The Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Coimbatore, has invited Japanese automobile component manufacturers to invest here.
The chamber president, R. R. Balasundharam, said that about 30 automobile component manufacturers from Japan are participating at the Automotive Parts Procurement Exhibition in Chennai organised by the Automotive Components Manufacturers’ Association of India and the Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO).
“I met the participants in Chennai on Monday and invited them to Coimbatore,” he said.
The manufacturers have a market in India. Many of them have set up plants in India in cities such as Pune and Chennai. Instead of focusing on select cities, they can explore opportunities in other tier-two cities too.
Coimbatore is known for availability of skilled workforce and several manufacturing units here are supplying components and spares to automobile manufacturers. Japanese investments here will give a boost to the manufacturing units in Coimbatore, he said.
The Chamber has also invited the JETRO representatives to visit Coimbatore.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Coimbatore / by Special Correspondent / Coimbatore – November 29th, 2013
Wildlife officials at the Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park (GoMMNP) are coming out with a turtle conservation plan to protect turtle species and their nesting sites in the coastal region. The national park is home to a variety of species like Olive Ridley, Green, Leatherback and Hawksbill turtles and the entire coastal region of Ramanathapuram, Tuticorin and Tirunelveli falling in the Gulf of Mannar are their nesting grounds. While the Leatherback and Hawksbill are critically endangered, the Green and Olive Ridley turtles fall under the endangered and vulnerable categories, respectively as per the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Though found in good numbers once, the exhaustive fishing activities and coastal establishments and poaching threaten these marine species and the proper conservation plan will be beneficial to save them, wildlife officials from the national park said. Deepak S Bilgi, wildlife warden of GoMMNP said that the conservation plan will work towards conserving the turtles as well as their nesting sites. The restoration of the beaches where they nest and deploying anti-poaching watchers will be part of the plan, he said. They are also planning a hatchery for the turtle eggs and if the funding permits they will come out with that also, Bilgi added. “The conservation plan is in final stages and it would be implemented shortly,” he said.
Wildlife officials said that Arichalmunai, Dhanushkodi, Pamban and Kanirajapuram beaches in Ramanathapuram district and Vaipparu area of Tuticorin district are usually found to be the nesting grounds though the conservation plan will undertake further studies on the nesting sites. While the fishing activities pose danger to the adults, the eggs suffer poaching by humans and feral dogs on the beaches. Though poaching of adults have been reported in the region the number of such incidents has come down over the period, the officials added.
Meanwhile, conservationists stressed on creating awareness among the fishing folk. S Bharathidasan of Arulagam, a Coimbatore-based wildlife NGO who has worked in Tirunelveli beaches on turtle conservation between 2006 and 2010 said the fisher folk should be sensitised on using turtle excluder in their fishing gear. “The turtles are poached predominantly for their meat. Though there is awareness on poaching and the number of incidents declining, the real need is to save the turtles being caught in fishing gear. They drown and get killed once they entangled in the nets. Even if the fishermen discard them upon pulling the nets, the turtles would have been dead by then,” he explained. “In such cases, using turtle excluder will help conservation measures and the awareness among the fishermen to use it should be given more thrust,” he opined.
source: http://www.articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Madurai> Olive Ridley / by J. Arockiaraj, TNN / November 29th, 2013
Suraj Vallamkonda and Sripriya Kalidoss, in their third year of mechanical engineering at IIT Madras, have won the Nissan Global Foundation scholarship for this year.
In its fourth year, the Nissan initiative, besides recognising two students of IIT Madras every year for their efforts in automotive engineering, also offers internships for students and assists young researchers. The winners get a Rs 1.2-lakh grant and training at the carmaker’s plants and research centres in Japan.
source: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com / Business Line / Home> News> National / by The Hindu Bureau bharani.v@thehindu.co.in / Chennai – November 29th, 2013
— Recipients recover faster due to reduced pain and risk of infections
The Lung Transplant Surgeons at Global Health City, Chennai, part of Global Hospitals Group, performed successfully India’s First successful Minimal Access Transplant for Lung on a 61 year recipient. On 24th November 2013, Mr. Raja Babu Shah underwent the minimal access transplant procedure, bringing smiles on the face of his wife and their three kids. Mr. Raja Babu Shah, was diagnosed to have Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis several years ago. It is a progressive interstitial lung disease and shows poor response to maximal medical management. So he was on the waiting list for Lung Transplantation under the Cadaver Transplantation Program of Tamil Nadu since July 2013. He has been confined to bed and wheelchair for more than a year now.
