Our Steria Scholars – S.Sangeetha
(Engineering graduate) and Anish Harrison (Computer
Science graduate) have completed their courses and joined
Steria in July 2011. Sangeetha joined as a Software
Engineer Trainee and Anish joined as a Process Associate
in BSCO team in Chennai. We now have 2 Steria Scholars
working as colleagues in Steria.
Steria
staff help Students
P.Savitha
from CFS/Britannia account in Chennai came forward
to support a deserving student – Mohammed Mohinuddin
(son of an auto-rickshaw driver), a 4th year B.E student,
with his final year college fees. Despite the hard
work put in by his father, he was still falling short
by Rs.11000 which was made good by Savitha. The matching
funds of Rs.6000/- were used to pay the school fees
of Devi, a bright and deserving girl from Class 12
of Padma Adarsh HS School Vaniyanchavadi, Chennai.
R.
Anand from Facilities Chennai raised funds to help
J.Parveen (daughter of a plumber), a 2nd year B.E.
student. Contributions to the extent of Rs.25000/-
were received from G.V.Singh and his team in Noida
and Rs.6000 from staff in Chennai. A matching funds
of Rs.25000/- was arranged by the CSR team which was
the shortage for the 2nd year fees.
Help to extended staff
Two of our extended staff (housekeeping staff) lost
their thatched houses and all their belongings in a
fire accident in Sholinganallur, Chennai, close by to
our office in Chennai. They needed help to settle down
once again. The CSR team along with a few volunteers
from BT account collected clothes, provisions, vessels
and other essential household items and handed over
to the two ladies.
Living Green – Poster Making Competition
A
‘poster making competition’ was held on Chennai campus
on 22 July 2011. This was a part of the Living Green
– India schedule, and the chosen theme for the competition
was ‘environment’. 17 teams, each consisting of 5 members
participated in this event, which was judged by Murali
Narayanan (F&A) and R.Anand (Facilities). While the
Barclays team walked away with the first prize, the
runners up honours went to the Southern Europe and the
Tesco teams. Also as part of the ‘Living Green’ campaign,
a tree plantation drive was held at the Panchayat Union
Middle School, Sholinganallur, a Steria supported Chennai
school. 100 trees were planted around the compound wall
of the school, a collective effort of the children,
teachers, our staff volunteers and the CSR team.
A similar
‘poster making competition’ was also conducted at Noida
(Noida2 and SEZ) by the Green Committee members of Noida.
Here, a total of 19 teams all wearing green coloured
T-shirts, in keeping with the theme, participated in
the contest.
The
posters were judged by the senior management on the
basis of 'Aesthetics, Relevance, Slogan and Creativity.
The Club Greene Team (Ravi, Deepika and Divya Garg)
were the winners, the runner up were Veyron’s Team (Shipra,
Smily, Preeti, Anjali & Renu) and the Hum’e’ns Team
(Bhawna, Nimisha, Rachita, Divya and Girija). All the
winners were given certificates by Piyush Rakhecha and
G.V.Singh.
Merit Awards 2011 – Chennai
152 students have been selected from 11 Steria supported
high schools in Chennai and given the merit awards for
excellent academic performance. These awards carry prizes
of Rs.3000, Rs.1800 and Rs.1500 depending on the recommendations
from the school authorities. The awards are given to
students of Class 9 and Class 11, not only as a reward
for good performance but also as an incentive to continue
schooling and go on to aim to study further through
college and beyond.
A
‘poster making competition’ was held on Chennai campus
on 22 July 2011. This was a part of the Living Green
– India schedule, and the chosen theme for the competition
was ‘environment’. 17 teams, each consisting of 5 members
participated in this event, which was judged by Murali
Narayanan (F&A) and R.Anand (Facilities). While the
Barclays team walked away with the first prize, the
runners up honours went to the Southern Europe and the
Tesco teams. Also as part of the ‘Living Green’ campaign,
a tree plantation drive was held at the Panchayat Union
Middle School, Sholinganallur, a Steria supported Chennai
school. 100 trees were planted around the compound wall
of the school, a collective effort of the children,
teachers, our staff volunteers and the CSR team.
152 students have been selected from 11 Steria supported
high schools in Chennai and given the merit awards for
excellent academic performance. These awards carry prizes
of Rs.3000, Rs.1800 and Rs.1500 depending on the recommendations
from the school authorities. The awards are given to
students of Class 9 and Class 11, not only as a reward
for good performance but also as an incentive to continue
schooling and go on to aim to study further through
college and beyond.