Professional Documents
Culture Documents
GENERAL EVENTS 78 first year students and 32 second year students of GTTI
appeared for the cultural and heritage exam conducted by the
The Kalpatharu Day was celebrated in the Vidyalaya on 1.1.05. Vivekananda Kendra, Kanyakumari, on 5.1.05.
The staff and students of the Vidyalaya took part in large
numbers. The Annual National Youth Day Childrens Rally on 11.1.05 in
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of Dr. I.V. Subba Rao, IAS., visited IHRDC on 29.1.05 and 9 th, and 10 th of April, respectively, were organized after a
observed its services related to the implementation of systematic review and detailed analysis.
education for all children with disabilities, a component of
the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan. The committee appreciated the Rainfall of every week was recorded and calculated regularly
network that has been established between Government and for agricultural or statistical purposes by our Institute of
Agriculture (IARD). Regular farm activities of the IARD included
study of the use of bore-wells and surface bore-wells for different
crops. A study of the application of weedicide against parthinium,
etc., also was undertaken.
The College Day as well as the Hostel Day of the Maruthi College
of Physical Education was celebrated on 8.4.05. Swami
Sukhatmananda, Secretary, Ramakrishna Mission Ashram,
Salem, presided over the function, and Sri Karan Singha, IPS,
Commissioner of Police, Coimbatore City, delivered the College
Day Address.
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3.5.05 and observed the various activities carried out in the An all-time high total contribution of Rs.1,56,000/- towards the
centre. Gurupuja celebration was raised this year by the High School
students. D
The second year students of the IARD visited the Forest
College, Mettupalayam, on 3.5.05; they also visited the SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS
Thudiyalur market on 9.5.05 to learn the prize fixation of sheep
and goat. And they visited commercial nurseries as a part of SWAMI SHIVANANDA HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL -
their Commercial Floriculture Course. The first year students ENGLISH MEDIUM
visited the Government Horticulture Farm, Kallar, on 3.5.05. M/s Macmillan Publishers conducted a one-day workshop for
the teachers of our Swami Shivananda Higher Secondary
An Inspection Commission visited our College of Arts and School English Medium on 27.2.05.
Science to accord affiliation to the newly started B.Sc. Physical
Education course. POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE
Our Polytechnic organised a seminar under the auspices of
Our IHRDC took up the responsibility of conducting under SSA Entrepreneurship Management Development Centre on `Total
a study on the status of disabled children in ten districts of Tamil Quality Management', on 20.1.05.
Nadu.
And the Information Technology Department of our Polytechnic
The Annual Day Celebration of the IARD was held on 28.5.05. College conducted a state-level Seminar-cum-Quiz Competition
Swami Hitakamananda presided over the function. Also, he on 2.2.05.
distributed to all the 41 outgoing students of the second year
their appoint orders received after their campus interviews. The Further, the Civil Engineering Department of the Polytechnic
Special Guests of the function were Dr. P. Santhanakrishnan, organized a state-level seminar on Awareness on Earthquake
Controller of Examinations, TNAU, Coimbatore, and Thiru B. Resistant Structures on 20.2.05. And the Department of
Kumarasamy, Asst. Director, Agriculture, Mettupalayam. Electrical and Electronics Engineering arranged a state-level
Technical Seminar on 26.2.05.
Lt. N. Balasubramani, Head of the Department of Civil
Engineering, was assigned to take-up the additional Lastly, a state-level Paper Presentation-cum-Quiz Competition
responsibility of Principal-In-Charge of Polytechnic College from on Flexible Manufacturing System was conducted by the
1.6.05, following the retirement of the Principal. Mechanical Engineering Department on 28.2.05.
The Syllabus Revision Committee of Tamil Nadu Agricultural A seminar focusing on Value Education was conducted on 9.6.05
University assigned to our IARD the work of preparing books on at the GKD Auditorium. T.A. Venkateswaran, Retd., Regional
three subjects as per the revised syllabus. Manager, `The Hindu', Vizag, delivered interactive lecturers on
`Indian Way of Life', `Emotion Management' and `Man and
In January, the staff of the Vidyalaya donated their one-day salary
Density'. The second year students of the Polytechnic College
for Tsunami relief to the Chief Minister's Fund.
and GTTI attended the programme.
The X and XII students of Swami Shivananda Higher Secondary
GANDHI TEACHER TRAINING INSTITUTE
School were taken on a one-day pilgrimage trip to Lord Muruga
Temple, Palani, and some nearby areas. A seminar on `Yoga and Medicinal Values' was organised for
the second year students of the GTTI on 6.5.05. On 20.5.05,
The students of GTTI distributed Platinum Jubilee celebrations they were also trained in garland-making and rangoli.
invitations and 9423 donation cards bearing Swamiji's picture
in the areas surrounding the Vidyalaya. Further, the students INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL
enacted a play on Sri Badrasala Ramadasa during Gurupuja DEVELOPMENT (IARD)
Celebrations and received high appreciation from all. Dr. Elangovan Ramasamy, President, AGRI INFOTECH, New
Hampshine, U.S.A., delivered a talk on Organic Farming at the
The Kalanilayam raised an amount of Rs.26,250/- as donation Institute on 3.3.05.
from Dr. M.N.G. Mani, Director, IHRDC, Dr. G. Palanisamy,
Principal, MCPE, Dr. N. Muthaiah, Principal, COE, and Smt. A. Dr. P. Mariadoss, Retired Joint Director of Animal Husbandry,
Chitra, Teacher, TAT Kalanilayam, and paid the school fees of delivered a lecture on `Sheep and Goat Nutrition' for the II year
75 children who were unable pay this year. students of the IARD. Another lecture on `Labour Management
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and Maintenance of Farm Records' was arranged by Dr. G. SNR College, Coimbatore, delivered a lecture on the occasion.
