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<b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">15<sup>th</sup> PoleStar Award Winners -
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Geetika Rustagi from Mint, Ayushman Baruah from
InformationWeek (India), R Gopalakrishnan, Executive Director, Tata Sons, Arun
Jain, Founder, PoleStar Foundation and Chairman
& Group CEO, Polaris Financial Technology Limited, Srikanth RP, from
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chennai based <a href="http://www.polestar-foundation.org/home.htm" target="_blank">Pole Star Foundation</a> honoured 4 Indian journalists on 4th October 2013, for their excellence in Business and IT journalism. After presenting the 15th PoleStar Awards, R Gopalakrishnan, Executive Director of Tata Sons delivered the key note address.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Gopalakrishnan focussed on the 'corruption' in his speech. He threw light on history of
corruption in India and in other societies across the world. He said, “Just as
adolescence is a necessary part of a person’s growth, widespread corruption
that touches almost everybody represents an adolescent phase in a development
of a nation. Just as adolescence passed, corruption also morphed from being
widespread and petty to fewer but bigger instances”. When commenting about the
media in India, he pointed out that “as a nation, India is the only country
among the emerging markets to have a vibrant media. Though media in India can
go overboard, it is however good to have an active media than a docile media.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Please listen to his inspiring and interesting speech. (22 minutes). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This speech can also be listened from the following link.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Photo and audio courtesy: <a href="http://www.polestar-foundation.org/home.htm" target="_blank">Pole Star Foundation</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On 27th Sep 2013, Indian Supreme Court directed Election Commission to include a button called 'None of the above' (NOTA) in the Electronic Voting machines (EVMs) with immediate effect. (<a href="http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/outtoday/wp(c)No.161of2004.pdf" target="_blank">download the judgement copy</a>).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This judgement has generated a ray of hope among the Indian voters to clean the politics. Presently, all the parties put up persons of doubtful background as their party candidates. Since the voters had no choice to reject such candidates, they chose either one of the candidates or refrain from going to polling booth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the early 2000, when Mr T S Krishna Murthy was the Chief Election Commissioner, some of the social activists like Mr R Desikan (Founder and Chairman of Catalyst Trust and Consumers Association of India) and Mr A K Venkatasubramanian (IAS Retd) took serious initiatives to improve the system.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">During 2004 and 2009 General Elections, when Mr T S Krishna Murthy and Mr N Gopalswamy were the Chief Election Commissioners of India, they promoted the concept of Rule 49 (O) in the conduct of Election Rules 1961. As per this rule, the voter can exercise his option not to record his vote. But he had to sign a register.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In this process the secrecy guaranteed by the Constitution is not protected. Though the Chief Election Commissioners from Mr T S Krishna Murthy have been recommending to the Government, to bring in electoral reforms, including adding a button for NOTA, the Government of India has not implemented any electoral reforms so far.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The recent SC judgement was delivered in the PIL filed by PUCL. According to Mr Desikan, this judgement will revolutionalise the future elections. Probably, it may also lead to 'proportionate representation system' to avoid huge election expenses.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.lcrcet.ac.in/" target="_blank">Jaya Institute of Technology</a> (JIT), one of the <a href="http://www.jayagc.org/" target="_blank">Jaya Group of Colleges</a> organised 8th Graduation Day on Friday the 17th May 2013. Nearly 120 engineering graduates who passed out in April / May 2012 received the degree certificates.</span></div>
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Prof. A Kanagaraj, Chairman of Jaya Group of Colleges presided over the event. In his presidential address, he stressed the importance of self confidence among the youth. He also focussed on the importance of good attitude and discipline in the life, when they undertake the jobs. He wanted them to become good citizens of this nation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">While welcoming the students and parents, Dr Suresh Babu, Principal of the College recalled the pains taken by the individual parents of the students, to make the students an engineering graduate. He wanted all the graduates to fullfill the dreams of their parents.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Prime Point Srinivasan, who was the Chief Guest in his Convocation (Graduation Day) address stressed the importance of good communication skills. He suggested all the graduates to learn as manay languages as possible, including Hindi and English properly to become successful in their career.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Please listen to the convocation (Graduation day) address of Prime Point Srinivasan (17 minutes).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/homepage.aspx?mpsno=4399" target="_blank">Mr Arjun Ram Meghwal</a>, Member of Parliament from Bikanir, Rajasthan ranks No 1 among all the MPs of Lok Sabha for participation in debates and he received the Sansad Ratna Award 2013 in a function held at IIT Madras. The Award is instituted by Prime Point Foundation. Mr T S Krishna Murthy, Former Chief Election Commissioner of India presented the Awards. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Dr K Rosaiah, the Governor of Tamil Nadu was the Chief Guest. Since Mr Arjun Ram Meghwal arrived late due to flight delay, the Award was presented in the next session, after the departure of the Governor. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After receiving the Awards, Mr Arjun Ram Meghwal in his acceptance speech, talked about the disruption in Parliament. He said, disruption was also part of the Parliament function under rules, to draw the attention of the Government on many vital issues. He said, but for disruptions, the culprits in 2G, Delhi gang-rape, and coal-gate would not have been arrested. However, they would ensure smooth functioning of the Parliament.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The video may also be watched from the following link:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">A National Seminar on politics, democracy and governance was held by Prime Point Foundation on 20th April 2013 jointly with IIT Madras in their Auditorium. The National Seminar was <a href="http://www.sansadratna.in/2013/04/sansad-ratna-awards-2013-electoral.html" target="_blank">inaugurated by Dr K Rosaiah</a>, Governor of Tamil Nadu. Top performing Lok Sabha MPs were presented with Sansad Ratna 2013 Awards, instituted by Prime Point Foundation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">As part of the National Seminar, Mr Chakshu Rai of <a href="http://www.prsindia.org/" target="_blank">PRS Legislative Research</a> made a presentation on 'Overview of Indian Parliament - Tracking the work of legislators'. During his presentation, he explained the overall functions of Indian Parliament and the duties of the Parliamentarians. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Quoting Mr Edmund Berk, a well known Parliamentarian of UK, T S Krishna Murthy said that the people should elect a Member who takes care of national interest, if ther</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">e is a conflict between constituency interest and national interest. He expressed concern over (1) the election of members with 15 to 20 percent of votes (2) money power in elections and (3) lack of internal democracy in political parties. He recalled the suggestions for Electoral reforms submitted by him, when he was the Chief Election Commissioner of India to the Prime Minister in 2004. The Government is yet to take action on these suggestions. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Mr T S Krishna Murthy also suggested that Government can set up a fund to take care of the election expenses of the political parties. All corporates can be asked to donate to this fund which can be given tax exemption. This would avoid nexus between corporates and the political parties, The entire audience applauded when he gave this suggestion.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Dr Rosaiah launched the special edition of ezine <a href="http://www.prpoint.com/ezine/presense0413.pdf" target="_blank">PreSense </a>marking the inauguration of National Seminar on politics, democracy and governance. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Dr K Rosaiah, Governor of Tamil Nadu <a href="http://www.prpoint.com/ezine/presense0413-governorspeech.pdf" target="_blank">during his speech </a>expressed concern over the disruptions in Parliament. Quoting PRS Legislative Research, he said that 32% of the Parliament time was wasted due to disruptions in the current 15th Lok Sabha. Due to such disruptions, many bills could not be discussed and passed. Even many of the MPs could not present their views in spite of their preparations. Quoting the speech of Mr Pranabkumar Mukherjee, President of India in the Joint Session of Parliament recently, Dr Rosaiah said that such disruptions may create cynicism in the minds of people who may lose faith in the democratic institutions. He appealed to all Members of Parliament to ensure zero disruption. He also wanted the MPs to explore the visionary projects for their constituency </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">that can help the develop of neighbouring districts also </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">during their tenure .</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">In the panel discussions that followed the inauguration, the panelists discussed these two aspects viz. (1) elctoral reforms and (2) disruption of Parliament to find some solution. There was a general consensus among the panelists and the audience that electoral reforms and the smooth functioning of Parliament are essential for a healthy democracy. Though disruption is permitted under Parliament rules to register the protest, everybody felt that it should not exceed the limit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Please watch this video (20 minutes) to see the presentation of Awards and inspiring speeches of Dr K Rosaiah and T S Krishna Murthy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Navin Gulia (39), from Delhi with 100% medical disability is one of the national role models and inspiration for young and old. He has converted every challenge into an opportunity to showcase his talents.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hailing from a family of army officers, right from his childhood, he nurtured the idea of joining Indian Army as a ‘Commando’. It is the most challenging and risky job in the Army. Right from his early days, he was mentally preparing himself to face and overcome any challenges.