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All Rights Reserved 2012 GREAT LAKES INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT For private circulaon only

Dear Great Laker,

Greengs!

On July 5th

, Great Lakes added another feather to its cap with the inauguraon of two-year

regular course, PGDM. First batch of PGDM, the Mamallas, was iniated in the esteem

presence of Dr K Rosaiah, Honorable Governor of Tamil Nadu. We extend our hearly

greengs and best wishes to the Mamallas.

On the same day, the Chennai campus was dedicated to Uncle Bala for his determined

eorts in building a strong foundaon for management educaon in India.

Uncle Bala has always been a source of inspiraon for many and the visionary behind

Great Lakes. As a token of appreciaon for his unring eorts, as usual, Founder's Day was

celebrated on July 5th

, Uncle's 75th

birthday. The day was marked with variety of events or-

ganized by some highly talented Mighty Mamallas. On this day the next issue of our in -

house journal, Gravity, focused on 'Technology for Inclusive Innovaon' was also released.

On July 29

th

, the campus was energized by the presence of Dr Mallika Sarabhai, Ms. NisabaGodrej, Ms. Mangalam Srinivasan, Ms. Mubina Ansari, Ms. Ruzan Khambaa, Ms. Latha

Rajan and Ms. Susmita Das. Occasion was SWIM, the annual event that recognizes and fa-

cilitates women who have been outstanding and set benchmarks for success. Interacng

with such eminent personalies was an enriching experience for all the students.

On July 14th

, the rst Alumni Meet of this academic year was held, at Bangalore. Filled with

fun and frolic, the meet did hold up with its mantra of - Meet old friends, Make new

friends, Relive college days, Network. We would like to thank all the alumni who helped usin making this event a success. The Delhi Alumni Meet was held on August 11

th and will becovered in the next issue.

We look forward to hear from you with your stories, comments and suggesons at

[email protected]

Happy Reading,

--

Gargi Sarkar, Editorial Team, AlCom


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The Mighty Mamallas gathered together on

July 5 to welcome the very rst batch of

PGDM students. The esteemed personality

to be the Guest of Honour was Dr K Rosaiah,

Governor of Tamil Nadu. As a tradion, the

ceremony began with an invocaon song,

this me presented by students from villages

of Karma Yoga, our Leadership Experienal

Project. The song Thamizh Thai Vazhthu

sung in Tamil by the small kids mesmerized

all. Following this, Uncle Bala presented to

our honourable guest, Dr. K Rosaiah, the Ponnadai. Dr. Rosaiah lauded the eorts of Uncle Bala and his

vision of pung Chennai on the internaonal management educaon map, which eventually led to the

seng up of the Great Lakes Instute of Management. Present among the special guests were Mr.

Shantanu Prakash, founder of Educomp Soluons and Mr. Mohan Lakhamraju, Director Great Lakes.

Uncle Balasvision for Great Lakes isproviding Quality

Educaon at an aordable cost and building Human Capi-

tal for Emerging Economies, while remaining true to its

core ideals of Global Mindset, Indian Roots. A visionary

who foresaw a sea change in management pracces in

the aermath of globalizaon, has redened modern

management educaon in India, for which we dedicated

this campus to him for his obsnate eorts. The ceremo-

ny ended with Naonal Anthem and everyone was now

all geared up for the fun that was planned for the rest of

the day.

One very evenul day! PGDM Inauguraon, Campus Dedicaon Day and OurBeloved Uncle Balas birthday


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It was yet another day at campus, but there was

something really special about it. Something which

had brought all hands to work together, all minds to

ponder on planning and execuon and all prepara-

ons to make it gargantuan as it was so exceponal

to all of us. Yes, it was the Great Lakes Founders Dayand an accolade to the -Man behind the Show-, our

very own Uncle Balas 75th

birthday. That day, we

were enlightened with signicant insights into his life and achievements and got to know

how the place where we are now came into being and its journey through excellence. This

called for a grand celebraon, so we were all game to Make it Large.

Uncle Bala blew the candles over his giant 75th

birthday cake

and the theatre roared with applause and ecstasy. We couldnot think of a present that could match up to the calibre of the

dignied man so we decided to extend to him the atude of

support and our hands reaching out to the world to accomplish

his vision in the form of gra. We were also proud to launch

our ocial magazine Gravity current issue: Technology for

Inclusive innovaon on this auspicious occasion. The inspiring

words from Uncle Bala encouraged us to feel at home and give in our best to the instute.

