Cash award for Villupuram farmers
VILLUPURAM: A cash award of Rs. 10,000 was given to S. Jayaram, a farmer belonging to Pandamangalam near here, for having produced second highest yield of horsegram per acre in the State.
Collector in-charge N. Venkatachalam gave away a cheque at the farmers’ grievance day meeting held here on Friday.
A paddy farmer and a groundnut grower bagged the first and second prizes of Rs. 15,000 and Rs. 10,000, Mr. Venkatachalam said, urging all farmers to emulate the prize winners.
Farmers put forth demands such as uninterrupted power supply, replacement of faulty transformers, repairing damaged roads and removal of encroachments from waterbodies.
Mr. Venkatachalam promised action on their grievances. Joint Director of Agriculture K. Ramalingam highlighted the advantages of soil testing prior to crop cultivation. He said that testing could be done for a nominal fee of Rs. 5 either at agricultural extension centres or mobile soil testing centres.
Mr. Ramalingam said that soil samples obtained from 10 places in an acre could be mixed and, from the heap, half-a-kg of soil could be collected and sent for testing.
Depending upon crop selection, the soil samples should be collected from various depths as follows: for paddy and groundnut – up to 15 cm, for cotton, sugar cane, chillies, banana and tapioca – 22.5 cm, for coconut, mango and other horticultural crops—30 cm, 60 cm, and 90 cm, respectively.
In case of saline and high-chloride content soils, samples should be collected at the intervals of one foot each for a total depth of three feet. Mr. Ramalingam noted that depending upon the testing, the soil could be enriched to make it suitable for a particular crop.
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The Hindu
A long, steep climb for this IAS ranker
K. Sivasubramani emerges successful on sixth attempt
VILLUPURAM: K. Sivasubramani (28), a native of Nemur village in Villupuram district and currently serving as a Revenue Assistant in the Vriddhachalam taluk office, has successfully got through the civil services examinations held in 2009.
Hailing from a farmer’s family, he has scored 311th rank among the 875 candidates selected. It is a long and steep climb, and yet a dream come true for Mr. Sivasubramani who has emerged successful on the sixth attempt.
Mr. Sivasubramani told The Hindu that he had been nurturing the ambition of clearing the civil services examination from 1999 when his cousin E. Ramesh got selected. All along, Mr. Ramesh had been his inspiration.
Mr. Sivasubramani does not have any formal education. He did his schooling, up to Class V, at Nemur in Tamil medium and later completed his Class X at Wyckoff Higher Secondary School at Muttathur.
Since his father Kalirathinam could not afford his educational expenses, as his elder brother K.Ilayaraja had then joined the Alagappa University at Karaikudi, Mr. Sivasubramani had to join the Industrial Training Institute in Cuddalore during 1995-1997.
Later, he served as an apprentice at Ashok Leyland, Chennai, during 1998-1999. After his cousin’s success at the UPSC examination in 1999, he was determined enough to emulate him.
He completed Plus Two as a private candidate and then studied B.A. (History) through distance education mode offered by Annamalai University. Later, he enrolled himself in the Self Study Circle at Villupuram and started preparing for the UPSC examinations.
As there was a provision for even candidates in the final year of the undergraduate courses to take up the UPSC examination, he tried his hand first time in 2006. It taught him a lesson that private study would not suffice and hence got admission through an entrance test at the government civil services coaching centre at Anna Nagar in Chennai.
He realised that geography, and not history, was close to his heart and hence chose the subject as first option and Tamil literature as the second option. He found climatography and cartography quite tough but Professor Napoli, whom he considers as a guru, helped put things in right perspective.
Meanwhile, he took up a technical job at a Central railway workshop at Tiruchi in 2006. In the two successive years, in 2007 and 2008, he cleared both the preliminary and main examinations but could not make it in the interview. Mr. Sivasubramani said that he would like to become an IPS officer and has opted for Tamil Nadu cadre as the first choice.
