Newsletter of the Sundaram Finance Group • Volume 13 • No. 1 • May 2012
D
ear Colleagues,
Greetings to you all, as we set off
We are happy that 174 branches
again to cross new milestones and
have made it to the 92 Club and
conquer new frontiers. But first of
the Company as a whole has
all, congratulations for a stunning
consistently achieved over 92%
performance in 2011-12. In what
current collections in all 12 months.
was a really challenging year,
Gross NPAs are projected to be
Team Sundaram has proved once
0.6% and arrears to stock about
again, why it is a Champion team.
0.9%. Cumulative collections are
In the face of a difficult economic
likely to be 98.5%. Several branches
environment, intense competition
have reported 100% collections, as
and political uncertainity, all round,
well. This is truly outstanding.
our
performance
is
truly
very
heartening. But it is not merely
the numbers that matter. We have
grown in the segments where we
Our immediate
and biggest challenge is
Process Quality. Each one
of us must strive to ensure
perfection in what we do,
planned to grow - LCVs, Tractors
and Used vehicles, which not only
helped us diversify our portfolio,
but also added to our bottom
line handsomely. CVs and Cars
continue to be our bread and butter
but some jam and honey certainly
Profitability has been a key focus
area and I am happy that we have
embraced that ideal. The focus on
high yielding products, containment
of costs, productivity improvements
and the willingness to push back on
rates are very commendable. Fee
income too has grown impressively
but we have a lot more to do in this
regard.
make things sweeter! Every region
The constant balance between
has grown impressively and several
G, Q and P should be maintained and
new records have been created,
monitored. It is what makes us who
across the company. That in short is
we are. Another great change that
at all impossible to achieve,
the “Growth” part of the story.
I have observed in recent months
especially for Team Sundaram.
Quality
whether it is Field investigation,
documentation, receipting or
configuration. Zero error is not
has
long
been
our
watchword and this year marks a
real leap in terms of Credit Quality.
is that in the past we used to
complain about our pricing being
uncompetitive. This year for the
Message
first time, I saw many instances of
who achieve this. Let us make this
are our greatest assets and we
our people pushing back, and we
dream a reality. What this will do is
will continue to invest in them.
were able to demand and get a
give us far more time to concentrate
Whatever we have achieved is a
'Sundaram' premium. I hope that
on new opportunities and make
result of team work and this team
we are able to carry this mindset
our company the Benchmark for
work can only get better if we invest
into the New Year.
Excellence, on every count.
in our team members and be alive
The
reason
performance
for
our
last
strong
year
to their needs and problems. We
have a responsibility to take care
that
60% of our Potential. This is not
we were able to re-adjust to the
a criticism. But if we are able to
changing reality. We were able
achieve such mind-boggling results
to think different. But, this year
functioning at 50-60%, imagine
Truly successful companies, those
may again bring new challenges.
what we would be able to achieve,
that have endured over the years
It is time for us to explore new
if we are able raise this to 80%. We
and consistently delivered value,
opportunities,
customers
have a lot of talent and skill in our
are those that care deeply about
and new brands. Opportunities
company. Process excellence is the
their people and their customers,
are
key to unlocking this potential.
and have remained deeply rooted in
new
continuously
is
We are functioning at about 50-
evolving.
The
imperative for us is to be aware
of these emerging opportunities
and
quickly
re-adjust
We have invested and continue
of our people and be their mentors
and coaches.
their value systems. These qualities
do not change or decay. We are
and
that kind of a company. We care
re-orient ourselves to seize these
about our people. We believe that
opportunities.
the customer is at the centre of
everything we do, and we hold
We have made dramatic
progress
on
Sundaram,
the Sundaram Values, very
Project
and
dear.
we
are hopeful that we
As we move into 2012-
can roll out Phase-I
13, we must carry the
in July, 2012. It
lessons of the past
is
an
landmark
important
for
with us, but equally,
us
we
must
open
our
as it has been fully
minds to the several
developed in-house,
new opportunities that
by incorporating the
present themselves - be
expertise of our own
it
people.
customers,
new
territories or new products.
It is also of vital importance that
Our immediate and biggest
challenge
new
is
Process
we carry the momentum of the past
Quality.
year into Q1 of this year and build
Each one of us must strive to
ensure perfection in what we do,
to invest heavily in developing
whether it is field investigation,
business and leadership skills of
documentation,
or
our people. During the year, we
configuration. Zero error is not at all
have run several on-site and off-
impossible to achieve, especially for
site programmes.
Team Sundaram. In fact I would like
because we believe that this too is
to introduce a 'Zero Defect' Award
one of our key differentiators. We
for all branches and departments
genuinely believe that our People
receipting
We do this
