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Dear Brethren

My hearty Navarathiri wishes to you all. I thank you one andall or the overwhelming response to our club day. On behal o our management committee I thank our Vice-ChancellorDr.M.Rajaram or taking part in our celebration and sparing his

valuable time with us.

The wards o our brethren enlightened us with their talent show.Our Engineer cum Magician Mr.Sriram was at his best providingnon-stop un. The catering committee planned everything so

well that even at 11.00 p.m. cool jigir thanda and hot egg dosas were available. Our euphoric in-house karaoke team addedsome more spice to the events late in the evening.

At last our library has become online and the portal wasinaugurated by our Vice-Chancellor on club day. Please reer tothe library news in this edition to know more about the onlinemodule. The Tamil book exhibition was organised to takesuggestions rom our members while adding new collections toour library.

So please do mail your inputs to [email protected] / acau@ ymail.com in this regard. Members are requested to register

their eed backs and suggestions in the complaints & suggestionsbook available in our oce and not through any other mode.Let’s all be good and be in touch...

Kanakaraj.R

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EDITORIAL

PRESIDENT

Prof. Dr. R. Chandra SekaranMobile: 98407 54012

E-mail: [email protected]

VICE PRESIDENT

Prof. Dr. D. ArivuoliMobile: 98412 96097


SECRETARY

Er. E. Sivakumar

Mobile: 98840 51331E-mail: [email protected]

TREASURER

Er. J. SriramMobile: 93800 23696


Prof. Dr. M. Sekar

Mobile: 97899 96247e-mail: [email protected]

Prof. Dr. L. KarunamoorthyMobile: 94441 18628

e-mail: [email protected]

MANAGEMENTCOMMITTEE 2013-14

COMMITTEEMEMBERS

ANNA UNIVERSITYNOMINEES

ALUMNI CLUB - ANNA UNIVERSITY

No.1 Boat Club Road, R.A.Puram,Chennai – 600 028Phone No: 044-2432 2195, 044-2432 1233

Guest Room: 044-24351449E-Mail: [email protected] | Website: www.alumniclubau.com

ENTERTAINMENT

Prof. Dr. S. SelladuraiMobile: 94441 40138


CATERING

Er. M. A. MuruganMobile: 98400 56355


SPORTS Er. M. P. Premkumar

Mobile: 99401 24668E-mail: [email protected]

HOUSE KEEPING

Er. P. SairamMobile: 98407 19713


LIBRARY & NEWSLETTER

Er. R. KanakarajMobile: 94440 58463


NEWS AT A GLANCE 2nd November 2013 - Deepavali Celebrations Movie at Lawn ‘Raja Rani’

Cracker Show at Interval

Good behaviour can cover the lack o beauty but beauty never cover the lack o good behaviour.



OCT 2013 | 3

MEMBER REPORTS

When most o my sexagenarianbatch mates have retiredand are playing with theirgrandchildren, I am hereto attempt a herculean 600kilometers non-stop cycling.

With the ollowing acts about me, I plan to ride on the saddleo a racing cycle or about 40

hrs to get a Super Randonneurstatus.

I am 63 years with 77 kgs anda resting heart rate o 69BPM.My average speed or the 200,300 and 400 km rides is 17-20kmph. I have no sugar, BP,cholesterol or heart problemand am on a progressive eye

wear.

Preparation tips for 600km

• Not more than 2 puncturesallowed as each tube changetakes 20mts.

• Overall rest allowed isonly 2 hrs. Which includesood, sleep, wash andcommunication.

• Do not ride with anyone who

does not match your speed.• Mental readiness to be awake

or 35 hrs.

