Dr. V. Ramalingam re-elected State President

Dr. V. Ramalingam

Dr. V. Ramalingam has been re-elected Kerala Brahmana Sabha State President for the second time. He was elected unanimously in the elections held at Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday, 16th October 2011. The other newly elected office-bearers of the Sabha are as follows:

P. Ananthasubramaniam, K. G. V. Pathy, Mohandas S., Sankarasubramanian A.

General Secretary: P. Ananthasubramaniam, Treasurer: K. G. V. Pathy, Vice Presidents: N. Hariharan, Dr. P. S. Raman, N. R. Krishnamurthy, Joint Secretaries: R. Suresh, N. R. Parameswaran, C. D. Parameswaran, Joint Secretaries (Head Quarters): Mohandas S., A. Sankarasubramanian.

Dr. Saraswathy K., Adv. Sujini Venkitachalam, Muthulekshmi M.

The Vanitha Vibhagam and Yuvajana Vibhagam elections were also held on the same day. The Vanitha Vibhagam elected Dr. Saraswathy K. V. as President. The new General Secretary is Adv. Sujini Venkitachalam and Muthulekshmi M., the Treasurer.

C. G. Kiran, Ramkumar K. B., Arun Kumar A. S.

C. G. Kiran got elected as President of Yuvajana Vibhagam. Ramkumar K. B. is the new Secretary and Arun Kumar A. S., the Treasurer. The elections was held in 41st Annual General Body held at Panchajanyam Kalyana Mandapam, Fort P. O., Thiruvananthapuram. G. Mony was the returning officer.

41st AGB at Thiruvananthapuram on 15th & 16th 2011

The 41st Annual General Body of Kerala Brahmana Sabha will be held at Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer Nagar (Panchajanyam Kalyana Mandapam, Kottakkakam) at Thiruvananthapuram on 15th and 16th of October 2011. The programme details and schedule are as follows.

Date: 15th October 2011, Saturday
Venue: Panchajanyam Kalyana Mandapam, Kottakkakam, Thiruvananthapuram
MORNING SESSION
08.00 am : Registration for Cultural Competitions
09.00 am : Prayer
09.05 am : Welcome Address - P. Ramasubramonia Iyer, General Convener, 41st AGB
09.10 am : Presidential Address - Dr. V. Ramalingam, State President, KBS
09.15 am : Inauguration - SREE PADMANABHA DASA UTHRADAM THIRUNAL MARTHANDA VARMA
Felicitations - S. Udayalakshmi, Ward Counciller, Fort Ward
Vote of Thanks - S. Anantharama Iyer, President, South Zone, KBS

10.00 am onwards : Competitions in Koalmidal, Manthram Chanting, Slokam Chanting & Bhajana

EVENING SESSION - INAUGURAL MEETING
05.30 pm : Prayer
05.35 pm : Welcome Address - Dr. M. Sambasivan, Chairman, Reception Committee, 41st AGB
05.45 pm : Presidential Address - Dr. V. Ramalingam, State President, KBS
06.00 pm : Inauguration - HIS EXCELLENCY M. O. H. FAROOQ, Governer of Kerala
Felicitations - Peethambara Kurup (MP), K. Chandrika (Worshipful Mayor, Corporation of Thiruvananthapuram)
07.25 pm : Vote of Thanks - P. Ananthasubramaniam, State General Secretary, Kerala Brahmana Sabha

07.30 pm onwards - SARGAM - 2011, a music night by Yuvajana Vibhagam, KBS of Thiruvananthapuram

Date: 16th October 2011, Sunday
Venue: Panchajanyam Kalyana Mandapam, Kottakkakam, Thiruvananthapuram
MORNING SESSION
08.00 am : Delegate Registration
08.30 am : Reception to Dr. V. Ramalingam, State President, KBS (Procession from West Fort)
09.00 am : Flag Hoisting
09.30 am : Prayer
09.35 am : Welcome Address - H. Ganesh, District President, KBS, Thiruvananthapuram
09.45 am : Meeting as per Agenda of AGB Notice (In the Chair: Dr. V. Ramalingam, State President, KBS)
12.30 : Vote of Thanks - General Secretary

AFTERNOON SESSION
AGB OF VANITHA VIBHAGAM - Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer Nagar
01.00 pm : Prayer
01.05 pm : Welcome Address - Radha Rangan, District President, KBS, Vanitha Vibhagam, Thiruvananthapuram
01.15 pm : Inaugural Address - G. KARTHIKEYAN, Honourable Speaker
01.30 pm : Meeting as per Agenda of AGB Notice (In the Chair: Dr. Latha Ramakrishnan, State President, KBS, Vanitha Vibhagam)
02.45 pm : Vote of Thanks - General Secretary, KBS, Vanitha Vibhagam

ABG OF YUVAJANA VIBHAGAM - Colonel Viswanathan Nagar
01.30 pm : Meeting as per Agenda of AGB Notice (In the Chair: D. Harinath, State Convener)
02.45 pm : Vote of Thanks - General Secretary, KBS, Yuvajana Vibhagam

EVENING SESSION - CLOSING CEREMONY
03.00 pm : Prayer
03.05 pm : Welcome Address - State General Secretary, KBS
03.10 pm : Presidential Address - State President, KBS
03.30 pm : Inaugural Address - V. S. SIVAKUMAR, Honourable Minister for Dewaswom & Transports
Felicitations : V. Sivankutti MLA, K. Muralidharan MLA, O. Rajagopal (Ex-Minister for States)

