P. Soundara Rajan of HAL shares a light moment with IIT-M director Prof. Bhaskar Ramamurthi. —DC
Chennai:
India will soon join the elite league of nations like the US and the United Kingdom in developing unmanned aerial vehicles (drone).
“We have been developing unmanned aerial aircraft and helicopters for which we have signed pacts with several institutes like Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, to do research in rotary motor for helicopters and Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for payload, besides sensors”, P. Soundara Rajan, managing director (helicopter complex), HAL, said after signing a memorandum of understanding with IIT Madras to set up a centre for aerospace transmission system.
Elaborating on HAL’s projects, Soundara Rajan said the public sector undertaking (PSU) with Russians had embarked on a mission to produce 10-12 tonne category helicopters for VIPs like the President, Prime Minister and top government officials as these helicopters need to fly at an altitude of 23,000 feet at areas like Leh and Ladak.
The helicopter complex chief lamented that most of the components used today in aircraft and helicopters in India come from foreign countries. “We need to work more to develop indigenous components for our military needs”, Soundara Rajan pointed out.
Providing details about the tie-up between the institute and HAL, Prof. Bhaskar Ramamurthi, director, IIT Madras, said the strategic cooperation would help undertake joint research in the field of transmission system for helicopter and engine programmes for HAL. “This partnership will evolve required software and design solutions for different types of gears, bearings, lubrication system, vibration monitoring systems and production technologies”, he added.
source: http://www.deccanchronicle.com / Deccan Chronicle / Home> News> Current Affairs / DC / May 21st, 2013
The recent interest in mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan has just grown deeper, with many Hollywood studios interested in chronicling his life on the big screen. Many actors are keen to play the world-renowned mathematician, who was born in Erode and grew up in Kumbakonam and, what was then, Madras. TOI lists a few actors who are in race to play the genius…
WHO: Madhavan WHAT: Titled The Man Who Knew Infinity, the film was announced in late 2011. It was to be based on Robert Kanigel’s book of the same name and directed by Matt Brown. Oscarwinner Colin Firth was apparently approached to play Ramanujan’s mentor-friend Thomas Hardy. STATUS: Madhavan has now been replaced by Dev Patel
WHO: Siddharth WHAT: James Bond director Roger Spottiswoode announced that he will make A First Class Man, a The King’s Speech-like film, based on the friendship between Ramanujan and Hardy. The script had been completed in 2011 and shooting was supposed to begin in 2012. STATUS: On hold at the moment.
WHO: Dev Patel WHAT: The actor, who rose to fame with Slumdog Millionaire, is the latest to be approached to play the mathematical genius. The film is being produced by Prashita Chaudhary, who is one of the producers of Danis Tanovic’s film that stars Emraan Hashmi. Chaudhary will produce the film that’s based on the book The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life Of The Genius Ramanujan, with H’wood producer Edward R Pressman. STATUS: The shooting for the film is expected to start in September, and it’ll be shot in parts of India and London.
WHO: Abhinay WHAT: This young actor, who is the grandson of Kadhal Mannan Gemini Ganesan, is playing Ramanujan in a Tamil-English bilingual. The movie is being directed by National Award winning director Gnana Rajasekaran, who earlier worked on Bharathi, which chronicled the life of the famous poet Bharatiyar, and Periyar, which told the story of the social reformer. STATUS: Currently being shot in Kumbakonam, where the mathematician studied and grew up in. Suhasini Mani Ratnam has been roped in to play Ramanujan’s mom in this project.
source: http://www.articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> Entertainment> Regional / by Srinivas Ramanujam & M Suganth, TNN / May 21st, 2013
Artist S.V. Valliappan with his Tanjore painting.— Photo: L. Balachandar / The Hindu
When his room-mate introduced him to Tanjore painting a quarter century ago S.V. Valliappan would not have imagined he would come out with a masterpiece one day.
On May 11, Valliappan, a drawing master in the Kandanur Chittal Achi Memorial Higher Secondary School near Karaikudi, was the happiest man as he had completed his masterpiece, a 26-foot long 8-foot wide Tanjore painting, depicting the life of Lord Krishna.
He was busy giving final touches before the painting, made in three pieces of wooden planks, was taken for packing at the front yard of his house at Karaikudi to be transported all the way to Kolkotta.
