WE CAN WE WILL

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2013-2014ANNUAL REPORT

YOUNG INDIANS

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MESSAGE FROM CII ZONAL CHAIRMAN

MESSAGE FROM YI CHAPTER CHAIR

MESSAGE FROM YI CHAPTER CO-CHAIR

MEMBERSHIP ENGAGEMENT

YOUTH AFFAIRS

ENVIRONMENT

LEARNING

SPECIAL INITIATIVES

EDUCATION

YI IN MEDIA

ABOUT YI

CONTACT

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Chairman's MessageCII Thiruvananthapuram Zone

As a past founding member of Yi,

It gives me a great pleasure to see the astounding

success of Yi initiatives in our country where the dreams

and aspirations of the younger generation are soaring to

newer and greater heights. The Yi Thiruvananthapuram

Chapter under Mr Alex Ajith Philip's leadership has seen

some great activities under all its Focus Areas. The year

started with the CitYi Colours Project, jointly organized

with CII which was a grand success with over 200

volunteers.

Yi's initiatives in leadership development, arts, heritage

and environmental consciousness, have engaged the

student community who have been truly a powerful arm

of Yi. The special initiatives such as the Yi Wheelchair

friendly India Project truly prove the important role an

organization like Young Indians can play in our society.

The year has witnessed a lot of hard work, unflinching

commitment and efforts by the Young Indians. I believe

and hope that the coming year under the incoming

Chair would bring about even more positive

participation and initiatives that would further

Hari Krishnan R. NairChairman

CII Thiruvananthapuram Zone

consolidate and strengthen the indomitable Yi spirit of

“We Can, We Will”.

We would like to see many more joint initiatives in the

coming year between CII and Yi. This will enhance the

overall productivity of the organizations.

I felicitate the entire team of Yi led by Alex Ajith Philip for

their passion and hard work. Here's wishing there would

be many more such achievements in the years to come.

Chair's MessageYi ChapterThiruvananthapuram

As Chair of the Young Indians,

chapter, the last one year has been a wonderful

experience for me. We as an organization have moved

forward a lot from where we started, four years back.

Being a part of this journey, so far, has been a great

satisfying one for me.

Last one year has been a year of venturing into the

public domain for Young Indians, Thiruvananthapuram.

We were able to successfully conduct the CitYi Colours

on our Independence Day attracting lot of

Thiruvananthapuram-ites who became aware of our

organization and what we stand for. Seeing the work

that we carried out, other organizations also invited us

to help them out with similar initiatives.

At the membership engagement level also, we were

able to conduct various activities in the last one year. All

these activities had been a success because of the

unstinted support and cooperation from the chapter

members as well as from the Yi secretariat.

Let us uphold the vision of our organization - To be the

voice of Young Indians globally, in the future as well.

This most powerful rallying point, certainly inspires the

spirit of patriotism in all of us. Let us also strive to keep

the spirit of innovation, excellence, leadership and

Thiruvananthapuram

Alex Ajith PhilipChair, Yi Thiruvananthapuram

learning to be very much part of our organization. We

should continue the activities under the various

verticals and be part of the national events and

international missions that are being carried out by Yi

national.

As I relinquish the post of the chapter chair, I would like

to thank Srikant Suryanarayanan, National Chair and

Kumara Guru, National Co-chair and Prasanna

Rajagopalan, Regional Management Team for their

guidance and support. I would also like to thank the CII

Kerala State Chairman, Mr. C J George and also CII

Thiruvananthapuram Zone Chairman, Mr. Harikrishnan

Nair for all their help and encouragement. I also express

my heartfelt gratitude to all members of our chapter,

and also to our past chairs, EC members, CII Members

and the secretariat.

Let me wish all the very best to the incoming chapter

chair, Mr. Nishant Nambiar and co-chair Mr. Mathews

Veliyath for the year ahead. I hope we will continue to

strive hard for our goals in the coming years as well, and

thus take Yi to greater heights. But this can only be

done with the help of our Yi members.

So lets all join hands and work towards a change, and I

know that “We Can, We Will”.