Mohan, Senior Research Fellow, Tamil Nadu Agriculture
University, TNAU, Coimbatore, on 22.4.05. Sri C. Nandagopalan, Headmaster, Thambu Higher Secondary
School, Coimbatore, delivered a talk on `Personality
Dr. Natarajan, Professor, Department of Entomology, TNAU, Development' in the English Association Meeting of the College
Coimbatore, delivered a lecture to the I year students on `Role on 2.2.05.
of Pheromones in Integrated Pest Management' on 20.4.05.
Dr. S.K. Narayanadoss, Professor and HOD of Physics,
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, delivered a lecture on `Low-
CENTRE (IHRDC) k Dielectrlic Materials' in the Physics Association Meeting of
The IHRDC organised a number of workshops during this College on 17.2.05.
period. A National Institute for the Visually Handicapped (NIVH)-
A seminar on `Choice Based Credit System' was organised in
sponsored workshop on `Teaching Mathematics and Use of
the College on 19.2.05, in which all the members of the teaching
Mathematical Aids and Appliances was organised from 17.1.05
staff participated. Dr. L. Jayalakshmi, Administrative Officer, GVG
to 20.1.05, in which 46 special educators from Tamil Nadu,
Visalakshmi College for Women spoke on the topic and clarified
Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Orissa participated.
doubts.
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE
A one-day seminar on Sharing of Best Practices Institution
Our College of Arts and Science organized a Tamil-Charal Specific Insights was conducted by the College on 19.3.05,
function on 7.1.05. Prof. Suryakanthan, Department of Tamil, with financial assistance from NAAC. D
He will have to learn, I know, that all men are not just, all men are not true, but
teach him also that for every scoundrel there is a hero, that for every selfish politician
there is a dedicated leader. Teach him that for every enemy there is a friend.
It will take time I know, but teach him if you can that a dollar earned is of far more
value than five found. Teach him to lose and also to enjoy winning. Steer him away
from envy. If you can, teach him the secret of quiet laughter. Teach him if you can
the wonder of books. But also give him quiet time to ponder the eternal mystery of
birds in the sky, bees in the sun and flowers on a green hillside. In school teach him
its far more honourable to fail than to cheat. Teach him to have faith in his own
ideas even if everyone tells him they are wrong. To be gentle with gentle people
and tough with tough.
Try to give my son the strength not to follow the crowd when everyone is getting on
the bandwagon, to listen to all men, but teach him also to filter all he hears on a
screen of truth and take only the good that comes through. Teach him if you can
how to laugh when he is sad and that there is no shame in tears.
Teach him to scoff at cynics and to beware of too much sweetness. Teach him to
sell his brawn and brain to the highest bidder but never to put a price tag on his
heart and soul. Teach him to close his ears to a howling mob and to stand and
fight.
Treat him gently, but do not cuddle him, because only the test of fire makes fine
steel. Let him have the courage to be, let him have the patience to be brave. Teach
him always to have sublime faith in himself because then hell always have sublime
faith in mankind.
Thats a big order, but see what you can do, because hes a fine little fellow.
DDD
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I NTERNATIONAL EVENTS
The staff and students of the Vidyalaya took part in many international events. The details are given below:
Institution Staff / Student Events Dates
College of Dr. M.A. Kandasamy Presented a paper in the International Conference on 9-12 Feb
Arts and Science HOD, Dept. of Chemistry, and Spectrophysics at Pachayappa's College, Chennai.
Sri G. Amirthaganesan
Lecturer, Chemistry Dept.
Sri P. Matheswaran Presented research papers under the guidance of 9-12 Feb
Sri M.A. Sreebalakumar and Sri M.Sethuraman and Dr. R.Jayaprakash, Lecturers,
Sri S. Marutha Senthil in the above International Conference.
M.Sc. students, Physics Dept.
IHRDC Dr. MNG Mani, Director Attended an ICEVI conference, at Paris. 17-22 May
TAT Kalanilayam All the VI, VII, VIII std. Attended an action-research programme arranged at the Union 10-12 Feb
teachers Middle School, Narashimanaickenpalayam.
Sri S. Veerakumar and
Sri K. Sundaram
Vidyalaya High School
All the teachers Attended a research coordination meeting held at Union 12 Feb
Middle School, Perianaickenpalayam.
Swami Shivananda Staff Members Attended in-service programmes held at various schools in Feb & May
Higher Secondary Coimbatore. 2005
School
Sri M. Shanmugam and Acted as resource persons for the Higher Secondary Teachers' May 2005
Dr. N. Periasamy in-service programme held at Coimbatore.
Polytechnic Sri K. Perumal, Lecturer (Sr) Attended a one-day workshop on 'Corrosion of Steel in 28 Feb
College Dept. of Civil Engg. RC Structures' at CIT.
ITI Sri R. Venukumar Attended a one-day seminar on `Today Information Technology in 3 Feb
Turner instructor CNC Programming', coordinated by Keller Cop, Germany, in
association with GEDEE Weiler, Coimbatore.
Sri G.Murali Visited `Toonz Animation Ltd' at Trivandram, along with 10 Feb
Principal Swami Anuragananda, to study the feasibility of training our
students/staff to start animation course for our ITI students.
Attended a meeting convened by the Regional Joint Director of 22 Apr
Training regarding Model Examinations for the NIMI Pattern; an
Inter-ITC Sports Meet; and a Selection Trial for ITI Students in
the Indian Air Force.
