The Madhuram Narayanan Centre for Exceptional Children continues to be a beehive of activity. The eighth annual sports meet held there on 11 February 2005 had star cricketer Hemang Badani taking the salute at a marchpast by the students. Kannan Pugazhendi, Director of the Physical Fitness Foundation Academy of the College of Physical Education, YMCA, gave away the prizes to the winners of some fiercely contested events.
Indian Test cricketer Hemang Badani who captains the Sanmar cricket team, was a popular chief guest at this year’s annual sports day of the Madhuram Narayanan Centre for Exceptional Children.
George Meyrick, a student volunteer from the U K, training children in play acting.
Cricketer Hemang Badani with a student of Madhuram Narayanan Centre at the Annual Sports meet of the Centre.
Another interesting visitor was Sebastien Gergaud of Champaign, France, a yoga teacher at the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram, who taught the children, teachers and parents, as part of his own training in special education.
Two British students, Tim Moody and George Meyrick, gave the children, teachers and parents some interesting glimpses into the techniques of playacting.
Sebastien Gergaud, a student of Special Education in France, training children in yoga at MNC.
Sri Sankara Senior Secondary School and Sri Sankara V i d y a s h r a m a m Matriculation Higher Secondary School celebrated their Annual Day function in January 2005. Speaking on the occasion, chief guest M S Ananth, Director IIT Chennai said that intuitive knowledge should be verified with logic to boost the confidence of students.
Lakshmipathi Balaji, the Chemplast and Jolly Rovers paceman, had a memorable comeback to Test cricket after an injury layoff that lasted nearly a year. He toiled hard to regain his fitness and iron out some technical flaws in his bowling action. His hard work really paid off when he took nine Pakistan wickets in the First Test against Pakistan at Mohali and followed it with a memorable spell at Kolkata. In an Indian XI that had Zaheer Khan and Irfan Pathan, Balaji emerged as the leading bowler. Unfortunately, Balaji sustained a rib injury after his successful run in the Test series, and had to withdraw after the first one-day international against Pakistan at Kochi, where he gave some vital breakthroughs.
Dinesh Mongia recalled
Balaji’s Chemplast teammate Dinesh Mongia has
been rewarded for his consistent performances with
a recall to the Indian squad.
N Sankar, Chairman, inaugurated the Sanmar Group library on 23 February 2005 at Corporate Headquarters, Chennai. The library is proving to be popular among employees whose usage of the facility is steadily growing. Some of the ideas under consideration to make the library a desirable destination are a ‘Name your Library’ contest for users in Chennai.
video screening sessions on management related topics, book reading and book review sessions, inviting guest speakers of stature to interact with library users, and quiz contests. These are ambitious plans but feasible, provided there is enthusiastic participation from employees.