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WEEKLY TECHNICAL LECTURE PROGRAMME AT HRS

Prologue

The “Weekly Technical Lecture” Forum was initiated with a vision to empower

the employees of the Department through Knowledge and to augment the inhouse

capacity in terms of intellectual resource.

Highways Research Station has been conducting this Weekly Technical Lecture

Program every Tuesday Evening with great sanctity. The vibrant & interactive forum

covers a wide range of topics apart from the core Highway Engineering.

Not only from HRS, are the employees from the other wings of the Highways

Department are also benefitted by attending these lectures of varied topics.

Guest Lecturers

The Guest lecturers are resourceful experts in their own domain who deliver

lecture and enlighten the audience with useful information. The Guest lecturers have

been benevolent in sharing good information in their relevant fields with the listeners.

Most of the guest lecturers had delivered spell-bound lectures. Exchange of

information had been noticed in almost all the lectures.

Summary

Highways Research Station, has been successful in organising upto 199 Week’s

lecture programmes, as of now, has met the milestone 200. More than the successive

week’s programmes that have made upto this number strength, it is the variety of

topics and speakers which has made the floor special.

A summary of the lectures from 175th week till 199

th Week’s discussions would

place the spot light on topics discussed by Experts at HRS.

Recap of the Technical Lectures of Past 25 Weeks...

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175th

Lecture on “Manufacturing process of Bitumen from Crude oil and

Difference in manufacturing of Viscosity Grade and Penetration Grade" By:

Mr.G.SreenivasaMurthy, ChiefManager-Process Engg & Mr.H.Ramakrishnan,

Deputy Manager (QC Lab), Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd. on 18.10.2016

The Chief Guest of the 175th

Week, was the Chief Manager- Process

Engineering of Chennai Petroleum

Corporation Ltd, Chennai,

Mr.G.Sreenivasa Murthy with whose

speech the floor got engrossed. The

technical information about the

Bitumen Quality and various

technologies in manufacturing process

held the attention of audience and the

session was interactive and useful.

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Lecture on "Stone Matrix Asphalt" By: M.Kishore kumar, Pavement Design

Engineer, Strategic Marketing and Research Team (S.M.A.R.T) on 25.10.2016

The Lecture on "Stone Matrix

Asphalt" was presented by

Mr.M.Kishore kumar, Pavement

Design Engineer, Strategic Marketing

and Research Team. The exhaustive

courage of the topic included the

origin of SMA, its manufacturing

process, Pros and cons on its

application and its concerns.

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Lecture on "Digitalization of Information assets" By: Mr.Dixson Rodriges,

Manager- Service Support, Focuz Infotech, Cochin. on 01.11.2016

The enchanting Lecture is given by

Mr.Dixson Rodriges, Manager - Service

Support, Focuz Infotech, Cochin on topic

of "Digitalization of Information

assets".

The presentation dealt with

implementing the end to end solutions

using latest technologies. The

Technology based lecture was well

received.

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Lecture on "Steel for infrastructure - Present Scenario" By: Mr.K.Thanigaivel

Kanna, Senior Manager- Marketing (south), Shyam Steel Industries Ltd,

Kolkata. on 08.11.2016

The Lecture on "Steel for

infrastructure- Present Scenario"

presented by Mr.K.Thanigaivel Kanna,

Senior Manager- Marketing (south),

Shyam Steel Industries Ltd, Kolkata, at

178th Week in series, was a presentation

which was highly informative.

His lecture contained various

technical aspects like Production process,

Quality checking of steel etc., and was

well presented.

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Lecture on "Burj Khalifa-Construction & Challenge" Ms.K.Shanthi, Assistant

Professor, Agni Engineering College, Chennai on 15.11.2016

179th Weekly Lecture on "Burj

Khalifa - Construction & Challenge"

delivered by Ms.K.Shanthi, Assistant

Professor, Agni Engineering College,

Chennai. The presentation contained

enumerous information regarding the

iconic skyscraper that the audience looked

with awe and wonder.

The Construction techniques and

the modernised approach to the unique

work was well presented.

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Lecture on by Dr.Yuva Bharat, BNYS, PG(PAHM)-UK, Chief

Medical Director, YUVA Naturopathy, Yoga & Ayurveda Speciality Clinics,

Chennai. on 22.11.2016

The 180th lecture titled

“ ”carried tips for

wellness and health in a natural way and

was an eye-opener to Naturopathy. The

principle of Naturopathy, “in stead of

treating the body’s reaction to any

foreign bodies allowing the body to

react in a natural way is the best thing”

was emphasized. The session was lively

and turned to be a much-sought after

lecture session in terms of content.