Gandhi Teacher Sri K. Rajamanickam Acted as Resource Persons for preparing Teaching-Learning 6 Apr
Training Institute Lecturer Materials for BRT teachers at DIET, Perunthurai.
Sri. R. Kannan
Arts & Crafts Teacher
Sri K.Sathishkumar, Principal Acted as resource persons in a camp for school children at 19-22 May
and Sri T.Thangamani Sivakasi.
Physical Education Teacher
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College of Dr. N. Pugalenthi Acted as resource persons for Refresher Courses conducted
Education Dr. S. Rajaguru and for the school and college teachers, held at the Government's
Dr. S. Sudarsan College of Education, Coimbatore.
Dr. N. Muthaiah, Principal Acted as a resource person for the two-day seminar organised by 16 Apr
the Association of Libraries, at D. J. Academy, Coimbatore.
Dr. N. Muthaiah, Principal Participated in the NAAC-sponsored seminar on `Sharing of Best 19 Mar
and Sri P. Krishnan Practices - Institution-Specific Insights', at the
College of Arts and Science.
IHRDC Dr. M.N.G.Mani, Director Attended an RCI meeting at New Delhi. 11 Feb
College of Sri. N.Velusamy and Attended a one-day workshop on `Communicative Competency', 29 Jan
Arts and Science Sri J.M.M.Manoranjan at KSR College of Arts and Science, Tiruchengode.
Dept., of English
Sri R. Chandrasekar In the College of Education, acted as Resource Person for the 10-11 Feb
Sri. Neelakandan and inservice-programme conducted on `Teaching of Grammar' for
Sri M.Muthukumar High School teachers of Coimbatore
Dept., of English
Sri Jayapal, Librarian Attended a Refresher Course in Library Science held at the May 2005
Kerala University, Thiruvananthapuram.
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An English friend of mine, named General Strong, was in India during the Sepoy Mutiny.
He used to tell many stories about it. One day, in the course of conversation, I asked him
how it was that the sepoys who had enough of guns, ammunition, and provisions at their
disposal, and were also trained veterans, came to suffer such a defeat. He replied that
the leaders among them, instead of advancing forward, only kept shouting from a safe
position in the rear, "Fight on, brave lads", and so forth; but unless the commanding
officer goes ahead and faces death, the rank and file will never fight with heart. It is the
same in every branch. "A captain must sacrifice his head," they say. If you can lay down
your life for a cause, then only you can be a leader. But we all want to be leaders without
making the necessary sacrifice. And the result is zero--nobody listens to us!
However much you may parade your descent from Aryan ancestors and sing the glories
of ancient India day and night, and however much you may be strutting in the pride of
your birth, you, the upper classes of India, do you think you are alive? You are but
mummies ten thousand years old! It is among those whom your ancestors despised as
"walking carrion" that the little of vitality there is still in India is to be found; and it is you
who are the real "walking corpses". Your houses, your furniture, look like museum
specimens, so lifeless and antiquated they are; and even an eye-witness of your manners
and customs, your movements and modes of life, is inclined to think that he is listening to
a grandmother's tale! When, even after making a personal acquaintancee with you, one
returns home, one seems to think one had been to visit the paintings in an art gallery! In
this world of Maya, you are the real illusions, the mystery, the real mirage in the desert,
you, the upper classes of India! You represent the past tense, with all its varieties of form
jumbled into one. That one still seems to see you at the present time, is nothing but a
nightmare brought on by indigestion. You are the void, the unsubstantial nonentities of
the future. Denizens of the dreamland, why are you loitering any longer? Fleshless and
bloodless skeletons of the dead body of Past India you are, why do you not quickly
reduce yourselves into dust and disappear in the air? Ay, on your bony fingers are some
priceless rings of jewel, treasured up by your ancestors, and within the embrace of your
stinking corpses are preserved a good many ancient treasure-chests. Up to now you
have not had the opportunity to hand them over. Now under the British rule, in these
days of free education and enlightenment, pass them on to your heirs, ay, do it as quickly
as you can. You merge yourselves in the void and disappear, and let New India arise in
your place. Let her arise--out of the peasants' cottage, grasping the plough; out of the
huts of the fisherman, the cobbler, and the sweeper. Let her spring from the grocer's
shop, from beside the oven of the fritter-seller. Let her emanate from the factory, from
marts, and from markets. Let her emerge from groves and forests, from hills and
mountains. These common people have suffered oppression for thousands of years--
suffered it without murmur, and as a result have got wonderful fortitude. They have
suffered eternal misery, which has given them unflinching vitality. Living on a handful of
grain, they can convulse the world; give them only half a piece of bread, and the whole
world will not be big enough to contain their energy; they are endowed with the
inexhaustible vitality of a Raktabija. And, besides, they have got the wonderful strength
that comes of a pure and moral life, which is not to be found anywhere else in the world.
Such peacefulness, such contentment, such love, such power of silent and incessant
work, and such manifestation of lion's strength in times of action--where else will you find
these! Skeletons of the Past, there, before you, are your sucessors, the India that is to
be. Throw those treasure-chests of yours and those jewelled rings among them, as
soon as you can; and you vanish into the air, and be seen no more--only keep your ears
(from `Memoirs of European Travel', from
open. No sooner will you disappear than you will hear the inaugural shout of Renaissant
The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, India, ringing with the voice of a million thunders and reverberating throughout the
Vol.7, p. 325-8) universe, "Wah Guru Ki Fateh"--victory to the Guru!
