JAYCEE HERALD

BULLETIN NOVEMBER 2014

Index

a) Foreword

b) Presidents Message

c) Office Bearers 2015

d) Closing General Body 2014

e) Installation of Office Bearers and Award Night

f) Awardees Profile

g) CS Speaks: Digital Signature Certificates (DSCs)

Jc CS Ramachandran

h) Book Review: From the shelves of JCI Trichur Library

JCI Sen. Ranjith Kollannur

FOREWORD

Junior Chamber International is the largest youth organization

in the world which spreads over 121 countries. JCI Trichur with

an enviable heritage of 47 years in the cultural capital of

Kerala, has been undertaking a lot of service projects and

training programmes throughout this period. It is a voluntary

service and training organization, where the society is getting

benefited with multifaceted services. This organisation

conducts training programmes which equip the youth to carve

themselves to emerge as great personalities.

Our activities include distribution of study materials,

conducting medical camps, blood donation & detection camps,

Onasadhya for the homeless, Clean city campaign, Traffic

awareness programmes, poor feeding etc. Besides the above,

we are into a lot of other programmes like All India Volleyball

Tournament, Band competition, Baby King & Baby Queen

contest, Kinda Fest, Pratibha Puraskar. Training programmes

for the members and other organizations are conducted

regularly by JCI trainers. The chapter thus develops well

equipped and trained youth, who are always ready to face the

challenges in life and their profession.

This chapter is blessed with the presence of many able leaders

and successful personalities throughout this period. Past

Honourable speaker. Shri.Therambil Ramakrishnan, MLA, Past

Chairman of Dhanalakshmi Bank Ltd Shri. T S Pattabhiraman,

Past State Vice President of Kerala Jaycees CA. S

Sivaramakrishnan, Past State Vice President Sri. P J John, Past

State Treasurer Late Sri. N L Poulochan, Past National Vice

President of Indian Jaycees Dr. D Balakrishnan, Past Zone

President JCI PPP John Paul Nellissery and many other eminent

personalities in various walks of life has enjoyed the spirit of

this organization.

Jc Ajay Kumar

Editor

PRESIDENTS MESSAGE

JCI Trichur is planning to start a monthly bulletin so as to

inform the members of the various activities conducted by the

organization and also to enrich the writing skills of its

members.

We request support from all the members by way of

contributions to the monthly bulletin.

We thank all our past presidents and office bearers and we

believe that our past presidents are the greatest strength of

this chapter. We do trust that they will continue to support us

and guide us in our future activities.

Please note that we are trying to make a small step and your

hand holding is required to make this bulletin a success. We

would love to receive articles, poems, drawings, facts,

stories etc from all of you. These include contributions

from Jaycees, Jaycerettes & Jaycelettes. Contributions

can be mailed either to me at ca.manojm@gmail.com, or

to our Editor Ajay Kumar at ka.ajaykumar@gmail.com.

Thanking you,

Yours truly

Jc HGF CA Manoj Kumar.M

President

Office Bearers for the year 2015

With great pride and pleasure JCI Trichur introduce the office

bearers of 2015.

Name Designation

Jc HGF CA. Manoj Kumar. M President

JFP Jojo Panthalookaran Immediate Past President

Jc HGF Sajith Paul Secretary

JCI Sen. Ranjith Kollannur Treasurer

Jc HGF Er. Sanoj Alappat Vice President Management

Jc CA. Ajith Kaimal R Vice President G&D

JCI Sen. Sudhir Achuthan Vice President Training

Jc CS. Ramachandran T M Vice President Programmes

Jc Antony Andrews Vice President Business

Jc CA. Varghese Paul Joint Secretary

Jc. HGF Joshy Thottan Director

Jc. Benjamin Franklin Director

JFM Murali Mohan Director

Jc Byju Varghese Director

Jc Sanoj V.V Director

Jc Ajay Kumar Editor

Our illustrious panel of Past President Advisors

JCI PPP John Paul Nellissery

(Past Zone President) Jc AK Mohandas

Jc Rajan E.U. Jc HGF Roy C.J.

Jc HGF Mohammed Haneef Jc HGF Sony Jose

JFM Jossy B Chacko Jc HGF Rajesh George

Jc HGF Jossy CM JFP Martin Thomas

Jc HGF CA. Sanjo Nambadan Jc HGF CA. Shajan TT

Jc HGF CA. Geo Job Jc HGF Dr. K.J. Varghese

Closing General Body of Year 2014

The Closing General Body of Year 2014 was conducted in Hotel

Pearl Regency on 15th November 2014. The new office bearers

were formally announced in this General body.