a strong platform for growth. We
must go all out for Growth in Q1,
but always balanced by Quality and
Profitability. GQP is our dashboard
and the Sundaram Way is our
Compass. If these are our tools, we
will never go wrong.
Best wishes to all of you for another
great year.
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3
Confer e nc e
Performance Excellence Awards
4
Barla Gurunath
Berhampur Branch
Bhaskara Krishna A
Ongole Branch
Bhupendra Singh Rajput
Gwalior Branch
Kannan R
Chengalpattu Branch
Deshpande Dhundiraj Manoharrao
Amaravathi Branch
Haridasan P
Kozhikode CV Branch
Krishna Kumar KB
Hassan Branch
Manmohan Balakrishnan
Gurgaon Branch
Naresh Kumar B
Vijayawada, CV Branch
C onference
Padmanabhan P
Perambalur Branch
Pavan Kumar A
Mehabub Nagar Branch
Radha Ramana J
Tadipatri Branch
Vijayakumar P
Thiruchengode Branch
Haridas M G
Kattapanna Branch
Hariharan P N
Nasik Branch
Saravanakumar N
Pollachi Branch
Rajagopalan K
Sankari Branch
Sujeet
Gandhidham Branch
Thulasi Das NK
Sulthan Bathery Branch
Suresh Reddy T
Bangalore - CV Branch
Sunil Nautiyal
Moga Branch
Veeraraghavan R
Karaikudi Branch
Sanjay Kumar
Chittorgarh Branch
Vinod Kumar N
Madhya Pradesh Tractor Branch
5
Confer e nc e
GQP Awards
Tamil Nadu
Andhra Pradesh
Sundaram Direct
6
Treasury
C onference
92
Joseph Reddy S –
Guntur Branch
Club
Platinum
10 years
92 GOLD CLUB 5 YEARS
BRANCH BRANCH MANAGER
BRANCH BRANCH MANAGER
ALAPUZHA
SREEKRISHNAN K
OOTY
THIAGARAJAN S
ATTINGAL
RAMASUBRAMONIAN V
PATHANAMTHITTA
BYJU VARGHESE
BANSWARA
NAGARAJAN IYER
PERAMBALUR
PADMANABHAN P
CARNAC BUNDER
SRIRAM JAGANNATHAN
PERINTHALMANNA
SURESH S
CHEMBUR - MUMBAI
VISHWANATHAN P K
PUDUKKOTTAI
SIVASUBRAMANI K
CHENNAI CAR
BALASUBRAMANIAN P
RAMNAD
SRINIVASAN R
COIMBATORE - CAR
SRIDHAR V
RATNAGIRI
KOTKAR PRASHANT MADHAV
GUNA
PRATEEK SHRIVASTAVA
SULTHAN BATHERY
THULASI DAS N K
JALGAON
GAJJAR JASMINKUMAR MAHESHBHAI
SURENDRA NAGAR
SHENOY RAMESH MOHAN
KANHANGAD
SUBEETH KUMAR P
THENI
PREM SEKAR K T
KANNUR
PRASAD K S
TIRUVANNAMALAI
SRINIVASAN S
KARAIKUDI
VEERARAGHAVAN R
THIRUVARUR
BALAJI K B
KARUR
SUDARSANAM S
TIRUCHENGODE
VIJAYAKUMAR P
KATTAPPANA
HARIDAS M G
TIRUNELVELI
MURUGAN P
KAYAMKULAM
SRIKUMAR S
TIRUR
RAJESH R
MANGALORE
UMESH DESHPANDE
92 SILVER CLUB 4 YEARS
BRANCH BRANCH MANAGER
ANANTHAPUR
VENKATA SUBRAHMANYAM R
AURANGABAD
CHAUDHARI SANJAY SHANTARA
BERHAMPUR
BARLA GURUNATH
CHENNAI CV
CHANDRASEKARAN T
CHHINDWARA
PRASHANT KHER
DHARMAPURI
MADHAVAN A P
DINDIGUL
ARAVAMUTHAN N
ERODE
SHANMUGAM V K
KOZHIKODE-CAR
SURESH T K
MANJERI
SARATH PALLIPURAM
MUVATTUPUZHA
RAVEENDRAN P C
NAMAKKAL
VEERARAGHAVAN A P
PALA
SREEDHARAN UNNI
PALAKKAD
RAMACHANDRAN M R
RAICHUR
RAVICHANDRA B
MUMBAI SANTACRUZ
BASHYAM V
SOLAPUR
RAMALINGAM P
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-CAR
NANDAKUMAR K
VADAKARRA
GOPALAKRISHNAN N H
92 BRONZE CLUB 3 YEARS
BRANCH BRANCH MANAGER
AHMEDNAGAR
RAWAL NITIN JAGDISH
ANGUL
SUSHANTA PAL
ASANSOL
JAYA PRAKASH TRIPATHY
BHILWARA
MADHU SUDAN RAO P
CHENNAI - CV WEST
KRISHNAN N C
KOZHIKODE-CV
HARIDASAN P
NASIK
HARIHARAN P N
TADIPATRI
RADHA RAMANA J
TIRUCHY
SRINIVASAN M V
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM CV
SREENIVASAN S
UDIPI
PRASHANTH KUMAR S
7
Confer e nc e
8
92 CLUB MEMBER 1 - 2 YEARS
Branch Branch Manager
Branch Branch Manager
Ahmedabad
Iyer Vishwanath Gopalan
Katni
Vinod Kumar Singh
Ajmer
Youdhister Singh Rathore
Kharagpur
Milan Paul
Alwar
Naveen Goyal
Khargoan
Bhupesh Patil
Amravathi
Deshpande Dhundiraj Manoharrao
Kolhapur
Yatin Kumar Nalge
Ambala
Natarajan V N
Kollam
Ravisankar V
Anakapalle
Ramesh Kumar B
Kota
Baburaj R
Angamaly
Jayaprakash S
Kothagudem
Pavanakumar A V U M S
Attur
Desikan M V
Kottarakara
Suresh M K
Balasore
Rashmi Ranjan Mohanty
Kottayam
Venkatesh K G
Bangalore -Car
Rajesh M N
Kukshi
Mukund Tikotkar
Baroda
Murali K J
Kumbakonam
Mahalingam G
Belgaum
Nagaraj P Palankar
Kurnool
Chandraleela Kumar H S
Bharuch
Rahul N Patel
Hyderabad L B Nagar
Saratchandra Babu Chilukot
Bhopal
James Paul
Latur
Desai Shrikant Ramchandra
Central Delhi
Rajiv Sharma
Mancherial
Sreenivasa Rao K
Chandrapur
Vikrant Shinganapurkar
Mandi
Manish Sood
Chengleput
Kannan R
Mandsaur
Rajendran Unnithan
Chennai - North
Venkatesan T E
Mahabub Nagar
Pavan Kumar A
Chennai - South
Kannan R
Merta City
Amit Sharma
Chittorgarh
Sanjay Kumar
Miryalguda
Ram Prasad P S
Chennai - Chrompet
Chengalpathy N
Moga
Sunil Nautiyal
Coimbatore CV
Shankar K C
Mysore
Swathic David A J
Cuddalore
Srivatsan R
Nagpur
Vijay T V Krishnan
Cuddapah
Krishna Rao R
Nanded
Venkiteswaran P V
Durgapur
Kishore Kumar V
New Mumbai Vashi
G Venkatjagthkumar Satyanarayan
East Delhi
Balasubramanian S
Nayudupeta
Prasad K V S R K
Ernakulam Car
Jayasankar P S
Nellore
Amarnath M V
Ernakulam CV
Mohanan M D
Neyyattinkara
Padmanabhan R
Gandhidham
Sujeet
Nizamabad
Lakshmipathi Raju K
Gobichettipalayam
Raja N
Piduguralla
Suribabu Emani
Gurgaon
Manmohan Balakrishnan
Pimpri
Godambe Nikhil Ramesh
Gwalior
Bhupendra Singh Rajput
Pollachi
Saravanakumar N
Hanuman Junction
Murthy P V V S N
Pondicherry
Karthikeyan R
Hassan
Krishna Kumar K B
Proddatur
Imtiaz Basha Shaik
Hosur
Ravichandran T S
Pune
Ramakrishnan M
Hyderabad Car
Srinivasa Srikanth G
New Delhi Punjabi Bagh Venkatesan P R
Hyderabad CV
Narasimha Murthy B
Rajahmundry
Lakshmana Rao CH
Indore 1
Shyamal Paul
Rajkot
Ramesh Subramaniam
Indore 2
Anil Kumar
Rajsamand
Subramanyam Aiyer
Jabalpur
Himanshu Pathak
Sagar
Pallav Shrivastava
Jaipur-CV
Nitin Jain
Sangrur
Deepak Gupta
Jamnagar
Abby Chacko
Sankari
Rajagopalan K
Jodhpur
Subramanyam M V