An art-loving businessman from Kolkotta has ordered the painting to install it at the entrance of his renovated heritage house.
“I took it as a challenge, when Sanjay Sachdev running Domus Art Gallery in Kolkotta approached me through e-mail and asked whether I could do the project for him, as I have never attempted such a huge painting in my career,” says Valliappan.
Talking to The Hindu , the middle-aged Valliappan said he was excited about the size of the painting when Mr Sachdev detailed the project. He consulted his octogenarian father C.V. Sivaraman, an expert in stump powder paintings, and accepted the challenge after his father said he could do it.
Mr Sachdev, who was doing liaison for his architect friend, however, gave him the project only after Valliappan made a painting of Lord Ganesh, a breathtaking brilliant piece.
After completing the formalities, he started the painting in January and completed it in five months under the watchful eyes of his father and Sachdev. Two artists and two carpenters assisted him, he says.
“We used to start the work at 4 a.m. and go on till 8 a.m. in the morning session. In the evenings, we used to work from 6 p.m. to even beyond midnight,” Mr Valliappan says. They used teakwood planks and canvas cloth as the base. As the customer wanted it in antique style, he made the gold glitter more sober and used subtle colours. More than 1000 numbers of 22 carat gold foils and 5000 imitation stones have gone into painting, he said.
The four sides of the frames, surrounding the borders, were adorned with mirrors in squares and cotton thread covered with gold foil to provide the elegance.
“I learnt a lot after completing the project,” says Valliappan, striking humble. He was not sure he could get into the Guinness Book of World Records as the painting was not in single piece and done in three pieces to be fixed as one frame.
He took interest in Tanjore paintings after his room-mate Mayilvaganan in Chengalpattu introduced him the art, when he had gone for teacher training course in St. Xavier Higher Secondary School in 1987, he says.
After a three month course, he developed interest, he recalls.
Mr Sachdev and his architect friend took interest in the classical south Indian painting, when they visited ‘Naivedyam’, a south Indian restaurant in Delhi, where they saw a Tanjore painting.
Impressed with the art form, the architect decided that he would suggest this painting to his businessman customer and when the latter gave the nod, they searched for the artistes. After searching through the internet, they shortlisted half a dozen artistes in Bangalore and Coimbatore and zeroed in on Mr Valliappan.
“While others sounded commercial and not devoted to the subject work, Valliappan looked genuine,” Mr Sachdev, who was making his fourth visit to Karaikudi to oversee the packing, told The Hindu .”
The only condition laid was that the painting should depict the happy life of Lord Krishna and there should not be snakes or bloodshed, keeping the vaastu point of view.
Mr Sachdev promised more orders for Valliappan as Mr Sivaraman looked at his son proudly.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> Miscellaneous / by D. J. Walter Scott / Sivaganga – May 18th, 2013
To celebrate its platinum jubilee from tomorrow with series of new programmes
Starting off with just a 5 KW medium wave transmitter when it was launched 74 years ago, All India Radio, Tiruchi, which now covers 10 districts with a 100 KW high power transmitter, is poised to celebrate its platinum jubilee from May 16 with a series of new programmes targeting both urban and rural listeners.
The first broadcast conveyed a message on spreading happiness to excited listeners from the then Chief Minister of composite Madras State C.Rajagopalachari who inaugurated the country’s sixth AIR station in Tiruchi along with the first Controller of Broadcasting India Lionel Fielden, on May 16, 1939. After a year, a separate time chunk was introduced in July 1940, and in July 1969, Ilaya Bharatham (Youth Programme) was started. It was followed by the launch of Regional News Unit on November 14, 1981, for broadcasting daily news bulletin in Tamil, and Audience Research Unit on September 3, 1991.
Ilaya Bharatham, according to senior officials of AIR Tiruchi, has been serving as a platform for youth to analyse their problems and find solutions through talks and interviews.
Youngsters are given guidance and counselling regarding employment training facilities, entrepreneurship and self employment. The impact of the Farm and Home (‘Pannai Illam’) Unit, AIR Tiruchi, established during 1966 to provide purposeful and effective information to the farming community was such that ADT 27 variety paddy released during that time was popularly called ‘Radio Rice’ by the agricultural community. During the silver jubilee celebrations of ‘Pannai Illam’, 30,000 farmers took part in a function spread over two days.