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received Kamarajar Endowment Scholarship (Rs.3000/- each) Sri G. Devanand and Sri I. Gokulraj, Mechanical Engineering,
from Bharathiar University. Polytechnic College, won the third place in the paper-
presentation contest organised by the Society of Mechanical
Sri M. Sureshkumar, II M.Sc., Chemistry, was awarded a short
Engineering, NPA Centinary Polytechnic College, Kothagiri. D
term fellowship for a duration of two months to work in the Bhabha
Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, under the guidance of Dr.
Srikumar Banerjee, Nuclear Physics Division, during this summer
PUBLICATIONS
vacation. Dr. V. Kulandaiswamy, Principal, and Sri P. Murugesan,
Department of Cooperation, College of Arts and Science,
Sri V. Balashankar and N.P. Arun Prasad, our Polytechnic's III published a research paper entitled, `Performance of PACS - An
Year Mechanical Engineering, presented a paper on `Advanced Empirical Evaluation', in the Indian Cooperative Review, Vol.42.
Pollution Control Systems in Automobiles' at Sri Adiparasakthi No.2, October 2004.
Polytechnic College, Melmaruvathur.
Sri J. Chandrasekaran, Lecturer in Physics, CAS, published a
Sri V. Balashankar and Sri T. Dhamothara Kumar, II year
paper on Monthly Mean Daily Utilizability of South India in the
Mechanical Engineering, presented a paper on `Current Trends
International Energy Journal, Vol. 5. No. 1, June 2004.
in Automobiles', and Sri N.P. Arunprasad and G. Devanand, of
the same department, presented a paper on `Robotics' at CSI Sri G. Amirthaganesan, Dr. M.A. Kandasamy and Sri V.
Polytechnic College on 1.2.05. Srinivasan, Department of Chemistry, CAS, published a paper
Sri N.P. Arunprasad and S. Lingaraja, also of the above entitled Synthesis and Characterization of Dihydroxylammonium
department, presented a paper on `Advanced Non-destructive Tetrachlorocuprate Dihydrate Crystals in Crystal Research
Technology' at Seshasayee Institute of Technology, Trichy, on 7.2.05. Technologies, Vol. 40. No.6. D
Sri S. Dineshkumar and P. Sasikumar, final year Electrical and RESULTS
Electronics Engineering students of the Polytechnic won the
second prize in the State-level Technical Symposium and Project The result of the annual examinations of the TAT Kalanilayam
Exhibition conducted by Sri Ramakrishna Polytechnic College, was published on 4.5.05. All the children of the school got through
Vattamalaipalayam on 18.2.05. successfully.
In the public examinations for 10th std., all the 67 students of
Tamil medium and 45 students of English medium of Swami
Shivananda Higher Secondary School, and 39 students of
Vidyalaya High School successfully got through with the centum
pass percentage this year.
Students of the Swami Shivananda Higher Secondary School,
English Medium, Selvi K. Shakthi Shobana secured the school's
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34 students of English Medium secured more than 400/500 the third place in the RDS and BDS State-level competitions
marks. held at Dindigul. M. Ganesh, XII Std., secured I place in 200 mts,
and II place in 100 mts events under the super-senior category,
and P. Shankar Narayana Prasad, X Std., bagged the I place in
200 mts, and II place in the 100 mts event under the senior
category in the athletic competitions.
The Polytechnic won the winners title in the district-level
G.S. Sri Krishnan B. Hari Shankar T. Dharanidaran D. Kalaiselvan
basketball tournament conducted by Sri Narayanaguru
Polytechnic College, and also emerged winners in the local
In the Vidyalaya High School, G.S. Sri Krishnan secured the Pongal Festival Kabaddi Tournament conducted by the Pasumai
school's highest mark, 454/500; B. Hari Shankar and T. Sangham.
Dharanidaran secured 453/500; and D. Kalaiselvan scored 450/
500. 14 students secured more than 400/500 marks. The third RKV College of Arts and Science Ever-rolling Trophy
cricket tournament for men was inaugurated by Swami
In our Swami Shivananda Higher Secondary School, 99.3 % Garishthananda on 20.1.05.
(131 out of 132) of XII Std. students got through the Higher
Secondary Examinations. The school topped among 52 schools J. Vijay and M. Raja, I year M.P.Ed. students of
of the Coimbatore Educational District in terms of pass our College of Physical Education,
percentage. Three students secured more than 1100, and 21 represented the Bharathiar University Ball-
students secured more than 1000 marks out of 1200. Sri M. badminton team for the year
Kannan secured the highest marks of 1128, and 200 out of 200 2004-2005. J. Vijay secured
in Maths. Sri P. Mahendren secured 1104, and Sri M. Nagendren the runner-up position in the
got 1103. D PSG State-level Inter-Collegiate Tournament
shuttle badminton, and runner-up in the
SPORTS ACTIVITIES doubles shuttle-badminton, with Sri P.
Venkatachalapathy in the both the same
The Annual Athletic and Field Events of our ITI and Polytechnic
tournaments.
were conducted in the Polytechnic play grounds on 10.1.05.
The volleyball team of the College of Physical Education secured
The Annual Sports Day of the Vidyalaya High School was
runners-up position, with a cash award of Rs.2000/-, in the
celebrated on 11.1.05. Swami Sutapananda presided over the
volleyball tournament conducted by the Tiruppur Physical
function and Swami Tatprabhananda, Dr. Kulandaiswamy, and
Education Teachers' Association on 8.1.05 and 9.1.05. B. Arun
Dr. Ramaswamy gave away the prizes to the winners of the
Prasath, II year M.P.Ed. student, received the Best Player Award
various events.
in this tournament.