The Mighty Mamallas had set the stage on re

with a series of performances songs, dances,

poems, music and a skit. It was a magnicent

start with a ash mob performance followed by

some impressive Bollywood dance performanc-

es. And that was not all, no celebraon can go on

without our band of boys PAAST and this me

they were Rolling in the Deep with the enre

auditorium tuning in to their every beat.

Uncle Balas Birthday


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And the list goes on with exuberant pieces of talent impending turn by turn. Most mirthful

of all was the skit Meaningful Cinema which le all of us rolling into our seats. It was a

blend of mockery of Bollywood stars and scenes and a sare on management educaon,

but was hearelt with the theme Forget all the logics, just laugh your heart out. It was

super fun and we made it the most happening day ll now. No wonder they say The more

the merrier. We were all spellbound with a sense of accomplishment and content in our

hearts to Make it Large.

--

Kir Sharma, Class of 2013


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This year forSWIM at Great Lakes we had

the opportunity to be an audience to the

chief speakersDr. Mallika Sarabhai,

Padmabhushan Laureate, dancer, choreogra-

pher and acvist, andMs. Nisaba Godrej,

President, Human Capital & Innovaon for

Godrej Industries and associate companies.

The panel of speakers consisted

ofMs.Mangalam Srinivasan, Disnguished

Professor Management and Director, China

Study Centre, Great Lakes Instute of Man-

agement, Chennai,Ms. Mubina Ansari, Di-

rector, Markeng, Walt Disney Company India,Ms. Ruzan Khambaa, Director, N Wave Tech Pvt. Ltd a

Soware, Mobile applicaons and Cloud Compung, Augmented Reality company and a proprietor of

many such internet based rms,Ms. Latha Rajan, Director, Ma Foi Strategic Consultants, also a fellow

member of the Chartered Accountants of India andMs. Susmita Das Gupta, Founder and Chief Ideator

Smart ideas, a bouque market research and market advisory company; also an alumna of Great Lakes

Instute of Management.

Uncle Bala also welcomed the speakers and the audience by

sharing his experiences and wisdom on importance of wom-

en in the society and highlighng the feminine characteriscs

of cooperaon, modesty, caring for the weak and quality of

life in a person. He invited our very rst chief speaker, Dr.

Mallika Sarabhai to enlighten us with her views and experi-ences.

We were all mesmerized with this introspecng session

which let us think over the evoluon of women and the mark

that they have made for themselves. We realized that it isnt just about women; it is about society as a

whole as women form an integral part of it and shouldnt be side-lined.

SWIM 2012


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AlCom organised the Bangalore Alumni meet on the 14th

of July at Vaayu Sky Lounge on

Brigade road, Bangalore. For the Alumni, it was the perfect place and me to unwind aer

a busy work week and catch up with fellow batch mates and the network of other Great

Lakers from Pioneers to Spartans. It was a lively evening with a crowd of over 90 Great

Lakers, interacng and enjoying under Hawaiian-style shacks and tents and simply enjoying

the stunning views of the starlit skies above and the gliering streets below.

Members from AlCom 2013 interacted with the alumni, brieng them about the latest in-

stute happenings like the new hostel coming up for the PGDM students to the various

events organised in campus. The evening proceeded in the back drop of light music and

loads of cheers and sounds from Great Lakers.

Bangalore Alumni Meet

--

Lokesh Agarwal and Neena Pratap, Class of 2013


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Its always interesng to hear from stalwarts of the college and get an insight into their lives aer Great

Lakes. We were fortunate to get the insights of two such successful Great Lakers for this issue. Read on!

Im not so keen on spending me reiterang the thoughts

and feelings going through and experienced by everyone who

has passed out of Great Lakes. While I share the same emo-

ons, and possibly more, passing out of Great Lakes meantmuch more to me. It was the end of the educaon related

expectaons of my parents and I would never have to hear,

Would you please stop wasng me and do your home-

work? from either of them.

I was always interested in music right from an early age. The

inecon point with regard to my musical ambions came in

2001 when I went for my rst big show of Bryan Adams.

Looking at the crowd, the energy and everything else that

came along with the show, I knew I needed to be on stage. I

enrolled for guitar classes the following week, and the mad-

ness hasnt stopped since then.