AIR Tiruchi, started as one of the six pioneering stations in pre-Independent India and second station in the erstwhile Madras State after the first one at Madras, would continue to spread happiness with its range of programmes covering education, culture, literature, music, science, community, and farming, T. Periyaswamy, Deputy Director General (Engineering), AIR, Tiruchi, and M. Jothimani Elangovan, Programme Head, told mediapersons on Tuesday.
About 1,000 archived programmes including talks by leaders such as late Chief Minister Annadurai and performance of folk artistes would be packaged in a programme titled ‘Pavazha Malli’ and presented to listeners till May 15, 2014. The station would also conduct invited audience programme in each of the 10 districts covered by AIR Tiruchi on music, agriculture, health, industry and other topics, in its programme zone covering 56 per cent of Tamil Nadu’s total area encompassing Tiruchi, Perambalur Ariyalur, Karur, Salem, Namakkal, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam, and Pudukottai districts. The programmes cater to all age groups, Ms. Jothimani Elangovan said.
The platinum jubilee celebrations would begin with a formal inauguration at 5.30 p.m. on May 16. The inauguration would feature Natyanjali, a dance programme by Bala Kala Vidhanam dance school students; a folk arts events, and felicitations by P. Kumar, Tiruchi MP, and other invited speakers. South Zone Additional Director General, AIR and Doordarshan, Chennai and Bangalore, G. Jayalal, would preside over the inauguration programme.
From May 16 onwards, a photo exhibition open for public would feature a collection of 350 rare photos with footnotes illustrating AIR Tiruchi’s growth path. Sets of photos will be changed periodically.
A programme titled ‘Namathu Vaanolikku Vayathu 75’ would be broadcast on the prime channel at 9.30 p.m. on May 16. It would be preceded by folk programmes and jugalbandhi of Hindustani and Carnatic music.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities / by R. Krishnamoorthi / Tiruchi – May 15th, 2013
Workshop where ornaments were manufactured. | Express
In a major find that throws evidence to Erode’s connection to Tamil Brahmi era, a research team of Pondicherry University found several pot shells containing Tamil Brahmi letters dating to 500 BC at Kodumanal near Chennimalai.
A team of students from Pondicherry University, led by Dr K Rajan and TN archaeological department assistant director Subramaniam, has been carrying out research for the past one month in the region. Recently, the team during its work in Kodumanal found several antiques, besides the pot shells.
Team members, while explaining about the Kodumanal find, said that Tamil Brahmi words like Adinthai, Madanthai, Kuviran, Sumanan, Samban, Vindaveli, Pannan, Bagan, Yadan, etc were found on the pot shells.
Detailing the Chennimalai’s connect to ancient days, the team pointed out that the area had 165 tombs and of these 17 were taken up for research.
While in one of the tombs, many precious stones were found, the team during its study in the region also stumbled upon shell bangles, roulette pottery and sword bit contained spheroidal graphite phase and forge welding of high carbon cutting edge, etc.
The present excavations were made in 8 points near Pandiyan Nagar and a burial ground. Many beads, high quality iron materials like arrow heads, spears, swords, megalithic tombs, iron and steel furnaces, several precious stones like garnet, carnelian, lapis lazuli, sapphire, quartz, etc., were found. The area also contains some objects made of tusks and other materials which could have been used for weaving cotton in those days.
source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> States>Tamil Nadu / by Express News Service – Erode / May 17th, 2013
Writer Mari Selvaraj with his book | N Vinoth Kumar / Express
The infamous Manjolai incident, in which 17 persons succumbed in police brutality on July 23, 1999, has been brought out as an autobiographical short story.
The incident happened during a procession in support of the Manjolai estate labourers’ struggle for wages on the banks of Thamirabarani in Tirunelveli. The story is one among the 21 short stories penned by Mari Selvaraj, which has been brought out as a collection, Thamirabharaniyil Kollappadaathavargal, by Vamsi Books.
Probably, Mari Selvaraj is the first writer from Tirunelveli to document the incident through a short story and his short story collection has gained momentum in literary circles now.
