Volume 10

IIA Annual Day Celebrations April 15, 2006

Dear colleagues,

This special issue of TARA, the in-house magazine of IIA, has been brought out on the occasion of the Annual Day celebrations of the Institute held on the 15th April 2006. The compilation and editing of the contents were done in a short notice, hence the editorial team wishes to apologize to the contributors for any errors committed inadvertently.

We also wish to assure that the future issues of TARA can be brought out more periodically with the continuous efforts and contributions of our staff members and their families.

We take this opportunity to thank all the contributors for making this issue possible.

Editorial Team

TARA

Cover drawing: K.V.P.Latha

Contents

Sl.No. Title Page no.

Annual Day Organizing Committee - 2006

1. Cheers, all around! 1

2. Cricket is fun 3

3. Emotions 4

4. My trip up the Golconda 6

5. Monkey Business 8

6. Duty consciousness 9

7. The N.D. 11

8. Bey Blade! 12

9. Animals are smarter than you think! 13

10. Visions and reality 14

11. The Sensex has crossed ten thousand. But…….! 16

12. Annadhanam(?) 18

13. The Blue Planet 19

14. Total Solar Eclipse of March 29, 2006 20

15. Tamil haikoos! 22

16. Kannada article 23

17. IIA Drama Troupe wins laurels 24 18. Acknowledgements 25

Indian Institute of Astrophysics Annual Day Celebrations

April 2006

Organizing Committee Chairman Dr. A.K.Saxena, Dean ‘E’ Convenor Dr. Christina Birdie Dy. Convenor Mr. M.P.Parthasarathy

Souvenir Committee:

R.M.Paulraj Coordinator Christina Birdie Member Narasimhappa Member S.Ramya Member

Sports Committee:

K.Jayakrishnan Coordinator Faseehana Saleem Member Pramila Kaverappa Member Promila Jain Member S.Savithri Member Narasimhappa Member

Cultural Programs Committee:

V.Gopinath Coordinator Dipankar Banerjee Member Faseehana Saleem Member Narasimhappa Member Maliny Rajan Member S.Ramya Member

Food Arrangements Committee:

M.P.Parthasarathy Coordinator A.Narasimharaju Member Promila Jain Member Pramila Kaverappa Member Maliny Rajan Member S.Savithri Member

Logistics and Various Other Requirements:

A.K.Saxena Coordinator K.Mohankumar Member Christina Birdie Member A.J.Ragupathy Member A.Narasimharaju Member

1. Cheers, all around!

When Dr. A.K.Saxena, Dean ‘E’, first revealed that Prof. S.S.Hasan, the Director, was pleased to celebrate the Institute’s Annual Day I was taken aback just like many others. It was a sweet shock. The date was set as April 15 and we had only less than four weeks’ time to go for the celebrations.

But, as different responsibilities like bringing out an issue of TARA,

conducting the sports activities, cultural programmes, etc. were delegated to suitable individuals supported by enthusiastic committee members, the planning and implementation of each item could be achieved with remarkable efficiency.

Every sitting of the Organizing Committee as well as other informal

discussions among the members there of, was an experience of true spirit of co-operation and fellowship. One could see cheerful faces all around the table whenever a discussion took place.

The Convener of the Organizing Committee Dr. Christina Birdie and the

coordinators and members of the sub-committees began the work on a war footing under the overall supervision of the commander Dr. Saxena. The blossoming of the spirit of fellowship could be witnessed among the staff members as soon as the first circular appeared on the notice boards. It was like the arrival of spring with its soothing breeze after a long and scorching summer.

As staff members started practising for the sports competitions, a glow

of cheer could be seen all around. In fact, those who participated in the sports and other activities have traveled back in time by about a decade and have virtually become younger at heart. Some of the cardiac specialists in Bangalore will be out of business for some time.

