Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) - Social Services by IIPM

IIPM thought of an experiment in the joy of giving
and found that we can reflect our thoughts thru charity and that's the initiative for IIPM's social activities.

                                             "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country."

                                                                                                                                      - John F. Kennedy

                                              “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give”

                                                                                                                                      - Sir Winston Churchill

                                              " DEMOCRACY without SELF CONTROL and RESTRAINT turns into ANARCHY.
 
                                                                                                DISCIPLINE
                                                                                        is the very essence of
                                                                                                DEMOCRACY."               --Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.

                                               “I see GOD in GOOD DEEDS”   --O.Arivazhagan, PMP

                                                “WEALTH without CHARITY is WORTHLESS”   --O.Arivazhagan, PMP

                                                  MY LIVING ECONOMICS: (In India)

                                                         SAVE 40% for FUTURE
                                                         SPEND 40% for LIVING
                                                         INVEST 10% on SELF-IMPROVEMENT
                                                         DONATE 10% to the NEEDY                        -- O.Arivazhagan, PMP

The following are a few of the Social Service Activities carried out by IIPM

Project: Rural Education - A “Dream come True” Project

  IIPM proudly announces that it’s CEO Mr. Ari’s 3-year project has become a “Dream come True” endeavor. His vision of making his High school into a Higher Secondary school to avoid hundreds of young students going to the near-by town (Karur) commuting nearly 16 km (Up & Down) daily to attend Higher Secondary education has come to reality on 16th June’08 after a long wait of nearly 25-years. It is indeed a moment of great joy and pride for socially and professionally responsible executives of this society. The Tamilnadu Government issued the necessary Orders to upgrade the existing High School (up to Xth std) to Higher Secondary School (up to XIIth std) on 16^th June 2008.

  IIPM’s CEO Mr. O. Arivazhagan, BE(Hons), CSSBB., PMP., after his return from US/Middle East visited his native village in the year 2005 and was astonished to see the school where he studied still in high school grade only even after 30 yrs. He plunged immediately into action by gathering the village chiefs, old students and PTA office- bearers and brainstormed ideas for upgrading to XIIth std. It was informed that non- availability of a separate dedicated play ground was the main reason for the government not enhancing the school status and it was informed that it would cost about Rs. 2,00,000 to purchase
2-acres of land for making play ground for the school and there was no fund available for purchasing the land. Knowing this, Mr. Ari donated up to Rs. 1,00,000 (US$ 2500) in stages to partly finance the purchase of the necessary 2-acre land for the school play ground.

  The following continuous monitoring and initiatives were taken to bring the vision to reality,

1. Identification of the problem and the necessary land area.

2. Forming Old Students Association and electing office bearers (was elected as a Chairman of association).

3. Donation of Rs. 1,00,000 (US$ 2500) towards purchase of the land for the play ground.

4. Regular visit to the village/school (which is nearly 450 km away from Chennai) to motivate the local community and the students as well.

5. Deliver motivational speeches to the school students and deliver prizes to the top three rank holders every year in the last 3 years.

6. Continuous monitoring and follow up with local community for pursuing the matter with the government and local MLAs / Ministers.

7. Development of a 2-acre barren land into a usable playground for the students by continuous cleaning-up and monitoring.

8. Follow up with the Government Heads from the Education ministry along with the PTA office-bearers.

9. Obtaining the necessary sanction order for enhancing the school grade from High School to Higher Secondary School.
   
   Thus, a 30-year need of surrounding villages (about 15 villages) and about 15,000 families has been fulfilled in just 3-years of action.

  IIPM CEO Mr. O. Arivazhagan, BE(Hons), CSSBB., PMP., thanks personally the following stakeholders for their contribution towards this social project achievement,

1. Tamilnadu Government and the Ministry and officials.

2. PTA Office bearers especially Mr. P. Viswanathan, Mr. Kandaswamy, Mr. Jesu Patham (School Head Master),
   Mr. K. Manivannan

3. Old Students Association members & office-bearers.

4. Village eminent personalities Mr. S. Ramalingam (Village Chief), Mr. M. Natesan, Mr. Asokan, Mr. K. Malarmannan, Mr. K. Durai, Mr, S. Subramaniam, Mr. Gnanasekaran, Mr. P. Lakshmikanthan and others.

IIPM APPOINTED A COMPUTER FACULTY TO THE SCHOOL STUDENTS:

Mr. O. Arivazhagan, PMP, CEO, IIPM realizing the importance of computer education and bridging the digital divide between rural and urban, poor and rich students, IIPM not only stopped with donating two computers to The Government Higher Secondary School, Renganathanpet, Karur District, Tamilnadu also joining hands with Parents-Teacher association, appointed a local computer faculty (who is handicapped) with a view to help both handicapped persons and to provide education and training to the school students regularly so that the computer donated were utilizing to their fullest potential.

IIPM CEO MR. ARI Sponsors LUNCH TO Karunai Illam (A home for homeless senior citizens):

Free lunch for homeless senior citizens (nearly 100 persons), who are inmates of Karunai Illam near Little Mount, Siadapet on 1st April 2008 was sponsored by IIPM.

IIPM CEO MR. ARI Sponsors FULL DAY MEAL TO Saratha Sakthi Peedam (A home for orphan children):

A full day meal (breakfast, lunch, dinner) was sponsored by IIPM for nearly 125 inmates, (mostly orphan children) of Saratha Sakthi Peedam ,Perungallathur on 23rd March 2008.

IIPM CEO MR. ARI DONATES Rs. 25,000 FOR THE UPGRADING OF HIGH SCHOOL INTO HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL

IIPM’s CEO Mr. O . Arivazhagan, PMP, donated Rs. 25,000 in addition to Rs. 50,000 already donated for the upgrading of the high school into a higher secondary school which makes the total donated amount as
Rs. 75,000 in order to encourage rural students in and around 15 villages to study up to 12^th std by acquiring necessary School play ground for the school.

