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9444943293Debris dumpers beware

Civic body watching

Dumping of the sand

ks and steel rods

being dumped at all

struction sites on the

s by the constructionpanies which is a

tmare for thecyclists

two wheeler riders.

When this staffer time

again complained to

construction company

ervisors it goes into the

ear and in some places

to the proximity of the

cians all are ignored.

Recently a 30 year old

men riding a two wheeler

with an accident and

hand was fractured

on the sand spilled on

oad near a constructionhelped in skidding

and women fell from the

scooter.

This is nothing new

in our neighbourhood.

The civic authorities turna blind eye as they are

decently looked after by the

construction companies.

After the fatal accident

recently in Adambakkam,

the Corporation rising from

the deep slumber have

started taking action.

If reports are to be

believed, as many as

54 cases have been

slapped against persons

who dumped construction

materials on the road.

T h e C h e n n a i

Corporation instructed

builders and house owners

not to misuse road space

for storing construction

material or dump building

debris. As such illegal useof road space even lead to

fatal accidents, the civic

body warned of tough

action and the ne amount

was also raised from

Rs 500 to Rs 2000.

We have stepped

up our vigilance and are

actively trying to stop such

things from happening. We

will take stringent action

against anyone flouting

the norms. More than

Rs 3,40,000 has been

collected as ne, said Chennai

Corporation CommissionerD Karthikeyan.

This debris is just opposite Sathyanarayana Temple in West Mambalam

This debris is at Balakrishna Street in West Mambalam

Construction materiallike sand, gravel, bricks.

pipes etc all come under

the debris category. and

it was the responsibility of

property owners to ensure

that the construction

material did not spill on to

the road.

W h y c a n ' t t h e

corporation declare that

all material dumped on

the foot-paths and roads

belong to the corporation.

They can simply take away

the material and use it for

corporation's constructionprojects. Also they can

collect fines to cover

the cost of removing the

debries. If this is enforced

with guts strictly, such

dumping will stop. What is

preventing the corporation

from enforcing rules? Is it

the will to do things and

ofcers with guts!

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Mambalam's pride Sri Suprabatha

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elebrating its 43rd anniversary from

30 to Sept. 2 this year.

Programme details are:

August 30: 4.00 PM Veda Parayanam;

PM Sabha Students Dance; 7.00

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August 31: 6.00 PM Quiz competition

Ramayana nals for Sabha students;

0 PM Anthakshari on Slokas

petition nals for Sabha students; 8.15

Prize distribution; .S. Ramakrishna

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the prizes to Sabha children

September 1: 6.15 PM Bhajan by

Students of PSBB Sr Sec School, Chennai

78 ( I Prize Winner of Open Group Bhajan

Competition 12 ) 7.15pm Srinivasa

Kalyanam discourse by Vidwan Villur

Nadathur, Sri Bashya Simhasanam, V.S

Karunakarachariar SwamySeptember 2: 7.00 to 11am

Laksharchana to Lord Sri Venkateswara;

6.30 PM Anniversary, Prize distribution;

V.Narayanan FCA, Vaidyanathan

Narayanan&Co, Chartered Accountants;

N.Mani, Sr Vice President, Shriram Capital

Ltd, Chennai; G.Thamizh Selvan, M A., B L,

Asst Commissioner of Police, T Nagar, will

participate and distribute the prizes to the

winners of the open competitions conducted

by the Sabha

Fifth Pratishta

day at Shirdi

Sai Seva SamajShirdi Sai Seva Samaj,

21 Jaishankar Street, West

Mambalam, will be celebrating

the fifth Prathishta day on

Friday Aug. 31 at the temple

premises.

The programmes begin

with a Kakad Aarthi at 5.15 am

Punyahavachanam, Ganapathi

Homam Navagraha Homam,

Mruthyunjaya Homam,

Prathishta Homam from 6.30

am; Maha Abhishekam and

Sahasranama Archanai 10.30

am followed by annadhanam

at 11.30 am.

At 12.00 noon Madhyana

Aarthi.; 6.00 pm Dhoop Aarthi;

6.30 pm Vishnu Sahasranama

Parayanam, 7.00 pm Vedha

Parayanam; 8.00 pm Bhajans

by SSSS Bhajan Mandali 9.15

pm Shej Aarthi.

