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On 27th April 2017, as the scorch- session itself at 11:30 am. Overall The agenda of the meeting was to
ing heat of April was intensifying engagement and enthusiasm in the update on the following topics.
outside, as the battle of coding and floor was clearly visible. • Product Development, TRV –
testing was at it paramount inside Prasannan Harendran (Group Lead- Transformation agenda
the agile battlefield, we had our er, TRV Global Lending solutions) • Integration leadership Update
first combined Town hall of Global and Syam SK (Group Leader, TRV (D+H + Misys)
Lending & Financial solutions at 6th Global Financial Solutions) were • FY 17-18, Q1 Updates
Floor Phase 2. This was attended by hosts of the event. Mathew Jacob • Q1 2017 – Development Engi-
400+ associates and the leadership (Group Leader, TRV Quality gover- neering update
team. Associates have occupied the nance) presented the Development • Key Achievements & Recogni-
available chairs on a first come first Engineering update. Presence of tion – Q1 2017 (Lending & Finan-
basis and there were people eagerly Chitra Saisekar (Country Head) cial solutions)
standing to hear the updates from made the occasion more special for • Agile Training update
their leaders. The floor was already us. • Organization Initiatives
overflowing before the start of the • Wrap up and QA

Mathew has shared the updates on
Development Engineering group. No
Town hall is complete without recog-
nizing people who has gone above
and beyond what is expected from
them. Chintu, HRBP has given us
an insight into MLI survey and how
important it is for the associates
to participate in the survey and let
their voice be heard by the manage-
ment.

The stage was set for the show at the questions on ‘Me first’ basis. It Associates have reserved their
sharp 11:30 am. The meeting start- was a tough time for Narendran & questions in the end and each and
ed off with a quiz for the audience Alwin as quizmasters. As the ques- every question was answered by
on various D+H topics which in- tion bank was getting drained, so the leaders to the satisfaction of
clude who heads what, total no. of are the chocolates, we got into some the questioners. Even though the
associates for the various verticals serious stuff of information down- meeting was scheduled for an hour,
etc. Chocolates were flying here and load. Prasannan & Syam walked it went a little above 1.5 hours. But
there as the associates started get- us through strategies, objectives no complaints at all, as the associ-
ting involved and wanted to answer & key results and achievements. ates have received what they were
expecting and the curtains were
pulled down at 1:10 pm with closing
remarks from Chitra Saisekar.

Barometer Team

Barometer Compliance Management System delivers a cloud-based, managed compliance risk assessment
service that helps FIs identify, assess, prioritize, monitor and manage compliance risks in a structured and disci-
plined fashion through a combination of compliance content and technology. The application will provide in depth
risk reporting for internal compliance use and regulators, and executive level summary reporting for CEOs and
boards.

A green run to safeguard mother Nature !

To commemorate world Environment
Day, green marathon was organised
by a city based group in Trivandrum
on Monday. The event saw the partic-
ipation of around 400 people of different age
groups which included those from the Indi-
an Air force, BSF Indian Coast Guard, CRPF,
Sai Krishna Public School, hotellers, members
from various resident associations cycling as-
sociations and individuals. The mini marathon
which started from the Kowdiar Palace gate
was flagged off by Dinesh Panicker, film pro-
ducer, and was concluded at the Kannakakun-
nu Palace. Later the participants of the even were presented tree saplings. According to
the organiser Rajagopal Iyer, the event with the motto ‘Connect with Nature’ was also a
means of generating public interest and their involvement in environmental issues.

Main Heading will comes here

Every year, on 14 June, countries around the joined hands with TEJUS- the blood donation forum in
world celebrate World Blood Donor Day. The Techno Park, and has been supporting the weekly blood
event raises awareness of the need for safe donation trips to Regional Cancer Centre in the form of
blood and blood products and to thank volun- voluntary donors, and also been providing transporta-
tary blood donors for their life-saving gifts of blood. tion support for donors all over from Techno park, the
logistics for which is handled by Tejus Help Desk. How-
The 2017 World Blood Donor Day celebrations were ever any adhoc requests within D+H, Techno park and
organized by Terumo Penpol Limited in association even from all over Trivandrum has also been supported
with All Kerala Donors Society on June 14. The day through our voluntary donors. When the notification on
was marked by a function to honor institutions and re- the nominations for the above best donor awards came
peat regular donors and also included variety of other through the Techno park mailing list, there was not
events with fun and games. Hono’ble Governor of Kera- even a moment’s hesitation to send our donor names
la, Justice (Retd.) P. Sathasivam was the guest of honor, to be considered for this honor. It was a moment of
the event was also marked by the presence of medical great pride and honor that 10 of our associates were
professionals from Vellore, as well as Heads of various confirmed as best donors of 2017 and were recognized
organizations and the CEO of Techno Park Trivandrum. in the event.

