ODC Treasure Hunt (November 16, 2008)

The campus is really big!!!

A 'treasure hunt' was organized at Pune and Chennai. Girija R Menon, who organized the hunt at Chennai says, "We made a conscious effort to see that the maximum number of staff participated in this event. Infact clues were also placed with some of our contract staff to ensure a truly complete community effort. Organising the hunt was as much fun as running it."

The event raised more than Rs.3000 for SIFGSS.

ODC Tug of War (November 14, 2008)

Great fun and amazing energy!!

It was truly a display of strength, in more than one way. The tug-of-war event organized by S.Tharini, saw Chennai staff forming teams of 10 members each, with a total of 14 teams. These were sponsored teams with the proceeds going to SIFGSS. This event not only demonstrated the physical strength of the teams in out pulling the other but the strength of their commitment to India CSR and the cause - SIFGSS - for which they were participating in this event. Infact, on popular demand, the event was organised twice on 14 November. Those who could not actually participate were still there to cheer their favorite teams. Team Zurich won the tournaments with the AXA team as the runner up.

The event raised Rs 14000 or about 200 pounds for SIFGSS.

One Day Challenge Raffle (November 13, 2008)

Everyone is a winner...

There were prizes galore to be won, including iphones, ipods and the all new Tata Nano car in the online ODC Raffle, which was open to all our colleagues in India. Each raffle ticket came with a free ODC T-shirt, which were proudly worn by employees in our three India centers on 14 November. The lucky draw happened at Noida on the 12 Nov. with Dr.Mukesh Aghi, India CEO, picking the lucky winners. Gayathri Mohan, Vice President - India CSR reports, "The ODC raffle was a very successful fundraiser, contributing to almost 50% of the ODC kitty'. The bumper prize - the new Tata Nano - sponsored by Steria Southern France, was won by Raghav Mudgal. Other prizes were sponsored by Julian Relph of Steria UK and the RMG team in UK. The ODC T-shirts were also sponsored by Dr.Mukesh Aghi and the India Marketing Team., The raffle raised more than Rs.850000 or UKP10800 for The Steria India Foundation Graduate Scholarship Scheme (SIFGSS).

Congratulations to the winners.....

Bumper Prize: Tata NANO
Raghav Mudgal, Chennai

Other Prizes:
Noida:
I-Phone: Harsh VardhanPuri
I-Pod: Shamsher Singh

Chennai:
I-Phone: Sailesh S
I-Pod: Sailesh S

Pune:
I-Phone: Ekta Bijlani
I-Pod: Bharatkumar Bhatt

ODC Gully Cricket (November 13, 2008)

Fun all the way...

Popularly known as Gully Cricket in India, the tournament was led by MC Baratkumar in Chennai with teams consisting of 6 members each. A total of 48 teams i.e. 288 staff members across Chennai centre participated in the tournaments with great enthusiasm and passion. On popular demand, a Gully Friendship Cricket tournament was also held during the build up to ODC activities between 5 November and 13 November.