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TANKER (Tamilnad Kidney Research) Foundation is a registered non-profit charitable organisation founded by Dr. Georgi Abraham and likeminded people in June 1993 with the aim of helping under-privileged people with kidney disease by giving subsidised and free dialysis and one time financial help for medication, investigation and transplantation and to spread awareness about kidney disease. The Tiruppur unit was opened with 10 dialysis machines in August 2020 and supported by the Tiruppur North Rotary Club, Tiruppur Corporation and other valuable donors. The unit was expanded from 10 to 20 dialysis machines as there is a growing number of patients needing dialysis. The inauguration of the unit expansion was held on 27th June, 2022 at 4 pm at the Tiruppur unit. The unit was inaugurated by Rtn. MD.K. Shanmugasundaram, District Governor, Rotary district 3203, Mr. K. Selvaraj, MLA, Tirupur South, Mr. N. Dhineshkumar, Mayor, Tirupur Corporation,Mr. M K M R Balasubramanian, Deputy Mayor, T...

  Apollo Education UK (AEUK) is launching the Apollo International Clinical Fellowship Programme (ICFP), 2022 as a part of its Global Workforce Development (GWD) initiative. Over the course of this three-year ICFP programme, doctors (MS/MD/DnB) can ‘earn as they learn’, receiving mentorship from senior doctors at Apollo Hospitals, India, in a preparatory year to aid transition into NHS clinical practice before being placed in a UK hospital for the next two or more years, where they can complete their clinical learning. At the same time as gaining this international work experience in an area of specialty, Doctors will study for a Master of Surgery or Master of Medicine degree at Edge Hill University.   The Apollo ICFP is carefully structured to ensure that doctors get mentorship, world-class specialist clinical exposure and hands-on experience in providing the highest standards of healthcare. The programme is a collaboration between AEUK, Global Training and Education Centre (GTE...

  Harikesanjali Trust and Narada Gana Sabha Trust is conducting the 77th Aradhana programme of Sri Harikesanallur Muthiah Bhagavathar at Narada Gana Sabha Mini Hall on June 30th at 6.00pm. Harikesanallur Muthiah Bhagavathar programme consist of Smt Vasudha Ravin – Vocals,Sri Vaibhav Ramani – Violin, Sri N C Bharadwaj - Mridangam on June 30th 6.00pm at Narada Gana Sabha Mini Hall.The Winners of the Smt Bhavani Nagarathnam Harikesanjali   music competition held on 26th June will be given certificates and cash prizes. In the age group of 7 to 12 years the winners are1st prize Nityashree and 2nd prize Pradnya. In the age group of 13 to 17 years the winners are 1st prize Lakshana, 2nd prize Ranjani Radha,Yadhushri and 3rd prize Gowri , Nidhi, Srilalitha. Special prize to Laasya. Judges are Dr.Prof M A Bhageerathi Rtd HOD Music Dept QMC and Sri V V Ravi Senior Violin Vidwan

  Micro Small Medium enterprises (MSME) testing center , Guindy observes Swachata Paghwara every year by involving employees, public and students by providing cloth bags, repairing toilets and painting Eco  awareness paintings on compound walls of government buildings.    Accordingly an Awareness Program on ill effects of plastics was conducted in Angels Baby land  School, Tondaiarpet Chennai by involving National Green Corps (NGC) students.   Mr.G.Thangaraj, Chennai District NGC coordinator distributed the bags. Mr.Panneer Selvam Asst Director Fisheries (retired) explained the roles and responsibilities of students in curbing one time use and throwaway plastics.

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) is annually observed on 15 June. This year’s theme for World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 2022 is “Combatting Elder Abuse”. On account of Elder Abuse Awareness Day on June 15th, the hairdressing women from Oasis India NGO dressed up the elderly women in ICWO- Indian Community Welfare Organisation-I.C.W.O. run Shelter for the Homeless People, Choolai. Mrs.Sumathi, Ward Councilor graced the occasion. It gave the women, happiness and joy to walk the ramp beautifully dressed in sarees forgetting about their sorrows. The Hairdressing women also felt they contributed back to the society through this community engagement initiative. Oasis India, an NGO which works in anti-human trafficking runs a free hairdressing project for women in Vysarpadi. They collaborate with ICWO - Indian Community Welfare Organisation on anti-human trafficking initiatives. For more details about free training programmes conducted by Oasis India NGO contact Carol on 96001741...

Naradha Gana Saba witnessed a magical evening on Sunday "Celebrating SPB" a program sponsored by Apollo Hospitals. World's renowned Veena Maestro Rajhesh Vaidhya brought back the famous tracks sung by the legend Dr.S.P.Balasubrahmanyam through his mesmerising veena notes. Music lovers rejoiced, remembered and honoured the legend. Ms. Suganthy.S, PRO, Apollo Hospitals Chennai felicitated Mastro Rajhesh Vaidhya and renowned playback singer Mr.SPB. Charan during the event. Mr. Parthiban and Mr. K.S. Ravikumar were present on the occasion. The swarm of audience who attended the evening music concert and expressed their love for Dr. SP. Balasubramanyam.

