JAYCEE HERALD BULLETIN NOVEMBER 2014
Index
a) Foreword b) President’s Message c) Office Bearers – 2015 d) Closing General Body – 2014 e) Installation of Office Bearers and Award Night f) Awardees’ Profile g) CS Speaks: Digital Signature Certificates (DSCs) –Jc CS Ramachandran h) Book Review: From the shelves of JCI Trichur Library –JCI Sen. Ranjith Kollannur
FOREWORD
Junior Chamber International is the largest youth organization in the world which spreads over 121 countries. JCI Trichur with an enviable heritage of 47 years in the cultural capital of Kerala, has been undertaking a lot of service projects and training programmes throughout this period. It is a voluntary service and training organization, where the society is getting benefited with multifaceted services. This organisation
conducts training programmes which equip the youth to carve themselves to emerge as great personalities. Our activities include distribution of study materials, conducting medical camps, blood donation & detection camps, Onasadhya for the homeless, Clean city campaign, Traffic awareness programmes, poor feeding etc. Besides the above, we are into a lot of other programmes like All India Volleyball Tournament, Band competition, Baby King & Baby Queen contest, Kinda Fest, Pratibha Puraskar. Training programmes for the members and other organizations are conducted regularly by JCI trainers. The chapter thus develops well equipped and trained youth, who are always ready to face the challenges in life and their profession. This chapter is blessed with the presence of many able leaders and successful personalities throughout this period. Past Honourable speaker. Shri.Therambil Ramakrishnan, MLA, Past Chairman of Dhanalakshmi Bank Ltd Shri. T S Pattabhiraman, Past State Vice President of Kerala Jaycees CA. S Sivaramakrishnan, Past State Vice President Sri. P J John, Past State Treasurer Late Sri. N L Poulochan, Past National Vice President of Indian Jaycees Dr. D Balakrishnan, Past Zone President JCI PPP John Paul Nellissery and many other eminent personalities in various walks of life has enjoyed the spirit of this organization.
Jc Ajay Kumar Editor
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
JCI Trichur is planning to start a monthly bulletin so as to inform the members of the various activities conducted by the organization and also to enrich the writing skills of its members. We request support from all the members by way of contributions to the monthly bulletin. We thank all our past presidents and office bearers and we believe that our past presidents are the greatest strength of this chapter. We do trust that they will continue to support us and guide us in our future activities. Please note that we are trying to make a small step and your hand holding is required to make this bulletin a success. We would love to receive articles, poems, drawings, facts, stories etc from all of you. These include contributions from Jaycees, Jaycerettes & Jaycelettes. Contributions can be mailed either to me at ca.manojm@gmail.com, or to our Editor Ajay Kumar at ka.ajaykumar@gmail.com. Thanking you, Yours truly Jc HGF CA Manoj Kumar.M President
Office Bearers for the year 2015 With great pride and pleasure JCI Trichur introduce the office bearers of 2015. Name Jc HGF CA. Manoj Kumar. M JFP Jojo Panthalookaran Jc HGF Sajith Paul JCI Sen. Ranjith Kollannur Jc HGF Er. Sanoj Alappat Jc CA. Ajith Kaimal R JCI Sen. Sudhir Achuthan Jc CS. Ramachandran T M Jc Antony Andrews Jc CA. Varghese Paul Jc. HGF Joshy Thottan Jc. Benjamin Franklin JFM Murali Mohan Jc Byju Varghese Jc Sanoj V.V Jc Ajay Kumar
Designation President Immediate Past President Secretary Treasurer Vice President – Management Vice President – G&D Vice President – Training Vice President – Programmes Vice President – Business Joint Secretary Director Director Director Director Director Editor
Our illustrious panel of Past President Advisors JCI PPP John Paul Nellissery (Past Zone President) Jc Rajan E.U. Jc HGF Mohammed Haneef JFM Jossy B Chacko Jc HGF Jossy CM Jc HGF CA. Sanjo Nambadan Jc HGF CA. Geo Job
Jc AK Mohandas Jc HGF Roy C.J. Jc HGF Sony Jose Jc HGF Rajesh George JFP Martin Thomas Jc HGF CA. Shajan TT Jc HGF Dr. K.J. Varghese
Closing General Body of Year 2014
The Closing General Body of Year 2014 was conducted in Hotel Pearl Regency on 15th November 2014. The new office bearers were formally announced in this General body. President 2014 Jojo Panthalookaran chaired the Meeting and in the absence of Immediate Past President Dr.K.J. Varghese, CA. Geo Job acted as the Immediate Past President. All the members showered praise and congratulated President Jojo & JCRT Chairperson Jc. Rani Jojo for the wonderful performance of the chapter in 2014 and admired the leadership qualities displayed by both Jojo & Rani Jojo.
