R. Raghunathan

IT IS ME !!

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Hello!
I am R. Raghunathan

I reside in:
New Perungalathur, Chennai 600 063

My contact No. 9003281553
My E-mail: rraghunathan_in@yahoo,com

My Personal Details are as under:

My Date of Birth

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Born: January 19, 1944

My Educational Attainments

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1. B.Com
2. B.A. in Hindi
3. Bachelor of General Law
4. Diploma in Personnel and Industrial Relations
5. M.A in Divya Prabandham
6. Hands on experience in Computer applications

My Professional Experience

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I served as
1. Chief Administrative Officer in the Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India; and

2. Deputy General Manager [Human Resources]in Nuclear Power Corporation

Functioned in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan
In charge of Administration for over 3000 employees

Put down my hands-on experience in the Book I authored
Please see the Book and its contents below.

Administered Schools for the children of employees
and functioned as Member of School Management Committees
1 School in Gujarat, 1 in UP and 4 in Rajasthan

Put down my advice to students in the Book I authored.
Please see the Book and its contents below.

I retired from service in 2004 with rich experience in:

PRESENTATION SKILLS
SOFT SKILLS
MOTIVATIONAL SKILLS
COUNSELLING SKILLS
GOOD COMMUNICATION SKILLS
CONFLICT HANDLING SKILLS
KEEN SENSE OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND SENSE OF SERVICE
EFFECTIVE DOCUMENTATION SKILLS
TRAINING PEOPLE FOR HIGHER PERFORMANCE
TEAM MANAGEMENT
MANAGING FOR RESULTS

Presently working with an NGO in Mumbai

My other Achievements in Brief

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Since my Bio-data is very long, I give herein the Brief details.
For fuller details, please move further down in this Blog.
My Brief details are:

1. I have Published Books on Management and Self Development.
2. I have published e-magazines, on varied topics. One specimen of my 'Life Skills' Magazine can be viewed below.
3. I have developed many Educational posters and displayed in many schools, colleges and offices.
4. I have designed and developed many Digital presentations on varied topics of interest for Schools, Colleges and offices.
5. Imparting Training to Students and office staff is my forte. I predominantly use Value Building stories in my Training Programmes and my collection of such stories is huge.
6. I am an Art lover and my art collection of Paintings and Art exceed 1000.
7. I have created more than 50 Blogs on the Net on many educationally and socially useful topics.
8. I had been a Guest Faculty for imparting training in Sri Vaishnavism
9. I have delivered Upanyasam on Thiruppavai for 30 days

For full details, please move down further in this Blog.

My Publications

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This Book has Chapters on:

Office Administration
Systems Development
Human Resource Development
Performance Monitoring
Staff Welfare
Transport Management
Industrial Relations
Office Security
Public Relations
and more

Please click on the Book to know its contents.

This is a Book of counselling to Parents.

I have written up more books on:

Anti corruption
Employer Expectations from Employees
Ever Relevant Messages from Thirukkural
My Dream of New India

Looking for Publishers

My e-Magazine for Self Development

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I have designed and published a number of e-Magazines under different Titles. Just a sample here on Student Development.

If you want to see the other issues of this e-Magazine, please click http://lifeskills-emagazine.blogspot.com

The Comments received from the Readers of this Magazine are as under:

Very useful to our teachers and students.
G V Subrahmanian, Managing Trustee,
Swami Vivekananda Rural Community College in Keezhputhupattu

Very thought provoking. Selection of the contents is excellent and interesting.
N.P. Sethuraman

I am very keen to read this magazine.
K.V.Rama Raju, GM-Mktg Services-Fertilisers-HYD-CFL

Thanks for sending beautiful thoughts, they carry you through the day.
SunitaRoy

I enjoyed reading your magazine. Very useful for life skill programs for the school children.
Susan Raj, Principal Director, The Academic Advisors

We must salute you for such a beautiful and highly motivating magazine. Your Life Skills Issues are the most motivating and I do forward them to many.
Chitnis, Confluence India

It is a very good and very well organized. This is very good for all ages. Especially this will be the best for teenagers.
Lakshmi

I enjoy each and every line reading and understanding your Magazine. My children also read and appreciate the valuable information and guidance received.
Dr Vishwanath

The compact e-magazines are really an ' innovative IDEA'. All the articles are touching and very useful to inpart good values. We are using these as value education modules for students.
Dr.Usha Pillai, Hon.Director,IDEA, Kothrud, Pune- 38

