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ISSUE NO.5
MAY 2013
M.KANNAN 80 E&I Treasurer
9444200673/sttarkannan@gmail.com
SECRETARY'S REPORT
Dear Auetaan's
Global warming not only increased
temperatures last year but caused a record
low temperature in the Artic sea ice this
year. Back home in India it is Agni
Nakshatram Kathiri between 4'th May to
28'th May. The earth which is tilted on its
axis (23.5 Degree) as it moves round the
Sun will be shining over India and this
direct sunlight for more hours will produce
more heat. It is better to get hydrated
often and not venture out as much as
possible when the Sun is up.
The 2 programs that took place on the
28'th April was well attended at our
AUETAA club.. Mr Swaminathan (70 M)
was a little apprehensive the previous day
of the program when he spoke to me
remarked if people who come for his
humour program would, at the end of his
program say ,"Podhum Swaminathan" !!
His way of telling jokes and narrating
incidents is unique and everyone enjoyed.
Dr Sadiq told a few funny incidents. This
was followed by a very useful program on
"Community gardening" by Mrs Sangeetha
Creativity
P.R.EARNARST 80-T President
9840051000/earnarst@gmail.com
Sriram.
The holiday package group tour of the
family and friends of AUETAA numbering
40 had an enjoyable time at Bankok and
Phuket in Thailand between 1'st May - 5'th
May. H.Anbalagan (84 M&P) our
Newsletter editor, coordinated with the
tour operator and our alumni and made it
a well organised and a very satisfying
t r i p . I n BA N KO K o n 4 t h M ay
Mr.M. Vellaippan(81T), Mr.K.Natarajan,
Mr.T.S.Sundaram, Mr.Thirupathy and
others hosted a Sumptuous dinner in
CHAO PHRAYA River Cruise. Mr.Rama
Athappan(82T) celebrated his wedding
anniversary, Mr.Chandramouleeswaran
(81M) celebrated his 53 rd birthday,
everyone enjoyed the cruise and the
dinner.
AAA Singapore Chapter Organised a Grand
Family event on 7th April at Bishan park.
This was attended by more than 200
people. Lot of games were conducted for
the children, ladies and our Alumni. It was
a full day event with delicious food, snacks
and drinks.
On behalf of all at AUETAA, I request you to
send your articles, feedback and
S.RAMKUMAR 81 E&E Secretary
9841013579/sramkumar2000@gmail.com
suggestions for our
Newsletter. The real
spirit of AUETAA lies in
helping each other
and contributing to
the betterment of
AUETAA. The best way
to be happy is to keep
others happy.
The present shapes the future and since
thought is perhaps one of the psychic
meanings for fate, the way we think has a
great bearing on how the quality of our lives
could become. The joy of reading a book is in
the pages we have not read so far and let us
think that the best is yet to come.
AUETAA/AUAC solicit your presence for the
program on the 18'th May at our club house.
Dr S.Sathikh (1959 M) would be giving a
presentation on "Discovering your creative
powers" between 7 pm - 9 pm.
To recognise those of our alumnus who have
been successful in their careers we have
introduced a page and the interview with
Mr K.S.Jeyaraman (1971 M) of Autotech
Industries is published in this Newsletter.
Warm Regards
S.Ramkumar
PROGRAM : DISCOVERING OUR CREATIVE POWERS
A Discourse By Prof Dr.S.SATHIKH.
What is it ? , Who possesses it ?
All! then....;
Can it be Awakened / Developed?
Yes! If so…;
What is that CR.Process? What are the factors that help?Hinder?
What methods are there to Generate CR. Ideas?
To know….Member and their families, friends are cordially invited.
18th May
7.00 p.m
Venue : AUETAA HOUSE
EC MEETING on SATURDAY 18 th MAY 2013
AUAC – 6.00 P.M.
AUETAA – 6.30 P.M.
A Success Story
ENTREPRENEUR
Mr.K.S.JEyaraman speaks to……
S.Ramkumar 81 E&E, H.Anbalagan 84 M&P
Mr K.S. Jeyaraman an alumnus of the
1971 batch of our Annamalai University
is a Mechanical engineer. He hails from a
village called Kalakkad in Tirunelveli
district, his father was a teacher and his
family had a number of teachers and
most of them were musicians as well. He
had his school education from Kalakkad
and did his PUC from Paramakalyani
college at Alwarkurichi another village in
Tirunelveli district.