As part of its efforts to promote Voluntary Blood Do- 1. Hariprasoon Ramachandran
nation (VBD), Terumo Penpol Limited in association 2. Hemanth Valsalan
with All Kerala Blood Donors Society (KEBS) gave away 3. Sanjeev Balasubramanian
rewards for the best Institution promoting Voluntary 4. Sreejith Mani
Blood Donation and repeat regular voluntary blood 5. Stephen Raj
donors. The criterion for the best male donor award of 6. Renjith Muraleedharan
2017 was a maximum of four donations in 2016 while 7. Noby Thomas
that for the best female donor award was a maximum 8. Manoj Thankappan
of three donations. 9. Vishnu Satheesh
10. Shanid T
D+H has always been in forefront for blood donation
and related activities. From mid-March 2016, D+H TRV

Book Review

H
angwoman is the English translation
to the novel “Aarachar” written by K. R
Meera. I read this novel last year and
was simply astound by the narration. The
author gave a ‘life’ to this novel through
the smell and sound of Calcutta and obviously by
portraying the Bengali background as well. The
story brings the first hangwoman into limelight and
describes the complex life situations of the protag-
onist. Though I have read many female oriented
novels, the way this lead character showcase her-
self is what makes it the best novel I have ever read.
The story reveals how the 22 year old Chetna, from
the scion of Grddha Mullick clan, free herself from
her predominant father and get herself out from the
manipulated web created by the man she loves the
desires and loves the most. The Grddha family has
a culture and profession of executioner as strong
lineage. But she was not willing to be a hangwoman, that too for the first time in the
history. She was tossed into frenzied media, in the thick of which she watches the loss of
her brother and other family tragedies, confused in her ability to condemn a man.
Yes, the story is based on the dark side of society and
the question on capital punishment would still linger
around our mind, but the beauty of the story lies in the
clear cut elegance showed in narration of the elements
of death. Reaching the last page, we will be shocked
but not grisly.
I would give “Hangwoman” a 4.7 rating out of 5. If you
are willing to travel through “the road not taken” grab
the book.

Pooja Anitha

Asso. Software Engineer (Team: LASERPRO)

User Experience Engineering Team

What is a product without user experience and a total team size of 7 members, their Operations
design? Meet the team behind the scenes are split across 2 locations – Trivandrum (1 team
who produce high-quality wireframe and prototype member) and Bremner (6 team members), Toron-
designs–from concept to execution, including to. As of now, the team supports 7 products such
those for desktop, web and mobile devices show- as Total Lending Small Business, Total Lending
casing a variety of eye-catching screen resolu- Commercial Cloud, Canadian Student Lending
tions. In addition, they also create and work on Program, Merchant Services, Payment Manager
products that give the user a visual treat which is etc., with an expansion plan of adding on more
flawless adding life to the product. under the Finastra umbrella.

The User Experience Engineering Team headed We wish the team all the best and look forward to
by Hugh Cumming began their pilot phase in your success ahead!
June 2016 and went live in January 2017. With

Gregg Frewin: Group Leader, Marsha Chan Anantharama Subramani

User Experience Engineering User Experience Designer User Experience Designer

Chloe Luo Mahsa Yavari Heather Woo Kate McLeary
User Experience Designer User Experience Designer User Experience Designer User Experience Co-op



Women of Vision – The women’s network in
TRV marked its 1 year of presence on March
8th 2017. On account of the anniversary and
International Women’s Day, WOV have cel-
ebrated the occasion by giving out the WOV
awards:

The proud recipients:

WOV Icon: Anne Soumya
WOV Go-Getter: Kushboo
WOV Diva: Varsha Vimalkumar.

WOV in association with Ewit had given a
platform for women employees working across
technopark to present their ideas with respect
to “Diversity @ My Workplace” followed by an
Open discussion on diversity with eminent
leaders across including Chitra Saisekar ,
Divya Iyer in the discussion panel.
WOV had formed its committee members and
calendar for year 2017. Watch out for the WOV
space on Health and awareness program as
its first calendar Event.



