Swimmers in action in the backstroke event at the district-level sub-junior and junior swimming championship 2013 in the city /. Photo: K. Ananthan / The Hindu
After a seven-year grind, the Coimbatore District Aquatic Association (CDAA) now boasts of at least half a dozen swimmers performing at the national level. “We are quite pleased with our efforts. But there’s something more that can be done. We are working exactly on that, said Vincent Adaikalraj, the CDAA president.
“We have trained most of our swimmers at our pool [Jenneys Residency (P) Ltd]. Most of them have been trained at no cost. We will continue to train them and take them to the next level,” he assured.
Speaking on the sidelines of the district-level junior and sub-junior meet, Mr. Vincent, who spends his time and energy in popularising the sport in this part of the region, said he was happy that the parents are supporting their wards in a big way. “Ï can see the enthusiasm in their eyes. They show great interest than their little ones. That’s pretty encouraging for us as well.”
“Thanks to that, the numbers keep increasing in our competition. And, with it, the quality, be it competition or performance, has also gone up,” he added.
He also pointed out that the girls are faring better than the boys. “They spend a lot of time and schedule their chars well with their parents. And that has fetched them the desired results.”
However, Mr. Vincent was sceptical about the future growth. “We need to have more pools in schools. It can be used by all. When small districts can have such pools, I am sad that the city, which is the second biggest in the State, does not have one.”
He said: “the pools must be easily accessible for the Government and Corporation school students. Because these children have sound mind and body.
Swimming is a poor man sport. It is not very expensive as well. I think it’s time we strengthen the infrastructure and churn many such students into quality swimmers.”
“From our side, we will keep sponsoring all the top stars for the big championships. We are also willing to coach the students who have the quality and dedication free of cost. Let us all join hands and lift the image of the sport,” he concluded.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Coimbatore / by Rayan Rozarion / Coimbatore – August 12th, 2013
Nano satellite to contribute to research on precursors to seismic activity
The electrical model of IITMSAT, the first satellite of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras, is almost ready.
The 15-kg satellite that will attempt to study radiation belts on Earth and help in predicting earthquakes is the largest among all the satellites developed by the IITs till now.
Work on the IIT-Madras Student Satellite Project or IITMSAT started as early as in 2009, recalled the team of 20 undergraduates and a few postgraduates who work after class hours and during weekends on the project.
“The focus was on studying the energy of charged particles in the upper part of the ionosphere, and their behaviour due to lightning storms and earthquakes,” said Akshay Gulati, one of the team’s founding members, who has continued to work with the team as a project officer after graduating from the institute.
“The data collected by the satellite over its mission life of one year will be given to scientists who will be able to verify any correlation with data gathered from seismic and weather monitoring stations,” Akshay added.
The students said data from a few previous missions had been used to study effects on the radiation belts due to seismic activity, but the IITMSAT is being designed to make more sensitive measurements.
Equipped with sophisticated devices, the model of the project is supposed to ready by the end of the year. While the team now works at a laboratory in the Central Electronics Centre on the IIT-M campus, they will soon be provided with a new, private laboratory.
Though many other universities have already launched satellites into space, IITMSAT, said Akshay, had a unique sense for collecting data about radiation belts with a high temporal resolution to understand earthquake precursors better.
“Because it is a large satellite, we need a free slot in a PSLV. We are looking to launch it any time after May 2015,” he said.
To get the technicalities right, the project team has collaborated with ISRO (Bangalore), TIFR (Mumbai) and IGCAR (Kalpakkam). The team members had the opportunity to work in these laboratories through their summer break. Working in such high-end laboratories with expensive and rare equipment specialised for nuclear instrumentation was the highlight of the project, said team members.
“It is not too often that a second-year undergraduate student gets to hold integrated circuits that cost over Rs. 1 lakh or handle radioactive sources,” said Varsha Subramanyan, a third-year undergraduate of the electrical engineering department and a part of the team that went to ISRO to work on the project.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Chennai / by Staff Reporter / Chennai – August 31st, 2013
Children at Top Slip during the ‘Kids for Tiger’ campaign / The Hindu
They did not spot a tiger, but the school children who visited Top Slip learnt important lessons about protection and well being of forests and the environment. The writer learnt a few lessons to0.