After completing his engineering from
Annamalai University Mr Jeyaraman
joined Rockweld electrode
manufacturing company at Ambattur and
worked for about 4 1/2 years. He then
joined a company called Selvinds where
he worked for about 10 years. Selvinds
was outsourcing machining, turning,
grinding etc.
His sincerity, honesty, dedication and
hard work made Mr Ramanathan
Palaniappan (an other alumnus of
Annamalai University and a member of
AUETAA and the managing director of
Selvinds) take notice of this and came
forward to tell Mr Jeyaraman
something which not one in a million
would tell !! Mr Ramanathan told Mr
Jeyaraman to continue to work at
Selvinds besides starting their own
company where they would be
offloaded with works from Selvinds !!
This made Mr Jeyaraman get salary from
Selvinds as well as profit from his
company between the year 1984-1986.
This was the greatness and magnanimity
of Mr Ramanathan Palaniappan says
Mr Jeyaraman who has such an amount
of gratitude to his role model, mentor
and a good samaritan. With security from
the job as well as being an entrepreneur
made Jeyaraman work with enormous
zest, zeal, enthusiasm and confidence
and that was how a company called
Autotech industries Pvt Ltd was started.
AUETAA News Page-2 May 2013
With his investment of Rs 10,000 (given
by his father) Rs10,000 given by his
partner Mr Rajarathinam and Rs
80,000 given by SBI and with Rs 1 lakh
capital Autotech Industries was
started.
Autotech Industries initially did job works
of making automobile engine
components like rocker arm (which is the
core product even today), front mounting
casting of starters for Lucas TVS and then
for Tata Motors (Telco). Lucas TVS gave all
support to develop and manufacture the
product in all ways from finance to
producing the end product. Tata Motors
and Cummins joined together in 1994 as
Tata Cummins and set up a plant in
Jamshedpur and in 1995 started
production. Autotech started supplying
auto parts to them. Due to a huge dip in
the auto industry in the year 1998 and
because the plant was idle there was a
thought that some of the products
manufactured at Autotech could be used
in the markets in the U.S. In those years
when engineering exports were not
common a bold decision was taken to
export auto components particularly
Rocker assemblies to the automobile
manufacturers in the U.S. It took them
about 2 years to get their product
approved the result of which Mr
Jeyaraman told was a turning point in his
business. Clients in the U.S were very
happy with the quality and since delivery
schedules were also maintained business
flourished. The clients included Volvo,
John Deere, Scania, Iveco.
Process planning, Mr Jeyaraman said was
very vital particularly while dealing with
overseas clients since any early life failure
would result in warranty claims and the
trouble free distance expected for the
fitment is 2 lakh Kms.
Autotech exports about 80% of their
manufacture and 20% catered to the
domestic market.
Overseas clients were happy because of
the product consistency, delivery
schedules and stocks maintained to cater
to the needs in 2 ware houses in the U.S, 1
in Italy, 1 in Sweden with 9 week
inventory schedule and 6 months sales
forecast. With such a good quality
product manufactured in their company
Autotech did not need a marketing setup
since the clients recommended them to
more customers. When we asked Mr
Jeyaraman about the setup which caters
to such a large clientele he said that they
have about 900 people working for them
in 7 factories located in the Ambattur
Industrial Estate. A notable point is that
40% of the people working are women
who work on the CNC machines.
Autotech has received a best of the best
supplier award from Cummins and
best quality supplier award from
General Motors, U.S. Autotech became
the pioneer in exporting engine parts.
For a business to be consistently
successful and a steady progressive
upward graph there has to be a strong set
of underlying principles and values which
determined a happily successful
organisation and some of the factors
which we have been able to gather are:
The Mission (the fundamental purpose
of the organisation - what it wants to
achieve, Vision (how the world should
view Autotech), the values which drive
the organisation culture and priorities
which provide a framework on which
decisions are made and the strategy's or
road maps where a combination of end
goals are set and policies which are the
means by which it is seeking to get there
made Autotech Industries move up
consistently. Clarity is power and
confusion is weakness. In a Formula
racing car you hit what you see (only the
road and not the other cars or fenders),
A Success Story
For Mr Jeyaraman and Autotech
Industries, Goal setting, Focus, Discipline,
commitment, business ethics were the
keys followed by loyalty, sincerity and
many hours of time at work made has
made Autotech Industries a leading
manufacturer and exporter of
automotive components. Mr Jeyaraman
further said that his job is very simple: He
takes care of the customers by supplying
consistently quality products, delivered
within time frames, taking care of all the
employees - 90% of the employees have
started with Autotech and still continue
with them and there is very little man
power turn over. Mr Jeyaraman's
patience, teaching skills and interactions
with all the employees helped this most
important factor. His commitment to all
the employees is that he would not send
out anyone on his own accord except
when any of the employee's character
has become bad. Any business would
require finance and because Autotech
Industries was able to maintain
transparency and honour commitments
the BANKERS were only pleased to
extend their helping hand. Transparency
with the customers as well as employees
helped in taking the business into top
gear.
