Author: Rajeshwar

Database Update Status – April 05

We have now narrowed down the untraced list to just 25. Here they are:

CIVIL        
Ameer Batcha, A        
Archunan,K        
Gunasekaran,R        
Alagarsamy,B        
Pawan Kumar Sharma        
Ravichandran,V        
Sekar,R        
Selvaraj,K        
Veerakumar,V  
MECHANICAL        
Jagadeeswaran,R        
Jayasankar        
Kathiravan,M        
Lakshmanan,A        
Rajasekaran,D        
Rajeswaran K        
Sivakumar,D        
Sridhar,K        
Thamaraiselvan,M        
Vallinayagam,A        
Venkatachalam,O        
Vijayalakshmi,H

 
ELECTRICAL        
Azhaguvel        
Reginald Thileepan,S        
Saravanan,M.G.        
Sridharan,V         

Need your help to trace them all.

Update – With some statistics

We have now located 164 of the 193 batchmates. Only 29 still to be traced. All 164 are on the group mailing list. To send the group an email just send an email to 8387@m.accet87.net Please restrict emails to topics of common interest. Attachments are not allowed.

Of the the 164, 92 have registered here on this website. I request the rest of you to register now.  Please wait for the registration to be  approved; this process is required as we do not want to allow everyone in the world to access our contact information and pictures.. We will try and approve it within 24 hours. We get a lot of spammy requests and the approval process takes some time.

We have a family get together in Chennai on the 31st of March, 12.30 pm to 4.00 pm. 19 members have already confirmed their attendance and we expect to have more than 25 members (along with families we will have around 60) for the event. Thanks to Ennarasu for organizing this event; this is going to be our first big get together with families and I am excited. Add your confirmation here.

The preparation for the Silver Jubilee Celebrations is gathering momentum. For the August 11 event, we have 37 confirmations and 1 maybe on our website. With family the confirmations are for 124 persons. What are your waiting for? Go add yours NOW.

The commitments for the funds for the SJC is also coming in pretty well with the commitments that we have orally received amounting to over Rs. 25 lakhs so far. But the formal commitments that has been posted made via the website is for Rs. 5.95 lakhs. Please go an make your commitment today https://accet87.in/accet87-fund-commitment/

We have made a beginning with the collection too. We have collected Rs. 51,000 till date. Ready to send your contribution? Check here to find out how to send https://accet87.in/accet-87-fund-how-to-pay/

We have already registered “ACCET87 FOUNDATION” as a trust. We are waiting for the allotment of Income Tax PAN to open a bank account in the name of Trust. Till such time you can send the funds to the account provided in the website. The account is jointly held by Saravanan, Boby Thomas and Rajeshwar.

We have identified a couple of service providers for imparting the soft skills & communication training program that we plan to sponsor for the students. On Tuesday, 27th of March, one of the providers is dong a pilot project in our college. They will do a 3 hour session for a batch of 80 students (6th semester). This will help us evaluate them as well as get student feedback. The formal program that we sponsor will be for the students who will get into the 5th semester in June 2012. The college (Prinicipal & HODs) have in principle agreed to incorporate the training program into the academic schedule. Thanks to Sivananda Raja for taking the lead in this.

Finally, we have only 139 days to go for the grand reunion. Time to act.

Conference Call

Vilva found a free conference bridge in India which we can use. We plan to have weekly conference calls on Saturdays or Sundays at 6PM India time. We will communicate the schedule later.

We have scheduled a call today at 5PM India time.

To join the conference call any one of these telephone numbers:

  1. Mumbai: (+91) 22 39804444
  2. Bangalore: (+91) 80 67224444
  3. Delhi: (+91) 11 66194444
  4. Chennai: (+91) 44 66894444
  5. Hyderabad: (+91) 40 66244444
  6. Kolkata: (+91) 33 66324444

Since this is a free service, you will have to listen to a 30 second advertisement. And then you will be asked for the conference id. Enter the number 1680188 and then #

Then you will be asked for the pin. Enter 7516 and then #.

You can then join talk to the others on the call. The call will be moderated by VP.

If you are new to conference calls, here are some pointers for you.

  • Call from a quite place. Do not call from noisy places or with the tv on
  • When you speak, first identify yourself and then speak
  • Do not interrupt a speaker. Wait for the person to finish and then start speaking.
  • Allow everyone a chance to speak.

Photo Albums Feature Added

I have now created a new photo albums feature. All registered users can create albums and upload your photos. You must be a registered user to upload photos.

Here is the process:

  1. Log into accet87.net with your username and password. If you have not registered yourself, you are missing a lot. Register now.
  2. Once you log in, click on the “Dashboard” link in the top left of the site.
  3. See the arrow in the picture.
  4. The dashboard looks like this:
  5. Click the Photo Albums in bottom of the left column
  6. In the next screen create a new album
  7. Then add photos to the album
  8. Please post images of size no more than 600 x 600 px
  9. If you need help, ask for help through the contact form

You can also submit a blog post by clicking Posts and then Add New from the dashboard or mouseover the Dashboard link at the top and then select New Post from the menu. After composing the post click “Submit to Review” and we will check everything looks good before we publish. You can add pictures to your post if you like.

Now check out the photo albums.  I am sure each of you is eager to see others albums & posts. Go ahead and give it a try!  Dont worry about messing up anything. We will take care of it.

Database Update Status – Feb 25

We have traced 9 batchmates since the last post. We now have 161 contacts and 32 untraced. We some help from each of you, we are confident that we can trace most of our batchmates. We are setting a goal of updating the database with 180 contacts by 31 March 2012. Please do your bit to reach this goal.

Please check the list here and try to reach out to them.

The full list with email and phone numbers of the batch is available here. You must be a registered user and logged in to view this page.  Please register here if you have not.

DP World Chennai wins EXIM award

I am happy to share with you that our batchmate Ennarasu, CEO of DP Word (Chennai Container Terminal Limited) received the EXIM Achievement Award instituted by the Government of Tamilnadu.

http://expressbuzz.com/cities/chennai/DP-World-wins-EXIM-Achievement-award/362250.html

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/dp-world-wins-exim-achievement-award/229174-60-120.html

Congratulations Ennarasu! Keep the flag flying!!