On 3.2.05, the students of our TAT Kalanilayam Middle School
Our Polytechnic won the overall championship in the Coimbatore
took part in Inter-Union Middle School Sports Competitions held
division athletic meet held at Nachimuthu Polytechnic College,
at the Union Middle School, Narasimhanaickenpalayam, and
won 30 prizes in the different events. The winners of these events
took part in the District-level competitions, in which 1200 children
from 241 schools participated on 13.2.05. Sri R. Sivakumar, VIII A,
bagged the second place in 100 mts, and the third place in 400 mts,
and Sri S. Sureshkumar, VIII B, won the second place in High jump.
The All-Vidyalaya Inter-Institutions Sports and Games for the
staff and students were organised from 9.2.05 onwards in our
play grounds. Participants from all the Institutions eagerly took
part in the different events officiated by the students of our Maruthi
College of Physical Education.
The Swami Shivananda Higher Secondary School basketball Pollachi, from 2.2.05 to 4.2.05.
team won the first place, and the handball and volleyball teams
Sri K. Manivannan won the silver medal in the State-level
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Tournament at our Venkatakrishnan Indoor Stadium from Anaimalai, Gudimangalam, Udumalpet and Pollachi South
6.1.05 to 8.1.05. during February 2005.
In connection with the Platinum Jubilee Celebrations, a free
dental camp, in coordination with Ramakrishna Dental
College, Coimbatore, on 9.1.05, and another medical camp
for detection of blood sugar, in coordination with
G.K.N.M.Hospital, Coimbatore, on 25.1.05, were organised
at Poochiyur by the Department of Social Work and NSS of
the College of Arts and Science.
In coordination with the Government Hospital, a blood
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Computer Training for members of women's Self-Help course were conducted from 16.4.05 to 17.4.05. The first
Groups were organized by the MCA Department, College of and second workshops for the IGNOU B.Ed. students were
Arts and Science, during March 2005. arranged from 4.5.05 to 15.5.05.
The IHRDC in association with the District Rural
Development Agency (DRDA) commenced the Training cum From 17.5.05 to 18.5.05, the C.P.Ed. students of the Maruthi
production unit for disabled persons to manufacture coir College acted as officials in the Inter-Industrial Training
products at the Block level main training cum activities centre Institutes' Sports Meet, organised by the Vidyalaya's Industrial
at Thekkupalayam on 8.4.05. Sri P. Jeyabalakrishnan, Project Training Institute.
Officer, DRDA Coimbatore inaugurated the unit in the Our Polytechnic College, in association with the Department
presence of Swami Atmaramananda. Sri V. Babu, Extension of Field Publicity, conducted an awareness-camp on 'Salt
Service Officer, Coir Board of India, Pollachi also participated and Iodine' at Kavundampalayam Extension Centre on
in the event. 4.3.05.
A free Medical Camp organized at Kaunthapadi Pothur on The Entrepreneurship and Management Development
24.4.05 by the Vivekanander Service Movement, co-ordinate Centre, Polytechnic College, conducted an Entrepreneurship
Awareness camp by from 3.3.05 to 5.3.05.
The Maruthi College trained 60 individuals both outsiders
and Vidyalaya students, in Yoga, during this period.
79 trainees from the Vidyalaya and surrounding areas
attended a Driving Training Day April-May 2005.
The students of our ITI attended to the various servicing and
repairing works of vehicles belonging to the Vidyalaya
institutions, such as TVS 50 XL, Ape auto, M&M van,
Ambassador, and Maruthi car of central office, TATA Sumo,
Polytechnic hostel's tractor, Agri tractor, CPS van, lorry, and
by Sri P.V. Ramasamy, an alumnus of our GTTI. Swami Swami Shivananda School Bus. Electrical servicing cell, ITI,
Sahanananda blessed the participants, and Sri K. Satheesh undertook servicing of three air conditioners, hardware
Kumar, Principal, GTTI, delivered the Special Address. section's UPS, pedestal fan, and grinding machines in the
The counseling classes for students of the IGNOU B.Ed. Vidyalaya. D
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The Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya commenced its by Sri Swarna Kulandaivelu, retd. staff of the Vidyalaya, and
services at the Race Course, Coimbatore, in the year 1930- party. In the public meeting that followed the Mangala
1931, with a humble beginning of an investment of Rs.5.75 Vathyam, Sri Nellai Kannan, Tirunelveli, spoke on `Sri
and one harijan student. After an year, it was shifted to Ramakrishna's Teachings and Thirukkural'. The talk
Vellakinar, a suburban area on the way to Ooty hills. In 1933 enchanted the audience by its insightful presentation,
it had to be shifted to a new premises at Podanur. It ran enriched with appropriate quotes from the Sanga literature
successfully from there until 1933-1935. Then, again the in Tamil. Kalaimamani Sri Subbu Arumugam troupe
Vidyalaya was shifted to its present site - in presented the traditional folk art of story-telling in verse,
Perianaickenpalayam, Coimbatore. Since then it has been Villupattu, on Swami Vivekananda. Various anecdotes about
rendering outstanding services at various levels. The year Swamiji's life were included in a lucid style.