All are welcome

The third Srijayanthi Music Festival of

Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha will be

between Sept.1 to 15 in Mahaswami

torium Vani Mahal,

G. N. Chetty Road, T. Nagar.

ustice V. Ramasubramanian of the

ras High Court presides and N.

alaswamy (Former Chief Election

mmissioner of India inaugurates the

ramme at 6.00 p.m on Saturday,

t. 1; Suneeta Reddy (Joint Managing

ctor, Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd.)

be the guest of honour. the programme

be preceeded by Mangala Isai at 5.00

by S P Arulanandam and Party.

Vani Kala Nipuna title will be

ferred on Chinmaya Sisters Ms.

a and Ms. Radhika-Vocal; Akkarai

halakshmi- Violin; K.Arun Prakash-

dangam; A.Zakir Hussain- Dance and

Subramanian ( Suppini - Theatre)

ma.

The programmes commence at 7.00

every day

Sept.1: Namasankeerthanam by

anasam Ramani Bhagavathar.

Sept. 2: Namasankeerthanam by Raviminathan Bhagavathar.

Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha

rijayanthi music festival from Sept. 1Sept. 3: Namasankeerthanam by Sant

Muralidas Bhagavathar.

Sept. 4: Namasankeerthanam by

Srivanchiam K.Muralidharan Bhagavathar.

Sept. 5: Geetha Govindam by

Ananthalakshmi Natarajan.

Sept . 6: Namasankeerthanam

by Melarcode Sisters Ranjani &

Madhuvanthi.

Sept. 7: Namasankeerthanam by

Sukvasini Arunachalam.

Sept. 8: Prasana Venkataraman

(vocal), H. N. Bhaskar(violin), K. Arun

Prakash(mridangam), Nanaganallur

S.Swaminathan (ghatam).

Sept. 9: Chinmaya Sisters Uma and

Radhika (vocal), Usha Rajagopalan (violin),

B. Sivaraman (mridangam), Madipakkam A.

Murali (ghatam).

Se p t . 1 0 : T r i c h u r B ro t h e rs

Sr i k r i shna Mohan & Ramkumar

Mohan (vocal), V. Sanjeev(violin),

Trichur R. Mohan(mridangam), D. V.

Venkatasubramaniyam (ghatam).

Sept. 11: Vinaya and Saindhavi

(vocal), K. J. Dileep (violin), Guru

Raghavendran(mridangam), Sainath

(ghatam).

Sept. 12: Nisha Rajagopal(vocal),

Dr. Hemalatha (violin), Cherthalai

R. Ananthakrishnan (mridangam),Chandrasekara Sharma (ghatam).

Sept. 13: Maharajapuram S. Ganesh

Viswanathan (vocal), M. A. Sundareswaran

(violin),

Thanjavur Kumar (mridangam),

Papanasam S. Sethuraman (ganjira).

Sept . 14: Amrutha Venkatesh

(vocal), Padma Shankar (violin), R.

Sanakaranarayanan (mridangam), G.

Ravichandran (ghatam).

Sept. 15: S. Saketharaman (vocal),

Akkarai Subhalakshmi (violin), Mannargudi

A. Eswaran (mridangam), Dr. S. Karthick

(ghatam).

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India's No. 1 ranked

ate University, SRMersity in its endeavour

opagate Classical Tamil

uage has embarked upon

mbitious programme by

erring Thamizh Academy

mizh Perayam) Awards

wherein many stalwarts

amil Language were

oured today coinciding

the birthday of the

ncellor of the University

R Pachamuthu.