It thankfully connued at Great Lakes when I met fellow rock enthusiast and vocalist Tejas Bhat, with

whom I set o to start the Straight Fs. We were joined by fellow enthusiasts - Rohit Das (music wizard

and drummer), Sumit Singh (lead guitarist) and Parag Barhate (bass). Thanks to them and the people who

did not chase us o stage, the madness sll connues. Im sure if you ask a lot of my batch mates what

their inial impressions were about me, the rst thing they would tell you is that they saw this tubby fel-

low lugging his guitar around and refusing to part with it even during the outbound training.

The big advantage of compleng my post-graduaon was that I was free to pursue my ambions as a gui-

tarist without any interrupons from exams. And thats what I have been up to. Since I passed out in 2010,

Ive been working 5 (and somemes 6) days a week at the oce and then spending the enre weekend

praccing with the band. Weve had quite a few shows at various venues over the last 2 years. The most

interesng one was when we played at an event organized by an NGO and performed on the plaorm of

the Malleswaram Railway Staon in Bangalore. We had the debut show of the most recent avatar of the

band The 18th

Cross Experiment, at Alliance Franaise this June as part of their annual music fesval -

Our Alumni Speak


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The big take away from Great Lakes that has helped in ensuring I dont have to give up on either is the ex-

perience of one year of having to balance assignments and so many other things along with band pracce

of the Straight Fs , that at mes would start at 2 AM and go up to 4 AM. Im also fortunate to have

known my batch mate and good friend, Soumyo, from Great Lakes. Som as we call him is the lead guitar-

ist in the band we currently play in. He introduced me to the music school I go to. As long as I can keep

playing on stage, I dont see myself stopping. And thats the grand plan for now just play more and more

shows. Someday, we could be up there with the likes of other top Indian bands like Parikrama, Swarathma,

and Galeej Gurus and hopefully we can graduate to playing at bigger venues like Hard Rock Caf and the

Kingsher October fest this year. Keeping my ngers crossed! Id like to end with a quote by Pete Towns-

hend, guitarist and songwriter for the rock group The Who, The day you open your mind to music, youre

halfway to opening your mind to life.

--

Nikhilesh Murthy

Patriot Class of 2010


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And from another talented maestro Soumyo Kan Mitra, from the Patriots, 2010 batch, shares with us his

experience at Great Lakes and his love for what binds us all together, MUSIC!

I have had a keen interest in rock music since high

school. During those days I had built a decent collec-

on of album tapes of Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, U2 and

other rock and roll arsts which I would listen to over

and over again on my Walkman. I also was lucky to

watch many of the greatest rock legends perform live

in concert in Bangalore and aer every show I woulddream of being a lead guitarist playing a killer solo on

stagewhile the crowd cheered as I played each note.

Prior to Great Lakes, lifes goals were mostly focused

towards career and following a hobby was considered

secondary. I wanted to pursue an MBA from a premier

business school and managed to enter Great Lakes in

the Patriots batch (class of 2010). At B-school, I saw

ve of my fellow batch mates scramble together and

create the rst avatarof the college rock band which

they named The Straight Fs. Although not a part ofthe band, I spent quite some me with them while

they jammed between assignments and classes and I really enjoyed watching them trying to make the band

work through all the madness of B-School.

Watching them perform on stage, the same classic songs which I listened to so many mes, made me devel-

op the urge to play the guitar and be a part of a band.

It was only aer a few months into my post MBA job that I bought a new acousc guitar and enrolled for

classes. I chose an instute that not only taught the guitar but also helped its students develop the style of

guitar playing consistent with rock and roll. I asked my good friend and fellow rock enthusiast Nikhilesh

who incidentally is one of the founding members of the Straight Fs if he would like to join the classes andhe readily agreed. Our interest to form a rock band was taken into consideraon by the school and in the

mid of 2011, we played our rst gig as a band. That was the rst me I played the guitar on stage and the

experience was surreal. From that moment on I knew I was hooked onto it and there has been no looking

back.

We have done quite a few shows over the past year, including one at a railway staon for a fund raiser or-

ganized by an NGO. Recently as the band The 18th

Cross Experiment, we did a half an hour show at a mu-

sic fest organized by Alliance Franaise, which was the biggest stage show for us yet in terms of the audi-

ence size. We do hope that bigger gigs will come our way as me progresses. Till now, we have been a cover

band but we have started to develop our own composions and are preparing to play one at our next show.