2005 mark its successful completion of 75 years of dedicated
The second day's public meeting was on `Ramakrishna -
service. Celebrations in this connection commenced from
Vivekananda and Today's Society'. In this eloquent talk, Sri
June 2004, with in-campus programmes for different age-
S.S.M. Sundaram, Head, Department of Commerce,
groups and pursuits. However, the public functions of this
Sourashtra College, Madurai, exhorted modern youth to
Jubilee began on 1.2.05 (Swami Vivekananda's birthday this
adhere to the principles of Swamiji. Swami
year), ending on 8.2.05. In that, again, the official or formal
Veerabhadrananda Maharaj presided over the function.
inaugural function was on 3.2.05, the date on which the
Later, Karagaatam, a traditional folk dance of Tamil Nadu,
Vidyalaya's foundation was laid by Mahatma Gandhi in 1934.
was presented by Kalaimamani Madurai Muthu troupe,
Several monastics from different branches of the Chennai. All the skills demonstrated by him and members of
Ramakrishna Order participated to their great delight. The the party were astonishing and highly appreciated.
daily average public attendance was about 5000.
In the forenoon of the third day, an Educational Exhibition
The celebrations were held at different venues of the
Vidyalaya from morning to night, beginning with Swami
Vivekananda's Jayanthi Puja at the Vidyalaya High School
prayer hall on 1.2.05. Mangala Arathi, Bhajans, chanting from
the Thevaram, Thiruvaachakam, and Shivapuranam, and
Akhanda Naama Japa Yagnam were on almost all the days
at the Vidyalaya High School prayer hall. Cultural
programmes and public meetings were organised in the
Polytechnic/ITI grounds.
The first day's programme began with `Mangala Vathyam'
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was declared open by Padmashree Dr. R.M. Vasagam, Vice- A programme on the Welfare and Extension Services of the
Chancellor, Dr. MGR Deemed University, Chennai. He also Vidyalaya was arranged in the evening at the GKD
released the Platinum Jublee Souvenir, books and CDs after Auditorium. Swami Nirmaleshananda Maharaj, welcomed the
the inaugural function. Swami Visveshananda Maharaj gathering, and Swami Sarvarupananda Maharaj, Secretary,
presided over the function. In the Kaviarangam, Poets' College of Education, Maruthi College of Physical Education,
Gathering', in the afternoon, Pulavar Rama Kuppulingam, Gandhi Teachers' Training Institute, and the Vidyalaya High
an alumnus of the Gandhi Teachers' Training Institute, School presided over the function, in which Sri C.
welcomed the gathering and introduced the participants. Kosalaraman, I.A.S., District Collector, Coimbatore,
Kavingnar Ilandevan presided over the Kaviarangam. Thanjai distributed educational kits, school uniforms, etc. to the
Iniyan, Kavianban K.R. Babu, Marabin Maindan Muthaiah
and Kavingnar Kavidasan read out poems on different topics
related to education and India. The evening programme
began with Pancha-vaadyam, the traditional inaugural and
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Dr. K. Subramaniam, former Principal, Vivekananda College, Natarajan, former Vice-chancellor, Tamil University,
Madurai, presented their valuable ideas in the I plenary Thanjavur, on `Human Values Shown by Our Saints'. The
session; Smt. Maya Gaitonde, Secretary, Bala Mandir, Smt. & Sri Pushpavanam Kuppusamy troupe presented
Kamaraj Trust, Chennai, and Sri C.L. Ramakrishnan, Director devotional folk songs illustrating the daily events in the lives
General of Police (Retd.), Chennai, spoke on `Professional of people under the mystery of the heavens, and their beliefs
Ethics'; Swami Brahmeshananda Maharaj, Secretary, and practices.
Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Chandigarh, spoke on
`Cultural Values' in the II plenary session. The participants The last day's events began in the evening with a public
discussed, in groups, `Professional Ethics in the Light of meeting. The theme discussed was `Women's Uplift'. Dr. V.
Social, Moral, Cultural and Ethical Values', and the group- Tamilselvi, Chief Medical Officer, K.R. Hospital,
reports and feed-back were presented in the closing function Perianaickenpalayam, welcomed the gathering and
of the Symposium presided over by Dr. K. Kulandaivel, introduced the speakers. Pravrajika Ramaprana, President,
Chancellor, Avinashilingam Deemed University, Coimbatore. Sri Sarada Math, T'Nagar, Chennai, spoke on `Sri Sarada
A The Pattimandram (Debate), on the topic, `Aim of Life - Devi and Women's Uplift' in her presidential address;
Success or Values?', was held in the evening. Sri G. V. Pravrajika Atmadevaprana, also of that Sri Sarada Math,
Thannasi, Secretary, All Vidyalaya Alumni Association, Erode
Chapter, welcomed the gathering. Prof. Solomon Pappiah,
former Head, Department of Tamil, American College,
Madurai, was the moderator; his expert colleques, Prof. M.
Ramachandran, Dr. Rama Soundaravalli and Sri S. Raja
formed the `Success' team, and Dr. T.K. Subramaniam, Dr.
Ramani Pandiyan and Prof. T. Rajaram the `Values' team.
The moderator, with his humorous intervention, highlighted
the significance of values and the need for success in every
endevour. He also asserted that the real purpose of the life
of a human being is attained by adhering to values. Later, Sri
R. Ganesh and Sri R. Kumaresh, well-known artistes from
Chennai, presented a violin concert, inviting thunderous spoke on `Women's Role in Transforming Society'. Smt.
applause. Vimala Ramani, Novelist, Coimbatore, spoke on the need
for `Women's Liberation in the Indian Context', while the
On the sixth day, 75 retired staff members of the Vidyalaya other speaker, Smt. Ilampirai Manimaran, Principal, APC
were honoured in the GKD Auditorium. Swami Mahalakshmi College, Thoothukudi, spoke on `Message of
Yuktatmananda Maharaj, felicitated them and Swami Great Women of India's Past for the Present Day Women'.
Sarvarupananda Maharaj honoured them. In the valedictory Dr. Smt. K. Kamalamani, Principal, Kaveriammal ITI,
function of the Educational Exhibition, held in the afternoon, Dindugul, thanked the speakers and the audience. The Dr.