Autotech manufactures engine
components, Transmission components,
Hydraulic components, Axle
components and fuel pump
components. They are certified for
TS 16949:2002 and ISO 14001. They have
a flexibility in production system for
low/high volumes. They have a single
piece flow rocker arm assembly line with
online washing upto packaging and
having capacity to produce over 4
million/annum. They have the capability
to prototype developments.
Mr Jeyaraman's son Mr Suganth is a
gold medallist from Anna University
who went to MIT, Boston, U.S to do his
Masters has joined Auototech.
Mr Jeyaraman's wife who used to work in
an insurance company is a home maker.
When we asked him about the ways he
handles stress he simply said that there is
no stress at all for him since he is always
there in the “Present”, being proactive
and responding to any situation the
result of which keeps him energetic and
looking forward to life.
When we asked him this question,
about his message for the youngsters
who would like to become
Mr.T.LAKSHMANAN( 81C&S) Son
Er. MUTHUKUMAR Weds Er. SONIYA
on 1st of May 2013
at Rajapalayam.
entrepreneurs, he said that there are
plenty of opportunities in the industrial
sector and anyone with real capabilities
and a good Godfather/mentor could
make it big in life.
Mr Jeyaraman helps the really needy,
helps in the restoration of temples,
supports an old age home in Ambattur,
participates in vedic chanting and he
sponsors 3 students every year in
engineering.
At the end of the interview Anbalagan
and I were so happy to have met a Great
person in Mr K.S. Jeyaraman whose
humility stood out, his transparency,
focus, commitment, clarity of thoughts,
discipline and business ethics has made
Autotech a Great company.
S.Ramkumar - 81 E&E
Mr.T.S.MURALI ( 82T ) Daughter
sow DEEPTHI Weds Shri ROHITH
on 28th April 2013
at Bangalore.
Congratulations And Best Wishes For A Happy Married Life.
CONTACT INFO
Publisher : M.Rabindranath
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Editor : H.Anbalagan
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Coordinator : Geetha Shyam
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AUETAA News Page-3 May 2013
AUETAA Invites feedback,
suggestions, articles,
advertisements, wedding
invitations, info on Re-union,
adventurous activities, photos,
professional achievements,
outstanding performance by
children of Auetaan's, success
stories….etc.
EDITOR
TRICHY CHAPTER.
- Our regular meeting was conducted at
Hotel Sangam on 16/04/2013.
A discourse on Thirumoolar
Thirumantharam and health was given by
Yogamaster Mr. Chandrasekar, followed
by a good interaction with members.
Meeting was hosted by Mr. S.Selvaraj
and Mr. Ramanathan of 81 T.
P.N.UMAYORUBAHAN,
PRESIDENT-TRICHY CHAPTER.
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Accommodation in the city center
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LIST OF MEMBERS PAID LIFE TIME
SUBSCRIPTION FOR NEWSLETTER
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Name
Batch Branch
1.
S.Poongothai
86
C&S
2.
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95
T
3.
K.S. Murugesh 95
M
4.
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79
C&S
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M
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8.
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T
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING ALUMNI:
We are happy to inform that we conducted the annual endowment lectures in memories of our beloved teachers, Late
Prof.V.Alagirisamy and Late Prof.Dr.S.M.Lakshmanan on April 5, 2013 at the Aumtech Hall in the University.