JCI Trichur bagged six awards in the Zon Con which included the a) Outstanding LOM of Zone XX b) Outstanding LOM Officer – Runner Up c) Outstanding Jaycee d) Outstanding JJ Wing e) Outstanding Lady Jaycee – Runner Up f) Outstanding Community Development Program – Runner Up We are really grateful to Jc Jojo & Jc Rani Jojo for the way they led us to all these awards. We are also grateful to the support given by the Secretary JCI Sen. Sudhir Achuthan and Treasurer Jc Sajith Paul for making the year 2014 remarkable for all JCI Trichur members.
Installation Ceremony 2015 & Award Night The installation ceremony of office bearers of 2015 has been decided to be organized at Thalam Hall of Hotel Pooram International, Kuruppam Road, Thrissur Adv. Therambil Ramakrishan MLA has consented to be the chief guest on the occasion. Mr. Jyothis Mohan IRS, Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax, Thrissur has consented to be the Special Guest. JCI Sen. Ramkumar Menon, Zone President 2014 will be the Guest of Honour. JCI PPF Adv. Biju. S. Chirayath, Zone President 2003 will be the Key Note Speaker. Other Zone Directors and ZVPs have also agreed to be the part of this occasion.
Jc HGF CA Manoj Kumar President
Jc HGF Sajith Paul Secretary
JCI Sen. Ranjith Kollannur Treasurer
On this great occasion JCI Trichur has decided to present three awards to the following persons. A brief Profile of awardees are given below:a) Excellence in Humanitarian Service –“Manushya Snehikal”
“Manushya Snehikal” –The main object of this organisation is the well being of people who are bedridden, and who needs assistance in looking after such bedridden patients in hospitals. They even spare their precious time to act as bystanders in the hospital, at the request of the patients. They arrange financial help to the needy ones to settle their hospital bills. At a time when the hospital bills are skyrocketing, the help of Manushya Snehikal comes as a boon to the poor patients. This organisation aims to give some quality life to such unfortunate people by assisting them in visiting churches and other common places and thereby giving them a breath of fresh air. They provide vocational training in making candles, stars etc. to differently abled persons and help them to be independent. Around 200 families benefit from the services of ‘Manushya Snehikal’. This organisation is very particular that they accept donations only when there is a need, and also, not a penny more than their immediate requirement. They cater to people from all walks of life and all religions. Their next important project is “Nirdhanarkku Oru Nadavaathil”, in which the front doors of the 10 proposed homes, will be donated to the under privileged, from their own efforts and income. We, JCI Trichur, salute the efforts of the 2 back bones of this organisation Mr. Didi Eluvathingal & Mr. Mathews Chungath for the wonderful service they are providing to the society.
b) Business Excellence Award – Mr. Sandeep. M
Nandanam Sanitaries is a part of Nandanam Group of Concerns and is known as one of the most trusted and growing business groups engaged in the retail of tiles & sanitary wares. They have presently has more than 17 show rooms across Kerala and abroad. In Kerala, Nandanam Sanitaries is having presence in Trichur, Palakkad, Angamali, Paravur and Ernakulam. They have commenced overseas operations by opening an outlet in Sharjah, UAE. Nandanam Group has developed its own brand under the name “Spacio” to deal with whole sale business. Another diversification is Nandanam Properties & Developers, thereby venturing into construction business. Presently Nandanam Properties & Developers are doing a project of 50 villas at Mundur. Son of Shri. Narayanan Kutty & Smt. Ponnu, Sandeep M did his schooling in Vivekodayam School and college education at Sree Kerala Varma College. Married to Deepa and Father of Nandana, he is a person who loves to travel. JCI Trichur is proud of its Business Excellence Award winner for the year 2014-15, Mr. Sandeep. M,Proprietor Nandanam Group of Concerns.
