Anand Nataraj

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Day before yesterday i got an invite to the launch of a new fitness studio called SCORE. It was one big launch with

• Full star studded audience & whose who of Chennai.
• Launch was done by India Cements Srinivasan.
• Snacks, beverages & food served by a star hotel.
• High class fitness equipments.
• On the main road of TTK road.
• Uniform designed by renowned designer.

No wonder it has such big launch since because it is launched by one big man Mr.Ajith Shetty who was previously with FitnessOne.

I immediately enrolled on the launch day and still i was the 34th member. Hope this place would be happening for couple of days.

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Normally i’m a unplanned person and i never planned my travel ahead. So, most of the time i’m left with no other option than to travel in Bus. Also the distance of Railway station from my house in Chennai and Bangalore made me not to even think of traveling in train.

But in Madurai my house is less than a KM from the Railway station and also my friends say Train travel is much cheaper. Only then i realized Train is 300 – 400 times cheaper to Bus travel.

Then i booked my tickets to Madurai a day before in Tatkal and thankfully my tickets got confirmed. I was such a nerd that i didn’t know any nuances of railway terms and for everything i had to call my friend and disturb him.

Then i got a parcel for my lunch and i boarded my train. It was so crowded that people were standing and traveling and every time i got to stand near the door to stretch my legs i return to see someone sitting in my seat.

Then it was time to befriend fellow passengers and talking to them about their profession, where they belong to etc. Then we exchanged phone numbers and not even a single person has called me ever since.

In eight hours train reached Madurai and the Journey was mixed bag as i didn’t have any like minded fellow passenger. But i enjoyed the experience of traveling alone in a Train.

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Find below the official brochure for our March 6 Trek Polamaa event created by Hari.

We request to forward this to your friends, family and office colleagues. We have attached a JPGs below for easy distribution through email, blogs, forums, facebook, orkut and other online communities.

We want to attract as many interested people as possible to attend this mega event/member meetup/photo exhibition/workshops/trekking gear display/presentations. Preparation is in full swing at this moment, 60+ members responded to our call for volunteers (we are contacting you one by one), 50+ members have contributed financially amounting to 20.000 rupees so far. We still require much more to realize this huge undertaking so please do support us.

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Great Lakes Institute of Management has been ranked 16^th best b-school in India. It is a proud moment for all Great Lakers. I wish Uncle Bala for creating such a great institution within a short period of time…

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Stated with high energy from the temple city of Madurai. Cogzidel Technologies Pvt. Ltd. has accomplished a milestone in its journey to glory. Here are some of the synopsis for CT;

• Started by a team of 7 energetic individuals.
  • Major Karthik
  • Sathick Basha
  • Senthil Guru
  • Bala Krishnan
  • Boopathi
  • Bala Murugan
  • Anand Nataraj
• Developed 2 Open-source products RBS & Beatz with more than 50,000 downloads till date.
• Developed Low cost specialty template selling website CogzidelTemplates.Com with more than 1,00,000/- downloads of free and low cost templates.
• Benefitted by low overheads in a Tier II city and passed the benefit to the customers.
• Inducted Mr.Kannan as director and into the core team.
• Served more than 400 customers in a short span of 18 months.
• Today we are into expansion spree and we have inaugurated our Chennai office with 30 seats.

I’d like to thank all the clients, all present and past employees, vendors and all stake holders who have contributed to this success. I wish to get same support from all the Cogzians to reach more milestone in future and reach great heights.

Here are some snaps taken during the office warming ceremony and inauguration by our CTO Mr.Kannan;

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I’ve many experience of getting tricked by petrol pump operators and I must blame myself because it all happens because of my impatience.

Last Sunday while returning from a Movie I went to a HP petrol station in Guindy to load GAS. I asked that guy to fill it for 1000 bucks. He filled it for 300 bucks and he had cut it and then when i told him it is for 700 bucks he again filled it.

After making the payment i started the car and while driving i realized the tank indicator was only half way. I know i was tricked I was so angry and i wanted to get back and show my piece of mind.

Then i proceeded back home because;

• I was almost near to my house.
• Time was 3 AM.
• I was not sure if i can get justice form these guys.

For me this is happening for Nth number of time and still I’m not learning from my mistake.

Same thing happened in Bharat Petrolium in Tirupathi. But that time my friend Suresh was there and he took the pump operators for a toss and they immediately accepted their mistake and filled the balance.

Now the question i’ve is how can we prove it that the operator has not filled to the value we have paid. If someone can give me the hack i can give back to operators who trick customers.

So these are the Petrol Stations that is known for cheating;

• IOC Station ECR Kottivakkam.
• HP Station near to Guindy Railway Station.

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My CTO Mr.Kannan has composed this great email.

Dear Cogzians,

I am very much delighted to make this announcement. Yes! Cogzidel Technologies, one year and 4 months old baby is now growing and prepared to take a next step !!

Guess what !! One year and 4 months baby since it babyhood nourished by mother(Madurai development center) , now going to make an attempt to start walking.

Still any Guess !! Ok. Let me have the proud to break the ice.

Next step for Cogzidel Technologies – Starting second development center in Chennai.

We are starting our Chennai Development Center at Admbakkam ( Near Chennai International Airport – Hoping we will have busy schedule to fly often J) from 22^nd Jan 2010.

This dream would have not come true but it happens only b’cos of you Cogzian. I am thanking individually every Cogzian.

We are just now making a small step forward and we have long journey to do, we as Cogzian have the commitment to make this organization as one of the best in the industry. We as team can rock anything in this world.