The culmination of all our efforts on the day of the celebrations on 15th

April would really be great. We, the Committee Members, will cherish the willing co-operation and

useful suggestions received from the staff members and students for days to come. It must be remembered that all this became possible under the dynamic leadership and guidance of our Chairman Dr. A.K.Saxena, Dean ‘E’.

One thing that can not go unmentioned here is that TARA has entered

the digital age. Most of the articles were received through email or in discs. The layout of the inside pages, designing the cover and even the printing have all been done using the computer.

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I only hope that this spirit of fellowship among the staff members of this Institute would be kept alive for all times to come.

− R.M.Paulraj Coordinator, Souvenir Committee

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2. Cricket is fun Cricket is fun, when India has won When Strauss is out on zero, Pathan is made the hero, When Yuvraj hits a six, Flintoff is in a fix, When Dravid has hit a four, The Indian coach is adding the score When Jones has dropped the catch Dhoni is made the man of the match When Harbhajan takes a wicket Collingwood is given the ticket So cricket is fun when India has won.

− N.Sudheendra S/o Narasimhappa

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3. Emotions

Keeping my experiences in mind, the knowledge of life is a blend of joy, sorrow, pain, agony, and anxieties. Any person having emotions like every normal human being, undergoes these emotions at least once in his life. There are people who cannot deal with sorrow, pain and anxieties probably the super natural might not have given any resistance towards these issues.

No man must ever forget that sorrow, pain, anxieties, fear which on the

whole could be termed as failure is a stepping stone to success. Swamy Sukhabodhananda once said that no man can ever learn how to play a guitar until and unless he plays a few wrong notes initially.

We all humans having a much evolved brain than any other living

organism on earth must realize these failures and act accordingly, also make it a point that never in life again you would repeat that mistake which put you down.

Happiness, joy, on the whole can be termed as success which is an

integral part of every ones life is much more easier to handle, we rejoice all the while when we are happy and parallelly make the mistake of thanking god for without whom the apparent success would never have been possible. By not thanking god the degree of success could be reduced, because its he who manages our lives. We are afterall puppets in the hands of god at the end of the day.

For a layman the abstractness of life is never understood untill and

unless you prioritize your day to day issues and learn from them, and also

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never underestimate the huge differences small changes can make. These are the key aspects to deal with life on the whole to make it more happier than ever before.

− N.Mahesh Babu s/o Narasimhappa

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4. My trip up the Golconda

The week long tour to Hyderabad from my school was filled with joy and mirth all the way. Most of all we the students enjoyed the trip.

We visited many important places like the Salar Jung Museum, Char Minar, etc. But, it was the Golconda fort that was the most wonderful. It is built on a granite hill. Golla Konda in Telugu means ‘shepherd’s hill’. When we arrived at the foot of the hill the fort stood like a colossus before us. It was a majestic view.

Our teachers had engaged a local guide. Some of his stories sounded

more mythical than historical. Is not history a badly distorted subject in our country?

The Qutub Shahi kings in the sixteenth century remodeled and expanded an old mud fort that existed on the hill. These kings, who later

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came to be called the Bahmani Sultans, lost their kingdom to the Mughal emperor Aurangazeb who conquered the fort in the seventeenth century. The first gate through which we enter the fort is named 'Fateh Darwaza’ in memory of Aurangazeb’s triumphant entry into the fort in 1687. Aurangazeb made the fort the southern bulwark of his vast empire. Before the city of Hyderabad, the present capital of Andhra Pradesh, was founded by the fifth Bahmani Sultan in 1586, Golconda was the capital of the Deccan.

The breathtaking experience begins at the main entrance, ‘Bala Hisar’. From the ‘Balahisar Darwaza’ starts the flight of 380 steep narrow steps. We had to climb with care. It was an experience in itself.

A hand clap at a point below the dome at the entrance reverberates and can be heard clearly at the 'Bala Hisar' pavilion almost a kilometer away. This acted as an alarm of warning to residents of the fort in case of danger or an attack by enemies. This fantastic acoustical effect is characteristic of the engineering marvel that is Golconda.