On November 24, a suitable donor became available at Christian Medical College (CMC) Vellore. So Mr. Raja was offered a Lung Transplantation, which would give him a near normal life without oxygen. This was a Minimally Invasive Lung Transplantation.
The surgical team was headed byDr. Jnanesh Thacker – Senior Consultant Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeon, Specialist in Heart and Lung Transplantation for Global Hospitals Group, and his team consisted of Dr. Nandkishore Kapadia, Dr. Vijil Rahulan, Dr. Govini Balasubramani, Dr. Manohar, Dr. Kalyan, Dr. Rajgopal & Dr. Sanjay Singh. Elated over the success of the country’s first Minimal Access Transplant procedure for lung, for the team at Global Health City, Chennai, it’s what they are committed to do every day, deliver their best to save lives, demonstrating exceptional clinical capabilities, innovation and deploy most advanced treatment, technology & utmost patient care.
“Raja Babu Shah is the recipient of India’s first recipient of Minimal Access Lung Transplant. He is also the oldest patient in India to receive a Lung Transplantation and his recuperation is going to be reduced with less pain due to Minimal Access method adopted” said Dr. Vijil Rahulan, Head of Department of Respiratory Medicine & Senior Consultant Pulmonologist, Global Health City.
Speaking to the media, Dr. Jnanesh Thacker iterated that “Based on clinical evaluations and considering the age of the patient, we knew this transplant surgery is going to be a litmus test. We got together as a team to discuss what we need to ensure for best clinical outcomes and after that the decision was made to take the road less travelled – Minimal access mode. We did a Minimal access anterio-axillary thoracotomy with an incision, 7 inches long, just below the nipple. We ensured that the internal mammary artery is preserved.”
Dr. Nandkishore Kapadia, Senior Consultant, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeon, Global Health City added saying “This was like a time bound mission shown in the movies, with the cadaver lung retrieval done at CMC Vellore, transported to Global Health City, Chennai, within a time span of 105 minutes, followed immediately by a four- hour recipient surgery”
Speaking on this occasion, Dr. Ravindranath – Chairman & Managing Director, Global Hospitals Group applauded the Transplantation Team’s effort in saving the life of this patient with a novel attempt helping faster recovery. He also stated “I was pleased to know that the patient was off the ventilator on the next day and he walked inside his room on the third post operative day.”
Referring to the two patients who had received successful Lung Transplantation the previous year, Dr. Ravindranath said ‘I am also extremely happy to meet Ms. Hanan Hasan & Ms. Fatima,both from Bahrain. As a foremost Transplant center & the largest lung transplant program in the country, we are pleased to have successfully completed our 10th lung transplant at Global Health City, Chennai with this Minimal access thoracotomy incision.
GLOBAL HEALTH CITY
Global Health City, Chennai is a 500 bedded super specialty tertiary care facility, with a capacity to expand to 1000 beds. It renders 360 degree advanced tertiary healthcare services as a foremost premier tertiary care super specialty health city that performs the most complex transplant procedures for liver, heart, lung, kidneys and one of the most advanced organ specific cancer care programme. With the finest combination of expertise, experience, state-of-the art technology and well coordinated team work, every step is aimed at ensuring excellence in patient care.
source: http://www.moneylife.in / MoneyLife.in / Home / by Business Wire India / Chennai, TamilNadu – November 29th, 2013
(from left) Thirunavukkarasu, Sridhar, Vaishnav / The Hindu
Students of Loyola College have devised a model that recycles grey water.
It is amazing how water shortage in Chennai has sparked a raft of school and college projects aiming solely at saving this precious liquid. The latest in this attempt is the award-winning grey-water recycling project by Sridhar Shankar, Thirunavukarasu M and Vaishnav Vasudevan, second year undergraduate Chemistry students at Loyola College, Chennai. “It was a nation-wide competition,” they inform me, “on Reduce-Reuse-Recycle,” and was held at Women’s Christian College (WCC).” They decided to participate the minute they came to know of it. “We were also inspired by Lily Christina (she teaches Chemistry to high-school students at St. Theresa School, Pallavaram), whose project on renewable sources of energy won the State-level award!”