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Although my music journey began during the past two years while I was working, I nd it easier to pursue

it aer my educaon. I now feel that I have a more regular lifestyle and that my career path has already

been chosen, leaving me free to follow my hobbies duringmy spare me. I have to admit that taking a

hobby seriously along with work is not an easy proposion. In order to accelerate my guitar learning, I

would spend three to four hours every day praccing scales and licks on the guitar. Being a late sleeper, I

would nd it comfortable to start my pracce post dinner ll about 2 am. I would then get my 7 hours of

sleep, get up at 9 am and reach oce by 10 am.

Another reason why working and pursuing a hobby is beer is because the pressure of a steady income

source is migated. Although it might be dicult to try to do both together, it is not impossible. That there

are so many people out there who seriously pursue their hobby while managing to do well at work is tes-

mony to this fact. Also, geng the habit of doing mulple things together is important, which was the best

lesson I learnt at Great Lakes. During the one year as a Patriot, I learnt how to have fun and work a lot

while always being under tremendous pressure.

I have been fortunate enough to nd a great guitar teacher and a music school that has been so crucial in

developing the band and geng us gigs. Also, knowing people like Nikhilesh and my other band members

has been a huge support since they are all very enthusiasc about music in spite of having hecc work

schedules. Id like to conclude bysaying that me is not a limitaon, it is an opportunity. If one can nurture

a keen interest to pursue something they like, thenone would automacally start looking at the availabil-

ity of me instead of its shortage.

--

Soumyo

Patriot Class of 2010


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And heres another inspiring chronicle about Sijo Kuruvilla from the Champions, 2009 batch.

On the road less travelled

"Here's to the crazy ones, the mists, the rebels, the troublemakers,

the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things dier-

ently - they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with

them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore

them because they change things... They push the human race for-ward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see geni-

us, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can

change the world, are the ones who do", said Steve Jobs in 1997

when he was trying to revive the fortune of Apple with a new punch

line for his ad campaign, Think Dierent. Thanks to that Think

Dierent approach Steve gied to the world the iconic iPod, iPh-

one, iPad and lled Apples coer with more than what the US Gov-

ernment has at this point in me.

And, thinking dierent is what Sijo Kuruvilla George, the CEO of Startup Village, a public private enter-prise, and an alumnus of Great Lakes of the Champions batch has been doing. The entrepreneur zeal in him

hits one like a bolt from the blue right at the Home Page of his website startupvillage.in with a daring

quote of Lebanese American author Nassim Nicholas Taleb, who once said, The Three Most Harmful Ad-

dicons are HEROIN, CAROBHYDRATES AND A MONTHLY SALARY.

Sijo indeed had plenty of opportunies to get addicted to monthly salary as he had brief snts at Brish

Oxygen and Infosys and also oered consultancies to some of most reputed organizaons like Deloie and

PricewaterhouseCoopers to name a few. However, his quest for that one big idea, thats innovave, and so

enterprising that not only whets his own entrepreneurial appete, but also provides a plaorm to young

people across the country to unleash their entrepreneurial potenal. It culminated in the seng up Startup

Village. Its already o to a ying start when Infosys co-founder and one of the mentors of this new enty,

Kris Gopalakrishnan, inaugurated the rst Startup Village in April this year in Kerala. Sijo truly lives up to

what Uncle Bala says, Passion with compassion. As a CEO, he isnt in the mad race for prots but wants to

give back to the country by nurturing 1000 new startups in the upcoming decade. Cumulavely, this would

translate to over 25,000 in employment, over 100 crores in investments and over 2000 crores in revenues.

This indeed is a noble iniave.


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So what is this Startup Village really all about? It is Indias

largest incubaon aempt ll date with a mission to create a

1000 startups over the next 10 years and start the search for a

billion dollar campus startup, explains Sijo.

Can that billion-dollar start up you are looking for come from

Great Lakes?Denitely. Given the world-class faculty, top

quality of students who get in here aer a rigorous selecon process, and the exposure that one gets at

Great Lakes, it surely can come up with that one big idea, says Sijo, but for that to happen someone

should make a start, Great Lakes has already produced many entrepreneurs. I wouldnt be surprised if thebillion-dollar start up is from Great Lakes.

Quong Steve Jobs, Sijo emphasizes Dont sele for less, whatever you are thinking, think big, and think

dierent. Times are changing. There is no dearth of opportunies. Possibilies are endless today. Figure out

what you are passionate about, and just follow on your passion. Apple and HP, of course, legends now for

the way they were born in garages, but lile did we know that an IT startup Innoz, ranked among the top

10 IT emerging companies in the country, was started by 4 college dropouts. This is where passion plays a

role.

