMC was signed on 21st Jan., 2010. After the
preparatory works, on 4th Apr., 2010, CMC has started. This will
continue for 2010-2011 and also for 2011 to 2012.
4. Expected CMC contract and manufacturing, supply and deployment of
ACD in three zones did not materialize. Company has to maintain
adequate manpower for retention, holding and continuation of R&D works
and maintenance of ACD technology. This has resulted in incurring a
loss of Rs.6.99 crores in the year under review.
Indigenization and Cross Approvals
You are aware that your company has signed collaboration agreement with
M/s. Altpro D.O.O. Zagreb, Croatia for provisioning of MS DAC( Multi
Section Digital Axle Counters), and submitted over 95% documents to
RDSO for obtaining cross approvals, which is expected shortly.
Your company, which has signed contract for provisioning of 136 Lx
Gates in Nov., 2008 with Egyptian National Railways, Egypt has since
completed development of Lx Gates, gone through sample gates Site
Acceptance Tests (SAT) and started manufacturing of these Gates. First
Factory Acceptance test was conducted in July, 2010. Already nearly
40% equipment has since been shipped to Egypt as on 1st September,
2010.
Certification
Progress on obtaining SIL standards is in progress for Lx Gates being
supplied to Egypt and in future to other users in the overseas market
from an Indian independent assessor.
INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS
Ongoing Projects
Your company is continuously scouting for markets for Railway Safety
Products in Bangladesh, Indonesia, Egypt and Turkey. However, these
countries are yet to firm up their specifications and requirements.Your
companys, 136 Lx Project in Egypt for 10.6 Million US$ and 38.6
Million LE is progressing well and is expected to be completed by
January 2011.
Expected Projects including extension of existing projects
The 174 Lx Project in Egypt has been reviewed and accepted and t is
likely to be ordered as an extension of the existing project under
installation by the Company amounting to around Rs.160.00 crores in a
piece meal fashion.
Your company has submitted proposal to supply 40 Auto Lx Gates to a few
MNCs for ENR at a cost of Rs.50.00 crores.
Your company is also planning to provide manpower consulting service
for Egypt and also to Libyan Railways for execution of railway works.
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT AND STRATEGIC PLANS FOR ACQUIRING NEW
TECHNOLOGIES
You are aware that your companys strong point and strength are R&D,
acquiring of new technologies that are in demand, diversifications
where such opportunities arise.
The following related R&D Projects havebeen completed:
a) Development of Hardware of Lx Gates for Electrical Interlocking
System with SIL-3 standards.
b) Development of Hardware for Lx Gates for Mechanical system with
SIL-3 Standards.
c) Universal two out of three logical units that can be used where
higher SIL standards are required, for all safety related projects.
d) Required software internally validation capabilities.
e) Safety case based certification according to CENELAC standards in
progress (50126, 50128 and 50129).
f) Updated AMSS - ACD System is being made.
g) Updated ACDRS - for ACD System is being made.
h) Improving the Track-ID determination technique using DGPS and other
advanced techniques.
i) Using RFID for track identification in the trains.
The Company intends to diversify into Solar Energy, High capacity power
invertors, and development of TPWS etc., either on its own or on joint
venture basis
Status of utilization of Initial Public offering proceeds
Out of Rs.99.01 crores, collected through the initial public offering
of 39,60,444 equity share of Rs.10/- each, the company has utilized
Rs.86.14 crores as on March 31, 2010 for establishing the manufacturing
facilities of ACDs and Auto Driving devices for Sky Bus Metro including
training and administrative facilities in 10 Acre plot in Hardware
technology Park and acquisition of land and creation of infrastructure
for the Intelligent Transportation centre, on Research and Development
of number of products ,establishing International Marketing offices in
India and Egypt, Project offices for ACD related projects and
maintenance services, Balance of funds have been deposited with State
Bank of Hyderabad, which is the monitoring authority.
Progress achieved on the IPO and expansion projects
a) Establishment of new manufacturing centre for ACDs, ADDs and
Advanced Signal Systems:-
Construction of various buildings, machinery and external services have
been completed, which include R&D centre, manufacturing centre,
training centre, etc., are functionally ready.
b) Establishment of Intelligent Transportation Technology Centre
Land over 530 Acres has been acquired & conversion to Industrial use is
in progress. Land for approach roads has been acquired. One
Administrative and technical block has been relocated to Hardware
technology park. Work is in progress for security fencing, road and
track network. Equipment including test equipments & devices required
computers, network has been completed. Here we will be testing
navigation systems, train position systems, remote controlled
operations, radio translation propagations, RFID technology
applications, toll gate systems and toll gate audit systems and railway
safety equipment.
c) Special R&D Projects: Planning design and evaluation of the
following R&D projects are in progress:-
i) Upgradation of Collision Avoidance system for trains is in the final
stages. Latest TCAS announced by R&D is in the planning and design
stage.
ii) SPAD: This project in the form of Train Protection and Warning
System is being developed. Initial planning and designs are in
progress.
iii) TAWD: In this project Multi-section Axle counters has been
developed with foreign collaboration.
iv) Auto & Semi-Auto Lx Gates: Kernex has successfully planned,
developed, evaluated, put through live trials and presently deployed in
Egypt, through existing contracts.
v) Train Position / Destination display units: This project in progress
is based on GPS based vehicle tracking system earlier developed.
vi) SMPS mode Battery chargers: These are developed as part of power
supply arrangements for the above projects.
vii) Charge controllers for Solar Power Systems: These are also
developed as part of other systems.
viii) Data Loggers: This project is recently taken up as part of the
above systems for development.
ix) AMSS & ACDRS-MIS: This is being developed as part of
collision-avoidance system monitoring tools.
