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The Anna Nagar branch of Bharat Vikas Parishad under its monthly programme has arranged a meeting on Sunday 30.04.2006, at Jaigopal Garodia Vivekananda Vidyalaya, U44, Anna Nagar chennai-40, at 6.00 pm.

The speaker of the meeting is Sri. N. Vittal I.A.S., former Chief Vigilance Commissioner of India and he speak on Probity in Public Life and Bureaucrat’s Role. All are cordially invited to the meeting.

Here and there on the long stretch of main road up to the telephone exchange at Thiruvalli Salai Road, Mogappair East, Chennai-37, had been dug up, cross and sideways for some purpose somewhere in December 2005, but has been left without further attention.

As a result the stretch of road has become so bumpy the motorists and the pedestrians experience untold hardships.

“CHENNAI Plus” understands the residents of this area have taken up this issue with the concerned authorities but none cared a tuppence.

“CHENNAI Plus” on behalf of the residents of this area kindly requests those responsible to look into the grievances of the residents.

Chief Electoral Officer Naresh Gupta has sent a communique to all District Election Officers regarding the electors decided not to vote: Rule 49-O of the Conduct of Election Rule 1961 contains the provisions regarding electors deciding not to vote. If an elector after his electoral roll number has been entered in the register of Electoral Rolls in the form 17A and has put his signature or thumb impression thereon decides not to record his vote, a remark to this effect shall be made against the said entry in the form 17A by the Presiding Officer and his signature or thumb impression of the elector shall be obtained against such remarks. He has asked the District Election Officers that the above rule position may be communicated to all the Returning Officers and Assistant Returning Officers of Assembly Constituencies comprised in their respective districts. The above provision should also be clearly explained to the Presiding Officers /Polling Officers in the training classes to be conducted, it is further asked. It may be mentioned that a NGO had represented to the Chief Election Commissioner of India during his visit to Chennai on 28th and 29th March 2006 that wide publicity should be given to this provision and that at least the Presiding Officers should be made aware of the provision.

Anna Nagar Welfare Association at 30-’B’ block (upstairs)

Anna Nagar East, Chennai-102, conducts Vipasana Meditation on 1.5.06.

Vipasana is a scientific technique to remove the mental agitation and disturbances. It purifies our mind making it strong pure and full of energy. Vipasana is an art of stress

Management, people management, conflict management and an art of total corporate management,an art of self conquest and the art of total liberation. Sri brought Vipasana back to India. S.N. Goenka, the principal Teacher of Vipasana.Presently Vipasana courses are being conducted by over 800 assistant, teachers with the support of several thousands volunters. (World wide 120 centers) and several under construction. There is no fee for teaching. Neither Mr. Goenka nor the assistant teachers get any financial or material gains from these courses. There is a regular centre in Chennai offering 2 courses every month near Tirueermalai. Vipasana is non sectrain and people from all religious background attend & that includes Nuns, Priests & Monks.

One in every 6 people over the age of 60 in the world live in India. Our current population of 8 crore elderly is going to witness a rapid growth and are likely to have nearly 20 crores elderly within the next 2 decades. Of the 36 crore paid workers in India today, only the 11% organised sector workers including government servants and salaried employees in large private firms enjoy pension rights and benefits. However most of the workers are employed in the unorganised sectors and have been generally excluded from formal pension and provident fund arrangements. If these workers do not have access to any formal pension scheme, many of them will have no option but to continue to work throughout their lives. The plight of our current aged is partly driven by our labour market structures. For the government, this is a very serious social and fiscal concern.

Traditionally most of us depend on the joint family system and expect support from our children when we stop working. But today our children are often forced to migrate when they start earning. So we can no longer depend on family support. To get over from these problems, UTI has launched a scheme for the benefit of the general public particularly workers in unorganised sectors making them financially independent.This scheme paves a way for them to save while they work and get the benefits at old age. The enrolled members in this scheme should have to contribute a small amount every month towards ‘UTI- Retirement Benefit Pension Fund’ upto the age of 55 years, and then they can receive pension in the form of periodical income /cashflow after they reach the age of 58 years.

The minimum amount of investment under this scheme is Rs.50/ and in multiples of Rs.50/ thereafter. Vegetable vendors, small service providers, home based workers, daily workers, rack-picker, stitching and embroidery workers and similar such people can get relief at the old age by this scheme.

For further details contact:UTI Mutual Fund, W-123, III Avenue, Anna Nagar, Chennai-40. Phone No: 5572 0030/5572 0050.

Ms. Divya Palaniappan, a resident of M.M. Colony, Aminjikarai, Near Anna Arch, Chennai is a pioneer among the group “Dream India 2020”.Dream India 2020 is a group of people who have joined hands in working across the country in 5 different cities, viz. Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Pune towards the betterment of the under privileged. They are a group of working professionals sharing a common dream.

A dream of developed India - free from poverty and illiteracy, India where a gap between the haves and the have-nots is not huge in India-that realizes its full potential in every domain. They dream to make it possible by the year 2020. Their main goal is to spread awareness about helping the needy people. A good thought when not spread is as good as a dead thought. They want to discover their true potential and help others also to discover the same.