Cycle I preerred my reliableColnago ACE road bike sinceits very light and the compact gear ratios. I increased the

handlebar height 2 inchesmore with a stem raiser to get the upright position. Tyres/ liners/ Puncture- Any fat will delay your journey by 20 mts. I you are not alert to remove the debris/metalpiece/thorn and continueriding, a second fat is denite.So, inspect thoroughly the tyre

surace and locate the debris.I carried a spare oldable tyreor emergency. ContinentalGatorskin 700x23c tyres withTuy puncture liners are the

R.Sundararajan, M.No.1481Cyclewith my

600kms o

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sae bet. I did not get any

puncture. Carried 4 sparetubes and two olding tyres.(one with the bike and theother in the drop bag).

Giro helmets are lighter in weight (only 220 gms) anddoes not stink ater a 600km humidity. Also 21nos o peroration allows your headto breathe more. Added

advantage o more holes is you can scratch your head with your little inger any where).

Handlebar Tape: Brooks leather handle bartape so that I can avoid thegloves whenever I want to andeel cool. And I threw thesoiled gloves away ater 450

kms and road bare hand.

Yoga and Cycling:

Pranayama increasesthe oxygen to the cells

and balances the nadis.

Meditation helped mein keeping composed.Paschimostasana (orwardbend), padhahasta asana,Dhanur asana, hal asanaand hal spinal twist keepthe ull body stretched andkeep the spine very lexibleand sot. Surya namaskara(sun salutations) helps inenergising the chakras.

shavasana (corpse pose) withauto suggestion brings youback to normal,physically andmentally.

Some observations:

•Too many tea breaks/stopsand wasting time at Controlpoints will throw you away rom the BREVET.

• Allot extra time or locatingUnknown ATMs

• Cane gives instant energy.• Riding in a group at night is

better than solo.• Between 12 midnight to 5 am you will not get ood on NH.

Better to carry.• Last 20 kms should be steady

and slow cooling zone i youhave time.

By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty o the ower. - Rabindranath Tagore.



OCT 2013 | 5

Day Date Event

Friday 11.10.2013 Technical session ‘Tapping Solar Energy’

Saturday 12.10.2013 Tamil movie ‘Desingu Raja’

Wednesday 16.10.2013 Technical session ‘Natural Pearls o Thoothukudi coast’

Friday 18.10.2013 DVD Movie ‘Papillon’

Saturday 19.10.2013 Tamil Movie ‘Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam’ Friday 25.10.2013 DVD Movie ‘ Jaws’

Saturday 26.10.2013 New Tamil Movie (will be announced later)

Any change in programs will be notifed by SMS and Email. Kindly update.

OCTOBER 2013

I a man can control his mind he can fnd the way o Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him. - Gautama Buddha



6 | OCT 2013

LIBRARY NEWS CONGRATULATIONS

Dear Members

Latest books and DVDs are added to our library under the category “Premium Collections”.Members can search and borrow books andDVDs rom home using the on-line acility available in our website. This acility wasinaugurated on 28-09-2013.

Members may enter into this module by clicking “online library” in our website homepage.Intially members may use your membership

number as your user ID and password.

Change password option is made available toprotect your transaction.

Any book rom Premium collection can beborrowed on-line at a nominal charge o `10and may be retained or a period o 30 days.

Autogenerated voucher or `10 will be issuedand member must sign the voucher while

taking delivery o the book.

Ater 30 days rst renewal will be automatically activated or another 10 days at an additionalcost o `5

Three such auto renewals are permitted at theabove rate and ater 60 days access to this portal

will be automatically denied i the book is not returned.

Member shall return the book to gain urtheraccess in to the portal.

The same procedure has to be ollowed toborrow DVDs.

The charges or DVD are `10 or rst 15 daysand `5 or a renewal period o 5 days with amaximum o three such renewals.

Members are requested to take note that no

manual lending procedure will be adopted orbooks under “Premium Collections” and DVDs.

Er.R.Kanakaraj

Member Library & Newsletter

We congratulate Mr. V.M. Muralidharan(Mike), M.No. 476, who has been electedas the Chairman o the Ethiraj College Trust

which manages the renowned Ethiraj Collegeor Women, Chennai & Ethiraj MatriculationSchool, Vellore. Both campuses together houseclose to 10,000 students.