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He underwent four years of rigorous training in National Defence Academy and Indian Military Academy. In April 1995, on the final day of OT competition, as Captain of his company ‘Sangro’ took off from the starting line, within seconds he crossed the 8 feet ditch, the zig-zag balance and ran up the steps of high ramp. As he reached the top he got an accidental push from behind, due to which he fell head down at high speed. This injured his spine paralysing his whole body and medical science declared him permanently 100% disabled. After two years of hospitalization, he took on the wheel chair.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Since he was mentally prepared to take on the challenges, he started facing the new situation. Sitting on the wheel chair, he completed PG Course in Computer Management. He started teaching Computer science in various Institutions and is now running a coaching centre at Gurgaon. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The 100% medical disability did not deter him from his ambition. He focused on Adventure sports. In September 2004 he made a Limca world record by being the first and only person to drive non-stop from Delhi to Marsimikla 18,632 feet, the highest motorable pass in the world in 55 hours without sleep or break. This place is 50 feet higher than the base camp of Mt Everest. This record is not yet broken by anybody till date.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Navin is highly interested into adventure sports and driving of car. He has designed controls in the car to suit his needs. With the great difficulty, he has also got the license from the authorities. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Besides, Navin has practised flying a microlite aircraft. He has written two books based on his experience. He has started an organization to support the disabled children.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As 100% disabled person, he does not want to be dependent on others. In fact, he is supporting his family members and all others. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He has won several awards for his achievements, including the President of India Award in 2006 as a ‘National Role model’. He has also authored two books, sharing his experience.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He does not like anybody describing his success as ‘despite the difficulties’. He attributes all his success and achievements only ‘because of the difficulties’. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Please listen to his inspiring interview exclusively for our ezine in the following link.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Navin Gulia may be reached through mail at <a href="mailto:navingulia@gmail.com">navingulia@gmail.com</a> . Please visit his website <a href="http://www.navingulia.com/">www.navingulia.com</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Please click and listen to the inspiring interview with Navin Gulia (6 minutes)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On 9th February morning, Afzal Guru, the mastermind behind the 2001 Parliament attack was hanged in secrecy after the rejection of his mercy petition by President of India. Now some of the media and the Human Rights Activists have started glorifying the terrorist Afzal Guru and are spreading views against the hanging of Afzal Guru.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They raise three points. (1) Afzal Guru was not given proper legal support to defend himself; (2) the Supreme Court and other judgements were based on the 'circumstantial evidence', as he was not directly involved in the attack on Parliament' and (3) the judgements were based on 'collective conscience' and not as per law.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This case has gone through Trial Court, High Court and then finally Supreme Court, before the review by President of India. Such capital punishments are awarded in the rarest of rare cases, with due care and application of mind. Three eminent Senior Advocates Mr Ram Jethmalani, Mr Shanti Bhushan and Mr Sushil Kumar have appeared in the Supreme Court on behalf of the accused. The Supreme Court Judgement may be downloaded from this link.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is sad that the terrorists who challenged the sovereignty of the nation by attacking the Indian Parliament are glorified and defended by Indian Human Rights activists and some of the popular TV and Print media. We can understand the anger of Terrorist groups in Pakistan against the hanging of Afzal Guru. But, a patriotic Indian is not able to digest the arguments of these Human Right activists. They never raised their voice when these terrorists killed hundreds of innocent citizens at Coimbatore, Mumbai, Delhi and other places. They never talk about the 20 Security officials, who died along with Rajiv Gandhi.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When the terrorists themselves do not believe in human rights and human values, why should they be given all respects as a human being. The secret hanging of Kasab and Afzal Guru are being criticized by these activists. These terrorists are the enemies of humanity and they do not deserve any sympathy. It may be recalled that US killed Osama Bin Laden and threw his body in the mid sea. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With this background, we conducted a telephonic interview with Mr S Sethuraman, one of the senior most lawyers of Madras High Court on the various issues raised by these activists about Supreme Court Judgement.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In this interview, Mr Sethuraman explains clearly how the Supreme Court has gone into the various aspects of law and finally awarded the death penalty on Afzal Guru. He explains that Afzal Guru was the mastermind and the conspirator of this attack. According to the principle law of justice, conspiracy cannot be proved beyond doubt and it can be established only through various circumstantial evidences and links, since 'conspiracy' is hatched in 'darkness' without any eye witness or evidence. He says that the Supreme Court has analysed this case in depth and examined all the aspects, before confirming the death sentence.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Further, Human Rights Activists demand the abolition of capital punishment, even for convicts under terrorism. Mr Sethuraman argues that murder committed for gain and the terrorism acts are totally different and they have to be dealt with separately. In the murders for gain, only few people are affected. In the case of terrorism acts, besides large number of deaths, the economy, relationships in the society are strained. These terrorism acts are to be considered as a 'war against the sovereignty of the nation' and has to be dealth with severely under law. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Please listen to the interesting and informative interview with Mr S Sethuraman. (12 minutes). This interview is also available in the Youtube link.</span></div>
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nation is celebrating the 150<sup>th</sup> birth anniversary of Swami
Vivekananda (original name Narendra), we feature another Narendra, who transformed himself from a
manager to a leader. Narendra, presently
the Chairman and Managing Director of the public sector, Indian Overseas Bank,
has almost doubled the business within two years of his taking charge, galvanising
27000-plus employees, who lacked motivation in the past decade. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From
the day of his taking charge of the bank in November 2010, he tapped the
potential of every employee, towards better business growth. His initiatives like involving the employees
in every aspect of management function, empowering women to become senior
officials, large scale promotions, and communication with front line staff,
created a conducive atmosphere for excellent growth and customer delight. Even
today, if one checks up with any employee of Indian Overseas Bank at field
level, they would proudly accept him as ‘leader’. How did he get transformed from a ‘Manager’
to a ‘Leader’?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #002060;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Parents as Role Models<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-IN">Narendra,
born into a middle class family in a village near Mangalore (Karnataka),
converted every challenge into an opportunity for success. According to Narendra, his parents, </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #222222;">Shri</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #222222;"> </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #222222;">M Shankaranarayana Ayya </span><span lang="EN-IN">and Smt. </span>M. <span lang="EN-IN">Sumathi
were his role models and they played a great role in moulding him.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“My
father was a teacher. He was the Head
Master of a High School at Suratkal. He
was a Gandhian and a great admirer of Swami Vivekananda. That is why I was named after Vivekananda’s
original name” said Narendra, proudly recalling his early days.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">His
mother Smt M. Sumathi, besides looking after the big family, was engaged in
women welfare. She headed the Mahila
Mandal for more than 25 years in that locality and devoted her time for the
welfare of poor and downtrodden women.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“I
learnt about the importance of knowledge, discipline, time management and
perfectionism from my father, and leadership qualities and passion for service
to the society from my mother. These
qualities have always helped me to become successful, braving all challenges”,
Narendra says with emotion. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #002060;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Early Days – Passionate Student<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Narendra
completed his B.Com with a University rank.
His ambition was to become a Chartered Accountant. He joined a Chartered Accountancy firm. Meanwhile, in 1975, the then Private Sector
Corporation Bank offered him a job as Officer-trainee, since he was a
University Rank holder. He discontinued
CA and joined the Bank. He pursued law
(L.L.B) as a part-time student, attending the classes both in the mornings and
in the evenings, outside the office time.
Again, he secured a University rank in law also. He also completed his banking diploma CAIIB
with a top rank at the national level.
“Though I wanted to become a Chartered Accountant, I started my journey
as a banker”, says Narendra.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #002060;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tips to Manage Challenges<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Narendra’s
journey in the banking career was not without challenges. After joining Corporation Bank in 1975, he
rose to the level of Chief General Manager in the Bank. Then, he was posted as Executive Director of
Bank of India. After a brief stint
there, he was posted to Indian Overseas Bank in November 2010 as Chairman,
which post he still continues to hold.
He will retire from the bank in less than two years. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“To
become a leader is not an easy one.