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Co-Chair's MessageYi ChapterThiruvananthapuram

Am glad to be part of the Young Indians

Thiruvananthapuram chapter leadership team this

year as a Co - chair .The chapter has done some

exciting events this year and we are happy of the

outcome.

Our events have been getting good responses in the

city and we have more members joining in.

The CitYi colors program initiated was a crowd puller

and the team is looking forward to have such

exciting events in the next year also.

I would like to thanks all the members of

Thiruvananthapuram chapter for being supportive in

the initiatives and helping the group to achieve its

objective under the leadership of Alex Ajith Philip.

Our facebook page also have picked up traction and

have more people connected. As this being the new

medium of keeping members posted of the activities

across the chapter .

Look forward for all your participation to increase

the awareness of the group within the community.

Nishant NambiarCo-Chair, Yi Thiruvananathapuram

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Yi ACTIVITIES 2013 - 2014Yi Thiruvananthapuram Chapter

Young Indians – Thiruvananthapuram Chapter

The year 2013 – 14 has been an eventful year

for Yi Thiruvananthapuram Chapter under

the leadership of Mr. Alex Ajith Philip, Chair

and Mr. Nishant Nambiar, Co Chair. During

the year there has been 7 learning sessions,

2 environmental activities, among this 'CiYi

Colours' initiative was one of the significant

chapter event. Yi Thiruvananthapuram

chapter has strength of 32 members in the

present year. Yi Thiruvananthapuram

chapter has done various initiatives and

events under its various verticals.

Alongside the business session of Yi annual

day, a special public session on the theme

“Youth – Ethics & Social Contributions” was

organized.

With every passing year the ideology and

outlook of the youth is changing. We see a

growing problem with the moral fabric of

today's young people. With the right

motivation and right guidance this could

change, and help build a better world

tomorrow. After all that's what we aim for

“We Can, We Will”

The speaker for the session was Mr. Shaffi

Mather, Chief Economic Advisor to the Chief

Minister, Government of Kerala.

Mr. Shaffi Mather shared his entrepreneurial

experience, with the members and Yi net

students, it was really an inspiring speech.

He not only mentioned about his success

but also the failures that he had to face while

setting up the 1298 for ambulance service.

It's a for profit service with a sliding scale

payment that has revolutionized medical

transport in Mumbai and Kerala. He also

spoke about his personal experience which

led to the idea of starting such a service. The

most interesting fact was that, in the

Mumbai terror attack, it was his 1298

ambulance service that reached the

location first, even before the media and

police. They were able to evacuate most of

the people, and get them to the hospital in

time. Stories of his entrepreneurial journey

were most inspiring.

Mr. Alex Ajith Philip, Chair Yi (Thiruvanan

thapuram Chapter) and Managing Director,

Mamre Technologies gave the opening

remarks and welcomed the members and

introduced the speaker sitting on the dais.

Mr. Nagaraj K, Imm. Past National Chair,

(Employability) Yi and Managing Director,

Aparajitha Corporate Services was present

Annual Day

25th March 2013

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on the occasion from YI National Team. In

total 60 people were present included Yi

Members, Net Students, Media and Invitees.

At the business session, Mr. Kishore George

(Chair of 2012-13) made a detailed

presentation on Yi in Thiruvananthapuram

Chapter for the last 12 months highlighting

important activities and initiatives like

Poster campaign for Earth Hour, Session on

Business Ethics, “Be Food Safe”- Revealing

the Facts session on Food Safety, Visit to

Thiruvananthapuram Global City of

Innovation, First Yi net launch at Loyola

School etc.

Mr. Nagara j K , Imm. Pas t Cha i r

(Employability), Young Indians and

Managing Director, Aparajitha Corporate

Services talked about his own personal

experience and learning he gained being a

part of Young Indians. He gave a message to

the Yi net students that if they have a strong

passion and never ending desire towards a

dream, work for it and they will surely

succeed and Yi is were they can start

working for it.