Muralidharan, great grand nephew o theTrust’s Founder Thiru. V. L. Ethiraj, is the

youngest & the rst person rom the Founder’s

amily to be elected the Chairman o the Trust.Earlier, he was the Financial Trustee o the Trust.

At present, he is the Global Chie OperatingOcer o Bahwan CyberTek Group (BCT), USD125+ Million, 2000+ sta, global sotware servicesorganization. In his role, he spearheads theglobal operations and steers the business o BCTacross various geos.

Muralidharan completed his Bachelors inElectronics & Communication Engineering

(Honors) in 1983 rom the College o Engineering, Guindy.

This is a proud moment or our Alumni and we wish Muralidharan, better known as Mike by all,the very best!!

The mind is like a white cloth. Dip it in red dye, it turns red dip it in green, it turns green. Put it out in the sun or long, it loses its colour. The mind truly is the Sel itsel, with no colour.



OCT 2013 | 7

BOOK REVIEW

Once again Frederick orsyth has created

something most o us would not have thought about. The book takes us through the heart o spy network and manhunt that goes behind thescreen. It is truly a roller coaster ride with ampleinormation that takes us through USA, UK,Pakistan, Somalia and Israel.

The author writes about usage o Drones inMilitary operations and is really interesting.Some plots and incidents may seem ctional but are necessary to connect story. This is a perect

sequence to The Aghan... Thoroughly enjoyed.

TAMIL BOOK EXHIBITION Tamil books rom 32 dierent publishers were exhibited in a stall or our members on the club day.Plans are aoot to include some o the popular tamil novels in our library. Members may suggest list o books o their choice to be purchased or our library.

The jewels o the soul is priceless, and yet it is being squandered like this , in exchange or a mere shell. - Sri Guru Granth Sahib



8 | OCT 2013 CLUB NEWS CONTINUES ON PG NO 33

TECHNICAL SESSION

by Thangavel MuthuRaj

“People call me I am a perectionist, but I’m not. I’m a rightist. I do something until it’s right and then I move on to the next thing – James Cameron.

ART DIRECTION

Have you seen the Ranganathan Street in themovie “ANGADI THERU”?

The entire Cowboy Village in “IRUMBU KOTTAIMURATTU SINGAM”?

Recreation o 17th Century surrounds in“PAZHASIRAJA”?

Well, the man behind these REAL creations “INSETS” was the Speaker o Honour Art DirectorThangavel MuthuRaj.

Our members were ushered into the wonderultinsel world o Art Direction and to the myriadso “on the shooting spot solution xers “by none other than the genius MuthuRaj. Anhour and odd journey brought to light thedierent phases o Art Direction and how it isintertwined with various departments o CinemaProduction. He explained how certain critical

situations which might mar entire shootingschedules were tide over by “out o box thinking”and “SAMAYOJITHAM”. He also witnessedand oered suggestions to the Short Film“AANDHAI” (OWL) directed by our ormer sta Mr. Vijaya Bhaskar.

Art Director MuthuRaj, a graduate o Fine Arts, alm production designer since 1991,has startedhis career as rst assistant to noted Art DirectorSabu Cyril. His big break came in 1997 in theMohan Lal starrer Malayalam movie “GURU”

which bagged him BEST ART DIRECTOR awardrom Government o Kerala. Many awards suchas Padma Rajan Award, Film Fraternity Award,Mathru Boomi Award, Edison Award, Film

Critics Award etc., bestowed on him.He is currently working in Director Shankar’s“I”, “Raja Rani” , “ORU KANNIYUM MOONUKALAVANIYUM” and many other languagelms.

