மதுரை சந்திப்பு

மதுரை மாநகரத்தில் மே 1 அன்று ரோயல் கோர்ட் ஹோட்டலில் ஏ‌சி‌சி‌இ‌டி 87 மாணவர்களின் சந்திப்பு நடைபெற்றது. வாசகர், ராகவன் மற்றும் மதுரை நண்பர்களின் ஏற்பாடு மிக சிறப்பாக இருந்தது. முதல் முறையாக நிறைய நண்பர்கள் வந்திருந்தார்கள். சென்னை யிலிருந்து ராஜேஷ்வர், கிருஷ்ணமூர்த்தி மற்றும் சரவணன் வந்திருந்தனர். வந்திருந்தவர்கள் விவரம்:
1.கலஞ்செழியன்
2.தேவசேனாபதி
3.முருகன்
4.சரவணன்
5.அன்பு
6.தனபால்
7.கதிர்வேல்சாமி
8.கிருஷ்ணமூர்த்தி
9.செபாஸ்டியன்
10.ராகவன்
11.மாரிமுத்து
12.சமுத்திரக்கனி
13.ராமச்சந்திரன்
14.விஸ்வநாதன்
15.மாணிக்கவாசகர்
16.கண்ணன்
17.கிருஷ்ணசாமி
18.தமிழ் அழகன்
19.ராஜேஷ்வர்

எல்லோரும் தங்களைப்பற்றி அறிமுகம் செய்து கொண்டனர்.குடும்ப விவரம் மற்றும் குழந்தைகள் படிப்பு பற்றியும் பேசினர். பின்னர் கல்லூரிக்கு நாம் செய்ய இருக்கும் பங்களிப்பு பற்றி கலந்தாலோசனை நடைபெற்றது. நிறைய கருத்து, ஆலோசனைகள் வழங்கப்பட்டன. ராஜேஷ்வர் எல்லாவற்றையும் கவனமாக கேட்டு சிறப்பாக செயல் படுத்துவதாக உறுதி அளித்தார்.
பின்னர் நிறைய உணவு, அரட்டை, சிரிப்பு மற்றும் போட்டோ.
பிரிய மனமின்றி எல்லோரும் விடை பெற்றனர். ஒவ்வொரு வருடமும் இது போன்ற மீட்டிங் (குடும்பத்தோடு) நடை பெற வேண்டும் என்று எல்லோரும் விருப்ப பட்டனர். வெள்ளி விழா கொண்டாட்டம் சிறப்பாக நடைபெற மற்றும் பங்கு பெற உறுதி அளித்தனர். குறைந்த பட்ச நிதி ரூபாய் பத்தாயிரம் (10000) ஒவ்வொருவரும் வழங்க முடிவு எடுக்கப்பட்டது

SJC Planner – Ideas, Task & Teams

The following are the events / work items to be planned for the SJC.

The event

    • Inauguration ceremony
      • Chief guest?
        • TR Natesan
        • Umayal Aachi
        • KV Kuppuswamy
      • Invitations
      • Invitation list
      • Mementoes for invitees
      • Decoration
      • Audio & Lighting
      • Car hire for Chief guest
    • Ideas for the event/games
    • Performances by alumni / family
    • Cultural events
    • Campus tour
    • Neighbourhood tour
    • Pillayarpatti, ??
    • Honoring faculty, staff, etc
  • Souvenir
    • Advt tariff
    • Request letter
    • Messages from Principal etc
  • Memento
  • Welcome kit
  • Local transportation
  • Catering
  • Video Conference
    • Webcasting – service provider?
    • Internet bandwidth?
  • Photos & Video
  • Old photos collection and the banners
  • Family photos collection
  • Accommodation
    • Tariff negotiation
    • Broadcasting information
    • Coordinating bookings
    • Deposit?
  • ACCET 87 T-Shirt

We are forming teams for various activities

Catering

  • C.K.Ragavan
  • Manickavasagar
  • Devasenapathy
  • Murugan

Stage/decoration

  • Sivanandaraja
  • Ravikumar

Cultural events

  • Samuthirakani
  • Sebastian

Invitation

  • Boby Thomas
  • Krishnamoorthy

For other activities, we need volunteers. Please volunteer your self for the various activities.