The Thamizh Academy

hamizh Academy awards conferred

awards will be conferred

annually on 10 persons invarious categories for works in

Tamil which is considered par

excellence - like the Sahithya

Akademi awards conferred by

the Central Government - as

detailed below

1. Pudumaipi ththan

Creative Literature Award for

the best small stories Novels

and Drama

2. Poet Bharathiar award

for th best collection of

poems

3.Azha Valliappa award for

the best Children Literature

4. G U Pope Translation

award for the best translated

works

5. P N Appusami award

for the best science works in

Tamil

6. Anandakumarasami

Award for Fine Arts (Best work

in Fine Arts)

7.Muthu Thandavar awardfor the best in Tamil Music

8.Valar Thamizh award

(for the best young researcher

in Tamil)

All these awards carry a

cash prize of Rs.1,50,000/-

and two more awards were

also announced. Parithimar

Kalaignar award for the best

Tamil laureate will be given

a prize of Rs.2,00,000/- and

Parivendhar Painthamizh

Award (Best Tamil laureate for

their life time achievements)

Rs.5.00 lacs.

Addressing the gathering

the chief guest Justice A R

Lakshmanan, former judge

of the Supreme Court of India,

said that it is heartening to note

that Tamil Academy awards

are conferred on the best Tamil

literary works and wish that the

Tamil tribe may increase.

Dr T R Pachamuthu.

Chancellor of the SRM

University and patron of theTamizh Perayam said that

these awards were instituted

in the best interest of Tamil

Language and we wish it will

be recognised more than the

Sahithya Akademi awards

nationally. Though we have

plans to honour the Tamil

Laureates every year not

only from Tamil Nadu but also

globally.

Parthimar Kalaignar award

was conferred on Dr. S.V.

Shanmugham, former director,

department of linguistics,

Annamalai University who had

written many books on Tamil

Literature and its growth.

The Par i Vendhar

Painthamizh award was

conferred on Ira Ilankumaranaar

a great Tamil Laureate who had

spent his life for the growth of

Tamil Language.

The other awards and

awardees are:

1. Pudumaipi ththan

Creative Literature Award

for the best small stories

Novels and Drama which

was given to Mr thoppil

Mohammad Meeran for hisbook Anjuvannam Theru.

2.. G U Pope Translation

award for the best translated

works, was conferred on K

Kuppuswami for translated

literary work En Peyar

Sivappu.

5. P N Appusami award for

the best science works in Tamil

to Dr K Anbazhagan for his

Tamil book on medicine Valiya

Elumbe vazhu vazhuppaana

mutte

6. Anandakumarasami

Award for Fine Arts (Best

work in Fine Arts) especially on

Sculpture conferred on Madras

Contd. on page 8

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Organic food is not

assing fad, it is here

tay. And it has soon

eloped the position of

ging trend. Anything

is a trend develops

y myths around it.

urally, organic foods

have grown a halo of

hs; most of which are

ue. Most people do not

w what is the essenceating this kind of food.

y only associate it with

unrelated cluster of

ds like 'fresh', 'nutritious'

'natural'.

These are some of the

gs that you should know

ut organic foods. They

myths and deserve to

roken.

Organic food is natural

: Not all food that are

ral are organic. Natural

ds could be apples

wing in the wilderness.

ds that are organic arewn in special farms by

cially trained farmers. It

ains no chemicals and

grown without using any

id seeds. Sustainable

ing methods are used

to cultivate these crops.

Organic foods are too

expensive: Although, the

price of organic food is

more than normal food

but, it is not substantially

high. You can buy these

foods at a much cheaper

price from organic farms

on a large scale. Whatever

extra cost is being added to

your monthly food cost willbe repaid tenfold in terms

of a good health.

Organic foods are

vegetarian: Absolutely not.

A major part of this kind

of natural organic food

includes meat, poultry and

diary products. So there is

no need to think that only

vegans can get benefit

from these healthy foods.

The animals who provide

organic meat are grown

on sustainable and natural

grazing grounds. Thus their

meat is not contaminatedby chemicals or toxins.

Any thi ng gr ee n is

organic: It is like saying

anything that glitters is gold.

But the proverb forewarns

us. Organic foods are

Myths About Organic Foodusually marked by a quality

assurance agency. This

agency varies from country

to country. Find out which

is the concerned body of

certication in your country

and look for their mark on

the food you are buying.

There is no organic food

for babies. Baby organ foods

is specifically sold in many

stores. Who do you thinkneed fresh organic nutrients

more than babies? In fact, they

should be given rst priority

among the list of people who

should go organic!