His Art Direction has been widely appreciatedin “Shankar’s NANBHAN”,”AVAN IVAN”,“Kalaingarin PONNER SANKAR”, “PAZHASIRAJA”, “GURU”, “ANGADI THERU”, “SOLLA MARANTHA KATHAI” and many other lms.

He is busy apart rom lms into Theme ParkDesigning, Sculpting, Miniature making andInterior Designing. He is happily married toPadmapriya and has a son Muthu Vignesh.

T. MuthuRaj explaining typical situations

A view o the Audience

A set design or Ponnar Sankar

Er. Ramachandran handing over Memento

Good behaviour can cover the lack o beauty but beauty never cover the lack o good behaviour.



OCT 2013 | 33

SPORTS CORNER

BRIDGEThe monthly TTK Open Bridge tournament was conducted on 11th September which saw goodparticipation rom the bridge raternity. Lakshmi Chari & T.T. Chari topped in North-South pairs

and Rajesh & Uma topped in East West pairs. Alumni teams - D.V. Ravi and NRK came 3rd in NorthSouth and T.K. Mani and Jayakumar came second in East-West.

In the IMP Pairs Intra tournament held on 8th September CMK and Subarao came rst and Shankarand Ranjit came second. Alumni Club Bridge team participated in the SZ Trophy in Kumarakom.

SNOOKER

The annual intra-club handicap tournament is all set to begin on October 6th. Prior to that both thetables are in the process o being reurbished with new cloth. We can expect some riveting action inthe Snooker room in the month o October. Expecting some heated matches two air-conditionershave been replaced. Be sure to catch all the drama o Singles and Doubles.

A HOTSHOT FROM CHENNAI

V. Kanthi , daughter of our member Mrs. Valli Valliappan (M. No. 1567 )talks about her experiences at therecent IBL, being chosen for the Hyderabad Hotshots, and her hopes for the upcoming Senior Nationals.

Even as she talks to me at the Alumni Club in Chennai beore her practice session with an up-and-coming men’s player, V. Kanthi is busy with her mobile phone.

Though weeks have passed since the Indian Badminton League concluded in Mumbai, with theHyderabad Hotshots (HH) emerging triumphant, V. Kanthi, a member o the Hyderabad team,is still to get over the IBL hangover. “We still miss each other’s company,” says the 18-year-old

From L to R. NRK, C.Mohan Krishna, Sadashiv, Adhi, Shankar, Vasu, Pro. Natarajan, Kannan.

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badminton player rom Chennai even as shetexts her riends rom Hyderabad Hotshots.

As the second women’s singles player, ater SainaNehwal, or the Hyderabad ranchise, Kanthidid not get to play a match, but enjoyed theatmosphere thoroughly. “IBL”, says Kanthi, “was

rst o all un. I made quite a ew riends. Spoketo Aparna (Balan) and Ashwini (Ponappa) andothers.”

Sitting on the sidelines, Kanthi says was a great learning experience, especially watching how senior players practice beore and ater a match,how they handle themselves, and how they interact with ans and media. “I learnt a lot though I didn’t play. I learnt a lot rom seniorplayers such as Saina (Nehwal) and Tauq(Hidayat). And Tauq was more than a player.

He taught us a lot.”

Pursuing a Bachelor o Business Administrationdegree rom MOP Vaishnav College or Women,Kanthi realises what the IBL has done tobadminton. “It has popularised the sport. Earlierin India, cricket was the most popular sport andnothing ater that. Now badminton is catchingup. All badminton players are happy about it,”she says.

With no proper system in Chennai, it was astruggle or Kanthi to nd a place to practice,shuttling between Kuala Lumpur and Chennai.Now ater the IBL exposure, her belie in hersel has grown maniold. “Beore IBL, I was not sure where I was. It has given me a lot more

condence. It has taught me to stay ocused,”she says.

Kanthi believes the deeat at the hands o DelhiSmashers in Lucknow was a wake-up call or theteam. “That loss,” she says, “inspired us to work

harder. We were a bit complacent in that match.The loss came at the right time.”