A loud scream splits the air, and it is followed immediately by more screams. Every one rushes out, fearing the worst. It is a dark night at Top Slip, and 67 kids have just left the dining room making place for the grown-ups to eat. Earlier that day, they visited the Kolikamuthi elephant camp to watch the animals being fed and tended to by the local tribals. And conversations had mostly revolved around rogue elephants, angry bears, gaur and, of course, tigers. Had the kids been attacked by a wild animal?
Thankfully not. We catch a glimpse of a disappearing snake, but not before it is identified as non-venomous. There is no harm done. What follows, right there under the starry sky is an impromptu lesson by Mohammad Saleem on snakes, and the kids listen, engrossed. Class VII and VIII students of Subbaiah Central School, Tirupur, have come to Top Slip with their teachers on a programme called ‘Kids for Tigers’ initiated by Sanctuary Asia.
The importance of green
Saleem is the co-ordinator for Sanctuary Asia in Coimbatore, and he has organised the outing to sensitise the children on the importance of the environment. “Thousands of children like you are enrolled in the project,” explains Saleem who is also the founder and managing trustee of the Environment Conservation Group. “From Kashmir to Kanyakumari, a movement is on to spread awareness about the tiger. We are doing this for you, it is your world. You should know the importance of forest cover, for the world to survive,” he says.
But, why only the tiger? There are so many other animals too that live in the forest… don’t they deserve to be saved?
“The tiger indicates the health of the forest. Its survival ensures ecological balance. It ensures a healthy prey base and greenery and protects our water source. A healthy tiger population means a healthy environment. Saleem shares some horrifying statistics. In the 1900s there were around a lakh tigers in the world. Now the population has shrunk to a mere 3,000-odd tigers. And, of those, India has 1,706 (according to the 2012 census).
The two-day trip accomplishes a year’s worth of teaching in class, say the school teachers. And, indeed, as the kids take a guided walk into the jungle (cut down to a manageable three km) they pick up a wealth of knowledge from Saleem and his team made up of G. Srinivasan, M. Hasan, A.R. Ameen and M. Natraj. The conservationists tell the children how to observe Nature closely, how a small patch of the jungle teems with life. Even a dead tree trunk is home to thousands of insects and worms. Everything sustains everything else. Everything needs everything else to survive.
Children are taught to identify the birdcalls. Soon they know what a barbet sounds like and how a babbler calls out. They listen to the woodpecker knocking. They encounter spiders in their massive webs and millipedes that curl up when touched. A puddle of water in a rocky clearing yields a baby snake, tadpoles and scores of insects. Then, Saleem picks up what looks like a small piece of jagged wood. “What is this,” he asks. It is part of a deer antler that is source of food for porcupines as it is rich in calcium; porcupines need calcium for their quills… The walk is peppered with information and facts and the kids soak it all in.
At the end of the trek, we compare notes. We spotted the vernal hanging parrot, scarlet minivet, spotted dove, red vented bulbul, peafowls, jungle babblers and the flame back woodpecker. We heard the great pied hornbill and grey jungle fowl. And, in the dense canopy of trees we caught a glimpse of the gaur, Malabar giant squirrel, sambar and spotted deer, besides the Nilgiri langur and the common langur.
We did not see any tigers, but we could feel its presence keeping an eye on the health of the forest!
Facts
The tiger population which was around 1,00,000 in 1900s had dropped now to less than 3,500 in the wild. Before Independence there were around 40,000 tigers in India. Today the number stands at 1,706, which makes India home to more than half of the world’s tiger population.
‘Kids for Tigers’ is a national environmental educational programme aimed at spreading awareness among students on the importance of saving forests. It uses tiger as a metaphor for all of Nature. The programme covers thousands of students from more than 750 schools across 15 cities and towns in India. The programme is implemented by Sanctuary Asia and supported by Aircel.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> S&T> Environment / by Pankaja Srinivasan / Coimbatore – September 01st, 2013
Over a 100 cars were in attendance at the annual rally of the Madras Heritage Motoring Club. / Photo: R. Ragu / The Hindu
Morris cars might have stolen the show, but many other vintage and classic vehicles had their set of admirers too, at the MyTVS Heritage Rally held recently
Prejudices among vintage vehicle owners are sometimes carryovers from the past. In the inter-war years, a rivalry was brewing between Morris Motors Limited and Austin Motor Company. Austin and Morris owners took the fight to British taverns, bitterly dissecting the rival cars in slurred conversations. Comparisons continued to be drawn even after the two car majors merged into British Motor Corporation in the early 1950s. The war of words continues to rage, but truces also happen.
