The General Body meeting of MGS - 26 Nov 2006.
The current office bearers were re-elected unanimously and the Executive committee was expanded to 15 members.
The new expanded EC...
# AR Narayanan - President
# Kishore Guptan - Vice President
# V Vijayan - Vice President
# V Balasubrahmannian - Secretary
# Vaipur Mani - Joint Secretary
# V Mani - Treasurer
# Dr Asokan Thondiath - EM
# C Balakrishnan - EM
# PS Ramakrishnan - EM
# Chandra Mohan - EM
# VR Chandran - EM
# Dr K Achuthan - EM
# Dr Santhosh - EM
# M Rama Guptan - EM
# V Babu Mohan - EM
MGS news team
Wednesday, July 4, 2007
MGS 3 - ONAPPOOTHAALAM 2006
Madras Guptan Samajam's Onaghosham & Kudumba Sangamam - ONAPPOOTHALAM - was held on saturday ,16.09.06 at WUS Centre, Chetpet.The Aaghosham started in the morning with setting a Pookkalam . After the Prayer, the Bhadra deepam was lit by elder ladies of the Samajam .
The meeting was presided by the Samajam President Mr AR Narayanan and Dr Asokan Thondiath ( recently joined in IIT , Chennai as Assistant Professor ) was the Chief Guest. Vice President, Mr Kishore Guptan has welcomed the gathering and the Chief guest with Onasamsakal and appreciated and explained the efforts taken to form the Samajam. Then was the " hararppanam" of the Chief Guest by the President.
The meeting was presided by the Samajam President Mr AR Narayanan and Dr Asokan Thondiath ( recently joined in IIT , Chennai as Assistant Professor ) was the Chief Guest. Vice President, Mr Kishore Guptan has welcomed the gathering and the Chief guest with Onasamsakal and appreciated and explained the efforts taken to form the Samajam. Then was the " hararppanam" of the Chief Guest by the President.
During the report presentation, Secretary , Vaipur Balasubrahmannian has emphasized the necessity of such Kudumba Sangamam especially among "marunadan malayalees" and briefly explained the Samajam's next year's programmes.Senior member and one of the earlier settlers of then "Madhirasi" city, Mr VSK Guptan ( Vazhuppini Sankaran Kutty Guptan ) has greeted the ocassion by explaining the need of Samajam for the betterment of our society and wished this could have happened early.Chief Guest on his return speech has urged the young lots to set a goal on their life and asked to work hard towards its achievement.Other prominent speakers on the ocassion include Arya Vaisya Samajam's Legal Adviser, Mr K Ramachandra Guptan,Perungudi(Chennai) Kerala Samajam's Gen. Secretary, Mr P Mohanan ( of MGS)and Mrs Valsala Ramakrishnan. 
Many from the audiences came forward to appreciate and gave suggestions.The morning session ended with giving vote of thanks by Joint Secretary, Mr Vaipur Mani.Treasurer, V Mani was the anchor man. By the time, the traditional ONASADHYA ( members V Vijayan & PS Ramakrishnan were kind enough to sponsor it ) was waiting for all at the lawn of auditorium.After the mouth-watering lunch with avial, kalan, olan and payasam is over, then came the much awaited cultural programmes.
Some of the highlights of t
he programme are Onappaattu, Kaikottikkali, Bharatha Natyam, Songs, Solo Dance, Group dance, Mono Act & Mimicry. As a policy of Samajam for encouraging meritorious students, awards werepresented to the toppers of 10 & 12 class students from the members' children, by the Chief Guest. With the National Anthem by 5 PM , the first Onam function of MGS - ONAPPOOTHALAM 2006 - came to an end. All got dispersed with a mind of haunting nostalgia and by hoping to meet at the next Sangamam soon.
he programme are Onappaattu, Kaikottikkali, Bharatha Natyam, Songs, Solo Dance, Group dance, Mono Act & Mimicry. As a policy of Samajam for encouraging meritorious students, awards werepresented to the toppers of 10 & 12 class students from the members' children, by the Chief Guest. With the National Anthem by 5 PM , the first Onam function of MGS - ONAPPOOTHALAM 2006 - came to an end. All got dispersed with a mind of haunting nostalgia and by hoping to meet at the next Sangamam soon.MGS Newsteam
MGS 2 - Felicitation to Dr Prahlad Vadakkepat
On Sunday 17th
July '05, MGS has conducted a felicitation function at Hotel Ganga, Ashok Nagar, Chennai to honour the career achievement of Asst. Professor of National University of Singapore , Dr Prahlad Vadakkepat. Incidentally, it was the first general function after the birth of MGS and he was available in India that time. The evening with him & his family was pleasant and witnessed by a moderate turn out - more than 70 including families.
During his return speech, Dr Prahlad has told that he was very happy to attend this function and he felt very homely here compared to any other function he attended ever before, as this is the first time he is getting honoured
through such a function by our own community. He has added that he was touched by the affection which was poured on him and expressed the need of such a Samajam and extended his whole hearted support for the progress of Samajam. He has also explained to the young generation about his academic and career path which was a moral booster for the young lots who attended. Though there ware no cultural programmes organized as part of this, we could fill that gap by the song of Mrs Biju Prahlad.
July '05, MGS has conducted a felicitation function at Hotel Ganga, Ashok Nagar, Chennai to honour the career achievement of Asst. Professor of National University of Singapore , Dr Prahlad Vadakkepat. Incidentally, it was the first general function after the birth of MGS and he was available in India that time. The evening with him & his family was pleasant and witnessed by a moderate turn out - more than 70 including families.The function started with an "Easwara prarthana" by Arjun - son of a member. Mr Kutty Sankaran presided over the function. Mr Kishore 
Guptan welcomed the gathering. The Chief Guest was garlanded by Mr AR Narayanan and a memento was presented to Chief Guest as a token of affection by Madras Guptans. The convener, Vaipur Balasubrahmannian has presented the report and emphasized the need of enrolling more members to the Samajam net. At this function, the Chief Guest was kind enough to give away the cash awards to the toppers of 10th and 12th exams - from the children of Samajam members.