Eating organic foods is

a one way ticket to good

health. Unfortunately, there

is no short-cut to good

health. If you buy organic

food and then overcook

it, then it going to lose its

nutrient value. Moreover

overeating organic foods

or eating them at the wrong

timings ill also defeat thepurpose of having them.

These are some of the

myths about organic food

that need to be broken.

Did you believe in any of

these?

Diabetes is a disease

is rarely reversible.

worst part is that it is a

ressively degenerativease. The best you can

s to control diabetes

re it starts damaging

organs. Some spices

good for diabetes

nagement . These

thy spices give hope

iabetics that they do

have to depend on

in injections and sugar

plements in order to

rol their diabetes.

Here are a list of spices

are diabetes-friendly.

Cinnamon: This is

of the best spices foretes control because

it improves the glucose

metabolism of the body.

Diabetics basically have

a problem with glucosemetabolism because insulin

production is reduced in the

body. Cinnamon contains

methyl hydroxy chalcon

polymer that helps the cells

of the body absorb sugar.

Cinnamon powder is also

used as a supplement for

sugar in many desserts

because it is sweet to

taste.

Cloves: This spice

has even more anti-

inammatory polyphenols

than cinnamon. But it

cannot be eaten in as muchamounts as cinnamon, thus

it stands second in the list

of spices that help manage

diabetes.

Cayenne Pepper: The

rst thing that gets affected

by diabetes is your blood

circulation. Blood circulationbecomes sluggish and

pushes the blood to the

extremities of the bodies.

Cayenne pepper contains

capsian (responsible for

the spiciness) that boosts

blood circulation and thus

manages this symptom of

diabetes.

Sage: It is a commonly

known fact that diabetes

leads to degeneration of the

brain cells. This eventually

results in dementia and

Alziemer 's disease. Sage

is a spice that manages

diabetes by f ight ing

dementia and regenerating

the brain cells.

Turmeric: Turmeric also

improves blood circulation

and helps in maintaining

an equilibrium in the body.

Diabetes slows down your

immune system, any kind

of infection takes more time

to heal when your blood

sugar level is high. But

turmeric with its antiseptic

and anti- inf lammatory

properties, helps peoplesuffering from diabetes

Spices That Control Diabetes build their immunity. It isan indispensable spice fordiabetes management.

Oregano: Oregano also

helps improve your immune

system because it is fungus

busting. Just like Turmeric

keeps bacterial and viral

infections at bay, oreganois supposed to protect

diabetics from fungal

infections.

Garl ic: Every one

knows that garlic is heart

healthy. It increases the

pumping capacity of the

heart. Diabetes is a hub

of all diseases to come. It

makes your blood pressure

uctuate and the smooth

functioning of the heart

too. That is why garlic as a

spice that is very important

for diabetics. It keeps their

heart pump strongly and theblood circulation functioning

normally.

Do you include all these

spices in your food on a

regular basis?

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A city like Chennai certain ly deserves

elebrate its birthday. The city that was

ded on Aug 22,

9 is believed to have

wn from where Fort.

eorge stands today.

Madras Day - Aug 22

s years celebrations

n over a week from

19-26.

Today, Chennai

lourishing for a

ber of reasons

h as centuries-old

cational institutions

St George School,

sidency College,

etc, state-of-the -art

itals, IT companies,

history, tourism,

ywood etc.

The primary motivation of celebrating the

ras day is to focus on the city, its past

ts present. The idea originally started off

approximately ve events in 2004. But in

, it grew to a total of sixty different events

ncluded heritage walks, speeches, quiz

ests, food festivals etc.,The buildings that spotted Chennais

ne in the past decades described the

y of its builders. When it started in 2004,

few photographs were displayed in

ji Hall where the event of Madras Day

organized.

After a year, it had picked up momentum

re three men exhibited their collections

oins, books, maps and photographs at

e Hall in Fort St. George.

n 2006, a number of contributors

ding the Archaeological Society of India

Southern Railways, have demonstrated

collections. The exhibitions narrated

business shaped Chennais economic

nsion.n 1938, MCC hosted the Tambaram

ference which ultimately created the

d council of churches. Being the rst

ge in India to be granted Autonomy

978 and the rst batch of autonomous

uates passed out in 1981.

nitially, Madras Day celebrations used to

or a day but now it has been expanded

week. The day focuses on the city, its

ory, its past and its present where the

team motivates communities, groups,

panies and campuses in the city to host

ts that celebrate the citys birthday.