Born in Puliyankulam of Tirunelveli district, Mari Selvaraj is the fifth son to his parents, who are agricultural labourers. “The freedom that poverty offered me has given me rich experiences and I have many stories to share,” says the author.
Speaking to City Express, Selvaraj shares about his journey as a writer to an assistant director in Kollywood. “My entire schooling was in my village. It was when I stepped into the law college, I first came to a town. But college life was not a good experience. The first question I faced was about my caste. Since I was considered as an insubordinate student, whatever I did went wrong. At one point of time, a police case was registered against me and that was when I discontinued my studies and ran away from home,” says Selvaraj.
Selvaraj came to Chennai with Rs 1400 and took up jobs in places like petrol bunks while simultaneously searching for a better job.
“My search ended when I joined as an office boy in the office of film director Ram,” he says.
Ram was making Katradhu Thamizh then, which had actor Jiiva in the lead role. “The film developed my interest in cinema. After the film, Ram had a break for three years. That’s when we came close by getting to know each other well. Ram gave me books and films, and guided me well. He also started a blog named Kaatchi for me so that I could convey my thoughts through writing. The stories of Thamirabharaniyil Kollappadaathavargal were first published in this blog. Later, I became an assistant director to Ram and it’s been seven years of my association with him.”
The stories in this collection travel in diverse platforms and are mostly about either politics or relationships.
“Party leaders see politics as business. Mine was ‘frustrated politics’ because whatever I lost in it during my early life have not been compensated till now. Tamil Nadu is in a state of ‘sexual poverty’. Having a woman’s friendship is considered a fantasy. At this juncture, understanding either sex becomes critical. I think my stories reflect that criticality.”
Inspired by writers G Nagarajan and Saadat Hasan Manto, Selvaraj wants to direct a film as well.
“Though I keep writing, my ultimate aim is to direct a film which brings reputation to whatever I learnt from Ram. I believe that will be the true respect to my mentor,” he concludes.
source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Cities> Chennai / by N. Vinoth Kumar / ENS – Chennai / May 08th, 2013
G. Muriel, who scored 1,047, wants to do a B.Tech course./ Photo: Special Arrangement / The Hindu
Nearly four years ago, G. Muriel was rescued along with four other girls from an unrecognised home in Tiruvallur district, by the Child Welfare Committee (CWC).
Today, she and her friends have passed the State board class XII examinations with flying colours.
Another young student, Padmavathi, a resident of Pallipattu in Villupuram, who was rescued from a forced child marriage last year, also passed, scoring 795 out of 1,200.
The six girls are inmates of a home run by Madras Christian Council of Social Service in Perambur.
Muriel scored 1,047, and is over the moon. She, along with Mary Ann (972), Sheeba (961), Rejolia Mary (982) and Esther (680), studied at Everwin Matriculation School, Kolathur. Padmavathi studied at Government Higher Secondary School, Villivakkam.
“Muriel and her friends were rescued by CWC after a complaint about the unrecognised home. The home was subsequently closed down. The six students were referred to us by CWC. Since it is vacation time now, they are about to begin part-time jobs,” said R. Isabel, director of Madras Christian Council of Social Service.
Muriel wants to pursue B.Tech in information technology. “I want to study well and earn a good salary. I am very happy that all my friends have passed. We have been together since childhood,” she said.
Padmavathi wants to do a degree in mathematics and work in a bank.
Ms. Isabel said the students were in need of sponsorships to be able to go to college.
The Government Children’s Home for Girls, Kellys also had reason to cheer, as nine of the 10 girls who had appeared for the exam, passed. “Some of them are orphans, while others have single parents. They are studying at the Government HSS, Purasawalkam,” said an officer at the home.
Of the nine, V. Shanthi scored 760, followed by M. Gokila (727) and B. Pradeepa (711). Gokila, a native of Dharmapuri, wants to become a nurse to take care of the health of her villagers.
Nine of the 12 inmates of Puzhal Central Prison who appeared for the board exams have passed. Notable among them is suspected Maoist leader Sundaramoorthy, who scored 835. Thirty-nine convicts lodged in different central prisons across the State had attempted the exams.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Chennai / by Staff Reporter / May 11th, 2013
The Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital (RGGGH) witnessed a rare surgery treating the dilation of the blood vessel from the heart. Mani, a 55-year-old farmer who was admitted to the GH a month ago with complaints of difficulties in swallowing, was later diagnosed with thoraco abdominal aortic aneurysm (abnormal dilation of blood vessel).