President 2014 Jojo Panthalookaran chaired the Meeting and in

the absence of Immediate Past President Dr.K.J. Varghese, CA.

Geo Job acted as the Immediate Past President.

All the members showered praise and congratulated President

Jojo & JCRT Chairperson Jc. Rani Jojo for the wonderful

performance of the chapter in 2014 and admired the leadership

qualities displayed by both Jojo & Rani Jojo.

JCI Trichur bagged six awards in the Zon Con which included the

a) Outstanding LOM of Zone XX

b) Outstanding LOM Officer Runner Up

c) Outstanding Jaycee

d) Outstanding JJ Wing

e) Outstanding Lady Jaycee Runner Up

f) Outstanding Community Development Program Runner Up

We are really grateful to Jc Jojo & Jc Rani Jojo for the way they

led us to all these awards. We are also grateful to the support

given by the Secretary JCI Sen. Sudhir Achuthan and Treasurer

Jc Sajith Paul for making the year 2014 remarkable for all JCI

Trichur members.

Installation Ceremony 2015 & Award Night

The installation ceremony of office bearers of 2015 has been

decided to be organized at Thalam Hall of Hotel Pooram

International, Kuruppam Road, Thrissur

Adv. Therambil Ramakrishan MLA has consented to be the chief

guest on the occasion.

Mr. Jyothis Mohan IRS, Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax,

Thrissur has consented to be the Special Guest.

JCI Sen. Ramkumar Menon, Zone President 2014 will be the

Guest of Honour.

JCI PPF Adv. Biju. S. Chirayath, Zone President 2003 will be the

Key Note Speaker.

Other Zone Directors and ZVPs have also agreed to be the part of

this occasion.

Jc HGF CA Manoj Kumar Jc HGF Sajith Paul JCI Sen. Ranjith Kollannur

President Secretary Treasurer

On this great occasion JCI Trichur has decided to present three

awards to the following persons.

A brief Profile of awardees are given below:-

a) Excellence in Humanitarian Service Manushya Snehikal

Manushya Snehikal The main object of this organisation is

the well being of people who are bedridden, and who needs

assistance in looking after such bedridden patients in hospitals.

They even spare their precious time to act as bystanders in the

hospital, at the request of the patients. They arrange financial

help to the needy ones to settle their hospital bills. At a time

when the hospital bills are skyrocketing, the help of Manushya

Snehikal comes as a boon to the poor patients.

This organisation aims to give some quality life to such

unfortunate people by assisting them in visiting churches and

other common places and thereby giving them a breath of

fresh air. They provide vocational training in making candles,

stars etc. to differently abled persons and help them to be

independent. Around 200 families benefit from the services of

Manushya Snehikal.

This organisation is very particular that they accept donations

only when there is a need, and also, not a penny more than

their immediate requirement. They cater to people from all

walks of life and all religions. Their next important project is

Nirdhanarkku Oru Nadavaathil, in which the front doors of

the 10 proposed homes, will be donated to the under

privileged, from their own efforts and income.

We, JCI Trichur, salute the efforts of the 2 back bones of this

organisation Mr. Didi Eluvathingal & Mr. Mathews Chungath for

the wonderful service they are providing to the society.

b) Business Excellence Award Mr. Sandeep. M

Nandanam Sanitaries is a part of Nandanam

Group of Concerns and is known as one of the

most trusted and growing business groups

engaged in the retail of tiles & sanitary wares.

They have presently has more than 17 show

rooms across Kerala and abroad.

In Kerala, Nandanam Sanitaries is having

presence in Trichur, Palakkad, Angamali, Paravur and Ernakulam.

They have commenced overseas operations by opening an outlet

in Sharjah, UAE.

Nandanam Group has developed its own brand under the name

Spacio to deal with whole sale business. Another diversification

is Nandanam Properties & Developers, thereby venturing into

construction business. Presently Nandanam Properties &

Developers are doing a project of 50 villas at Mundur.

Son of Shri. Narayanan Kutty & Smt. Ponnu, Sandeep M did his

schooling in Vivekodayam School and college education at Sree

Kerala Varma College. Married to Deepa and Father of Nandana,

he is a person who loves to travel.