My Educational Posters

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I have a deep interest towards visual development of subjects concerning Development of students, youth and community. Accordingly, I have created series of colorful Pictorial Posters on varied topics as under:

Student Development

1. Study Motivation for Students
2. India’s Freedom Struggle [1857 to 1947]
3. Homage to Mahatma Gandhi

Youth Development

1. Fatal Four–Ghutka, Smoking, Drinking & Drugs
2. Become an Achiever
3. How to prepare yourself for Employment

Employee Development

1. Management Expectations from Employees
2. Leadership and Managerial Excellence
3. Eliminate Corruption from Work Place
4. Stress Relief through Office Humor

Community Care and Development

1. Save Water and Water Resources
2. Protect Trees, Animals and Birds
3. Keep your Neighborhood Clean
4. Communal Harmony & National Integration

Using the above Pictorial Posters, I have conducted many Walk Through Poster Exhibitions on varied topics. Just two samples of my Posters:

1. Motivating Students to read:

2. Advising Team Work in Offices:

Places where I have conducted these Poster Exhibitions are:

Vikram Vidya Mandir, Madhya Pradesh
DAV Public School, Kota, Rajasthan
Institution of Engineers, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu
PF Commissioner office, Mumbai
Tarapur Atomic Power Station, Boisar, Maharashtra
Rajasthan Atomic Power Station, Rawatbhata, Rajasthan
Rajasthan Atomic Power Project 5&6, Rawatbhata, Rajasthan
Central Vigilance Commission, New Delhi
Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
Narayana Guru College, Mumbai
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai

For further posts in this Blog, please click Hobby 3, etc. in the column alongside.

My Power Point Presentations

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I have a love to convert school curriculum into digital form so that the lessons become visual and children can visualise their lessons. The undermentioned lessons have been made digital by me:

Student Development

1. Indian History
2. India’s Freedom Struggle [1857 to 1947]
3. Ancient Civilizations
4. French Revolution
5. Voyage in the Sky - Solar System
6. Our Planet Earth
7. Understanding the Universe

Virtual Tours

1. World Tour
2. Forests, Lakes and Flower Gardens
3. Rivers, Mountains and Beaches
4. Pilgrimage to Kailash-Mansarovar
5. Tour of Under-Water
6. Visit to the Art Gallary

The details of some of the Digital contents are as under:

1. India History in Pictures [Recapturing minute details of Indian History chronologically and also showing all relevant Historical Monuments]: [170 Slides]
Extensive Pictures starting from Stone Age; Mohanjedaro and Harappan Civilisation; Vedic Period; Birth and spread of Buddhism and Jainism; Nalanda; Ashoka; Invasion by Alexander; Ajanta Caves; Kushan empire; Gupta empire; Chanakya; Ellora Caves; Harsha; Chalukyas; Pallavas; Chola empire; Mohammud Ghori, Gazni; Delhi Sultanates; Rajputs; Hoysalas, Vijayanagar Empire; Invasion by Timur, Vasco de Gama, Invasion by Babar, Rule of Humayun, Sher Shah; Akbar, Jehangir; Shahjahan, Aurangazeb; Maratha Empire and ending with Rise of British Empire.

2. India Freedom Movement in Pictures: [200 Slides] Arrival of the British in India; East India Company; Mangal Pandey; 1857 War of Independence; Victoria Proclamation; Birth of Indian National Congress; Partition of Bengal and Vande Mataram; First Generation Freedom Fighters; Arrival of Gandhiji from South Africa; Jalianwalla Bagh Massacre; Simon Commission; Salt Satyagrah; Gandhi Irwin Talks; Demand for separate Pakistan; Quit India; Dilli Chalo and the formation of INA; Cabinet Mission; Partition of the Country; India Independence.

3. India 100 Years ago: [120 Slides] See in Photos how today’s Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Hyderabad and other cities were a Century and more before. Explore the conditions of Indian Society as it then existed.

4. India Coins: [80 Slides] Children may have longed for being coin collectors. Here are those coins of our yester years. Coins of Mohanjedado era, Coins of Mogul Era, Coins issued by British Empire, viz. Queen Victoria, Edward VII, George V and George VI for India; Coins issued by Independent India, Coins issued by India introducing decimal system and contemporary coins.

5. World Historical Sites in Pictures: [100 Slides] Roman Civilization, Pyramids and Egyptian Culture; European Castles, Wonders of the World, Pearl Harbor Attack, Heritage sites in the Third World.

