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Justice Dr. AR. Lakshmanan - Award Winner for outstanding judge and Champion of Social Causes and Human Rights
Shri AR Lakshmanan, son of Shri. L.AR.Arunachalam Chettiar, is one of the distinguished and eminent Indian hailing from the district of Sivaganga in Tamil Nadu. Born on 22/03/1942, Shri.Lakshmanan, even as a school student, developed a strong passion to join the judiciary. He used to read with keen interest, all the court Judgements reported in the newspapers. He blazed through his academic studies to graduate in Economics from St.Joseph’s College, Trichy. Following his heart’s dictates, he completed Bachelor of Law from Madras Law College in the year 1966.
AR Lakshmanan enrolled as a Lawyer on 10th Jan 1968 and served as Junior under eminent lawyers Shri.G.Ramanjuan, Shri.K.Venkataswami and R.Krishnamurthy before starting to practice on his own. He had independent practice in varied branches of Law including Civil, Criminal, Company Law, Taxation, Insolvency, Trade Marks and Patents Law, Matrimonial, Admiralty, Writ jurisdiction etc.
After serving as a Lawyer for 23 years, Shri. AR Lakshmanan was appointed as Government Pleader for Tamil Nadu to represent their matters in the Madras High Court and Supreme Court. In 1990, he was appointed by the President of India as a Permanent Judge in Madras High Court. After 7 ½ years of tenure in this position, he was transferred to Kerala High Court. From there he went on to serve as Chief Justice at High Courts at Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh. He was finally elevated as a Judge of Supreme Court in the year 2002.
During his tenures as Judge, Chief Justice at High Court and Justice at Supreme Court he has delivered more than 98000 Judgements!!! Many of them have been recognised and appreciated as thought Provoking Judgements in the history of Indian Judiciary. The land mark Judgement delivered by him as a member of a Division Bench which banned smoking in public places is the one considered by him as an important Judgement.
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He has served as arbitratorator in Indian Council of Arbitratorsrs (Judge’scategory) and also as member-panel arbitrator in International Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution (ICADR), New Delhi.
Incidentally, he was nominated as the Representative of the State of Tamil Nadu to the Empowered Committee constituted by the Supreme Court to resolve the dispute with regard to the Mullai Periyar Dam between States of Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
As one may expect, awards and felicitations were showered upon him by the grateful Indian Community in recognition of his distinguished services as an outstanding judge and Champion of Social Causes and Human Rights. “Shiromani Vikas Award for National Integration and Development” (By Tamil Nadu Govt), “Bharat Shiromani Award – 2009” By Orissa Government), “Doctor of Laws” (By Annamalai University), “For the Sake of Honour” (Rotary Club, Chennai) are a few of those awards.
A prolific reader and writer, Shri.AR Lakshmanan has authored many books, both in Tamil and English. “Neethiyin Kural” (“The Voice of Justice”) and “The Judge Speaks” contain hundreds of lectures delivered by him on various judicial and social issues. “Varalatru Suvadugal” is a look-back genre and “Kalamellam Vasantham” is his auto biography in Tamil. The next book “Ponmalar Cholai (Tamil)” will contain key speeches made by him in various Tamil Forums and Conferences. The value of the contents of each of his books has been endorsed with forewords by eminent persons including Shri.APJ Abdul Kalam, Mrs.Pratibha Patil, Dr.Manmohan Singh.
Shri.AR Lakshmanan holds varied interest in life. He is a Life Member of Mylapore Academy, Vice President of Tamil Isai Sangam, Chennai and Former President of Cosmopolitan Club, Chennai. Currently, he is the Chief of Panel, Indian Court of Arbitration for Sports.
He is happily married to Mrs.Meenakshi and has two sons and two daughters
Dr. R. Seetharaman - Proud Indian...