A truce was once again reached on August 4 in Chennai, when the Madras Heritage Motoring Club (MHMC) gathered at Don Bosco School grounds for their annual MyTVS Heritage Rally, the club’s ninth on the trot. Austin owners — there are many of them in MHMC — had to put their prejudices on hold, because the day belonged to the Morris camp.
Cars at the Madras Heritage Motoring Club rally. / Photo: R. Ragu / The Hindu
As part of an MHMC exercise to commemorate the ‘Centenary of Morris’, around 20 machines, which included the marques Morris 8 ‘E’ Series, Morris Z-Type and Morris 1000, were prominently displayed at the rally. Cognates of the Morris Oxford, Hindustan 14 cars also joined in the honour.
S. Kylas, MHMC secretary and a Morris 8 owner, observed, “Austin is as iconic as Morris. Austin’s engines and pricing were its attractions.”
Wondering how Kylas, a Morris man, could bring himself to take a detached view of the age-old rivalry?
Well, he owns an Austin 8 as well.
Special categories to judge German, French and Italian cars were introduced in this edition of the rally /. Photo: R. Ragu / The Hindu
Widening the range
Special categories to judge German, French and Italian cars were introduced in this edition of the rally. The move was aimed at showcasing these cars, which rarely make it to the podium simply because the open field teems with British and American machines. A Volkswagen Karmann Ghia from the 1960s was adjudged the best German car. Karmann Ghia was a hand-crafted sportscar. A Peugeot from the 1970s made the cut in the French category. There was a slip between the bonnet and the grille for the lone Italian machine up for judging: a Fiat 125. Just when it appeared that the car would make it without any competition, the judges decided to scrap the category.
Family drive
There were some surprises in store, the biggest of them being the entry of a 1954 Dodge Kingsway (powerhood) convertible for judging, by two girls bearing the Guhan surname. M.S. Guhan has over the years lent silent support to MHMC rallies, bringing in a fleet of cars but refraining from entering any of them for judging. “This time, his daughters Aruna and Aparna were in the fray with their Dodge Kingsway convertible. The car was adjudged best restored in its category; C.S. Ananth had restored it for the Guhans,” says Kylas.
Public participation
Viewers’ Choice Award was another fresh introduction. “We have created this category to enhance public participation,” says Kylas. Visitors chose the Guhans’ Dodge Kingsway and Sumanth Chaganti’s 1952 BSA Star Twin as the best car and bike. Sumanth’s son Siddharth did a victory lap with the Twin Star, and how! Actor Priya Anand, who had earlier flagged off the rally, rode pillon as he did a round of the school grounds.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> Features> Metro Plus> Motoring / by Prince Frederick / Chennai – August 06th, 2013
Some of the items found near Dharmanallur village | Express
An urn and grave goods believed to be of the Megalithic period were excavated at Dharmanallur village near Sethiathope in Cuddalore district by the History Department of the Annamalai University. A terracotta well ring believed to be dating back to 800 years was also found at the same village.
Assistant professors of Annamalai University Dr Sivaramakrishnan, Dr Kalaiselvan and Dr Ramar along with five research scholars have been conducting research in the village for the last five years as they had a hint that the site belongs to Megalithic period.
On Saturday, the researchers team stumbled upon an urn, parts of grave goods, 15 cm long iron sword that are believed to be of the Megalithic period and also a 235 cm circumference terracotta well ring.
Explaining about this in detail, Sivaramakrishnan said, “Urn and parts of grave goods could probably belong to 2,200 years ago. The well ring could be 800 years old. In the past five years, we have found many urns from this site. But this is the first time in Cuddalore district that we have found black and red grave goods with graffiti marks on it. We believe that the scripts found on these goods might be similar to that of the Indus Valley script. The things and marks on it are similar to the ones that we had excavated in Tiruchi Uraiyur, Erode Kodumanal and in Palani Porunthal.”
