ety. More specifically, an

empowerment forum –

such as a Self Help Group

or a women’s group – can

invest in a sanitary napkin

-making unit to create a

business that employs up

to ten women. The new

invention is capable of

making 120 napkins per

hour.

The Jayaashree Industries

model helps offer liveli-

hood, hygiene, dignity

and empowerment to

underprivileged women

all over the world. And it

does so using a sustain-

able business framework.

A school dropout from a

poor family in Coimbatore

has revolutionised men-

strual health for rural

women in developing

countries by inventing a

simple machine they can

use to make cheap sani-

tary pads.

Arunachalam Muruganan-

tham's invention came at

great personal cost - he

nearly lost his family, his

money and his place in

society. But he kept his

sense of humour.

Arunachalam Muruganan-

tham of Jayaashree Indus-

tries designed, created,

tested and implemented

a sanitary napkin-making

machine that operates on

a small scale.

Contrary to a large-scale

production model which

requires Rs.3.5 Crores as

initial investment,

Jayaashree Industries

sanitary napkin-making

machine can be made

available to a buyer for

approximately Rs.65,000.

This allows smaller play-

ers to adopt the business

model propagated by

him, and thus generates

more employment and

wealth in the most ane-

glected sections of soci-

inside

YiPL 2

Yi BaLiKa 3

Yi Madurai visit 3

Upcoming events 4

A YI COIMBATORE CHAPTER INITIATIVE

Building the right Skills

BaLika, our year long

mentioning project of Skill

Building vertical launched

for 150 destitute and or-

phaned girl children from

Coimbatore Seva Nilayam,

had been continuously

having weekly sessions on

reading, communication,

learning, crafts etc,.

As a part of Industrial ex-

posure and throwing light

on various career options

to the children, we had an

industrial visit to ABT In-

dustries - Diary Division,

Pollachi where the kids

were shown the process

of a diary industry.

We would also take this

opportunity to request all

the Yi members to be a

part of this project and

give away your inputs for

leading the project to-

wards a greater path.

We are also planning to

organize an exclusive Skill

Building event to our

members - Sound Mind;

Sound Body scheduled on

21 September 2014.

Innovation that Excites

SEPTEMBER 2014

YiPL 4 - 10 August 2014

YiPL – Young Indians Premier

League, initiated by Young

Indians - Coimbatore Chapter

to stress on the importance of

sports, exercise and its effect

on health, has seen its Fourth

edition on 10 August 2014 at

Mani’s Higher Secondary

School, Coimbatore.

The current edition of YiPL in-

cludes teams namely Coimba-

tore Eagles, Kovai Force, Man-

nadiar Tuskers, Speedy Singhs,

Premier Super Strikers, Adiyar

Super Kings, Royal Cheetaz and

Mighty Sixers.

Yi also initiated an unforgetta-

ble experience for 60 under-

privileged children from Annai

Illam Orphanage along the lines

of a carnival. The 4th

edition of

YiPL witnessed close to 120 Yi

members and 100 Spectators..

The event was a family day out

with Traditional Food, DJ, Pun-

jabi Dhol Player, Music, Fancy

Lightings, Carnival Games for

Kids & so on.

With the entire above atmos-

phere Team Coimbatore Eagles

and Mannadiar Tuskers played

for the final match, where

Mannadiar Tuskers won the

Trophy by their blasting batting

performance. Mr K Ilango,

Chairman, CII Coimbatore Zone

& Vice President, Rangamma

Steels and Malleables was the

chief guest for the valedictory

function.

Following to the success of 4th

Edition of YiPL, Yi Coimbatore

Chapter is planning to organize

YiCL (Young Indians Champions

League), a Regional level inter-

chapter Yi Cricket Tournament,

on 15, 16 November 2014 at

“The passion, the

craze, the thrill

and the

excitement that

the players and

spectators

experience are in-

matchable to

that of any

sport!”

