PROFESSIONAL CAREER

MY PROFESSIONAL CAREER STARTED IN OCTOBER 1961. I JOINED AS A PURCHASE ASSISTANT IN NATIONAL BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION LIMITED. THE FIRST PROJECT I WORKED WAS MEENAMBAKKAM AIRPORT RUNWAY EXTENSION PROJECT WHERE ONE OF MY CLOSE FRIENDS "MEESAI" SANKARAN WAS ALSO WORKING. AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT, WE WERE TRANSFERRED TO INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS NEAR GUINDY WHERE THE PROJECT INVOLVED WAS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF FOUR HOSTEL BLOCKS AND THE SCIENCE AND HUMANITIES BLOCK . IN OCTOBER 1964,ON RECOMMENDATION OF SENIOR STAFF OFFICER SHRI K. SUBRAMANIAM, I WROTE CLERICAL ENTRANCE EXAMINATION AT THANJAVUR. I GOT SELECTED FOR APPOINTMENT AS CLERK IN STATE BANK OF INDIA AND MY INITIAL POSTING IS AT TIRUCHIRAPALLI. I JOINED FOR DUTY ALONG WITH 4 OTHERS ON 5TH JANUARY 1965.

LEARNING THE WORK INVOLVED AND MOVING WITH DIFFERENT KINDS OF PEOPLE IN AN NEW ENVIRONMENT WAS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE. SENIOR COLLEAGUES VIZ. SARVASHREE N. BALASUBRAMANIAN, K.B.KRISHNAMOORTHY, N.BALAKRISHNAN, S.NATARAJAN AND T.R.MANICKAVASAGAM GUIDED ALL THE NEW ENTRANTS WHICH GAVE ME THE FOUNDATION FOR THE CAREER. MY ROOM-MATE WAS V.RAJARAM AND WE MOVED WITH FAMILY ATMOSPHERE AND 4 YEARS IN TRICHY IS MEMORABLE AND UNFORGETTABLE PART OF MY LIFE AND CAREER.

WITH COLLEAGUES SUPPORT I WAS ABLE TO ORGANIZE A GOOD CRICKET TEAM AND STARTED PLAYING THE LEAGUE CRICKET. ON NOTICING MY INTEREST AND EFFORTS, TIRUCHIRAPALLI DISTRICT CRICKET ASSOCIATION GAVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO SELECT AND ELECTED ME AS THE JOINT SECRETARY OF THE ASSOCIATION. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF CONDUCTING AN RANJI TROPHY MATCH BETWEEN TAMIL NADU AND ANDHRA FIRST TIME IN THE ANNALS OF TRICHY HISTORY. IN THIS HISTORY MAKING GAME, WE ALSO HAD AN UNIQUE VISITOR THE CROWD PULLER AND ACTOR POLITICIAN M.G.RAMACHANDRAN WHO WITNESSED THE MATCH FOR AN HOUR. ANOTHER EVENT FOR T.D.C.A. WAS TO GIVEN BY T.N.C.A.TO ORGANIZE A NATIONAL DEFENSE FUND MATCH WHERE ALL INDIA TEST CRICKETERS PARTICIPATED AND WAS WELL APPRECIATED. SINCE MY FATHER WANTED MY PRESENCE AT MADRAS, I APPLIED FOR THE TRANSFER AND CAME BACK TO MADRAS TO JOIN AT NUNGAMBAKKAM BRANCH OF STATE BANK OF INDIA. REST OF THE STORY WILL BE CONTINUED TOMORROW.