1. Issue: 17Volume: 34 Date: 29.10.2014 Pages: 4
Grand Weekend Family
Dinner – with Annets'
Talent show and Dinner
hosted by Pharmacy
friends of Midtown at
Hotel Grand Maurya.
First Day , First show
HAPPY NEW YEAR
at
DRC on 28th Oct
at 7.05pm.
ROTARY MIDTOWN BEST INDUSTRIALIST AWARD
And the award goes to….
Mr. Abhilash Nair
M
r. Abhilash Nair, Chairman
and managing director of
Zeus Biotech Pvt. Ltd was
born on 30th Aug, 1979 to Mr. Jay
Prakash Nair and Mrs. Indira Nair. He is a
business Management graduate.
His company Zeus Biotech, was
started by Mr. Jayparakash Nair in 1991
to manufacture and sell Animal feed supplements. He brought in
innovative concepts to the animal feed industry in India. They
were the first to launch feed specific enzymes in the Indian
poultry industry. Also, they were the first Indian company to
produce and export Feed specific Enzymes as against the
standard practice of competitors who used to import and sell
Industrial Enzymes in India.
Mr. Abhilash Nair started working with his father in the year
2000 as soon as completed his graduation. However, he was
already involved in the business when he was doing his
graduation. He used to involve himself in the production
activities during holidays and long vacations.
Initially, he was put in the production department for a few
years before he was exposed to various other departments like
purchases, accounts and marketing. This gave him a good
experience in most of the aspects in the functioning of the
organisation. This is a common practice followed in most family
run businesses.
He took over father's responsibilities when his health
deteriorated drastically due to a stroke followed by renal failure
five years ago. At this point of time, his colleagues gave him
immense support which helped in the gradual change in
company leadership. However, he says he will never be able to fill
the vacuum what his father left. But he is confident that they will
surely realise his father's dream of making Zeus one of the top
players in the global animal health-care industry.
He is happily married to Mrs. Chaitra Nair and the couple has
2 lovely children –daughter Ananya Nair and son Arav Nair
Award will be presented by
Mr. Arjun M. Ranga, Partner, NR Group.
M
r. Arjun Ranga is the
Partner of Mysore-based
NR Group and mainly
responsible for the eponymous 'Cycle
Pure Agarbathies', the world's largest
incense stick brand. He is the third
generation business visionary who has
successfully sustained NR Group's
market leadership by initiating bold
business and marketing strategies.
His enterprising and innovative skill
sets have helped Cycle Pure Agarbathies achieve growth figures
that are rarely seen in mature FMCG categories. He is also
responsible for engineering a major thrust in NR Group's export
business, which won them the EPCH (Exports Promotion Council
for Handicrafts) Exports Gold Awards. Arjun is currently steering
the organization to newer growth paths by sustaining the 'Cycle'
leadership and at the same time diverging in to other fragrance
domains.
Arjun plays a hands-on role in employee development and
engagement, and believes that people are at the core of an
organization. His ability to energize and inspire people around
him is one of the reasons for consistent business growth and
very low attrition at the NR Group. He strongly believes in
ethical, collaborative and value-based growth. His belief system
is inspired by his grandfather and founder of NR Group, Shri N.
Ranga Rao. Arjun holds an engineering degree from SJCE,
Mysore and an MBA from Thunderbird, USA, with specialization
in marketing and strategy. He also worked as a consultant at a
chemical market research firm CMR Inc, USA and returned to
India to join the family business. He managed a variety of
assignments before taking over the reins of Cycle Pure
Agarbathies in 2005. He is also serves as the Managing
Committee Member of the All India Agarbathi Manufacturers
Association.
A multi-faceted personality, Arjun's other passions include
photography, golf and tennis.
M.D., Zeus Biotech Pvt.
2. MEETING WITH MS NIRMALA SITARAMAN:
The union minister visited Bengaluru on 20th
Oct on her official visit to address the grievances of
Coffee trade. We got an out of turn opportunity to
meet her at Hotel Lalit Ashok.
She invited us for lunch after her engagements
and gave us the opportunity to talk to her in leisure
post lunch in the lobby of her room. I took the
opportunity to take up two significant issues
related to my field. I highlighted the difficulties of
Mfg sector in the country and few important
obstacles to be cleared in order to achieve our PM's
dream project 'Make in India'. Further as a corollary
i discussed with her on the banking sector support
required to meet the objectives. On behalf of Mfg
sector i appealed to her to consider extending CGTS
scheme (Credit Guarantee to Bankers from the
Govt) to entire MSME sector with suitable checks
and balances. Further i presented a paper giving
details on this aspect.
Overall it was a wonderful 45 minutes spent with
a Minister who is articulate, responsive and down to
earth, eager to serve the Nation. I thank my sister
Shakuntala Iyer for organizing this meeting and the
photo opp.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAM FROM UTTISHTA BHARATA
The organization involves young volunteers
carrying the message of PM of India to grass root
levels and spreading awareness on various govt
initiatives. Realizing the challenges involved in
implementing 'Make in India' project and drive the
entrepreneurial spirit amongst the youth of the
country, the group is organizing several programs.