Guptan welcomed the gathering. The Chief Guest was garlanded by Mr AR Narayanan and a memento was presented to Chief Guest as a token of affection by Madras Guptans. The convener, Vaipur Balasubrahmannian has presented the report and emphasized the need of enrolling more members to the Samajam net. At this function, the Chief Guest was kind enough to give away the cash awards to the toppers of 10th and 12th exams - from the children of Samajam members. During his return speech, Dr Prahlad has told that he was very happy to attend this function and he felt very homely here compared to any other function he attended ever before, as this is the first time he is getting honoured
through such a function by our own community. He has added that he was touched by the affection which was poured on him and expressed the need of such a Samajam and extended his whole hearted support for the progress of Samajam. He has also explained to the young generation about his academic and career path which was a moral booster for the young lots who attended. Though there ware no cultural programmes organized as part of this, we could fill that gap by the song of Mrs Biju Prahlad. Mr V Mani proposed the vote of thanks and the function concluded with National Anthem.
During the Tea -time, members and children could interact with each other and with the chief guest more and they have gone back with a motivated mind especially from the Samajam point of view.
During the Tea -time, members and children could interact with each other and with the chief guest more and they have gone back with a motivated mind especially from the Samajam point of view.
MGS has decided to conduct such functions more in future and honour various dignitaries from our communities who has excelled in their profession.
from the desk of
MGS News team
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
MGS - Formation
MADRAS GUPTAN SAMAJAM - MGS
Most of the Guptan / Moothan and other allied Aryavaisya community members settled in Chennai was thinking about a common platform for sharing and airing their views for many years but unfortunately it was somehow not materialised. Perhaps, "Madhirasi" Guptan may be the first Pravasi Guptan who left his native in search of livelihood. Madhirasi and Tea Shops are mutually inclusive names in the beginning of last century, at least as far as our community is concerned, and it was the real root of the transformation of today's Pravasi Guptans. And, a common platform for the group is an unavoidable necessity.
There was an initiative taken 15 years back by some well wishers and they had their initial meeting and somehow the momentum was not kept on. Candidly, that was the driving force and it cautions about the fate of such organizations if not maintained the tempo continuously.
The enthusiasm of those who attended the meetings was really encouraging though not channalised. It gave the courage to form MADRAS GUPTAN SAMAJAM - MGS on 29 May 2005 and had the first monthly meeting of the Adhoc committee on 12 Jun. The committee members have decided to assemble every moth in one of the member's residence. The main agenda was enrolling more & more members in to the Samajam and publishing a directory of members for internal circulation.
A report of formation of MGS is published in Malayala Manorama & Mathruboomi Chennai editions. . The adhoc committee elected then was ...
Vaipur Balasubrahmannian, Convenor
V Vijayan, Dy registrar, High court,
Kishore R Gupta, Gen Manager (BPO Firm),
V Mani - SBI,
AR Narayanan - Retd Sr Investigator - Census Dept,
Vaipur Mani - Retd Sr Section officer, Railway Urban Bank,
V S Guptan - Retd Chief architect , TN Govt,
VR Chandran - Business (Tea Shop),
Babu Mohan, Vadakkepat - HCL Tech,
CR Ramesh - business (S/W Firm),
K Parasuraman - Business,( Mould components)
PS Ramakrishnan - auditor, TNEB.
It was emphazised that this initiative to be kept moving and to get refined more and more for becoming a full fledged association with activities in wider canvas.
MGS News team
Most of the Guptan / Moothan and other allied Aryavaisya community members settled in Chennai was thinking about a common platform for sharing and airing their views for many years but unfortunately it was somehow not materialised. Perhaps, "Madhirasi" Guptan may be the first Pravasi Guptan who left his native in search of livelihood. Madhirasi and Tea Shops are mutually inclusive names in the beginning of last century, at least as far as our community is concerned, and it was the real root of the transformation of today's Pravasi Guptans. And, a common platform for the group is an unavoidable necessity.
There was an initiative taken 15 years back by some well wishers and they had their initial meeting and somehow the momentum was not kept on. Candidly, that was the driving force and it cautions about the fate of such organizations if not maintained the tempo continuously.
The enthusiasm of those who attended the meetings was really encouraging though not channalised. It gave the courage to form MADRAS GUPTAN SAMAJAM - MGS on 29 May 2005 and had the first monthly meeting of the Adhoc committee on 12 Jun. The committee members have decided to assemble every moth in one of the member's residence. The main agenda was enrolling more & more members in to the Samajam and publishing a directory of members for internal circulation.
A report of formation of MGS is published in Malayala Manorama & Mathruboomi Chennai editions. . The adhoc committee elected then was ...
Vaipur Balasubrahmannian, Convenor
V Vijayan, Dy registrar, High court,
Kishore R Gupta, Gen Manager (BPO Firm),
V Mani - SBI,
AR Narayanan - Retd Sr Investigator - Census Dept,
Vaipur Mani - Retd Sr Section officer, Railway Urban Bank,
V S Guptan - Retd Chief architect , TN Govt,
VR Chandran - Business (Tea Shop),
Babu Mohan, Vadakkepat - HCL Tech,
CR Ramesh - business (S/W Firm),
K Parasuraman - Business,( Mould components)
PS Ramakrishnan - auditor, TNEB.
It was emphazised that this initiative to be kept moving and to get refined more and more for becoming a full fledged association with activities in wider canvas.
MGS News team
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