The Madras Day celebrations and the

e extravaganza concluded each year

the Madras Quiz, separately in Tamil

English. As years passed,Chennai has

wn to become a huge metropolis where

e than a million people live now.

As a part of the Madras Day celebrations

a Times takes pride in bringing you the

age of T Nagar for the gen now.

Theagaraya Nagar, popularly known

ts abbreviated form T. Nagar, is a

hbourhood in the city of Chennai, Though

nally conceived as a residential locality,

presently one of the principal shopping

of the city.

Until the turn of the 19th century, the

ges to the west of Mount Road formed

rt of Chingleput District. The Long Tank

ed the western frontier of the city. The

g Tank was drained-out in 1923. Thatsame year, the administration of the

Madras Namma MadrasMambalam zamindari, situated to the west

of the Long Tank, was relinquished by its

hereditary chief.

Theagaraya Nagar was constructed

between 1923 and 1925 by the Madras

Presidency government of the Raja of

Paanagal as a part of town planning activities

initiated according to the Madras Town

Planning Act of 1920.During 1923-25, the township of

"Theagaraya Nagar" named after Sir P.

Theagaraya Chetty was carved out of the

southern part of the erstwhile Mambalam

zamindari. A park was developed at the centre

of this new locality and was named in honor

of the then Chief Minister, as Paanagal Park

and now known as panagal park.

The lush green Panagal Park, named

after the then Chief Minister Raja of Panagal,

was thrown open to the public in 1928. The

Hindu quotes the Madras Governor Viscount

Goschen saying that there was considerable

apprehension with regard to the financial

success of the township.

According to historian S. Muthiah, PondyBazaar was initially known as 'Soundarapandia

Bazaar' after Justice Party politician W. P.

A. Soundarapandian Nadar A well -planned

residential area was created. Most of the

streets in the new locality were named after

provincial cabinet ministers, Justice Party

bosses or ofcials in the administration.

From its early days, Theagaraya Nagar

remained one of the most preferred residential

localities in the city. The population grew

exponentially during the 1930s. In its early

days, lm artists such as M. K. Thyagaraja

Bhagavathar, T. R. Rajakumari, N. S. Krishnan,

Vyjayanthimala, N. T. Rama Rao, Thangavelu,

Manorama, Sivaji Ganesan and T. S. Balaiah

set up their residences here.

Talking to Alpha Times on the heritage of

Chennai, Padmashri Dr Nalli Kuppuswamy

Chetti turning nostalgic said that there used

to be a public radio inside Panagal Park those

days. A small crowd used to gather there to

listen to music and news. The crowd would

disperse after the last news broadcast at 7.15

p.m., after which all the streets would become

deserted.

Mr Kuppuswami Chetti said that Devaraj

Mudaliar of Pondicherry built 10 shops on Sir

Thyagaraya Road and called it Pondy Bazaar.

The broad roads in this new locality were tree-

lined, as were other parts of the city, and were

named after stalwarts in the ruling Justice

party then. Two of the roads, however, were

named after two workmen, Nagamani andGovindan, who died while digging trenches

for the new drainage system.

The Nalli story is part of the growth of

T. Nagar. When Nalli Chinnasami Chetty

opened his showroom in T.Nagar in 1935,

it become the rst Kancheepuram silk sari

shop in the area, though he had been selling

silk saris from a house in T.Nagar as early

as 1928.

Though Nalli Chinnasami Chetty had anumber of famous and well-to-do clients,

the shop did not clock the roaring sales

it does now. Mr Kuppuswami Chetti, the

founder's grandson, remembers that if

sales then crossed the Rs 102-mark on any

particular day, he would get an ice cream

as a bonus.

Then came World War II; Madras city was

evacuated as the fear of Japanese bombing

grew. Mr Kuppuswami Chetti said that all the

textile shops in Madras closed down, except

Nalli.