6. Virtual World Tour of Students: [200 Slides] Visit USA, UK, Italy, France, Japan, Dubai, Antarctica & other countries

7. Virtual Picnic for Children: [200 Slides] Making children visit and enjoy Beaches; Mountains; Lakes; Forests; Rivers, Butterfly Farm, Flower Valley, Bird Sanctuaries, Water Falls, Under-water and on to the Sky

8. Virtual Tour of Solar System and Galaxies: [200 Slides] You and Me on the Earth; Planets in the Solar System, Rocky Planets and the Gas Planets; Their Physical and Orbital Data; Their Temperature & Atmosphere; Extensive knowledge of the Earth; Moon, Our Satellite; Comparative sizes of Planets; The Sun and Beyond; The Zodiacs; The Solar Neighborhood; Light Years and the Milky way; Galaxies; The Visible Universe. Awesome Pictures.

9. Virtual Visit to Art Gallery: [200 Slides] Nature Paintings; Paintings of Animals and Birds; Paintings on Peoples and Moods; Ravi Verma Paintings; Roman Paintings; Pencil Drawings; Folk Art; Modern Art; Sand Art; 3D Art; etc.

10. Become a Creative Person: [200 Slides] Creative People; Creative Art; Creativity at Home; Creativity at Work; Creative Paper Crafts; Creativity in Gardens; Creative Vehicles; Creativity from Waste; etc.

11. Study Skills for Students: [150 Slides] Introduction to studies ; Importance of studies; How to study?; How to Write Examinations?; How to become an Achiever?

12. Save Water [100 Slides]: Water, the Elixir of Life; All living beings need water; God delivers water at our door step from the Heaven every year, all for free; But we do not conserve this water. We waste it; The water problem is man made; Our water resources have gone dry; With no water around, temperature goes up, water levels further go down; The water crisis in our cities; The water riots; The water pollution and Health implications; What individuals need to do; Water Conservation; Rain Water harvesting; What communities need to do; Water Awareness

13. Communal Harmony and National Integration: [100 Slides]

Using the above Digital contents, I had conducted slide shows at various places as under:

Khalsa College, Mumbai
New India Assurance, Mumbai
Anna University, Chennai
R.J. College, Mumbai
Canara Bank Training College
Bharat Petroleum, Mumbai
College of Insurance, Mumbai
Senior Citizen Forum of Dignity Foundation
Senior Citizen Forum of Anil Ambani Group

My 30 plus Blogs

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I have created more than 30 Blogs on varied subjects.
To know the various Blogs I have created, just click
"View my complete profile" alongside.

My Love for Training People

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I have delivered Motivational Lectures and trained many people in many Institutions. Some of them are:

Training Teachers and Executives
1. Mumbai University - Teachers Training
2. MILKFED, Chandigarh, Training Executives
3. DAE Training Establishment
4. Institute of Imports & Exports
5. Canara Bank Officers
6. Rotary Club, Tiruchi

7. Poddar College
8. Narsi Monji College
9. Chinai College
10.Vivekananda College
11.Kuchi Engineering College
12.Guru Nanak College
13.Srirangam Boys High School

14.Senior Citizens Forum, Mumbai

My Love for Art and Art Collection

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I have a very rich collection of Artistic paintings on my Computer. They are:

3D Art - 105
Lovely Paintings of Animals and Birds - 79
Black and white paintings - 19
Digital paintings - 25
Fine Art Paintings - 60
Folk Indian paintings - 28
Lovely Korean Paintings - 60
Krishna Paintings - 83
Leaf paintings - 12
Nature Paintings - 185
Modern Art - 40
Pencil Drawings - 90
Paintings of Humans in different moods and styles - 170
Piccasso paintings - 9
Roman Paintings - 50
Ravi Verma Paintings - 112
Project Rangoli - 26
Sand Art - 35
Smoke and Fire Art - 17
Water Art 14
Structural Art - 65
Toon Art - 13
Paintings containing many micro paintings within each - 156

Total Paintings: 1393

Some of my above collections, I have uploaded at my another Blog. You can access them at http://enjoybeauty.blogspot.com

I love imparting Values

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I am deeply interested in values. The importance of Values in life is as important as the breath for a human being. If Values are practised by every one as part and pacel of his/her day to day living, this world would be a lot more better place to live. At individual level, Values are the building blocks of who I am and they define me.

In the good old days, when the joint family system was in vogue, grand parents or other elders at home imparted values in children by telling stories containing values. But in these days of nuclear family, both the parents are away at work and they have no time to sit with children to impart values.

So I had long felt the need to collect the Value Building stories. I have so far collected about 125 stories.

Space for further posts

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Space for further posts

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