“This is the first time we have saved a person with the blood vessel bursting, especially when the aorta, which is the major blood vessel, ruptures,” said Dr Kanagasabai, dean, MMC. “Only 50 or 60 patients a year get admitted with complaints of blood vessel enlargement, but this was the most risky surgery so far.”
“It was a matter of seconds to save the life, when the blood starts to pump out at a high pressure after the blood vessel breaks off,” he added. The patient was immediately moved to the operation theatre, after he vomited blood.
A graft, which was 8 inches long, was stitched along the ruptured blood vessel. A team of surgeons from the cardio thoracic surgical and vascular surgical team performed the surgery, which lasted more than six hours.
In a corporate hospital, the medical bill would be around Rs 3 lakh. “ More than 10 units of blood were transfused to the patient,” Dr Raja Venkatesh, HoD, cardio thoracic department, said noting that the patient’s life could not have been saved if he had not been admitted.
BP and cholesterol could also be a risk factor for such a complication, the doctor warned, adding, “but such a disorder could even occur without any risk factors involved and surgery is the only way to save the life.”
source: http://www.deccanchronicle.com / Deccan Chronicle / Home> News> Current Affairs / DC / May 16th, 2013
An ongoing survey at the sprawling Bryant Park in Kodaikanal has revealed that it is home to exotic tree species such as camphor, silver maple and blue gum.
Led by horticulture deputy director S. Raja Mohamed, a team of officials has undertaken a survey of locating, identifying and naming exotic tree varieties in the 20.5 acre-botanical garden planned and built by English forest officer H.D. Bryant in 1900 and named after him.
Mr Mohamed said the survey has brought to light the existence of camphor, silver maple, creeping juniper, alnus tress and blue gum trees in the park for more than 50 years. Some of the exotic varieties had been planted by Bryant himself while creating the park.
Two camphor trees imported from China have been identified and they have been in the park for the last 75 years. “A large evergreen tree with 20-30 m in height was identified by the distinctive odour of a crushed leaf,” he says.
The park has one Acre saccharinum, commonly known as silver maple, imported from Japan, and it is 60 years old. Often planted as an ornamental tree because of its rapid growth and ease of propagation and transplanting, its seeds are food source for squirrels, chipmunks and birds and its trunk tends to produce cavities which can shelter squirrels, owls and woodpeckers.
Also found is a Juniperus horizontalis, whose common name is creeping juniper or creeping cedar, a low-growing shrubby juniper, native to North America. Believed to have been imported from Japan, the tree is being maintained in the park for the past 35 years, the horticulture officer informed.
An Alnus nepalensis, a multipurpose alder tree found in the subtropical highlands of the Himalayas, has been growing in the park for over 60 years now while one southern blue gum or blue gum, an evergreen tree, one of the most widely cultivated trees native to Australia, has its presence in the park for 50 years.
Mr Mohamed says, “All these exotic varieties have been in the park for several decades now but have gone unnoticed over the years. With the flower show at Bryant Park scheduled for two days from May 19 as part of 10-day summer festival in Kodaikanal, we initiated the survey. The naming of these species is on and no doubt they would be an added attraction to the visitors.”
source: http://www.deccanchronicle.com / Deccan Chronicle / Home> News> Current Affairs / DC / May 14th, 2013
The odds of poverty in life did not dampen the spirit of S. Jayasuriya, who bagged the first rank in higher secondary examinations this year and shared it with another student S. Abinesh, both hailing from private schools in Namakkal. The first rankers secured 1189 marks out of 1200.
“I am overjoyed, so is my family. I did not expect the first rank, though expected some state rank. Now, I will pursue my dream to do MBBS and specialise in Orthopaedics,” said Jayasuriya of Vidya Vikas Matriculation Higher Secondary School at Tiruchengode in Namak-kal.
Jayasuriya’s mother Anandhi is a tailor and father Senthilkumar has been bed ridden, after an accident a decade back. Despite coming from poor background, he scored 197 in Tamil, 194 in English, 198 in Physics and 200 marks in Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics.