Swami Veerabadrananda Maharaj presided over the function Vijayalakshmi & Dr. Vijayalakshmi Navaneethakrishnan
and gave away prizes to the winner institutions. Swami troupe, Madurai, presented the Folk Arts as the last event of
Sarvarupananda Maharaj welcomed everyone in the public the celebrations. The description of the songs and folk
meeting in the evening, and Swami Srikarananda Maharaj, dances centering around folk culture was vivid, and helped
Assistant Sectretary, Ramakrishna Math & Mission, West one to be aware of the customs and behaviour of Tamil people
Bengal, presided. The subject of discussion was, in general. D
`Enlightened Citizenship'. Swami Kamalatmananda Maharaj,
President, Ramakrishna Math, Madurai, and Dr. K.
Subramanyam, Retd. Principal, Vivekananda College,
Thiruvedagam, Madurai, spoke on the different aspects left
the audience thoughtful. The Sivanjali Trust, Vadavalli,
Coimbatore, presented an exquisitie ballet.
The next day's events commenced with a public meeting on
`Culture and Values'. Dr.V.Kulandaisamy, Principal, College
of Arts and Science, welcomed the guests and others. Swami
Atmaghanananda Maharaj spoke on `Common Bases of
Indian Culture', and the speaker of the day Dr. Avvai
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Get ready for a second green revolution: President should be on food processing and marketing, not grain
alone, he added.
`The time has come to go in for a second green
revolution to boost production of foodgrains to meet Stating that doubling food production with reduced
the growing demands,' observed President A.P.J. size of cultivable land and water availability was indeed
Abdul Kalam. a great challenge, he said this implied that future agri-
graduates should have knowledge of soil
Delivering the 26th convocation address at the Tamil
characterisation, management of water, fertiliser and
Nadu Agricultural University here today, he said
pesticide. The President wanted the university to pay
agricultural scientists have a great responsibility of
emphasis on encouraging agricultural entrepreneurs
doubling food production to 400 million tons by the
who could run agriculture as a value-added industry.
year 2020. While the first green revolution, pioneered
by C Subramaniam, was aimed at processing of seed On the changing pattern of society, Kalam said the
to grain, the focus of the second green revolution gross domestic product had undergone a considerable
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change. While the contribution to the GDP from supported community infrastructure, catalysing the
various sectors like manufacturing and services had transformation of rural India.
grown up, the share of agriculture had declined from
The technocrat President has watched for himself the
39 to 22 percent during the period 1979 to 2004, he
fruits of such a venture as school children learnt poetry
pointed out adding that even the percentage of people
and a female with a knee pain was consulted through
employed in agriculture had come down to 54 from 64
satellite.
percent over the years. He cautioned that if this trend
continued by 2020, it would become 44 percent. Having initiated the process of taking IT to villages,
Kalam said that connectivity to six lakh villages was
Kalam emphasised that IT should be used for
very important. `Besides electronic connectivity, there
maintaining an updated and enriched database of should be physical and knowledge connectivity
region-specific information and its dissemination to leading to economic sustainability,' he emphasised.
farmers in time...
The Amrita-ISRO model was a forerunner for such a
- The New Indian Express, 7.7.05 type of evolution in modernising villages. He urged
the sponsoring partners to come forward to set up
DDD
many more Village Resource Centres that would act
Kalam Opens Amrita-ISRO project as nodal centres for knowledge, employment and
empowerment.
It was a rare partnership of academics, space science
and information technology for rural development. Narrating his interaction with Konkan fishermen
months ago, he explained how the 'hole in the wall'
Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO)
(kiosk) in their villages helped children learn
objective of utilising satellite technology for rural
computers but failed to provide vital information like
development and Amrita Vishwa Viswa
wind speed, direction, nature of waves, cloud cover
Vidyapeetham's vision of self-reliant villages became
and other parameters so important for them.
a reality today with the launch of Amrita-ISRO Village
Resource Centres (VRCs) by President A.P.J. Abdul While setting up VRCs, the administrators should not
Kalam. `assume' the needs of villages but should visit and
interact with the benefiting villages.
Supported by the global IT giants like Microsoft, Intel,
CTS and HP, the VRCs launched in 10 villages in Tamil Content, especially periodically updated content that
Nadu and Kerala would create and implement a would be area-specific information, covering a group
of 20 to 30 villages and locally relevant data, was
sustainable, scalable and space technology-
What we need, you know, is to study, independent of foreign control, different branches of the knowledge that is our
own, and with it the English language and Western science; we need technical education and all else that may develop
industries so that men, instead of seeking for service, may earn enough to provide for themselves, and save something
against a rainy day.
- Swami Vivekananda
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essential for successful functioning of VRCs, he he said. Speaking on creative leadership, Kalam said
emphasised adding that these centres should act as the task of the creative leadership was to change the
nodal centres. traditional role into a multifunctional one. `The higher
the proportion of creative leaders in a nation, the higher
- The New Indian Express, 7.7.05
the potential of success of visions like `developed
DDD India,' he pointed out.
Seven-point mission for industries proposed While calling upon the industries to attain self-
sufficiency in critical technologies, he underlined the
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam exhorted industries to
importance of reviving industreis in the small-scale
sharpen their competitiveness for national
sector which provided huge employment
development. opportunities. Indian industries should fully tap the
potential of outsourcing, he said, suggesting that the
Inaugurating the 8th edition of `Cointec 2005' -
industries gave a thought for outsourcing and
International industrial exhibition - here, Kalam said
subcontracting.
competitiveness could be achieved by combining
three factors - law of development, innovation and Given the huge demand for traditional Indian medicine
creative leadership. world over, Kalam said entrepreneurs, medial experts
and social organisations should sphearhead a
`Quality of the product, cost effectiveness and timely
movement `health for all' to reach our people.
delivery of products / services were the three
- Express News Service, 6.7.05
dimensions of competitiveness,' he observed adding
that the dynamics of competitiveness in product DDD
marketing was called the law of development.
