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    e-journal of the KSEBEA Senior

    vol.10 no.11 February2013

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    HIS eyes hypnotise. Now thatis a schoolboy rhyme. But there is that something about them.

    They do not let you go. They out-see you.

    His words do the same. They startle you, they out-think you. They do that by their sheer confidence. On

    might say, by their conceit. And, by their unexpectedness, their frankness, their contrariness. He once said th

    by his outspoken-ness he had emptied out whole halls. Think of someone who draws people, like bees to

    honeycomb and then does the opposite as well smokes them away. But that is how Swami Vivekanand

    was.

    He spoke the language of the Vedas but not as others spoke them. He chose his own verses and breathing h

    own passion into them, gave them new, contemporary meanings. He then shared them, pristine with entrance

    listeners.

    Old truths sounded new when coming from Vivekananda. New truths acquired in his hands the ring of ancie

    sanction.

    In 1863, the year he was born, the welts left by the Great Uprising were yet hot and hurting. So, this son o

    Kshatriya Bengal could have become a patriot of the extremist, warring kind. But no, he said. Nationalism o

    a purely agitational pattern cannot carry us far.

    In 1885, when he was twenty-two, the Indian National Congress was inaugurated with fanfare. So, nationalis

    of the public-speaking kind had also opened to young Naren for adoption. But Naren was not meant f

    patterns pre-laid for him. Without the necessary preparation what is the use of just shouting in Congress? h

    asked.

    And then, revealing his natural bent, his true calling, he added, with patriotism must be associated a re

    feeling for others We must not forget that we have to teach a great lesson to the world religion an

    philosophy

    Vivekananda was on an inner journey. But that was not going to be an individual journey. India was to

    crowded with people and problems for him to be left alone.

    By his lights he had seen Kali. Not once, but time and again.

    Vivekananda loved to sing. And he sang rapturously. There is the Bangla song, Kalipada Neel Kamal

    Shyamapada Neel Kamale. Close your eyes listening to it, and you will imagine Vivekananda intoning it.

    Each one of his listeners thought he was speaking or singing for her, him.

    That was not wrong. They thought he was speaking their minds. There they were not right.

    Hindu orthodoxy saw in him the harbinger of a revival. Its pundits were in for a shock. I accept all th

    religions Can Gods work be finished? Must it not be a continuing revelation? And to their stupefactio

    added Difference is the first sign of thought I pray they multiply until at last we have as many sects a

    human beings

    In 1890 he set out travelling to learn. His lore preceded him everywhere, defeating his attempts at masking h

    identity. Maharajas feted him, farmers hosted him. The Maharaja of Mysore expected to see a mendicant

    the swami. He was not disappointed. But this mendicant was of a different kind. When the Maharaja aske

    him to choose from an array of gifts, the costlier the better, the Swami chose two a tobacco pipe and

    cigar.

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    He was not patronising tobacco. He was puncturing sanctimony.

    He has let his hope outstrip his insight in one important matter. He said to Nivedita the era of obscurantis

    was over. It is anything but. Worse, it is now co-opting him.

    More people worship God-men in India today, more fear totems and observe taboos, are held captive b

    superstition and tied down to hollow ritual than ever were before. They should know that Vivekananda calle

    ritual the kindergarten of religion.

    The intersect of religion and politics is occupied by yatras which invoke Vivekananda, the greatest of ayatris. Politicians heave him onto their raths. They thieve his truth to feed their untruths. They offer him f

    worship, and bask in his glory.

    They have figured that Vivekananda worshipped is Vivekananda forgotten, Vivekananda enshrined

    Vivekananda enchained, Vivekananda co-opted is Vivekananda encashed.

    Sri Ramakrishna had said of him, He will teach That spiritual genius knew his disciple.

    His co-opters would prefer his cut-out images now to preach. They know their self-interest.

    Teaching is about imparting knowledge. Preaching is about increasing the size of the flock.

    Vivekananda, the world-renouncer was also a world-inhabiter. In America, after a talk on God, throngs

    women jumped barricades to get near him. Watching the spectacle a lady said Well, my lad, if you can resi

    that onslaught you are indeed God.

    Vivekananda was not God, thank God. He was human. And he was fallible.

    His statements on who is a Brahmin and what Brahminism means, are not among his liberating utterances. H

    observations on caste are hugely problematic. Some of his views on womankind are, today, unacceptable. H

    comments on slaves and slavery in America invite long editorial scissors.

    Between Vivekananda co-opters and Vivekananda nay-sayers is Indian society which has made an icon

    him. Sri Ramakrishna, Srima Sarada and Swami Vivekananda make a lovely trio.