The ascent of 380 steps culminates at the ‘Bala Hisar Baradari’, a wind-swept triple storey ed structure used as a durbar hall.

Wow! What a panoramic view it is from atop the hill!! The Golconda fort is one of the most beautiful and well preserved forts in India.

The ten kilometer long outer wall is dotted by firing ports. Some of the heavy cannons are still there to be seen by the tourists. There are many gateways, drawbridges, halls, royal rest houses, temples, mosques and stables.

The Golconda fort is now preserved by the Archaeological Survey of

India.

Golconda is also famous for its diamonds. The defining characteristics of Golconda diamonds and what sets them apart and in a class by themselves are their incredible transparency, whiteness, and purity. The famous Ko-hi-noor diamond is said to have been unearthed here.

− Alice P.R.D. D/o R.M.Paulraj

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5. Monkey Business

Last year I went to Shimla with my parents and stayed in a hotel on Mall Road. We went to Hanuman (Jackoo) Temple which is on a hill top. We had a nice climb. There were lots of monkeys on the way. We were asked to carry a stick with us so that the monkeys will not trouble us. We went inside the temple and thereafter sat on a bench outside enjoying the scenery. Suddenly without a warning a monkey scratched my father and jumped on me from the back. It took away my spectacles. We gave some sweets to the monkey so that it will give back my spectacles. It just ate the sweets and did not give the spectacles. An old man was watching all this. He came near us and told that we should buy a full packet of sweets for the monkey and it will give back the spectacles. We did what he told us to do. The monkey took the packet of sweets and gave back the spectacles. It went away with sweets as though nothing happened.

− B.R. Pranav s/o Raghavendra Prasad

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6. Duty consciousness

It was a fantastic spring morning. I and some of my friends were heading happily towards a river near our village for fishing, as our schools were closed indefinitely because of teacher's strike. The harvest on that day was excellent and our joy was unlimited. Kept our pouches brimming with fish, dived into the water and played until we were tired. Came to the river-bank, fried the fish with salt, chilly and pepper, we started eating crispy ones first. A grand old lady passing by our tent, begged for alms. We gave her a handful; she thanked and left that place.

Watching us from a long distance, my grandma came to us and told... "My dear boys, I appreciate your deed of providing a small share to her for eating..; poor lady, she was very rich about 10 years back... actually, her ancestors were ministers of a very famous king who ruled our kingdom a few hundred years back. It is sad that she is begging for her food now". That made us to be curious to know about her and therefore everyone started asking questions. One of those was very fundamental like, "Why she became poor though her family was the richest once?

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My grandma replied the following: "Since the whole kingdom was under the control of her ancestors, the entire cultivable land belonged to them. All the other groups of their kingdom had to work in their farms for daily wages.

Thus the members of the royal family were happily enjoying the life without working. The elderly people believed that, since they govern the entire country their belongings or properties will support their successive generations for ever. Time flew, Centuries passed, many generations happily spent their lifetime in enjoying the wealth and slowly they had to sell their properties due to various reasons. Until a few tens of years back, the old lady was rich and because of their family practice she was also extravagant; Her son was also of similar attitude and he sold everything ultimately and became homeless and died before her. Now, nobody is alive in the family to take care of this old lady, though she has realized her mistakes now".

Keeping this in mind, let us look at the thought pattern of our present society. Most of the parents accumulate properties by all means for their children because they don't want them to suffer in the future. The wish may be good of course, but "How long will the material wealth support their future?". The lesson we learnt from the above life history applies here too. Hence, the parents of the present world should inculcate their kids with good virtues like duty consciousness (through good work culture), compassion, honesty, integrity, etc., in stead of piling up material wealth, to get rid of the above misunderstanding of the society. Once above virtues reign this world, no one requires material backups.