Everyday resources
Zoning in on the theme took some scouting. They looked around to see how everyday resources like water got wasted because of our lifestyle. Then came the Eureka moment. “We found that we used a lot of water at the kitchen sink — cooking, washing dishes. This then went to waste. We opted to develop a project that would reduce-reuse-recycle that water,” the students said. Whatever the project was, it had to encompass a method and equipment that could be easily set up and used by everyone in their homes.
Support came from Principal Rev. Dr. G. Joseph Antonysamy and the Head of the Department of Chemistry, Dr. V. Alexander. “With the guidance of Professor in-charge Dr. S. Anuja Manikandan, we finalised the project — a method to remove impurities that enter water without spending too much money.”
Through blue-printing to the testing the prototype, the students were steered by one major thought: implementation of the project in ordinary households. The average home-maker should be able to carry out the process easily. Well, it won the first prize in the competition-cum-exhibition held in connection with the diamond jubilee celebrations at WCC. The award, handed over by the Mayor was Rs. 3,000 as cash and Rs. 2,000 in books. “Our project was praised for its message: do not waste fresh water.”
Managing waste water
Use water carefully, they say. Use a shower head; it distributes water, they recommend. And explain how you can recycle the water flowing down the kitchen sink. “It has organic (food) material from the dishes as well as oil/grease from typical Indian cooking. It also contains phosphates from the detergents used to clean the vessels.” The first step is to build a tank to trap the water. Remove the oil that floats occasionally, confine it to the compost heap. Any food particle present settles down. Separate it from the water. The remaining water is oxygenated using a small aquarium bubbler that allows the growth of algae. With this, 80 per cent of the impurities are gone. Why algae? During its growth it uses some of the phosphates from the cleaning liquids. It competes with other micro-organisms present and either kills them or uses them as nutrients.
Now filter the water to remove algae, and pass it through a sand filter containing ‘vettiver’ to get rid of the rest of the phosphates and to allow better (95 per cent) purification. Remember, the sand-filtered water is the same that drained from the kitchen sink. You can collect it and use it for gardening. Or use it for a fish tank and watch the fish eat up mosquito larvae and other harmful microbes. Or let it drain into the ground as is done in the rainwater harvesting system to recharge ground water. Collect this cleaned water in an inlet, pass it into a reverse-osmosis (RO) unit to get clean drinking water. If you can manage an industrial scale, treat it using ozone to disinfect and again use it as drinking water.
The major by-product for this process is the algae. Use it as manure. Put it in an anaerobic digester and produce methane. Use solar energy to run the digester. Make the whole process green.
The boys wish to thank all their classmates for “coming up with the different processes, especially Roy Immanuel and Sujeeth Kumar for their ideas on how the model could be built to perfection.” The cost was shared by the core group. They have been approached by architects who plan to include the method in their housing projects. “We would like to take it further after graduation.”
This is waste-water management, they say. It converts grey water into clean water with minimum fuss, at minimum cost. All you need is the will and some physical effort.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> Features> Education Plus> Colleges / by Geeta Padmanabhan / December 01st, 2013
An 8-day tour of Nilgiris to pass through & end at Mysore
A group photo of the participants of the Tour of Nilgiris-2012 seen with their cycles.
Hailed as the mother of all Cycling Tours in the country, Tour of Nilgiris (TFN), is an annual event with Montra TFN-2013 being the sixth edition and scheduled between Dec. 16 – 23.
The riders will get a chance to pedal across different terrains and an opportunity to ride through three wildlife sanctuaries and splendid mountains of Western Ghats.
Montra Tour of Nilgiris 2013 will witness 103 riders (including 15 overseas & 12 women riders) covering a distance of around 800 + kms across Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Starting from Bangalore, cyclists will pedal through Mysore, Ooty, Sultan Bathery, Madikeri and finish the tour by riding back to Mysore.
The tour of Nilgiris will begin in Bangalore on Dec. 16. Cyclists will arrive in Mysore on 16th evening and after a stay overnight, will pedal to Ooty the next morning (Dec. 17). The tour will return to conclude at Mysore on Dec. 23.
Speaking to ‘SOM,’ Sridhar Pabisetty, co-founder Ride A Cycle Foundation (RAC-F) said “Cycling is the need of the hour owing to the sheer versatility it offers – Extreme / endurance sport; sustainable transport; daily commuting; Cycle tourism/ eco-tourism / local tourism; technology; social awareness; technology window; health benefits, etc.”