Honouring Rank holders in SSLC, +2 or equivalent courses, Degree, Professional Courses
Honouring P. Thanu Iyer, Deenadayanidhi Radha Narayanan, other dignitories, Priests, senior citizens and couples
04.45 pm : Vote of Thanks - H. Ganesh, District President KBS, Thiruvananthapuram & Chairman, Organising Committee, 41st AGB
05.00 pm : Santhi Manthram

LOCATION MAP TO PANCHAJANYAM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM

Best Spice Exporter Award for GRK & Co., Kochi

Dr. V. Ramalingam receiving award from K. Jayakumar IAS

GRK & Co. Kochi, has won the award for Excellence in Export of Spice products in the year 2010-2011. The award is instituted by the Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Kochi. Dr. V. Ramalingam of GRK & Co., Kochi received the award from K. Jayakumar IAS, Additional Secretary, Government of Kerala on Tuesday, 27th of September 2011 in the function held at Hotel Casino, Willington Island, Kochi. P. I. Sheikh Pareeth IAS, District Collector of Ernakulam was the Guest of Honour. Dr. V. Ramalingam who is also the State President of Kerala Brahmana Sabha, said that he is proud and happy to receive the award consecutively for the 4th year.

NABL Certification for GRK & Co. Labs
The chemical and micro-biological lab of GRK & Co. has been granted NABL certification from the Natioanal Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration laboratories, New Delhi. By obtaining the NABL certification, the lab has been upgraded and the test certificates issued by our lab is now equivalent to a third-party laboratory certificate - Dr. V. Ramalingam explained.

National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) is an autonomous body under the aegis of Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, and is registered under the Societies Act. NABL has been established with the objective to provide Government, Industry Associations and Industry in general with a scheme for third-party assessment of the quality and technical competence of testing and calibration laboratories. Government of India has authorised NABL as the sole accreditation body for Testing and Calibration laboratories.

Tentative schedule of AGB released

The organising committee is working hard to make the 41st AGB of Kerala Brahmana Sabha a grand success. A tentative schedule has been released by the organising committee in this regard as follows. The AGB is to be held at Panchajanyam Kalyana Mandapam, Fort, Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday and Sunday, the 15th and 16th of October 2011.

DAY 1 - Saturday, 15th October 2011

Inauguration of Cultural Competitions - 08.00 a. m.

Registration/Validation of Participants - 08.30 a. m.

Commencement of Events - 09.00 a. m.

Closure of Competitions - 05.00 p. m.

Procession starts from North Nada - 05.30 p. m.

Inaugural Function - 06.00 p. m.

Musical Night/Dinner - 07.00 p. m. - 09.30 p. m.

DAY 2 - Sunday, 16th October 2011

Breakfast/Registration - 07.30 a. m. - 09.30 a. m.

Flag Hoisting - 08.30 a. m.

Business Session - 09.00 a. m.

Lunch - 11.00 a.m. - 02.00 p. m.

Vanitha Vibhagam Meeting (Main Hall) - 01.30 p. m.

Yuvajana Vibhagam Meeting (1st floor Hall) - 01.30 p. m.

Validictory function - 04.00 p. m.

Santhi Manthram/Closing ceremony - 06.00 p. m.

41st State AGB on October 15th and 16th at Thiruvananthapuram

The 41^st State Annual General Body of Kerala Brahmana Sabha will be held on Saturday and Sunday, the 15^th and 16^th of October 2011 at Panchajanyam Kalyana Mandapam, Fort, Thiruvananthapuram. The Cultural Competitions will be held on 15^th and the business meeting is scheduled on 16^th, informed P. Ananthasubramaniam, State General Secretary. Earlier the AGB was scheduled to be held at same venue  on September 24th and 25th. A circular has also been sent to all district office bearers in this regard.

Ganapathy Homam at State Committee Building, Thripunithura

The Kerala Brahmana Sabha, State Committee has decided to conduct a Ganapathy Homam at the recently purchased State Committee Office at Thripunithura on Saturday, 6th August 2011. P. Ananthasubramaniam, State General Secretary requested members to attend the function.

Dharmasreshta Malliyoor Sankaran Namboothiri passes away

Bhagavatham exponent and Sanskrit scholar Malliyoor Sankaran Namboothiri (91) passed away at his residence at Kuruppanthara on Tuesday, 2nd of August 2011 in the morning.  He was chosen for the Dharmasreshta Award instituted by Kerala Brahmana Sabha in the year 2006. The State Committee of Kerala Brahmana Sabha expressed condolence in the demise of the sage-like, scholarly Malliyoor Sankaran Nampoothiri.

He was born to Parameswaran Namboothiri and Arya Antharjanam on 2nd February 1921. He did not receive any formal education, but followed the spiritual path of his father.  The turning point came when Sankaran Namboothiri, on a visit to Guruvayoor, met Padappa Namboothiri  the eminent Sanskrit  scholar and  was admitted as his ‘sishya’. On the advice of his Guru, he took up the rendering of Bhagavatham in total surrender to Lord Guruvayoorappan. Things started turning for the better and Sankaran Namboothiri never left the path shown to him by his Guru.

His Bhagavathm rendition, known for its lucidity and erudition, attracted devotees in thousands, all over the country. He was awarded the title ‘Bhagavathahamsom’ after his  successful completion of 2500 ‘Bhagavatha Sapthaham’. He was bestowed with Poonthanam  Puraskaram by Akhila Bharatheeya Guruvayoorappan  Bhaktha  Samithy.  He had focussed his activities during the  last few years at the  Malliyoor Mahaganapathy Temple, the name of which  had become synonymous with the saintly Bhagavatham exponent.