The tenth annual sports meet of the Madhuram Narayanan Centre for Exceptional Children (MNC) was held at the Bala Mandir premises in Chennai on 16 February 2007. The unique feature this year was the participation of children from mainstream schools including the Bala Mandir and the Little Flower Convent. Yet another feature was the enthusiastic involvement of the children from the Maithree group of schools begun by parents of children who underwent early intervention programme at MNC.This provided an opportunity for the children of the Centre to increase their
awareness and sensitivity to each others’ needs. Cricketer Tinu Yohannan who was the chief guest distributed the prizes for the winners in the various competitions held as part of the sports meet.
A glimpse of the winged visitors that throng the Salt Works at Vedaranyam. A rare visual treat !
Photographs: Mohanram Kemparaju
The swamps of Vedaranyam is a showcase of our feathered brethren in action. The flocks of migratory birds that swarm the swamps have drawn the attention of naturalists. Chemplast Sanmar and the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) have set up a study centre at a cost of 20 lakhs of which Sanmar advanced Rs 12 lakh. The foundation stone was laid by Pheroza Godrej, Vice President of the BNHS at Point Calimere sanctuary on the Vedaranyam coast in Nagapattinam district in Tamil Nadu in April this year. This centre by the BNHS and The Sanmar Group is the first of its kind in the country and is a boon to ornithologists, bird watchers and tourists. Two-and-a-half acres of land has been purchased by the BNHS for this purpose.
Mukul Dixit, Pheroza J Godrej, Vice President of the Bombay Natural History Society and Dr S Balachandran, Scientist, BNHS, at the foundation stone laying ceremony of the study centre.
Eswari accepts the cheque from TAN Thenappan of Chemplast Sanmar.
Eswari, a class IX student of a Government school in Mettuthanampatti village suddenly found herself at a dead end.
A heart ailment and not enough financial resources for medical treatment can be traumatic. Eswari’s father managed to get an aid from the Tamil Nadu Government that covered the cost of the treatment. The girl’s trip from Mettur for her treatment at Chennai was facilitated by a donation from the Sanmar Welfare Trust.
A s part of CII-Ford Tsunami Rehabilitation Project, the inauguration of the Community Infrastructure Projects at Pannaiyur Periyakuppam was held on 16 March 2007 in the presence of David T Hopper, Consul General of United States of America in South India and Pradeep Yadav, I AS, the District Collector of Kancheepuram. Also present were N Kumar of The Sanmar Group and Past President of CII, Arvind Mathew, Managing Director & President, Ford India Pvt Ltd, M Lakshminarayan, Chairman, CII Southern Region & Joint Managing Director, Motor Industries Company Limited and K N Krishnamurthy, Project Head-CII Tsunami Project & Technical Advisor to MD, Ashok Leyland Limited.
A community hall and a fish auction centre at Pannaiyur Periyakuppam near Cheyyur in Kancheepur- am district were inaugurated. A three pronged approach was designed to cater to the needs of the 255 families residing at Pannaiyur Periyakuppam with Immediate Livelihood, Community Infrastructure and Capacity Building.
American Consul General David Hopper inaugurates a tsunami community centre at Pannaiyur Periyakuppam in Kancheepuram district. N Kumar of The Sanmar Group was also present at the inauguration.
Chemplast Sanmar has provided water purification facility at three schools in Karaikal by installing reverse osmosis units for potable water. The schools benefited are T R Pattinam Higher Secondary School, T R Pattinam High School and Keezhavanjore Primary School. The District Collector of Karaikal Dr N Vasanth Kumar inaugurated the installations of the units at the schools in June this year. The Principals and Vice Principals of the schools, several government officials and senior officials from the company were present at the inaugural function.
The Lady Bradricks Stanley park at Mettur Dam was given a facelift by Chemplast Sanmar with the installation of a two-stage fountain. Additionally, two electrical lawn mowers and a Mitsubishi Sakthi tiller donated by the company will help keep the park trim and in shape. TAN Thenappan handed over the equipment costing Rs 4 lakh to the Public Works Department’s Executive Engineer R Subramanian at a function held in June this year.
TAN Thenappan seen handing over the starting hand crank of the tiller to R Subramanian, Executive Engineer PWD, Mettur.
Following the success of the tuition centre at Mottur village, Chemplast Sanmar inaugurated the second one at Veeranur on 11 June 2007 in the presence of company officials, panchayat presidents, councillors and other local leaders. The centre is ideally located, close to the school from where most children will attend the classes. A qualified teacher has been recruited to give the children additional reinforcements to help them cope better with the school curriculum after regular school hours.
Manickam, President of Gonoor Panchayat, inaugurating the second tuition centre. Chemplast officials look on.
Students of Sri Sankara Senior Secondary School, Adyar, who appeared for class XII and class X examinations held in March this year by the Central Board Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi, have done the school proud by securing very high percentage of marks. All the children who appeared for the examinations have passed securing 100% result for the school. In class XII (Plus Two) examination top scorer in the Science stream was Deepak Rajendran and in the Commerce stream, Jyotsna Narayanan was the topper. In class X examination, the school topper was N Vishwesh.
P Supriya of Sri Sankara Vidyashramam Matriculation Higher Secondary School, topped the class X, Tamil Nadu State Board Matriculation examination held in March this year. The school posted a 100% pass results and of the 97 who sat for the examination 77 students have passed with distinction. In class XII (Plus Two) examinations held by the State Board, R Nayanthika of the Commerce stream was the topper obtaining state ranks in 3 subjects. Of the 177 students who appeared for class XII examination, 132 secured distinction. M Rajeev was the top scorer in the Science stream. Children belonging to both the Sankara Schools have excelled in their performance in public examinations this year.
Sanmar wishes the schools the very best results for many more years to come!
Among our employees’ children, there were 2 known achievers. S Padmavathy, daughter of S Shankaran, Quality Control, Xomox Sanmar Limited, Viralimalai, scored 97% in the Higher Secondary Examination. She ranked third in her school, Savitri Vidyasala Hindu Girls Higher Secondary School, Tiruchirapalli and scored full marks in Mathematics and Chemistry.
M Raman at the Sanmar Corporate Division is the proud parent of R Ravi Kiran who scored 97.40% (overall) and a core subjects score of 99.33% in the class X examination with 100% in Mathematics. Ravi Kiran ranked II in his school, DAV Boys Senior Secondary School, Chennai in the CBSE stream. His total of 487 out of 500 comes as the 8th top total score when compared at the national level.