The details of all the things that were excavated could only be ascertained after a detailed examination, he added.
“We also found a leg bone from the site. We would send it to Bangalore for DNA test. After getting the result, we are planning to advance our research,” he added.
Speaking about the Dharmanallur village, Sivaramakrishnan said, “ From the same site, we had found many urns. Now we have found one more. In addition to that, we found a terracotta well dated some 800 years ago. This well had the facility to filter water. From the same site, we had already found a stone inscription that belonged to Nayaks of Gingee. We also found several other goods like century-old bricks from here. All these findings show that the site was an active habitat for many centuries.”
Sivaramakrishnan further said, “Marks and scripts on these goods are similar to Indus valley scripts. This shows that this place had some links to Indus valley civilization.”
source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> States> Tamil Nadu / by K. Ezhilarasan – Cuddalore / September 02nd, 2013
Naturalists make a strong case for comprehensive study to save them from extinction
Equipped with unique evolutionary advantages, ground nesting birds used to survive against all odds. But now these bird species are under grave threat that has come in the form of shrinking of their habitation and predatory animals.
Naturalists and ornithologists have made a strong case for a comprehensive study of these species so that they could be saved from extinction.
“We do not have exhaustive data about these birds and there is scope for studying these birds that are facing a threat in many forms. On the one hand, their habitat is shrinking and, on the other, feral dogs and grazing animals are destroying their nests and chicks,” said P. Pramod, senior scientist, Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History
In Kanyakumari, a group of naturalists led by S.S. Davidson spotted a good number of these birds incubating eggs in Kanyakumari and Tirunelveli districts. The birds include Red Wattled Lapwing, Yellow Wattled Lapwing, Black-bellied Finch Lark or the Ashy-crowned Finch Lark and Stone Curlew.
“Since they build nests on bare lands they face threats from all sides, even though they possess protective camouflage,” Mr. Davidson said.
Predators such as kite, shikra, monitor lizard and mongoose prey on the eggs and chicks of these birds. The nests on grass lands and near water bodies are trampled upon by domestic animals thronging water bodies.
Mr. Davidson said he and his team spotted Red Wattled Lapwing and Yellow Wattled Lapwing near wetland areas near Koonthankulam in Tirunelveli district.
The nests of Lapwings on a ground depression are often fringed with pebbles, goat or hare droppings. The Lapwings breed in the dry season before monsoon. While nesting, the parent birds often visit nearby water bodies and wet their breast feathers to cool their bodies and the chicks. “The nidifugous young (chicks that leave the nest shortly after hatching) are camouflaged as they forage along with their parents. In the event of any threat, the chicks squat flat on the ground and freeze, as the parents raise alarm calls,” Mr Davidson explained.
Another ground nesting bird is Black-bellied Finch Lark or the Ashy-crowned Finch Lark that inhabits bare grounds and grasslands. The bird with short legs and finch-like beak can never be found perching on trees.
“The lark makes the nest on the ground, which is a compact, tiny, neatly made saucer like depression under the shelter of a tuft of grass lined with grass and hair with some pebbles arranged on the edge. Both the parents shoulder the responsibility of raising the birds,” Mr Davidson said. Another ground nesting bird is Stone Curlew, whose physical features merge with the colour of the nesting site, an ideal way to masquerade.
Naturalist Ranjit Daniels stressed the need for preserving the nesting sites, by sparing them from planning trees under greening programme.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> National> Tamil Nadu / by B. Kolappan / Chennai – September 01st, 2013
A Rajagopalan, a supervisor with a private firm near Sundarapuram and his wife, Lathika, are overjoyed after speaking to their daughter ReejaKuruvakkat, now at Edge Hill University in the UK on Thursday evening. Though she sounded a bit apprehensive about the food, Reeja, a second year MA History student at Government Arts College here, was full of pride and excitement when she told her parents that she was waiting to get her identity card as international student processed at the university. “We never expected that our daughter would get an opportunity to study abroad,” says LathikaRajagopalan.
Four students from the Government Arts College here have been selected for the all-expenses-paid study abroad programme joinly conducted by Tamil Nadu government and the British Council. Two of them, Reeja and J Sharon Jemima, have already left for the UK while I Nivedhitha and K S Anbarasu are all set to fly out in September for their four-month long academic sessions.