    All three the Hindu Right, the Left and the public at large are depriving themselves.

    They are denying themselves a golden opportunity to delve into the mind of a great mystic, an equally gre

    thinker.

    I believe if Vivekananda had lived longer he would have seen how times are changing and given u

    trajectories, ancient and new, to travel on. I also believe he would have let Time influence his own thinkinand alter some of his intellectual positions. He who questioned Sri Ramakrishna, his guru, would have had t

    take some hard questioning himself. But all that was not to be.

    Vivekananda was a mystic of mystics. His spiritual intelligence makes him an Indian sage, not a masco

    Vivekananda was a thinker of thinkers. His lively engagement with Indias problems makes him a soci

    philosopher. He must not be reduced to a preacher in ochre.

    Our intellectually anaesthetised, politically conditioned and philosophically unadventurous times need h

    gaze and those eyes to startle us into life again.(Gopalkrishna Gandhi is a former Governor of West Bengal. His tribute was commissioned by The Hindu o

    the occasion of the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda)

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    INBOX

    New Year is not about changing the Calendar, but about Commitment! It is not about changing the Dates, but the Direction!It is not about changing the Actions, but the Attitude!It is not about changing the Fruit, but your Faith, Force and Focus!May you today,Commit to Createthe Best Ever Year 2013 AND FOR EVER!

    I am sorry that I had to leave in a hurry, as my wife was to board the train at Kozhikode. I had n

    other option than to leave by the same train. She could get into my coacand Mr Chandrasekharan my student at REC was good company.

    The printout I gave has been quoted in the Mathrubhumi. I could not se

    Manorama and Deshabhimani coverage. Anyway, your efforts ar

    commendable.

    My wife wishes to thank you for the beautiful gift.

    Hope we will have more technical activities in Kannur. IEEE in GEC Kannur is active now

    Regards and thanks Mohanda

    Reached home safe. Journey was fine. Balu bought a new ticket for TCR, and the train arrived earl

    So we crossed the bridge and boarded, but TTE said he can give a seat only up to Shornur for Balu. S

    he went back and bought a new ticket again. Then we sat with my friend who was in my opposite bert

    (Dr. Oommen V Oommen, (Chair of Biodiversity Board) and talked till TTE came again. He said afte

    sometime, he may be able to give up to TCR. We went to sleep by the time we reached Kozhikod

    I will look at reports today. Thank you for giving this forum to renew camaraderie and to speak t

    budding engineers and recall memories of our common friend, CMD! More later, as I am to immerse

    my conference nitty gritties. Regards to your wife, Mohanan Nambiar and others.

    Love and Regards, -VKDamodara

    Er Balasubramanian is a special person. Once we travelled to Ernakulam to attend the GB of th

    Association. (We denotes CMD and me) Arriving South station at the wee hours we marched to th

    residence of Balus sister. The family gave us a warm welcome, provided facilities for morning chore

    and treated us for a memorable breakfast before allowing us to go to Woodlands. Those were days o

    penury. Travel expenses were not reimbursed. I am very happy that Balu was able to spare time an

    efforts to be with us at Kannur and share memories. Thank you, Balu for your kind gesture. Sorry for th

    inconvenience you had to put up with. Nayan

    I Received the January 2013 issue of Lineage with the direct content access facility. Msincere thanks and congrats for the efforts and contributions for that. The cover picture

    very beautiful as well as meaning full as it touches renewable energy harnessing, th

    thought of the time.

    -Mohan Nair

    At our age we no longer create adventures or news. In my case I live to a large extent o

    memories of our good experiences of the past. Your invitation to come to Kannur came at a tim

    I was immersed in fond remembrances about WBP s of Malabar area. Even 3 hrs there was we

    spent and helped me to have another span of a few years happily. Please thank all our fello

    engineers for the love shown by them. SBK Menon

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    I wanted to say how we all appreciated your gesture in attending the December function a

    Kannur. We would have loved if you stayed a bit longer. The event was richer by the ver

    presence. And I used the auto drive Balu and SBK had, to extoll CMD! The new issue is encloseJust go through, even though it hardly merits serious reading. Best Wishes, Nayanar

    The lineage looks beautiful in her new dress. Its a conversion from skirt and dhavani to salwar and khamee

    Congratulations! Why dont you allow some pages to publish ten good photos every month?