He also said that RAC-F intends to promote cycling with the Tour of Nilgiris, an annual event and the riders will get a chance to pedal across the picturesque Western Ghats and the nature behind them.
Deepak Majipatil, Operation Head, “Montra Tour of Niligris” said that the highlight of the Montra Tour of Nilgiris is the “King of Mountains” climb to Kalhatty from Masinagudi to Ooty. The Kalhatty climb gains 1200mtrs of elevation in about 12kms giving an average elevation gain of around 10% with a few stretches going upto 15% or more of gradient.
The competitive distance will not be longer than 40kms on any day, with option to riders to ride individually or as a team.
TFN and Charity
The Tour of Nilgiris goes beyond cycling as a sport, with riders keen to make their pedals count by giving something back to the society. Tour of Nilgiris will witness charity riders riding to support the social initiatives of Aarohi and Vidyodaya society.
This year TFN as part of its initiative to encourage youth to embrace cycling as a sport has sponsored two young talented youths from Aarohi to participate in Montara Tour of Nilgiris 2013.
Advantages of Cycle Tour
TFN leverages innovative technology that has great potential to address connectivity, support and medical assistance in remote places. The tour is completely covered through GPS tracking of every rider and medical support through a medical team and ambulance assistance provides a blanket of security to the riders.
Also the Cycle tour is aimed to revive the cycle culture by popularising cycle as a mode of transport for the twin benefits it offers — easing traffic congestion and being environmental friendly. Through the event TFN is keen to communicate the twin challenges of global warming and pollution.
In short TFN is keen on promoting cycling culture and popularising cycling for the sheer versatility it offers.
The tireless efforts of Breakaway Sports Unlimited and RAC-F has propelled TFN as the preferred cycling tour of India and attracts riders from various backgrounds including corporate honchos, highly ranked officers from the Armed Forces and Civil Services, women, teenagers, kids and entrepreneurs. Log on to www.tourofnilgiris.com for more details.
Ride a Cycle Foundation
Ride a Cycle Foundation (RAC-F), a not for profit advocacy organisation, is pioneering an initiative to popularise cycling for commuting, leisure and as an agent of social change and usher in a bicycle freedom revolution in the country. Hope Mysoreans will come forward in large numbers and cheer the cyclists enroute to Ooty, Sultan Bathery and other places.-OSR
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Feature Articles / December 08th, 2013
Suddenly, there are new restaurants everywhere. We visited three of the newest, all within a radius of five kilometers. Two of them are part of renowned chains in Delhi and Mumbai, and all serve Indian food. METROPLUS brings you some appetising feedback
MOTI MAHAL TANDOORI TRAIL
After Partition, a dejected Kundan Lal Gujral came to Delhi. The cook, famous for his tandoori chicken in Peshawar, wondered what the future held in store. As it turned out, there are nearly a 100 restaurants in the country and abroad today that celebrate his style of cooking and a culinary tradition that dates back 93 years.
The 72-cover outlet in Coimbatore is no different. Brothers A. Vignesh and A. Vivek run the franchise, which is almost a family affair. Their mother Raji Ashokan has designed the interiors. Lots of sunlight and spacious interiors welcome visitors in.
The chain is known for its tandoori items, butter chicken, dal makhni and paneer specialties. “We wanted to bring a branded North Indian/Mughlai restaurant to town,” says Vignesh. It helps, he says, that Moti Mahal has a great franchise system. All chefs are trained at the main kitchen in Delhi.
And they have exacting standards. “When we showed them the paneer that was available locally, they refused to cook!” And, so now, they curdle full-fat milk and make their own paneer — white, soft, crumbly and airy, the way it should be.
The best part are the pre-plated meals — the lovely veg and non-veg thali and a combo meal (veg and non-veg) that can serve two. The portions are generous and the food is served absolutely hot.
It’s difficult to finish a thali —butter naan, paneer butter masala/chicken or mutton, veg gravy, dal makhni, a bowl of rice, raita, papad and gulab jamun. Service can be smarter, but it’s a new place; and is still finding its feet. But, judging by its food, the restaurant is worth many visits. A basic meal for two will approximately cost Rs. 500.