JCI Trichur is proud of its Business Excellence Award winner for

the year 2014-15, Mr. Sandeep. M,Proprietor Nandanam Group of

Concerns.

c) Young Entrepreneur Award - Mr. Antio Paul

This young entrepreneur started a classic

journey as the Joint Managing Director of M/s.

Star PVC Pipes & Fittings Private Limited, along

with his elder brother Mr. Bobby Paul.

Star Pipes promoted by his father Mr. P.K. Paul

in 1984 with a production of 10 Metric Tonnes

per month of PVC, now processes 3,000 Metric

Tonnes of PVC and has a sales turnover touching Rs. 500 Crores.

In 1994, Star forayed into global markets and started exports to

various Middle East countries like Qatar, Bahrain, UAE etc. In

1998 the brand Star Impex was registered and now Star enjoys

presence in Middle East and South Africa. Star has PVC pipe

manufacturing facility in Kerala & Dubai and processing units at

Chennai and Ras-al-Khaimah.

Our winner, Mr. Antio Paul, is the son of Mr. P.K.Paul and Mrs.

Rosy Paul. He did his schooling in Don Bosco High School and

received college education from St. Thomas College, Thrissur.

Married to Mrs. Faina Antio and father of three lovely children

Paul, Pretty & Pius, he is a member of numerous social

organisations in and around Thrissur.

He has received The Business Man award from Elijah College. He

is fond of travelling and sports and has also given

entrepreneurship classes at Calicut University & Agricultural

University.

JCI Trichur is proud of its Young Entrepreneur award winner for

the year 2014-15, Mr. Antio Paul, Managing Director of Star

group of concerns.

CS Speaks.

Digital Signature Certificates (DSCs)

Digital Signature Certificates (DSC) are the digital

equivalent (that is electronic format) of physical or paper

certificates. Examples of physical certificates are drivers'

licenses, passports or membership cards. Certificates

serve as proof of identity of an individual for a certain purpose;

for example, a driver's license identifies someone who can legally

drive in a particular country. Likewise, a digital certificate can be

presented electronically to prove your identity, to access

information or services on the Internet or to sign certain

documents digitally. Like physical documents are signed

manually, electronic documents, for example e-forms are

required to be signed digitally using a Digital Signature

Certificate. A licensed Certifying Authority (CA) issues the digital

signature. Certifying Authority (CA) means a person who has

been granted a license to issue a digital signature certificate

under Section 24 of the Indian IT-Act 2000. Certification Agencies

are appointed by the office of the Controller of Certification

Agencies (CCA) under the provisions of IT Act, 2000. There are a

total of seven Certification Agencies authorised by the CCA to

issue the Digital Signature Certificates (DSCs). One can procure

Class 2 or 3 certificates from any of the certifying authorities.

You can use only the valid Digital Signatures issued to you. It is

illegal to use Digital Signatures of anybody other than the one to

whom it is issued. The different types of Digital Signature

Certificates are: Class 2: Here, the identity of a person is verified

against a trusted, pre-verified database. Class 3: This is the

highest level where the person needs to present himself or

herself in front of a Registration Authority (RA) and prove his/ her

identity.

Digital Signature Certificates for the following:

For sending and receiving digitally signed and encrypted emails. For carrying out secure web-based transactions, or to identify other participants of web-based transactions. In eTendering, eProcurement, MCA [for Registrar of Companies efiling], Income Tax [for efiling income tax returns] Applications and also in many other applications. For signing documents like MSWord, MSExcel and PDFs. Plays a pivotal role in creating a paperless office.

How does a Digital Signature Certificate work?

A Digital Signature Certificate explicitly associates the identity of

an individual/device with a pair of electronic keys - public and

private keys - and this association is endorsed by the CA. The

certificate contains information about a user's identity (for

example, their name, pincode, country, email address, the date

the certificate was issued and the name of the Certifying

Authority that issued it).These keys complement each other in

that one does not function in the absence of the other. They are

used by browsers and servers to encrypt and decrypt information

regarding the identity of the certificate user during information

exchange processes. The private key is stored on the user's

computer hard disk or on an external device such as a token. The

user retains control of the private key; it can only be used with

the issued password. The public key is disseminated with the

encrypted information. The authentication process fails if either

one of these keys in not available or do not match. This means

that the encrypted data cannot be decrypted and therefore, is

inaccessible to unauthorized parties.

A digital signature is an electronic method of signing an electronic

document whereas a Digital Signature Certificate is a computer

based record that

Identifies the Certifying Authority issuing it. Has the name and other details that can identify the subscriber. Contains the subscriber's public key. Is digitally signed by the Certifying Authority issuing it. Is valid for either one year or two years.