    P.V.Abdul sath

    UNFOUNDED FEARProfessor B.M.Hegde

    Luis Pasteurs theory of germs is ridiculous fiction. Pierre Prachette

    According to one hypothesis, even disease-carrying bacteria are important for good health. Indiscrimina

    annihilation of these little creatures will deny a young ones developing immune system, its opportunities to me

    the adversaries and build germ-fighting muscles properly. Thanks to the soap and antiseptics industry, the who

    world is becoming obsessed with the fear of germs. There may be a few who do not heed the TV doctors advic

    on hand-washing and bathing. They get an exposure to a multitude of bacteria and develop a robust immun

    system.

    For every cell in your body there are nine germ cells. Human meta-genome has about 25000 human genes. It al

    has 2 to 3 trillion germs genes. We have been living happily with them inside us. Do not hate them. They are o

    friends and saviors.

    When one takes antibiotics the gut gets depleted of these friends and we suffer from immune deficiency. Soap

    antiseptics and antibiotics have created a new world of killer superbugs all multi-drug resistant germs. Th

    increased use of home cleaning products and soaps containing anti-microbial Triclosan has gone up. And so ha

    the reported cases of asthma cases. Washing powder has another villain lurking in the back ground. Many o

    them use bacillus subtilis as their base. This germ produces a protein residue when it works on clothes.

    provokes an incurable lung decease.

    The world needs de-schooling quickly. Germs in their natural habitat are our friends. Let our children play in th

    dust outside in the sun. Simple inexpensive oil-based soap is all that is needed with clean, water to wash han

    and take bath. Discard antiseptic soap. They damage our immune system in the long run.

    (Dr. Hegde is a former Professor of Cardiology and a former Vice Chancellor of Manipal University)

    Tit-bits

    ADRENALINE

    Studies show that after consuming 3 cups of coffee, ADRENALINE output is increased b80%;.Thats roughly the same amount as when a person is in a stressful office situation, or the amou

    released during an emotionally charged movie

    HOW FAST DO CANCER CELLS MULTIPLY?

    After cancer cells multiply 30 times, they number up to a Billion cells, enough to be picked up by Mammogram. It takes between 25 t0 100 days for cancer cells to double in number and 2 to 10 year

    before they can be visible as a Tumor

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    HOW SHARP IS HUMAN EYE SIGHT?

    The Human eye can distinguish among 500 shades of Grey and spot the light of candle14 miles away

    Raptors like HAWKs and EAGLES can see 8 times more clearly than the sharpest human eye.

    WHAT ARE THE BEST SUPPLIMENTS TO SUPPORT THE RETINA AND MACULA?

    Among all the Anti-oxidant remedies for Eye health studied, including Beta Carotene and Vitamin ELUTEIN, ZEAXANTHIN and ASTAXANTHIN have been shown to be the most effective. LUTEIN

    was found to actually improve sharpness of vision.

    HOW WELL CAN THE HUMAN EAR HEAR?

    At birth, our ears can discern among more than 300,000 sounds. Brain processes sounds, a 1000 timefaster than Images, and registers sound s even when we sleep

    WHAT CAN BE DONE IF A PILL GETS STUCK IN THROAT?

    To dislodge a stuck pill, EAT A BANANA. Bananas have just the right mushy smooth consistency t

    dislodge a stuck Pill and carry it down into the stomach

    Vaidyanathan.P.R.(Source: Times of Indi

    Out of the 191642 candidates who appeared for CAT2012, 10 scored 10

    percentile marks. Nine of them came from the Engineering stream. Eight are fro

    IITs. Five are final year students of whom four are girls.

    (Source:IIM

    CULINARY MAGIC

    BREAKFAST AT RAMASSERI

    Ramasseris claim to fame is a simple breakfast dish, soft flat breakfast cakes called Ramasse

    idli. Idli is a staple breakfast dish all over south India

    These soft, moist, steamed cakes are made wit

    fermented batter made from rice and urad dal. The

    taste salty with a hint of sourness. Variou

    accompaniments served with it enhance its taste

    Traditionally idlis are steamed in stacks of Idli plate

    What makes Ramasseri idli special is its shape, feathe

    light texture and an earthy aroma acquired from stea

    cooking in unglazed clay pots. The Mudaliars o

    Ramasseri are the traditional cooks who prepare this id

    Vehicles from neighboring towns arrive in this villag

    very early in the morning to collect idlis to sell at their restaurants. Somehow restaurants an

    professional chefs have not mastered the technique of preparing this dish.

    Soak one kilogram of good parboiled rice and hundred grams of urad dal with black skin in

    separate pots for several hours. Wash and remove the skin of urad dal and grind it along with a

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    large pinch of fenugreek seeds to a smooth thick batter. Wash and grind the rice separately and

    combine the two. Add salt to taste and stir well. Cover and set aside, and let the batter ferment

    overnight".