Address: 41/41, Race Course Road, near Marrybrown.
Telephone: 4220355 & 4220366
Timings: 12.30 p.m. to 3.30 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.
A view of Bombay Brasserie / Photo:M.Periasamy / The Hindu
BOMBAY BRASSERIE
There is nothing more welcoming than walking into a warmly lit, tastefully decorated restaurant. Bombay Brasserie is done up in blues and warm yellows. Black-and-white photographs of Mumbai grace the walls. To add a local flavour, perhaps, there are aatangals and ooruga jaadis strategically placed. Best of all, behind a huge plate-glass partition, diners can see their rotis being made.
Bombay Brasserie Coimbatore is the first franchisee in India from the house of the well known Copper Chimney, explains M. Vijaykumar who is no stranger to the food business (his family runs the Anjappar chain). Though he pursued a different career, the passion for food rubbed off and he brought the celebrated Mumbai eatery to town.
Indian food from various parts is the restaurant’s USP. So, from Pind chana from Punjab to Paanchphoron chicken from Bengal, the country is deliciously well covered. Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and others have a proud representative.
A point to note is that the soft, crumbly, creamy cottage cheese comes all the way from Mumbai, as do the chefs. The servings are hearty and tasty. We put the gobhi with sattu, paneer paanch mirchi, lehsuni baingan, makhna methi mutter and hot tandoori rotis to test. They all pass with distinction. Amritsari kulfa (not kulfi) and the jalebi and rabdi combo from the dessert menu do well too. Brownie points for the garam masala chai to round up the meal. Imli golis and orange lozenges arrive with the bill. While the food is rich, the fare is reasonable. A meal for two including starters, a vegetarian and a non-vegetarian side dish, roti or rice and dessert costs approximately Rs. 1, 250 (it may vary with appetite and choice!)
Address: 16, Abdul Rahim Road (next to SBI), Race Course
Time: 12 to 3.30 p.m. ; 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Telephone: 0422 4202122/4212223
Diners at It’s All Gravy / Photo:K.Ananthan / The Hindu
IT’S ALL GRAVY
What happens when four friends who love food connect over Facebook? They start a restaurant. Gravy run by Hot Chocolate group is a fine dining restaurant started by M.S. Shahnawaz Babu, S.P. Radhakrishnan, P. Murugan and R. Mahesh. While Shahnawaz runs Hot Chocolate, Murugan worked on cruise lines, and Radhakrishnan with the Oberoi group. He now runs restaurants in the U.S. “We are foodies as we come from the Madurai, Nagercoil and Theni belts where people live to eat,” smiles Radhakrishnan. Kothu curry muttai paniyaaram, and liver fry are some of its specialities.
Their objective is to revive forgotten traditional recipes. The masalas are hand ground and come from Madurai and the cooking medium is usually gingelly or coconut oil that adds that extra something to the naatu kozhi kuzhambu and naadan thengaai mutton kuruma. The 70-seater restaurant has a minimalist décor. Glass walls allow you to take in the outside ambience. The murungai chaaru soup is light, has lots of pepper and a dash of mint leaves. The North Indian starter – juicy tandoor mushrooms filled with malai and fried cashewnuts, is delicious.
A recommended meal would be steamed rice with ennai kathirikkai (surprisingly not dripping in oil) and lip-smacking poondu kuzhambu. Eat it with crunchy cauli poo milagu. They also serve kai kuthal rice and thinai rice. For non-vegetarians, the naatu kozhi soup is a winner. High scoring starters include soft tawa fish fry and crunchy desi chicken popstick. Their signature dish is Madurai mutton sukka and the chicken vadachatti choru served with an omelette.The vegetarian vadachatti choru is wholesome and tingling with a taste of gingelly oil. Curd rice ends the meal and the chilled water melon payasam and beetroot halwa supplies the sweet conclusion.
A meal for two costs Rs. 350 (veg) and Rs. 550 (non-veg).
A 53-year-old woman delivered a girl baby through the capsule test tube baby technology at a hospital in Erode on Thursday morning. Pankajam Velappan, who battled infertility for over two decades, is now an ecstatic mother, said Dr Nirmala Sadasivam, Medical Director, Maaruthi Medical Centre and Hospitals, Erode.
This capsule test tube baby technology was first introduced in USA in 2011 and a year later in India. The advantage of the capsule IVF is that it is far less expensive than test tube baby treatment.