− C.Kathiravan

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7. The N.D. Introduction : M : Manager C : Candidate C – Has applied for a job. Here is his interview with M, the Manager. M – What is your name ? C – Sir N.D. M – What? C – Sir Neelesh Das. M – What is your father’s name? C – Sir , N.D. M – Again N.D.? C – Sir he is a News Director. M – Where do you live ? C – Sir , N.D. M – What is N.D. ? Aren’t you in your senses? C – Sorry Sir ,I live in New Delhi. M – Did you work anywhere else before ? If yes , where? C – Yes Sir , I worked in N.D. M – Oh God ! Do you know any thing other than N.D.? C – Sir , I……..I………I……… meant I worked in Naval Department . M – (keeps silent) A few seconds later, C – Sir ,what do you think about me? M – N.D. C – Oh really Sir ? What is it? M – Nill duffer , Get out!

− C.Mallappa

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8. Bey Blade!

Children since times immemorial have treasured play things. Some of them were simple things like a round pebble or even a nut with a smooth exterior.

Any thing that rolls and whirls is of special interest to children,

including the wheels of an automobile or even a bicycle. Glass marbles are valued possessions. So also tops of different colours and sizes. Man, by nature, has a curiosity for things that roll.

A recent addition to this list is the bey blade. Bey blades originated in

Japan where they were popular even before the second world war. But, the early models were all made of wood and were big in size. They were used in games by men.

The plastic bey blades that have become common sight in the streets of

Bangalore now are of recent origin. They are manufactured in China just like any other popularly selling toy.

The cheer and gung ho mood of the children playing bey blade can not

be described in words. A few little boys armed with bey blades are the most invincible commando force in the world!

Not many girls like to take part in this game which requires an

aggressive attitude to play as well as to win. Even in the TV serial Bey Blade all the players are boys excepting Hilary, the only girl. Every boy knows the intricacies of the game. If one is the fan of Tyson the other one is a zealous fan of Max!

Games may come and games may go. But bey blade has come to stay

here for ever!

− R.M.Paulraj (With inputs from my 6 years old son Alan)

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9. Animals are smarter than you think!

Do you think animals are stupid? That they can’t think, aren’t creative and can’t do anything more complex than avoid each other? If you do, then you are wrong…. And I’ll prove that with some examples.

Two naturalists were filming tigers in Ranthambhore National Park, Rajasthan. One particular tiger, after seeing them filming him from their jeep everyday, started using them as cover to stalk deer. Since the deer were used to seeing and smelling humans, the tiger could get much closer than usual before he charged.

Badgers in Britain have been hunted for a long time for their fur, mainly with traps. The badgers have taught themselves a backward jump which brushes their back against the trap and springs it. They get the bait and lose only a few hairs in the bargain.

This is something that I saw myself. A man was selling packets of ‘Lays’ chips at Jolarpettai railway station. His tray being piled too high, one packet fell off. A crow immediately seized it. It poked the packet with its beak and claw, but could not open it. So the crow flew to a rusted metal drum and jabbed the packet against the edge to open it.

Do you agree with me now?

− Abhimanyu Lele s/o Prajval Shastri

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10. Visions and reality

It is all right for VVIPs to pay fleeting visits to the city, disrupting all traffic for hours, putting lakhs of ordinary citizens to excruciating inconvenience. They are driven to and fro from the airport in A.C. cars (so that they get no vision of the dirty dismal ambience!) and make speeches that open up visions of what one should do for the next several years (say till 2010) to catch up with the civilized, developed world, whatever that might mean. Some of the visions extend to 2020, envisaging India as a superpower by then.

Now to the stark reality. Let us take some of the important roads of Koramangala. Take the one from Kalyana Mantap to Canara Bank. What does one see and has been seeing for the past several years? Vehicles parked on both sides of the road or whatever structure that goes by that name. There is no footpath to speak of on this and most other roads. In front of many buildings, materials like stones, cement, sand have been piled up almost to the middle of the road. The ‘road’ or pavement in front of the innumerable shops are all constituted of broken boulders, chipped blocks, stones of all shapes, all lying haphazard jutting out at all angles. You have to literally watch every step as craters and potholes of all shapes add to the above constituents. And even a half hour of rain is enough to create slippery slushes and sludges all over with water collecting on the sides. Surely, Harappa and Mohenjadaro, several millennia ago, had far better drainage and road design than high tech Bangalore, with its innumerable IT Parks, engineering colleges and lakhs of CET aspirants!

