Loyola Alumni Bulletin
August 2009
The Annual General Body Meeting
Dear Alumni/ae,
Greetings and wishes from Loyola Alumni Association (LAA).
The Annual General Body Meeting of LAA will be held on Friday, 21st August 2009 at 6.30 p.m. in Lawrence Sundaram Auditorium, Loyola College. All the members of the Association are invited for the meeting. We look forward to your valuable suggestions for the growth of the Association.
Agenda
- Ice Breaking
- Prayer
- Welcome address –Mr. K. S. Natarajan, Joint Secretary, LAA
- Information about Loyola – Dr. D. P. Sankaran, Vice-President, LAA
- Minutes of previous AGM & Secretary's Report – Dr. Bernard D'sami
- Felicitation – Rev. Fr. K. Amal, S.J. Rector, Loyola College
Rev. Dr. S. Peter Xavier, S.J. Secretary, Loyola College
Rev. Dr. A. Albert Muthumalai, S.J. Principal, Loyola College- Message from the President – Mr. B. H. Kothari
- Fr. Director's Report – Fr. N. Casimir Raj, S.J.
- Financial Statement (2008-2009) – Prof. B. Arunachalam, Treasurer, LAA
- Vote of thanks – Dr. G. F. Xavier Raj, Vice President, LAA
- Entertainment – Sqd Ldr C. K. Unni Krishnan and his team
- Dinner
You are cordially invited.
Kindly confirm your participation - 91 44 28178447 ; alumni@loyolacollege.edu on or before 18th August 2009.
Yours sincerely,
Fr. N. Casimir Raj, SJ
Director, LAA
Loyola College, Chennai – 600 034.
Appeal from the Alumni President
Fellow Alumni/ae,
It has been more than 80 years since Loyola College was established with our founding Principal Rev. Fr. Bertram SJ in the heart of Chennai city.
“Loyola” continues its effort to provide quality education that helps the students to evolve as competent and committed professionals.
Our Alma Mater has now taken a great step forward to establish “The School of Business Studies”.
The main objective of the new institution is “to create a comprehensive and modern programme in Business and Economic Studies and research that will groom the business leaders of tomorrow”.
This institute will be a fitting tribute to all the stalwarts who adorned the faculty of Economics and Commerce in Loyola since its inception.
Loyola College 's endeavor should be fully supported by the Alumni fraternity and it is a once in a life time opportunity to serve the institution which shaped up our life and career.
I take this opportunity to appeal to all my fellow Alumnites to do their might and contribute generously by way of donation and also spread the word among your friends to liberally invest in this worthy cause.
All contributions are 100% tax exempted under 80G of the IT Act.
Kindly contact Alumni Office, Loyola College, Chennai, www.loyolacollege.edu to know more about how best you could all associate yourself with this laudable effort.
B. H. Kothari,
President, Loyola Alumni Association,
Loyola College,
Chennai – 600 034.
Email: bhkothari@gmail.com
Dear Alumni/ae,
It always brings to me and to all of us here in Loyola College `a sense of joy and gratitude' when we think of the Alumni/ae. For the simple reason that you are the `voice of Loyola' and remain as incredible spokespersons, wherever you are and whatever you do. I have heard many friends of mine and well-wishers gleefully commenting that the very presence of Loyolaites certainly bring in a sense of meaning, positive energy and creative vibration into any groups, in any situation and context.
It goes without saying that the visits of outstanding personalities in public life who are our own alumni visiting our college in the recent past, namely Mr. K. S. Sripathy IAS, Cheif Secretary, Govt. of Tamil Nadu, Prof. C.K Prahalad and others as well gave a new impetus in `Our Journey Together as Loyolaites'. The Alumni meet of Commerce Dept. in Jan. 2009, History Dept. later, Loyola Career Fair 2008 wherein good many Alumni participated added new colour and vigor into our Alumni network.
My note will be incomplete if i don't mention about the spectacular event of LOHO Alumni meet (LOyola HOstel) in Jan. 2009. Though the meet confined to only hostelers, still it opened up a new spectrum of realities motivating all of us to go completely `broad based' regarding our Alumni Association. The content and style of it threw many more insights into the importance of getting in touch with `our own' all over the world. I am so deligthed to share with you, already under the able leadership of Mr. B. H. Kothari and the guidance of Fr. N. Casimir raj many initiatives are on the move, and good many are in the offing. Concrete measures are taken to this end. I am sure, the Alumni desk will keep you informed about the new developments. Many thanks to the staff who are at it.