Meeting of minds; Kalam at his best
Asserting that innovation was the key for
competitiveness, the President said: `We can see the Harnessing solar and nuclear energy is essential for
large proportion of new ideas and innovations are the future, President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam observed.
generated by scientists and engineers besides the In interactive sessions with school children at Mani
university campuses.' School and college students at Kumaraguru College
of Technology, the President was keen as ever to
Kalam was emphatic that for building innovative
answer the queries of young minds.
capacity, we required the partnership of a cluster
consisting of public and private sector industry, R&D On balancing between nuclear testing and
and academia. environmental damage, he said the oil reserves of the
world might last for a century.
Suggesting a seven-point mission for Coimbatore
industries, he called upon the civil industries to design `There will be only two possibilities thereafter - solar
and develop products for world market. Design effort, energy and nuclear energy,' he said.
a crucial factor in lowering production cost, contributed `While nano-technology could help harness solar energy
50 percent of the total value and quality of the product, better, Thorium will be fuel of the future,' Kalam said.
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The Atomic Energy Commission Chairman talks of week and avail themselves the best cardiac treatment.
the possibility of adding 1000 mw power to national
Asked if the country has fulfilled Vikram Sarabhai's
grid every year and the nation has vast resources of
dream of utilising space science for the man on the
Thorium, he said, indicating that nuclear energy would
street, he said the dream has been completely fulfilled
be a boon to the nation.
with the nation launching communication and remote
Surprisingly, Kalam was not against brain drain. Over sensing satellites.
three lakh engineers and one lakh medical and science
`We have to fulfill the dreams of another man within
graduates pass out each year. `There is nothing wrong
15 years,' Kalam said. The way he was received by
if 15 to 20 percent leave the country,' he asserted.
students at all functions revealed that his Vision 2020
Kalam felt that the 20 million NRIs were `our is quite possible.
knowledge wealth. Moreover, they sweat it out there
`Impossible should be erased from dictionary.'
and send back home 30 to 40 million dollars every
year,' he pointed out. - The New Indian Express, 6.7.05
DDD
Recalling the glory of Nalanda university where
students from 90 countries studied 1,500 years ago, Realise importance of learning : President
Kalam said the time has come for Indian institutions
to be the R&D centres of the world. Before focussing on the launch of Village Resource
Centres (VRCs), the President started with a
Answering queries on Providing Urban facilities in message for the students present at the function
Rural Areas (PURA), the President said the venue as well as those at the four VRCs in Kerala
government could provide physical and knowledge and Tamil Nadu.
connectivity to villages to an extent. Even if he
visualised a tripartite partnership between industries, Asking them to note down, he said, `Learning gives
banks and government, the PURA centres should creativity, creativity leads to thinking, thinking provides
essentially be run by industries. knowledge and knowledge makes you great.' Hence,
students should realise that learning is a must....
These complexes should also generate employment
for rural yough in processing, cottage and small-scale Asking the students to note down, he said: `We are
industries as only 10 percent of ruralites pursue higher God's children with strong minds. We will win, win
education. and win and have the will to win. When God is with us
who could be against us.'
On the possibility of making health care affordable,
Kalam talked about a successful Karnataka model in - The Hindu, 7.7.05
The only service to be done for our lower classes is to give them education, to develop their lost individuality...
Give them ideas-that is the only help they require, and then the rest must follow as the effect.
- Swami Vivekananda
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Innovation is the key to competitiveness, says industrialists while inaugurating an engineering fair,
Kalam INTEC 2005, at CODISSIA Trade Fair grounds.
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam turned management `Focus on capacity building', varsities told
consultant on Wednesday, telling businessmen in this
Knowledge-based society
city of entrepreneurs that creative leadership will help
them become competitive. `For preparing the future generations for a knowledge-
based society that lies ahead of them, universities
`Creative leadership is exercising the task to change
should focus more on capacity-building. It should be
the traditional role from commander to coach, manager
with a view to equiping the students with creativity
to mentor, from director to delegator and from one who
and innovative skills, which would be relevant to
demands respect to one who facilitates selfrespect,'
society and needs. A new situation was emerging
he said.
today, with ascending economic trajectory, global
Creative leadership improves the working recognition for Indian technology at the international
environment, increases employee productivity and forums and willingness for global investments to pour
innovation and thus leads to a better quality of into the country. It was high time that universities
products. Improved products bring customer loyalty, started focussing on preparing the future generations
boost returns on investments and make companies for a knowledge-based society,' he said.
competitive.
- The Hindu, 7.7.05
`A nation's economic development is powered by DDD
competitiveness,' Mr. Kalam told hundreds of
Arise, awake, for your country needs this tremendous sacrifice. It is the young men that will do
it. `The young, the energetic, the strong, the well-built, the intellectual' - for them is the task.
- Swami Vivekananda
A NOTE FOR THE FORMER AND FINAL YEAR STUDENTS OF THE VIDYALAYA
Former students and final year students of the Vidyalaya are requested to register their names in the Alumni Registry
available at the following websites:
1. www.coimbatore.com/colleges/list
2. www.coimbatore.com/schools/list
This will enable them to interact with the Vidyalaya and among themselves.
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