GANESH NATARAJAN

MR. GANESH NATARAJAN did pioneering work in the area of Computer Education being the CEO of APTECH for more than a decade.I some times call the period between 1990 to 2000 as the Golden Decade for Education in the Country with every lad and lass busy learning something about Computers and Mr.Ganesh Natarajan had a right combination of  the Education and Commercial components of this sector.He used to be an enthusiast of Re-engineering and Corporate consultancy. The GOVERNMENT OF INDIA must actively consider giving him a Civilian Honour for his contribution to this sector.

MY EXPERIENCE WITH WIPRO FLUID POWER

In the year 1996 there was a long term engagement with Wipro Fluid Power which lasted for almost an year with the successful completion of a Multimedia project whilst being in the services of Aptech Corporate consultancy division.

On a sunday we had given a presentation about Multimedia services and with few more sittings with the key people of  Wipro the order came through.Mr. Seethapathy Rao was the CEO of  Wipro Fluid Power, Sunil Rajagopalan The International marketing Manager and product of College of Engineering Trivandrum and IIM Kolkata, Suresh Chandranath the Technical head and a KREC product Khurana were all in the fray.

We had a proposal to complete the project in a weeks time and the voice over provided by Mr.Dasgupta  a key Aptech person in Mumbai.The project could not be completed in fifteen days and it almost dragged into an year but was complete successfully and I look back made contribution for its successful completion and was later used at exhibitions by Mr.Sunil Rajagopalan at various international conferences.

It was a very key learning experience for me sitting in the Conference hall of Wipro Fluid Power in Peenya collecting various inputs about Hydraulic machinery..Wipro Fluid Power makes Hydraulic Cylinders for the Earth Moving Industry.They say All is Well that ends Well so was this project.A alumnus of  NIE Mysore who joined during the last phase of this project made considerable support and I had a good rapport with him.Unfortunately his name I dont recollect..He even went to Mumbai on my behalf for re-orienting things.

Let me thank through this column all the well meaning and sincere people who worked for the successful completion of this work.

P O SUBASH PHOTO

SANJEEV ,   LIZA   ,  MYSELF  ,   AMRIT PAL SINGH GREWAL  IN APTECH

VEENA MAESTRO CHITTI BABU AND MYSELF

I have no direct connection between this legend called  Chitti Babu but for his son who was my room mate for one night at Hotel Citizen in Juhu Mumbai.

Perhaps it is in March of 1997, I was Regional Co-ordinator of  Zed Points at Aptech Computer Education in Bangalore and was called to Mumbai and checked into the hotel at around 6pm and was relaxing in my room overlooking the Juhu beach and suddenly the door bell rang and in came a Gentleman who was the Regional Co-ordinator of Zed Points in Chennai region who also told me is the son of  Chitti Babu.It was a nice experience meeting him and later a band of all of us had  a stroll on Juhu beach.

The next day was the conference Chaired by Ganesh Natarajan , Uma Ganesh and Pramod Khera. (Pramod is a first class gentleman in his conduct.).

A portrait of Pramod Khera

After the conference this room mate of mine (The son of Shri Chitti Babu) left that evening and I the next morning. I spent two nights in the hotel and he one.

Some how I happenned to remember him.I think his name is Sayee Chikapally. Contact me Sayee if you can.