International Cycling Race 2008

ICR on ECR- Chennai to Pondy -International Cycle Race

Schools for India is conducting the Annual International Cycle race, called the ICR on ECR , the biggest race in the country.The race is conducted to raise awareness about providing quality education to the people of India.The race is recognised by the Cycling Federation of India.

The race consists of following categories
Amateur Race for Men- 140 KMAmateur
Race for Women- 70 KM
College Race- 12 KM
School Race- 5 KM
Non Competitive Corporate Rally- 5 KM
The race is conducted in January every year
I am planning to go under Amateur Race Category. for (140 km)

The Schools of india was established in 2004, a non-profit charitable organization.
Its been started with the aim of building and running schools with the best -in-class infrastructure for the rural poor in India

6000 schools across the country have been planned. Each of the schools will have the capacity to teach 945 students, including up to 15 special children from Primary to secondary school.

Schools for India is embarking on a magnificent infrastructure building plan with the aim of providing the best schools for rural India, with facilities on par or superior to that of city schools for students from rural India.

The school buildings will be constructed within 12 weeks from the date of commencement using latest international building technologies.

The state-of-the-art infrastructure will act as a catalyst for parents to send their children to school, and Schools for India will sponsor education, meals and uniforms to those who require it.Schools for India believes firmly that such provided infrastructure will ensure quicker admission, higher school attendance and reduce the migration of students to cities.

Schools for India will employ 600,000 teaching and non teaching staff by the year 2020.Schools for India will also provide with best of its abilities all the facilities and amenities to underprivileged students free of cost.




If any one wants to Sponsor or lend ;-) me a cycle please let me know..

Ultimate Frisbee Tourney.... A Man behind our Victroy..

ULTIMATE (Abinav) have proved once again. he played a outstanding game on Sunday against Manu's team.. This Blog is dedicated to our (ULTIMATE STAR ABINAV)

(RED BULL really worked)

Our Winning Team..



The Man Behind Our Two Victories


This Victory pic was posted after a billion request from all his fans ... Good show Abi ( i mean ur spirit on UF)

Citigroup CEO Resigns , Charles Prince

Citigroup Inc. said Sunday Chairman and Chief Executive Charles Prince, beset by the company's billions of dollars in losses from investing in bad debt, has retired and is being replaced as chairman by former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin.

In an announcement following an emergency meeting of Citi's board, the nation's largest banking company also said Sir Win Bischoff, chairman of Citi Europe and a Member of the Citi management and operating committees, would serve as interim CEO.
Prince's resignation, which was secured at an emergency meeting of the Citi board Sunday, was expected after the nation's largest banking company revealed it had to write down billions of dollars in bad debt. He joined former Merrill Lynch & Co. CEO Stan O'Neal, who resigned from the investment bank last month, as the highest-profile casualties of the debt crisis that has cost billions at other financial institutions as well.
The Wall Street Journal, which had early word of Prince's departure in its online edition, also said Citi would also be announcing that it would take an additional $8 billion to $11 billion in writedowns. It has already said it was writing down $6.5 billion in assets. The company did not mention any writedowns in its statement.

To know more about Robert Rubin

When Robert Rubin joined Citigroup Inc. in 1999, he said he never wanted to lead the nation's largest financial institution.
Rubin, Treasury secretary under President Bill Clinton, was named to the chairman's office at Citi a year after the financial services company was formed through the combination of Travelers Group and Citibank. At a packed auditorium at Citi's midtown Manhattan headquarters, Rubin walked from behind a curtain to a standing ovation by employees thinking he might one day lead the new company.
Now he finds himself not only leading the company after CEO Chuck Prince resigned, but contending with massive writedowns triggered by the summer's credit turmoil. Rubin said he will search "as expeditiously as possible" for someone to take the CEO role.
And, as interim CEO, Citigroup's board looked to Europe for leadership. Sir Win Bischoff, the London-based chairman of Citi's European operations, has been put in charge with leading the company until a replacement for Prince can be found.
Bischoff came to Citigroup after leading Schroders PLC, one of Britain's oldest investment banks that was sold to Citi in 2000. The European operations of Citi's investment bank has been among the company's most profitable units.
Both men find themselves as unlikely leaders of a company considered to be one of the most innovative in the industry. Bischoff, 66, was seen likely retiring within the next few years and had settled into a more hands-off role in the day-to-day operations of Citi's European operations. Rubin, 69, also was not seen taking a greater role at the company.
Short-listed as likely successors to Prince are a few well-known names on Wall Street, including John Thain, the current CEO of NYSE Euronext, who was a former chief operating officer at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Also considered to be in contention is Dick Parsons, chief executive of Time Warner Group Inc. and a board member of Citigroup.

source :- topix and associated press

03:11:00 PM, a moment in Chennai part 2

At last the final moment have come ...... lets me keep our fingures crossed and see what's going to happen at 3/11 3:11 pm .................

03:11:00 PM, a moment in Chennai

Every second you are up to something. A thought, a scene, a trip et la. It is quite logical that everyone else is also up to something in that same second. It is unfortunate that all of us can’t exists in the same space and time. But hey! We all exists at the same time…
Chennai - such a vast city, with millions of people. Take a deep breathe… {pause}… in that very pause a million things have happened (some significant, some not), a million things have changed (some for the good, some for the bad).
i am curious to find out what all happens in one second in this city. If you are, join me this 3rd November, 2007.


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Dussehra @ office CGSL

Dussehra National : The most popular festival in the country, celebrated in different ways in different parts of the country. In the north and particularly in Delhi (where it is known as Ram Lila), plays and music recall the life of Rama; in Kulu, the festival is also very colourful celebrated. In Bengal and many parts of Eastern India it is known as Durga Puja, and in the South as Navaratri.

Just have a look how it was cleberated in our office by different teams..

i have clicked some 70 snaps on the day .. press this link to see those in picasa

Rangooli



TEAM A






TEAM B


TEAM C


Judges on work..



Dance performance..

CPC Modeling Photography workshop

This workshop gave me lot of learning in terms of how to use light & shadows while taking photography.. This is my first hand on experiance in handling all the high funda photo equipments in a studio..

This was taken by Keerthi during our workshop .... (F value 3.8 , S value 1/4 , iso 200 , sony cam h5 )