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Office-bearers for 2025

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Send-off to our former President,

Sri. V S Ramachandran

dated 2nd November 2018

 

Farewell speech of Sri. Ramachandran
Participants – on the Dais	and off the Dais
Posing for the Photo – 1	Posing for the Photos – 2

 

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Annual Day Celebrations 2018

New Office-bearers
The out-going P S & T	The Returning Officer
The Audience – 1	The Audience – 2
The Drama – 1	The Drama – 2
Song – 1	Song – 2
Dance – 1	Dance – 2

 

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Our new President

 

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Cegowac Elections 2018

 

CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICERS’ WELFARE ASSOCIATION

(Registered Under Societies Registration Act 1860.   Regn .No:73/79 Dt 26.3.1979)

C/O HOTEL ALAKAPURI, KOZHIKODE-673002

 

Nomination form for the post of Office Bearers & Executive Committee Members for the year 2018.

 

Name of the Post                                                   :

Name of the Member                                            : 

Name and Signature of the Proposer                  :

 

Name and Signature of the Seconder                 :

 

Signature of the Candidate   with date               :

 

 

Forwarded to                The Returning Officer, Sri. T. C. Jose,  josetc90@yahoo.co.in   ( Mob:  9544809070 )

Or  to 

 The Secretary, Sri V.C.Basheer,  vc_basheer@yahoo.co.in, ( Mob: 9446456449 )

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Cegowac Childrens-day Celebrations 20017

(As reported in Cegowac Bulletin, Oct-Dec 2017)

                                                                     Courtesy :  K K Balasubramanian, Editor, Cegowac Bullettin

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Cegowac Onam Celebrations 2017

(As reported in Cegowac Bulletin, Jul-Sept 2017)

                                                      Courtesy :  K K Balasubramanian, Editor, Cegowac Bullettin

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Cegowac Family Brings glory to the country

as little Sreeranjini winning Gold Medal for Badminton in the Student Olympics, Malaysia 2017

 Sreeranjini, along with her proud parents, Vinayakumar & Seena

being felicitated at the monthly Executive Committee Meeting of CEGOWAC

 held at Alakapuri on 8-7-2017

 

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Our new President, Sri. P Muraleedharan (2017)

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Inauguration of the Mannil Vijayan memorial

The Mannil Vijayan Badminton House

at Thiruvannur on 22nd January 2017

In memory of Sri. Mannil Vijayan, the Former President of CEGOWAC
Lighting the lamp by Smt. Rajarajeswari Vijayan	Inauguration by Sri. M K Raghavan, MP
	Vote of Thanks by Rajarajeswari
Inauguration of Badminton Indoor Court by Sri. K J Mathai	A view of one of the courts

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Cegowac Picnic

to Hillview Valley Nature Resorts, Puduppady

and the ‘Vanaparvam’ maintained by Forest Department at Kakkavayal

 

 

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Onam Celebrations 2016

Cegowac Onappookkalam 2016
Lighting the lamp by the President Smt. Lakshmi Bai	Makers of the Pookkalam
Makers of the Pookkalam-II	Welcome speech by Secretary Sri. Basheer
The Presidential address, Smt. Lakshmi Bai	Vote of Thanks by Sri. Anand Kumar
Rangapooja by Aparna	Song by Arathi Unnikrishnan
Semi-classical dance by Neethu Mohan	Song by Kesavan Nambeesan
Cegowac ladies wing performing the ‘Thiruvathiraikkali’	A song by Madhusoodanan
C K Ramachandran on the Key-board	Flute by Manoj accompanied by Sudheer on Tabala
Onappattukal by singers of Cegowac family	The audience
The audience – another view	The Onassadya

Onassadya, one more view

And finally, the National Anthem

 

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Our New Secretary, Sri. Basheer V C

Hearty congratulations, Mr. Basheer

 

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                           One of the veterans of CEGOWAC family and our former President, our most beloved Sri.   Y R Sharma, has left for his heavenly abode, today, the 19th May 2016, morning  at Calicut.   

May his soul rest in peace.

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Another proud moment for the Cegowac family

                             Ms Ambili Unnikrishnan (D/o Mrs and Mr. P Unnikrishnan of Cegowac), seen 2nd from left in the above clippings,    has scored full marks (1200/1200) in the Kerala Plus Two (12th Std) Examination, 2016

                                            Ms Ambili, who has already proved her mettle in the field of art by winning the  ‘A Grade’ in  Youth Festival, and also by various stage performances, is now displaying her excellence in the academic field as well.