There may be a lot of frustrating moments for any person in any
profession. Your good and sincere
efforts may not get recognised; your trusted close friends may ditch you; your
boss may get angry without reason; your minor mistakes may get projected as
major issues; there may be caste and communal politics in the organisation. Every such moment is a testing time for
us. We need to learn to manage such challenges
without getting upset. Every challenge is an experience. Leave it to God. Continue to do your work with all
sincerity. A time will come when you
will be recognised and rewarded”, says Narendra after a deep pause.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-IN" style="color: #002060;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mentoring and Learning<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Narendra
recalls how his father used to review his performance frequently, even when he
(Narendra) was holding the position of General Manager and mentor him to manage
the challenges and to go to the next level.
Narendra emphasises the need for good parenting, and parents becoming
role models for children. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Narendra
says that whenever he meets the customers, he learns from their success and failure
stories. Even from the routine business
meetings, he picks up a message for
life.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Though
there were offers to join Private Banks at the top level with a huge salary, he
refused to join them. “Public Sector is
my passion. Public Sector banks give
more opportunities to support farmers, small industries and nation
building. We should not forget the roots
from where we have come” says Narendra passionately.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He
wants to focus on education and social service after his retirement from the
Bank. He wants to continue the initiatives his parents had started. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“While
my parents have played the role of the mentor, my wife is playing a supportive
role throughout my banking career.” Concludes Narendra with tears rolling in
his cheek as a mark of gratitude. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Within
two years of his joining Indian Overseas Bank, he is able to nearly double the
business and bring in a new environment galvanising the entire bank. His new
slogan “Energy, energise, execute and excel” has become the new mantra to all
his colleagues to continue their journey in nation-building and self-improvement. </span></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-indent: 0in;">Emergence of modern internet</b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thirty years ago, on 1st January 1983, the world
entered a new era of communication with the birth of ‘Modern Internet’ which we
use today. This communication revolution
was made by the TCP/IP protocol, was developed by Dr. Vinton G. Cerf and Robert
E. Kahn. They are now considered
‘Fathers of Modern Internet’.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In those days, ARPANET was
the wide-area network sponsored by the US Defence Advanced Research Projects
Agency (DARPA). It went live in 1969, when Vinton Cerf was an ARPANET scientist
at the Stanford University. The military became interested in a common protocol
as different networks and systems using different and proprietary protocols
began to hook up to ARPANET, and they found that they could not talk to each other
easily.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On 1st January 1983, the new Internet Protocol
TCP/IP, which replaced the older system, was accepted as the standard and the
modern Internet was born. The Internet,
a revolutionary and cost-effective communication system has transformed the lives
of billions of people across the world. Using data
"packet-switching", the new method of linking computers and sharing
information paved the way for the arrival of the World Wide Web.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Interaction with Dr Vinton G Cerf</b></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dr. Vinton G. Cerf (70), the main architect of
Modern Internet, is presently the President and CEO of Google Special Services
Inc. and Chief Internet Evangelist at Google.
He visited Chennai in mid-January 2013 to participate in the annual
meeting of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) – India Council. Dr. Vinton is the International President of
ACM. We had the opportunity of recording
his inspiring interview for PodUniversal and PreSense. (Link for his interview is given at the end
of this article). <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While people with less qualification and
achievement pose themselves as great men, this legendary person, who
revolutionalised the entire globe with his invention, looked very simple and
humble. In the 45 minutes of
conversation we had with him, he spoke and came across as a very simple
man. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Awards and recognition</b></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dr. Vinton Cerf has received hundreds of
national and international awards for his achievement. He is also the recipient of the ‘Turing
Award’ for Technology, equivalent to the Nobel Prize, in Computing. Recently, President Obama has appointed him
as a member of National Science Board in US Government.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dr. Vinton suffered from a
hearing impairment from an early age, and he later attributed some of his
interest in computer networking to its promise as an alternative communications
channel for the hearing impaired. His personal disability triggered a great
communication revolution in the globe.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Exclusive interview with PodUniversal</b></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In an exclusive interview with K. Srinivasan,
Editor-in-Chief of PreSense and PodUniversal, Dr. Vinton said that at the time
of the invention, his team had high hopes that this would become a powerful
infrastructure in future. “I think those
hopes have been largely realised” he added proudly.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On computer security, he said, “There is still
plenty of work to be done on the technical side and on the training side to get
users to adopt safer communication practices.”
He suggested ‘two factor authentication’ for the safety of the
users. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On his passion, his achievement, and his message
to the Indian youth, he said, “The simple message here is that you need to be
really passionate about making something happen and you better be prepared to
be patient and persistent because some ideas, the Net included, will not be
widely accepted.” In the same breath, he
also appreciated Indian entrepreneurs for exporting their skill, talents and
inventions to the rest of the world.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">PreSense is proud to feature him as ‘Man of the
month’ (though he is the Man of the Century) in the current issue, when the
world celebrates the 30th year of modern Internet. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>PodUniversal Edition 161</b></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Please listen to his inspiring interview in the
following link (10 minutes). We have also published
the transcript (courtesy Esther Emil, GRI) for the benefit of those who cannot
follow the American accent.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Arjun Ram Meghwal, Member of Parliament from Bikanir (Rajasthan) is one of the top performing MPs of the current 15th Lok Sabha. Mr Arjun Ram Meghwal, a Rajasthan cadre IAS turned politician, hails from a poor family. With his hard work and passion to serve the society, he became one of the law makers of the country.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Till the end of the 12th Session of the 15th Lok Sabha, he has participated in 345 debates, introduced 20 private members’ bills and raised 543 questions. He has participated in 99% of the sittings. He ranks No 1 among the entire Lok Sabha Members for participation in debates.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Generally, many of the members are seen in the Central Hall of the Parliament when the Parliament business is conducted in the House. He is one of the few MPs, who always sits inside the Lok Sabha and listens to the other members from different parties and different regions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When asked how he does the homework for all his Parliamentary speeches, he politely says that he would spend time in the Parliament Library, attend the briefing sessions of PRS India, read a lot of books and newspapers to get himself equipped with various facts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He is also keeping a ‘Resource Panel’ consisting of doctors, lawyers, engineers, social workers and bankers to support him on the various debates he may participate in and to raise questions on. “This method helps me to speak logically and to the point in the House”, says Mr Arjun Ram proudly to PreSense. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He also expresses his concern over the disruption of Question Hour. Though the rule book permits the suspension of Question Hour to discuss any nationally important issues like gang-rape, he feels it should not be a routine one. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“Bikanir is a tourist centre. It is yet to be connected with other cities by air. In 2013, I want to connect Bikanir with other cities by air. This is my dream project for 2013.” Arjun Ram Meghwal says with beaming confidence. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">PreSense congratulates him for his passion in his Parliamentary duties. Please listen to his exclusive interview in the link <a href="http://youtu.be/CaLwHK6Ipk8">http://youtu.be/CaLwHK6Ipk8</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">World over rumours are getting spread through mainline and social media about the 'Doomsday'. The news is getting spread that as per Mayan Calendar, the world will end on 21st December 2012. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Reports are also coming that many people in developed countries have donated their properties for charities, to get ready for the 'Doomsday'. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mr D K Hari, Founder of <a href="http://bharathgyan.com/index.htm" target="_blank">Bharath Gyan</a> has recently authored a book '<a href="https://store.artofliving.org/in/product.aspx?guid=35490b7b-43db-465e-8b86-e8fa00aa5b6e" target="_blank">2012 - The Real Story</a>'. In this book, Mr D K Hari has dealt about this phobia. Mr Hari is a researcher in the ancient wisdom.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">According to Mr Hari, Mayan Calendar has the joint origin of India and Central America. In an exclusive and very interesting interview to PodUniversal, Mr Hari has brought out the scientific facts behind the Mayan Calendar. He says that as per this calendar, the one era (yuga) ends on 21st December 2012 and the new era starts on the next day. Unfortunately, few people are spreading the panic among the entire world as if the world is going to end on that day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In this interview, he has also brought out how Maya clans had the origin from India and how they were engaging themselves in building huge cities, ships, bridges, etc. According to Mr Hari, Srilanka City, Ram Setu, Pyramnids were built by them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had the opportunity of going through the book 'Employee Engagement and Communication Research' authored by <a href="http://www.commevaluation.com/" target="_blank">Ms Susan Walker ABC</a>, from London. This <a href="http://www.koganpage.com/editions/employee-engagement-and-communication-research/9780749466824" target="_blank">book was published</a> last month by <a href="http://www.koganpage.com/home/" target="_blank">Kogan Page Limited</a> at London and US.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Generally all the companies make huge noise about the employee motivation and employee satisfaction. But in reality, they remain more in paper. A serious research or study is not made by any company to understand the ground reality of the employee perceptions. Whatever the surveys done in the name of 'employee satisfaction survey' serve the ISO audit purposes only. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In this book, Susan deals with the various aspects of communication research, development questionnaire, measurement, interpretation of data, strategies and action to be adopted. She also explains as to how such communication research can help the companies in the employee engagement. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The author has divided the 20 chapters into three sections, viz. (a) Measurement, (b) Strategy and (c) implementation. Even the complicated technical details have been presented in a simple manner. She has also shared interesting and relevant case studies in these chapters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This book will serve as a good handbook for the Communication Managers, HR Managers and Research organisations. This book is available in UK, USA and in India. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The author Susan’s career began in the internal communications field before joining </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Market and Opinion Research International (MORI), the major UK research agency where she </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">headed the employee research practice. She is now running her own engagement and </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">communication evaluation research business.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I interviewed Susan over mobile. Please listen to the interesting conversation. The transcript of this conversation is also given below the YouTube flash player. This podcast can also be listened from <a href="http://youtu.be/uIj12P8p4qQ">http://youtu.be/uIj12P8p4qQ</a> (6 minutes)</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What prompted you to write this book?</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was inspired to write the book because I had looked at the market and there were books about research, and engagement and communication but there were really no books that tied all three together and looked at employee research from that point of view - that is what stimulated me to write the book.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, there are all sorts of definitions of employee engagement and I think a lot if it is down to an employee who is interested in the company, understands its purpose, who feels part of it – and that feeling that they with the organization and want to help it.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Many companies conduct conduct employee satisfaction surveys for ISO purposes. can it be considered as communication research?</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes, I think so, it concerns satisfaction which is really I suppose another work for engagement and especially if there are communications quests as well, I think It would be considered as engagement and communication research.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Three main areas: first of all measurement. This covers basis tools such as objective questionnaire design, statistical reliability, sampling. Then the second section about strategy which is engaging senior management, looking at benefits of research and linking with the business. Then the third section about action planning, defining what needs to be done from the survey results. And also a number of case studies and also interviews with leading professionals around the world: an important part of the book to have that global perspective.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Interesting talking to people from all over the world Brazil, Russia ,China and of course India and although circumstances and cultures vary it seems that many of the challenges we face are the same The prime one being engaging senior management and convincing senior management that it is worthwhile measuring their employee engagement and communications. Also making sure that action happens as a result. So although we may come from different places, we all seem to share the same challenges.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What impressed me, it was written many thousands of years ago and people think things written a long time ago have nothing to teach us. In fact this is said to be the very first management book that was ever written. But what impressed me was that it did not just look at aspects like the military and the economy but it also looked at welfare. And a lot of the advice which was then said to be for the King could be said nowadays to be about the CEO of the organsiation – like the King of the organization. And I felt that a lot of what was written there was just as applicable today as it was then.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Please keep visiting <a href="http://www.prpoint.com">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Recent arrests of some of the social media users in West Bengal, Puducherry and Maharashtra under Sec 66A of the IT Act has triggered a serious controversy across the nation. Even the Hon'ble Chief Justice of India has expressed concern over the knee-jerk reaction of the Police. Many of the social media activists have started demanding repeal of 66A itself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">The Information Technology Act, 2000 was amended in 2008. The amended Act which received the assent of the President on February 5, 2009, contains section 66A.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">66A. Punishment for sending offensive messages through communication service, etc. Any person who sends, by means of a computer resource or a communication device,— (a) any information that is grossly offensive or has menacing character; or (b) any information which he knows to be false, but for the purpose of causing annoyance, inconvenience, danger, obstruction, insult, injury, criminal intimidation, enmity, hatred or ill will, persistently by making use of such computer resource or a communication device,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Explanation.— For the purpose of this section, terms “electronic mail” and “electronic mail message” means a message or information created or transmitted or received on a computer, computer system, computer resource or communication device including attachments in text, images, audio, video and any other electronic record, which may be transmitted with the message.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.cysi.in/" target="_blank">Cyber Society of India</a> organised a one-day workshop at Madras University on 5th October 2012 on the theme "Cyber War: Has it begun?". Mr Talwant Singh, CBI Special Judge, Patiala Courts, Delhi delivered the key note address. Mr Talwant Singh is one of the leading experts in India on cyber law and he has authored many articles on the various legal aspects of Information Technology Act and cyber offenses. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">During his speech, Mr Talwant Singh pointed out that Facebook had crossed 1 billion registered users and if it were to be a country, it would be the third largest country in the world, next to China and India. He also mentioned that distinction between physical world and virtual world was diminishing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Like 'dynamite', Internet was also invented for good use only. Later, criminals started using for bad purposes. Committing an offense in the virtual world was less riskier than committing an offense in the physical world, he said. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mr Talwant Singh also said that in the physical world, when a war was fought, the people knew who the enemy was and they could retaliate. But in the virtual world, an unidentifiable and invisible enemy was waging cyber war. Till date, none of the countries in the world had recognised the 'cyber war' and signed any treaties, he added.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mr Talwant Singh suggested that NGOs like Cyber Society of India should create more awareness about the cyber risks and educate the people. He also prescribed three point formula viz. (a) creating awareness, (b) getting prepared for such eventuality and (c) retaliating, if needed, to protect the nation and the society to manage the attacks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Finally, he also said that Government had already advised all the Government Departments to use only the mail ids provided by National Informatics Centre (NIC) with domain extension @nic.in. He strongly advised all the Government Departments to use only NIC based emails for Government communication instead of web based popular mails, to avoid any data theft.</span></div>
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the globalised competitive era, the individuals and the companies have now started bench marking their knowledge, proficiency and quality to globally accepted standards. Companies world over subject themselves to ISO or BS Standards, which are globally recognised. Unless the companies get ISO certification, they may not be able to participate in the tenders internally and globally.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the same way, IT professionals have now started benching their individual talents through <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/certification/cert-overview.aspx" target="_blank">Microsoft Certification</a> and <a href="http://www.isaca.org/CERTIFICATION/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">ISACA certification</a>. These certifications enable the IT professionals to compete globally and succeed professionally.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the same way, communication and marketing professionals also need to get themselves certified to the global standards, if they want to succeed in their career in future. I have been impressing upon the need for such global accreditation for the past eight years. None of the professional bodies in India are able to come up with any globally accepted certification or accreditation process. We need to prepare our younger generation communication and marketing professionals to compete at global levels. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just like we have accepted globally recognised certification process in other areas, the communication and marketing industry also can adopt the globally recognised and accepted certification process to develop their career in future.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">US, UK, Australia, South Africa, Singapore and few other countries have already started accrediting their communicaiton and marketing professionals. The employers give priority only to such accredited professionals in the internal promotions. Professionals can get accredited in their chosen field, only after few years of experience. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.prsa.org/Learning/Accreditation" target="_blank">APR Accreditation</a> by Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) and <a href="http://www.cipr.co.uk/content/careers-cpd/how-become-accredited-practitioner" target="_blank">FCIPR Accreditation</a> by Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR), London are highly popular in US and Europe.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.iabc.com/" target="_blank">International Association of Business Communicators (IABC)</a> is one of the respected International bodies operating in more than 100 countries. They offer <a href="http://www.iabc.com/abc/" target="_blank">ABC Accreditation</a> (Accredited Business Communicator). All the professionals who are connected with Business Communicaiton field like Public Relations, Corporate Communication, Marketing Communication, Journalism, etc are eligible for Accreditation process. Only working professionals can apply for Accreditation.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Accreditation process involves 3 stages. (1) Application, (2) Submission of two Portfolios (work samples), based on the applicant's own experience and (3) written and oral examination. Senior Accredited professionals will mentor and guide the candidates. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Recently, I recorded an interview with Mr Bish Mukherjee, President of IABC's <a href="http://indiasouth.iabc.com/" target="_blank">India South Chapter</a>. Mr Bish was earlier the Accreditation Director for Asian countries and now the Asian coordinator for the prestigious Quill Awards of IABC. He has mentored many professionals.