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Lecture on "Grammarly"-A Software Tool For Preparation of Journal and

Project Reports" By: Mr.R.P.Karthik, Head sales, Bridge People Technology

Solutions Pvt. Ltd, Chennai. on 29.11.2016

An explanation in using the

software tool “Grammarly” and its

advantages over other softwares that can

check the grammar of a report, text or a

document found an apt place and is a

required tool for an institution like this.

Lengthy reports can be free from errors

The use of software to inculcate

better reporting style was emphasized

during the lecture.

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Lecture on "Emotional Intelligence" By: Dr.J.S.Gunavathy, Associate Professor,

Madras School of Social Work on 20.12.2016

Dr.J.S.Gunavathy delivered a very

important lecture on “Emotional

Intelligence” with all its models from

interpersonal to intrapersonal intelligence,

measurements in different types of

models, how to use one’s emotions to

achieve one’s goals or the organization’s

goals, etc,. EI helps an indiviual at

various situations, if utilized appropriately

to achieve organization’s goals.

The highly interactive session was

very well received by the audience.

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Lecture on "Change Management" By: Dr.K.Prabhakar, Dean, Faculty of

Management, SRM University. on 27.12.2016

“Change Management” a subject that

is essential for the changing scenario and

is to be acquired by all the individuals to

survive and excel in any changing

environment of an organizational

structure or a system. Dr.K.Prabhakar

took the audience and the session very

lively at the same time driving hard the

essentials of Change Management into the

minds of the audience. This Awareness

oriented lecture was aptly timed, as the

Department is poised for huge growth

potential, with many changes.

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Lecture on "Soil Stabilization and Pavement Reinforcement through

Geosynthetics" By Mr.Akhil Ambooken, Senior Design Engineer, Maccaferri

Environmental Solution, Chennai. on 03.01.2017

Geosynthetics plays a major role in

soil stabilization & Pavement

Reinforcement and helps strengthen

soil. Mr.Akhil Ambooken, senior

Design Engineer of Maccaferri

Environmental Solutions dealt allthe

categories geotextiles, geogrids,

geonets, geomembranes,

geosynthetic clay liners, geofoam,

geocells and geocomposites and

discerned them also.

The presentation was a well-

balanced blend of both of conceptual

details with practical field case studies,

ready for implementation.

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Lecture on "Road Safety" By: Er.G.Manuneethi, Deputy Superintending

Engineer, Consturction & Maintenance, Villupuram on 10.01.2017

185th weekly lecture titled “Road

safety” was delivered by our Department

Deputy Superintending Engineer,

Er.G.Manuneethi explained the need for

road safety and the responsibility of the

same lies with the drivers.

Drawing the lively examples from many

practical situations, the Guest Speaker

highlighted the need for Safety habits

early in of.

The vivid presentation & subsequent

interaction, drew the support from all

concerned.

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Lecture on "Identification of Landslide Prone areas using Remote sensing and

GIS" By: Dr.P.RajaKumar, Assistant Divisional Engineer (H), IT Cell, O/o.The

DG(H), Chennai on 24.01.2017

186th lecture in series the lecture on

“Identification of Landslide prone areas

using Remote Sensing and GIS” dealt

with the introduction of Remote sensing

technology & its advantages in

identifying the landslide prone areas. The

lecture also enlightened the audience

about the different type of sensors and

briefed especially about SONAR,

RADAR & LIDAR, data transmission,

data reception and processing, different

mapping systems.

The case- studies presented was

informative.

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Lecture on "Investigation on the Control of Reflective Cracking using Natural

Geosynthetics" By: Mr.Sunil Ranjan Mohapatra, Project Officer, IIT Madras,

Chennai. on 31.01.2017

The Lecture on "Investigation on the

Control of Reflective Cracking using

Natural Geosynthesis" presented by

Mr.Sunil Ranjan Mohapatra, Project

Officer, IIT Madras, Chennai.

He delivered the technical lecture on

reflective cracking achieved with the aid of

inter-layer systems using Geosynthetic like

coir & jute that are gaining attention due to

its ease in installation and cost

effectiveness.

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Lecture on "New Technologies in Road Safety" By Mr.S.Anand Vijay Karthik,

Regional Manager, 3M India Limited, Chennai. on 07.02.2017.

Mr.S.Anand Vijay Karthick, Regional Manager, 3M India Limited delivered

his lecture on "New Technologies in Road Safety”

On his lecture, he dealt about the traffic management solutions to ensure safe

and efficient movement of all road users and vehicles. And also discussed high-

performance retro-reflective signages and pavement marking solutions for improved

traffic management as well as enhanced motorist, pedestrian and occupational safety.