Dr.R.Seetharaman, Chief Executive Officer of Doha Bank Group, Qatar, A self- made man destined to make a difference; his story is awe-inspiring for every young mind aiming big in life. Hailing from Mayiladudurai, his father, Mr. Raghava Sharma, was a Sanskrit teacher who instilled exemplary moral values and discipline in his son. Though economically backward he was always intellectually forward and even then his parents intelligently invested on his education and it still remains his capital asset
To support his education he aimed for a scholarship and spent sleepless nights and tiring days to achieve top-grade. Furthermore to support his family he used to work at a shop in the town. He remembers of an instance where he had to carry around 10 litres of kerosene and walk 10 kilometres to his house just to save money on transportation. Today Doha Bank is his extended family and the same spirits drive his attitude at work.
He graduated in commerce from University of Madras, winning a Gold Medal from the University. He went on to complete his Chartered Accountancy. He took up a job with a private company in India at first. He then moved to Qatar and joined the global consultancy firm Price Waterhouse. Later he worked in executive positions in three banks in Qatar.
The launch of his illustrious career started with his joining Doha Bank, Qatar in 2002. Doha bank was not very well known then. Making Doha Bank the biggest private bank in Qatar was a monumental task, even for a person like Seetharaman, with his brilliance and astuteness in business. But persisting with untiring effort is a way of life for him.
He introduced innovative products and services, deployed consumer- centric technology solutions, adopted newer strategic business models, established full-fledged cross-border branch operations in Dubai & Kuwait, Opened representative offices at various financial centres across the globe, floated a 100% owned insurance subsidiary company, promoted a joint-venture brokerage firm and apart from all this developed a unique work culture at the Bank which paved the way for scaling new heights in the Financial Industry of Qatar.
He has transformed Doha Bank as one of the best performing bank in the Middle East region and a well- reputed Global Brand. Under his stewardship, Doha Bank has been judged as the Best Bank repeatedly and has won many awards – such as the Best Bank in Qatar 2011 by EMEA and the Best Commercial Bank in Middle East 2010 by Banker Middle East.
A genius in financial accounting, Mr. Seetharaman has international statistics at his fingertips. He has earned innumerable Certificates, medals and awards in the fields of Foreign Exchange, Treasury operations, Banking, Business Management and corporate social responsibility. A few of the important awards conferred on him are:
* Honorary degree, doctor of Laws 2012 by Washington College.
* Doctorate of Honoris Causa 2012 by European University
* CEO of the year 2011 in Middle East at EMEA Awards
* International Indian of the Year Award 2010 from Govt of India
* Best CEO in Middle East Banking Industry 2008 by the Middle East Awards Institute from Honorable Dominique de Villepin, Former Prime Minister of France
* Arab Asian Banker Excellence Award 2006 from Annual Arab Asian Forum in Singapore
* The Phenomenal Banker Achievers Excellence Award from the President of Mauritius
* Lifetime achievement award by NRI institute
* Pravasi Achievers Gold Medal 2010 by NRI Welfare Society of India, London
* Gullands Excellence Awards for excellence as a phenomenal Banker
Washington College conferred him the Honoris Causa award for ‘His unique and valuable contribution to society in the field of banking, knowledge management, corporate social responsibility and governance’. The award is a great honour as the list of such recipients in the past includes former US Presidents like George Washington, Roosevelt and George Bush and scientists like James Watson.
He also earned Doctor of Civil Laws of Honoris Causa 2012 by European University which is one of the World’s Best Business Schools for his unique and valuable contribution to Global Governance and social responsibility. He was bestowed upon by a double doctorate the same year by two of world’s best educational institutions.
Mr.Seetharaman is a much sought after economist and financial expert in GCC. He is regularly approached by CNBC, BBC World, Reuters, Forbes, Fox Business, Sky News, Dow Jones, Bloomberg etc. and host of regional media channels for sharing his views and for seeking his expert opinion on varied topics in the fields of Economics, Banking and issues related to Environment.
He strongly believes in ‘knowledge sharing ‘and encourages people to develop an active mind. He is a renowned Quiz Master in State of Qatar and has successfully conducted a number of business quizzes, sports quizzes and green quizzes.
