MEETING CLASSMATES AFTER 29 YEARS

On 02/03 December all of us classmates of the Kendriya Vidyalaya Golconda 1977 batch had a reunion after 29 years!!

out of 40, 31 made it including 7 from US/Canada. It was indeed a great feeling and we felt as if the gap of all those years have been bridged--FOREVER.We alsomanaged to get 14 of our teachers of that time to come too.some 74 years old.

This is usually forgotten in many Alumni meet .The function wasa organised at the school and the children of today put up a wonderful show too.Its a great feeling pretty difficult to describe.

We felt that the need to give back to our community something after all those years and made a humble beginning and resolved to do more as we move on.


It was a feeling of joy and happiness uniting with so many after all those years.Sad also that we did not realise this earlier.

If each one of us can do something by way of giving back to the schools, what a great difference it will make i leave it to you to judge...

there is an interesting post on chip manufacture and hiring in india ae pointed out to me by AK Menon at http://www.joboptions.blogspot.com/ which i reproduce...

FAB companies scouting abroad for managerial talent for India

Todays Economic Times has an article on this. Cant see an online link as yet!

The gist is as follows

-chip manufacuting in India is in the nascent stage with only Semindia having started some work. Couple of more companies are waiting got the Govts semiconductor policy to come out before setting up shop here.

-there is not much talent in wafer mfg space planned –and so recruiters are eyeing people from Singapore, Taiwan, Malaysia and even the US for hiring managers! It is estimated that 8000 openings are expected in 2007- of which about 2500 will be in managerial levels!
-companies that have evinced interest are NRI Rajendra Singh led consortium India Electronics manufacturing company (IEMC), Korean led consortium lead by June Min in Hyderabad and NRI Deven Vermas consortium Hindustan Semiconductor Company.
I was fortunate to attend the meeting earlier this year, when TiE Hyderabad announced a special interest group when the India Semiconductor Association launched its Hyderabad office . Ms Poornima Shenoy President ISA –feels that the first level of managers will have to come from other countries..or Indians coming back from abroad!!
While there have been hiccups regarding Semindias foray into Hyderabad since, I would like to believe its only a matter of time..before the scene HOTS up.
I shall be glad to connect with those desirous of knowing more