TANKER (Tamilnad Kidney Research) Foundation is a registered non-profit charitable Organization started in June 1993 with the aim of helping under-privileged patients with kidney disease by giving Subsidized Dialysis and one time financial help for medication, investigation and transplantation and spread awareness about kidney disease. TANKER runs 11 dialysis units, 8 in Chennai and one each in Madurai, Vellore and Tiruppur. The Ambattur unit is supported by the Ambattur Rotary Club and other valuable donors. On 18th June 2022, New Dialysis Machine donated by M/s. Client Network Services India Pvt Ltd and was inaugurated by Ms. Shilpa Bidathanapalli, Vice President HR, CNSI Pvt Ltd.   The Guests of Honour were Ms. Reshma Iqbal, Ms. Tania Vanderveen and Mr. Robin Kurianjacob.   Dr. Georgi Abraham, Founder Trustee, welcomed the donors and said that this generous contribution would help more patients in and around the Ambattur area. He also stressed that awareness and early d...

Velammal Nexus congratulates Mr. K.S   Ponmathi, Senior Principal, Velammal Main   Campus, Mogappair East   and Smt.   Shyamala Subbu, Senior Principal   Velammal Vidyalaya, Melaynambakkam on being accorded with the 'TRENDSETTERS OF TAMILNADU AWARD' instituted by Times of India. They were honoured by the Honourable Minister of Industries, Tamilnadu Thiru Thangam Thennarasu in the award function held at Hotel ITC Grand Chola. This prestigious trendsetter award is a benchmark for the excellence they have embarked for their exemplary and excellent service rendered in the field of education for school students for nearly two decades. The School Management accolades their impeccable achievement and commitment.

  Apollo Hospitals Chennai, the flagship hospital of the Apollo Hospitals Group on June 16, 2022 announced the successful completion of a procedure using the SENTINEL™ Cerebral Protection System, a new technology shown to help protect patients from the risk of stroke during a minimally invasive heart valve procedure. The technology was used for a transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) on a high risk 89-year-old male patient. Apollo Hospitals Chennai is the first healthcare institution in South India to use this protected TAVI /TAVR technology.   The procedure was carried out by Dr G Sengottuvelu, Senior Consultant & Interventional Cardiologist and his team. Dr Sengottuvelu said, “ The patient was an 89-year old male who had a surgical Aortic Valve replacement in 2006. He presented with severe breathlessness and swelling of the lower limbs. On examination, he was found to have a degenerated aortic valve. He was a very high risk patient as he also suffered from l...

  Switch Mobility Ltd (‘Switch’), the next-generation carbon neutral electric bus and light commercial vehicle company, launched its state-of-the-art electric bus platform ‘SWITCH EiV 12’ for the Indian market on 14 th June 2022 in Chennai. This next-generation E-Bus, will address the growing bus segment in India. Available in two variants - EiV 12 low floor and EiV 12 standard , these versatile buses offer the best in reliability, range and ride comfort. The company currently has an order book of over 600 buses. SWITCH EiV 12 features customer-centric offerings on technology and passenger comfort, while being contemporary and futuristic. EiV 12 delivers exceptional drive performance and efficiency, and is embedded with proprietary, connected technology solutions, ‘ Switch iON’, enabling remote, real-time diagnostics and monitoring services, as well as world-class digital battery management tools. Commenting on the launch, Mr. Dheeraj Hinduja, Chairman, Switch Mobility Ltd., ...

TANKER (Tamilnad Kidney Research) Foundation is a registered non-profit charitable organization started in June 1993 with the aim of helping under-privileged patients with kidney disease by giving free and subsidized dialysis and one-time financial help for medication, investigation and transplantation and also spread awareness about kidney disease. Dr. K. Jayanth Murali IPS, Director General of Police, graciously consented to the request of the TANKER Foundation to run a full Marathon held on Sunday, 12th June 2022 at IIT Madras to enable the Foundation to raise funds for BP Machines for all Tamilnadu Police Stations so that Police Personnel can check their BP regularly and take corrective action to avoid kidney disease. DGP Dr.Jayanth Murali ran 50 kms and said that when he was approached by TANKER Foundation, he felt the need to do this for his fellow Police personnel as they were under a lot of stress and prone to high BP. He appreciated TANKER for doing this project and said t...

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) organised a mass trees plantations in ONGC colony, Anna Nagar, Chennai by involving all 250 families as part of World Environment Day'2022 in the presence of Shri R.K.Dhasmana, Executive Director &Basin Manager, KG PG Basin and Shri R.K. Yadava, Executive Director & Basin Manager, Cauvery Basis.   250 numbers of native species were planted in the campus. A talk on world Environment Day theme and waste management was given by Mr.G. Thangaraj district coordinator of National Green Corps (NGC) from the department of environment.    It's also decided to plant 100 more fruits bearing plants and to setup a vermi compost plant in the campus this month.

