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TAFE Organises Young Achiever Awards 2012

TAFE recognises achievements at every stage, and on this note, the TAFE Young Achiever Awards 2012 was held at the Sembium Plant premises this past week. The function recognized all the employees’ children who excelled in their 10th and 12thstd exams this year.

Employees gathered around with their families in order to proudly celebrate their children’s academic achievement. After a good lunch, the families were taken on a tour around the Sembiam factory premises.

Post their factory visit, the awards function commenced. The chief guests of the occasion were R C Banka – Executive Director and Deputy CEO, G.Hari – President and COO Tractor Business, and S.Ramakrishnan – CITO TAFE.

After some very special words from the dignitaries, awards were distributed to the young stars, and they came up on stage to receive them, with their respective families.

The concluding part of the event saw smiling faces all around, and the employees felt a sense of belongingness with TAFE.

Cheers to these bright young children for their outstanding performance!

We wish them all the best in their future pursuits!

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TAFE in the Last Eight at SAP F15 Cricket Cup

Two matches on, with one massive win against Empee and an otherwise avoidable loss against Ashok Leyland, TAFE enters the quarterfinals in the tournament.

The match against Empee was a cake walk for TAFE. In the allotted 15 overs, the TAFE team scored a massive 173 for the loss of  four wickets. Aravind was 63 not out when stumps were drawn. The openers, Vivek Seshan and Sokkanathan amassed 55 runs in the first four overs.

On the fall of openers, spectators were yet again treated by some good batting display by Irumbidiar and Vijay Srinivas. The wicket keeping was done by Rupesh. The opponents, Empee’s batsmen were packed to the pavilion for a meager 60 runs.

Anand Vijay  and Vivek Srinivasan scalped four  and three wickets respectively to see TAFE enter the quarterfinals with this win. After ensuring the quarterfinal berth, with a reshuffled team, TAFE had the match against the mighty Ashok Leyland. The match was played after a few hours of their first match and they lost on a poor run rate.

TAFE had mustered 106 in their 15 overs. The wicket keeper Rupesh had his fireworks with bat, which was amply supported by Irumbidiar, Vijay Srinivas and Aravind. Irumbidiar went on to take two wickets later on.

At the end of the fourth over, when Ashok Leyland was on 29/2 rain interrupted and the game was stopped. It restarted after a while and then again only four overs were possible. In the eighth over played by Ashok Leyland  were able to accumulate 68 runs for two wickets. As per the organisers’ rule, Ashok Leyland was declared winner.

TAFE has now to play in quarterfinals with the team that emerges from other groups and we are sure the team will put up a strong combination in the matches to come

Cheers to the TAFE Team!

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TAFE Signs MoU with Vel Tech

TAFE entered into a unique MoU with Vel Tech (a well established university in Chennai) in its pursuit of excellence in Industry – Institute collaboration.

The important feature of this MoU is that TAFE employees in Chennai region can pursue MTech in Tractor Engineering sponsored by TAFE. The course is designed by experts in the field andtailor made to suit TAFE requirement.

The board of studies committee is being headed by Mr.S.Sriraman.who, along with his team, has designed the course curriculum to fit TAFE’s requirements, thereby laying more emphasis on ‘Application’.

Apart from higher  education, the MoU also includes co-operation in the areas of project work for students, plant visits, faculty visit, guest lectures etc.

This MoU is unique and one of its kind in the industry, focussing on higher education and joint collaboration.

We are sure that both TAFE and Veltech will reap a lot of benifits from this new relationship. Cheers to both parties!

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Woman Behind the Wheel Chairman – In Conversation with Sudha Menon

Recenty, Sudha Menon, author of the renowned book – Leading Ladies, featured our chairman Mallika Srinivasan on the Khaleej Times.

The article encompasses the journey of our chairman right from a focused young professional to the leader she is today. It also talks about her experience with growing up in a business family; her strength and support in the family; and the importance of value-based leadership.

Below, is the link to the article:

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/displayarticle.asp?xfile=data/international/2012/August/international_August954.xml&section=international&col=

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Students Day Out at JFarm

A month ago, students of IX and X Std from Vidya Mandir Estancia visited J-Farm on a field trip, and judging by their feedback, they had a very informative and fun time there!

The field trip involved many activities, and one of them was an informative lecture by our very own S.S Nagarajan- VP Agricultural Research, J Farm, on Agriculture and its history. In addition to this, there was also a session delivered by the mechanic staff about Implements and machinery.

The Students seemed to have thoroughly engrossed themselves into knowing more about agriculture after this vist. Here’s a snapshot of their feedback on the visit, and a couple of pictures of the students at JFarm.

Other  activities from this field trip will be uploaded soon, so stay tuned to TAFECAFE!

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TAFE Inaugurates New Dealership at Villupuram Kallakuruchi

A month ago, TAFE had appointed a new dealer under the name Mahalaxmi Tractors in Villupuram and Kallakuruchi districts this past month. Today, both these branches of dealership were inaugurated at Villupuram & Kallakuruchi respectively.

The business radius of Mahalaxmi Tractors covers entire Villupuram district, Attur and Gangavalli Taluk of Salem District. They have been in the business for more than 85 years and have a solid contact base with the farmers in the entire Villupuram district.

The dealership was inaugurated by Mr.AL. Kumarappan- Sr.GM-Sales Marketing, in the presence of Mr.P C Dash, AVP (Customer Support), Mr.A.Kalyanaraman- Sr.DGM- Customer support,  Mr.Philip Vegeese & Mr.Ramesh- Manager Sales.

Further, a customer meet was also organized at both districts, gathering nearly 500 farmers, thereby starting on a very promising note.  

The TAFE team has already established a good rapport with customers there. Here’s wishing our new dealership great success!

 

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Stress-Free Zone Launched at MDU

Madurai operations launched a cafeteria, referred to as the Stress Free Zone. This place was named in the same fashion as the Safety Zones in the plants.

This Stress Free Zone is a pay and use cafeteria at MDU where employees can have refreshments and also socialize with co-workers during the course of a busy day.

Since the MDU plant is situated about 40 kms from the city of Madurai, there are not many refreshment cafes nearby. To overcome this, the HR team and the Plant Head, with the help of the Admin team, set up this cafeteria. The initiative was put into action after receiving suggestions from employees on what facilities to implement.

The MDU employees work six days a week, and have a very busy routine. Hence, This stress free zone clearly serves as a very useful refreshment center for them!

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A Short Poem Dedicated to Farmers

By

Nishitha

IXth  A

VIdya Mandir Estancia

(inspired by her field trip to JFarm)

Life without food,

Is like a tree without root.

Life without food,

Is like a bad dream come true

Food comes from farm,

These farms make our country charm,

Our country’s pride is hidden in farms,

But the growing population rings an alarm

Farmers try their best to cultivate more,

For lost ships to become a sea shore,

These efforts will not be in vain,

One day the dry land will also have rain!

THANKS to farmers for growing food!

THANKS to farmers for giving our life tree roots!

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