LANDMARK -- 1:

MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE ALUMNAE TO MEET AT OOTY

P S SUNDAR

The Nilgiris chapter of Madras Christian College Alumni Association (MCC-AA) will meet at Ooty on Saturday to enlist greater participation of Alumnae at the 125^th anniversary of the college Alumni Association.

“We have many Alumnae in Nilgiris and this meet will help us draft our strategy to contribute to the success of global re-union scheduled to be held in Chennai in August”, co-ordinator Ravichandran Broos told me. 

“Alumnae can contact me on phone 94435 24078, Devaraj (Kotagiri) 94864 50200, Desingh Rajan (Ooty) 94430 45593 and Sam Mathew (Gudalur) 94430 61309 for details of the meet”, he said.

The  MCC-AA was founded in 1891 and is hailed to be one of the oldest such bodies in the country. 

The illustrious Alumnae of this college include Dr S Radhakrishnan (India’s former President),

Indra Nooyi (CEO, PepsiCo)

and Raja Ramanna (nuclear scientist).

The Alumnae are widespread across the globe and hence the 125^th anniversary lays accent on the global re-union.

This re-union will reiterate the college’s watchword “EweR” where E refers to Excellence and R for Relevance and ‘We’ the student and faculty – which means, the student and faculty will work for Excellence and Relevance in every sphere.

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BILLIARDS & SNOOKER -- 6:

WORLD BILLIARDS CHAMPION MOTIVATES NILGIRI PLAYERS

P S SUNDAR 

Billiards and snooker lovers in The Nilgiris had a pleasant surprise with the visit of World under 21 Champion S Shrikrishna from Chennai.  He played many friendly frames with the lovers of these cue games from Nilgiris as also summer tourists. 

Mariam Agnish, India’s No: 2 and Tamil Nadu state title holder, added colour to the events with her games.

“Shrikrishna (16) is present title holder in World Billiards championship conducted by International Billiards and Snooker Federation (IBSF) at Russia.  He is the first Indian player to hold this title.  Likewise, Mariam Agnish (15) is the first player from the Nilgiris to participate in an official international tourney when she was selected to play for IBSF under-18 snooker championship.  We, therefore, organised friendly plays to encourage youngsters from Nilgiris and summer visitors.   The interaction with them has motivated even seniors to take the game seriously”, R Muralidharan, Member of Executive Committee of Nilgiris Billiards and Snooker Association, told me.

Shrikrishna’s father and coach N Suryanarayanan gave many useful tips to excel in international cue games.   “These have helped Srikrishna emerge as the first Indian to have won all six titles – sub-junior, junior and senior in both Billiards and Snooker”, he said.

“My target for 2016 is to win World Snooker Championships in Under 18 and Under 21 as also Billiards Championship in under 21”, Shrikrishna added.  

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