The enhancement of safety through Road furnitures was well narrated through the

presentation.

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Lecture on "Influence of Reinforcement in Stress Distribution in Soil" By

Dr.K.Premalatha, ME, PhD, Professor and Head, Division of Soil Mechanics &

Foundation Engg, Anna University, Chennai. on 14.02.2017

The lecture was delivered by the Head

of the Department of the Soils Division of

Anna University, Dr. K.Premalatha.

With a start-off of basic principles, the

lecture provided greater insight on the

Geosynthetics. The topic was dealt in

detail including all aspects so that even a

beginner could also develop interest.

The adept and confident handling of the

subject, proved the strong academics in

the Guest.

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Lecture on "Budget Preparation and Auditing of Government Finance" By:

Mr.Puviyarasu, PA, O/o Commisioner of Treasuries and Accounts, Chennai. On

21.02.2017

The 190th lecture in series was on

the topic of “Budget Preparation and

Auditing of Government finance”.The

same was delivered by a competent guest

Mr.M.Puviyarasu, PA, Treasuries.

The Codal provisions of TN

Budget Manual, TN Financial Code, TN

Treasury Code, TN Accounts Code was

described in detail.

The lecture was well attended by

the Engineers & staff from all the wings

of the department, who were eager and

anxious with many queries & doubts.

The lecture won everybody’s

appreciation.

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Lecture on "Digital H D"By: Mr.SundaraRajan, Director & Mrs.Jyothir Latha,

Head RCI Digital Solutions PVT.Ltd., Chennai. on 28.02.2017

191st Weekly Technical Lecture on “Digital H D” was delivered by

Mr.R.Sundararajan, Director & Mrs.Jyothir Latha which encompassed all the details

related to digitizing an organization.

The Presentation listed out the concepts and Software architecture for specific

Technical issues.

The discussions during the presentation dealt with the spotting the black spots of

accidents, Analysis of data using spatial tool, the G.I.S.

While some of the applications were in vogue in the Department and HRS being

a knowledge centre, yet the comprehensive manner in which the topic was

disseminated, deserves appreciation.

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Lecture on "Screening Procedures on Cancer in Women and Non-Communicable

Diseases" By: Dr.C.Sumathi, MD, DGO., Professor of Obstetrics and

Gynaecology., Govt. RSRM Lying in Hospital, Govt. Stanley Medical College,

Chennai. on 07.03.2017

This was as special programme

conducted by the Training Wing on the

evening of International Women’s Day,

which fell on 8th March 2017.

The fitting commemoration of Women

hood, was in the form of lecture on a

Women- Centric topic in preserving health

& better lining style of Working women,

especially.

The All Women programme was well

handled by the Cheif Guest Dr.C.Sumathi,

MD, DGO, Professor of Obstetrics and

Gynaecology., Govt. Stanley Medical

College.

The large contingent of women Engineers

& Staff of the Department, enjoyed the

session & it is a thought to cherish.

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Lecture on "Use of Waste Plastic in hot Bituminous Mixes (wet Process) in

Wearing Courses" By Thiru.G.Venkat, Technical Consultant, CMR BITPLAST,

Tiruppur. on 14.03.2017.

Thiru.G.Venkat, Technical

Consultant, CMR BITPLAST delivered

the lecture on topic of “Use of Waste

Plastic in hot Bituminous Mixes (wet

Process) in Wearing Courses”.

The Entrepreneur’s attempt to

innovate in the Bitumen Technology, by

also utilising “Waste Plastics” was

interesting & informative.

The larger gathering of Engineering,

especially from Quality Control

Division, were benefitted by the active

interaction.

The adept handling of queries, vivid

explanations, the evidence of the

thorough knowledge the Guest speaker

possessed.

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Lecture on "Builiding Infrastructure Modelling Using ARCHI CAD & STAAD"

By Thiru.G.SenthilKumar, Manager, DESIGN CAD TECHNOLOGIES,

Chennai. on 21.03.2017.

A 3D structural analysis and design

software, STAAD is Building Infrastructure

Modelling software, the uses of which and

how integral it becomes part of the structural

analysis were explained in detail by

Thiru.G.SenthilKumar. Both the static and

dynamic analysis was described. The

compatibility of the same with various codes

was also dealt in detail.

The technically- rich lecture was

delivered with ease & elegance by the Expert

Speaker, which proved his knowledge &

Experience.