    Do not stack more than four idlis at a time, and steam till they are cooked. Cook them only on

    wood burning stoves, and always use wood from tamarind tree. They burn evenly and maintain

    steady heat, It is ideal to steam in unglazed clay pots, but you may substitute with stainless

    steel pots. And when they are ready, do remove them from the clay steamers with a large leaf

    from jack tree".

    The idli steaming on the steamer was ready. The cover was lifted, and the stack of cla

    containers slowly removed. They had hollow bottoms. They were tightly stringed with twine

    almost like a tennis racquet. And the piece of cotton cloth was spread over these strings. Th

    chef placed a large flat jack tree leaf over the idli and slowly turned it upside down. The idli sl

    off perfectly. She transferred it carefully to a rattan tray lined with fresh banana leaves

    The fluffy idlis fall on the leaf. The coconut and tomato chutneys give the green leaf and thsnow-white idlis a dash of brightness. The podiis served last. The peppery-hotpodihits yo

    hard, yet you keep going for that lovely, tangy taste. We clean up the leaf in quick time, and buy parcel of idlis to take home.

    (Source: Blog

    Missing Sugar Bowl

    Mrs. Fisher comes to visit her son Jacob for dinner. He lives with a female roommate, Rachel.

    During the course of the meal, his mother couldn't help but notice how pretty Jacob's roomma

    was. She had long been suspicious of a relationship between the two, and this had only madher more curious.

    Over the course of the evening, while watching the two interact, she started to wonder if ther

    was more between Jacob and his roommate than met the eye. Reading his mom's thought

    Jacob volunteered, 'I know what you must be thinking, but I assure you, Rachel and I are juroommates.' About a week later, Rachel came to Jacob saying, 'Ever since your mother came t

    dinner, I've been unable to find the silver sugar bowl. You don't suppose she took it, do you

    Well, I doubt it, but I'll email her, just to be sure.' So he sat down and wrote an email:

    Dear Mama, I'm not saying that you 'did' take the sugar bowl from my house; I'm not sayinthat you 'did not' take it. But the fact remains that it has been missing ever since you were her

    for dinner. Love, Jacob

    Several days later, Jacob received a response email from his Mama which read: Dear Son, I'm

    not saying that you 'do' sleep with Rachel, and I'm not saying that you 'do not' sleep with he

    But the fact remains that if she was sleeping in her OWN bed, she would have found the suga

    bowl by now. Love, MamaContributed by A.Suha

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    How will you measure your life?Clayton Christensens How Will You Measure Your Life? is based on a series of observations hmade at the reunions of his Harvard Business School classmates. At his fifth-year reunion, Claytolooked around thinking that everyone looked so polished and prosperous that we couldnt help bfeel that we really were part of something special.His classmates were doing extremely well. Thehad great jobs, traveled to exotic locations and married spouses much better looking than the

    were. Their lives seemed destined to be fantastic on every level.By the tenth anniversary, thinglooked different. Among these best and brightest, several were clearly unhappy. Behind the faad

    of professional success, there were many who did not enjoy what they were doing for a living. Therwere, also, numerous stories of divorces or unhappy marriages, One classmate hadnt talked to hchildren for years. Another was on her third divorce. What disturbed him was that these were n

    just extremely capable people, but really decent people, too. Yet something had gone terribly wronfor them.

    To make matters worse, among his classmates was Jeffrey Skilling, who had landed in jail for hrole in the Enron scandal. What had sent this man in the wrong direction? These persondissatisfactions, family failures, professional struggles and even criminal behavior were not just wiChristensens Harvard classmates. He saw the same thing among his classmates at Oxford. Eve

    with professional success, many were clearly unhappy.

    Christensen directed his students in the study of theories about why and how problems anopportunities emerge in businesses. On the last day of class, he took the discussion a step furtheand had them examine their personal lives and dreams. Applying business theories to their personlives, he asked them not just what they hopedwould happen, but what they predictwill happen their lives based on their decisions and choices. He asked: How can I be sure that

    I will be successful and happy in my career?

    My relationship with my spouse, my children, and my extended family and close friendbecome an enduring source of happiness?

    I live a life of integrityand stay out of jail.

    He says, Solving the challenges in your life requires a deep understanding of what causes what thappen.

    The Balance of Calculation and Serendipity

    So, how do you find happiness in your career? You have to have a strategy about what you want achieve and how you will get there. Some people know what they want when they are ten-years oand never vary. Some people have definite five-year plans. High achievers put pressure othemselves to do exactly this. Underlying this beliefis the implicit assumption that they should risdeviating from their vision only if things go horribly wrong.