“I always kept my family’s financial situation in mind, which helped me focus on studies. I thoroughly studied the subjects from the beginning, set a target before me and achieved it,” said the first ranker. “It is a proud moment for us all. My son had understood our poverty and focused on his studies,” said his mother Anandhi, shedding tears of joy.
Equally elated was S. Abinesh, a student of Green Park Matriculation Higher Secondary School in Namakkal, who shared the first rank. “I will become a cardiologist, which is my passion,” he said adding that one need to develop an interest for studies to be success-
ful.”
“We need to concentrate on the subject of study, understand it clearly and study well,” said Abinesh, son of P. Sekar and Latha, who scored 196 in Tamil, 193 in English and 200 in Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics.
Abinaya wants to do CA
Tamil was H. Abinaya’s second language till class ten. But in order to get more marks, she shifted to Sanskrit and achieved her target by securing state second rank in the overall category. Abinaya, a student of SDAV Higher Secondary School in Chengalpattu scored 1191 marks out of the total 1200.
She got centum in Commerce, Accountancy, Economics and Business Maths. “My English mark was only 193. Had I scored even one mark more, I would have got state first rank,” said Abinaya, who got 198 in Sanskrit.
Her father Harihara Subramanian is working in a private company, while mother Sornam is a teacher. While her parents expected her to follow the footsteps of their elder daughter and study for engineering, Abinaya changed tracks by choosing commerce group in class eleven. “I wanted to follow the foot steps of my uncles, who are practising CA,” said Abinaya.
Sainithya secures joint state third
R. Sainithya (17) has started her journey towards chartered accountancy in a jubilant mood. Even though she is just another person in her family to aspire for CA, as her father and two sisters are already in the financial profession, still she has garnered more glory at a young age by achieving joint third rank in Plus-2 exams this year.
A student of GRT Mahalakshmi Vidyalaya in Ashok Nagar, Sainithya was aspiring to emulate her eldest sister Sri Lakshmi, who was a school topper in Plus-2. But then, Sainithya achieved more than she expected. She scored centum in Commerce, Accountancy and Business Maths. Her total score was 1190 marks, which includes 198 in Sanskrit.
Nivedhitha scores 198 in Tamil
For A.S. Nivedhitha, achieving a state rank was a dream that she narrowly missed two years ago in class 10. But this time in Plus-2, she made it in style, scoring centum in three subjects. The Zion Matriculation Higher Secondary School student scored full marks in Computer Science, Maths and Chemistry. She got 198 in Tamil, 192 in English and 197 in Physics.
She was ranked third among students who chose Tamil as second language in the state. She scored 1187 out of the total 1200. Nivedhitha’s parents M. Swaminathan (civil engineer) and S. Sailakshmi (bank employee) were elated to see their daughter achieve state rank.
“I want to become a computer engineer,” said a beaming Nivedhitha, who did not take any special coaching. School correspondent N. Vijayan said his school always discouraged students from taking private classes. “We always give coaching with individual attention. So we inform our students not to take special tuition outside,” he added.
TN toppers aim for cardiology
Namakkal: A.K. Kanmani and U. Manothini of Green Park Matriculation Higher Secondary School in Namakkal have secured 1187 marks.
For U. Manothini, though becoming an IAS officer was the childhood dream, a heart surgery performed on his father had made her to change her goal when she was at Class VIII. “I know the pain my father suffered with heart ailments. Hence, I decided I should study cardiology and become a doctor,” said Manothini, a native of Thanjavur.She also said that since her village was not developed, she would serve there as a cardiologist.
Kalaivani, daughter of a private bus conductor Elangovan and mother Sivagami, too wants to serve people as cardiologist. Though hailing from a poor family, she was offered education free of cost at her school, Kurinji Matriculation School.
Her marks are Tamil – 198, English – 190, Physics – 199 and 200 in Chemistry, Mathematics and Biology. The marks of A.K. Kanmani, native of Perambalur, daughter of Kaliyamoorthy, were: Tamil – 198, English – 192, Physics – 197 and 200 in Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics – 200.
source: http://www.deccanchronicle.com / Deccan Chronicle / Home> News> Current Affairs / DC / May 10th, 2013