And on whatever space remains on the road, three loaded lorries will try to overtake each other, forcing the two wheelers and pedestrians to have a slush bath. Dusk sees street lights go out, four wheelers blinding you with their direct lights, deafening you with their honking (to many, this is their idea of safe driving!). Live wires may be hanging, stray dogs and cattle also take to roads. To avoid the bigger vehicles, two wheelers spill on the footpath and may go over your head! The side roads are even worse. People have absolutely no civic sense or discipline. The posh shops, which are making huge profits do nothing about this. People’s idea of a drive-in restaurant is to drive their two wheelers etc., almost up to the kitchen. It is hardly possible to squeeze one’s way to the counter. There is a huge garbage dump just outside and hardly a few feet away from the restaurant, the stink and slush on the road is nauseating. Our VVIPs should take a stroll on a wet day at dusk when there is a power cut. If they fall into a ditch or slip to the side or trip on a pothole, twisting their ankle, they will get a vision of 2005. And it has been the same for 20 years, getting worse and worse day-by-day. The people are also to blame. Do they associate progress with using a car to go to

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the next street, to show off to their friends or onlookers. One should ask all these morons whether development means one should not walk! The shop owners do not care (even in rich shopping complexes) to even improve the road in right in front of their shop. They infact sweep all the dirt from the shop right on the road! Add to all this, the indiscriminate spitting and urinating all round. The younger generation (from colleges etc.) is also oblivious to all this munching way-side snacks, squatting on the dung-carpeted stones with their designer shoes projecting into the gutter. In developed countries, don’t they park their vehicles quite some distance away? The roads have not changed for several years now. They have become worse. A corrupt inefficient official system, a growing greedy consumer class with no civic sense and an indifferent populace is the reality. Visions won’t help.

− C. Sivaram

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11. The Sensex has crossed ten thousand.

But…….!

1) In many areas of Koramangala, there is water supply only once in four days. Of late, taps have been dry for three days in a row in many houses!

2) There is a lot of leakage due to breaking of pipes and in some nearby

areas, mixing of drain water and corporation water is believed to occur.

3) Arbitrary power cuts and shut downs with many streetlights not

working. 4) Roads are riddled with pot-holes and craters of all sizes. During

traffic jams (literally a viscous flow in a thick jam), faster to walk 2 or 3 km! Any number of vehicles (especially lorries, autos etc.), belching thick acrid smoke, stinking of kerosene and other ‘forbidden’ materials! Many heavy vehicles tearing around on lightless streets. Others with blinding lights with ear-bursting honking.

5) Effects of liberalization and globalization seen all over with more

rubbish dumps (attracting assorted animals), garbage strewn all around, more ‘roadside’ eateries, very crowded roads, live wire hanging, etc. etc.

In short, as far as the common man is concerned, the quality of life

becomes worse. Globalization in the local context implies that only the prices of various consumer goods, whether it is Nescafe or throwaway razors, approach global values, while the quality of goods and the salaries of most people (except for the relatively fewer numbers in MNCs) are certainly local. This is something, which economists should study.

Anything in the Indian context would be adulterated or diluted

(whether fruit juice or milk or coffee powder) and prices hiked to global levels. Various vested interests are served. Due to the water shortage, specially acute every summer, perhaps we are expected to buy bottled water at Rs.15/- a litre (who knows in the Indian context, it may just be tap water

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of dubious vintage!). Of course, soft drinks are available everywhere, even in the remote villages (only Rs.5/-) per mouthful, an obvious result of globalization. Who needs a water supply of potable water!