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have also recorded an interview with Dr Rajiv Kumar. He is one of the top management officials in the Tata Group handling Corporate Communication. He is presently the Director in the Accreditation Committee of IABC. He supervises the Accreditation process of Asia Pacific, Europe, South America and Africa. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Please watch this interesting and informative podcast (12 minutes). If anybody wants to get more information and guidance, they can send mail to Mr Bish Mukherjee at <a href="mailto:bmiabc@hotmail.com">bmiabc@hotmail.com</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">During the period between 1957 and 1975, erstwhile Soviet Union and the United States were engaged in Space Race to excel each other on the Space Technology. They spent billions of amount in space education and research. This space race ultimately benefited the mankind.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the July 2012 edition of Social ezine <a href="http://www.corpezine.com/" target="_blank">PreSense</a>, we have featured this in details. Our written feature is also produced in the form of a Podcast.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Please watch this interesting podcast (11 minutes) with rare pictures and video clips.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mr Anandrao Adsul, Hon'ble Member of Parliament from Amravati, Maharashtra constituency is one of the Sansad Ratna Award Winners, for his outstanding performance in overall tally and also for being No 1 in asking 'Questions' in the current 15th Lok Sabha. He was also No 1 in asking 'Questions' in the earlier 14th Lok Sabha. Till 30th March 2012, he has asked 754 Questions.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Since Mr Adsul could not attend the Award function at Chennai on 14th April 2012 due to his ill health, K. Srinivasan, Chairman of the Prime Point Foundation personally handed over the Award to Mr Adsul at Mumbai on 19th April 2012.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Gopalkrishna Gandhi, Former Governor of West Bengal</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Prime Point Foundation, <a href="http://www.sansadratna.in/2012/04/four-mps-honoured-with-sansad-ratna.html" target="_blank">presented the Sansad Ratna Awards 2012</a> at Indian Institute of Technology-Madras on Saturday the 14th April 2012 to top performing 4 MPs. Mr Gopalkrishna Gandhi, Former Governor of West Bengal and the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and Rajaji presented the Awards.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After presenting the Awards. he gave an inspiring and poetic speech for nearly 18 minutes. During his speech, he stressed that the people should not slander Parliament and it amounted to slandering ourselves. He also quoted the example of the Acts of Parliament abolishing dowry and untouchability, which still remained unabolished from the society. He said, the Parliament was a great Institution and it could find solution for many things. He also appealed the Parliamentarians to find solutions for eradicating black money and corruption. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Please listen to the inspiring speech of Mr Gopalkrishna Gandhi. The text of his speech may be downloaded from</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.prpoint.com/cg140412.pdf">http://www.prpoint.com/cg140412.pdf</a> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/WugyQcnC5G0?rel=0" width="480"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This video may also be watched from</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WugyQcnC5G0">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WugyQcnC5G0</a></span> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Full text of his speech:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Esteemed Shri Era Sezhiyan, Award-winning Hon’ble MPs on the dais, esteemed Director of the IIT, Sri Srinivasan, Sri Sudarshan, ladies and gentlemen.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is an honour to share the dias with Sri Era Sezhiyan.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sri Somnath Chatterjee has said Sri Sezhiyan hs been untouched by the distortions and aberrations of our Parliamentary system. He is absolutely right.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rajaji once said it is easy to fast sitting at home on Ekadasi but very difficult to fast sitting in the middle of Modern Café at meal time. Sri Sezhiyan has performed that miracle</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chance has to be the best designer.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Who or what but pure coincidence could have conjured four names of parliamentarians with the perfect blend of legislative credit and with all four belonging to different parties, different regions, different languages ? </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One defect in design has however been left by that architect of concurrent incidence. I refer to the fact that all winners are men. A reservation – by utter chance – for women in the play of the hand that devises these awards would be felicitous.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I salute chance.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But I do so without detracting from the inherent merit of the MPs who have been conferred the Sansad Ratna-s. They have not achieved what they have achieved by chance, or by a fluke. They have earned their distinction. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I applaud the winners, I celebrate their achievement, I commend their example to their peers.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And yet I cannot but express a contrary opinion today. And that is : Not just these MPs, and their award winning predecessors but every MP should been found to have done as well or as well as these three. Some have to excel. They have to stand out. Even in the Defence Forces, where every man or woman in uniform has the same valour, the same discipline, the same courage, some do get Vir Chakra-s, some Param Vir Chakra-s. But Vir they all are.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Is the case the same with our legislators ? Some may shine, some may sparkle, and some may stun by their calibre, but are they all Ratna-s ?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Membership of the Houses of Parliament requires a level field of performance in what may be termed the basics of parliamentarianism. Has that been happening ? Some are regular in their attendance, others are frequent visitors. Some put a good number of questions, others keep their queries themselves. Some make a tidy number of speeches. Others opt for silence.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Excellence is optional. Should pass-mark performance be optional too ?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It has been said speech should improve upon silence. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But silence cannot improve on silence, except in a Rishi.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And shouting cannot take the place of speech, except in a public meeting and that too only when the amplification-system has failed.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Attendance, interpellations and speeches in legislatures are of course optional. And Hon’ble Members are entitled to opt for those forms of conservative conduct. But walk-outs too are optional, as is raising one’s voice beyond the requirements of audition, stepping into the well of the House, tearing documents, hurling objects. That option is frequently exercised. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But, on a larger plane, is parliamentary accountability optional ? </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Is legislative duty a matter of choice ? </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Is giving one’s worth as one elected to one’s electors subject to the whimsies of volition ?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today is a magnetic anniversary, Babasaheb Ambedkar’s birth anniversary. Let us ask his memory that question. I feel like saying to him ‘Sir, you will be glad to know Parliament has a Committee on Ethics’. I can hr him rejoin with ‘ I did not know ethics can be achieved by a committee…Do they decide on what is ethical by consensus, by majority vote or by the casting vote of its chair ?’</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And I do not have the answer to that.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If that were possible, how much good, how much welfare, how much progress we could achieve by ‘committee’ !</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Alas, reality is ever a teaser.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are grades of performance in Parliament as there are elsewhere. And one may not expect uniformity in standards of dedication. In fact one may definitely expect the opposite. One may expect variations, wide and oceanic variations in individual records.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Parliament represents the essences of India.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Parliament is in fact, ‘Essential India’.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Therefore it is important, I think, that not just individuals but Parliament as a whole passes tests, rigorous, exemplary tests. What is important is that the integrated will of the people as reflected in that body of the essences of India, be of the first rank, of the first water.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And there, let us note the fact that in all its successive avatars, the Parliament of India has shown itself to be an extraordinary institution.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Even as forum for debating, let us acknowledge the fact that we have some extraordinary spealers there. The recent debate on the Lokpal Bill saw some exceptional speeches, of which must mention those of Sri Pranab Mukherjee, Smt Sushma Swaraj, Sri Arun Jaitley, Sri Sitaram Yechury, Sri Sandeep Dikshit, Sri Abhishek Singhvi, Smt Shobhana Bhartia, Sri D Raja. There are others who spoke effectively and persuasively as well, but these names com readily to my mind.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As a citizen, as a voter, I felt proud hearing them. Dr Ambedkar would have felt proud hearing them. I felt the people of India were speaking through them.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I do not and never shall subscribe to the cynical diminishing of our Parliament that some attempt. I do not and shall not join in any chorus of abuse hurled at that institution. For to call Parliament by any synonym of slander is to slander ourselves. Not that we as a people do not deserve to hear bitter truths about ourselves ; we do. But then we are of elements so mixed, of virtues and vices so fluxed, of highs and lows so contradictorily constituted, that we should know better than to judge too harshly or in haste an institution that is made in nothing save our own image.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just as we as individuals, as house-holders, as institution-makers have moments when we rise above our own average, when we overcome our limitations and seek to raise ourselves to a degree of elevation above that which is natural to our state, just as we have, shall I say, moments of high reflection or deep introspection, and just as we, with all our mortal weaknesses, can sometimes rise above ourselves to an act of courage, or of candour, of credit and of commitment, so also the Parliament of India can rise and has risen, time and again, to give to its people, to those that have brought it into being, in other words, to us, the gift of its innate greatness, the fruit of its inherent wisdom, and indeed, the dower of its ripened instincts.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So high are our expectations of Parliament, so pressing our needs for its attention, and so steep our sense of its obligations to us, that our dismay and our disappointment, our sadness and often our shock at its failure to meet our aspirations blinds us to what it has done.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If that ugly stain on our society – dowry – has been outlawed in our country, it is by an act of Parliament. If dowry is still asked for without shame and given without demur, that is by our acts.