Later Mr. Nagaraj K, Imm. Past Chair

(Employability), Young Indians announced

the name of Mr. Alex Ajith Philip, Managing

Director, Mamre Technologies as the Chair

of Yi (Thiruvananthapuram Chapter) for the

year 2013-14. Mr. Nishant Nambiar, Director,

Inforich Technologies has been appointed

as the Co – Chair for the year 2013-14 and

gave the closing remarks.

The outgoing Chapter Chair was given a

copy of the photo album by Mr. Nagaraj K,

Imm. Past Chair (Employability), Young

Indians during the business session.

The meeting ended with dinner. Yi wishes

the new team of Office Bearers at

Thiruvananthapuram Chapter the very best.

Mr. Shafi Mather (Chief Economic Advisor to Chief

Minister, Govt of Kerala) addressing the gathering on

Yi Thiruvananthapuram Annual Day

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marital counseling, family counseling,

adolescent counseling, student counseling,

mind power/ mind tuning programmes, &

life skills coaching, and has given several

talks on 'Parentage', 'Parenting and

Adolescents' 'Relationship Management',

'Team Management'.'Stress Management',

'Personality Development', 'How to

programme your Mind', 'Goal Setting' etc.

Dr Padmakumar's talk was focused on two

main topics, Relationships & Parenting. He

explained how one can maintain a good

relationship with their partner, citing several

examples and gave various tips on

parenting. He gave everyone booklets, in

which he has compiled certain tips on both

the topics. The members had a very nice

interactive session with him and he was kind

enough to answer their questions. Yi

Thiruvananthapuram Chapter, Immediate

Past Chair Mr. Kishore George handed over

the memento to the speaker.

The session was followed by lunch and later

the members went on to have a swim and

the rest of the day was filled with fun and

entertainment. Members and their kids

spent a lot of time in the pool together. The

resort gave a very quiet and peaceful

Far from all the distractions of a busy life,

and stress, Yi Thiruvananthapuram Chapter

had a wonderful and relaxing Day at the

Duke's forest lodge, Vithura on 25th May

2013 along with a session on “Beautiful

Relationships” by Dr T Padmakumar. He is a

counseling psychologist, mind power

trainer & life skills coach at 'GENIUS-IN-U'

Counseling & Coaching Centre, Thycaud

Thiruvananthapuram. His area of interest

are Counseling psychosomatic cases,

Yi Family Day

25th May 2013

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Mr. Santhosh Nair the Chairman & Chief

Mentor of smart Training & Consultancy

Services Pvt. Ltd, one of India's finest

entrepreneurial transformation companies.

An ace trainer, motivational speaker and

Lunch Session withMr. Santhosh Nair

3rd June 2013

ambience as it is situated near to the forest.

The day ended with Tea/coffee in the

evening and a photo session. It was an

exciting and refreshing day for the

members and their family.

Mr. K ishore George ( Imm Past cha i r,Y i Thiruvananthapuram) handing over the memento to Dr T Padmakumar ,Counseling psychologist.

coach, his expertise lies in sales, leadership,

and entrepreneurship. He was in

Thiruvananthapuram for a meeting, and few

of our Yi Thiruvananthapuram members

had an interactive session with him.

He shared few tips from his intense training

programmes and high energy speeches

which have led to the skill and productivity

enhancement of some of the finest national

and international corporations such as,

Vodafone, Asian Paints, Proctor & Gamble,

HDFC, ICICI, Coca Cola, Airtel, Blowpast, ITW

India, Sodexo Pass, Mahindra & Mahindra,

Saint Gobain Glass, Philips, Ion Exchange,

Godrej, LIC, Tata Motors, Motilal Oswal

Securities, New Holland Tractor, Hyundai

Motors, etc.

He gave the members various inputs on

how to improve their business strategies,

and also shared his entrepreneurial

experiences. The session was quiet

informative and ended with lunch.

Yi Thiruvananthapuram members with Mr. Santhosh

Nair (Chairman & Chief Mentor, Smart Training &

Consultancy Services Pvt. Ltd)

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Yi Thiruvananthapuram members during the session

YOUTH AFFAIRS

Cyber Crime Awareness session at Loyola School,

Sreekariyam

based on the presentation and prizes were

distributed.