Visiting Japan

Visiting Japan has been on our buck- you to your destination a kilometer away. As soon
et list for quite some time. When we as we got out of the airport, we went to Osaka rail
finally decided to make the trip, April station and got one week JR passes which would
was the natural choice of time for two pay for itself in the next 7 days of its validity. The
reasons - Weather and Sakura. Spring JR pass allowed us unlimited travel on almost all
is the time when the weather is the most pleasant high speed rail routes and a few buses. After hav-
in Japan. But more importantly, Sakura or Cherry ing some Sushi from a Sushi joint, we went board-
Blossom, in Japan is one of the most beautiful ed the Shinkansen high speed train to Hiroshima.
sights you get to see in a life time. And Sakura Contrary to the image it invokes in our minds,
lasts for a week at most in most places it occurs. Hiroshima is a modern metropolis. In the middle
So we planned an 8 day trip with some places of of the site of atomic bombing, now called Hiroshi-
our interest from southern Japan to north with the ma Peace Memorial Park, stands the remains of
hopes of Sakura sighting at any of those places. the then exhibition hall with its steel frame of the
After a long flight we landed in Osaka. The first dome exposed, as a testimony to the brutality of
thing that you notice when you visit Japan is its the war and the invincibility of the human spirit.
people. The discipline and politeness of the Jap- We met second generation survivors of atomic
anese inspires respect. As we would learn in the bombing handing over leaflets. Nearby the park
coming days, being honest, polite and kind is a is the Peace Memorial Museum whose exhib-
way of life for them. Do not be surprised if you ask its serves as a grave reminder of the horrors of
them for directions and they are willing to walk nuclear war and its aftermath. We then visited the

Hiroshima castle. The floating torii gate of
Miyajima island is one of the easily identi-
fied landmarks of Japan. Hiroshima is also
home to Okonomiyaki, a famous pancake
prepared with shredded cabbage, vegeta-
bles and meat. By night we were back in
Osaka.

Osaka is the second largest city in Japan.
Osaka castle in one of the main sights
here. While strolling outside the Osaka
castle, we were pleasantly surprised to
see elderly people picking trash in the
park as a voluntary service. There is a
high ratio of elder citizens everywhere you
go but most of them appear to be healthy.
Also you tend to appreciate the way the
nation takes care of its citizens when you
see toilets with ramps for disabled in all
public utilities without fail. Todaiji temple,
one of the most famous temples in Ja-
pan and which houses one of the biggest
bronze statues of Buddha, is situated
in Nara which is 30 minutes away from
Osaka. When you take a walk in the Nara
Park, the deer grazing on the lawns keep
you company. We munched on Takoyaki,
a ball shaped snack filled with minced
octopus, here. Evening train to Kyoto.

Kyoto is the old capital of Japan. The calm visit to Rikugien garden which is a quiet and beautiful park
and serene Fushimi Inari shrine of Kyoto, in the busy Tokyo. It serves as a calm and serene escape
with its array of red torii gates, is one of from the hectic Tokyo city life. The beautiful Sensoji temple
the iconic sights of Japan. Vijay fans will in Tokyo, which is one of the oldest temples in Japan, is
readily identify this place as it was fea- very popular among visitors. The famous statue of Hachi-
tured in a song in the Vijay movie, Jilla. Ki- ko, the dog, is situated near Shibuya crossing, the busiest
yomizu dera temple is another prominent intersection in the world. Akihabara is the place to go if you
place here. We spent the evening sipping want to shop for electronics. It is also home to a number of
on Sake, the famous rice wine of Japan. gaming centers which bustle with activity round the clock.
Off to Tokyo. We also had the opportunity to meet a friend in Kawasaki
Tokyo, which is the biggest Japanese who was kind enough to host us for 2 days. We got to en-
city, is a sprawling metropolis. When we
arrived at Tokyo, it was already evening.
We decided to try out the famous capsule
hotel experience and checked into one.
The sleeping pods were surprisingly cozy
and comfortable. Next day started with a

counter the honesty of the Japanese, which they got down from the bus, the
are known for, when we lost one of our JR passes astonishing view of bloom
in the train station and we got it back from the in trees lined on either side
lost and found section. of the street welcomed us.
By now we had covered almost all of our itiner- This was easily the most
ary but still did not had the chance to see cherry rewarding experience of
blossom yet. By the time we reached Tokyo, the the whole trip. We spent
blossom was already some time in the castle
over there. So we grounds which were bus-
decided to travel up tling with the local people
to Hirosaki, which enjoying the weather and
is 3 hours away by the bloom. Now that the
high speed train from trip has come to a happy
Tokyo, in the hopes end, we boarded our flights
that the blossom will back home with the only
still be there. Our regret that we could not
hearts sank when we squeeze in time to go and
reached Hirosaki sta- see Mt Fuji. A few minutes
tion as there was no after the takeoff, flight captain announces that we
sign of the blossom need to look out through the right side windows.
anywhere near except What awaited us was the breath taking aerial view
a few trees scattered of Mt Fuji in all its glory with its snowcapped peak
around the place. We shining in the sun light. Our Japan trip could not
boarded the bus to have had a better end.
Hirosaki Park anyway
which was our ray of
hope since it was the
famous spot for cher-
ry blossom. When we

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