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June, 2011

A Rare Honour

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T.S. Kaladharan featured in the Book of Achievers


The contributions of top business leaders and professionals from Kerala in the GCC are being unfolded again by The Book of Achievers, a coffee table book, when it launched its second edition recently.

Selected numbers of 37 personalities are featured in this edition of Achievers. It contains the inspiring growth stories of dozens of visionaries, their insights on current economic scenarios and future market outlook. It narrates the pain-n-gain stories of a series of high net worth entrepreneurs who have brought in the remarkable facelift of the Gulf region with their service over the past several decades. T. S. Kaladharan, Chairman of CSS Group is one among the Achievers in this edition.” The book identifies and honors accomplished business leaders and top professionals from Kerala based in the GCC countries, and I am extremely privileged to be a part of it” mentions Kala.

This volume will be made available through prominent libraries, chambers of commerce, business and professional organizations across India and the GCC as well as selected libraries in Europe and the US.

Publisher and Editor Biju Ninan said, “The book talks about their contribution to GCC economies and their native state, Kerala, India. It unfolds an untold story of select achievers, who made it big for themselves and for millions of others through their entrepreneurial excellence and hard work”. This multi colour, 248-page hardbound book contains photographs of these Personalities and their families.

These achievers were handpicked by a special jury comprising of Isaac John, deputy business editor, Khaleej Times and senior businessman & philanthropist Dr. Ram Buxani based on factors like the number of jobs created by their respective companies, the positioning of their businesses and the soundness of their corporate citizenship (corporate social responsibility).

The coffee table book is conceived, designed and published by Grey Matter, FZ, LLC, a 360-degree media-consulting firm in Dubai, UAE.


June, 2011

A DOMINICAN DAY’S DIARY

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One of the most frequent answers given, when someone is asked what they would like to do if they have plenty of money, is “Travel the world”. Fortunately I have had, because of my showbusiness work, plenty of opportunity to do so. However, “Getting off the beaten track” is becoming very difficult as more or less everything, for the intrepid tourist, has already been discovered. I have come to realise that real adventure is provided by trying to explore and experience local culture. Sun, sea and sand are for tourists whereas customs, culture and appreciating the spirit of a country is far more rewarding for a traveller, both emotionally and spiritually.

I arrived in the Dominican Republic, this year, on a Saturday evening in May. It occupies 48,482 square kms, making up the eastern two thirds of the island of Hispaniola, with the country of Haiti comprising the western third. The island sits more or less in the center of the Caribbean Islands. The north coast looks across to the Atlantic Ocean and the south coast over the Caribbean Sea. It was my second visit and I was determined to learn more about the Dominicans and their country. Fortunately I had a local friend, who translated everything for me, as my knowledge of Spanish is limited.

I said that I would like to go to church on Sunday and immediately it was suggested I went to the first Latin America cathedral, which is a magnificent building in an area known as the Colonial Zone, of the capital city Santa Domingo. I turned the offer politely down suggesting that I went to her church. I was in for a treat as it was “Maria Auxiladora” in the suburbs of Santa Domingo. Unpretentiously and delightfully simply, there was one difference from other church services I have experienced. The parishioners were somewhat livelier! There was no fuss but welcoming smiles and I felt an excited feeling of anticipation from the congregation. The hymns were sung with clapping, cheers and tangible joy. I was able to compare the differences in Dominicans, British and Keralalites, when it comes to expressing emotions. This was a valuable and memorable experience and it enables appreciation of different cultures. When considering global markets, an ability to understand and relate to other cultures and traditions becomes of greater importance.

By now it was lunchtime and my friends took me to their family apartment. On the top floor of a high rise development, it had stunning views across the city down to the sea. The Dominican family and religious culture is still strong and before our meal started, our host said grace. This was followed by a delicious repast of mixed salads, minted and spiced lamb, rice, and various vegetables. Dinning was rounded off with a “chocolate to die for” cheese crumble cake. The afternoon was spent chatting on the balcony, admiring the panorama and enjoying the sea breeze, as we sipped coffee made from Dominican coffee beans which have a wonderfully rich flavour – a dark roasted coffee which is the pride and joy of the Dominicans.

We decided in the evening to go on a trip to the Colonial Zone, which remains a living historical tribute to Dominican culture. The castle, rampart ruins, horse drawn carriages, churches and Spanish influenced buildings mix easily with modern western style cafes. I was lucky as my friend was able to arrange a private tour of the Panteon Nacional, (National Mausoleum). Originally a Spanish church, it was built between 1714 and 1748. I was permitted to have a memorable picture taken besides the eternal flame, situated in the central nave, where I made a prayer. The Colonial Zone’s overall ambience provides a tapestry which stimulates anyone who is artistic, which is why artists and their paintings are to be found in abundance. As the sun went down the music of the night started and the dominate rhythm of Merengue, a musical genre native to the Dominican Republic , made an incessantly hypnotic mixture with the continuous evening bird chorous and the side walk bars playing western style disco music. Santa Domingo a friendly happening place and an icon, just as other places are in parts of our shrinking world, to the success of accommodating different influences whilst still retaining its own ethnic identity and traditions. I had managed to experience some authentic Dominican culture – my traveller’s taste buds were well pleased.