Yi Net's student representative Ganesh D

gave the vote of thanks and the Vice

Principal of the school expressed his

gratitude for conducting such an

informative and resourceful session for the

students. There were more than 600

students present for the session from 6th

std to 12th std. The students were happy to

have Yi conduct such activities, and they are

hoping for more.

Yi Thiruvananthapuram Chapter conducted

its first Yi Net activity for the year 2013-14,

Cyber Crime Awareness session on 26th

June 2013 at Loyola School, Sreekaryam,

Thiruvananthapuram, in association with

the City Police. Mr Alex Ajith Philip, Chair, Yi

Thiruvananthapuram gave the welcome

address. The session kicked off with Mr

Manikandan Nair, Sub-Inspector of Police,

Cyber Cell Division giving the presentation

on the topic. It was a very interesting session

explaining, the basic, legal and moral

aspects of Cyber Crime.

Mr Manikandan Nair started by explaining

the uses of new mobile technology and its ill

effects how a single Face book like or share

could land us in jail. Around 30 types of

cyber crimes were explained. A video clip

was also shown regarding this. Furthermore

the legal measure taken to stop these and

the punishments for the various cyber

crimes was also explained. in the end the a

small quiz competition was conducted

Yi Net's Cyber CrimeAwareness Session at

Loyola School,Sreekariyam

26th June 2013

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ENVIRONMENT

With cities changing along with time and

seasons. We have seen diverse changes in

the Architecture and infrastructure of the city

over the times. But certain practices still

remain unchanged which affects the beauty

of the city. A beautiful city is always a dream

of the people living in it and art can help

make this happen.

With this context, Yi Thiruvananthapuram

decided to take up an exciting project to

identify, cleanup and paint certain walls in

the city, which are covered with posters and

banners which destroys the beauty of the

city. This was in association with the students

from the Architecture Department of College

of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram,

students from other colleges and schools like

Loyola School, Christ Nagar School, NISH,

and Fine Arts College were also a part of this

initiative. The painting was based on themes

like Indian Tri-colour, Empowerment of

Women, Our Cultural heritage etc since the

project was done on our 67th Independence

Day.

The wall extending from Althara Junction to

Ve l l a y a m ba l a m J u n c t i o n ( Ke l t ro n

Compound) was painted by the students;

Young Indians (Yi) Thiruvananthapuram

chapter associated with SAP (Special Armed

Police) in a cleaning drive at Govt. Hospital,

Peroorkada.

The SAP police personnel had carried out

the cleaning drive in Peroorkada

Government Hospital on 22nd June 2013.

Around 50 to 60 police personnel & Yi

volunteers of the camp were engaged in the

cleaning drive at a time. From the 100-

strong staff of the camp, those who are left

after the routine duties at Assembly, Cliff

House and jails, among others, are assigned

for the cleaning duty. While the police

personnel carry some of the cleaning

equipment, the hospital authorities provide

the rest.

Peroorkada Govt.Hospital cleaning

campaign

22nd June 2013

CitYi Colours – ASpecial Initiative

by CII & Yi

15th August 2013

Young Indians (Yi) Thiruvananthapuram chapter

associated with SAP (Special Armed Police) in a

cleaning drive at Govt. Hospital, Peroorkada

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they were able to cover above 1600 square

feet of area in just one day. The project

kicked off with Mr Alex Ajith Philip, Yi

Thiruvananthapuram Chapter Chair,

briefing the students about the program.