Satna
Gyanendra Kumar Mishra
Jullundhar
Vijith Kumar
Sendhwa
Vijay Singh
Kakinada
Mandalika Subrahmanya Srinivas
Shivpuri
Matsyendra Sharma
Kanchikancherala
Gopal G S V
Solan
Brijesh Kumar
Karimnagar
Ravikumar K
Sriperumbudur
Badrinarayanan T V
Surat
Sathyamurthy Rajesh M
Thalassery
Sajeev M K
C onference
92 CLUB MEMBER 1 - 2 YEARS
BRANCH BRANCH MANAGER
BRANCH BRANCH MANAGER
THANJAVUR
SRIDHAR S
VIJAYAWADA CV
NARESH KUMAR B
THRISSOOR CAR
SADHAN C
VILLUPURAM
PRABHAKARAN B
Thrissoor Cv
Ranganathan S
VISAKHAPATNAM CAR
CHANDRASEKHAR RAJU D
TIRUPATTUR
RAMESH R
Visakhapatnam Cv
Kompella Radhakrishna
TIRUPPUR
SURESH S
WARANGAL
SITARAMAKUMAR M
TIRUVALLORE
SELVAKUMAR S
Yamunanagar
Suresh T
TUTICORIN
SIVARAMAN C
MADHYA PRADESH TRACTOR
VINOD KUMAR N
VAPI
RAVI P
MAHARASHTRA TRACTOR
SALOKHE RANJIT MOHAN
VELLORE
BALAJI T A
CHITTOOR
SUBRAHMANYAM J B V
VIJAYAWADA
RAMESH BABU PERLA
40
Years
Service
Awards
Suryanarayanan M - AGM (Customer Relation)
Ramaswamy S, AGM (Tamilnadu Branch Support )
Balasubramanian C, GM & Head - Tamil Nadu
Soundararajan V - GM & Head - Tamilnadu (North)
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Founde r' s day
Founder's
Day
Celebrations
March 22, 2012
30 years
Srinivas Acharya
Pari Arasu R
10
Venkatesan R
Devan N
Raghavan R
Gouthaman V
Balasundaram WS
Jawahar NR
Subramanian KK
Krishnan S R
Sudhakaran P
Padmanabhan P
Varadarajan N
30 Years
Founder's day
HEAD OFFICE / CITY BRANCHES/ SIS/ S F GROUPS
Name
Designation
Department
Name
Sri. Pari Arasu R Manager - Customer Relations
Chennai - Car Division
Sri. Balasundaram W S Assistant Manager - Sbs
Accounting Services
Sri. Raghavan R
Deputy Manager - Ccpd
Ccpd
Sri. Gouthaman V Senior Manager - Ccpd Ccpd
Sri. Venkatesan R
Assistant General Manager - Personnel Personnel
Sri. Varadarajan N
Senior AGM - ARC
Follow Up - Tamilnadu
Sri. Jawahar N R Head Sales - Tamilnadu - North Sales Tamil Nadu
Sri. Krishnan S R Deputy Manager - Sbs Dps
Sri. Devan N
Driver
Head Office
Sri. Subramanian K K General Manager - Projects
Sis
Sri. Padmanabhan P
Assistant General Manager - Sbs
Credit Processing Services
Sri. Srinivas Acharya
Managing Director
Shfl
Designation
Department
BRANCHES
Name
Designation
Department
Name
Designation
Department
Sri. Sudhakaran P Assistant General Manager – CR Palakkad
Sri. Ravisankar C V Cashier Warangal
20 years
Amuthan L
Aruna Rangaraj
Balachander S
Balaji M V
Balakrishnan S
Chandra Venkatesan
Ganesan R
Govindarajan R C
Krishnavijaya V
Kumarasamy A
Manavalan G
Muralidharan N
Nagendaran B
Narayanan D
Perianan S
Raghunathan R
Raj SMD
Ramakrishnan T R
Ramani T E
Ramnath J
Sambasivam V
Sethuraman S
Shankar N
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Founde r' s day
20 years
20 Years
HEAD OFFICE / CITY BRANCHES/ SIS/ S F GROUPS
12
Department
BRANCHES
Name
Designation
Sri. Narayanan
D Watchman
Sri. Balaji M V Deputy Manager Ccpd Sri. Amudhan L
Deputy Manager Sbs
Cps
Sri. Shankar N Deputy Manager - Branch Support Follow Up - Tamilnadu
Sri. Muralidharan N
Manager - Customer Support
Chennai - Adayar
Sri. Ganesan R Manager - Accounts
General Accounts
Sri. Ramakrishnan T R
Manager - Sbs Accounting Services
Sri. Nagaraj RBranch Accountant
Thiruvananthapuram CV
Sri. Nagendiran B
Watchman
Watch & Ward
Sri. Narasimha Murthy B
Hyderabad CV
Sri. Balakrishnan S
Senior Manager
Finance Finance
Sri. Chandraleela Kumar H S Senior Branch Manager
Kurnool
Sri. Perianan S Manager - Ccpd
Ccpd
Sri. Sathyamurthy Rajesh M
Senior Branch Manager
Surat
Sri. Raj S M D
Group Manager Projects
Sis
Sri. Sethuraman S
Deputy Manager Sbs
Cps
Sri. Suresh S
Senior Branch Manager
Tiruppur
Ms. Chandra Venkatesan
Manager Sbs
Chs
Sri. Ramesh N
Product Manager
Pune
Sri. Manavalan G
Territory Manager
Sundaram Direct
Sri. Thiagarajan S
Senior Branch Manager
Ooty
Sri. Balachander S
Driver
Chennai – Car
Sri. Sai Sankar T R
Zonal Manager
Visakhapatnam
Senior Branch Manager
Tadipatri
Name
Designation
Department
Watch & Ward
Sri. Kannan G Driver
Karur
Ccpd
Sri. Jayanth Nayak Sujeer
Product ManagerBangalore -Car
Sri. Vishwanathan P K Senior Branch Manager
Mumbai - Chembur
Sri. Pradeep Ananthakrishnan Manager - Customer Relations
Mumbai - Carnac Bunder
Sri. Suresh Kumar K
Kollam
Deputy Manager - Customer Support
Senior Branch Manager
Sri. Ramnath J
Senior Manager - MarketingLeasing
Sri. Radha Ramana J Sri. Sambasivam V Manager - Customer Relations
Chennai - CV North
Sri. Esakkimuthu R
Driver Mumbai - Carnac Bunder
Sri. Raghunathan R
Deputy Manager - Operations
Sundaram Direct
Sri. Prabhakaran B Senior Branch Manager
Villupuram
Ms. Krishna Vijaya V
DepuTy Manager - Personnel
Personnel
Sri. Raja N
Senior Branch Manager
Gobichettipalayam
Sri. Govindarajan R C
Officer
Sbsl
Sri. Ramani T E
Head – Solution Delivery
Sbfsl
Sri. Silesh K Branch Manager
Thamarassery
Ms. Aruna Rangaraj
Exe. Asst. to MD & Manager – Admn
Sundaram Mutual
Sri. Amarnath M V Senior Branch Manager
Nellore
Sri. Kumarasamy A
Senior Manager – Projects
Sisl
Sri. Vijayasekhar A
Senior Branch Manager
Madanapalli
Sri. Srinivasan A
System Analyst
Rsail
Sri. Rajagopalan K
Senior Branch Manager
Sankari
Founder's day
10 years
Balagopalan K
Indirajit S
Baskar R
Shanmuga Priya R
Mullapudi Muralikrishna
Rajesh S
Shriram P
Damodharan S
Kalavathi R
Muralee Krishnan B
Ramani S
Sivakumar PS
Gayathri P
Kasi Viswanathan R
Nagarajan H
Ramnath P
Sivakumar VS
Giridharan S
Kothandaraman R
Padmini Ramesh
Sankar S G
Srinivasan K
Latha Chakkaravarthy
Prasad K
Sankaran V
Sriram R
Hema V
Mukundan K.