The Tamil Nadu numero uno women’s playerinitially didn’t believe it when her riends toldher about her being chosen or HH. “I was inMalaysia at that time. I didn’t expect to be inIBL because I had injured my back ater thesenior Nationals, and was training in KualaLumpur to get back into shape. Somebody sent me a message saying, ‘You are part o the team’. I didn’t believe it. Again somebody

texted me saying, ‘You have been auctioned.Go and check.’ Only then did I start collectinginormation about IBL,” says Kanthi, whoseauction price was $3000.

According to Kanthi, the spectator turn-out orevery match o HH was something shedidn’t expect. “The crowd was more thanexpected. Every match had ull attendance.In Hyderabad alone, there was a big demandor tickets. The stands were almost ull. Many

spectators brought drums which they beat vocierously, as they enjoyed every moment o IBL,” says Kanthi, who is all praise or HH ownerPVP Group and HH’s support sta.

What irks Kanthi is the lack o courts or playersto practice and a proper system in Chennai.“We had to beg or courts. All the coaches arededicated, but where are the courts? Almost every State has got an academy/court with acoach, physio and tness trainer. There might be good coaches in Chennai, but they are

losing interest due to lack o courts. There are anumber o talented players, but nobody to guidethem,” she says.

Kanthi has been training in Kuala Lumpurunder the watchul eyes o chie coach

Yogendran at New Vision Badminton Academy.

“It has been ruitul experience so ar. They havedone a lot to correct my strokes,” she says.Having missed many All-India tournamentslast year, Kanthi is keen to take part in as many tournaments as possible this season. Besidesshe wants to perorm to her ull potential in theorthcoming Senior Nationals to be held in New Delhi. “I want to do really well there,” she says.Source: The Hindu, September 25, 2013

Time is ree, but it is priceless. You can’t own it, but you can use it. You can’t keep it,but you can spend it. Once you’ve lost it you can never get it back. - Harvey Mackay.



OCT 2013 | 35

CELEBRATION

PANORAMIC VIEW OFCLUB DAY CELEBRATIONS

One should be cautious not to speak anything that hurts others. Such king o speech never helps but always brings destruction. - Rig Veda



36 | OCT 2013 Happiness is like a buttery, The more you chase it, the more it eludes you. But i you turn your attention to other things, It comes and sits sotly on your shoulder. - Henry David Thoreau.



OCT 2013 | 37 The appearance o things change according to the emotions and thus we see magic and beauty in them, while the magic and beauty really are in ourselves. - Kahlil Gibran



38 | OCT 2013 When one door closes, another opens; but we oten look so long and so long and so regretully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened or us.



OCT 2013 | 39

INAUGURATION ofONLINE LIBRARY FACILITY

by VICE CHANCELLOR

Online Library Facility was inaugurated by the Vice Chancellor on the Club day. From home youcan log in to ONLINE LIBRARY link http://acaulibrary.com in our website www.alumniclubau.comand book your avorite books and DVDs. Enter your Membership number or USER NAME as wellas PASSWORD or the rst time. You can change your Password ater gaining access. As you wouldhave observed lot o NEW additions are added to our Library. Kindly provide your suggestions orthe improvement o Library Collections and or increasing the ootalls to [email protected] OR [email protected]

I a man can control his mind he can fnd the way o Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him. - Gautama Buddha



ENTOURAGE TO OUR CLUB FACILITIES Vice Chancellor evinced keen interest to know in detail o various club acilities available orMembers and Guests. He was taken around the premises starting rom Boat House to Sports

Complex to Restaurants, Conerence Hall and to the Modernised Kitchen. He was awestruck toknow that these well maintained acilities have come up in such a short period. He congratulated theeorts o all Members, their Family and especially the various Committee Members or their selfesscontribution. He expressed his desire to come requently and use the acilities.

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