Retirement of Dr P T Perumal, Dr (Mrs) Rama Rajaram and Mr Muralidharan (Canteen)

Retirement function to Dr P T Perumal, Chief Scientist, Dr Rama Rajaram, Senior Principal Scientist and Shri K Muralidharan, Clerk (Canteen) and Mrs Poorneswari (absent) on 1 April 2013

Ellaruku Vanakkam,

We all may be seen Delhi and also seen Kutub Minar, One Iron Pillar was there for last thousand years without rusting.  Why it is not rusting because there is some zinc mixed in that pillar, that it why it was not rusted.  There is a village named Kollur near to Bangalore, there is also One Iron Pillar without rusting for last 2000 to 2500 years.  Some tribals put that iron pillar in honour of Adi Sankara Acharya when he came to that village, Indians know how to do zinc manufacturing for more than 4000 years, nobody knows in any country how to make zinc, all over world, many countries depend on us.  There is a technique in zinc making that at 997 degree celcius, one can collect the melted zinc from raw material of zinc ore, after that at 1000 degree celcius zinc ore become vapour and went to air.  This 3 degree celcius is crucial for collecting zinc.  Indians have the secret of making zinc putting heat bar upper side and ice bar in the down side to collect the solid zinc efficiently.  One Chinese fellow steal this secret from Indians, from this Chinese, one british fellow steal this technique.  One Mr William Champian started Zinc Distillery company and started zinc manufacturing in the year of 1543 A.D.  That was the first zinc manufacturing company.  Why I am telling this story, we Indians know Science and Technology for last 4000 years.  These are all basic research techniques in India.  

Now Dr PT Perumal, Dr (Mrs) Rama Rajaram are involved in basic research in CLRI.  Dr PT Perumal sir, is having many students doing Ph.D under his guidance.  Dr G Thyagran brought Dr PT Perumal from IICT, Hyderabad.  He has done Ph.D under Noble Laurette which is a great opportunity.  We have to think why others are not having so many Ph.D Students, I know many students use to suffer under guides, even in universities also.  Some guides suffered from their guides, and they pass on to their students the same sufferings since they suffered.  Some guides suffered but they won’t transfer the same to their students.  He will not like Boss, he is friendly type, he use to help staff in assessment promotion time, he use to say that those who are not coming to office, they  got promotion, we have to give promotion who are coming to office regularly, he use to fight with and get promotions to all.  Staff use to be happy when they see Dr PT Perumal in interview. He use to give full freedom to students, he won’t interfere in their work, he use to say, they will work and publish papers, he use to sign for chemicals without any hesitation, he is more accessible for anybody.  When I joined in 1988, Top people, they won’t talk below one rank, Even Director use to talk only upto EII scientist level.   He Is more friendly nature and accessible to everybody.

Dr (Mrs) Rama rajaram had done Ph.D under Dr Gowrikasan, in those days, students to be more obedient and most obedient otherwise they have to suffer under the guides.  Dr Rama madam knows the science management that how to please the people and gets things done.  I have interaction with Dr Rama madam, about Project Students.  What she said to me is Lecturers are happy two months and I have to suffer to tell how to use the instrument and to do research later, Lecturers won’t come forward do same thing for their students for the instrument usage.  Every year I cannot give training for the students.  What I am telling here project students are also important because we have only 37 labs under CSIR, previously it was 39 labs, they are clubbing labs now a days, we have to think some kind of mechanism for project students and tie-up with their lecturers.  We have to arrive some kind of solution for project students since they are lakhs in numbers.  We have to give some important to these students for project work. She use to do basic science and publish papers and she is friendly guide, I use to see many students around her.

We can get Tiger or Lion in a net, but for mosquito we have go inside the net, there is importance to everybody in the world, Director has role in CLRI, Cashier has a role in CLRI, big job is under stress and even small job is also under stress.  Whether big or small, everybody has a role in CLRI.  Murali avargal, I know from 1988 onwards, I can say Murali born and brought up here in CLRI, Canteen people, they suffered like anything for getting permanent, When Ramanujulu time, they got permanent, he worked almost 40 years here.  He is trustworthy, sincere, he was tea maker first, when they got permanent, everybody given one post name, one got tea maker post, someone got wash boy post and Murali become cahier since he is having education.  We have only one boss, but canteen has many bosses, secretary, joint secretary, chairman, others and every year it use to change, they have to work accordingly, New committee won’t accept what old committee done, they have to work with new committee and adjust themselves.

 One Mr Naveen Krishna in Varanasi (Kasi or Benaras) after his studies, he started some social work for Rickshaw pullers, Rickshaw pullers use to pay daily rent to owners of rickshaw pullers and half of earnings to go to this rent.  http://www.techsangam.com/2011/10/05/wheeling-the-up-rickshaw-pullers-away-from-exploitation/  (see the link about Mr Naveen Krishna's model of business on social impact) What he did, he use to get one rickshaw for Rs.13000/- and he gave rickshaw for 15000 and payment was Rs.300 weekly for 50 weeks, so after one year rickshaw puller become owner of that rickshaw. He took Rs.50000/- from a Chartered Accountant, he started this work, he changed the 1000 lives of rickshaw pullers.  Now the Netherlands, U.K., U.S are coming forward to fund this model of social impact mechanism.   In CSIR we have solar rickshaw, Minister comes and took photograph and that won’t reach to the real user.  What I am telling that there is no dedicative man or mechanism for this kind of changing lives of rickshaw pullers.  We have to see some kind of mechanism for changing lives of lower income groups.

I prey almighty to give health and prosper all these retired people.

Thanking you