Rajan R N
Saradha N
Suryanarayanan B
Sathivageesan SP
Vijayasree R
13
Founde r' s day
10 years
Uday Chandran K
Viswanathan S
Usha M
Vaidehi V
Vijaya Badrinarayanan
Vijayaraghavan K S
Vijayasankar G
10 years
10 Years
HEAD OFFICE / CITY BRANCHES/ SIS/ S F GROUPS
Name
Designation
Department
Name
Designation
Ms. Gayathri P
Deputy Manager - CCPD
CCPD
Sri. Sathivageesan S P
Senior Manager - AuditInternal Audit
Ms. Padmini Ramesh
Deputy General Manager - Accounts
General Accounts
Sri. Kothandaraman R
Zonal Manager
Chennai - CV Central
Ms. Vaidehi V
Program Leader
SIS
Ms. Usha M
Assistant Manager - Personnel
Personnel
Sri. Srinivasan K
Deputy Manager - Customer Relations
Chennai - Car Division
Sri. Ramnath P
Manager - Personnel
Personnel
Sri. Rajesh S
Deputy Manager - Customer Relations
Chennai-UCV
Sri. Baskar R
Assistant Manager - AuditInternal Audit
Sri. Mukundan K
Deputy Manager - IS
Systems
Sri. Sivakumar P S
Office Assistant - SBS
CPS
Sri. Balagopalan K
Assistant Manager - Personnel
Personnel
Ms. Saradha N
Asst Manager - Operations
CCPD
Sri. Indirajith S
Assistant Manager - LeasingLeasing
Ms. Vijaya Badrinarayanan Executive - CCPD
CCPD
Sri. Rajan R N
Assistant Manager - Branch Support
Follow Up - Karnataka
Sri. Viswanathan S
General Accounts
Sri. Ramani S
Assistant Manager - Customer Support
Chennai - Car Division
Ms. Latha Chakkaravarthy Assistant Manager - SBS
CPS
Ms. Kalavathi R
CPS
Sri. Mullapudi Muralikrishna Manager - LeasingLeasing
Sri. Muralee Krishnan B
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Deputy Manager - CCPD
CCPD
Assistant Manager - Accounts
Assistant Manager - SBS
Department
Founder's day
BRANCHES
Name
Designation
Department
Name
Designation
Department
Sri. Nisanth V R
Assistant Manager - Customer Relations
Kozhikode-CV
Sri. Rajesh S
Zonal Manager
Hyderabad-Somajiguda
Sri. Girish K G
Assistant Manager - Customer Relations
Palakkad
Sri. Vijayakumar P
Senior Branch Manager
Tiruchengode
Sri. Gurudev R
Assistant Manager - Branch Support
Regional Office Delhi
Sri. Natarajan V NBranch Manager
Sri. Balakrishnan E
Driver
Villupuram
Sri. Balaji R
Deputy Branch Manager Regional OfficeBhopal
Sri. Srivatsan R
Senior Branch Manager
Cuddalore
Sri. Ramesh T T
Assistant Manager - Customer Relations
Kozhikode CV
Sri. Manikandan B
Assistant Manager - Customer Relations
Kanhangad
Sri. Roy E T
Deputy Manager - Customer Relations
Kozhikode CV
Sri. Vijay Kaushik R
Assistant Manager - Branch Support
Regional Office Bhopal
Sri. Jayakanth D Shenoy
Product Manager
Ernakulam CV
Sri. Kumaran B H
Resident Officer
Rajapalayam
Ms. Mahalakshmi J
Executive - Customer Support
Vellore
Sri. Saravanan V G
Executive - Customer SupportBangalore - North
Sri. Nishad V G
Assistant Manager - Customer Relations
Thrissoor Car
Sri. Aluru Srikrishna
Deputy Manager - Legal
Vijayawada
Sri. Sreenivasa Rao KBranch Manager
Mancherial
Sri. Srinivasan K SBranch Manager
Shimoga
Sri. Prasad Rao S K V
Hyderabad Car
Sri. Ravi Varma Aynampudi Assistant Manager - Customer Relations
Visakhapatnam CV
Sri. Ranga Charyulu G TBranch Manager
Tirupathi
Sri. Jayaprakash SBranch Manager
Angamaly
Sri. Prasad K V S R KBranch Manager
Nayudupeta
Sri. Peri Venkateswara Rao Assistant Manager - Customer Relations
Hyderabad Car
Sri. Varma D B VBranch Manager
Hyderabad L B Nagar
Sri. Vilas Rao D
Senior Manager - Legal Regional Office
Delhi
Sri. Balasubramanian S
Assistant Manager - Customer Relations
Kancheepuram
Sri. Selvaraj P
Driver
Theni
Sri. Uppuli Srinivasan S
Assistant Manager - Customer Relations
Ramnad
Sri. Bhogulkar Datta Ramchandra
Assistant Manager - Customer Relations
Sangli
Sri. Thiyagarajan M
Driver
Hosur
Sri. Badarinatha Samji
Assistant Manager - Customer RelationsBasavakalyan
Sri. Ramachandra Ramesh P Assistant Manager - Customer Relations
Sri. Vijayan P
Assistant Manager - Customer Relations
Salem
Sri. Anand A N
Sri. Kolachalam Praveen Kumar
Cashier
Cuddapah
Sri. Chakka SureshBranch Accountant
Guntur
Sri. Gurumoorthi M
Resident Officer
Nagercoil-SD
Sri. Ganesh A
Product Manager
Hyderabad Car
Assistant Manager - Customer Support
Ambala
Nellore
Deputy Manager - Customer RelationsBangalore CV
GROUP COMPANIES
Name
Designation
Department
Name
Designation
Department
Narayanan S
Sr. Manager - Area Follow Up
SBNPPHFL
Sri. Vijayaraghavan
K S Assistant Manager
SBSL
Sri. Kasi Viswanathan R
Driver
SBNPPHFL
Ms. Vijayasree R
Senior Associate
SBSL
Sri. Nagarajan H
Asst. Manager - Accounts
SBNPPHFL
Sri. Sankar S G
Senior Associate
SBSL
Sri. Narasimhan VBranch Incharge
SBNPPHFL
Ms. Shanmuga Priya R
Senior Associate
SBSL
Sri. Suriyanarayanan B
Dy. Manager - Accounts
SBNPPHFL
Sri. Vijayasankar G
Senior Associate
SBFSL
Sri. Uday Chandran K
Asst. Manager - Central Process Control
SBNPPHFL
Sri. Sivakumar V S
Senior Manager - Finance
SBFSL
Sri. Murthy BVJSBranch Manager
SBNPPHFL
Sri. Prasad K
Sr. Data Base Admin
SISL
Sri. Giridharan S
Manager - Central Process Control
SBNPPHFL
Sri. Sriram R
Asst. Manager – Operations
SFDL
Sri. Damodharan S
Office Assistant
Sundaram Mutual
Ms. Hema V
Associate Manager
SISL
Sri. Shriram P
Officer
SBSL
Sri. Sankaran V
Senior Manager
SISL
15
H app e ni ng s
Sundaram Finance
ties up with Bharat Benz
B
harat Benz, the Indian brand
for Daimler India Commercial
Vehicles (DICV) launched Eight
Models of their high – performance
trucks in India at Hyderabad
International Convention Centre,
Hyderabad on March 2nd 2012.
The light and heavy duty trucks
between 9 tonnes and 49 tonnes
are the first ones to be wheeled
out of the company’s world class
production plant spread over 400
acres at Oragadam, near Chennai.
The company
will start
their
market launch in the third quarter
with the introduction of 3 models,
This will be followed by the launch
of their entire product portfolio
consisting of 17 models over next
20 months in 7 tonnes to 49 tonnes
category as disclosed by their CEO
and Managing Director Sri. Marc
Listosella of DICV. In the first phase
the company will have a network of
70 dealers that will be extended to
16
over 100 by 2014. Daimler India is
looking at becoming a significant
player in the Indian truck industry
in the short term. They are looking
at minimum of double-digit market
share as soon as possible.
The Engine and parts have been
customized to suit Indian conditions
and market requirement. It took
3 to 4 years to build these models
with 80 – 95 percent localization
for low cost. They have been here
for last six and half years without
any returns till date and now their
products are ready to roll out into
the market.
DICV has invested ` 4400 Crores
in their plant which also has an
exclusive test track where vehicles
were checked for last three
years. The plant has a capacity of
producing 36000 units annually.
They have redeveloped and
readjusted lot of aspects to
tackle rugged terrain, poor roads,
overloading and water logging
said Sri. Aydogan Cakmaz, Vice
President, Product Engineer who
had travelled from Chennai to
Hyderabad in one of the new
trucks. The trucks have superior
suspension, chassis, 40% better
braking system and improved
comfort to the driver, so that
he would be fresh after driving
500-1000 kms.
Besides setting up Daimler Financial
Service (a captive financing arm)
the company has tied up with
Sundaram Finance (the only NBFC
with whom they have tied up),
HDFC bank and ICICI bank for their
product financing.
During the inaugural address their
CEO and Managing Director Sri.
Marc Listosella was all praise for
our company, for its Values and
Relationship. He also praised our
MD Sri. T T Srinivasaraghavan, for
his simplicity and humble nature.