For 21 days Nalli was the only textile shop

open, which created goodwill and also served

as a brand-building exercise. By 1951, Nalli

became the top seller of silk saris in the city,he said.

In 1946, the three silk saris used in a

Hindu wedding cost Rs 54, while today the

average spend would be Rs 75,000 to Rs 1

lakh for the three wedding saris, the saris to

be given as presents and the silk dhoti. This

could go up to anything between Rs 2 lakh

and Rs 5 lakh. A 9-yard silk sari cost Rs 18

then; customers used to pay Rs 5 for three

months and Rs 3 in the fourth month.

When, Nalli opened, none of the banks

had branches in this largely residential area,

Mr Kuppuswami Chetti said. The nearest

bank was in Mylapore. The rst bank opened

its branch in T.Nagar in 1935, followed by

Indian Bank in 1937, to which Nalli shifted its

account. and till today Nalli is a prized catch

of the Indian Bank.

Strangely, there was no hotel in the three-

and four-star categories in T.Nagar until the

Residency came up in 1991. Today there are

seven hotels with over 80 per cent occupancy

rates, according hotel industry sources.

With T.Nagar growing as a central

business district, once famous theatres like

Sun, Rajakumari and Nagesh have given way

to commercial complexes, Mr Kuppuswami

Chetti said.

Panagal park today is a place for morning

walkers who to shed that extra ab walk for

an hour or so in the renovated facilities and is

still a notable landmark. Another landmark is

the Duraiswamy Road bridge which connectst Nagar with West Mambalam.

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will be

Bhatts

for a cu

and sn

evenin

Bada

wrapped in a food grade semi op

was always a sell out especially du

week those days.

Another joint near the Ramak

School is the Geeta Cafe on th

Narayana Road. The schools whi

programmes for the children usedmorning tiffen after the parade c

from Geeta Cafe.

An ice factory opposite the T

stand was a place for the school

have their ice cream sticks and

ice water those days used to cos

paise,

Ranganathan Street entrance u

two shops One the Anbazhagan P

and the Iyappa Medicals as

Balagaas of the street and at the

street near the station was the Kaly

Textile shop and Sapthagiri book

Despite modern constructions

forget these images.

Another famous fast sweets Gomathi Sankar which was always

for its famous Wheat Halwa and M

joint enjoyed a great rputation fo

sweets and even it enjoys the sam

despite manysweet shops coming

Mobile Post ofces used to fu

60s with T.Nagar as the last pick-u

to reaching airport.

A van in a post office set u

members used to visit six places

between 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. It offer

such as late night money orde

delivery and Postal .Stamps, en

cards were also sold. People could

in the box. It was immediately pic

and put in designated bags.T Nagar is no less a Mylap

Carnatic Music is concerned. Sab

Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha V

Sri Krishna Gana Sabha and I

Arts Society used to host progra

stalwarts of Carnatic Music.

Sri Rama Samaj a religious

during the Sri Rama Navami fest

Carnatic Music for one and a

many doyens of carnatic music in

Jesudoss have performed at the S

the sake of Lord Rama.

Youngistans may be surprise

Nooyi the Pepsico Head, a forme

T Nagar.

With inputs from The Hindu an

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stian College professor S Balusamy.

7.Muthu Thandavar award for the best in

l Music to Mr Mammadhu for his work

amizhisai Peragarathi.

8.Valar Thamizh award (for the best

g researcher in Tamil) was conferred

rof. K Sundarapandian for his best

arch work on Tamizh Porul Ilakkanam.

Poet Bharathiar award for the best

ction of poems and Azha Valliappa award

e best Children Literature were not given

ear as the books received did not reach

pecications set for the award.The awardees were selected by the

l of judges unanimously.

n his special address Mr Ravi

hamuthoo Chairman SRM group of

utions, said, We are Tamilians and

upport Tamil and our interest in Tamil

uage is well known. A living example

e Tamil scholar head of our University

is the Vice chancellor Dr M Ponna

ko.

Dr N Sethuraman Registrar of the

ersity offered felicitations.

All the awards were conferred on the

rdees at a function commemorating

birthday of the chancellor Dr. T R

amuthu today.

The programme ended with the vote ofks by Prof. P M Habibullah

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