Regional Meet – Madurai

We are going to have the Madurai regional meet on 1st May at Royal Court Madurai for lunch. Just started communicating it to all. Noordheen, Dhanabal, Marimuthu, Pandian, Samuthirakani, Kalanchezhian are attending the meet. Many will be joining once we reach out. I feel Madurai meet is going to be the biggest meet (expecting maximum participation). Manickavasagar is coordinating the meet. We will keep you posted with further details.

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.

Port Trust – Family meet

Whizzing past the stationary ships in a speed boat I was wondering how wrong I was in thinking it was just another day Saturday 31-3-2012. The smiles on faces of the kids and thrill and impromptu dance movements of our friends due to the rock and roll of the boat was great fun to watch. ACCET-87 rocks more than the boat though! The boat was worth 6 Crores (the beaming driver proudly boasted) and hosts VVIPs whenever they visit Chennai. We were no less VVIPs thanks to Ennarasu’s hospitality and his staff were awesome playing perfect hosts.

Following the boat ride was a visit to Ship. Kids were lucky to have a glimpse of the ship (For which I had to wait until now).7 UP and biscuits in the top deck  was 7th heaven. Panoramic and close up (thru binoculars) kept the kids busy (only kids…don’t be kidding..there were kids-like fight for holding the binocular by our batch mates) . Reluctantly we left the ship back to conference hall for our Lunch. Hot and Spicy buffet with a fine array of Indian cuisine (the likes of Bisibelabaath, Rasam, Curd rice, Chappathi, Subji,Salads and Apaalams) starting with soup and ending with Gulab Jamoon and Ice cream. The Chef was God’s gift to gastric juices (to steal from Wodehouse). But the icing on the cake was the cutting of cake for ACCET87 Foundation inauguration. Lunch was interspersed with speeches by Bobby, Vilva and Rajesh about the progress of ACCET 87 SJC activities.

After a brief round of introduction of self and family by our friends the meeting came to a formal close. But the energy and enthusiasm of people  kept them huddled in informal chat long after that. Wow …I couldn’t replicate the energy I imbibed from the meet and in hind sight it was an exciting day out.

Special mentions:

  • Susee’s diligent work in getting the security passes
  • Mohan advanced his trip from Mumbai by 1 day to make it to this event
  • Madurai friends: Manickavasagar, Devasenapathy, C K Raghavan came all the way from Madurai just for participating in this event
  • N Ramesh extended his holiday to attend
  • Ennarasu’s initiative and leadership in hosting this event
  • Kannan, Rajendran, Ula, Rajeshwar, Ennarasu, Govindaraju made it with their families.
  • Vilva, Disco Subbu, Bobby came with their children

With more than 60 people that day it was like a mini SJC. With the energy as the take away from the event come to think of what you will get with more than 300 people at the SJC. Lot of net working happens at these meets. Re-discover lost friendship, create new friends ….
Oh that Saturday would have been yet another day had I not attended the Port (Trust me)et!

Photos of Mar 31, Chennai Port Get Together

 

March second weekend conf call update

We had the March weekend conf. call yesterday. Following people joined the conf call.

Mohan
Kicha
Rajeshwar
P.K.Suresh
Balaji
Ramanan
Vilva
and myself

We had brief introduction about ourself. We were discussing on the college days and about the August 11th event. P.K Suresh joined from Mumbai and Balaji joined from China(he was on a business visit). Thanks everyone.

Regarding the program, there is no big progress in our arrangements. Many not yet made their confirmation. Confirm your participation in the Silver Jubilee Celebration in August. Also please update your commitment on the contribution.

Please make sure that you all are participating in the arrangements. We will be having call every weekend so that we can discuss on the happenings. Please do join the conf. call and give your suggestions and views.

NB-Civil Murali called me today from Australia as he was not able to join the call yesterday. He said he will be there in Karaikudi with family during our Silver Jubilee meet.

Saravanan.