The entrepreneur in Sijo took roots during his Engineering days in

2007, when he started MobME with ve of his friends. Currently it

has an annual turnover of Rs.25 crore and has 100 employeesspread over various locaons.

Though its been three years since he completed my Leadership,

Inuence, and Power elecve at Great Lakes, I disnctly remem-

ber Sijo, says Professor Venkat R. Krishnan, director, Yale-Great Lakes Centre for Management Research,

because he stood out from the rest very obviously. There was clear evidence that he would venture out on

the road less travelled. I am condent that his innovave spirit will take him to even greater heights.

He was lateral thinker. He used to think out of the box. I am really very happy for him, says Dr. Rakesh P

Singh, Professor of Macroeconomics, whom Sijo fondly remembers as Rocky Sir.

Recalling his me in Great Lakes where he graduated in 2009, Sijo says, Even though I was already an en-

trepreneur, I am grateful to Great Lakes for opportunity to interact with diverse and experienced talentpool in my batch, coupled with a world class faculty. The exposure and quality of learning being provided by

Great lakes is unparalleled in the country.

Given an opportunity I will surely like to visit the new Great Lakes campus in Mahabalipuram. Who knows,

my alma mater may provide me the billion-dollar start up idea that my Startup Village has been searching

for, Sijo concluded.

--

Harsh Kanchan, Class of 2013


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Other happenings on campus

The Mighty Mamallas were fortunate to be graced with

the presence of Mr. K. Murali, Senior Vice President

Technology at Fullerton Financial Holdings who obliged

to lecture us on Market Trends in BFSI and IT.

Mr. Murali is the Senior Vice President Technology at

Fullerton Financial Holdings and comes with a wealth of

experience. Prior to this, he contributed as IT SoluonsHead at Dunia Finance, as VP - Asset Plaorms at Ci-

bank Regional Oce London, as VICE PRESIDENT-

EMEA Regional Technology Oce at Cigroup, as VP Ci

EMEA - UK at Cibank, VP at Cibank N.A, Singapore,

and Consultant- IT Soluons Group at IFLEX SOLUTIONS LIMITED. Having nished his educa-

on from Loyola College Chennai, Mr. Murali feels he has so far been lucky to have worked

closely with exceponal teams across emerging markets in building Banking and Financial

Services Soluons.

Mr. Murali started his speech with Customer Sasfacon and the importance of pung cus-tomers rst. According to him, customers demand quicker improvements to services they

nd unacceptable, while technological change presents both new opportunies to adaptable

organisaons on an almost daily basis, and threats to the very survival of the poorly pre-

pared. To succeed in such a demanding environment one has to maintain the very best cus-

tomer service techniques that have served well in the past, and one must embrace the latest

techniques to movate and encourage sta to be alwaysPung Customers First. He

brought out the needs of every customer and categorised them into essenally being unbi-

ased service, convenience, making life simple and a personal touch and explained how just

by following some basic thumb rule we can win this game.

Slowly he moved towards Innovaon and linked it to be one of the weapons helping a rm to

increase customer sasfacon and gain loyal customers. With situaon rapidly changing

with me, the rules of doing a business which held true in the past are almost obsolete now.

The advent of IT and technology has changed the way the world responds to everything. Cus-

tomers' needs, their wants are geng more complex with every passing day. In such dynam-

ic environment, its only Innovaon that can help one to stay ahead in the race and win it

eventually: Innovate or Die: Customers are going to move on.


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Speaking about China He commented that China is among the biggest market for online

trading: 70% economic acvity happens in the Beijing-Shanghai-Guangdong belt; 50% of the

Chinese populaon are internet users. Online shopping has reached all new heights in China

with companies like taobao.com which oer innovave consumer protecon plans like 7 day

money back oer, seller guarantee, and 30-day warranty.

According to him, in the inevitable comparisons between the worlds two largest countries

and two fastest-growing economies, India usually ends up on the losing end. Indias econom-

ic growth has consistently trailed Chinas, andIndia hasnt eradicated poverty as quickly as

China, even when adjusng for the fact that India started its pro-growth reforms a dozen

years aer China. That has led to apotenally dangerous level of frustraon among Indias

poor.India has struggled to compete with China in large-scale, export-oriented manufactur-

ing but doesnt aract as much foreign investment as China. The fractured government in

India acts more slowly than Chinas to implement policy or build much-needed infrastructure.

