Madurai Campus Connect

Reunion & award for 1974-batch 11-A classmates of St. Joseph's Girls High School & insurance scheme for sportspersons in Madurai.

Back in school

It was a dream come true for the 1974-batch 11-A classmates of St. Joseph’s Girls High School. Of the 36 who got in touch, 18 of them from many parts of India and foreign countries got together for a reunion at their alma mater on January 5. Karpagasundari, a pharmaceutical scientist from New Jersey, Lalitha, a retired HM from Thiruvananthapuram, Sayona, a consultant with TCS, New Delhi, and Stella Prema from Madurai addressed the students. The alumnae donated Rs.3 lakh as seed money for an award to be given to the best outgoing student every year. Kousala Bai, the then SPL, proposed the vote of thanks. The alumnae sang the school song along with the students. Lawrent organised the programme.

Insurance scheme comes to the help

Velammal Medical College Hospital and Tamil Nadu Amateur Kabaddi Association jointly floated a group accident insurance scheme for sportspersons in Madurai district in last September. Following this, a player of Vandiyur’s GM Udaya Sports Club, B. Saravanakumar, was killed in an accident. Since he was a member of this scheme, the insured value of ₹5 lakh was given to his family. It was a great support for them. State president of Tamil Nadu Amateur Kabaddi Association Solai M. Raja and chairman of Velammal Educational Trust M.V. Muthuramalingam had jointly implemented the accident insurance scheme in association with Royal Sundaram Insurance Company. A cheque for ₹5 lakh was handed over to the athlete’s father, K. Balamurugan. Under the insurance plan, in case of accident resulting in outpatient treatment, ₹15,000 is given; for hospitalisation, up to ₹1.5 lakh is given; for loss of any limb in accident, upto ₹2.5 lakh is given; in case of total disablement due to accident, up to ₹5 lakh is given; and for death in accident, up to ₹5 lakh is given. If admitted to Velammal Hospital for treatment, the affected persons need not pay any money as they can utilise cashless facility.

TCE Bags Quality Circle Award

Thiagarajar College of Engineering received the Best Service Organisation – Education Quality Circle Award at the 37th National Convention on Quality Concepts (NCQC) held from January 4 to 6 at Shri Ramdeobaba College of Engineering and Management, Nagpur. M. Palaninatharaja, Principal in charge and Emil Selvan, QC Coordinator, received the award at the meet which saw participation of hundreds of industries and thousands of quality professionals. TCE is nurturing quality concepts in general and Quality Circles in specific at all levels for the past 10 years. The award entries were adjudged by a national- level jury which recognised the education and training support being provided to the faculty and students.

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