Thursday, December 20, 2007

NJO REACHOUT NEWS LETTER NOVEMBER 2007
NJO REACH OUT is nothing but you and us.

lThe eleventh issue for the year 2007 and twenty-seventh from inception is in your hands. NJO REACH OUT wishes those NJO staff whose Birthdays and Wedding Anniversaries fall during November 2007.

Chairman, Railway Board: Shri K C Jena an officer of the 1971 batch IRTS, has taken over as the Chairman, Railway Board, New Delhi and ex Officio Secretary to the Govt. of India on 31st August, 2007. Previously he was Member Staff at the Railway Board. He studied at the Madras Christian College, Chennai and IIT Kanpur. He has traveled widely abroad. He underwent Inter Modal Traffic at the University College of Cardiff, UK. He had training at Sweden, Germany and USA. He had undergone training at the STERN School of Business at New York, USA. Earlier he held the posts of Executive Director (Coaching), CCM, COM Western Railway, DRM Vadodara, AGM Central Railway, GM N C Railway, and East Central Railway. He was elected as the National Chairman of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT), India headquartered in UK.

Financial Commissioner: Smt Sudha Chobe an officer of the 1971 batch IRAS, has taken over charge as Financial Commissioner. Formerly she was the GM Kolkata Metro Railway, Kolkata; GM Rail Wheel Factory, Bangalore; FA&CAO Western, North Eastern, Central, North East and North Western Railways. She had undergone training in USA and Sweden. She participated in the advance leadership-training programme at STERN School of Business, New York, USA.

Fairy Queen – The oldest serving steam engine was at Loco Works/PER for POH. Some of the diehard fans of the NJO/PER visited the workshop to closely watch and admire the old iron horse in fact 152 years as on date. They could not resist taking photographs of Fairy Queen. Being the premier repair workshop for locomotives – steam and electrical, the Loco Works/PER is assigned the task of doing POH of the Fairy Queen. Hats off to the staff and officers of LW/PER. Shri V Carmelus, CME/MAS formally sent off the fairy queen after the POH.

Selvi Ramalakshmi D/O Smt Lakshmi and Shri Veerappan, AC, Admin Section and Selvan Raghupathy S/O Smt Premavathy & Shri R Inbasekaran, were married on Wednesday 24th October 2007. Many staff and Officers from NJO/PER and other offices braved the heavy downpour of rains and attended the reception on Tuesday 23rd October 2007 held at the New Hall, Railway Institute, Perambur. NJO REACHOUT prays the choicest blessings for the newly wedded couple and congratulates Smt Lakshmi and Shri Veerappan and Smt Premavathy & Shri R Inbasekaran

Noor-E-Nazar Khader Navaz Khan S/O Smt & Shri Amir Khan Dy CMM/M/PER and Noor-E-Chashmi Jerina Begum were married on Sunday 28th October 2007 at Palayam Kottai, Tirunelveli and the reception was held at ICF Kalyana Mandapam on Sunday 4th November 2007. Large number of staff and officers attended the reception as the rain God was in a benevolent mood. NJO REACHOUT prays the choicest blessings for the newly wedded couple and congratulates Smt & Shri Amir Khan

Selvan Benny Joseph S/O Smt Santhibai Sarojini & Shri J Jacob SMM/COS/PER and Selvi Janet Benilda D/O Smt Jeya Annal and Shri J S Samraj, JE/GOC were married on Wednesday 31st October 2007 at CSI Church, Golden Rock, Trichy. NJO REACHOUT prays the choicest blessings for the newly wedded couple and congratulates Smt Santhibai Sarojini & Shri J Jacob and Smt Jeya Annal and Shri J S Samraj

Shri C Nagarajan AA, W Books Section had conducted the house warming at his newly built house at Kundarathur on Thursday 13th September 2007. Many staff including Shri K Rajakumar Sr AFA/W/PER visited his house on the day.
Retirement:
Shri N Gopal Sr RS Stock Bills retired from railway service on superannuation on 31st October 2007 after 35 years of yeomen service in the railways. A farewell party was organized on 2nd November at the Nilgiri Sabha Griha. S/Shri M Jeychandren, FA&CAO/S&W/PER, K Ramasubramonia Pillai Dy FA&CAO/W, B Srinivasan Dy FA&CAO/S, all Senior AFAs, AFAs and the entire accounts community of NJO/PER were present. A golden chain and ring were presented to him by FA&CAO/S&W/PER. The retirement Cheques were presented by other officers. A few staff and officers spoke on the harmonious service rendered by Shri Gopal. FA& CAO appreciated that the large gathering itself was a witness to the commendable service rendered by him and asked others to emulate him.




1. Mother of Shri K Ramasubramonia Pillai DY FA&CAO/W passed away on the 6th October.
2. Smt Rajalakshmi mother of Smt Jothi AA XF Section passed away on 10th October after prolonged illness.
3. Mother of Shri T D R Sivasubramaninan Dy CMM passed away on the 13th October.
4. Smt Vijayalakshmi AA, Admin section passed away on 19th October at RH/PER after prolonged illness.
5. Brother in law of Shri R J Anandan, SR SO / W Computer passed away on 19th October due to sudden heart attack at Bangalore
6. Father of Shri Ramasubramanian Sr AFA/CN/MS passed away on 21st October
7. Shri H S Arunachalam, father of Smt Banu Sr SO/MTP/MS and father-in-law of Shri Regimon George, SO/Pension/PER passed away on 22nd October after prolonged illness.
NJO/REACHOUT expresses its deep condolences to all the bereaved families. May the souls of the departed rest in peace. May the Lord Almighty grant the solace and succor to the families.

THE PURPOSE OF LIFE
A father in a village had three grown up sons. The father had vast tract of arable and agricultural lands. He wanted to distribute his lands equally among his sons but wanted to entrust the overall control of all the lands to one of the sons. He consulted with the village elders, friends and relatives. Each one of them gave a piece of advice, which confused the man. He was little sad. His childhood friend from the neighboring village had come to visit him. The father told his problem on hand. His friend gave him an idea. The father had his sons assembled before him. He gave each one of them one coin of those days to purchase anything enough to fill a room in their house. His sons were rather bewildered. Nevertheless, they wanted to prove their might to their father. They set out to find something worthwhile to fill the rooms. When the sun set in the sons returned home with their purchase. The first son opened the first room and showed the hay he had purchased and that was not even covered quarter of the room. The second son opened the second room and showed the wood he had purchased and that was not even covered half of the room. The youngest son opened the third room and showed. A little candle was lit in the room and the light had engulfed the entire room. The third son returned the balance amount to the father. the father felt happy and handed over the over all control to the youngest son and advised the elders to consult with him in future.

Staffs are encouraged to contribute to the newsletter. It is intended to bring a community spirit among the staff of NJO/PER. Any event in the office and personal profiles of exception may be sent for inclusion.

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