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| On 8th May, 2011, Sunday evening a special ‘The Old Gold Good SIP Friends Meet’ was organized by ‘SIP Friends Welfare Trust’ at the South Indian Manchester with usual colors and fervors. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| After a gap of more than 8 years, once again a great chance was given to the SIP Alumni settled in and around Coimbatore to gather for a Family Meet. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| It was held in a small multipurpose hall, ‘Thamizhaga Boyer Munnetra Sangam’, Tatabad, Coimbatore. Mr. K. R. Natarajan (1967), Mr. R. Rajagopalan (1967) - Chennai, Mr. S. Jega Rajan (1979) - Chennai, Mr. S. Kailasam (1979), Mr. K. Kanagasabapathy (1979), Mr. S. Swaminathan (1980), Mr. S. John Ponnudurai (1981), Mr. G. Michael Raj (1981), Mr. L. Bala Subramanian (1990) - Bangalore, Mr. J. Maria Jesu Raja (1990), Mr. V. Sivakumar (1990) - New Delhi, Mr. S. V. Sivaraj (1990) - New Delhi, Mr. B. Thirumalai (1990) – Chennai and Mr. M. Seenivasan (2004) - few of them with their family members - - the total participants were more than 38 - gathered and exchanged their previous experiences from the college life and beyond. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The meet gave an opportunity for everyone to mingle with their friends after a very long time. SIP Friends, Mr. V. Sivakumar (1990) and Mr. S. V. Sivaraj (1990) - the business partners - who came all the way down from New Delhi for this meet, shared their experiences about their own engineering business in turbine maintenance. Its phenomenal growth raised everyone’s eyebrows in an instant. | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | Mr. S. Swaminathan (1980), involved in Elevator and Escalator business, recalled his life from his childhood till today’s achievement. He expressed his gratitude to SIP which gave him the knowledge and confidence. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Some of our friends expressed their desire to provide job opportunities to fellow SIP Friends, while some offered to provide products and services at minimal profit exclusively for SIP Friends. The big-heartedness of these friends was greatly appreciated. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| As usual, we all recollected our Alma Mater, the great SIP, where we were enriched and we raised our collars to a prosperous life and future. | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mr. Jega Rajan thanked Mr. Natarajan (1967) who took lot of initiatives to restart the Coimbatore meet and also shared his views to the participants about our ‘SIP Friends Welfare Trust’. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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And coincidentally, it was the feast of the Mums - ‘Mother’s Day’. All mothers in the gathering were gifted by their kids with mementoes. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A special dinner was organized and enjoyed by everyone along with the taste of friendship meet. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | Many alumni voluntary contributed donations for the ‘SIP Friends Welfare Trust’. When we meet old friends and our collage mates, in different age groups, it is really a wonderful episode in our life. It tempts everyone to make chance to meet again and again. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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