Let us hope that this tie-up with
Daimler will help in increasing our
CV market share from the next
financial year.
– B.N. Murthy
Sr. Branch Manager
Hyderabad-CV
H app eni ngs
Auto Show-Delhi
Event: Delhi Auto Expo 2012
Venue: Pragati Maidan, New Delhi
Photos by :
Saravanan N Assistant Manager
(Branch Support) - RO North
K Saravanan, Branch Manager, Sivakasi
17
Happ e ni ng s
Car ThiruvizhaKumbakonam
Event: Car Thiruvizha at
Kumbakonam
Congratulations!
Very happy to
know that the
event was a grand
success. I am sure
that the visibility
generated by this
will give you long
term benefits in
terms of business
and goodwill
Best wishes
– TTS
Date: 28th & 29th Jan 2012
Inaugurated by: Sri. Sampathu,
Sr. AGM-Tamil Nadu Branch
Support
Team SF: Sri. Saravanan,
Sri. Kothandaraman, Sri.
Ramanathan Selvam, BMs,
Field staff and Distribution staff
from Tanjore, Thiruvarur and
Kumbakonam branch
Participation: 18 Dealers
including Tractors and LCV
Footfall and Business Done:
•On the First day 190 visitors
visited and on the second day
220 visitors visited the stalls.
•51 Nos documents for the
value of Rs. 244.35 Lacs and 5
Nos LIC Jeevan Tarang Policy
Premium of Rs.33,050/-
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Special Feature : The event took
just 10 days to move from conception
to final execution and the volume
usually covered in one whole month
was finalised in 2 days!
We thank our GM & Head Sri
S. Krishnamurthy, Senior AGM
Sri. C Sampathu for their valuable
guidance for execution of the event
smoothly. Our special thanks to
Product Manager Sri. Saravanan
for his tireless efforts and for
arranging the event in such short
notice. We extend our thanks to Sri.
Kothandaraman, Zonal Manager,
Sri. Ramanathan Selvam, Product
Manager - (Tyre/POCV),
BMs,
our Field staff and Distribution
staff from Tanjore, Thiruvarur and
Host Kumbakonam branch for their
dedicated work in conducting this
event in a grand manner. It has
really motivated our team and we
are sure that it would go a long way
BUSINESS CONCLUDED AT CAR
THIRUVIZHA - KUMBAKONAM
PRODUCTNOSAMT
IN LACS
H & MCV
3
25.00
SCV
7
21.60
CARS
31
135.00
TOTAL
41
181.60
THANJAVUR
CARS
4
12.50
TIRUVARUR
CARS
4
20.25
KUBATO
2
30.00
GRAND TOTAL
51
244.35
in achieving greater heights. We
take this opportunity to convey our
heart felt thanks to our Management
for their kind approval for conducting
this event.
– G. Mahalingam & Team
Kumbakonam
H app eni ngs
Villupuram and Tractor Branch
Subhiksham
BUSINESS CONCLUDED
AT SUBIKSHAM
Event: Subhiksham at Villupuram
Date: 23rd and 24th Jan 2012
Inaugurated by:
Sri. C Balasubramanian,
GM & Head, Tamil Nadu (West)
Team SF: Sri. V N Kasinath, Sri.
Jawahar & Sri. Balaji of Sundaram
Direct, Sri. Srivatsan, Cuddalore
Branch Manager, Sri. Karthikeyan,
Pondicherry
Branch
Manager,
Sri.
Thirumalai, Tractor Branch
Manager, Sri. Saravanan, Sri.
Lokabiram, Sri. Nagaraj and Sri.
Ramanathan Selvam – all Product
Managers and Sri. Varadharajan,
Tamil Nadu followup.
Special feature: Inspite of these
districts struggling to restore
normalcy post the cyclone ‘Thane’,
we got a wonderful response to our
event, proving the equity our brand
Sundaram has in the market!
Footfalls and Business Done:
We are thrilled to share that more
than 400 customers visited our
mega event ‘Subiksham’ and we
are extremely happy to
have
concluded more than Rs 250 lacs
of business.
Apart from this more than 15 various
product proposals are in pipeline
to the tune of more than Rs 150
lacs, which will be concluded
shortly.
We extend our sincere and
heartfelt special thanks to Sri.
Saravanan, Product Manager, and
we also thank our Area Head Sri. C
Balasubramanian, Sri. Lokabiram,
Sri. Nagaraj, Sri. Ramanathan
Selvam, and Sri. Thirumalai –
Tractor Branch Manager, Sri.
Srivatsan and Sri. Karthikeyan
Cuddalore & Pondicherry branch
managers
respectively,
Sri.
Kasinath – DGM, Sri. Jawahar
and our Sundaram Direct friends
for conducting the event in a
successful manner.
We strongly believe this mega
event will help us to enhance our
visibility and business in a big way
in coming months.
– Villupuram &
Tractor Branch Team
PRODUCTNOSAMT
IN LACS
H & MCV
SCV
LCV
CE
CARS
TRACTOR
TYRE
FLEET CARD
HOME FINANCE
HEALTH SHIELD
7
5
2
2
9
9
8
4
2
5
65.00
13.00
12.00
28.00
45.00
60.00
1.00
10.00
28.00
0.15
TOTAL
53
262.15
Dear Team Villupuram,
I am really glad
to learn that
Subiksham
was a grand
success, in spite
of the depressed
sentiments after
Cyclone Thane.
As always, it is
the excellent
teamwork and
cooperation that
have made this
possible. The
visibility and
goodwill are
bound to give
us long term
benefits. Well
done and wish
you all the best.
– TTS
Congratulations!!!
Efforts bring results.
The results are great.
I am sure lot more
business is in the pipe line.
Regards
– K. Sankarakumar
We are very happy
that all of you (and the
dealers) are happy.
This is the greatest
reward. You will see
later on that the effect
of this is long term.
So keep meeting the
prospects and use such
events to meet one and
all and thank them.
Congratulations to all
of you
– Raju
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Happ e ni ng s
Opening of the State
Office for Rajasthan
at Jaipur on January 30, 2012
The year 2012 ushered in a momentous occasion for Central
Region with the opening of the State Office for Rajasthan at
Jaipur on 30th January. We were privileged to have our MD,
Sri. T T Srinivasaraghavan inaugurate the office and have in
our midst, Sri. N Ramachandran, Head - Central and Sri. K
Sankarakumar, Head – Distribution.
The invitees included the Regional Managers of CV/CE/Car and
Tractor manufacturing companies and also prominent dealer
owners from Jaipur and across Rajasthan. The opening function
was followed by a formal dinner hosted by our MD for all the
invitees.
The State Office will be housing our RO Central colleagues
who take care of Rajasthan for both lending and distribution
businesses.
– Sunil Narayanan
State Head - Rajasthan
Taliparamba Branch
Opening
Date: March 12th, 2012
Date: January 25th, 2012
Inaugurated by: Sri. G Balachander, Head - Kerala
Region
Inaugurated by: Sri. G Balachander,
Head - Kerala region
Attended by: Our dealers, customers and group
company executives
Attended
by:
Prominent
customers, Sr. AGM
Sri.
Murali, Sri. K.T. Balanchander
(AGM), Sri.
Renganathan
Deputy Manager (Kerala), Sri.
Sudhakaran. Branch Managers
from
Kannur,
Kanhangad,
Thalasseri, Vadakara, Calicut
and
Sulthan
Bathery.
A
gathering of 200, including
dealers and customers were
present.
We arranged delivery of one
Vehicle (Tata-407) to our
customer Sri. K. Tomy. The key
of the vehicle was handed over
by our Kerala head.