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Lecture on "Gender and Gender Sensitization in Government" By:

Mrs.S.Rukmani, Assistant Director (Retd)., TN Corporation For Development of

Women, Chennai on 28.03.2017

195th Weekly Lecture Programme presented by Mrs.S.Rukmani, Assistant Director

(Retd)., TN Corporation for Development of Women, Chennai.

The mind-blowing lecture on a concurrent topic was very well received.

The eloquent narration, confident approach, unique style of delivering in

smashing age-old myth about gender, gender- bias, won the hearts of the gathering.

The heavy & sensitive topic flowed easily into the minds of audience, by the

delightful lecture of the Expert.

This Lecture added to the value & merit of Training wing’s contribution to

Inernational Women’s day.

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Lecture on "Precast Bridges" By Er.N.Jala Shree, Assistant Director (H), O/o

The Director General, Chennai. on 04.04.2017.

With Master Degree in Structures,

the Assistant Director (H), O/o the

Director General, Highways Department

delivered a lecture on “Precast Bridges”.

The Construction of Superstructure of

Precast bridges was emphazised through

a videography which was interesting.

The detailed lecture was delivered with

information such as need, pre-

construction planning, simplification of

construction procedures, different

systems available in the superstructure

system.

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Lecture on "Differential GPS" By: Mr.Sitesh Kumar, Indus Instrumets, Chennai.

on 11.04.2017

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Slightly away from the routine lectures, the lecture delivered by Mr.Sithesh

Kumar, Indus Instruments, included both lecture sessions as well as a demonstration

session.

The principles, world-wide scenario, National & Regional states on GPS

Technology were vividly presented.

The application of the satellite- based GPS Technology for sophisticated,

precise & accurate Engineering solution was aptly described.

The Demonstration session that followed the lecture, at HRS campus, enthralled

the audience who had quick Hands- On.

This session has invited the need for such sessions amongst larger group of

Engineers of the Department in future.

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Lecture on “Gender- Mainstreaming in Government” By: Mrs.S.Rukmani,

Assistant Director (Retd), TN Corporation for Development of Women, Chennai.

on 18.04.2017.

Being the 198th lecture of the

weekly technical lecture programme

“Gender Mainstreaming in Government ”

by Mrs.S.Rukmani was delivered with an

idea of creating awareness among the

employees of an organization about the

Gender based issues and the rules and

regulations available for the same.

The different case-studies, events

and happenings, the Rules, Law

pertaining were all dealt in detail.

The Lecture was an eye-opener &

Awareness creating Session.

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Lecture on “Effective Communication" By: Mrs.J.VijayaThilagam, Manager,

Dept., of Civil Supplies & Consumer Protection on 25.04.2017

A mind-blowing Lecture is given by

Mrs.J.VijayaThilagam, Manager, Dept. of

Civil Supplies & Consumer Protection on

topic of “Effective Communication”

An eloquent and proficient Speaker

on Personality Development, the Guest

Speaker effectively delivered the message

on good Communication.

The Entire lecture was gripping and

interspersed with message throughout.

Drawing references from epics, literatures,

the entire discussion was interactive. She

held the audience captive by her

impressive speech emphasized the art of

effective Interpersonal Communication.

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Feed-back & Evaluation:

Feedback is an essential part of any Training programme through which alone

can the training programme be improvized. The feedback forms are prepared with an

idea of evaluating the programme so as to add more quality to the training. It is a form

reassuring the quality of the programmes.

Feed-back is a must for any programme on training. The strength and weakness

of the training programme conducted could be ascertained only based on the unbiased

opinion about the programme, by the participants. Apart from such information, the

feed-back offers a wide scope for improving further. With this sole aim and

perspective, responses are collected from all the participants of the Weekly lecture

programme at the end of the lecture sessions.

The responses are analyzed and status of the delivery system is ascertained at

any point of time. Every effort is taken to provide better quality programmes to the

audience. Thorough interactions on the floor, furtherance of the topic in the form of an

action are all pointers to the success of the Weekly Lecture programme. In such a

count, the feed-back sheets are preserved for further reference and action.

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DETAILS OF 175th

TO 199th

WEEKLY TECHNICAL LECTURE CONDUCTED

BY

HRS, CHENNAI.

S.NO DATE LECTURE TITLE PRESENTED BY

175 18.10.2016

"Manufacturing process of Bitumen

from Crude oil and difference in

manufacturing of viscosity grade and

penetration grade"

Mr.G.Sreenivasa Murthy,

Chief Manager - Process Engg., and

Mr.H.Ramakrishnan,

Deputy Manager (QC Lab),

Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd.,

176 25.10.2016 "Stone Matrix Asphalt

M.Kishore kumar,

Pavement Design Engineer,

Strategic Marketing and Research Team

(S.M.A.R.T)

177 01.11.2016 "Digitalization of Information assets"

Mr.Dixon Rodriges,

Manager- Service Support,

Focuz Infotech, Cochin.