So all the media going euphoric over sensex levels (perhaps affecting 0.1% of the population) has to be weighed against all the above attendant actualities! Talking of burgeoning forex reserves, let us not forget (this is what most common people are not aware of) that even city states like Singapore and Hong Kong have higher reserves! This is where other countries in Asia (apart from the Indian sub-continent) have scored. Their economies are more coupled to the well-being of the populace (through better infra structure, public transport, less corruption) rather than selectively serving miniscule pockets of vested interests. Mere manipulations of markets (which could zoom or crash) may not make a sound economy if the interests of the majority are ignored!

− C. Sivaram

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12. Annadhaanam(?)

This is a recollection of a small incident that took place some years ago. I was in charge of catering arrangements during the International Conference on Non-Accelerator Particle Physics programme held in our Institute in 1994.

On one evening there was a cultural programme in the Library hall and

I was witnessing it. It was already half past nine at night and so I rushed to the dining hall. I saw a taxi driver holding a plate and standing first in the queue. Wanting to give preference to the delegates I asked the driver to come and join after some time. He threw a weird stare at me kept the plate down and walked away.

Once most of the delegates had finished with their dinner I went in

search of that driver. He could not be located. When I enquired I was told that he was the driver of the vehicle in which the artiste had come. The artiste had left already. I was shocked by the mistake I had committed.

The driver was in fact duty conscious and had wanted to be ready in

time to take the artiste back home. This is the reason why he had come for dinner a little early.

It is said that annadhaanam sarvadhana pradhaanam. I had violated

this dictat, though I was not conducting a dhaanam. I felt terribly bad. I had prevented a sincere person from having his dinner in time. This incident has remained a nagging worry in my heart ever since.

− A.Narasimharaju

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13. The Blue Planet

Did I just see that! Maybe I should pinch myself. If I have then I must be The first among those who Into space dare to delve. Beautiful is the right word Blue with a tinge of white And it is not that far From a star, so It might be home to life! Oh! the possibility Of its being more advanced than us, Or life there may still be primitive Being dependent on Aircraft, computers and other stuff. What luck! To find this paradise, Just a few days after finding that Red Planet; Which promised much but didn't deliver. No trace of life though I searched and searched. Till I just couldn't stand it. I guess I'll make it to the headlines again, In fact I'd better inform the press, Before my pals take all the credit For my blood, sweat and tears, Then on to the Blue Planet in life's quest.

(This piece describes the thoughts of a highly advanced extra-terrestrial when it first discovered the Earth.)

− Namita Bhatt d/o H.C.Bhatt

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14. Total Solar Eclipse of March 29, 2006

The occurrence of total solar eclipse generates great interest among scientists in different fields as well as in the general public. People in the past have been looking at the event with awe, fear, great excitement and wondering how and what is happening during the event? Therefore, number of stories and superstitions have been attached with the occurrence of this event. Today we understand how this happens. The Moon comes in between earth and the Sun and blocks the intense radiation from the Sun and makes it possible to look at the million times fainter atmosphere of the sun known as solar corona.

In spite of this fact people continue to believe in superstitions. A well

educated girl, with her husband working with a reputed IT company staying at London, UK got pregnant about four months back. They wanted to know when the eclipse will take place in London and its duration in London. I tried to persuade them that they need not worry about any ill effects on the mother or the baby during the eclipse and enjoy the rare event and wonderful phenomena of the nature. But they did not listen and continued be in the interior rooms of the house during the eclipse.

Dr. Bappu in his lecture on Total Solar Eclipse of Feb 16, 1980

concludes his talk with these lines “I now think of the man who enjoys some of the nice sights of Nature, one who has got the aesthetic sense of feeling of

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appreciation of beauty, who enjoys a good sunset, who finds a feeling of delight at hearing the roaring waters of a water-fall or of a gurgling stream as it passes by, who delights in a good rainbow or takes a fancy for seeing the well-spun cobweb of a spider on a dewy morning; in short an individual who is alert to his environment and who enjoys different aspects of it. I think there is much for him in witnessing one of these rare sights of the total eclipse of the sun. I hope that he would just travel down not very far, just even twenty miles south of Hyderabad and taken him, probably a minimum of equipment, just his own eyes, and go through this delectable feast that is really only a feast of the Gods.” Which fully brings out the spectacular nature of this event and we were lucky to watch this years eclipse.