While assuring of my full support to the leaders of the Alumni/ae and praying for your well beings and of your family members, let me also invite all of you to be constantly in touch with your `alma mater' to rejuvanate, to bring new hope and fraternity with the new genertaion of present day student community who are in need of our support, guidance and encouragement.
May the Independence day August 15th bring lot more joy and instill hope in the people of our great country India and to all our beings in order to achieve the impeccably carved out ideals enshrined in our constitution: Equality, Fraternity, Justice, Peace and Harmony. God Bless us all.
Rev. Fr. K. Amal, SJ
Rector, Loyola College
Fr. Secretary's Message
Dear Alumni/ae,
I am indeed very happy to wish the Alumni/ae of Loyola College through this bulletin, August 2009. Whenever I think of Loyola and Loyolites my entire being is overwhelmed with joy and happiness and gratitude to God, Almighty. Loyolite in general though ordinary, but achieve extraordinary things. Loyolites - some achieve great things; some serve the society with dedication and commitment; some try to make a mark in the history through their hard work. On the whole the enthusiasm of Loyolites is very great. Being a Loyolite myself and having associated myself with Loyola Alumni Association for years, what is common among Loyolites is their attachment to their Alma Mater and their commitment to the values they learnt at Loyola. My appeal to you is, at no cost, don't give up the values that received at Loyola and you grow with the values day by day.
“Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand” Said, Thomas Carlyle a great counselor of our times. Yes dear Loyolites, Keep your ideals high enough to inspire you.
Rev. Dr. S. Peter Xavier, SJ
Secretary, Loyola College
Dear Alumni/ae,
I am very delighted to reach out to you when the College is spearheading the 85th year of academic excellence. Loyola College has carried the flame for nearly 84 years through innumerable challenges to keep that flame alive and burning.
The department of Biotechnology has received the STAR STATUS from the Department of Science and Technology. This year we focus our attention on International year of Astronomy and Communion with Mother Earth in Human Solidarity. These relate to our response to ecological disaster and the onslaught of fundamentalism. In the words of Thomas Berry: “ The universe is not a collection of objects but a communion of subjects.”
Also the Department of Statistics will be commemorating the 50 years of its academic commitment to the world of Statistics.
I appreciate and congratulate Rev. Fr. N. Casimir Raj, SJ ; Director, Mr. B. H. Kothari, President, Alumni Association and Mr. A. Clint Eastwood for bringing out the Loyola Alumni Bulletin.
Rev. Dr. A. Albert Muthumalai, SJ
Principal, Loyola College
Rev. Dr. B. Jeyaraj, SJ
Controller of ExaminationsRev. Fr. Louis Arockiaraj, SJ
Director, Loyola Hostel & Vice-PrincipalDr. Louis Joseph Chandra
Dean of Arts: Shift – IDr. Joe Jesudurai
HOD, Department of PhysicsProf. Robert Bellarmine
HOD, Department of SociologyRev. Fr. G. Arockiaraj, S.J.
Director, LIVEProf. Xavier Mahimairaj
Co-ordinator, Pondicherry University - Loyola College, Twinning ProgrammeProf. (Ms.) Pearline Lawrence
Co-ordinator, Women Students (Shift – II)
Retired Staff
Mr. I. ISSAC has put in 39 years of service as Lab Assistant in Loyola College. He is dedicated, highly co-operative with all his colleagues and he is good at training the young Non-teaching staff of the department very effectively in the laboratory techniques.
Mr. A. MICHAEL has put in 31 years of dedicated service as office assistant in Loyola College. He is very simple, affectionate, and a role model to all office assistants, which is highly commendable and worthy of emulation.
Prof. ALSTON ROZARIO has put in 37 years of service in Commerce Dept. from 1973. He is a hard working and sincere teacher. He served Loyola College in many capacities including Vice-Principal for both Shift-I and Shift-II. He was the vice-captain of Hockey team in his college days in this College.
Dr. MUNIRATHNAM NAIDU, the Professor of Telugu from the Oriental Languages Department has put in 32 years of meritorious and fruitful service at Loyola College. He is a University first rank holder and a Gold Medallist in Telugu literature from the University of Madras at 1972.