For Rajagopalan, Reeja’s achievement was a welcome relief after a series of personal and professional misfortune. Rajagopalan and Lathika were running a fabrication and lathe workshop in Hosur supplying automobile components which had to be shut down due to the acute power shortage and labour issues coupled with some personal issues. They had to sell the unit and shift base to Coimbatore, where Rajagopalan now works as a manager cum supervisor at a private firm. “I was under severe stress and depression. I am so proud to have Reeja as my daughter,” says Rajagopalan.
The study abroad programme enlists meritorious students with a decent foothold in English language for a semester-long training at Edge Hill, Nottingham, Royal Holloway and Birmingham universities in the UK. Five students from Government Arts College were selected but one of them dropped out at the last moment due to personal reasons.
Anbarasu, a second year MSc Zoology student is the only boy in the 14-member group of students drawn from across the state. He is set to join the student community in Nottingham University. His father, S Sivaraj, is a conductor on a government bus that plies between Pollachi and Tirupur. He is, of course, thrilled that his son is going to study in England and got an opportunity to meet the chief minister when the group met in Chennai on Wednesday. “It is beyond our wildest imagination that such an opportunity would come for my son,” says Sivaraj. The family hails from Kallampatti, a village about 25 km off Pollachi.
For I Nivedhitha, a second year MSc Botany student from the college, applying for a passport and gearing up for the trip was the most strenuous part of the procedure. She plans to pursue a PhD in Molecular Biology. Her father, S Iranimose, works in a private firm near her residence in Udayampalayam in the city. Nivedhitha takes tuitions for school students at her rented residence along with her sister Priyanka, who is a second year student at Government Arts College. “The credits we score in the foreign university will be converted and added to our regular course credits after we return,” Nivedhitha told TOI.
J Sharon Jemima, a second year student of MSc Psychology, is already at Edge Hill University. Her father, S Julius, a mechanic residing in Anna Nagar on Sathy Road, told TOI that Sharon called him on Thursday and assured him of pursuing her academic stint abroad with full dedication.
“It is a matter of great achievement for our institution that four of the children selected for the programme are from our college. Our teachers and also a few of our retired professors pooled in money and handed over them for additional support during their stay there,” said V Jothimani, principal, Government Arts College, Coimbatore.
source: http://www.articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Coimbatore / by Binoy Valsan, TNN / August 30th, 2013
VIT University chancellor Dr G Viswanathan gives away degrees to meritorious students as former Madras University vice-chancellor Prof A Gnanam (third from right) looks on during the university’s 28th convocation on Saturday. VIT University vice-presidents Sankar Viswanathan, Sekar Viswanathan and G.V. Selvam are also seen. — DC
Vellore:
Emphasising the need to merge all kinds of educational disciplines under one roof in the university system, former Madras University vice-chancellor Prof A. Gnanam said the time had come for state government to make all universities comprehensive with all disciplines, academic or professional.
Delivering his convocation address at VIT University here on Saturday, Prof. Gnanam said the current trend to establish mono-faculty institutions should be reversed.
Referring to Tamil Nadu’s higher education system where every discipline had a separate university, he pointed out that institutes like VIT should diversify to have medical, agriculture, law, architecture, arts, sciences and other faculties along with technology. The former NAAC chairman said universities should have a student population of not less than 25,000 like VIT, and like those in western countries.
Hailing VIT University as the Mecca for all those who aspire to excel through formal learning, Prof Gnanam said that the Indian higher education system was on the way to become world class but needed to be fortified with top line amenities and state of the art facilities. “I see that all such requirements are fulfilled elegantly here (VIT),” he said.
VIT chancellor Dr G. Viswanthan noted that VIT had surpassed all deemed and private universities in research publications. “For the third consecutive year, VIT has published more research papers according to the Scopus research index,” Dr Viswanathan said.
Flaying the university affiliation system in India, Dr Viswanathan said that India had followed an outdated affiliation system since Independence. “The affiliating university spends all its time on resources, preparing question papers, conducting exams, mass evaluation of answer sheets and declaration of results. In some universities, declaration of results is delayed by a year or two,” he added.