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If domestic violence has been made a crime in our country, it is by an act of Parliament. If women and infants are still beaten by despicable brutes in male form, it is by acts of society.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If untouchability has been abolished in our country, let us acknowledge the fact that it has so been abolished by the wisdom of the founding parents of our Constitution and our Parliament. If that ugly stain on our society – dowry – has been outlawed in our country, it is by an act of Parliament. Likewise, land reforms were brought in by Parliament, police reforms, prison reforms, labour law reforms, and an enactment, perhaps the first of its kind in the world, for the prevention of cruelty to animals. All these are the gifts to the country of Parliament. And the same Parliament has bent to heed popular opinion , most notably, in the amendment to the States Reorganisation Bill which had in a rather wooden manner proposed a composite state of Bombay, to divide it far more realistically , into Maharashtra and Gujarat. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One might say all that ‘happened’ in the golden days of Jawaharlal Nehru.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And so it did. But then the record has continued.The landmark reservation of seats for women in our local bodies happened long after and , in our ‘own’ times, if domestic violence has been made a crime in our country, it is by an act of Parliament, if the NREGA is a fact of life today, giving employment and wages and nourishment to millions, it is because of Parliament, if the RTI is a household name today, utilised across the length and breadth of India, and the RTE Act promises education to India’s children, it is because of Parliament. If States have Lok Ayuktas and the Centre may – inshallah – soon have a Lok Pal it is again because our legislatures have responded according to its own lights to public opinion, to public campaigns.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We need to salute Anna Hazare for his campaign. But just imagine for a moment a country where there was no parliament, no democracy, who would Anna Hazare have addressed ? Who would have taken his demand for steps against corruption and black money forward ?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I could go on and give more examples, but do not need to. Not in Chennai, which has sent some of the finest Parliamentarians of the world to the apex legislature of India.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Let us not judge Parliament by its low tides. Let us not measure its bench marks by the lines left on its side by receding foam-lines of sediment and dross. They do not represent the golden mean. At the other end of the spectrum, let us not see it by the leaps of its great shooting stars either, for they too are exceptional.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Let us rather judge that institution, which is nothing else than our own integrated political intelligence at work, by its averages. There we shall see a balanced picture.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Having said this, let me say the following and close:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Parliament is by definition a vessel of dignity. Let those who row it row with knowledge. It will empower them.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Parliament is like a planetarium where the convex sky must glitter with the glow and sparkle of the entire spangled firmament, not by the episodic spark of meteors, comets and shooting stars. Those can add to the wonderment of Parliament , but not compensate for the sullen starlessness of its average sky.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Parliament cannot be held by its makers in anything but confidence, faith. Parliament hs to be the home of visvasam.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Preoccupation with the monetary, travel or status perquisites of legislative membership when proportionate to preoccupation with serious work will never be begrudged by the people of India. We are a generous people. But when that preoccupation is out of balance, it can jar. We are an intelligent people.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Finally, it is time Parliament gave India solutions to three important problems that beset us:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><ol start="1" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A solution to the ogre of black money.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A solution to the related demon of corrupt practices, including the use of intimidation, physical and psychological, in elections.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A solution to what Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan called “widespread inefficiency and gross mismanagement of resources”.</span></li>
</ol><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There is a fourth contribution that requires to be made as well. We are facing certain risks, national risks. There is the distinct prospect flowing from climate change of a water shock and a food shock. We have of course the ever-present prospect of an energy shock, fuel shock. And we have the seemingly increase frequency of natural disasters like earthquakes. We were all shaken up on 11 April by the 8.6 that lay epicentred in Indonesia. Now, earthquakes today are no different from earthquakes millennia ago. They may be more frequent, but in their intrinsic nature they are the same as always. Yet they kill more viciously now, not because the earthquake per se has become more vicious but because the congestion of buildings and of populations has become so dense that the impact is that much worse.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What does all this have to do with Parliament?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It has everything to do with Parliament because Parliament is our essence and we must be told by it of the risks that we face, the dangers we must prepare ourselves for. Parliament must be both th harbinger of good news and initiator of great steps but it must also be the messenger of the bitter herbs of much-needed medicament in terms of honest truths told. It must give us confidence and also take us into confidence.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Let us be proud of our Parliament and all our Legislative Assemblies, but let us strive to make them what they are meant to be.</span></div><div><style>
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3rd Annual Awards function was held by Prime Point Foundation at Indian Institute of Technology-Madras on Saturday the 14th April 2012 to honour four top performing Lok Sabha MPs with 'Sansad Ratna Award 2012'. Please <a href="http://www.sansadratna.in/2012/04/four-mps-honoured-with-sansad-ratna.html" target="_blank">click for more details</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On 10th April 2012, K. Srinivasan, Founder of Prime Point Foundation met Dr Abdul Kalam, Former President of India and briefed him about this event. After conveying his greetings, he also gave a short message to be screened on that day.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In his exclusive message, he has suggested the legislatures to perform 'inspiring action', which can motivate youth to enter into politics and governance.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He also suggested three important actions in their constituency viz. (1) restoring water bodies, (2) improving the literacy ration and (3) providing skill development centres. Dr Abdul Kalam said that undertaking such inspiring action, will make them as 'role-models'.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The message was screened at the start of the Award function, which was well received by the audience and by the award winning MPs. As suggested by Dr Abdul Kalam, they also announced openly to take up specific activities in their constituency as 'inspiring action' to become role-models.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">He also suggested that Indian youth should look for positive aspect in every setback and grasp the opportunity, available everywhere. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mr Tony Good, when he was young, joined a leading Airline company as a Public Relations and marketing Executive. He lost his job from the Company, for no fault of him. That triggered a 'fire' in him to start an independent Public Relations Company to prove his capability.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This independent PR Agency, which he started 50 years back was '<a href="http://www.goodrelations.co.uk/" target="_blank">Good Relations</a>'. This is the first PR Agency anywhere in the world to get listed in the stock exchange at London. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From 1970 onwards, he got associated with India through his association with many companies as a member of the Board. He is presently the International Chairman of <a href="http://www.coxandkings.com/" target="_blank">Cox and Kings</a>, one of the top travel agencies of 250 year old. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1986, he started the <a href="http://www.goodrelations.co.in/index.htm" target="_blank">Indian arm of Good Relations</a> as an Indian company. Again, this is the first independent PR and Communication agency in India.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mr Tony Good in his late 70s, is a great visionary and is considered as a 'legend' in the communication field.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Public Relations Council of India honoured him on 13th Feb 2012 at Mumbai with the coveted 'Life Time Achivement Award' in the presence of a galaxy of eminent communication, media and corporate professionals. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Tony Good (third from left) receiving the award<br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On the next day, Mr Tony Good was at Chennai for few hours. Since he was hard pressed for time, I travelled along with him to Airport in his car and recorded an exclusive interview with him on various issues.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the interesting conversation, he touched about the strength and weakness of Indian Corporates, his ivews about Indian media, India's image outside, his suggestions to Indian youth and Non Resident Indians. </span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">PodUniversal Edition 148</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Please listen to his inspiring interview (9 minutes). This interview can also be watched from the following link.</span><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U06nsWB9jJk">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U06nsWB9jJk</a> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While watching / listening to this interview, you can also go through the transcipt of his conversation. (Transcript courtesy by Ms Esther Emil, GRI, Chennai).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><object height="315" width="420"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/U06nsWB9jJk?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/U06nsWB9jJk?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="420" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Transcript of the interview with Mr Tony Good</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><b><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mr.Tony Good, Welcome to PodUniversal show</span></i></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Very kind, Thank you</span><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Let me congratulate you for receiving the coveted Life time achievement award from Public Relations Council of India </span></i></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I feel extremely honored by it. It will be something that I will aspire to, possibly live upto if I can </span><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sir, you are associated with India and the Indian corporates almost from 1970 that is nearly 40 years?