Hi Everyone,
Thank you one and all for making this year a memorable one to me and the admin council... Hearty wishes and gratitude to all who made the STC India Chapter Annual Conference a grand success...I would like to mention one name who made it all possible with his hardwork and dedication, and constant follow-up... Swaminathan Moorthy, the Vice-President, Conference Program Manager, and Sponsorship Manager... Heartfelt Sincere graitude and Thank you Swami...I would like to thank all the sponsors who made this conference a reality - Adobe, our Platinum Sponsor; Information Mapping, our Gold Sponsor; Oracle, our Networking Dinner Sponsor; Cognizant, Content Labs, Redhat, and Citrix, our Silver Sponsors; Novell, Alcatel-Lucent, and Citrix, our Pre-Conference Venue Sponsors... Contented for sponsoring the notepads and TCS. Thank you all again and hope to recieve your support and contribution in the coming years too...I would like thank all the enthusiastic individuals who proposed their papers for presenting at the Annual Conference and the Paper Selection Committee - Latha S., Edwin Skau, and Ramesh Aiyyangar... Congratulations and thank you for all who presented this year and hope to see more new folks presenting in the years to come...I would also like to thank the following people behind the scenes to make this conference a success...Thank you Alan Houser for accepting our invite to inaugurate the Conference and workshops... Hope to see you here the next time personally. We definitely need more support and continuous developments from the STC US to the India chapter...Thank you for hearing to our requests during our meet and reducing the annual subscription fees to an affordable rate... I hope there will be many folks joining this year as I saw the interest in the conference...Thank you Archana, Latha, and Parag for being our Pre-Conference Workshop sponsors providing us the venue, the logistics and not to mention the lovely food in all the three places - Citrix, Alcatel-Lucent and Novell... We hope to build this association into a bigger bond with STC India Chapter and help us out to conduct more learning sessions and workshops...Heartfelt and sincere thanks to the council members in my tenure:
Swaminathan Moorthy: Vice President, Sponsorship and Program Manager -- A million tons of thanks to you Swami for making the annual conference happen... your hard work and dedication towards the STC India Chapter paid off... Your enthusiasm is highly exuberant and we have seen the fruits of it all throughout the year... be it organising events, sharing the different view-points, or getting the speakers and sponsors in... Thanks Again!Manisha Khurana: Secretary -- Thank you Manisha for keeping track of all the activities happening and even contributing in the role of City representative conducting STC events and a regional conference...
Saravanan Manoharan: Treasurer -- Thank you Sara for keeping track of all the financials and helping us out with the necessary monetary functions... and also guiding us through this journey from the past experience...
Michelle Cherian: Immediate Past President -- I don't need to say more about Michelle and the rich experience she has garnered over the years... Thank you for guiding us in all the possible ways -- having meetings, seeking new ideas, organizing the meet with Alan, and more importantly reaching us out to the schools and college for the STC awareness program.
I would also like to thank the other STC volunteers and veteran folks who helped us out meet all the necessary functionality of the chapter...
The support staff who wroked day and night with me to complete the stage setup and all the necessary logiistics along with the hotel staff...Thank you Mak again for taking this election officer role and completing it with full justice, diligence, and preciseness... You perfect that art and proved it again...
Hearty Congratulations and Best Wishes to the new admin council members... A small intro about them:
Ramesh Aiyyangar: President -- A veteran in the STC India Chapter activities in the capacity of different roles over the past years, and I believe that the experience and charisma he gets along will make the chapter reach new heights in his tenure... wishing you the very best, Ramesh...Manisha Khurana: Vice President -- Has done and proved her part in the capacity of the Secretary and wishing her the very best on her new role... I trust she will definitely prove there too...
Saravanan Manoharan: Secretary -- Best wishes to his new role and the experience he has with three admin councils in the previous years will make the functioning of the new council smooth and swift... and he will be in action right from the first day...
Michelle Cherian: Treasurer -- The versatile person she is and the strong background she has in the accounting industry will help the chapter to claim the rightful funds back from the STC US Chapter... I wish her the very best and trust all the legal formalities for the FCRA are done under her guidance...
A great new council is formed with the members having varied and abundant experience in the activities of the STC India Chapter... Wishing the very best to the future endeavors of the council and the chapter...Have attached a few pictures of the conference at its zest... hope you should see many more on our facebook page and portal soon...
Seasons Greetings!
Naveen Dcruz H.
President - STC India Chapter - 2012