As many as 5,237 undergraduate, postgraduate and 102 research scholars received their degrees and doctorates on Saturday.
source: http://www.deccanchronicle.com / Deccan Chronicle / Home> News> Current Affairs / DC / September 01st, 2013
Rohit Sahdev and Rohit Kumar / by Special Arrangement / The Hindu
Meet Rohit Kumar and Rohit Sahdev who have launched Brush with Bamboo, an eco-friendly alternative to the plastic toothbrush
Rohit Kumar and Rohit Sahdev, both students of UC Berkeley, met when they were doing a semester in India in 2006 at the University of Delhi. As they became friends, they realised what damages plastic waste was doing not just to India but to countries across the world. And so, Kumar and Sahdev decided to give up plastic but realised that there were not many eco-friendly alternatives especially for toothbrushes. In July 2012, after much trial and error, they launched Brush with Bamboo.
About 4.7 billion plastic toothbrushes are manufactured every year, and they all invariably end up polluting our oceans. “With our eco-friendly toothbrush, we felt that we had a unique opportunity to help the planet and make a living at the same time,” says Kumar. Designing the toothbrush was a difficult task. Since Kumar and Sahdev were political science and business graduates, they had to start from scratch. “After some research, we discovered that bamboo would be an ideal material. In terms of sustainability, bamboo is abundant, sturdy and one of the fastest growing plants on Earth. At the same time, it is naturally anti-microbial and anti-fungal, so it does not mould in wet environments,” Kumar explains.
It took about eight months to perfect the first version of the toothbrush but the bristles posed a problem. “We tried using bristles that were made from 30 per cent bamboo but they didn’t last long enough. A year later, we launched a second version in which we improved by switching back to a high grade of pure nylon (certified free of toxic chemicals),” Kumar says. Unfortunately, there is no good alternative to nylon bristles. “The only other alternative is boar or pig hair, and we do not agree with using animal hair,” he adds.
The bamboo toothbrushes / by Special Arrangement / The Hindu
Brush with Bamboo has so far sold nearly 50,000 toothbrushes across the world and the numbers continue to grow rapidly. “No else had come out with a eco-friendly toothbrush at that time, so we were being purchased and stocked by retailers from around the globe,” Kumar explains. And about six months ago, they introduced bamboo drinking straws. “They are made from a variety of thin bamboo. About one billion plastic straws are used everyday and we wanted to do something there as well. Our focus, though, will be on toothbrushes. Our next product will be a toothbrush that is for children.”
Modular toilets to come up in 14 places at an estimate of Rs.3.6 crore
The Corporation council meeting held here on Friday resolved to set up modular toilets at select 14 places at an estimated outlay of Rs 3.5 crore.
Mayor Visalakshi Apukutty said these toilets would be coming up in wards 3,6,18, 21, 31, 32, 35, 36, 38, 52 and 53 under ‘Namma toilet’ scheme.
Corporation Commissioner K. R. Selvaraj said each toilet complex would have five to six seats and would function as community toilets.
The administration plans to obtain grants from the State Government to offset the capital expenditure for the project.
During the meeting, councillors representing CPI, CPI (M) and DMK staged walk out in protest against the move to privatise solid waste management (SWM) project in select 30 wards out of the total 60 wards.
They pointed out that the handing over of the SWM project would only increase the cost of garbage collection.
“The present method of collecting garbage through various women Self Help Groups has been effective. Why then, the need to privatise the project?” they wondered. For the opposition councillors, there was surprise support from the ruling party too.
S. R. Jayakumar of AIADMK said that he could not morally accept the concept of privatising the said SWM project for 30 wards.
K. Marappan of CPI (M) asked why there was a huge delay in filling the vacancies of two councillor posts caused by the death of the incumbents last year.
“The rule clearly asks to conduct by-elections within six months to fill the vacancies,” he pointed out.
S. Ravichandran of CPI expressed dissatisfaction over the inadequate medical infrastructure and manpower in the Corporation-run maternity hospital near Bungalow stop. “It does not even have X-ray,” he said.
Some other major complaints raised by councillors include mosquito menace, poor laying of black top surfaces on the roads which comes off in quick time and lack of adequate drainage.
Deputy Mayor S Gunasekaran was present in the meeting.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Coimbatore / by Staff Reporter / Tirupur – August 31st, 2013