Midtowners in news... In one such program i was one of the panellists in
Bangalore to address a group of would be
entrepreneurs. I spoke on basic info/knowledge
required by a would be entrepreneur apart from
the idea. A well organized and attended program,
gave me a lot of satisfaction on sharing my
thoughts. - SBC
YADAVS WITH NIGHTINGALE
“Abhinava Events in association with Dhatri
Publications & Apoorva Creations had organised a
felicitation programme & Musical Nite to the living
Legend, 'Nightingale of South India' Dr S Janaki
who has sung more than 40000 songs in 17
different languages. Sooru Estates were the
Principal Sponsor for this memorable programme
& Mr Ashok Yadav, MD, Sooru Estates & Mrs Roopa
Yadav were felicitated by Dr S Janaki “
RTN. RAGHU AT AUTOMATIVE AXLES
Rtn. Raghu. M. S. presented NLP during Skill
competition-2014, which was organized by CII at
Automotive Axles ltd, Mysore on 19th, Oct 14
HISTORY ROTARY MIDTOWN
BEST INDUSTRIALIST AWARD
The programme was started in the year 1997-
98 under C M Subramanian and began with
honouring the first recipients of ISO 9000,The first
awardees were BEML, NESTLE INDIA and TRIVENI
ENGINEERING. The very next year there were
more than 100 ISO 9000 certifications issued and
the club dropped the programme. Thereafter the
emphasis shifted to BEST INDUSTRIALIST.
The awardees were:
1. MGM Industries : Muralidhar Bhagwat
2. Software Paradigm : Sid Mukherjee
3. Vinyas : N.narendra
4. Scanray Technologies : Alva
5. Excel Par Electronics : Narayan
6. Shaswathi Plastics : Venugopal
3. KALAAKARON KA KALAAKAR ANNETS
All our talented annets were eagerly waiting for
this weekend where they could showcase their
talents. The meeting began with the protocol of
formalities . Our club known for their fellowship had
induction of a new member Mr. Veeresh Kumar by Rtn
.Nandakumar and a classy introduction by Rtn
Bhaskar.Sitaaron ke saath ek haseen shaam began
with a medley of latest hindi hits by annet Anusha
Vishwanath with her loud ,clear and melodious voice
followed by our style king annet Pratham dancing for
lungi dance. Out of the blue dance fom Rtn. Gopal's
grandson for a
b o l l y w o o d
number was well
a p p r e c i a t e d .
Then came the
smart and bold
a n n e t S a a n v i
with her mind
cracking riddles
followed by our
multitalented
muddu krishna Pranav with a beautiful flute recital.
The soft, barbie doll annet Prerana sang a folk song
melodiously followed by todays youth craze to tap
our feet to the mild and timid guitarist singer shall i
say? that was annet Anusha Gangesh. New annets
were motivated and danced away with our style king,
not to miss our bhale-jodi munna bhai-circuit alias
Pranav and Pratham with their dhamaka + pataka =
Rotarians alias pataka which had the hall in laughter.
The M.C.s for the day Rtn Narendra babu and Rtn
Kumaranna were really good in their first attempt
itself. They had takeaway gifts for each annet and
surprise gift coupons for members. We always
thought our pharmacists gave mainly medicines only
but the dinner that followed was sumptuous and too
good . Our special thanks to the wonderful hosts
Rtn.Harish, Rtn.Narendra Babu, Rtn. Kumaranna, Rtn.
Chandragupta Jain and Rtn. Rajesh. We ladies had a
great evening guppa chupping after a long time in
rotary. - Sudha Vishwanath
Innerwheel Exclusive
All India Farmers Empowering Workshop was held
recently under the aegis CSIR -800 at CFTRI campus
recently. Dr. Renu Agarwal, Chief Scientist, Food
MIcrobiology, was the programmes Coordinator
The 3rd general body
meeting was held on
8th October at Hotel
Tomatino, the hosts
being Geetha Krishna,
Anupama, Jabeen and
Nagaveni .The theme was DASARA. New members
Komala & Ashwini were introduced to the club. The hosts
conducted a written quiz based on Mysore. ISO Prabha
conducted an oral quiz based on the messages sent.
Prizes were distributed for both the quizzes. 29 members
attended the meeting. A sumptuous lunch was arranged.
Midtown cracker stall
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D£É ¥ÀmÁQ - Rtn. Milton
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Snake Pataki - Rtn. Nagi
Smoke Bomb - Rtn. Manoj
¨É¼ÀÄî½î Bomb - Rtn. Seenanna
FgÀĽî Bomb - Rtn. Ravi moms
¨sÀÆ ZÀPÀæ - Rtn. Kumaranna
Flower pot - Rtn. Sunanda Patra
1000 wala - Rtn. Raghu Mom
10,000 wala - Rtn. Bhanuchandran
Hydrogen Bomb - Rtn. Chandu
Single Sound - Rtn. Ramki
Double Sound - Rtn. Vishwa & Umesh
Rtn. Venki & Raghavendra
Triple Sound - Rtn. Alagappan,
Sundar & Ramki
Rocket (International) - Rtn. Sundar
Chota Packet Bada Dhamaka - Rtn. Prahlad
Newly Introducing Motte Pataki - Rtn. Venki
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- Mohan & Chaitra