    We have intentions for our careers. Against those intentions, opportunities and threats emerge thwe havent anticipatedAmong those are almost always better options than were contained in ooriginal plans. When you are pursuing a deliberate strategy, the challenge is to know when and hoto take advantage of unanticipated opportunities. These will fight with your deliberate plan foattention, time and capital. Therefore, a career strategy, he says, is not a discrete, settled decisioor event, but a continuous, diverse, and unruly process.

    He uses his own life as an example of balancing the emergent and the deliberate. He has had threcareers, first working as a consultant, then an entrepreneur, and finally as an academic. When h

    was a college freshman, he decided he wanted to be editor of the Wall Street Journal, a newspaphe deeply admired. He combined his good writing skills with the study of economics, hoping to p

    himself in a position for a job there. At the end of his year at the Harvard Business School, h

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    applied for a summer position there and didnt get a reply. Crushed, thinking his deliberate plan hagone awry for the time being, he received an offer for a consulting job. This was his emergestrategy, and he worked for five years at this job. However, just as he was ready to step back anstart his real career as a journalist, a friend asked him to start a company with him. This compan

    went well, but a venture capitalist bought enough shares to put his own CEO in the top job anChristensen was fired. He said, I didnt know it at the time, but this triggered stage three of memergent strategy.

    At 37, Christensen went back to get his Ph.D and finally became a professor at the HarvaBusiness School, a job he has loved for twenty years. On making a career strategy, Christense

    advises, What we can learn from how companies develop strategy is that although it is hard to getright at first, success doesnt rely on this. Instead, it hinges on continuing to experiment until you dfind an approach that works. Only a lucky few companies start off with the strategy that ultimaleads to success. Thats true with people, too.

    Finding Happiness in Your Relationships

    The biggest bulk in the book is dedicated to finding happiness in your relationships. Christensesays that while it is tempting to invest every extra hour and ounce of energy in an activity that givethe most immediate evidence that weve achieved something, there is much more to life than caree

    flash and advancement.He says, Investing our time and energy in raising wonderful children or deepening our love with ouspouse often doesnt return clear evidence of success for many years. What this leads to is oveinvesting in our careers and under investing in our familiesstarving one of the most important parof our life of the resources that it needs to flourish.

    You have to make sure that you allocate your resources in a way that is consistent with youpriorities.Christensen says it is easy to stay at work, solving a problem that will give you a shorterm high, while ignoring family members who are just always there, but that is a life strategy thaleads to failure. He says, When it seems like everything at home is going well, you will be lulled intbelieving that you can put your investments in these relationships on the back burner. That would b

    an enormous mistake.

    Take Time

    Take time to figure out your lifes purposes. Decide who you want to become and then develop strategy that will work to get you there. Understand the metric by which your life will be measuredThroughout the book, Christensen uses the theory behind what makes businesses succeed or faas the primary teaching tool, but in the end he gets personal.

    He had cancer, and just when that was in remission, he suffered an ischemic stroke. A clot lodgeitself in the part of his brain where writing and speaking are formulated just as he started this boo

    Since that day, Ive been working to learn to speak again, one word at a time, he said, but he hastrength in these bleakest of hours because he had figured out his purpose in life and how measure that.

    He says, I promise my students that if they take the time to figure out their lifes purpose, theyll looback on it as the most important thing they will ever have discovered. He makes the same promisfor the readers of his book, asking How will you measure your life?

    Clayton Christensen is the Kim B. Clark Professor at HarvardBusiness School, the author of sevebooks, a five-time recipient of the McKinsey Award for Harvard Business Reviews best article, anthe cofounder of four companies. In 2011 he was named the worlds most influential businesthinker in a biennial ranking conducted by Thinkers50.

    Contributed by A.Suha

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    UNIT PULSE

    SENIOR ENGINEERS KOZHIKODE

    The monthly meeting of Senior Engineers Kozhikode was held on 12.01.13, Saturday , 1030 am

    at Calicut Towers. Er A Chandran presided the meeting. In his presidential remarks Er Chandra

    told that meeting could not be held during December due to the inconvenience of office bearer

    The president then requested all to give a feed back to the Lineage Editor, with comments on th

    Lineage issues. It will be good if readers can contribute some matters to bring back our servic

    memories . Er Chandrahasan informed that efforts are being made to find other venues for monthmeetings.