Dr. K.S. NAGARAJA joined in 1982 as Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Chemistry and has served 26 years in Loyola College. He has guided 13 Ph.D.s, has 5 Patents and 150 publications in pronounced international and national journals. He is the principal investigator of many major projects funded by agencies like DST, IGCAR, BRNS and UGC.
Prof. STANISLAUS SANTIAGO Head of the Dept. has put in 24 years of service in the Department of Sociology. He is compassionate to the students and a forward thinking person with unflinching loyalty to the College. He is a hard working and a dedicated teacher.
Rev. Dr. FRANCIS M. PETER S.J., Reader in the Dept. of English joined as a Lecturer in St. Joseph 's College, Trichy in 1983. He was Principal of St. Xavier's College, Palayamkottai. He was instrumental in bringing Intranet connectivity to Loyola when he was Secretary here. He is Founder and Director of Research Academy for Cumulative Excellence.
Rev. Fr. L. X. JEROME S.J., joined the Dept. of Visual Communication as a Lecturer in 1996 and built up the Dept. to the acclaim of international calibre. During his tenure as the Rector, the Platinum Jubilee of the College was celebrated in a grand scale. He has served as the Vice-Principal and Dean of Science for Shift II courses.
Loyola Alumni Association takes this opportunity to thank them for their dedicated service at Loyola College and wishes them a happy retired life. We also welcome them to take active participation in the activities of Loyola Alumni Association.
Loyola College has continued to remain for the past 8 years in the list of the top 10 colleges in India ranked by India Today (see the issue of June 22, 2009). In 2009 also Loyola is ranked first in both Arts and Science.
India Today Ranking (2002 to 2009) Loyola College position
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
Arts
1
1
3
3
1
1
7
Science
1
1
1
1
3
4
1
Commerce
2
3
3
8
4
4
4
Source: India Today Magazine, May / June 2002 to 2009
Loyola Alumni Association is one of the very active wings of the Loyola College. The total membership of the Association is 19,205 as on 30th July 2009. Nearly 2,189 fresh graduates have become members of Alumni Association in the current academic year alone.
Loyola Alumni Association had its AGM on 22nd April 2008. Nearly 100 members participated in the meeting.
Loyola Alumni Association had its Loyola Alumni /ae Meet on 6th October 2008. Nearly 120 members participated in the meeting.
Loyola Home Coming was celebrated on 13th December 2008. Members gathered in Bertram Hall, to felicitate Shri K. S. Sripathy, IAS Chief Secretary, Govt. of Tamil Nadu. Nearly 280 members gathered for the meeting.
8 delegates from the Loyola College attended XI South Zone Jesuit Alumni/ae Congress, which was held on 27-28 December 2008, at Vijayawada.
LOHO – 2008 The usual gathering of the former inmates of Loyola Hostel was held in Kutralam from 2 – 4, January 2009.
Loyola Student Directory (2005-2008) was prepared and distributed among new graduates on 21st February 2009 on the Graduation Day. Alumni Pin and a Folder with a Pen were given to the students.
Rev. Fr. Jerome D' Souza, S.J. Fourth Alumni Memorial Lecture was delivered by Dr. C. P. Chandrasekar, Professor, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University on 27th Feb. 2009.
Loyola Career Fair 2008 – In Collaboration with Training and Placement Cell and LAA conducted successfully the Career Fair for the year 2008-2009.
Prof. C. K. Prahalad, Professor of Mgt. University of Michigan, an illustrious alumnus of Loyola (1956-61) was the Chief Guest of Mother Theresa Award function of LIBA. Loyola Alumni Association honoured him as the Illustrious Alumnus 2009 on that occasion.
Financial assistance to the tune of Rs. 3, 10, 000/- was given to the poor and deserving students for payment of their semester fees, hostel mess fees and semester examination fees.
Loyola Alumni Association, through the Alumni Login / Loyola Alumni Bulletin, gives information about the activities of the College and invites the members for the Alumni meetings and invites the Alumni/ae to get involved in the various activities of the College. From this year onwards online login has been created for the sake of Alumni /ae, through this they can update their records.
Tournaments – Bertram, Murphy, Francis Memorial Hockey tournament. LAA encourages the Physical Education department by providing certain awards.