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One of the major objectives of the project “BaLiKa” is to expose the children to various career options. In line with

the objective, we had a session with 3 RJs from “Suriyan FM” and shared their work experiences. Team Skill Building

of Yi Coimbatore also organized a Learning visit to ABT Foods Ltd, Pollachi as it would be a great learning to the chil-

dren and also expose them to a wide range of career options.

The session started with the HR Manager of the company explaining the children on the manufacturing process

right from milk procurement to sales and the various levels of management in the factory. After the presentation,

the children were taken around the factory explaining them how the procured raw milk is processed for various

products. The children were very much impressed to see the level of automation in Milk processing. They were also

very keen on understanding how the products are sealed and packaged in a hygienic way. The children raised a lot

of questions about each and every section of the plant which showed their enthusiasm and also motivated the staffs

of factory to explain them each and every process. 125 Students from grades between 6 and 12 actively partici-

Apart from YiPL & BaLiKa, Yi Coimbatore also had hosted Yi Members from Madurai as a Cross Chapter Mission to

Coimbatore on 27 August 2014, Wednesday.

20 Yi Members from Coimbatore & Madurai Chapter visited “Kirtilals” Diamond Jewellery manufacturing facility

in Thudialur, Coimbatore. There they were taken through all the processes in Diamond Jewellery manufacturing

right from Sourcing the stone to shaping to moulding to polishing… The members had a great experience in under-

stating & seeing by themselves the meticulous work that goes into manufacturing every single piece of Jewellery.

The post noon session is a Visit to the factory of Lakshmi Machine Works Ltd, Perianaickenpalayam, Coimbatore.

The session started with a presentation about the company and took them into the factory explaining the various

facilities, tasks undertaken, best practices adopted at the factory, etc. A total of 20 Yi Members form Coimbatore &

Madurai Chapter had participated in the mission.

One of the most coveted learning events of Yi Coimbatore, “Learn From the Legend” was organized on 27 August

2014. The tradition of bringing in Legendary Entrepreneurs of our region for a Learning session continued this time

too with the Session addressed by Dr Nalla G Palaniswami, Chairman, KMCH, Coimbatore. The session was again

interesting with the legend talking about the hurdles he faced in making KMCH from just a 20 bedded hospital to

what it is today. He also shared his views on the current Youths of India - the so called pillars of the future. He also

advised the youth community to act & behave honorably in our life and become a role model to all the other coun-

tries of the world. The session was followed by a small Hospital tour where the members were taken into the hospi-

tal and shown the various state of the art facilities available. The session was attended by 33 Yi Members and 50

students from various Yi Yuva Institutions under Yi Coimbatore Chapter.

BaLiKa

Events Round-up

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UPCOMING EVENTS

4 September 11:00 am to 01:00 pm Interaction with Dr Kiran Bedi

Hotel Taj by Vivanta

5 September 05:00 pm to 07:00 pm Coimbatore Vizha Meeting

Initial Planning meeting for Coimbatore Vizha

8 September 06:30 pm to dinner Members meet with Ms Rajshree Pathy

Deputy Chairperson, CII Southern Region &

CMD, Rajshree Sugars & Chemicals

September Business Gurukulam

Entrepreneurship Mentoring Program for Yi Members

21 September 08:00 am to 03:00 pm SOUND MIND; SOUND BODY

Skill Building activity exclusively for Yi Members

24 September 08:00 am to 03:00 pm Interactive Session with Mr Chetan Bhagat

Session on a Corporate Theme

Phone: 0422-4044555 E-mail: yicoimbatore@gmail.com Mohamed Faisal : mohamed.faisal@cii.in Saran S : saran.s@cii.in

CONFEDERATION OF INDIAN INDUSTRY Unit No: B-3A-1, 2nd Floor, “Elysium Central”, Opp. Carmel Garden School, Puliakulam Main Road, Coimbatore - 641045