</span></i></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Absolutely</span><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You know about the Indian corporates and European corporates. What according to you are the strong points of Indian corporates? </span></b></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think there is still very much a family tradition in most of the major corporates and I think that is a strength. I think that they’ve moved with the times in the second and third generation increasingly tending to be educated on an international stage rather than a national one so I think you get the best of both worlds. You get the cohesion that comes from a close knit family business but also though the younger members have gained experience and knowledge abroad which they are bringing to bear in their businesses here. </span><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What according to you are the weak points among the Indian corporates that prevent them to meet the global standards?</span></i></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, I think increasingly they are achieving global standards. I mean if for example you had told me in 1970 when I first came to India that, for example Tata would own not only Tetley Tea and what was British deal Land Rover Jaguar, I think very few people would ever have believed that. And I’ve seen the incursion of Indian corporates to the international stage in the most impressive way. </span><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do you think the Indian Corporates are building their image properly?</span></b></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think, one of the problems that India has is that as a country it is not doing its PR as well as it could and should. Now, you might expect me to say that, but all too often the headlines about India are about their corruption and inefficiency. Now every country has its corruption and sadly my own has been proved recently to be no exception. I think that India has to recognize the need for PR as a country and Indian corporates also need to recognize that they have to promote themselves on the international stage as well as on their local, domestic stage. </span><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do you mean to say that India is being projected negatively outside?</span></i></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think too much of the news that comes out of India tends to have a rather negative aspect to it, yes. </span><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What is the solution?</span></i></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The solution is to promote the positive, what was the famous song “accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative” and I think that in terms of eliminating the negative there is a big job for the Indian government to do in being seen to the grasp the nettle of the corruption that undoubtedly exists but it also exists in many many other parts of the world. </span><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now that takes me to another broader question about media. You are seeing the European and the Indian media, What do you think about the Indian Media? Are they more sensitive or more sensational? </span></b></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don’t think they are more sensational, no. I think that most of the well established Indian newspapers do a very good job of news coverage. I think if you have followed the phone hacking stories, that I know have been covered here as well as in the UK there is no doubt that some of the practices that have caught on in Britain and I suspect in other European and International countries I think, Indian Media have a lot to be extremely proud of. Of course they are not perfect, no media are perfect but I’ve seen them come a long way in a comparatively short time.</span><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What is the suggestion that you are giving to the Indian youth because you are a serial entrepreneur, and you have built institutions.</span></b></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, you are very kind.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think Indians have a strong streak of entrepreneurialism in them. It would be presumptuous of me to suggest that I can teach the most entrepreneurial nation in the world about how to be good at it. I think what I would say is identifying the opportunity and seizing it, looking at the positive. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I mean the most unfair thing that ever happened to me which caused me to lose a job; a marketing and Public Relations job in an airline turned out to be an opportunity to create a business which if you told me it would end up being listed on the London Stock Exchange, and at that time we floated we were the only Public Relations company with a stock exchange listing anywhere in the world, I would have been amazed. So I think my message to young Indian Entrepreneurs would be </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(1)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Identify the opportunity</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(2)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Opportunities are everywhere </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(3)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Have the courage to grasp it and</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(4)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Look for the positives in setbacks </span><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What are your suggestions for Indians who are working abroad? </span></b></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Indian who are working abroad, well I think I would say two things, one is that, and I think they are increasingly learning this, to be infact assimilated into the country as a whole. There was a tendency I think in the past for Indians working abroad to basically gather in small groups, stick together. Now we’ve seen Indians, my good friend Gulam Noon, who has progressed from an MBE, to a knighthood to a position in the House of Lords. Is, I think a very good example of an Indian entrepreneur who has become absorbed into the environment and has become infact a part of it. And I know of many other successful Indian entrepreneurs who have done exactly that.</span><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you very much for joining Pod Universal Show</span></b></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You are most kind. Thank you for inviting me. </span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As at the end of 2011, approximately 1.8 crores of credit cards are in circulation and they contribute around 8000 crores of transactions every month. In the same way, around 26 crores of debit cards are in circulation, creating around 3000 crores of transaction. Besides, the banks have activated around 6.5 crores of online accounts. The banks in India, put together transact around 2 lakh crores of rupees every month towards NEFT, ECS, credit and debit card transactions electronically. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anticipating such enormous growth, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) set up a Working Group in 2010 under the Chairmanship of Mr G Gopalakrishna, Executive Director of RBI to look into the Information security in banks and suggest measures. Accordingly, the Working Group submitted its draft report to RBI in Jan 2011. RBI sought suggestions from the civil society on the report. After the suggestions were received, the final report was accepted by RBI and they <a href="http://rbidocs.rbi.org.in/rdocs/Notification/PDFs/LBS300411F.pdf" target="_blank">circulated to all the Banks on 29th April 2011</a>, directing the banks to implement the recommendations in a time bound manner.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Working Group has given 265 recommendations. Before the end of October 2011, the Banks should have completed the formation of various committees for implementation and for drafting IS Policy. They should have also completed the gap analysis.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With this background, <a href="http://www.cysi.in/" target="_blank">Cyber Society of India </a>(CySI) jointly with <a href="http://www.iob.in/" target="_blank">Indian Overseas Bank</a> (IOB) organised a one-day National Seminar on "Banking on e-Security: RBI's Gopalakrishna Working Group" on Friday the 27th Jan 2012 at Chennai.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is the first time, such a seminar is being organised anywhere in India, after the publication of report. A mention has to be made about Mr M Narendra, CMD of IOB, who took the pro-active efforts and arranged to get Mr Gopalakrishna himself to address the participants from different banks and IT industry.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When Cyber Society of India wrote to all the banks about the seminar and requested their participation, excepting few banks like Indian Bank, Canara Bank, Corporation Bank, Maharashtra Bank, UCO Bank, TNSC Bank, SBI, others did not bother even to acknowledge or enquire about this. Those banks also did not even respond to phone calls. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Even when CySI wrote personally to few Chairmen, requesting them to participate in the inaugural session, they did not even respond, even after several reminders and phone calls. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While, organising this event, CySI was able to realise that bankers were not well equipped to address the seminar confidently. Their knowledge level on this report was also very less. When CySI, requested one of the Bankers to depute their Senior Executive, who is considered an authority on IS Audit, their GMs immediately deputed him to Chennai from Kolkatta. After the concerned Official boarded the flight, the CMD of the Bank ordered him not to go and speak. This is the type of 'attitude' of the top management in many banks. Probably, for every knowledge seeking exercise, they need some 'directions' from the Government or from Regulators. Only very few Chairmen are pro-active. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cyber Society of India has suggested two measures to RBI for consideration.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. Presently, banks offer mobile alerts to their customers for their credit card, debit card and online transactions only on request. Due to lack of awareness, many customers have not availed this facility. This leads to lot of cyber crimes, causing pressure to police authorities also. Hence, CySI suggested that mobile alerts should be by 'default' and only if the customers do not want such alert, they should request the bank.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. Secondly, IS Audit in the banks are not done effectively. Either they do it themselves or get it done through their own known people. Since the banks are not insisting on 'digital signatures' for the transactions, they are exposing the customers to greater risk and privacy issues. Hence, CySI has requested RBI to empanel, qualified IS Auditors and allot the auditors at random directly to the banks. Such independent reports are to be monitored by RBI.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mr Gopalakrishna said that he would take up with the appropriate authorities at RBI level for consideration.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While addressing the participants, Mr Gopalakrishna also accepted that the implementation in the first six months was not satisfactory. Subsequently, when the media persons asked him, he responded that RBI would take it seriously, if the recommendations are not implemented before October 2012. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The full text of the speech by Mr G Gopalakrishna may be downloaded from the following link:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.cysi.in/docs/CySI_seminar-GG.pdf">http://www.cysi.in/docs/CySI_seminar-GG.pdf</a> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Please listen to the inaugural speech of Mr M Narendra, Chairman and Managing Director, Indian Overseas Bank. (30 minutes).</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><object height="360" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lqwBysiBhSk?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lqwBysiBhSk?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" height="360" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This podcast may also be listened from the following link.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqwBysiBhSk"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqwBysiBhSk</span></a> </div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Please keep visiting <a href="http://www.prpoint.com">
