Inner Wheel Realise your Visions
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INTRODUCTION OF AZHAGU ANNAMALAI Association president - 2008 - 2009
Azhagu was born in an illustrious business family in Chennai.She studied as a residential scholar at Nazareth Convent High School, Ooty. She pursued her graduation in BA Tourism studies after her marriage. She is a Diploma holder in Airlines ticketing by IATA. At present she is one of the leading insurance advisors with ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Ltd. in Chennai.
Azhagu joined Inner Wheel in the year 1994 as a Charter Member of the Inner Wheel Club of Madras Fort, District 323 on the insistence of her father, Rtn.M.Chettyappan. She was fortunate to become the Club President in the year 1995 - 96 when IIW President Mrs.Kamala Ramakrishnan was the District Chairman and she attributes her commitment & love for Inner Wheel to her association with Kamala. Azhagu has held almost all the posts at both club & District level. As the District Editor she published a directory of members which also included the guidelines of Inner Wheel. She assisted in publishing the Chairman's Newsletter in the year 1999 -2000 and 2003 - 04. She was the Chairman for the Mega Inter District Artificial Limb Camp conducted in the year 2000 -2001 jointly by District 321 and District 323. Azhagu became District Chairman of Inner Wheel 323 in the year 2004-2005 the Golden Jubilee year of our Association. To celebrate the completion of fifty years of the Association of Inner Wheel Clubs in India she orgsnised a rally called "Dakshin Samagam" along with the then Chairmen of District 298,320 and 321where all the Past District Chairmen of all our four Districts of Tamil Nadu and Kerala were honoured on one platform, as these Districts initially were part of one District. She was the Association Treasurer in the year 2005-06and was appreciated by everyone for her contribution towards the systematic maintenance of the Association Accounts. She was the Association Vice President / Deputy National Representative for the year 2007-08 and is the Association President /National Representative for the current year. Azhagu has attended the IIW Convention in the year 2006 at Christchurch, New Zealand and four Triennial Conferences. She was one of the Scribes at the Coimbatore Conference and the Mumbai Conference, a voting delegate at the Pune Conference and the joint Secretary of the Chennai Conference. She has held the post of Secretary of the Perent Teachers Association of St.Michael's Academy, Chennai for two years. Azhagu is married to Past President Rtn.N.Annamali, a structural Engineer by profession and they have two sons Arvind Narayanan who is a Mechanical Engineer by pursuing his higher studies abroad and Arjun Chettyappan who is in high school. Annamalai and Azhagu are Paul Harris Fellows. Her interests include Inner Wheel, designing and landscaping gardens. She has a passion to travel, enjoys Indian authors, spends her free time doing crochet and loves making FRIENDS and most of all retaining their Friendship.
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MESSAGE FROM AZHAGU ANNAMALAI |
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LENGTH OF THE YEARS LIVED. BUT BY THE QUANTITY OF WORKS DONE & BY THE
QUALITY OF LOVE SHOWN TO OTHERS."
........SWAMI CHINMAYANANDA I would like to thank you for having chosen me to lead our beautiful organisation in an even more beautiful land - Our India. It gives me great pleasure to convey my greetings to each one of you through this message. Our organisation is known for its motto "Friendship and Service". Our founder Margaret Oliver Golding may not have ever imagined that her honourable deed of starting a club would grow to what it is today. Inner Wheel has survived on the firm foundation of Friendship and camaraderie for the past eighty four years. It is this Friendship that keeps us together and helps us move forward as an effective organisation. If you go out looking for Friends, you are going to find they are scare if you go out to be a FRIEND, you will find them everywhere I firmly believe that a directory is essential to the growth of any organisation. It serves as an aid to communication and helps link members. I do hope this directory creates new friends and renews the old. We have given a very meaningful theme this year by our IIW President Suzanne ......... Realise your Visions and Make a Difference I am confident that you as an Inner Wheel member will strive to make "THAT" little difference to society through your selfless service and love. Make yourselves visible, tell the world that Inner Wheel means Compassion, Strength and Commitment. Thereby I am sure we can ensure the survival and growth of Inner Wheel for Generations to come. It takes a minute to find a SPECIAL PERSON, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them and an entire life to forget them. Always your Friend Azhagu Annamalai
Enjoy your Friends......................Enjoy Inner Wheel
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Author's Name: Basabi Mitra |