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Sri. Amat Madhusoodanan

With profound grief and sorrow, we report the sad demise of our most beloved,

Sri. Amat Madhusoodanan,   the former President of CEGOWAC

at 9 AM on 29th April 2016, at Calicut.

May his soul rest in peace.

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Annual Day Celebrations 2016

 

Photo Courtesy : Somasundaran P K

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Wishing all the viewers, the best in every field, in the

New Year 2016

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With profound grief and anguish, we report the sad and untimely demise of our most beloved, Sri. Mannil Vijayan, the former President of CEGOWAC and a popular public figure of Calicut on 25^th November 2015 at 18.30 hours.  

May his soul rest in peace.

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Children’s day celebrations 2015

 

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Onam Celebration 2015

and  many more performances worth seeing….

Pookkalam in the making	The finished product
The welcome speech  by Secretary	Our former President, Dr. John Joseph, addressing the gathering
Ms Chaithra Teresa John being felicitated by Cegowac	Reply speech by Chaithra
The vote of thanks	Another view of the Bharathanatyam by Shilpa Somasundaran
Dance by Ambili, Neethu and Aparna	Another view of their dance
Some more views of the Thiruvathirakkali
Onappattukal	More scenes from Vijayans ‘Confusions’
Yet another scene from ‘Confusions’	The audience
The audience – another view	The National Anthem

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Cegowac ‘Fun evening’ dated 25th April 2015

Start of the ‘Fun’ competitions
The office-bearers on stage	The audience
Audience – another view	Audience – yet another view
Forming 4 groups for competitions	The best among the competitions – “Men in Sarees”

 

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Smt. Susheela Vijayaraghavan

One of the founder members of CEGOWAC, our most beloved Smt.   Susheela Vijayaraghavan, has left for her heavenly abode,       today, the 10th February 2015, by around 1 pm  at Calicut.    May her soul rest in peace.

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CEGOWAC Annual Day Celebrations 2015

The Invocation	Presidential Address
Discussion on Annual Report – Sri. Kesavan Nambisan	Sri. P K Sreedharan
Sri. Somasundaran P K	Sri. P K Somanadhan
Introduction of new members	New Office-bearers for 2015
Dance by Gowri Tejaswini	C K Ramachandran on the Key-board
Dance by Anjana & partner	Dance by Rekha & party
Candles against terrorism	Candles – another view
Mr. Dominic, Mrs. Lilly Dominic and Smt. Shobha Vijayan in the stage-play by Vijayan	The National Anthem
Sri. Vijayan Mannoth in his own stage-play, Modernism along with Sri. Dominic Mathew & Lilly Dominic

Photos by Sri. Somasundaran P K

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A proud moment for CEGOWAC family

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Cegowac Children’s Day Celebrations  – 2014

 

 

 Inter-school Elocution Competition conducted by CEGOWAC on Children’s Day

Smt. Chunangat Kallyanikutty Amma memorial Rolling Shield for Elocution in Malayalam won by Govt. Ganapth HSS Team

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Speech by A R Madhavan

Dance by kids – 1

Dance by Kids – 2

Song by Anupama

 

 Highlights of the other events of the day

Welcome Speech by Secretary	The Presidential Address
Poem by Parvathy Jayakumar	Dance by our little ones – Ritwic and Janvi
English Poem by A R Madhavan	‘Keerthanam’ by Aparna Balachandran
English Poem by Remil Gafoor	Dance by Gowri Thejaswini
Classical song by Ambili Unnikrishnan	Group dance by kids – Sreeranjini, Hrithika & Neha
Folk Dance by Alisha Pradeep	Malayalam Poem by Hrithika
Song by Aparna Balachandran	Akshay Kanth on the Key-board
Anupama with an old song	A section of the audience

 

The audience – another view

and finally, the National Anthem

 

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 CEGOWAC Picnic to Kariyathumpara

and Koorachundu (2-11-2014)

Kariyathumpara – the overall view
The ladies wing	Luxurious travelling arrangements
Blue hills behind the greenery	The first stop-over
Photographers in action	At the bathing ghat
“Palli neerattu”	“Ozhukkinethire” – the competition for local residents
Competing with Kashmir ?	Another view of the valley
Towards another destination	Rare pets seen at Koorachundu
Another group	The big catch by our President
Ladies are second to none	The beautiful home of the host
Lavish treat of the evening	Ready for the return trip

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CEGOWAC Onam 2014

Highlights of other events of the day

 