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Kannur Branch Shifting
– Srinivasan M V
Taliparamba Branch Manager
Business done: We have delivered six vehicles, one
Toyota Altis, one Toyota Liva, One Maruti Wagon R and
three Eicher pick ups, to the customers and the keys with
gifts were ceremoniously handed over by Area Head.
– K S Prasad,
Kannur
Branch Manager
H app eni ngs
Sundaram Direct
Rajasthan Meet
The 30th of January 2012 was a very happy and memorable day for
two reasons. One, our Rajasthan state office was opened and the
other we had our Sundaram Direct meet incidentally slated on the same
day. The occasion was made special with the presence of our MD,
Sri. T T Srinivasaraghavan and VP (Distribution), Sri. Sankarakumar.
The following awards were given out at this function.
NameLocationAwarded for
Sri. Satyanarayan
Mandalgarh BranchPerformance in motor
insurance
Sri. Shrawan Dadich Bijoy Nagar Branch Performance in
non-motor insurance
Sri. Hitesh Modi
Jalawar BranchPerformance in
Auto sourcing
Sri. Dinesh Ram Sirohi BranchPerformance in Life
Insurance vertical
– Venkataraman R
Head (Sales), Sundaram Direct, CE(RJ)
Eicher Motors
Celebrates 25 Years!
Memento given to
Eicher Motors by
Sundaram Finance Limited
for successful completion of
25 years in the Industry
Sri. Vinod Aggarwal (CEO of VE Commercial
Vehicles Ltd) receiving the trophy from
Sri. M J Kulkarni, VP & Head-Western Region.
Also present are Sri. A K Ganesan, HeadNorthern Region; Sri. N Ramachandran, HeadCentral Region and Sri. Nikhil Baijal of Eicher
– Kulkarni M.J
Vice President & Head - Western Region
21
Trai ni ng
Induction Training Programme - Jan 2–6, 2012
Influencing Skills Training Programme Feb 20-21, 2012
22
Ach i evement
Our MD wins CFO Passions
Photography Contest 2012!
W
e are very happy to share with you that
our MD, Sri. T.T. Srinivasaraghavan won
the CFO Passions Photography Contest 2012,
organized by Ricoh.
The Emerald Beetle
In their letter they said, “Through your winning
entry, you were able to give a beautiful expression
to your creativity and imagination, and it was
highly appreciated by our panel of judges.
The image has found a place in our calendar
for this year, a testament to your passion for
photography.”
The prize winning photograph 'The Emerald
Beetle' is presented here.
– Sundaram Learning
Presenting our MBTI Certified Trainers!
T
he Myers Briggs Type Indicator
is the most widely used
personality instrument in the world.
More than two million people take
it annually and get classified into
16 broad types that describe their
preferences in different areas.
The administrators of this tool can do
so only after they have gone through
an intensive training programme
for four full days and then clear
the certifying examination with a
minimum score of 80%! No mean
task this. But for Sri. V Narasimhan
and Sri. S Chandrasekaran from
Sundaram Learning, it turned out
to be an exciting and enriching
experience. Both of them passed
with flying colours. They now belong
to the exclusive set of certified MBTI
Trainers in India.
We congratulate them on their
achievement and also for ensuring
that MBTI Testing is now an
in-house competency!
– P Krishnaier
Executive Director
23
Train i ng
I found my Leadership
Wings at Camp Shristi!
E
ver since I heard there was a
Leadership Programme being
planned, my mind kept wondering
if we would go to Hrishikesh, which
was the venue for the programme
the last time it was conducted.
However, my bosses were not
telling me anything! After a couple
of attempts, I realized that they were
intentionally not sharing the details
of the programme. It was a dream
come true when it was announced
that the programme would be held
closer to Bangalore, just a few hours
away from my home.
The journey started on 6th Feb from
Bangalore to Camp Shristi
Day 1: Very quickly all of us were
made to feel comfortable and even
more sensitively made aware of
the surroundings we were in. The
baseline of all the learning is nothing
is taught. Everything is learnt by us.
Yes. That’s the way it is designed.
We learnt how conveniently we
make our own barriers and how
comfortably we follow the patterns.
SF Values Contest Winners
No
Name
It extended to our mental blocks in
contributing to team goals.
Day 2: Started very early in the
morning with us listening to the
creaks and groans of our unused
muscles and nerves. We had an
activity involving marbles and in
the process learnt the package
of essential tools for success in
branches. Target fixing, Training,
Motivating, Resource allocation,
On-The-Job Training, eye on
competition, and celebrating small
wins. We thought we were just
solving a puzzle but ended up
learning about the importance
of dangers of dependency, and
the importance of listening and
asking. Sharing our best and not
so nice moments of life with one
another, we learnt how venting and
sharing gives us a fresh start. Sri.
Narasimhan's session on Situational
Leadership was a superb session.
He took us through the four levels
of maturity (M1-M4) in a team and
helped us map our team members.
BATCH IV
Branch
Designation
Prize
3292 Padmanabhan R
Neyyattinkara
Branch Manager
First
5900 Chandrasekaran S
Sundaram Learning AGM
Second
2350 Shivshankar S
Baddi
Branch Manager
Second
BATCH V
24
3561 Deepak Gupta
Sangrur
Branch Manager
First
3113 Prashant Kher
Chhindwara
Branch Manager
Second
2479 Malleswari Nandiraju
Bangalore - Car
Deputy Manager
Second
3507 Bashyam V
Mumbai - Santacruz Branch Manager
Third
We could relate the learning back
to our life at our work place and
how, as Leaders, we can manage
these diverse maturity levels within
our teams. I can say each of us
fully benefitted from this practical
session. Sri. Narasimhan also gave
real life examples of connecting
to our actual feelings and how we
usually undermine the importance
of staying in touch with them. This
was a great session by itself. It was
followed by INVICTUS, the movie
on Leadership lessons from the life
of Nelson Mandela which was the
icing on the cake. Each of us picked
up gems of thought from this movie
but trying to list them down will be a
crime as it has to be watched and
experienced.
Day 3: Even before day break, we
were all experiencing the highs of
Zorbing. This had its own learning
as we saw our team members
breaking their own fears. It was
lovely for each of us to experience
the support of others when we
were in that situation. The MBTI
session by Sri. Hariharan was like
a magnifying lens for peeping into
our own selves. Can such complex
tools be simplified to this extent and
applied to every aspect of our life?
Yes, possible, with a Coach like
Sri. Hari. The game ‘Adjective
Names’ added more fun especially
with me as ‘Massive Malleswari’.
Playing the blindfold, we learnt the
art of listening more than ever before.
Learning about the importance
of leadership, teamwork and coordination were all byproducts of
our activities. The campfire brought
out hidden talents, leaving us with
sweet and enjoyable memories.
Batch 4, Jan 7 – 10, 2012
Day 4: We started this day with WE
CAN...oh no, I TOO CAN. This feeling
cannot be replaced and it has to be
experienced individually. Dressed in
Sundaram T-Shirts, we all tried our
best in expressing to our audience
(which included our MD) how happy
we were to attend this session. Our
MD’s speech which covered Market
conditions, Competition, Practices
in the market place, our USP, and
the importance of our family left us
raring to go and transfer all we had
learnt, back at our workplace and
our homes. Being a small group,
we were also fortunate to have the
advantage of interacting with him.
We tried in our own way to surprise
our MD, Sri. Narasimhan and Sri.
Hariharan and yes, we could. That's
the USP of the 5th Batch of the
Leadership Retreat.
Training
I thank each of my mentors
who helped me learn from this
programme. It was a Retreat
indeed...... I can confidently say
I found my Leadership Wings
and yes, I am going to spread them
as wide as I can, to fly as high as
I can and each time before I fly, I
will ensure others are ready to join
me in this flying expedition with the
same or even more enthusiasm
than what I have experienced in
Camp Shristi.