So to emerge as a winner India has to think dierently and rely more on Innovaon.

Were thrilled aboutThe Business Standard Best B

-School Survey 2012

put MBA instutes into 14 hierarchical categories,

Super League 1, Super League 2, A1 through A8, and

B1 through B4. We were elated to hear that our very

own Great Lakes featured in the Super League 2 with

the likes of IIM, Kozhikode, IMT, Ghaziabad, etc. Also,

our college was ranked 21 among top business

schools in the country by Business Worlds Best B-School Survey, moving up seven places

from last year.

--

Neha Pandey, Class of 2013
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And whats been happening with Karma Yoga?Im sure youve all been waing for an update on our great instuons USP, Karma Yoga. Well, the Karma

Yoga gang was busy during the week of the Venus Transit across the Sun.

The world was a huge ball then, the universe a might harmony of ellipses, everything moved mysteriously,

incalculable distances through the ether. We used to feel the awe of the distant stars upon us. All that led to

was the eighty-eight naval guns, ersatz, and the night air-raids over cies. A magnicent spectacle. Aer the

collapse of the socialist dream, I came to America.- John Dos Passos.

We had all heard that the posion of stars and planets change aer joining MBA College. Lile did we know

that they would change so fast.

On 6th

June 2012, we witnessed the transit of Venus. The transit

of Venus occurs when the planet passes directly between the

earth and the Sun so that when seen from the earth, the planet

appears to pass across the disk of the Sun. Simply put, a small

dot would be seen on the face of the sun. Historically this is the

7th such event since the invenon of the telescope, the rst wasrecorded in 1631 and the last in 2004. Venus Transit occurs in

periodic gaps of a set of years, that is, aer 2012 it will be occur

aer 105.5 years in the year 2117, then aer 8 years in 2125,

again aer 121.5 years in 2248, and again aer 8 years in 2256

and so on. This fact makes the Transit a one in lifeme oppor-

tunity for us lucky earthlings.

An Astronomy Workshop was organized at Thirukkazhukkundram

by Tamil Nadu Science Forum (TNSF) on 27th

May 2012 and about

40 of us got the opportunity to aend it. It was amazing to know

that how such a rare phenomenon could be witnessed using simple

apparatus. Equipped with all the requisite knowledge to set up a

simple apparatus to view the event, Karma Yogis from Great Lakes

were eager to have this event organized in all the nearby 20 villag-

es. The below experience is about the event organized in the vil-

lage Echankaranai by Namita Joshi and her team of 18 enthusiasts.


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Prior to the event we had educated the school children, the

teachers and the youth of the village about the event using

posters and word of mouth. On D-day we arranged the set

up in the village school which happened to be the heart of

the village. The head master and school teachers were al-

ready awaing us. While one group amongst us headed to-

wards the classroom to explain the phenomenon with the

help of posters and You- Tube sessions the other was already

busy seng up the apparatus in the open. Eager studentswere viewing the video and the enre set up as if they were about to see some magic. Finally the apparatus

was set and now it was THE REAL me. The sun was projected on

the chart paper and the dark spot was almost on the edge as Ve-

nus was about to complete its transit. Not only the kids but we

all gasped with awe, the magnicent sun that had for some me

lost its might before the small but the then mighty Venus. We

bid adieu to our friend Venus for it now would be our morning

friend for the rest of our lives and next 105 years of its life. Prior

to this event Venus was an evening star.

I am not sure whether in the days to come we will be able to bring out the Einstein from the kids but I am

sure that TOGETER WE CAN AND WE WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE in smaller domains that can make a dier-

ence to at least a few lives.

--

Mahesh Panigrahy, Class of 2013


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Fun @ Great Lakes

--

Photographs courtesy Varun Mohan

Class of 2013


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MASTERMIND By Vikram Tuli1) What is this image about?

2) What is the expected number of people watch-

ing the opening ceremony of London Olympics

2012?

3) In the Olympics, what do these 5 rings stand

for?

4) Who is this supposed to be?

5) Name this 20th century actress who is regularly

found at the top of the Most Beautiful polls.

Answers

1TheOlympicsMotto

24billion

3The5continentsoftheEarth

4EltonJohn

5RitaHayworth


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