Those behind the Pookkalam	Maveli Blessing the audience	Onappattukal by Sri. M Vijayan
Kaikottikkali by the ladies wing	Song by Neethu, Ambili & Aparna	Song by Smt Shyama Bhaskar
Onappattukal by Latha, Seema, Prabha & Geetha	Mohiniyattam by Rekha Anoop	Sri. C K Ramachandran on Key-board
The Audience	Dance by Ambili, Neethu & Aparna	Song by Anupama Somanath
The National Anthem	And finally, Onassadya	Song by Sri. Madhusoodanan

For watching the videos, click the icons below:

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Mural Painting Exhibition

by  Smt Premalatha Balachandran of CEGOWAC family

The Dancing Ganapathi	Kannaki
Radha-krishna	Sreekrishna

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Book-release function

‘Veshapakarchakal’ written by Sri. M Vijayan, Ex-Secretary, CEGOWAC

 

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Monsoon diseases

Talk by Dr. Rajesh, Medical Officer, Govt. Ayurveda Hospital, Balusseri

at the special meeting of CEGOWAC members held at Planetarium Hall on 9-7-2014

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Picnic to Peruvannamuzhi

Pictures by Sri. M Vijayan

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Shri. Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India

- the swearing in ceremony at 6.10 pm on 26-5-14

 

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Hearty Vishu Greetings to all viewers

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Hearty welcome to the New Office-bearers of CEGOWAC

Sri. Ravindranath Kumar MP,  President

Sri. Dominic Mathew,     Secretary

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Cegowac Annual Day Celebrations dated 26-1-2014

Other highlights of the day

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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New Year Celebration by CEGOWAC family

at the Executive Committee meeting of January 2014

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CEGOWAC family on a Picnic at Alleppey

 

Nature’s beauty as seen by different members:

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Elocution competition for School children of Calicut, conducted by CEGOWAC on Children’s day the 14-11-2013.

Sri. Abdul Hameed memorial CEGOWAC Silver Jubilee Rolling Shield for Elocution in English, being presented to Ms AshwathiPrithviraj

 

Smt. Chunangat Kallyanikutty Amma memorial Rolling Shield for Elocution in Malayalam being presented to Ms Amrutha

 

Other details of the function at Alakapuri, Calicut held on 14-11-2013

CEGOWAC Directory being released by Sri. V U Eradi, by handing over a copy to Sri. Lukose
On the stage – Sri. K J Sebastian Vice-president, Sri. A Balachandran Secretary & Sri. Dominic, Joint Secretary	Ms Anjana H Kumar of Central School receiving 2nd prize for English Elocution
Prize winners above LP section – Rayhan Gafoor	Geetha Parayanan by Sreeranjini Vinayakumar
Dance by Gowri Thejaswini	English Poem by Parvathi Jayakumar
Speech by Dr. Valsala	The National Anthem

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മംഗള്‍യാന്‍  ചൊവ്വയിലേക്ക്

രാജ്യത്തിന്റെ അഭിമാനമുയര്‍ത്തിക്കൊണ്ട് ഇന്ത്യയുടെ പ്രഥമ ചൊവ്വാദൗത്യമായ മംഗള്‍യാന് മംഗളകരമായ തുടക്കം.    5-11-2013 ചൊവ്വാഴ്ച പകല്‍ 2.38 നാണ് പിഎസ്എല്‍വി -സി25 റോക്കറ്റില്‍ ശ്രീഹരിക്കോട്ടയിലെ സതീഷ് ധവാന്‍ വിക്ഷേപണകേന്ദ്രത്തില്‍നിന്ന് മംഗള്‍യാന്‍ കുതിച്ചുയര്‍ന്നത്.

(കൂടുതല്‍ വിവരങ്ങള്‍ക്ക് Information പേജ്‌ കാണുക)
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Happy Deepavali Greetings to all viewers

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Greetings on Gandhi Jayanthi day (2-10-13)

Lead kindly, Light

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CEGOWAC Onam Celebrations – 2013

 

<–Click here to see the Video

Start of the days programme with lighting of the lamp by the veteran of CEGOWAC family,

 Sri. V U Eradi

 

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The Pookkalam laid by CEGOWAC family at Alakapuri, Calicut on 21-9-13 

 

and a glimpse of the other events of the day:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Happy Independence day wishes to all

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Happy Vishu Greetings to all viewers

 

To see a video on Vishukkani, Click here

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CEGOWAC Annual-day celebrations   26-1-2013

 