    Er Krishnanunni Nair then read out Lineage followed by a discussion on the same. E

    Ramachandran informed that a Europe trip can be planned if sufficient participants are available

    The meeting concluded at 2.30 pm after lunch.

    .Ramachandra

    KSEB EA SENIOR ENGINEERS FORUM, KANNURAnnual Report of the Unit for the year 2012

    Dear Engineers,

    With immense pleasure, I am presenting before you the report of KSEBEA Senior

    Engineers Forum, Kannur Unit for the year 2012. The KSEB EA Senior Engineers Forum

    Kannur Unit started functioning on 28th August 2003. We the Electrical Engineers are

    maintaining rare companionship and camaraderie compared to other such associations ever

    since we entered in KSEB service and we know our strength of togetherness. Those who

    have thought of continuing the relationship and unity even after retirement are behind this

    Forum in Kannur. There are 78 members in the unit at present.

    Annual General Body Meeting

    On 10th January 2012 the Eighth Annual general body meeting of the unit was held a

    the Engineers House, Kannur. After receiving the annual report of the year 2011, accoun

    for the year 2011 and budget for the year 2012, the following members were unanimousl

    elected as office bearers for the year 2012.

    Er. C. BalakrishnanEr. V.P. Soman

    Er. A.V. Mohanan Nambiar

    Er. E.P. Ravindran

    Er. M.C.ReghusudhanEr. K. Gangadharan.

    Er. K.V. Padmanabhan.

    Er. A.M. Divakaran.Er. M. Balakrishnan.

    PresidentVice. President

    Secretary

    Joint. Secretary

    TreasurerMember Contact,Kannur

    Member Contact, Payyannur

    Member Contact,Thalassery.Member Contact, Kasargode.

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    The office berears were administered the Oath of office by Er.George V James Chairma

    KSEB Engineers Association Benevolent Fund and greeted with rose bouquets.

    Special mementos were presented by Er.K.E.DamodaranNayanar to Ers.K.V.Padmanabhan

    M.Kunhiraman, V.VelayudhanNayanar, T.C.Govindan, U.Mohanan, K.Sasidharan, anC.Balakrishnan for having attended all meetings during the year 2011

    Unit MeetingsThis year ten monthly meetings were conducted on the second Tuesdays a

    Engineers House. December meeting was at the Kannur Dist.Police co-operative Societ

    Auditorium. There was no meeting during September. There were varieties in conductin

    meetings e.g. full day sessions, Ifthar party, Engineers Day.

    Out of 78 Engineers on roll, only 60 members attended the meetings; the rest ge

    excused for various personal reasons. 76% is still a great achievement, something we ca

    be proud of. The average attendance of the monthly meeting was 40 persons during thyear and the maximum of 46 members during June meeting. At the monthly meeting

    members receive birthday greetings and are offered rose bouquets and best Wishes. Ousenior most member Er. K.P.Ravindran turned 80 years on 18-5-2012 and the occasion wa

    celebrated appropriatly. Our own in-house speaker Er. C. Mohandas presented the subje

    Beginning and Evolution of Universe in detail in a series of ten sessions in the year. Th

    Pensioners Association officials updated developments and clarified matters regularly

    There were recitations of poems, sweet melodies, humorous talks, discussion of curren

    topics and speeches in homage to departed colleagues.

    Charity Initiatives

    Charitable and Social activities continued to receive major thrust in the FORUMactivities. An amount of Rs.9000/-has been distributed to nine persons of this locality. Th

    inmates of the Abhyanikethan, Thottada were treated for feast on Vishu day.

    Engineers Quiz-2012

    The Engineers Quiz -2012 was conducted on 11-12-2012 at the Auditorium ofDisit.PolicCo operative Society Kannur. Final Year students from the Engineering colleges aCheemeni, Payyanur, Chemberi, Kannur and Kasaragod participated in the Competition.

    A fairly large gathering of Electrical Engineers belonging to diverse age groups retired

    still in-service and budding had congregated at Kannur to pay their homage to thmemory of late Er.C.M. Damodaran, who had left us for the heavenly abode on 05.12.201

    The Er. C.M. Damodaran memorial lecture was delivered by Er.V.K.Damodaran Directo

    INGORE, Thiruvananthapuram.

    Er.V.K.Damodaran, inaugurated the Engineers Quiz-2012 . LBS College o

    Engineering,Kasragode, Vimal Jyothi Engineering College,Chemperi and College o

    Engineering Thrikaripur at Cheemeni teams were adjudged the Winner, First Runner Up

    and Second Runner respectively. The trophies and prizes sponsored by the family oEr.C.M.Damodaran were presented by the chief guest. A special talk on Conservationo

    Energy was made by Prof. K.P.Mohandas of M.E.S.College of Engineering, Kuttipuram.