The cost of obtaining a digital signature certificate may vary as

there are many entities issuing DSCs and their charges may

differ. The time taken by Certifying Authorities to issue a DSC

may vary from two to seven days. The Certifying Authorities are

authorized to issue a Digital Signature Certificate with a validity

of one or two years.

Digital Signatures are legally admissible in a Court of Law, as

provided under the provisions of Information Technology Act

2000.

Jc CS Ramachandran TM BBS,LLB,ACS,MBA

Vice President Programs, JCI Trichur Company Secretary in Practice

1st FLOOR, SAJI NIVAS OPP. RDS LABORATORY

Dr. AR MENON ROAD, NAICKANAL THRISSUR, KERALA 680 001 INDIA

Mobile:- +91 98460 93998 E mail: iamramantm@gmail.com

From the shelves of JCI Trichur Library

Barbarians at the Gate by Bryan Burrough & John Heylar

Publisher - Random House; Year of Publication -

1990; Pages - 531; Cost at the time of

purchase - Rs 453

Have you felt Oreo lately? Oreo is one of the most iconic brands of biscuits in the world. Introduced in 1912 by the National Biscuit Company (Nabisco) in New York, incidentally as a mimic to a popular competitor, it gained popularity in the US to become the largest selling biscuit in that country. In India, it made a rather late entry in 2011, making a splash under the wing of its new acquisition, Cadbury. However, its popularity in the world can best be judged by how its main competition had already copied the product and even its international advertisements well before they came to India. Over the course of the past century, the Oreo brand has seen many owners. Among them were two tobacco giants - RJ

Reynolds and Philip Morris and two food giants - Kraft and Cadbury. It is expected that once the current owner, Kraft, splits up into separate diary and chocolate businesses, Cadbury will emerge as the new owner of Oreo. While I do have affinity to the biscuit industry being the son of a former biscuit manufacturer, the book I am reviewing today is not about biscuits, but the ownership of the one of largest biscuit brands in the world.

In 1988, an ownership battle ensued for the business conglomerate, RJR Nabisco. Weighing at 25 bn dollars by the end, it was by far the largest corporate takeover at that time. It was initiated by its management, who bid for it at $17.6 bn, but gradually other bidders came in and the bid reached $25 bn. For perspective, Kraft bought Cadbury in 2010 for a paltry 19.5 bn. The manufacturer of Camel cigarettes, RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company, had bought Nabisco in 1985 in an effort to diversify and compete with the makers of Marlboro - Philip Morris. The

company was reorganised as RJR Nabisco and the former CEO of Nabisco, F Ross Johnson became the CEO of the business combine. In late 1988, he launched a bid for the company at almost twice the prevailing market price of the company's shares. In a richly researched and detailed book, Burrough and Heylar follow the timeline and the drama from the initial bid to the final takeover, with strict precision. All in all, the process took nearly a year, with two more (serious) bidders emerging and, of course as earlier mentioned, a two third increase in the deal value. The

authors spend time detailing the corporate history of the players in the deal; both RJ Reynolds Tobacco and Nabisco and the bidders; Johnson, KKR and Saloman Brothers / First Boston. It is a book for MBA students, who wish to have a glance at the life of boardroom battles and how multi-billion deals are made. It is also a reminder about assignment deadlines. When the company asked the public to send in their bids, they set a deadline of 5:00 PM. KKR sent it at 5:01 PM, a minute late. More importantly, First Boston send theirs' late in the night. Both were shortlisted for the final round of bidding.

The deal came in an era epitomised the Wall Street slogan of "Greed is good", when investment bankers in suits were buying out manufacturing companies they knew nothing about, built on the sweat of its employees. While they had no idea about running factories, they knew a lot more about making a profit. The same was true for RJR Nabisco. Both KKR and Saloman Brothers were among the better investment houses in 1980s USA and the

former was specialized in such takeovers. The original bidder, F Ross Johnson, got a $53.8 mn golden parachute as he left the company after the deal in 1989. The book also details the bidding process and the methods used to fund such a deal, looking back in the history of similar corporate takeovers. As journalists of the prestigious Wall Street Journal, they had access to a large pool of people in the know, of the behind the door battle of the largest corporate battle of the era. The wealth of information provided within these pages is

certainly not to be missed.

- JCI Sen. Ranjith Kollannur [For more information on JCI Trichur Library, log on to jcitrichur.org ->

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