– Malleswari Nandiraju
Deputy Manager, Bangalore,
Wilson Garden Branch
Batch 5, Feb 6-9, 2012
Each and every activity right from
our journey from Bangalore to
Camp Shristi, to our stay in the
tents, our dress code of Tracks and
T Shirts, Lunch consisting of Udupi
dishes (the masala dosa & hanging
bananas still watering our mouths),
discussions in the Paragola, and
all those lovely activities which we
choose to call “Barrier Breakers”
were all power packed with heights
of joy and deep depths of learning.
Each of us enjoyed every moment
of it.
A special mention has to be made of
the Sundaram Values Contest. This
has wired all our mental faculties
to observe and appreciate the
Sundaram Values present in each of
our acts. Even to this day, my hands
itch to write the name and value tag
whenever someone in the branch
exhibits our Sundaram Values!
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Happ e ni ng s
100% Collections
Splendid! As we aim
higher and higher,
the impossible
becomes possible!
That is the power
of self belief.
Congratulations to
the entire team and
Best wishes for the
new year.
Best wishes
– TTS
First time in Hyderabad History
H
yderabad has set a record by
achieving ‘100% Collections'
for the first time!! This is the only
branch across the Company which
has done 100% collections in 'F' &
'G' series from the inception.
We would like to thank our DGM Sri.
Badri and our ZM, Sri. Ravikumar
for their support in achieving this
performance. We are also grateful
to Sri. S Seshadri (Area followup)
for his excellent support and cooperation.
Kudos to every member of Team
Hyderabad on this achievement!
– Sarath
Branch Manager,
L B Nagar Branch, Hyderabad
Felicitating a Veteran!
S
ri. Thulasiram who retired from
service on March 31st, 2012
was felicitated by us on April 1st,
2012.
He was invited along with his family
to the branch. All the branch staff
gathered at our Office including Sri.
KVSRK Prasad, Branch manager of
Nayudupet.
We felicitated Sri Thulasiram with
a garland, a shawl and a special
gift as a token of our respect and
gratitude.
We honoured him with our memories
of his 24 years of service to our
Organisation in different locations.
Sri. Thulasiram reciprocated our
gesture with a lunch for all the
branch staff the next day.
We wish him a wonderfully happy
retired life.
– M V Amarnath
Nayadupetta Branch
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Dear Sarath and Team
This is a great performance. Very
creditable. In an area affected by
disturbance this is remarkable
indeed! Congratulations to all of
you.
Overall the performance is very
good and we can now step on the
gas to reach greater heights.
All the Best.
Best Regards
– Raju
Arti cle
12 Year old
bad debt recovered!
W
hen I took charge of the
Vijayawada CV branch in
2008, the account in question was
in the list of bad debt accounts. But
the borrower had expired and the
only information available to me
was the guarantor’s name and his
phone number.
We had been in close touch
with the guarantor over the last
4 years. Our Legal Co-ordinator
for AP, Sri. Srikrishna, DGM (O)
Sri. T Geetha Chari, and Sri.
Bavanisankar of ARC team had
also accompanied me to follow up
on this account. The guarantor was
neither paying nor was he denying
payment. He just kept postponing
the payment indefinitely. Our field
staff Rammurthy kept consistently
reminding him of the repayment
each time he met him.
After a discussion with Sri. Srikrishna,
in order to show the guarantor that
we were serious, we sent him a
letter making our intentions very
clear about recovering the money
with interest.
This forced the guarantor to call
for negotiation initially, but then
he started postponing again. We
continued our follow up efforts with
persistence and finally, after lengthy
discussions, he agreed to pay the
amount we had demanded (Rs.2.30
lakhs) and we collected the same.
Thanks to Sri. Srikrishna for his
timely help and thanks to Sri.
Rammurthy, our field staff for his
close follow up apart from his regular
responsibilities. Our continuous and
timely action has helped us recover
this 12 year old bad debt.
– Sri. Naresh Kumar B
Branch Manager, Vijayawada - CV
Republic Day Celebrations
at Sundaram Corporate Office
Venue:
Head Office
Chief Guest:
Rajesh Venkat, Head - SBS
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E v e nt
TVS Recreation Club -Sports Day
T
he annual sports events for
employees of our group was
conducted through 2011-2012 on
all Sundays and it was a grand
success, both in terms of events
and number of participants.
Family Events 2 (only for spouse of
employees)
Participants:
Cricket: All matches were held
in Marina Ground except the final
which was held at YMCA. Winner
SFL- A & Runner Up SFL-B
Employees of Sundaram motors
SFL, SBS, SBSL, SIS, SBNPP
MUTUAL, SBNPP HOME Finance,
RSAIL & Madras Auto Service Staff
participated. There were separate
events for men and women.
Total No of track events
conducted 9,
Team events conducted-7,
Veterans - 3
Children: 6 groups starting from
5 to 18 years (Boys & Girls
separately)
Events: 3 per group
Eligibility: Only children of our
group employees.
Foot Ball: October 2nd, 2011
Foreshore Estate, Pattinambakkam.
This is the 6th time we are winning
this title.
Volley Ball: September 1st, in
YMCA – The Winner SFL Team.
Carrom: Singles
Bakiyaraj (Legal)
-
Runner-up
Doubles: Runner-up Francis &
Bakiyaraj (Legal).
The Annual Sports Day was
conducted on Sunday, February
26th, 2012 and was well attended
by nearly 1000 enthusiastic sports
lovers including spouse and children
of group employees at YMCA
Saidapet.
All the participants were provided
with refreshments, lunch and
tea. Sri. Sharath Vijayaraghavan,
Executive
Director,
Sundaram
Motors was the Chief Guest. Sri.
Bathri Vijayaraghavan distributed
the prizes.
– E Bakiyaraj
(Jr Executive-Legal)
TVS Recreation Club - Annual Day
K Keerthi, daughter of Sri. V S Kesavan,
Leader (SWD), SIS, scored 1175 marks
out of 1200 in the Plus 2 examinations. She
stood 3rd in her school and was felicitated. A
certificate, a gift cheque of Rs. 10,000/- and
an enlarged photo of the cheque were handed
over to her by Shri. Sharath Vijayaraghavan,
E.D. of Brakes India.
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Event
Tapping potential power of
women on Women's Day
H
ighlighting the power and potential in
every woman was the focus of a talk StreeShakthi - the power to make a difference
to (all) lives – by former RBI DGM Sri. K.
Mohan at the Women's Day Celebrations at
Head Office on March 8, 2012.
The very title of his talk made many sit up to
the extraordinary power that every woman
of the world carried with her. While recalling
several instances in the lives of legendary
women such as Jijabai, mother of the great
Maratha warrior Shivaji, he exhorted women
of Sundaram Finance to have such role
models in their lives. Each and every thing
that a woman says or does touched the world
in several ways and that responsibility that
women carried was indeed divine, he said.
In his talk, our MD said he was happy to
note that our company had today employed
a good number of women staff. He lauded
the efforts of all women
staff in contributing to
the company's overall
growth.
In his inaugural address,
Sri. Kumaraswami, GM
(Services), Sundaram
Direct
commended
the different roles that
women played in society.
At every stage of her life,
a woman shouldered great
responsibility and that explained
the potential that was inherent in every
woman, he said. He wound up his address
with a powerful message about women:
“ I was born – A Woman was there
to hold me – My MOTHER
I grew as a child – A Woman was there
to care for me and to play with me –
My SISTER
I went to school – A Woman was there to
help me learn – My TEACHER
When I needed company,
compatibility & love – A Woman was
there for me – My WIFE
When I became tough – A Woman was
there to melt me – My DAUGHTER
When I Die – A Woman will be there to
absorb me in – My MOTHER LAND”
If you are a man, value every woman
If you are a woman, be proud to be one.