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    Three senior Engineers were honored at the function for their pursuit of distinct hobbies. E

    Raghavan Azhicode is an accomplished poet and recited a poem on CMD. Er.C.Mohanda

    studied quantum mechanics meticulously and shared his knowledge on the Beginning an

    Evolution of the Universe with the Forum members through a series of lectures last year. EP. Sreedharan is pursuing painting as a hobby and made a portrait of CMD which wa

    presented to Er. Rajesh, son of Er.CMD. The dignified ambience and the arrangement

    made for the conduct of the quiz and seminar were praiseworthy.

    I am thankful to Er. K.E. Damodaran Nayanar the Chief Editor for publishing th

    LINEAGE the E-Journal of the Forum every month before the first day of the month. Thefforts and hard work he puts in is much appreciated. The magazine acquired a handsom

    look with input from Er.M.Kunhiraman.

    My special thanks to Er. K.K. Shanmukhan who remembers our charitable activitieand lends his support every year.

    I am thankful to Er. C. Balakrishnan, President of our Unit for the timely advice an

    guidance given to me in the discharge of my duties as Secretary. My sincere thanks are du

    to Er. V.P. Soman, Vice President for the help rendered by him. I place on record m

    sincere thanks to Er. M.C. Reghusudhan, Treasurer for the neat and correct accounts kept.

    express my sincere thanks to Er. E.P. Ravindran, Joint Secretary for the great support give

    to me. I thank Ers. A.M. Divakaran, K. Ganghadharan, K.V. Padmanabhan, and MBalakrishnan members representing Thalassery, Kannur, Payyanur and. Kasargode for th

    help given to me for coordinating all the activities in the areas and the functions of th

    Forum.

    The Senior Engineers Forum extended support and co-operation to all the activitie

    of the KSEB Engineers Association. My sincere thanks go to the office bearers of th

    K.S.E.B Engineers Association, Kannur Unit for giving the Engineers House foconducting the meeting and accepting our invitation to attend the meeting. My sincer

    thanks to Er.George V James Former Chairman KSEB Benevolent Fund and Vice Presiden

    KSEB Engineers Association for attending the meeting of January12 and December1

    meetings. And last but not the least; I thank each one of you for your full co-operation an

    ready assistance in all our endeavors, without which I could not have carried out my dutieas the unit secretary

    I hope that the Unit will continue to expand its activities, and scale new heights isecuring more and more glorious achievements in future.

    Thankingyou,

    A.V. Mohanan Nambiar, Secretar

    Presented at the Annual general Body meeting held on 15.01.2012

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    Report of the month of January 2013- KANNURUNIT.

    The meeting commenced at 11.00am on 15-01-13 at Engineers House, Kannur with Er. C.Balakrishnan in

    chair. 36 Engineers attended the meeting. ErE.P.Ravindran welcomed the gathering and informed the

    agenda included election of office-bearers for 2013.One minute silence was observed to mark the respect o

    sri Krishnan Master Father of Er.P.Sreedharan

    who expired on the8th of January 2013 May his soul Rest in Peace.

    In the introductory remarks, Er.C.Balakrishnan highlighted the need of get to gether,the news regarding the

    contributary pension,appointement of the Chaiman Electricity Regulatory Commission, power shortage and

    conducting of the meeting of December.

    Er.A.V.Mohanan Nambiar read out the minutes of the November meeting and the report of the meeting of

    December and Engineers Quiz 2012. All of them appreciated the conduct of the three functions of the

    December meeting in grand manner. After discussion both were approved. Er.M.C.Reghusudhan presented

    the accounts of November and December .The expenditure on the December meeting was explained in

    detail by the secretary which was passed as such.

    Rose bouquets were presented to Ers.K.O.Thomas, ,U.Mohanan,P.Ramchandran O.Suresh,

    N.T.Manoharan,and K.Chinnan who have celebrated their birth days since last meeting.

    The secretary informed that Er.T.V.Sudhakaran has attained 70 years and aPonnadaito be presented to him

    at his residence after this meeting.

    Er. A.V.Mohanan Nambiar, the Secretary presented the annual report for the year 2012.

    Er.M.C.Reghusudhan, Treasurer presented annual accounts for the year 2012 and the budget for 2013

    General Discussion followed. Ers. K.E.Damodaran Nayanar, C.Padmanabhan, V.P.Soman, ,

    M.V.Gopalakrishnan,K.Sasidharan and P.Raghavan participated in the discussion. The annual Report and

    annual accounts were approved after discussion.