The procedure requires minimal ovulation induction with few hormonal drugs. The procedure involves retrieving of eggs from the woman and fusing it with the prepared sperm.
The prepared material will be placed inside the capsule under ideal aseptic laboratory condition and this is then kept in the woman’s vaginal cavity to promote the culture of the embryos.
source: http://www.deccanchronicle.com / Deccan Chronicle / Home> News> Current Affairs / DC / November 29th, 2013
In a novel initiative, the Kanyakumari district administration on Thursday inaugurated an exclusive creche for the children of women working in the collectorate and adjacent government offices. The facility, functioning inside the collectorate premises, is equipped with a spacious hall with a variety of play and study materials in addition to toilet, drinking water and pantry facilities. The district administration has also recruited two people to take care of the children. On the inaugural day, 10 children were dropped at the centre by their mothers.
District collector, S Nagarajan said the objective of the creche is that women working in government offices can now do their work peacefully without worrying about the young children who, earlier used to be left behind in their homes in the custody of their relatives. “The facility is open for all state and central government women employees in the vicinity,” Nagarajan said. He said that he gained the inspiration to come out with such initiative after seeing his working mother struggling to take care of the children.
It was also proposed that children need not be regulars at the creche and any women employee in need can drop her kids. There is also a future proposal to expand the facility to cater to bigger children aged till 10 years and women can bring their grownup children if they are working on Saturdays, the collectorate staff said. There is also a plan to establish a small library in the facility for such grownup children, they said. Though Nagarajan said that such facility could exist in other government offices as well, the collectorate staff said that it was a unique initiative and they have not come across the creche facility in other districts.
Meanwhile, the women staff at the collectorate expressed jubilation about the new facility. They said that the number of women working in the government is comparatively higher considering the highest female ratio in the district. Many youngsters have joined the government service recently and it will be a real boon for them. “The maternity leave is sanctioned for six months and later we have to drop our kids with the relatives. The period between six months to three years when we can admit them in play schools is very cumbersome. We are very much thankful to the district collector for considering our plight,” said a woman official from the district administration.
source: http://www.articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Madurai> Collectorate /by J. Arockiaraj, TNN / November 29th, 2013
The fifth edition of The Hindu NXg Campus Jive saw 12 teams setting the stage on fire as they battled it out for the first place / The Hindu
Pumping with energy, both on and off stage, the boys from Anna University had an edge over the other teams at the The Hindu NXg Campus Jive 2013.
With excellent use of props, they turned the stage — at Sir Mutha Venkatasubba Rao Hall in Lady Andal School — into a dance floor with a crew member playing DJ on stage. In the end, they walked away with the first prize that comprised a cash award of Rs. 1,50,000 and goodies from various gift sponsors, including textile and multiplex partners.
In the second and third places, and winning Rs. 1,00,000 and Rs. 50000 respectively, were defending champions Loyola College, who remained the crowd favourite, and MOP Vaishnav College for Women, who impressed with their global fusion performance.
Power-packed performances, new-age props, colourful costumes and well-rehearsed, synchronised choreography coupled with endless cheering from the audience, made sure the rains did not play spoilsport on Saturday evening.
Actors Nishanth and Misha Ghosal and Miss South India 2012 Rohini Subbaia were the judges for the day. They were generous in their praise for the teams, explaining how narrow margins separated the teams.
The 12 teams that made it to the finals were those from Anna University, Women’s Christian College (day college), Sastra University, SRM Medical College, SSN College, MOP Vaishnav College for Women, Madras Institute of Technology, Women’s Christian College (evening college), National Institute of Technology–Tiruchi, SRM University, Stella Maris College and Loyola College.
Shrivarsha from MOP Vaishnav College was adjudged the best female dancer and Pawan Alex from Loyola College was the best male dancer.
The title sponsor for the event was Glam by Nathella. The multiplex partner was Inox, fashion partner was Venfield, radio partner was Chennai Live 104.8 FM and dance partner was Choreo Culture Dance Company.
The gift sponsors for the event were Desi Basics, Landmark, Fitness One, Fruit Shop on Greams Road, RMKV, Motherhood, Cup of Cafe and Reebok. The event was managed by iads & events.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> Features> MetroPlus> NXG / by Archana Subramanian / Chennai – December 08th, 2013