Reliving experience by various Dept. like History, Commerce in collaboration with LAA.
Our Loyola's future :
• To raise fund for the School of Business Studies – various programmes are organized.
• Starting Various Chapters.
From the Website Desk
Alumni Login
By utilising the available technology the Alumnus has been given the opportunity to Login Online. Through the Alumni page of the College Website, our members can enrol, edit and view their details. (New members can enrol – existing members can edit). It is password protected. They can also view the details about their batch-mates either year-wise, department-wise, or name-wise. The existing members or requested to view the details about them and they are requested to update their records.
All your updations will be tracked and preserved in the database. Option has been given to change the password. So that your batch mates, friends and your college can keep in touch with you. Alumni forms are available in the web the Alumnus are requested you to pass this message to all your batch-mates to strengthen the Loyola Alumni Association.
Updating the Database
Alumni/ae is requested to update their details through the Alumni Login. Kindly update your email ID for getting the emails from the Alumni Association and from the College. All the members are requested to provide compulsorily the email ID through Login or alumni@loyolacollege.edu
For getting the Login details, please contact the web office 91 44 28178447.
Group Photos
Group Photos of all the departments from 2006 batch onwards upto 2009 outgoing batch have been updated in the Group Photos Gallery you can download this photos and preserve it for your nostalgic memories.
SPORTS ACHIVEMENTS FOR THE YEAR 2008 - 2009
The season of 2008-09 has been another year of Loyola dominance in the sporting arena. The past year has seen all the teams from various disciplines, grow from strength to strength and in the process bring laurels to the college and all involved with sports in Loyola.There has been a conscious effort from the sports department to instill a very high level of professionalism, which today has become a pre-requisite to perform at the highest level. This approach has borne fruit and has resulted in Loyola College being one of the top sporting outfits in the country.
This year Loyola won 49 trophies and produced 69 University players and many state and national medalists.
Loyola reached number one spot in the following games
• Athletics
• Football
• Table Tennis
• Tennis
• CricketTHE ATHLETICS TEAM - Has been the pride of Loyola for many decades, has once again come up with a stellar performance to annex all the top athletic meets in and around the National level. The hard work and perseverance of all the athletes has been the sole factor behind their success. On behalf of the college I would like to take the privilege in thanking all the respective coaches and support staff for their unconditional support through the year. The team won the following athletic meets.
1. ST.JOESPH ENG. COLLEGE TROPHY – South Indian Inter Collegiate Championship
2. MADRAS UNIVERSITY A - ZONE
3. MADRAS UNIVERSITY INTER ZONE
4. A.L. MUDALIAR MEET
5. ALL INDIA INTER COLLEGIATE TROPHY ORGANISED BY SPJMC COLLEGE, BANGALOREFOOTBALL - The college team continued it's supremacy and displayed skill and character which reiterated that they had no plans of moving away from the No.1 spot. This professional unit has made winning a habit, a lot of the credit should be given to the football coaches Mr. Madhavan and Mr. Abdul Asha and his support team. The team won the following trophies in the past calendar year.
Trophies
• CMC VELLORE – INTER COLLEGE
• POONDI PUSHPAM – INTER COLLEGE TOURNAMENT
• CITY COLLEGE ORGANISED BY CHENNAI FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION
• MADRAS UNIVERSITY A - ZONE
• PSG TROPHY AT COIMBATORE
• FR.MURPHY MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT
• ALL INDIA INTER COLLEGIATE TOURNAMENT ORGANISED BY KARUNYA UNIVERSITY, COIMBATORECRICKET - Loyola managed to find its groove with a team of young, talented cricketers who constantly raised the bar to win 3 out of the 4 tournaments in the city. This exemplary show during the season has ensured that the college has once again regained their position as the best team in the city. Due credit must be given to the physical director Mr. Vijaykumar who has been closely monitoring the growth of the team. The team won the following tournaments.
Trophies
• VIVEKANANDA TROPHY
• AM JAIN COLLEGE TROPHY
• PROF.TV RAMANA TROPHYSports Day Celebrations 2008 - 2009
Shift - I
Loyola College Chennai Celebrated its Annual Sports day on 6th March 2009 in its premises. In the Sports Day Inauguration in Shift I 13 teams participated in the March Past Competition, Rev. Dr. Albert Muthumalai S.J. Principal hoisted the National flag and the Guest honor for Inauguration Prof. Munirathinam, Senior Professor Telugu Department, hoisted the College flag and Prof. Stanislaus HOD, Sociology Department declared the meet open.