x) RFID based Track Position Systems: These have been developed as part
of the Train Collision Avoidance system
International Marketing of KMIL Products
1. Train Collision Avoidance System
Your company is fully geared up to provide Train Collision Avoidance
System keeping customer requirements in mind as this system is likely
to be more reliable and also found having better integrity. The
Company will be focusing for marketing of this product in Egyptian
Railways, South Africa, Sudan, Turkey, Bangladesh and Indonesia
2. Lx Gate Systems
a) ENR: Besides the 136 Lx gates KMIL is likely to be awarded an
additional 174 Lx protection systems amounting to 185 million LE
(approximately Rs. 165 crores)
b) Supply of Lx System for Modernization of ENR: ENR had released a
tender for modernization of Benha - Alexandria Corridor where
approximately 50 fully automatic Lx protection system will be required.
c) Supply of Lx system to Europe: Some MNCÃs during their visit in
February 2010 to KMIL have stated that though they are evaluating KMIL
Lx protection System for the ENR modernization project and they are
also keen to supply the same to European countries.
d) Supply of Lx system to Essar Hot Metal Rail Transport System at
Hazira: KMIL had offered a quotation for the supply of 11 systems to be
used within the plant at Essar Hot Metal factory at Hazira. This is a
scaled down model of the Lx protection system being offered to ENR,
however supplemented by RFID solution.
3. Multi-Section Digital Axle Counter System BO23
a) Status of cross approval by RDSO: RDSO in their latest communication
have requested for the performance proven ness certificates from the
user railways of Croatia, Kosovo, Slovakia, Serbia etc., to accord the
cross approval. M/S Altpro has obtained and forwarded the certificate
from Kosovo railways to KMIL on 17th May 2010 accounting to 2,30,000
Hours of operations as against 4,32,000 hours as required for cross
approval. Balance certificates are being obtained.
b) Market potential of MSDAC BO23: Once the cross approval is granted
KMIL will be allowed to participate in tenders for provision of MSDAC
to various zones. In the current railway budget for 2010 -11 an amount
of 131 crores have been allocated for provision of this equipment.
c) International potential of MSDAC BO23:
As per the cross approval policy KMIL needs to indigenize this product
in three years and execute a 50 Lakh bank guarantee for this purpose.
Thus KMIL has circulated a draft technology transfer agreement with
M/s. Altpro for 100% indigenization in three years. The agreement for
effecting sales in the neighboring countries is to be entered.
4. Establishment of Project Centres / Maintenances centers
Project Offices in Guwahati and Goa. Forward Repair Centre in New
Jalpaiguri, Guwahati, Burdwan, Mughalsarai, Karwar and Erode were
exstablished. New offices will be established in Delhi, Chennai,
Guntakal and Hubli based on the release of new orders and also central
survey centre at Hyderabad.
Overseas 100% Owned Subsidiary
Your Company has one Wholly Owned Subsidiary in USA as on 31st March
2010. The members may refer to the statement under section 212 of the
Companies Act, 1956 for further information on this subsidiary. The
Balance Sheet of the said Company is also attached herewith as required
under Section 212 of the Companies Act, 1956.
Directors Responsibility Statement:
As required under Section 217 (2AA) of the Companies Act, 1956 it is
hereby stated that:
a) In the preparation of the Annual Accounts for the year ended March
31, 2010 the applicable Accounting Standards had been followed along
with proper explanation relating to material departures
b) The directors had selected such Accounting Policies and applied them
consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and
prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of
the company at the end of the financial year and of the profit or loss
of the company for that period.
c) The directors had taken proper and sufficient care for the
maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the
provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and
for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities; and
d) The directors had prepared the annual accounts on a going concern
basis.
Audit Committee of Board:
The Audit Committee of the company comprises three independent
Directors and the Chairman of the Audit Committee was present at the
previous Annual General Meeting.
Corporate Governance Report and Management Discussions and Analysis
Report:
Separate reports on Corporate Governance along with Auditors
Certificate on its compliance as well as Management Discussion and
Analysis Report forming part of this report is annexed.
Fixed Deposits:
The company has not accepted any deposits from the public and
therefore, the provisions of section 58A of the Companies Act, 1956 are
not applicable.
Conservation of Energy, Technology Absorption, etc.:
The particulars prescribed under 217 (1) (e) of the Companies Act, 1956
read with the Companies (Disclosure of particulars in the Report of
Board of Directors) Rules 1988, in respect of technology absorption,
foreign exchange earnings and outgo are set out in the annexure forming
part of this report.
Employee Relations:
Relations between the employees and the management continued to be
cordial during the year.
Particulars of Employees:
Information as per section 217(2A) of the Companies Act, 1956 read with
the Companies (particulars of employees) Rules, 1975 forming part of
this Report is enclosed.
Directors:
Sri S Nandakumar, Dr M. Anji Raju and Dr. Jyoti Raju, Directors retire
by rotation and being eligible, offer themselves for reappointment.
Col. S.S Rajan has resigned from the Board due to personal reasons.
Your Board records its appreciation for the valuable services rendered
by Col.S.S.Rajan during his tenure as Director.
Auditors:
M/s. GMK Associates, Chartered Accountants, Hyderabad the Statutory
Auditors of the Company retire at the conclusion of this Annual General
Meeting and are eligible for re-appointment.
Acknowledgements:
The Directors take this opportunity to thank all investors, business
partners, clients, and technology partners, Companys Bankers, State
Bank of Hyderabad, Punjab National Bank, Central and State Government
Authorities for their continued support during the year. Your Directors
would like to place on record their appreciation of the contribution
made by employees at all levels for their commendable team work,
dedicated and whole hearted efforts made during the year.
For and on behalf of the Board
For Kernex Microsystems (India) Limited
Place : Hyderabad S V Subba Raju
Date:May 29, 2010 Chairman