Hindustan College of Arts and Science, Padur, Kelambakkam, Chennai has signed a Memorandum of Understanding   with Indian Community Welfare Organisation - I.C.W.O on 2 nd June 2022 with an aim to provide immense benefits to the students and community at large. Director Dr.Susan Marthandan, Principal, Dr.S.Thirumagan, Vice-Principal Mr.Samuel Sampath Kumar, Dean and Head Dr.R.Sakthi Prabha were present on the occasion. Speaking on the occasion Mr.A.J.Hariharan, Secretary-ICWO said they are planning to initiate 100 AHTCs in college & institutions in all 38 districts. Capacity building will be done by ICWO for AHTC mentors, members and district NGO partners for the successful implementation of AHTCs in Tamilnadu. The AHTCs will create the awareness in the college campus and out in general public with the support of HSF – Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung India . AHTCs will identify human trafficking, rescue, reintegrate and prevent exploitation of women and children. AHTCs will identify an...

The Apollo Speciality Hospitals, Vanagaram, which is part of the Apollo Hospitals group, recently held a citizens' cycling rally to raise awareness about vertigo and balance issues. Balance disorders (including vertigo) affect around 35% of people over the age of 40 and 85% of people over the age of 80 for a variety of reasons. The Vertigo and Balance Clinic at Apollo Speciality Hospitals, Vanagaram collaborated with Annanagar Cycles to organise a cycle rally from the Lighthouse at Marina Beach to the Apollo Speciality Hospitals, Vanagaram, in order to raise much-needed awareness about this issue. Flag off was done by Mr. Velu, MLA, Mylapore constituency, Mr. Shivakumar, CEO Apollo Hospitals, and Dr. Rahul Raghavan  Menon, COO, Apollo Hospitals Cluster 2, Mr.Vkumara manikandan, TN marketing manager from ACT Fibernet, G. Shankaranarayanan, Business Development Head, TN, Nippon Paints India, Mr. Velu Balasubramaniam, Founder and CEO, Maiyam55. The rally attracted around 250 rider...

Saveetha College of Nursing celebrated Pearl Jubilee to mark the historical milestone in its journey &wrapped up 30 years. The college has been renovated with the theme of “Walk in the Park” into state of Art infrastructure setting an example for Nursing Education Globally as well to prepare for the emerging challenge in the upcoming health care and emphasis on high quality education. The renovated building of SCON was inaugurated by Dr.Ani Grace Kalaimathi, Registrar, Tamil Nadu Nurses and Midwives Council by Ribbon cutting.  This occasion was graced with Dr.N.M Veeraiyan, Chancellor, SIMATS, Dr.Chadaram Sivaji, Vice Chancellor, Dr. V. Deepak Nallaswamy, Director of Academics, SIMATS, invited guest, the Principal Prof.Dr.S. KalaBarathi, Prof.L.Parimala, Vice Principal, Faculty members and students of Saveetha College of Nursing.

  Pregnancy is one of the most interesting times in the life of a woman – filled with both excitement and nervousness. As much as the to-be-mother is excited to welcome a new life, she along with her family also has numerous questions on her mind and is almost always anxious about something or the other.   To deal with this issue, it’s proposed that Apollo Women’s Hospitals, Chennai has launched a Pregnancy Support Group, which connects the patient and the doctor in an informal and relaxed setting. The group meets on the fourth Saturday of every month and would be headed by a Consultant from Apollo Women’s Hospitals and is open to anyone who would be interested. The session starts with an expert talk by the consultant and would also discuss the dos and don’ts during various stages of pregnancy. This would be followed by a Q & A session which enables the to-be-mother / family to find answers to the various questions which they might have.   The inaugural session wa...

The huge water supply pipes completely blocking the pedestrian footpath in front of Sapthagiri residential colony, 100 Feet Road, Thirumangalam are causing lots inconvenience to pedestrians.   The water pipes which has been lying for years are not only making the footpath unusable but also poses a obstacle to the pedestrians as they are forced to walk along the busy 100 Feet Road putting their lives at risk. Every day thousands of pedestrians walk past this spot. Clearing the water pipes from the pavement at the earliest will not only ensure pedestrians a safe footpath and will also make the area to look neat.

  “Poems to Ruminate” is a wonderful collection of 100 poems, penned by Fr. Jose V Thomas, priest of the Archdiocese of Madras-Mylapore. Fr.Jose V Thomas had a flare for poems from his school days.   Some of his best poems penned from 2009, finds a place in this book published. Fr Jose has dedicated this book to his respect worthy parents, family members and well-wishers. The poems namely, Amazing Qualities, A myth called love, Musing on mother’s day, Moving with the flow, Seize that opportune time, Twists of Life, Post Modern Youth, The love of the Lord, Ode to the Valentines etc. are well written and will pull on your heartstrings and will leave you wanting more. The book also has spiritual poems and a few on Covid -19 pandemic too. The book published by Emerald Publication, is available in Amazon, Kindle and Flipkart.