c) Young Entrepreneur Award - Mr. Antio Paul
This young entrepreneur started a classic journey as the Joint Managing Director of M/s. Star PVC Pipes & Fittings Private Limited, along with his elder brother Mr. Bobby Paul. Star Pipes promoted by his father Mr. P.K. Paul in 1984 with a production of 10 Metric Tonnes per month of PVC, now processes 3,000 Metric Tonnes of PVC and has a sales turnover touching Rs. 500 Crores. In 1994, Star forayed into global markets and started exports to various Middle East countries like Qatar, Bahrain, UAE etc. In 1998 the brand “Star Impex” was registered and now Star enjoys presence in Middle East and South Africa. Star has PVC pipe manufacturing facility in Kerala & Dubai and processing units at Chennai and Ras-al-Khaimah. Our winner, Mr. Antio Paul, is the son of Mr. P.K.Paul and Mrs. Rosy Paul. He did his schooling in Don Bosco High School and received college education from St. Thomas College, Thrissur. Married to Mrs. Faina Antio and father of three lovely children Paul, Pretty & Pius, he is a member of numerous social organisations in and around Thrissur. He has received ‘The Business Man’ award from Elijah College. He is fond of travelling and sports and has also given entrepreneurship classes at Calicut University & Agricultural University. JCI Trichur is proud of its “Young Entrepreneur” award winner for the year 2014-15, Mr. Antio Paul, Managing Director of Star group of concerns.
CS Speaks‌. Digital Signature Certificates (DSCs) Digital Signature Certificates (DSC) are the digital equivalent (that is electronic format) of physical or paper certificates. Examples of physical certificates are drivers' licenses, passports or membership cards. Certificates serve as proof of identity of an individual for a certain purpose; for example, a driver's license identifies someone who can legally drive in a particular country. Likewise, a digital certificate can be presented electronically to prove your identity, to access information or services on the Internet or to sign certain documents digitally. Like physical documents are signed manually, electronic documents, for example e-forms are required to be signed digitally using a Digital Signature Certificate. A licensed Certifying Authority (CA) issues the digital signature. Certifying Authority (CA) means a person who has been granted a license to issue a digital signature certificate under Section 24 of the Indian IT-Act 2000. Certification Agencies are appointed by the office of the Controller of Certification Agencies (CCA) under the provisions of IT Act, 2000. There are a total of seven Certification Agencies authorised by the CCA to issue the Digital Signature Certificates (DSCs). One can procure Class 2 or 3 certificates from any of the certifying authorities. You can use only the valid Digital Signatures issued to you. It is illegal to use Digital Signatures of anybody other than the one to whom it is issued. The different types of Digital Signature Certificates are: Class 2: Here, the identity of a person is verified against a trusted, pre-verified database. Class 3: This is the highest level where the person needs to present himself or herself in front of a Registration Authority (RA) and prove his/ her identity.
Digital Signature Certificates for the following: • For sending and receiving digitally signed and encrypted emails. • For carrying out secure web-based transactions, or to identify other participants of web-based transactions. • In eTendering, eProcurement, MCA [for Registrar of Companies efiling], Income Tax [for efiling income tax returns] Applications and also in many other applications. • For signing documents like MSWord, MSExcel and PDFs. • Plays a pivotal role in creating a paperless office. How does a Digital Signature Certificate work? A Digital Signature Certificate explicitly associates the identity of an individual/device with a pair of electronic keys - public and private keys - and this association is endorsed by the CA. The certificate contains information about a user's identity (for example, their name, pincode, country, email address, the date the certificate was issued and the name of the Certifying Authority that issued it).These keys complement each other in that one does not function in the absence of the other. They are used by browsers and servers to encrypt and decrypt information regarding the identity of the certificate user during information exchange processes. The private key is stored on the user's computer hard disk or on an external device such as a token. The user retains control of the private key; it can only be used with the issued password. The public key is disseminated with the encrypted information. The authentication process fails if either one of these keys in not available or do not match. This means that the encrypted data cannot be decrypted and therefore, is inaccessible to unauthorized parties. A digital signature is an electronic method of signing an electronic document whereas a Digital Signature Certificate is a computer based record that
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Identifies the Certifying Authority issuing it. Has the name and other details that can identify the subscriber. Contains the subscriber's public key. Is digitally signed by the Certifying Authority issuing it. Is valid for either one year or two years.