Click here to see the Videos

The business session
	Presidential address by the Vice-President Mr. Sebastian
Returning Officer, Mr. Eradi, declaring the list of new Office-bearers	Address by the new Secretary, Mr. Balachandran
The new Office-bearers for the year 2013

Prize-winners of Annual-day competitions
Mr. K K Balasubramanian	Mr. A P Damodaran	Mrs. Geetha Balasubramanian
Mrs. Jayasree Somanathan	Mr. M Joseph	Mrs. Rajarajeswari Vijayan
Mrs. Rajeswari Vijayaraghavan	Mrs. Reena Sasidharan	Mr. Sasidharan
Mr. P K Sreedharan	Mrs. Thankamani Sreedharan	Mr. M Vijayan

The cultural events  –  performances by members of CEGOWAC family
Song by Sreeranjini	Dance by Sreeranjini (Junior)		Little Parvathy with a patriotic song
Sreekanth on the key-board	Sreenidhi and Sreepriya		Gowri Tejaswini and Thripthi
Prabhav Tejaswi	Unforgettable melody – Kesavan Nambisan		Vineetha with her own poem
Excellent performance by Rahul		Even better one by Sheetal

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CEGOWAC karaoke-nite

The musical extravaganza staged at the Planetarium hall on 15-12-2012

In the presence of the Cegowac family in full, as shown below:

 

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CEGOWAC family at Masinagudi

 Along with lots of happy moments, as can be seen in the snaps below:

Click here for the Video

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CEGOWAC Children’s day celebrations 2012

 Click here to see the video

Along with startling performances by the budding talents of CEGOWAC family…

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Life-style diseases 

The speech by Dr. P K Sasidharan, Professor & Head of the Department of Medicine, Calicut Medical College.

 

Dr. P K Sasidharan speaks on ‘Life-style diseases’

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 See the ‘Information‘ page for more details

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CEGOWAC Onam celebration 2012

Dance by Cegowac family :

 

 

The grand CEGOWAC Pookkalam

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The  Maveli seeks SMS:

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Pranic Healing at CEGOWAC

A live demonstration of Pranic Healing by Mrs. Sreeja Suresh at the monthly get-together of CEGOWAC on 11-7-12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 Dr. Ramdas passes away.

With profound grief, we report the sad demise of our beloved  former President, Dr. A Ramadasan, Retired Director,  NRCS Calicut,  at  Calicut  on     3-7-2012 May his soul rest in peace

CEGOWAC Vishu Celebrations (21-4-12)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wish you a very happy Vishu

Our Office-bearers for the year 2012
Sri. V S Ramachandran, President.	Sri. P madhusoodanan,                 Vice-president.	Sri. K J Sebastian,                    Vice-president.
Sri. P K Somasundaran, Secretary	Sri. P Unnikrishnan,                   Joint Secretary	Sri. P Muraleedharan,                 Joint Secretary.
Sri. N K Vijayakumar, Treasurer	Sri. K Balachandran, Executive Committee Member	Sri. A Haridasan Nair, Executive Committee Member
Dr. SR Krupesh Sharma, Executive Committee Member	Sri. V U Eradi, Executive Committee Member	Sri. K M Ramachandran, Executive Committee Member
(Photograph awaited)                   Sri. K P Madhusoodanan,     Executive Committee Member	(Photograph awaited)                  Sri. Dominic Mathew,          Executive Committee Member	(Photograph awaited)                  Sri. Muraleedharan P V,         Executive Committee Member
M K Saseendran,      Executive Committee Member
Ex-officio Members of Executive Committee
Dr. A Ramadasan,                   President, 1989	Sri. A Madhusoodanan,            President, 1984	Sri. P P Vijayaraghavan,          President, 1982
Sri. RajanDamodaran,                   President, 1993	Sri. P K Sreedharan,                  President, 2001	Dr. John Joseph,                           President, 2003
Dr. Y R Sharma,                    President, 2002	Sri. P Radhakrishnan,             President, 2002	Sri. T C Jose,                         President, 2005
Sri. A P Damodaran,                  Secretary, 1981	Sri. Mannil Vijayan,                 President, 2007	Sri. M Joseph,                         Secretary, 1999
Sri. T V Sasidharan,                   Secretary, 2004	Sri. C K Ramachandran,              Secretary, 2002	Sri. K K Balasubramanian, Secretary, 2005
Sri. M Vijayan,                        Secretary, 2007	Sri. C K Krishnan,                     Secretary, 2009

 

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CEGOWAC honoured by ANGELS (Active Network Group of Emergency Life Savers)

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Rare Symphony

A unique performance by Mr. Vijayan, former Secretary, CEGOWAC

Mr. Mannoth Vijayan, the multifaceted talent of CEGOWAC on his latest achievement, in organising the ‘Rare Symphony’ at Calicut on 13-2-2012.  Ms Bindu Amat is also seen in the picture, who made an elegant presentation, introducing the innovative performances of Mr. Vijayan recently.