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http://www.hindu.com/2010/05/10/stories/2010051053640400.htm
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“Have innovative ideas, things will fall in line”
C.K. Ranganathan addresses management students of Surya Group of Institutions
Debunks notion that business is a gamble and only moneyed people can enter
Exhorts students to chase their passion as a sure formula for success
VILLUPURAM, India: “Have innovative ideas, things will fall in line, taking you up in the ladder of success,” according to C.K. Ranganathan, former Chairperson of the Tamil Nadu State Council of the Confederation of Indian Industry and Managing Director of Cavin Kare.
He was addressing MBA students of Surya Group of Institutions at Vikkiravandi near here on Friday. On the occasion, chairman of Surya Educational Trust P.Gauthama Sigamani handed over the Best Brand of the Year Award 2010 for Cavin Kare products to Mr. Ranganathan.
The Cavin Kare MD debunked the notion that business was a gamble and only moneyed people could enter and succeed in business. He made a graphic presentation on how he managed to capture a niche market for beauty products, such as Chik shampoo, after overcoming a great deal of trials and tribulations.
He said that prospective entrepreneurs or businessmen should not think that money was a criterion. If they were creative enough, money would follow. He cited his own example of rags to riches story.
The company that started with an investment of Rs.15,000 was now heading towards an annual turnover of Rs.1,000 crore. In this successful journey, Mr. Ranganathan had taken along with him employees at all levels, as he used to consult with them on the nitty-gritty of business, and in the process created many a new businessman.
The driving force behind his success was his father Chinni Krishnan who had the penchant for doing things differently and the magic words “I can.” Mr. Ranganathan said that the moment one felt that “he could” the entire personality would undergo a drastic change to propel him to accomplish the task.
If one was endowed with vivid imagination and orderly desire, and, sincerely and enthusiastically act upon it, every thing would come to pass. Mr. Ranganathan exhorted the students to chase their passion as a sure formula for success.
He said that the award was another jewel in the crown of the company and complimented the students for having gathered all the products of Cavin Kare and exhibited them.
The citation said that Cavin Kare products had penetrated deep into the rural markets and entirely changed the purchasing profile of the people.
Mr. Gauthama Sigamani, S. Santhi, Principal of the Surya College of Engineering and Technology, and C. Rakappan of Annamalai University also spoke.
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http://www.hindu.com/2010/04/19/stories/2010041950410200.htm
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The Hindu
Loans proposed for differently abled
VILLUPURAM, India: It has been proposed to give away loans up to Rs 50,000 to differently abled persons through the Villupuram District Central Cooperative Bank, according to R. Palanisamy, Collector.
In a statement on Thursday, he said that the beneficiaries should have 40 per cent disability and be in the 18-60 age group. The residents of Kallakurichi and Sankarapuram should be present on the Kallakurichi Agirucltural Producers and Marketing Cooperative Society premises on March 9.
Thirukkoilur and Ulundurpet residents should report at the Thirukkoilur Central Cooperative Bank on March 10; Ginjee and Tindivanam residents should go to the Ginjee Central Cooperative Bank on March 11, and Villupuram and Vanur residents should be present at the Village Central Cooperative Bank on March 12.
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http://www.hindu.com/2010/03/05/stories/2010030553310300.htm
Awareness rally taken out on organ donation
The expedition was flagged off in Chennai on February 15
MADURAI, India: In a bid to create an awareness of organ donation, a team of 14 members of National Cadet Corps, on a motor-cycle expedition, arrived here on Monday.
The expedition, which was flagged off in Chennai on February 15 would return on March 2 after covering all major districts/towns in the State.
In between, the team members staged street play on the importance of organ donation.
Apart from explaining the salient features of organ donation, the public were informed about who could be the donor, what could be donated, when it could be donated, about brain death and the role of people in organ donation, said its team leader S. Santhosh Baboo of D.G. Vaishnav College.
After overnight halt, the team would proceed to Nagercoil.
In the return direction, they would cover including Ramanathapuram, Tiruchi, Kumbakonam and Villupuram respectively, he added.
Reference Link
http://www.hindu.com/2010/02/23/stories/2010022352670300.htm
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The Hindu
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