This exciting fun and program was mainly

supported by Santha Paint House, who

sponsored paint for the entire event. All the

students were able to make drawings based

on the theme, implying their ideas. This

event was able to catch the entire city's

attention; Radio Mirchi being our Radio

Partner, the event got a lot of promotion on

air. The highlight for the event was that Mr

Shashi Tharoor, Minister of State for Human

Resource Development, dropped in to see

the painting while he was passing by. By

evening the paintings were finished. Yi

Thiruvananthapuram chapter hopes to

continue this project throughout the city, to

create more awareness and to beautify the

city

CitYi Colours Project - Yi volunteers with Mr.Sashi Tharoor, Union Minister for Human Resource Development

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LEARNING

finished, they were asked to write 10 more

and 10 more after that. Dr Achuthshanker

got his students each to write about 100

uses of pencil. He suggests that creativity

can only by triggered by questioning

yourself. The discussion went into further

interesting matters, such as how to employ

creativity in your work place. Etc. Mr

Mathews Veliyath one of our EC Member

handed over the memento on behalf of the

chapter to him. Dr Achuthshanker has

invited the Yi Thiruvananthapuram team to

visit his Centre of Excellence at University of

Kerala. Yi Thiruvananthapuram hopes to pay

a visit soon.

Yi Thiruvananthapuram chapter had its first

“Learn from the Legend” Session for the

year 2013-14 with Dr Achuthshanker S Nair

on 19th July 2013 at CII Office, Kowdiar. He

heads the State Inter University Centre of

Excellence in Bioinformatics, University of

Kerala. He is an electrical engineer who had

his education from University of Kerala, IIT-

Bombay and University of Cambridge, UK.

He has taught in various engineering

colleges and universities, both in India and

abroad since 1987. He had served as

Director of C-DIT, Govt. of Kerala and also as

Visiting Professor in University of Korea,

Seoul. His activities include teaching,

research and popular science writing in IT,

Computational Biology and also some

interdisciplinary areas.

He spoke on the topic “Creativity” and how

can the seeds of creativity be cultivated in

young minds. The session was highly

interactive. A small activity was also

conducted which Dr Achuthshanker

explained how he uses the technique to

trigger creative thoughts among his

students; it was just a simple task to write 10

uses of pencil. When the members were

Learn from the Legend“Session with

Dr. Achuthshanker S Nair”

19th July 2013

Yi Thiruvananthapuram members during Learning

Session with Mr Achuthshanker S Nair

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Young Indians Thiruvananthapuram c h a p t e r C e l e b r a t e s t h e G l o b a l Entrepreneurship Week 2013: Learning Session with Mr Kishore George (Past Yi Thiruvananthapuram Chair & Proprietor, Aiswarya Granites), on 21st November 2013 at Confederation of Indian Industry (Thiruvananthapuram Zone) office, Kowdiar, Thiruvananthapuram. He owns and operates one of the best stone crushing units in the country (Aiswarya Granites,). Believes in non-revenue based successes of the business as much as the operating margins. National merit scholar in academics did mechanical engineering for graduation. Highly involved in reading and understanding business concepts, has done number of executive education programs in premier institutes like IIMs and ISB, the latest being TGM at INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France

He spoke on the Topic "THINK SMART'' and how to make effective decision making & smart thinking in our daily life. The session was highly informative. A small activity (Meditation) session was also conducted in which Mr.Kishore George explained about the importance of meditation in Smart thinking. He suggests that for smart thinking we have to create a self awareness and also an inner view about ourselves in all decision making. The session went into further discussions with the members such as how to take smart decisions in our workplace and also the members discussed their Smart Thinking experiences in their work place.

Learning session byMr.Kishore George

on ''THINK SMART''

21st November 2013

Mr Alex Ajith Philip (Chair Yi Thiruvanan thapuram Chapter) delivered vote of thanks on behalf of the Chapter to him.

Mr.Kishore George (Past Yi Thiruvananthapuram Chapter Chair interacting with chapter members during session

''Group Discussion''session on the topic”Mistakes to avoid and

Challenges to overcome18th December 2013

Young Indians Thiruvananthapuram chapter has organized a ''Group Discussion'' session on the topic “Mistakes to avoid and Challenges to overcome" for the chapter members on 18 December 2013 at CII Office Kowdiar, Thiruvananthapuram. This session was headed by Mr. Alex C Augustine (Managing Director, TeknoKraaft Info Systems Pvt.Ltd).

The session was very much informative, the chapter members discussed about various challenges which they are facing in their organization and also the mistakes which have to avoid for the smooth running of their business. The chapter members shared their knowledge and experience during this session. And also from their expertise they had given some valuable suggestions too.