Six Championship events, four Non - Championship events for Men students, two events for visually challenged students, two events for women students and three events for staff were held.
Finally, Mrs Hema Karunakaran, Superintend of Police, Uniformed Services Recruitment Board presided over the function and gave away prizes for the winners of the different events.
Rev. Fr. G. Arokia Raj S.J. President Sports and Games proposed vote of thanks.
Shift - II
In the Sports Day for Shift II on 7th March 2009 during the inauguration 13 teams participated in the March Past Competition, Rev. Dr. John Pragasam S.J. Deputy Principal hoisted the National flag and the Guest honor for Inauguration Mr. Michael, Senior Non teaching staff hoisted the College flag and Prof. Alston Rozario Vice Principal, Shift II Courses declared the meet open.
Mr Christudas Gandhi IAS, Principal Secretary, Department of Sports and Youth Welfare, Government of Tamilnadu presided over the function and gave away prizes for the winners of the different events. Dr. K. S. Antonysamy, Dean of students proposed vote of thanks.
Tournaments conducted by the Department during the academic year 2008-2009.
Bertram Tournaments :
76th year edition was held from 16th to 31st August 2008.Teams from Tamilnadu, Andhra, Karnataka, Kerala and Pondicherry took part in this tournament. Around 2500 students participated and get good competition experience through active participation in various games like Basketball, Volleyball, Table Tennis, Tennis, Chess and Ball Badminton.
9th Rev Fr Murphy Memorial Football Tournament :
It was held from 15th to 26th January 2009. Teams from Tamilnadu and Kerala took part in this championship.
The year has brought about a number of accolades and trophies to our college and we must ensure that we take steps in the right direction and reach out for greater glory. The college administration, like always have extended their support to the sports department which has enabled it to reach new grounds. I would urge the sportsmen to look ahead to the next year and aim to raise the bar much higher, so as to etch the name of LOYOLA eternally in the world of sports.
The Inauguration of the Students' Union '09 marks the beginning of all student-related activities, especially cultural activities of Loyola College, including the celebrated ‘Ovations', and all significant activities of the Clubs and the Forums flourishing in the College.
This platform assumes significant importance since this is the first decisive event to kick-start cultural and co-curricular activities in the college.
The spirit of leadership fortified by stringent protocols of commitment, compassion and competence, makes the principles of our institution truly impregnable.
This Students' Union has a vision to meaningfully integrate every student - undergraduate or postgraduate, man or woman, into the central nervous system of Loyola's cultural atlas, so that it truly lives up to its outstanding reputation in the academic fraternity.
The Guests of Honour being invited were Mr. Veerapandi G., I.A.S., Mr. Subhash R., I.A.S., Mr. Rudolf R.J., I.P.S., distinguished alumni of our esteemed institution. The distinguished trio reminisced their wonderful experiences during their stay in the college and motivated students to join the services to help build a better community. The Management and the Students Union of Loyola College felt extremely honoured and privileged to have invited them to the Investiture Ceremony.
Rev. Fr. K. Amal S.J., Rector, Loyola College administered the oath to the newly elected members of the Students' Union for the year 2009-2010 as given below.
Pradeep V.G.P.
President
Naresh S.
Vice-President
Prem Kumar
Secretary
Prem Anand
Joint Secretary
Sheetal Jose
Associate Secretary
Rev. Dr. A. Albert Muthumalai S.J., Principal, Rev. Dr. S. Peter Xavier S.J., Secretary, Rev. Dr. John Pragasam S.J., Deputy Principal offered their felicitations. The function was held under the auspices of the Dean of Students, Dr. K. S. AntonySamy.
With profound sorrow, we place on record the demise of the following during last academic year.
May God grant them eternal peace!
• Mr. K. Antony, retired non-teaching staff passed away on 12th May 2008.
• Dr. S. Samikannu, who had put in 28 years of service in the Dept. of Chemistry, passed away after prolonged illness on 19th September 2008.
• Mr. Rathinam retired Office Assistant who served the college for 42 years passed away on 12th November 2008.
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