Apart from Banking, he is passionately interested in environmental issues. Currently, he is actively engaged in creating awareness to the global corporate community on global warming and climate change - causes, effects and measures. He has conducted environmental seminars across GCC and the rest of the world.
It is said that there is a woman behind every successful man. “In my case, there are two women – my mother and my wife, Sangeeta”, declares Mr.R.Seetharaman. The happy couple has two daughters – Shweta and Shruti. Zero Deduction Tamil A4 flyer_suriya.ai 1 12/26/12 5:37 PM Jennifer Jennifer born on April 23 is an artist, dancer, VJ from her childhood. As a child artist, she has acted in more than 50 films in different languages. Rajamuthirai, Ulavuthurai, Thayagam, Independence day, Thayin mani kodi, Nerukku ner, Ghillie are few of her movies. Jennifer has acted in more than 2000 episodes of TV serial as child artist. Some of the popular serials are Ganga Yamuna Saraswathi, Kalayandiram, Kannadi ilay, Buvana thediya pudayal etc. AWARDS: Jennifer has been awarded “KALAI CHELVAM” title by South Indian Artists Association in 1997; youngest artist awarded the title so far. For the film “NERUKKU NER” Jennifer has been awarded 13 awards in the best child artist category including BEST CHILD ARTIST award by State Government of Tamilnadu, leading newspapers DHINAKARAN and DHINAMANI. For the film GHILLIE in which she acted as Vijay’s sister she became very popular and liked among Tamil film audience and was awarded Best supporting artist award by VARIETY FILM DIRECTORY. HOBBIES: Jennifer is interested in various extra-curricular activities. She is good at Drawing, Painting, Badminton, Jewellery and Chocolate making, Swimming, Textile printing, etc. EDUCATION: Jennifer has finished her B.Sc Psychology and her interest in learning languages is driving her to learn foreign languages in her little spare time. She knows to read and write French and German and of course English and Tamil. PRESENT STATUS: Jennifer participated in “Manada Mayilada” season 5 along with Azhar. She is currently doing lot of shows in India and Abroad. She has visited Dubai, Bahrain, Muscat, Switzerland, Norway, Bangkok, Germany, Denmark, etc. And have been booked for Canada, Malaysia and Australia in this year. Currently she is acting in the film “Theeya vela seyyanum kumaru” and also doing a serial in Vijay TV called “Thayumanavar”.
Manada Mayilada Dancer Serial Artist Sun Tv Karthigai Pengal Vijay TV Kalloori Salai
Nethran
Nethran started his career at the age of six as a child artist. His first movie is “Sri Ragavendra” in which he played a role as a Junior Ragavendra, (Rajini Kanth played the main role as senior Ragavendra). And then he has acted more than 30 films as a child artist up to the age of 11. Again he started his career, when he was 17 years old. He has acted more than 40 serials in Sun TV, Vijay TV, Jaya TV, etc.
But he got establishment in reality shows like “Masthana Masthana” in Sun TV (Title Winner), “Jodi No-1 Season 3 & 5” in Vijay TV, “Boys Vs Girls”, “Kitchen Super Star” and so many reality shows in Vijay TV.
Currently Nethran is doing “Marudhani serial and “Super Kudumbam” in Sun TV.
Nethran is going to establish his acting in the Big Screen very shortly.
The Dancing Divas is an independently organized dance institute, founded by Mrs. Jyoti Patel, started almost five years back. Jyoti Patel, utilizing her passion for dance and teaching, to contribute for the well rounded intensification of her students through dance, aiming development of physical, physiological and emotional self. To meet the diversified need in the competitive place, the students are taught different forms of dance, encompassing classical, semi-classical, traditional, folk, western etc fusing with Indian songs.
They have performed in almost all the bigger stages in Kuwait like ICS, IYS, Creative Indian Association, Samarpan, Bhasker, KALA, Telugu Kala Samiti, Kuwait Oriya Association, Kuwait Doctor Forum, Indians in Kuwait, Lulu, Woogi Woogi, etc sharing stage with famous personalities including Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Talat Aziz, Kumar Sanu, Shreya Ghoshal, Sunidhi Chauhan, Raveena Tandon, Terence Lewis, Aman Verma, Mika Singh, Vinod Rathod and many more to name.