April, 2011

Earth Hour At CSS Go Beyond An Hour

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Across the world, every March 26, iconic landmarks turn off their lights and unnecessary electrical appliances between 8.30pm and 9.30pm in a mark of solidarity and as a call for action against global warming. CSS Group Offices across the world joined hands for this noble cause and switched off the lights and computers for one hour during their prescribed lunch hours making sure that it will not affect the operations whilst contributing to the Earth Hour. In addition to this we reinforced the thought to our employees mentioning the importance of the Earth Hour that it is not intended to just turn off the lights for one hour every year however; the initiative is intended to draw the attention of people and establishments so that they can work together for the benefit of themselves and their planet, and that everyone can make a difference.


Dubai residents and businesses achieved the highest energy savings and lowest carbon dioxide emissions in UAE to date during the 60-minute Earth Hour blackout on Saturday night. The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority announced that in one hour Dubai beat its own Earth Hour record and saved 204,000 (kW/h) of electricity and reduced carbon emissions by 102,000kg. As an organization we are proud to say that we have done our part to make this global event a grand success at office as well employees showing their corporate social responsibility by switching of their lights at home.


It dates back….

2007 in Sydney, Australia: when 2.2 million individuals and more than 2,000 businesses turned their lights off for one hour.


2008, 50 million people across 35 countries/territories participating.


2009, hundreds of millions of people took part in the third Earth Hour. Over 4000 cities in 88 countries/territories.


2010, the biggest Earth Hour ever. A record 128 countries and territories joined the global display of climate action.


April, 2011

Cloud Computing

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In ancient days one server or hardware is utilized for a single activity with a single operating system running on it; in most cases companies used to invest huge amount of money and utilize up to 50% or less of the total capacity of the hardware for that single process. The network administrators were forced to buy much such hardware for various activities. They were forced to buy minimal capacity hardware and later face the difficulty of upgrading to a higher version. Those days are gone with the introduction of cloud computing  which is simple and easy and enables you to utilize your hardware to its maximum with the use of virtualization.


What is Virtualization: Virtualization means creating logical systems inside a single hardware, for example you may have one windows operating system and one Linux operating system in a single hardware.


Cloud computing is an internet based computing which shares application, resource, infrastructure or data with the help of virtualization. The main advantage of cloud computing is its minimal cost and hassle free maintenance, availability of world class technological software in very low cost. There are many companies now support cloud computing like the NEC. Recently SAP and NEC had come up with a comprehensive solution on SAP ERP for its customers. Oracle also gives powerful cloud services in many forms such as platform, software, infrastructure etc. Microsoft’s Cloud Power is another platform for cloud computing which invites enterprises to avail their awesome services. Others in this stream are Google, Amazon, Salesforce.com, RightScale, Cisco, Rackspace and Dell


From this technological advancement its evident that in the future cloud computing will lead the businesses; regardless of the business size and can be availed and standardized its operations with leading ERP systems from Oracle, Microsoft, SAP etc.


April, 2011

CSS Clothing Drive 2011

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On March 1st 2011, CSS initiated the first ever Clothing drive as part of the CSR activities within the organization. Homeless people and low income families need all types of gently used clothing, particularly warm clothes and coats for cold weather, formal clothes (to attend job interviews), and shoes (which frequently wear out). It’s helpful if donated clothing is clean and reasonably wrinkle-free. A clothes drive is a fun way to make it easier for would-be donors to make a difference, particularly if you live in a multi-resident building, work at a large office, or belong to a civic club, church, temple or mosque. Our employees brought those clothes that they don’t wear anymore and we plan to donate to them to the Dubai Charity Center a non-profit organization and to the Japan Consulate Dubai- Relief Efforts for the recent tragedy, which occurred in Japan. Remember, one person’s used clothing is another person’s treasure


March, 2011

Emerging “QUEEN” Prospective Days Ahead for CSS Cochin

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Cochin, regarded as one of the fastest growing cities in India, had witnessed a steadfast growth during the last 7 to 8 years. Patronized evenly by the spread out Kerala business community around the globe, Cochin has made a remarkable growth enviable to the other major cities in India. The recently commissioned International Marina and the Vallarpadam container terminal add flavour to the booming economy of this region. Console shipping services India Pvt. Ltd at Cochin with a well established and experienced team has been able to benefit all these positive vibes for their growth.

CSS Cochin has sizable amount of exports to Russia, Europe, US and the Middle East, while the import has shown its strength from regions like China, Malaysia & Dubai. Cochin port traffic touched 17.43 million tones during the year 2009-10 registering an increase of 12.5 % compared to previous year. The container throughput for the year stood at 2.89 lakhs TEUs. Latha      Asokan, Branch Manager of CSS Cochin states that the growth rate will increase in the coming years, despite of the ongoing recession.

The recently signed agreement between the Tecom Investments, a subsidiary of the Dubai Holdings and the Government of Kerala for developing the Smart city project has already catapulted the real estate business. The business entry points like the airport and the sea port are increasing their development pace to meet up with the growing demands of the market. As per Latha, all these factors could eventually give a facelift to the entire economy.

Now the major products handled here are food stuff, spices, coir, rubber and plastic household items which will be soon be replaced by construction materials, heavy equipments, machineries and other allied products. Kochi has emerged as the commercial and industrial


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