Believe it and Let us all fuel our energy  for the future to grow stronger and stronger, individually as well as a team.

Let us blow our bells and whistles to warmly welcome the new development center.

Thanks
Kannan

Great job Kannan. Long live Cogzidel!!!

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A long time plan to visit to Tirumala with my parents, Raghu’s family, Ravi’s family & Prasad’s family got momentum during last week of December. Then after confusions because of Andra volatility things got sloppy and we did know if this trip was on till last moment. Anyways Prasad asked me to make it anyways. Since my parents were unable to make it I came along with my friend. 

So initial plan was to start by 6 o clock from Chennai in Indigo Marina and hand over the car to a driver so that he can pickup raghu and prasad’s family in the morning. Owing to lot of official work we started from office in my Zen by 8.30 and had to fix my puncher wheel. Since the tube was torn we had to replace the tube. I asked Suresh to drop me in my house and asked him to fix the puncher. He returned back by 9:30 and my father parked Indogo Marina in my uncle’s house as some household work was going on. So unable to take Marina out and we had to settle with Zen. 

Then while filling petrol I remembered that I forgot to pick my data-card. Then went back to home collected it and returned and we had dinner at Motel Highway in Poonamallee. Once when we were out it was 11.30 PM. Then got a call from Prasad and he said Tirumala road will be closed between 1 – 4 AM. So we decided to drive slowly. We were driving at 40 Kmph and still we reached Tirupathi by 2.30. We decided to  sleep in the car and we thought we can pick raghu and drive to the hill. 

En route Suresh wanted to know my entrepreneur journey and I was narrating my experience till date. Since I didn’t sleep the previous night I was tired but restrained from sleeping because I didn’t want to make Suresh drive alone. On reaching Tirupathi I slept immediately. We started taking snaps on reaching Andra Border. 

As a surprise Prasad arranged for a VIP darshan by 7 o clock in the morning. We had no time to relax and we all got ready in 30 min and we all went to temple. We had very good darshan where in we were able to see the lord at a distance of 5 – 8 feet. We were blessed to get the arathi & able to see lords feet. Also we had a glimpse of lord for 5+ minutes. It is all a blessing as these opportunities are not easy to come. Also we had a bones of worshiping along with actress Rambha. 

Then we were very tired and we slept for six hours and we missed a visit to goto Tiruchanur and worship Thayar. Again by 6 o clock we had another VIP darshan. Again we got same things what we got in the morning & since we were with Prasad we got some more privilages like getting different varieties of prasadam. Again this time we had the opportunity to prey along with Director Cheran, Actor Dr.Rajashekar, Actress Jeevitha and Actor Tarun. From there we went for dinner and then returned to Guest House. 

On returning we to guest house we changed the costumes, made some calls, checked mails & then myself & Suresh though of going to walk and I usually do this when I go to any place. We started hunting for good photogenic places and we were taking some snaps. On this pursuit we lost the route and we were repeatedly getting lost. After finding the correct route we found the Goa movie team as they were hunting for a hotel for dinner and time was 1.15 AM. We requested them for a snap and they acknowledged. I don’t know if they were lucky to find a good hotel at that time. 

Now reached the room and it is time to sleep and wake up by 6 for next darshan.

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SUMMARY:

Objective – Cycle from Tidel Park to Kovalam and back.

Difficulty – This is an easy activity. Participants need to be in reasonable physical condition.

Duration – Thursday early morning till afternoon

Distance – Around 50 km from Chennai to Kovalam and back

Transportation – Own cycles

Expense – around 300Rs (food, water expenses)

Advance – to be paid when joining – 300Rs (difference will be settled later on)

AGENDA

• Assemble Saturday 6:45 am TIDEL PARK (Bus stop OPPOSITE to TIDEL Park main entrance}
• Join other Cycles along the route (see Starting points below)
• Leave Chennai before peak traffic and ride along the ECR till Kovalam
• Picnic near at the beach and have fun
• Return by late afternoon

Contact Person

Radha – +91.9962199963

STARTING POINTS:

(everyone should come 15 minutes in advance – we do NOT wait for latecomers)

TIDEL Park, Taramani, OMR road – 6:45 am

MUST CARRY LUGGAGE:

• All participants must carry following items
• Back-pack to carry food, water, snacks
• Torch in the cycle for night time cycling
• One extra set of clothes
• Sun cap and sunscreen
• Some energy bars
• Food will be taken care of by organizers

POINTS TO REMEMBER:

• Please make doubly sure that your cycle is in good condition for the trip.
• Please ensure that you have a good seat in the cycle.
• A carrier to keep your back pack will be convenient.
• Please carry a Trash Bag to carry your trash back.

PS – Need a motor biker to accompany us for the ride. Volunteers pls register as motor bikers.

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Last year same time me & Bala went to Bangalore to attend 2 BNI meetings and we were really startled to see the way networking and business happened there… We were very much worried that Chennai didn’t have one and we thought of taking rights for Chennai. Unfortunately costs were too high for us to offer.

A month my old time college mate, now a client & friend Mr.Raghavan has taken rights for Chennai and he has successfully conducted 3 meetings at Hotel Courtyard Marriott. I must say that Raghavan has brought to Chennai some pride and we must thank him. We all must see to it that he makes this initiative a grand success…

So, for those who are all new to BNI. Here is a small FAQ;

What is BNI?

BNI is a place / platform where we convert our contacts into contracts!

Already 9 people have enrolled for many categories and hurry to enroll your category. 

For more details shoot an email to Mr.Raghavan raghavan@rsggroup.in.

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