The cost of obtaining a digital signature certificate may vary as there are many entities issuing DSCs and their charges may differ. The time taken by Certifying Authorities to issue a DSC may vary from two to seven days. The Certifying Authorities are authorized to issue a Digital Signature Certificate with a validity of one or two years. Digital Signatures are legally admissible in a Court of Law, as provided under the provisions of Information Technology Act 2000. Jc CS Ramachandran TM BBS,LLB,ACS,MBA Vice President – Programs, JCI Trichur Company Secretary in Practice 1st FLOOR, SAJI NIVAS OPP. RDS LABORATORY Dr. AR MENON ROAD, NAICKANAL THRISSUR, KERALA 680 001 INDIA Mobile:- +91 98460 93998 E mail: iamramantm@gmail.com
From the shelves of JCI Trichur Library
Barbarians at the Gate by Bryan Burrough & John Heylar
Publisher - Random House; Year of Publication 1990; Pages - 531; Cost at the time of purchase - Rs 453
Have you felt Oreo lately? Oreo is one of the most iconic brands of biscuits in the world. Introduced in 1912 by the National Biscuit Company (Nabisco) in New York, incidentally as a mimic to a popular competitor, it gained popularity in the US to become the largest selling biscuit in that country. In India, it made a rather late entry in 2011, making a splash under the wing of its new acquisition, Cadbury. However, its popularity in the world can best be judged by how its main competition had already copied the product and even its international advertisements well before they came to India. Over the course of the past century, the Oreo brand has seen many owners. Among them were two tobacco giants - RJ Reynolds and Philip Morris and two food giants - Kraft and Cadbury. It is expected that once the current owner, Kraft, splits up into separate diary and chocolate businesses, Cadbury will emerge as the new owner of Oreo. While I do have affinity to the biscuit industry being the son of a former biscuit manufacturer, the book I am reviewing today is not about biscuits, but the ownership of the one of largest biscuit brands in the world.
In 1988, an ownership battle ensued for the business conglomerate, RJR Nabisco. Weighing at 25 bn dollars by the end, it was by far the largest corporate takeover at that time. It was initiated by its management, who bid for it at $17.6 bn, but gradually other bidders came in and the bid reached $25 bn. For perspective, Kraft bought Cadbury in 2010 for a paltry 19.5 bn. The manufacturer of Camel cigarettes, RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company, had bought Nabisco in 1985 in an effort to diversify and compete with the makers of Marlboro - Philip Morris. The company was reorganised as RJR Nabisco and the former CEO of Nabisco, F Ross Johnson became the CEO of the business combine. In late 1988, he launched a bid for the company at almost twice the prevailing market price of the company's shares. In a richly researched and detailed book, Burrough and Heylar follow the timeline and the drama from the initial bid to the final takeover, with strict precision. All in all, the process took nearly a year, with two more (serious) bidders emerging and, of course as earlier mentioned, a two third increase in the deal value. The authors spend time detailing the corporate history of the players in the deal; both RJ Reynolds Tobacco and Nabisco and the bidders; Johnson, KKR and Saloman Brothers / First Boston. It is a book for MBA students, who wish to have a glance at the life of boardroom battles and how multi-billion deals are made. It is also a reminder about assignment deadlines. When the company asked the public to send in their bids, they set a deadline of 5:00 PM. KKR sent it at 5:01 PM, a minute late. More importantly, First Boston send theirs' late in the night. Both were shortlisted for the final round of bidding. The deal came in an era epitomised the Wall Street slogan of "Greed is good", when investment bankers in suits were buying out manufacturing companies they knew nothing about, built on the sweat of its employees. While they had no idea about running factories, they knew a lot more about making a profit. The same was true for RJR Nabisco. Both KKR and Saloman Brothers were among the better investment houses in 1980s USA and the
former was specialized in such takeovers. The original bidder, F Ross Johnson, got a $53.8 mn golden parachute as he left the company after the deal in 1989. The book also details the bidding process and the methods used to fund such a deal, looking back in the history of similar corporate takeovers. As journalists of the prestigious Wall Street Journal, they had access to a large pool of people in the know, of the behind the door battle of the largest corporate battle of the era. The wealth of information provided within these pages is certainly not to be missed. -
JCI Sen. Ranjith Kollannur
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