We proudly present the excerpts from the stage programme dated 13th Feb 2012:

 

 

 

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With profound grief, we report the sad demise of our beloved  Smt. Renuka Sharma,  wife of Dr. Y R Sharma,  former president of CEGOWAC  and the Retired Director,  NRCS Calicut,  at  Calicut  on     31-1-2012 May her soul rest in peace

The official launch of the Web-site : CEGOWAC.COM

 Dr. P B Salim, District Collector of Calicut, formally launching the Web-site.

 Coupled with the launch of the Web-site, we have celebrated the Annual Day of CEGOWAC, i.e the 26th of January in a grand manner, as can be seen from the snaps below:

Dances by children marked the occasion :

Speeches by eminent dignitaries:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And Prize distributions too:

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Wish you all a very happy Republic Day

Annual Day Celebrations

DEAR MEMBERS,As already intimated, our Annual day is being celebrated on 26th January. Dr PB SALIM, Dist Collector, Calicut has kindly consented to be the Chief Guest of the day.   Web site CEGOWAC.COM WILL be formally launched in the function.

 The contributions mobilised by the members for ANGELS will be handed over to the Collector who is the chairman of ANGELS, on that occasion. Members who have not contributed towards the same may bring it on 26th Jan. 

 Pl attend, watch the programmes including cultural events and enjoy dinner.

 Somasundaran, secretaary, Mob: 9847003934.

Picnic 2012

Dear Members,  CONSIDERING THE OPINION OF MANY MEMBERS AND TO REDUCE JOURNEY TIME and expenses we have modified our programme as follows while the dates remain unchanged. On 28th morning we are starting for Coorg.  After visiting places of interest stay there on the night and return next day ie 29th of January. After negotiations we have settled for Rs 1500/- per head which include transport, food, accommodation and road entry tax of Rs 650/- per head. Therefore please reconfirm your participation by paying an advance of Rs 1000/- per head  to S/s Mannil Vijayan, 9847093339 or PK Somasundaran, 9847003934. Have a nice journey..Somasundaran 9847003934, (Secretary)

 Wish you all a very happy and prosperous new year !!!

 

Happy Christmas to all members of CEGOWAC and also the viewers of this site.

 Children’s day Celebration by CEGOWAC

Performances by budding artists of CEGOWAC family

 

To see the Video, Click Here 

 Also the dances by two  pretty Chottus –                                     No1                No 2

 

 And performances by their seniors also …

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hi Kids,  It’s your day on 14th of this month. CEGOWAC is celebrating the Children’s Day on Monday, the 14-11-2011, at Hotle Alakapuri.   The following competitions are being held on Sunday, the 13-11-2011at the Training Hall of the Centrl Excise & Customs from 9.30 AM onwards: 1. Elocution competition in English 2. Elocution competition in Malayalam  The competitions are open to the students of 10th to 12th Standards of the schools in Calicut, who are nominated by their institutions.  The highlight of the Celebrations at Hotel Alakapuri on 14-11-11 will be the  Cultural Events staged by the children of the members of CEGOWAC All the members of CEGOWAC and the prize winning students are cordially invited, with family, to attend the function.

 

Invitation  Children’s day  is  being  celebrated  by  CEGOWAC  on  14-11-2011 (Monday) at 6.30 PM at Hotel Alakapuri, Main Hall.  All members are invited to the function and to the Dinner that follows.                                                       P.K. Somasundaran, Secretary

 

 

Results of the Elocution Competitions

HERE ARE THE RESULTS OF THE COMPETITIONS HELD ON 13.11.11ELOCUTION IN ENGLISHI PRIZE: ANNUAY J, SILVER HILLS PUBLIC SCHOOL, PAROPPADYII PRIZE: NEERAJ R PILLAI, KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA, EAST HILLELOCUTION IN MALAYALAMI PRIZE: ANUPAMA C, SILVER HILLS PUBLIC SCHOOL, PAROPPADYII PRIZE: ARJUN MD, CHINMAYA VIDYALAYA, THONDAYAD

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Diwali Greetings

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rom Our Onam Celebrations of 2011