The major points discussed were employee management, employee benefits, various Industrial laws, PF & ESI,Grativity, project management, organization hierarchy etc.The areas which needs improvements

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Mr. Alex Ajith Philip (Chapter, Chair)

concluded the session. He also added that

the follow up session will be conducted in the

coming months for Yi Thiruvananthapuram

chapter members.

Hospitality, Media & Manufacturing has

attended this session.

The session started with the welcome

address by Mr. Alex Ajith Philip(Yi

Thiruvananthapuram, Chapter Chair)

,followed by a Presentation of Yi

Thiruvananthapuram chapter activities for

the year 2013-14 by Mr Nishant Nambiar

(Co-chair, Yi Thiruvananthapuram chapter)

for the non-members to understand more

about Yi.

The session was intended for the SME sector

owner/manager, where the leader himself

manages and at the same time has some

managers under him. The pattern of the

program was with a small presentation

which helped the delegates to reflect their

opinion about immediate subordinates. The

presentation was followed by a discussion.

The discussion starts with an analysis of ''The

Catch - 22'' situation model of leadership,

about the problems which a leader has to go

through on the organization like whether

they have to be Extrovert or Introvert, Tough

or Sympathetic, Ethical or Lawful?etc.In

addition to that he explained about the

qualities of a good manager

Yi Thiruvananthapuram Chapter members during

the session ''Mistakes to avoid and Challenges to

overcome'' by Mr. Alex Augustine (Managing

Director, TeknoKraaft Info Systems Pvt.Ltd)

Interactive Learning

session by

Mr. Kishore George on

''Dissect Your Leadership''

13th February 2014

Mr.Kishore George with delegates during the session

on ''DISSECT YOUR LEADERSHIP''

Young Indians Thiruvananthapuram

chapter organized an Interactive Learning

session by Mr.Kishore George on topic

''DISSECT YOUR LEADERSHIP 'on 13th

February 2014 (Thursday) at Hotel Windsor

Rajadhani, Thiruvananthapuram

The main agenda of the session was to bring

more prospective members as a part of

membership promotion activity of Young

Indians Thiruvananthapuram chapter.

Delegates from different sectors like IT,

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about our mission and support us through

various initiatives which will help us to

further the efforts in this field and provide a

state of art facility for the autistic children.

The project kicked off with Mr Alex Ajith

Philip, Yi Thiruvananthapuram Chapter

Chair, briefing the students about the

program. This exciting fun and program was

mainly supported by Santha Paint House,

who sponsored paint for the entire event. All

the students were able to make drawings

based on the theme, implying their ideas.

This event was able to catch the entire city's

attention which was done for a social cause

By evening the paintings were finished. Yi

Thiruvananthapuram chapter hopes to

continue this project throughout the city, to

create more awareness and to be the part of

social activities for the community

Young Indians (Yi) Thiruvananthapuram

chapter organized CitYi Colours 2013 - the

2th edition of auspicious chapter initiative

on 23rd November 2013 at Helping

Hands Organization, Karyavattom,

Thiruvananthapuram

Helping Hands Organization (H2O) is a

secular non-profit organization working

towards the betterment of the quality of life

of the deprived and differently abled

children, with special focus on children

with autism, and the elderly and

underprivileged.

This painting session is a special event

being organized by the Young Indians

Thiruvananthapuram Chapter and

supported by Santha Paint House, Tvm.

The children from Helping hands

organization has painted the one side of the

compound wall with the help of volunteers

from College of Engineering (CET) TVM and

from Toonz Animation Technopark. The

programme was scheduled on 23/11/1013

from 9am to 6.00pm.

The prime importance of this venture is to

support the creativeness in the young

minds and also to develop their socio-

communication skills. We also hope that

this session will make the public more aware

CitYi Colours at HelpingHands Organization,

Karyavattom

23rd November 2013

CET Architect team at CitYi Colours conducted at

Helping hands Organization

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Young Indians (Yi) Thiruvananthapuram

chapter organized WHEEL CHAIR FRIENDLY

INDIA – An initiative by Young Indians

Thiruvananthapuram & Can Walk

organization in association with Santha

Paint House on 3rd December 2013

(International Day of People with Disability)

a t F i n e A r t s C o l l e g e , Pa l a y a m ,

Thiruvananthapuram.