Today the students are performing a dance Le Le Mazaa Le from the film Wanted (dance style – Spanish) and Radha+Angrezi Beat – Fusion (dance style – Indo Western)
Participants – First Song: Rashi Rajput, Gurmeher Sharma, Neola Lewis, Sai Harshita, Kulsum Javed Warsi, Roshni Patel, Debarshini Mondal, Vidhi Bhatia and Prachi Rana
Participants –Second Song: Sooryam Patel, Anurag Divekar, Sonia Bagada, Kashish Maheshawari, Neola Lewis, Sanjana Sanath, Shambhavi Raghuvanshi, Mithuran C R, Mahima Juyal, Shashwat Dash, Sivalingam Ramanathan, Chahek Bansal, Aahana Kaushal, Ruth Rachel Zachriah, Kevin Thomas Paul
Directed and Choreographed by Jyoti Patel.
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The Secret of Srichakra Revealed
George Gheverghese Joseph, B.Sc(Leicester), M.A. Ph.D (Manchester), Barrister at Law from Middle Temple, London.
Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Philosophy, Mc Master University, Canada
Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore.
When we talk of discoveries and inventions, we always look up to the West. It is assumed that everything modern has come from the West. Whether it is the toothbrush, a new star in the sky, the pressure cooker, or the rabies vaccine, the story is the same. The printing press that has made it possible for you to read these lines has also come from the West.
But, what is the foundation of the scientific and technological progress and the consequent economical advancement achieved by the West? Was it purely a Western enterprise?
Definitely not, says Professor George Gheverghese Joseph, Emeritus Professor at Manchester University in England.
Calculus, the foundation of modern mathematics, was born in Kerala in India. Calculus is a necessary tool for measuring time, making almanacs and for finding directions at sea. Did the Europeans learn some of the elements of calculus from Kerala? This is a million dollar question. It was the versatility of calculus that helped them to conquer the world. As a result, Europe became financially powerful. Did the Europeans import mathematical books along with spices from India? These are broad questions for which we may find definitive answers.
When George Gheverghese Joseph says this, he is neither decrying the West nor praising the East to the skies. He is trying to excavate non-European mathematical traditions. This search eventually led him to medieval Kerala, the Kerala of 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries. The growth of mathematics in Kerala was truly remarkable.
One may wonder why Professor George Gheverghese Joseph refers only to mathematics. When he talks about modernity, didn’t physics, chemistry and biology lead to modern discoveries and inventions and help scientific and technological advancement? Yes. But he implicitly accepts the Indian view that mathematics is at the head of all sciences.
yathaasikhaa mayuuraanaam
naagaanaam manayo yathaa
tadvad vedaanga saastraanaam
ganitam moorddhani sthitam.
(Like the crest of the peacock, Like the jewel on the head of a snake
Mathematics is at the head of all knowledge)
These lines are from Vedaangajyotisham written around the fifth century before Christ and it provides the title of one of Professor George’s book.
Two books written by Professor George as part of his research into the history of mathematics are famous. The first book is The Crest of the Peacock: Non European Roots of Mathematics. This book was first published by Penguin at London in 1991. Five editions of this book have come out, the latest extended third edition in 2011 being brought out by Princeton University Press. The book has been translated into six languages. In total about 30,000 copies of this book have been sold to date... The second book, A Passage to Infinity: Medieval Indian Mathematics from Kerala and its Impact, was published in 2009. This too is now receiving a lot of attention. Professor George is engaged in another great research project. He is trying to trace the path through which medieval Kerala mathematics may have reached Europe, which is part of a wider project trying to trace the shadowy figures behind Newton and Leibniz, usually seen as the founders of calculus. He hopes that this project will involve scholars from Oxford University (England), McMaster University (Canada), University of Singapore apart from his own University of Manchester (England) and Indian scholars.