This group believes in “Together we can”, “Together we should” in Anna Nagar. They conduct classes for kids from M.M. Colony Aminjikarai, near Anna Arch during weekends. They teach the kids English, General Maths and also indulge in other activities. Those kids lack of exposure that any normal kid in our families get. They believe in providing them ample opportunity to exhibit their talents, focus on building their confidence, and help them to grow into responsible citizens of the country. Who can make their own living? The root cause to many problems in the society is ignorance and illiteracy. They have targeted the young minds to over come the issue, many of the kids do not know ABC though they have attended regular schools and they make sure these kids do not drop. They welcome likeminded people to join them in the venture and help them to see a developed India.

“CHENNAI Plus” wishes Ms. Divya Palaniappan and the Dream India 2020, every success.

For further details contact: Mr. Chandru, 9444073709 or visit them at www.dreamindia 2020 or Mail them at dream_india_2020@yahoo.co.in.

Prof. Baskaran, popularly known as “Thirukural” Baskaran is familiar face in the learned circle. Undergoing a host of Schools, Colleges, Institutions and Universities, he won many laurels and then held at several prestigious posts, commandable ranks and priseworthy positions.

Started his career as demonstrator in College, he adorned various posts like Asst. Prof, Professor, Principal and Regional Joint Director of Collegiate Education working in multifarious institutions like Arts and Science College, Education College, Engg. College, Medical College, Veterinary College and University.

He has authored many books and his articles have been published in many leading magazines. He has given radio talks and T.V. programmes on Science subject and Thirukural.

After retirement in 1992 he founded “ Karunakaran Ninaivu Thirukural Noolakam” in fond memory of his beloved only son propagating Thirukural by all means. By his sheer efforts, the curiculum on Environmental Science in School Education shines remarkably invoking awareness in nature safety. It is not a secret to hide that he has a collection of Thirukural edited in as many as 65 languages and offers Thirukural freely to other language people if they demand. Presently in the morning he delivers daily an hour lecture on Thirukural at Tower Park Anna Nagar and annually donates free books and uniforms to 30 needy students.

Contact Prof. “Thirukural” Baskaran by Phone : 2621 1150

ELMAQ.edu, a trustworthy brand in the IT Education and Training Industry in Anna Nagar provides content rich high quality working IT skills by way of right-sized state-of-the-art facility technology training so as to make a generation of resourceful manpower pool for the IT world. It is a group company of M/S Onspec Technology Solution P Ltd-Singapore, a part of M/S Specvision Global-USA.

ELMAQ.edu has positioned itself uniquely in the IT education segment and has been specializing in job oriented cutting-edge technology courses in J2EE, Struts Framework, Redhat Linux, Database Administration, Application servers, Software QA & Testing, Embedded systems, Object oriented systems, ERP deployment, Wireless Internet, ORDBMS among others. Having based its branches in many parts of the city all over India and abroad, it has IT Education & Service relationship with IIT-Madras, PSG College of Technology-Coimbatore, Vellore Institute of Technology (Deemed University)-Vellore, Sunwah Hitech-China, Solar Infotech- Malaysia.

The Company has been promoted by technocrats who have put in life-time experience in IT services in the international arena having promoted companies like SSI Ltd and Radiant Software Ltd in the past.

Various modules and key verticals are offered to students in J2EE platform such as taxation and statutory filing, sales order processing, inventory control, quality control, payroll management, sales forecast and planning, shop floor control etc. The key verticals in which these specs are offered are Fertilizers & Chemicals, Textiles, Tanneries & Leather, Automobiles, Retail Garments, Pharma, Fibre optic cables and a wide range of discrete and process industries. Each topic in every course is so framed that the students can obtain in-depth knowledge. Effective time schedule is designed to get exposure on various aspects of the course contents.

ELMAQ.edu has a separate division called EDGES for technical consulting and corporate resourcing and works with clients viz. Covansys, Infosys, TVS Electronics, HP India, HCL Technologies, e-Logistics, TI cycles, Candeosoft, Madras Fertilizers Ltd., Citibank, Oman optic fibres, Madras Race Club, Hidesign, etc.

It is an approved vendor for its clients for providing trained IT manpower on contract as well as referral based recruitment. The company has over 20 personnel working on-site on-contract basis. It provides trained and experienced IT Skill in the area of J2EE, Struts framework, Oracle DBA, QA/Testing, PEOPLESOFT DBA, IBM Mainframe, Networking Admin, Linux Admin, Information security Admin, C++ & VC++, Informatic Architect, SAP functional consultants, Microsoft.Net professionals and so on.
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For Info: ELMAQ.edu, AE-11, 8th Street, 10th Main Road (behind Post Office), Anna Nagar, Chennai-600 040. Phone Nos.: 5541 8800 / 5541 8877.

PIDILITE (Fevicryl) will be conducting Painting Hobby Work Shop from 1st to 12th May 2006. The Course consists of different varieties of Painting taught by experienced Fevicryl faculty. The course consists of 1st May Flower Making Pot, Textured Glass Painting, a different Varieties of Greeting Card making at the basic level and Vegetable Print. 2nd May Reverse Glass Painting, Attractive Design in maximum size in Tanjore designs. 5th May Silk painting in cloth, Tiles & Ceramic Painting. 6th May Metal cutting Paintintg.7th May, Metal Embossing Painting.11th 12th May Mural Advanced 15/12 (Hard board). Age 12 years and above. Participants should bring Cup, Waste cloth, Palate & Pencil.

For details & Registration contact: 55126501/ 9840989447.