IIPM CEO MR. ARI DONATES Rs. 3,000 TO THE STUDENTS IN THEIR EFFORT TO FUNCTION PRANAV'07

IIPM supported the students of Meenakshi Sundararajan Engineering College, Chennai in their effort to host their annual function titled PRANAV'07 by donating Rs. 3000 towards this function.

IIPM CEO MR. ARI AWARDS CASH PRIZE TO ENCOURAGE SPORTS IN RURAL AREA    

      Mr. O. Arivazhagan was invited to be the Special Guest in the 32nd year of Volley Ball Tournament of Anna Volley Ball Club, Renganatham Pettai, Karur Dist on 11.02.2007.

     He awarded a cash prize of Rs. 5001 to the Winners and he also presented a memento to Anna Volley Ball Club (AVC) to encourage their effort in identifying the young talents of rural area by way of conducting this kind of tournament.
           

Mr.Ari Lectures on “Unconditional Love towards Children”

      Mr. Ari was invited to be the Chief Guest in the first PTA General Body Meeting of Kola Perumal Chetty Vaishnav Senior Secondary School, an ISO 9001:2001 Certified Institution, Arumbakkam, Chennai on 2nd September, 2006 to make a special lecture to the students, teachers and parents.

      Mr. Ari delivered a 1-hour speech on “Unconditional Love towards Children”. In his speech, he underlined the points that lead to more pressure on students inadvertently due to certain actions from parents, society and the school. He also insisted parents and teachers to take care of the students’ small needs like hugging, praise for good marks, emotional bonding in addition to performance in the exams and he stressed the point that scoring high marks in the exam alone shall not be the single most priority in a child’s life. He suggested to spare time to the children to have open talk with them to understand their needs. He gave tips in how to find time to spend with children even when both parents are working. At the end of his speech, a short film, made on the “after-effects of exam results” named “NODIGALIL” was screened and Mr. Ari asked the students to present their views on the theme of the film. One girl student and a boy student expressed their views on the film and Mr.Ari congratulated the students for their positive views about the society, their school and how they will face the situation if they were in the same situation depicted in the film. Finally, the school management, principal, students and the parents thanked Mr. Ari for his riveting 1-hour very off beat lecture that was very thought-provoking to the parents, teachers and students as well. Click for More Information

IIPM CEO MR. ARI AWARDS HIGH SCORING STUDENTS OF RURAL AREA

IIPM’s CEO Mr. O . Arivazhagan, PMP, awarded cash of Rs. 2001 to two students on Independence day (15 th August 2006) to encourage their effort and dedication to score high marks in the exam in spite of inadequate educational environment .The beneficiaries were Ms.K.Surya, B.Tech of PSG Engineering College, Nammakal and Ms. K. Abirami XI std Vivekananda Higher Secondary School Pandamanagalam.
 

Mr. O . Arivazhagan, PMP, CEO, IIPM recently got an opportunity to help the flood affected victims by supplying food packets to nearly Two Hundred poor people of Saidapet, Chennai in the month of Nov'05 to express IIPM's solidarity with the affected people in times of need.
 

IIPM donated for bearing “physical and mentally challenged  child from “Child Relief And You (CRY), Bangalore for the purpose of “nursing the disabled children”.
 

Mr. O.Arivazhagan, PMP, CEO, IIPM and Family celebrated Saraswathi Pooja with about 200 Orphaned Children of Avvai Illam, an Orphanage at Adayar, Chennai to boost their morale on 11/10/05 by arranging a special Saraswathi Pooja in the morning and providing dinner to all the inmates in the night.
 

Mr. O.Arivazhagan, PMP, CEO, IIPM recently donated 2 Pentium Computers and a Printer to be distributed to the needy through the Lions Club International, Chennai on 19/7/05 to create computer awareness and help the poor students in the society.
 

Mr. O. Arivazhagan,PMP, CEO, IIPM donated Rs 50,000 ( appx. US $ 1,150) to The Government High School , Renganathan Pettai, Karur District for buying land for upgrading the existing High school to Higher Secondary School (i.e from 10^th std up to 12^th std ) in order to encourage rural students in and around 15 villages to study up to 12^th std by acquiring necessary School play ground for the school on 20/7/05 and 28/10/05.
 

IIPM takes part in the tsunami relief measures carried out across the world by donating Rupees 10,001  to the Tsunami Relief Fund collected by The Hindu (one of the leading daily newspapers in India)

IIPM has donated Rs. 42,000 (US $ 1,000 appx.) towards the reconstruction of a temple for the Goddess Saraswathi (The Goddess of Knowledge and Wisdom), at Avvai Home - a home for around 200 orphans, located at Adyar, Chennai. A few photos can be found below:

      
(Work Under Progress...)

After Completion...

While education is moving towards rural areas of India to elevate the literacy rate, IIPM has taken a step ahead in making the students of rural India Computer-literates. As a first step, IIPM has donated two computers to The Government High School, Aranganathanpet, Karur District, Tamilnadu. These computers are now used to educate the students in Basics of Computers, Word Processing Software and Data Maintenance.

 
(Mr. O. Arivazhagan, CEO of IIPM Presenting the Computers to the school)

The school shall have its own School Management Software (from the Software Unit of IIPM) soon.

IIPM has donated an Electric Power Generator to a Mariamman Temple in Aranganathanpet, a village in Tamilnadu India. IIPM CEO, Mr. O Arivazhagan personally visited the temple, and understanding the problem of unannounced frequent power-cuts in the village, has donated an Electric Generator for the Temple.

(Mariamman Temple in Aranganathanpet)