178 08.11.2016 "Steel for infrastructure-Present

Scenario"

Mr.K.Thanigaivel Kanna,

Senior Manager- Marketing (South),

Shyam Steel Industries Ltd,Kolkata.

179 15.11.2016 "Burj Khalifa-Construction &

Challenge"

Ms.K.Shanthi,Assistant Professor,

Agni Engineering College,Chennai

180 22.11.2016 “ந ோய் அணுகோ விதி”

Dr.P.Yuva Bharat, BNYS,PG(PAHM)-

UK,Chief Medical Director,

YUVA Naturopathy Yoga &

Specialities Clinic,Chennai.

181 29.11.2016

"Grammarly"-A Software Tool For

Preparation of Journal and Project

Reports"

Mr.R.P.Karthik, Head sales,

Bridge People Technology Solutions

Pvt.Ltd, Chennai.

182 20.12.2016 "Emotional Intelligence"

Dr.J.S.Gunavathy,

Associate Professor,

Madras School of Social Work.

183 27.12.2016 "Change Management"

Dr.K.Prabhakar,

Dean, Faculty of Management,

SRM University.

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184 03.01.2017 "Soil Stabilization and Pavement

Reinforcement using Geosynthetics"

Mr.Akhil Ambooken,

Senior Design Engineer,

Maccaferri Environmental Solution,

Chennai.

185 10.01.2017 "Road Safety"

Er.G.Manuneethi,

Deputy Superintending Engineer,

Consturction&Maintenance,Villupuram

186 24.01.2017 "Identification of Landslide Prone areas

using remote sensing and GIS"

Dr.P.Raja Kumar,

Assistant Divisional Engineer (H),

IT Cell,

O/o The Director General, Highways,

Chennai.

187 31.01.2017

"Investigation on the Control of

Reflective Cracking using Natural

Geosynthetics"

Mr.Sunil Ranjan Mohapatra,

Project Officer, IIT Madras, Chennai.

188 07.02.2017 "New Technologies in Road Safety"

Mr.S.Anand Vijay Karthik,

Regional Manager,

3M India Limited, Chennai.

189 14.02.2017

"Influence Of Reinforcement in Stress

Reinforcement in Stress Distribution in

Soils"

Dr.K.Premalatha,ME,PhD,

Professor and Head,

Department of Soils Mechanics&

Foundation Engg,

Anna University,Chennai

190 21.02.2017 "Budget Preparation and Auditing of

Government Finance"

Mr.M.Puviyarasu,

PA,O/o Commisioner of Treasuries and

Accounts,

Chennai.

191 28.02.2017

"Digital H D"

Mr.R.SundaraRajan, Director.&

Mrs.Jyothir Latha, Head

RCI Digital Solutions PVT.LTd.,

Chennai

192 07.03.2017

"Screening Procedures on Cancer in

Women and Non-Communicable

Diseases"

Dr.C.Sumathi, MD,DGO.,

Professor of Obstetrics and

Gynaecology.,

Govt.RSRM Lying in Hospital,

Govt.Stanley Medical College, Chennai.

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193 14.03.2017 "Use of Waste Plastic in hot Bituminous

Mixes(wet Process)in Wearing Courses"

Thiru.G.Venkat,

Technical Consultant,

CMR BITPLAST, Tiruppur.

194 21.03.2017 "Builiding Infrastructure Modelling

Using ARCHI CAD&STAAD"

Thiru.G.SenthilKumar,

Manager,

DESIGN CAD TECHNOLOGIES,

Chennai.

195 28.03.2017 "Gender and Gender Sensitization in

Government"

Mrs.S.Rukmani,

Assistant Director (Retd).,

TN Coperation For Development of

Women,Chennai

196 04.04.2017 "Precast Bridges"

Er.N.Jala Shree,

Assistant Director (LA),

O/o The Director General, Highways,

Chennai.

197 11.04.2017 “Differential GPS”

Mr.Sitesh Kumar,

Indus Instrumets,

Chennai.

198 18.04.2017 “Gender- Mainstreaming in

Government”

Mrs.S.Rukmani,

Assistant Director(Retd).,

TN Coperation For Development of

Women,Chennai

199 25.04.2017 “Effective Communication”

Mrs.J.Vijayathilagam,

Manager,

Dept., of Civil Supplies & Consumer

Protection,

Government of TN,

Chennai.