Can walk is a national level Non-

Governmental organization that provides

support and rehabilitation to persons with

traumatic paraplegia caused mainly due to

vehicular road accidents.

The prime importance of this venture aims

to promote an understanding of people

with disability and encourage support for

their dignity, rights and well-being. It also

seeks to increase awareness of gains

to be derived from the inclusion

of persons with disabilities in every aspect

of life

Shri. E. K. Bharat Bhushan (Chief Secretary,

Government of Kerala) was the chief guest

for the event. He inaugurated the event by

painting the canvas along with Mr.Arun

Kumar Aravind (Eminent Malayalam film

Director).After inaugurating the event Shri.

E. K. Bharat Bhushan (Chief Secretary,

Government of Kerala) addressed the

WHEEL CHAIR FRIENDLYINDIA – An initiative by

Young Indians (Yi)Thiruvananthapuram chapter

& Can Walk Organization.

3rd December 2013

gathering.

Many political leaders, celebrities were

taken part in the event. The event started by

drawing sketches on canvas on the theme

''WHEEL CHAIR FREE INDIA'' by the students

from Fine Arts College and the members

from Can Walk Organization.

Can Walk Organization members painting the

canvas on World Disability day 2013

Young Indians in association with India@75

had organized National Voluntary Week

from 12 – 18 January, 2014. This initiative is

being driven at a grass root level and is path

breaking initiative for realizing the dream of

an inclusive, sustainable and developed

India by the year 2022, when India

completes 75 years of Independence.

National Voluntary Week

12-18 January, 2014

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National VolunteeringWeek: Visit to

Museum & Zoo,Thiruvananthapuram

14th January 2014

Hospital visit which was headed by

Dr Vishnu (Veterinary Surgeon, Museum &

Zoo, Thiruvananthapuram). Dr Vishnu

explained about the various treatment

techniques which are used for the treatment

of animals to the Yi Thiruvananthapuram

family members. The session was

concluded by giving felicitation to

Dr.Vishnu by Mr Nishant Nambiar (Co-chair,

Yi Thiruvananthapuram Chapter).

Yi Thiruvananthapuram family members on Museum

& Zoo Tour during the Visit to Museum & Zoo

Thriruvananthapuram

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Young Indians Thiruvananthapuram

Chapter has organized an One day visit to

M u s e u m & Z o o H o s p i t a l ,

Thiruvananthapuram for the chapter

members & family on 14th January 2014 at

3 .00 pm regarding the Nat ional

Volunteering week Celebrating happening

between January 12th - 18th 2014.The main

objective of this event was to understand

more about animal conservation for the

better environmental sustainability. This

session was headed by Dr.Jacob Alexander

(Chief Veterinary Surgeon, Museum & Zoo,

Thiruvananthapuram) & Dr.Vishnu

(Veterinary Surgeon, Museum & Zoo,

Thiruvananthapuram)

This event was organized in association

with Museum and Zoo Community,

Thiruvananthapuram. The event flag off was

done by Mr. Alex Ajith Philip (Chair, Yi

Thiruvananthapuram).The session started

with the Museum & Zoo tour headed by

guides from Zoo, Thiruvananthapuram. The

guides explained about the importance of

conserving each species and their salient

features. The Zoo visit has taken around one

and half hours to complete the entire Zoo

compound. The next session was the Zoo

EDUCATION

Thiruvananthapuram chapter as a part of

National Volunteering Week initiative.