    It was decided to give an amont of Rs.10000/-from charity fund to Ers. T.V.Sudhakaran, T.Sukumaran and

    T.Nanu.

    Er.K.E.Damodaran Nayanar the chief editor presented the Lineage for the month of December and January

    detail.

    Er.C.Balakrishnan president presented mementos to Ers. T.C.Govindan, U.Mohanan,

    K.V.Padmanabhan, M.Kunhiraman, K.Sasidharan,P.T.Jayachandran,E.P.Ravindran and A.V.Mohanan

    Nambiarfor having attended all the meetings during 2012.

    Er. M.V.Gopalakrishnan was requested to conduct the election of the office bearers for the year 2013. He

    invited the nominations and the following office bearers were unanimously elected.

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    1. President2. Vice President3. Secretary4. Joint.Secretary5. Treasurer6. Member-Thalassery7. Member-Kannur8. Member-Payyanur

    Er.C.Balakrishnan

    Er.P.T.Jayachandran

    Er.A.V.Mohanan Nambiar

    Er.E.P.Ravindran.

    Er.M.C.Reghusudhan

    Er. A.M.Divakaran.

    Er.K.Ganghadharan

    Er.U.Mohanan

    The eight elected office bearers, viz. Ers. C.Balakrishnan.- President, P.T.Jayachandran - Vice-President,

    A.V.MohananNambiar- Secretary. E.P.Ravindran Joint.Secretary, Er.M.C.Reghusudhan-Tresurer

    K.Gangadharan- Contact MemberKannurA.M.Divakaran- Contact Member Thalassery,U.Mohanan-

    Contact Member Payyannur were ceremoniously administered the oath of office by Er. K.E.Damodaran

    Nayanar greeted with rosebouquets.

    Teamm2013 with Administrator K E D

    Er.C.Balakrishnan in his address thanked the members for electing him as president of the forum and

    assured sincere efforts for which he requested support and faith in the team. Er.A.V.Mohanan Nambiar

    also thanked the members..

    Er.V.P.Soman proposed the vote of thanks to all. The meeting came to a close by 1.45pm and was

    followed by lunch hosted by Er.K.Chinnan

    Mohanan Nambiar/Secreta

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    TIPS ON INVESTMENTS IN SHARES-CXVIThe New Year began with a bang a far as markets were concerned. The trend shownaccording to market experts may take the indices to the record levels of 2007. Thsensex reached a two year high of 20039 on 18th Jan and Nifty 6064. The positive trenwas visible from first of Jan. The sensex began its upward journey from 19581 anreached a high of 20104 on 25th. Likewise Nifty grew from 5951 to 6075 during the samperiod. Only a few cues were available for the markets to go up. They were a three yea

    low inflation rate, investment by FIIs, and good third quarter results of major companieThe postponement of GARR by three years, have made FIIs very happy and they arinvesting heavily in our markets, which is the main reason for the present uptrend. Theconomic policy review by the Reserve Bank on 29

    thas expected reduced the repo an

    reverse repo rates by 25 basis points. Unexpectedly the RBI has reduced the CRR alsby 25basis points. This will make available an amount of Rs.18000 crores with the bankfor disbursement. However the markets have tanked unexpectedly on 29th. It may be thathe effect of this reduction might have already been taken into accounts by markets lasweek itself. The reduction in interest rates will boost the economy and despite th

    setback on 29

    th

    the markets will pick up in the coming days. The global cues are alspositive. Major indices like the Dow Jones and Nasdaq are moving up.The medium term targets for sensex are 20430 and then 21230. Volatility may staaround the second target. As long as sensex remains above 18600 it will remain positiveThe short term trend in the index is sideways. The short term targets in the coming daywill be 20234 and 20451. The short term trend will turn negative on a close below 19596

    The medium term trend for Nifty is positive and the targets are 6225 and 6288. It will turnegative only on a close below 5600.Short term supports for Nifty are at 6003,5970 an

    then 5941.If the index is able to maintain a level above 6000 the next targets are a6094,6163or even 6260. If the index close below 5940 it may turn negative.Retail investors should take a cautious approach in dealing with the markets in thpresent conditions. Most of the good shares are now at higher price levels and hence it not advisable to purchase shares snow. Now is the time to book profits. Normally one reluctant to book profits when the indices are moving up. But one cannot predict thbehavior of the markets. The unpredictable nature of the markets, make it prudent foinvestors to book partial profits. One can make investments when there is goocorrection. So please keep track of your investments and be prudent to take appropriataction at right time.

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