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INDIAN ENGINEERS
ASSOCIATION OF THAILAND
Newsletter May 2015
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Dear Member, Welcome to the first newsletter of the Indian Engineers
Association of Thailand The membership demographic looked as follows at
the time of going in for the first meeting on 9th May, 2015 and
since then has been fast changing with a number of new registrations
increasing from the Chemicals/Auto/IT/ITES sectors in the past week.
The first meeting was held on 9th May
2015 at India Thai Chamber of Commerce, which was attended by over 80
members. It is notable that members took the efforts to come from Rayong and Prachinburi !
Mr.Laxminarayana Acharya, one of the members of the Founding Team was the master of ceremonies and Mr.Harsh Sethi, also from the Founding Team who has pioneered this effort since a year ago gave the welcome address enumerating the broad objectives that include networking, professional training, personal growth, social activities among others to further evolve. This was followed by another presentation by Mr.M.K.Balaji, also from the Founding Team, on the statistics (as provided above) and also conducted an open house to further deliberate on the objectives and solicit views of the members present. He also presented on growth trends in industry segments and jobs according to a recent survey conducted by AESC. |
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INDIAN ENGINEERS
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Newsletter May 2015
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It was very encouraging to see participation from women engineers and the amount of enthusiasm generated from one and all during the brainstorming sessions
This was then followed by two superb presentations, one by Mr.V.B.Singh, MD Berger Paints Thailand and Dr.Girish Subramaniam, Director New Products Introduction, GSK Singapore. Mr.Singh’s presentation was on success based on a book called Thrive by Ariana Huffington. Dr. Girish spoke on an Engineer’s Path (Called PFD !) and enumerated on roles of engineers in the Food and Pharmaceutical industry and how engineers could retool themselves. Souvenirs were presented to Mr.Singh & Dr Girish by Mr.Devadas, Group CEO Saraff Group and Mr.Nanthakumar, Director Engineering South East & East Asia, Accor Group.
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INDIAN ENGINEERS
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Newsletter May 2015
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This was followed by brainstorming sessions by seven break-out groups on Networking, Administration & Legal, Liaison with other organizations/universities, Membership Drive, Web infrastructure, Event Management & Newsletters. Teams have started working beyond this meeting on some of these important areas to shape up this Association to a strong platform. The meeting ended with those present letting the Founding Team to continue as the Interim Committee till a formal Association is finalized. These members are from L to R – Mr.Laxminarayana Acharya, Mr.Arun Balimane, Mr.M.K.Balaji, Mr.Shyam Cousik, Mr.B.Ravikumar, Mr.Harsh Sethi, Mr.Manu Kalra, Mr.Devesh Bharati. Others not present in the photo below are Mr.Yash Mankame, Mr.Shrikant Padeshi and Mr.Sudeep Jain .Mr.Samrat Bose attended the meeting but had to leave before the photo session. A Vote of Thanks was proposed by Mr.Laxminarayana Acharya
The overall enthusiasm shown by one and all during this first meeting is very encouraging and should lead to the formation of a very strong Association. It is our intent to send out an informative newsletter periodically to all our registered members. Please send in your suggestions on what you want to see in the newsletter also to us. The Founding Team welcomes one and all to take active part in the formation of this association and please feel free to reach out to any one of us to let us know of your areas of interest. You may send an email to ieaotrsvp@gmail.com. We look forward to your valuable suggestions. With best wishes IEAOT Newsletter team --&&--
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