Dr. George Gheverghese Joseph, hails from famous Addangapurathu Puramattom- Kerala,India, however he was born into a family famous for patriotism, journalism and teaching. The great journalist Pothen Joseph and his elder brother Barrister George Joseph belonged to the Oorayil family of Chengannur, Kerala. India.
Professor George talked about his search into the history of mathematics and his conclusions. His words resounded with the heat and excitement of the intellectual life of Keralam.
“Though we laugh at parrot–astrologers today, they were part of our rich mathematical heritage. In olden days mathematics and astronomy and astrology were inextricably linked. But that tradition has been lost.
“My interest in Indian philosophy led me to ancient Indian works, including Indian mathematical and astronomical works. Till then I had no idea that the land of my birth, the southernmost part of India, had contributed greatly to the growth of modern mathematics. The mathematicians who are now called the Kerala School of Mathematics lived in Kerala between A.D. 1300 and 1700.”
Would you please explain the origin and development of the Kerala School of Mathematics?
Professor George Gheverghese Joseph: “The mathematical tradition that grew and flourished in Keralam during the 300 years from the 14th to the 17th centuries is now known as the Kerala School of Mathematics.
“The mathematician who laid the foundation for this great age was Madhavan (1340-1425) of Sangamagramam. He was followed by Parameswaran, Daamodaran, Jyeshtadevan, Achyuta Pishaarodi, Neelakantan, Chitrabhanu, Narayanan, Sankara Waariar and Putumana Somayaji. Through them the school grew to great heights. They were all mathematicians as well as astronomers. Those days mathematics and astronomy went hand in hand.
In what way is the mathematical tradition of Keralam related to that of India?
“The classical age of Indian mathematics and astronomy extends from AD 450 to 1150. Aryabhata was the first and foremost of the mathematicians of this age. Aryabhata, who was born in A.D. 476 wrote Aryabhateyam in A.D. 499 when he was twenty three. It is believed that he was born at Kusumapuram near Patna in Bihar. It may or may not be true. But it is certain that he wrote Aryabhateyam at Kusumapuram. Besides this Aryabhata, there were probably two other Aryabhatas. Aryabhata II worte Maha Aryasiddhantam in A.D. 950. Al Biruni in his book History written in 1036 states that there was another Aryabhata before the Aryabhata of Kusumapuram. But today there is one other Aryabhata, and that is Aryabhata II, who wrote a commentary on Aryabhateyam called Maha Aaryasiddhantam.
“But there is a dispute regarding Aryabhata’s birthplace. Some say that he was born at Asmaki, and not at Kusumapuram. Asmaki is referred to in the commentary on Aryabhateeyam written by Neelakantan in A.D. 1500. It is said that Asmaki is in southern Keralam, but there is no evidence to prove this. Whatever it may be, Aryabhata spent many years at Kusumapuram after his education at Nalanda: Kusumapuram and Ujjain were important centres of mathematics in ancient India. Those days Pataliputra was the gateway to knowledge in India. Knowledge from abroad came into India through Patilaputra , and knowledge from India reached foreign countries through Patilaputra. Patilaputra was the capital of the Gupta Empire. Aryabhata’s discoveries reached Patilaputra from Kusumapuram and from there they reached Arabia and Europe.
“It was in Keralam that most of the commentaries on Aryabhateyam were written.
“By discovering a method to determine the value of π, Aryabhata triggered off the solution of many problems in mathematics. The value of π was found to be 3.1416 in the fifth century A.D. Later the value of π was determined up to fourteen decimal places.
“The work on infinite series is the greatest contribution of Keralam to mathematics. From this contribution calculus developed. It is generally believed that Newton and Leibniz discovered calculus in the seventeenth century. The truth is that one of the essential strands of calculus had been developed in Keralam 250 years before that. The infinite series relating to sine, cosine, and arc-tan (from which the series for π ) were all derived from the Kerala tradition of mathematics. Function Supporting Team
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