There was a total solar eclipse of about 4-minute duration on March 29,

2006. This was visible from South Africa, Egypt, Turkey and some other middle eastern countries. The weather was expected to be good during the eclipse in Nigeria, Chad, Libya, Egypt, Turkey and some other countries.

We planned an Indian expedition comprising of teams from IIA,

Bangalore and ARIES Nainital to Manavgat, Turkey and to conduct experiments during the total solar eclipse. We to performed high spatial resolution narrow band photometry of coronal structure to investigate the waves and the nature of waves from the study of intensity oscillation in the coronal green line and red emission lines. 14-inch Meade telescopes, 0.3 nm pass-band filters and CDD cameras with read out speed at 1 MHz were used to take images in the emission lines at frequency of about 0.5 Hz.

A camp was setup in the compound of Sural Hotel at Manavgat,

Antalya, Turkey. A five member team from IIA conducted 4 experiments. They obtained images of the part of the solar corona on the east limb in the red and green emission lines representing plasma at 1 and 2 million degrees, respectively. They also took images of the solar corona in the white light using Nikon telephoto -digital camera with 300 mm focus. In addition they recorded shadow bands using Handy-cam.

The photographs show the emission corona and the continuum corona.

The difference in the two types of corona can easily be seen.

− Jagdev Singh

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15. Tamil haikoos!

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16. Kannada article

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17. IIA Drama Troupe

IIA Drama Troupe has won the following ROLLING SHEILD NKS AWARD for participating in the ART FESTIVAL COMPETITION held at

Bangalore Tamil Sangam on 21st February 2006.

BEST COMEDY DRAMA : KKAAAASSUU MMEELLEE KKAAAASSUU VVAANNDDHHUU

BEST COMEDY ARTIST : SRI.K.JAYAKRISHNAN - I PRIZE

BEST COMEDY ARTIST : SRI.ANTONY KAMAL - II PRIZE

BEST COMEDY ARTIST : SRI.B.PRANESH RAO - III PRIZE

TEAM BEST ACTOR : SRI.K.C.VISWANATH

CASH PRIZE : Rs.1000/-

STILLS / VIDEO : T.K.MURALIDAS

STORY : V.GOPINATH

DIALOGUE AND DIRECTION : K.JAYAKRISHNAN

Artistes with the Director and the Administrative Officer

Sitting : Prof. S.S.Hasan, Director, Mr. A.J.Ragupathy, Admn. Officer Standing, from left to right : P.N.Prabhakara, B.Pranesh Rao, D.Thyagaraja, D.Kanagaraj, G.Thirumoorthy, K.Jayakrishnan, K.C. Viswanathan, P.Alphonse.

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18. Acknowledgements

Organizing the Annual Day of the Institute within such a short notice was a tremendous responsibility.

It would not have been possible to accomplish each task without the

whole hearted help of several staff members. Every one contributed his or her mite willingly and cheerfully.

The result, as we all see, is a grand success. Dear staff members and

students, we thank each one of you for your kind co-operation and participation.

Mr. D.Kanagaraj, Mr. P.N.Prabhakara and the Canteen employees, to

name a few, extended their assistance whole heartedly. Mr. J.P.A.Samson, who had been assigned the job of renovating the Staff Club Hall completed it in record time.

Special thanks are due to Dr. A.Vagiswari for her valuable suggestions

in the preparation of this issue of TARA, especially while selecting the cover picture.

Above all, it is you who have made the occasion a memorable one. We

say a big thank you to each one of you, the staff members. Thank you!

− Organizing Committee

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