Earlier, the ladies were treated to an hour of
fun through a game – Ad Zap – conducted
by our colleagues from Sundaram
Learning. The game brought
out their creativity, team work,
co-ordination, time management,
marketing skills and the POWER
OF ONE. Towards the end, a
motivational video showcasing
some of the inventions by
women that made the lives of all
simpler, was played.
Earlier, Mrs. Krishna Vijaya,
Deputy Manager, Personnel
Department
rendered
the
invocation. Bookmarks with each of our
corporate values were presented to all women
as a take-away from the Celebration.
– Corporate Communications
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Sukanyalakshmi on this
meritorious achievement and wish
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endeavours.
Tid - Bi ts
Figure it Out!
May 2012
1.According to our MD, what is our biggest and
most immediate challenge?
2.________________ is the captive financing
arm of Bharat Benz
3. What is the full form of MBTI ?
Winners of
‘Figure it Out!’-
January 2012 issue.
We are extremely pleased to announce the winners of the Figure it Out!
Contest. We received many entries and we thank all the respondents for
their enthusiastic participation!
It also gives us great pleasure to announce that most of our regions
participated this time. Keep your responses coming in for future contests
as well!
AND THE WINNERS ARE…
Head Office:
Smt. Padmini Ramesh
DGM (Accounts)
Tamil Nadu
K.Gnanavel
Coimbatore Car Branch
Andhra Pradesh
Pavan Kumar K
(Product Manager- Cars )- AP
Kerala
R Padmanabhan
Neyyattinkara Branch Manager
Mail your responses to
vijayalakshmiramachandran@
sundaramfinance.in
Rest of Chennai
Sri.Malayappan
Head - Deposit Processing
Services, SBS
North
Venkatesh K
Assistant Manager(Customer
Relations)-RO North
Central
Sandeep Kumar Mohapatra
Assistant Manager (Branch
Support ) Ro Central
West
Srinivasan S
Product Manager - RO West East
Santhana Krishnan G
Assistant Manager(Customer
Relations) - RO East
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Yoga
SANKALPAM
The Forgotten First Step
“AthaatoBrahmajigyaasam”[ (And) Now...begins the enquiry into the nature of Brahman].
“AthaYogaanusaasanam” [...And now begins the instruction in Yoga].
T
Profile:
Sri. T. Nandakumar has
been a Yoga consultant
for twenty five years
now. He specialises in
conducting customised
Yoga sessions, mostly
for corporate clientele.
He teaches the asana
system as understood
by the incomparable
Sri. BKS Iyengar and
Pranayama as received
from his spiritual master,
Sri. Swami Purnananda.
His career includes
many successful Yoga
clinics held in Italy and
Kuwait.
he key word in the above
two
statements is “atha”,
conventionally translated as “now”
or “and now”. Each of the two quotes
forms the opening aphorism of two
outstanding treatises in Sanskrit: the
first is attributed to Veda Vyaasa and
the second, to Sage Patanjali; mighty
minds, both, even if one were to
take them to have been just human
beings. The aphorisms are each a
terse statement of purpose, a serious
declaration of scholarly intent.
Guruji Iyengar, who brings a distinctive
“BKS” flavour to whatever he chooses
to deal with, felt the standard
translation of the operative word
“atha” to be inadequate, somewhat
lacking ; and, restless intuition acting
as a spur, he consulted many pundits
and various pundits’ intellectual
output ; and as always, triumphed
in his quest, intuition vindicated by
objective proof : an altogether more
acceptable english of “ atha” should
read, “Now, With Divine Blessings”!
And Guruji held back the publication
of his own masterly translation of
Paatanjala Yoga Sutras until he had
got what he had been seeking with
such beaveresque industry.
In retrospect, what echoes in one’s
mind is “but of course”, or, “how
else could it be?.” For, even if it be
argued that Vyaasa and Patanjali
were ‘mere mortals’, that they must
have been God-conscious may be
taken as a fair premise /axiom; and in
embarking on such lofty philosophical
pursuits as Brahma Sutras ( Vyaasa)
and Yoga Sutras ( Patanjali), wasn’t it
but natural for them to humbly seek
Divine Sanction and Blessings?
With that kind of a preamble, then:
there is a single Sanskrit word to
denote the solemn statement of
intent discussed in the opening
paragraphs of this piece :Sankalpam,
meaning ‘noble resolve’. For those
familiar with Hindu Nityakarmas like
the sandhyaavandanam, and other
domestic
socio-religious
rituals,
the noble resolve or Sankalpam is
the (necessary) first step in the
proccedings. In and through that
resolve, the performer seeks Divine
Support to help him accomplish the
task at hand without disturbances
from forces internal (ego wanderings)
and external (distractions from the
world without).
Modern life-ah, but what a far cry
from the days- read Era- of my father
(and of his and his and..)! Modern
life, muddled life, ma-ad multitasking
life and (so rendered) a mechanical
life! Kernel gone, empty shell, too,
crumbling fast; in which form and
appearances count for more, and
The noble resolve
or Sankalpam is the
(necessary) first step in
the proccedings. In and
through that resolve,
the performer seeks
Divine Support to help
him accomplish the
task at hand without
disturbances from forces
internal (ego wanderings)
and external (distractions
from the world without)
matter matters not, everything is but
a soft, shiny wrap...
What is needed is nothing short of a
Second Renaissance, and the sooner
it happens, the better; before the
quicksands of this stress-driven,
rift-riven life consume society. And
for sanity to return, a return to our
cultural, traditional roots is a must.
Of course, there are signs of positive
change, not least encouraging, the
growing global interest in Yoga,
detractors and their baseless criticism
notwithstanding; and in this article, I
plead for a return to Sankalpam (even
in Yoga practice), for it to reclaim
its exalted status in personal and pro
life alike.
Is it a monumental impossibility
that I am proposing? No-o, on the
contrary, it is staggeringly simple!
All one is required to do, before
committing oneself to any task
(howsoever seemingly insignificant),
is to say mentally, i.e., silently, “I
am about to do this task. Let me do
it with unbroken focus from start
to finish, with Divine Grace helping
me”. Its silent solemnity elevates it
to being nothing less than a prayer;
sankalpam lends the action ( as yet
to unfold) a unique vibrancy and
potency that ensure its success!
Are you an agnostic/ atheist? So be
it. Even shorn of its religio-spiritual
underpinnings, sankalpam retains
sufficient strength, contains enough
fibre to help keep the mind sharp
throughout the action.
A cat squats on its haunches, eyes
– read mind- riveted on a tall wall.
The cat looks so tiny, and the wall,
oh, so unscalably high. But- a single
unerring, calculated spring, and the cat’s up on the crest and is, in a
trice, lost to sight, vanishing past the
onlooker’s ken!
Let’s learn from that cat: what it
has accomplished with its instinctive
approach to life, can we , with our
better-honed rational skills, not do
better? Sadguru Jaggi Vasudev once
said that every single action and
utterance of his is (I use the present
tense quite deliberately, even if some
may think the past tense correct in
the grammatical sense) consciousness
- driven, as opposed to being habitdictated. I beg to differ: even habits
can be practised with a preceding
noble resolve, easy awareness can
become a cultivated habit, one can
be conscious of consciousness itself,
no?!
And so, my invisible friend going
through this: I have decided that
my life shall always be Sankalpamguided. Before I tapped out the
title, I started with a silent noble
resolve. I hope the end product bears
its benevolent stamp, that that
first step has made this a pleasant
reading experience. You the reader,
are the judge!
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