Prof.R.Dhanapal ( 62T) former Faculty in the Department and ex-official in Malco, Mettur Dam delivered the lecture in
memory of Late Prof.V.Alagirisamy. He spoke about Late Prof.V.Alagirisamy's qualities, highlighting his special way of
teaching and guidance which helped when he was in the Industry. Prof.MS.Muthuraman ( 70T ) a Management
Consultant in Madurai who had worked as senior officials in Industry and teaching delivered the lecture in memory of Late
Prof.Dr.SM.Lakshmanan. He highlighted the important aspects of management and how his training in the University
helped in his career. Prof.Dr.M.Ramanathan, Vice Chancellor and Prof.Dr.S.Velusamy, Dean , Faculty of Engineering
and Technology and Dr,T.Viruthagiri, Professor and Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering, were participated.
The lectures were held to coincide with the Seminar organised by Department of Chemical Engineering, IIChE Student
Chapter, Annamalai - Neyveli Regional Centre and Inter-Univeristy Chemical Engineering Seminar-2013.
Mr.Anchu Achankunju, General Secretary and Mr.Vivek Sharma, Seminar Secretary of Chemical Engineering
Department, participated in the Seminar. All the Faculties of the Department helped in conducting the above program.
BIRTH CENTENARY CELEBRATION OF
Dr.JUSTICEB.S.SOMASUNDARAM
As reported in our last month News letter, the birth
centenary celebration of Dr. Justice B.S.
Somasundaram was celebrated on 7/4/2013.
Mr. G. K. Vasan, Honble union minister of state
for shipping presided over the function.
Mr. B. S. Gnanadesikan, President of TNCC welcomed
the gathering and Justice S. Mohan, former supreme
court judge, Mr. K. Veeramani, President of Dravida
kazhagam, Mr. Avvai Shanmugam, Mr. Masilamani,
Additional Solicitor General spoke about the deeds,
achievements and contribution of Dr. Justice
B. S. Somasundaram in the field of judiciary and
education. To commemorate the centenary
celebrations, a souvenir carrying articles on Dr. Justice
B.S. Somasundaram was released and a portrait
unveiled. The celebration came to a close with the vote
of thanks by Mr. A. Namasivayam former Executive
Director, IOB. The meeting was attended by large
number of judges, relatives, friends and members of bar.
R. Narasimhan 62T & M. Rabindranath 63T
SINGAPORE CHAPTER - AAA Singapore Chapter Organised a Grand FAMILY EVENT on
7th April.This was attended by more than 200 people. Lot of games conducted for children,
ladies and our Alumni. It was a full day event with delicious food, snacks and drinks.
By:N.KANTHIMATHINATHAN 64E
Our Deepest Condolences!
Mrs. Janaki Ramiah Mother of
Mr. Chandramouli Sekar (81- M&P)
passed away on 06/05/2013.
Smt. Saba . Saradhal w/o Dr. Sabarathinam .P.L - ( 66-T)
Former Professor of Chemical Engineering and Registrar
- Annamalai University passed away on 14th April in
Karaikudi, after brief illness
AUETAA expresses its deep condolence to
bereaved family members with our
prayers to the almighty for the departed
soul to rest in peace.
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Community Garden
respectful of life, be receptive, be more humble,
observe and tune into life's intelligence at work.
Amazing conversations happen while gardening.
Connecting with nature develops creativity and
intuition besides establishing the spirit of giving
and sharing, healing and calming. It could be a
response to global warming, poverty, hunger, mal
nutrition and unemployment, she said.
Gardening together invariably opens up the
space to connect over a creative and meaningful
process. It build community and deepens
relationships. Gardening is also therapeutic, there
is much to learn about soil, plants and insects. It
gives the opportunity to offer the labour and love to
By Mrs.Sangeetha Sriram
on 27th April 2013.
Everything is connected to everything else. This
is the First law of Ecology. One of the important
reasons for the present civilisation crisis is
because of the "This disconnect from nature" and
"isolation from community" says Mrs Sangeetha
Sriram who gave us a presentation about
Community gardening on the 27'th April at our
AUETAA club.
Community gardening simply means
collectively cultivating gardens on public lands, it
could be on private land where a group of
neighbours/friends could do gardening
together.Community gardens are spaces for
connecting to nature as well as people and when
people get introduced to nature's way of farming it
seems to have a profound effect on the way they
approach life itself.
People learn to become more patient, more
grow food an important part of service !!
In the presentation after telling us what community
gardens are and why community gardens,
Sangeetha went on to explain about permaculture
an approach to gardening nature's way.
Permaculture design ethics include care of the
earth, care of people and other species, limiting
consumption and sharing surplus. (earth care,
people care and fair share) About permaculture
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