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.iacchennai.org/" target="_blank">India Against Corruption, Chennai (IAC) </a>had invited Anna Hazare to Chennai to address the Tamilnadu people. After his acceptance of the invitation, Anna ji promised to visit Chennai via Bangaloru on 18th Dec, 2011.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Many people, irrespective of their state, education, religion and age started admiring Annaji for the past one year, after he took on the Central Government to bring Jan Lokpal. Everybody, including me, started admiring his passion and will power to take on the Government. When he was on fast during August, 2011, many of the members from <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/India_Vision_2020/" target="_blank">India Vision Group </a>also showed solidarity with him, by skipping one meal, sitting at their place. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Socially conscious people at Chennai were eager to have of glimpse of Anna Hazare, when he agreed to visit Chennai. I have personally seen the enthusiasm level of youngsters. Around 200 volunteers started working day and night ten days in advance to make the visit of Annaji a memorable one. All of them spent their money out of their pocket in this process. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Though there were lot of confusions about the visit of Annaji, these young volunteers involved themselves actively in the arrangement of venue, logistics for the meeting, media relations, arranging accommodation for Team Anna, travel arrangements, police security aspects, website and social media management, live webcasting of the event, sponsorship arrangement, publicity through posters and phamlets, etc. All their activities were transparent and had frequent meetings within short time to ensure the proper arrangements. I admire the involvement of around 200 young volunteers, who selflessly worked for the visit of Annaji.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Probably for the first time in Chennai, such socially relevant meeting attracted ten thousand people at Pachayappa's College, the venue for the meeting. Due to the efforts of media team, the entire national and regional media were present to cover the event. While at Bangalore none of the Regional TV Channels covered live, here at Chennai, three popular Tamil channels covered the event live from the venue to reach the entire Tamilnadu population.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Then what went wrong and where?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While, Annaji has triggered the emotions of millions of youngsters across the nation, a closer look of Annaji's visit to Chennai revealed lot of hollowness and arrogance in their top leadership. Many people like me, who have been supporting IAC right from the beginning felt that Anna Hazare ji is more boxed by few coterie and selfish people. Annaji, due to his age (74) not able to do anything. I share with you some of my first hand information.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. The young volunteers team had planned to introduce Anna ji through Mr Elango, Former President of Koothappakkam Panchayat (a national award winner for creating model village). Particularly when the regional channels were telecasting live throughout Tamilnadu and because Annaji was focussing on rural development in his speech, this gesture could have sent a right signal to all the rural Tamilnadu. It appears, in the last minute, the top leaders of IAC at Chennai did not favour a rural man to introduce Annaji and preferrred to show their face through channels. Mr Elango had come to the venue with his rural people. But he was not even given the opportunity by the top leaders even to meet Annaji.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Selfish interest of a bollywood person suppressed public interest</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. While Annaji had arrived at 11 AM to Chennai, he was straight taken from Airport to a preview theatre to watch a movie on Gandhi. Though, there were requests from Chennai Team and also from Team Anna to postpone the viewing of film after meeting the press and the public, this was not allowed by the Secretary of Anna Hazareji. It appears, the personal interest of some film producer connected with bollywood had taken precedence over Annaji's meeting with the public and press. Chennai volunteers blame Mr Suresh, the Private Secretary of Annaji for this decision. They say that Mr Suresh is all powerful and controls what Annaji has to do.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <b>Losing an opportunity to address Tamilnadu people</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. Though, the volunteers team wanted to hold the press conference with Annaji at Chennai Press Club immediately after his arrival, due to this film show, the press conference was planned at 2.30 PM at the venue of the public meeting. Though, all the national and regional channels were holding their camera for live telecast at 2.30 PM, announcement came from Team Anna that Annaji was taking rest due the earlier film show, where he was sitting through and asked the local team to postpone the press meet to 5.30 PM, after completion of public meeting. Since the arrangement was perfectly made in a secluded place at 2.30 PM for the press conference, this sudden change caused lot of disappointment to the media. Team Anna lost a great opportunity to convey their message to entire Tamilnadu live through various channels. To please a bollywood person, they sacrificed a nice opportunity to address Tamilnadu people.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Arrogant behaviour of Kiran Bedi in public</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. Kiran Bedi who was present along with Annaji visibly behaved in an arrogant manner with every body, including media. She was even shouting at the cameras of the media. While Annaji was on stage, she even had the audacity to say that India Against Corruption movement was started by her along with Arvind Kejriwal and that Annaji joined later as third person. Kiran Bedi's behaviour was not liked by many people in the crowd. Even during the Press Conference held after the public meeting and also during the closed door meeting with NGOs, Kiran Bedi was dominating the entire show. The entire Tamilnadu was watching her arrogance through live telecast. Even the questions put to Annaji was responded by her, without allowing Annaji to speak. It gave an impression that Annaji was being used as a show piece to project the individual image of few persons. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5. For the first time, they are visiting southern states after the launch of IAC. Already, people in the south, particularly in Tamilnadu have been considering this movement only as a North Indian movement. The movement is yet to reach villages and smaller towns. During Annaji's visit, there was a great opportunity to IAC to take the message to villages, since three major Tamil Channels were telecasting live. Though the young volunteers team had made arrangements for translation line by line from Hindi to Tamil, the top leaders of IAC on the stage did not allow the translation. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When Annaji rose to speak, an announcement was made that there would not be a translation in Tamil. Immediately, Annaji started talking in Hindi. All the channels, who were telecasting, got perplexed. One of them even stopped telecasting for want of translation, as the rural tamilnadu cannot understand Hindi. The audience could not understand his Hindi and they became restless. Some of them started leaving the venue. After 20 minutes, in a hurry, an arrangement was made to get the Hindi speech translated into Tamil. Many of the media people and the public felt that it was a sign of 'arrogance' by IAC leaders who were sitting on the stage. Today's newspapers have also reported about this 'mess up'.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Even when Annaji was speaking, he did not do a home work. He was speaking as if he was speaking in Maharashtra. Probably, he did not have enough experience of addressing such massive people in the South or other states. Team Anna, instead of thrusting their views on the public, could have done some homework on the various aspects of the states, where they are addressing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While talking about the second freedom movement, Annaji quoted the first freedom struggle. In that context, he started quoting only the names of North Indian freedom fighters. Instead, he could have mentioned the names of great freedom fighters of Tamilnadu and got the claps. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While many of the people who attended the meeting admired Annaji's passion, they disliked the behaviour of the top leaders of IAC showing arrogance in public even before the media.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6. After the public meeting, IAC, Chennai had organised meeting with 'Friends of IAC'. They had invited few retired top bureaucrats and some of the social workers who are doing great job silently, to interact with Annaji. Even during that meeting, Kiran Bedi was dominating in the scene. Even when some of the senior people were giving their views in the closed-door meeting, they were not listening properly and thrusted their views.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One Mr Balasubramanian (aged 60), a tea stall owner. who has been spearheading a movement called 'Kodambakam 2020' along with hundreds of youngsters was also one of the invitees. A few months back, on hearing about him, Dr Abdul Kalam invited Balasubramanian to meet him. Dr Kalam made a reference about his passion when he was visiting Sanfransisco. Balasubramanian looks very simple. Balasubramanian asked Annaji a question. "Annaji, today around ten thousand people have visited the public meeting of their own accord. They are passionate people. How do you plan to make use of them". Though, it was addressed to Annaji, Kiran Bedi took the mike and asked him, "Sir, do you know who is your MLA? do you know who is your MP? If you do not know, why are you asking this question". Mr Balasubramanian could not understand the connection between his question and Kiran Bedi's counter question. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Being a simple man, he did not argue and sat. But he felt insulted by the behaviour of Kiran Bedi. The same simple looking person, who was invited by Dr Abdul Kalam few months back for discussion, was insulted by Kiran Bedi without even bothering to know about the background. I am just sharing this in public, how Kiran Bedi has behaved arrogantly even with a simple looking social worker.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">7. As one of the admirers of Annaji, i felt sad by the behaviour of people around him. I contacted few of the volunteers who were working for this event for the past many days, taking leave of absence from their office. Even they shared lot of things. There seems to be no representation from Chennai in the core team of IAC at national level. Annaji made an announcement openly in the public meeting, that they were adding members from south. There is an active volunteers team at Chennai. They want the core team members with 'impeccable integrity' and without any 'selfish motive' to be selected in consultation with volunteers, instead of nominating one more coterie. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Conclusion</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had a very great view on the IAC and its functions. Annaji's visit to Chennai has shown visibly, how arrogant their top leaders, how they give scant respect for the local sentiments, how they do not want to listen to others and want others only listen to them. I also observed 'selfish interest' dominated over the 'public interest'.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I strongly feel, that Annaji is 'boxed' by few dominating leaders like Kiran Bedi, who never allowed Annaji to give answers to media. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Millions of people in this country have shown faith on the integrity of Annaji. On behalf of millions of admirers of Annaji, i request IAC to debate within themselves and come out clean. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While they preach 'transparency' to the Government, they should be more 'transparent' and show to the world.</span><br />
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