Representatives from Keralakaumudhi

newspaper delivered the vote of thanks and

also added that they are extremely happy to

associate with upcoming events of Young

Indians Thiruvananthapuram chapter. Young Indians Thiruvananthapuram

Chapter has organized a newspaper

distribution ceremony at Government L P

School, Kannamoola Thiruvananthapuram

for the students on 17th January 2014 at

10.00 am regarding the National

Volunteering week celebration happening

between January 12th - 18th 2014.The main

objective of this event was to improve the

education facilities of the school library. This

session was inaugurated by Dr.Devin

Prabhakar (Director, Divya Prabha Eye

Hospital Thiruvananthapuram and Young

Indians Thiruvananthapuram chapter

executive council member)

This event was organized in association

w i th Ke ra l akaumudh i newspape r

Thiruvananthapuram bureau office. The

event started with the welcome address by

the school headmistress Govt LP School

Kannamoola. Dr.Devin Prabhakar handed

over the Keralakaumudhi newspaper to

head mistress Govt LP School, Kannamoola

o n b e h a l f o f Yo u n g I n d i a n s ,

National VolunteeringWeek: Newspaper

distribution at Govt:LP School, Kannamoola

17th January 2014

Dr. Dev in Prabhakar handing over the

Keralakaumudhi newspaper to Head mistress, Govt

LP School Kannamoola

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Sajan S

Executive Member

Young Indians

Confederation of Indian Industry

(Southern Region), Thiruvananthapuram Chapter,

No.2 Golf Links Road, Kowdiar, Thiruvananthapuram 695003

Email: sajan.yitvm@gmail.com

Ph: +91-471 - 3003996

Mob: +91-8129782095

Web: www.youngindians.net; www.cii.in

ABOUT YI

Under youth social entrepreneurship, Yi engages

its members under the board categories of

educa t ion , env i ronment , hea l thca re ,

employability, arts (sports & culture) and rural

initiatives contributing positively to its

surrounding eco system and the nation. Through

its initiatives like Akshara under Education, Yi has

impacted more than 15000 students across 57

centers and has successfully managed

campaigns like the 'SYightboard Project',

providing blackboards to schools across

different cities, reaching out to 1070 schools

nationally and impacting approximately 2,53,000

children.

Under the "International Engagement", Yi is one

of the proud founders of the G20 Young

Entrepreneurs' Alliance which is a collective of

leading entrepreneurially-minded organizations

representing the G20 countries who seek to

promote youth entrepreneurship as a powerful

driver of economic renewal, job creation,

innovation and social and is one of the founders

of the Commonwealth Asia Alliance of Young

Entrepreneurs (CAAYE) which is a network of

young entrepreneurs from the Commonwealth

Asia region and the organizations that support

them. Yi has organized learning missions to

many countries around the world to understand

and learn from the best practices and cultures of

countries around the world.

With eleven years of glorious past and years

ahead that promise nothing short, Yi intends to

become a larger movement of young people and

promote the attitude of "We Can, We Will".

Young Indians (Yi) is an integral part of the

Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), a non-

government, not-for-profit, industry led and

industry managed organisation playing a

proactive role in India's development process. Yi

was formed in the year 2002 with an objective of

creating a platform for young Indians to realise

the dream of a developed nation. Yi has around

1600 direct members in 32 chapters, and

engages around 8300 students through student

nets. Yi membership includes young progressive

Indians between the age group of 25 & 40 and

comprises entrepreneurs, professionals and

achievers from different walks of life. "To become

the Voice of Young Indians Globally" being the

vision of Yi, it provides a platform for young

Indians to participate in and contribute by

becoming an integral part of the Indian growth

story. Yi's work can be divided primarily

into three groups; "Youth Leadership",

"Youth Social Entrepreneurship” & “International

Engagements”.

Under youth leadership, Yi works effectively for

promoting leadership skills for its members

through the learning programs and missions to

companies of global excellence in India and

abroad; the development and engagement of

students through its 110 Student Net platforms

that has 8300 students; Yi's regional and national

summits on themes related to the times and the

role of youth and its engagement with the

governments at the state and national level gives

an opportunity for the members to become

effective leaders with a vision into the future.

WE CAN WE WILL

www.youngindians.net

Thiruvananthapuram Zonal Office

No.2, Golf Links Road, Kowdiar, Thiruvananthapuram 695 003

Phone: 91-471-2438922, Fax: 91-471-2438922, Email: cii.tvm@cci.in