The Last Week of December 2012...

CEO's New Year Message!!!                                                      

Dear IPSRians,

Year 2012 was a memorable year for IPSR. We had many achievements and some failures which are really learning experiences for everyone.

In Dec 2002 we had initiated the process to become a Red Hat partner and ventured into open source technologies. As you know, that was a right decision and we were able to grab 10 awards including 5 international awards from Red Hat. Apart from being the Red Hat partner having produced the highest number of RHCE’s in the world, we were also able to grab projects in open source from the US, Europe and Middle East.

In Dec 2012, we initiated the process of starting our own 100% subsidiary company in Europe. I hope this will be a major shift in our journey. 

Last year, we were able to bag the Red Hat award for the Best Training Partner in SAARC countries and conducted many batches for higher certifications including RHCA. Our job portal www.ipsrjobs.com is almost ready for launch. With a record timing, the work of our E-learning portal www.aptitudetraining.in is progressing. We are expecting the official launch of these two portals by mid of 2013. In 2013, we are looking for a robust growth for the company in all divisions and branches and every stakeholder of IPSR will benefit.

I also take this opportunity to personally express my sincere gratitude to the whole IPSR family for the generous contribution to our CSR activities. At Head Office, we were happy to celebrate this X’mas along with inmates of Assissi Bhavan, Kottayam. In our branches also, we celebrated X’mas  with the same spirit by contributing to Old age homes and to marginalized people. I’m sure that it was a wonderful experience for all. I’m happy to put on record that our company is spending more than 10% of our net profit for CSR activities including free training for economically backward students. In the coming year, we would like to further strengthen our CSR activities.

The concept of ‘HERO’ introduced towards the end of 2012 has to take momentum and I hope that new creative ideas from different divisions/departments will help in boosting our team skill and intra-entrepreneurship.

As our organization is growing and the headcount is also increasing day by day, teamwork is very important to achieve our goals. More professionalism is expected from every team member. “Everybody at IPSR will get opportunities to become leaders”.  I request all of you to explore the possibilities and utilize every opportunity to exhibit your leadership skills. Our annual day sessions were focused on these areas.

 I have some quotations for the New Year.

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”

– Winston Churchill.

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the New Year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.”

– Bill Vaughn, American Columnist & Author

So dear friends,

‘We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves.The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day,’ as quoted by Edith Lovejoy Pierce, American Poet.

Wish you all a prosperous New Year.

Christmas Celebrations @ IPSR..

Christmas Crib @ IPSR

IPSR Kottayam celebrated Christmas on 21^st December at IPSR Auditorium… The celebrations were done in association with JCI Kottayam Cyber City…

Children from Assisi Bhavan with their Gifts

Christmas is a season of joy…happiness…gifts … but what is a celebration without sharing the joy with others… with the most worthy… This year IPSR celebrated Christmas with children from Assisi Bhavan Poor Home, Kanjikuzhy…  

Dr Mendus Jacob With X'mas Father

Mr Krishnaraj welcomed the gathering. Dr Mendus Jacob delivered the Presidential Address... The chief  guest for the function was Monsineur Rev Fr Jose Nawas. Mr Brijesh George John gave the felicitation on behalf of JCI Kottaym Cyber City & Ipsr solutions Ltd.

Mr Krishnaraj Welcoming the Gathering

 The celebrations was filled with Carol songs by the employees…The employees were split to two teams and they sang two very beautiful songs about christmas and the Lord's birth ... Mrs. Radhika Krishnan, wife of Mr. Krishnaraj, PRO and Miss Remya Raveendran sang Christmas songs… 

Anjusree & Team with their Carol Song

Sheeba Varghese & Team's Carol Song

X'mas Father Welcoming the Guests

Mrs. Radhika Krishnan Singing

Dr Mendus Jacob Welcoming The Children From Assisi Bhavan

The children from Assisi Bhavan Sang Christmas Carol for us...All together they sang with out even using a mike it was so loud....That was the best carol song of the evening...

Children From Assisi Bhavan with their Christmas Song

Monsineur Rev  Fr Jose Nawas gave the Christmas Message which was actually a song which goes “ Everybody Is A Gift Of GOD… I Am A Gift … You Are A Gift… Everybody Is A Gift Of God “

Monsineur Rev Fr Jose Nawas Delivering the Christmas Message

Ms Remya Raveendran singing the Christmas Song

Mr Arjun V delivering the Vote of Thanks.

It was really with great enthusiasm that all the employees participated in providing donations to buy gifts for the children… We were able to collect Rs 10000 from Kottayam Head Office itself… Calicut Branch made a donation of Rs 3000…and much more is on the way… IPSR is proud of its employees of becoming part of the CSR activities …   

In the Memory of The Delhi Braveheart

Wishing you All a Happy New Year...

WEEK IN BRIEF 2 - 7 January, 2012:

• CEO’s New Year Message:

Dear IPSRians,

One more eventful year has gone by in the history of IPSR. On recollecting the various happenings of 2011, I would like to share with you all the first thought that came to my mind in this New Year. What happened TO us is not important; rather what happened THROUGH us is important. In the past year, we have faced many difficult situations and of course we have been able to tackle them with our best efforts and perseverance. But the major effect was on the people who were inspired by our relentless efforts-many became motivated to move on with their goals seeing us overcome our difficulties. We have also had our share of success stories and bagged various Awards last year. The very fact that a small company like ours has been bagging the Red Hat International Awards for many consecutive years now has inspired many young entrepreneurs too.

Yet another venture we have been carrying forward successfully is our placement services. We have been able to help numerous students by giving them a placement and a career. Quoting one of the parents of a placed student who met me, “What you are doing is a Service to God.” We can renew our strengths by knowing that we have been able to do our service for a social cause, uplifting the lives of many students and in a way their families.

Having received the Samman Patra Award was yet another significant achievement for us last year. It is nothing but a foolproof evidence of the fact that we do believe in values and we can deliver what we promise. I have come across many people who have been influenced by us in this perspective and have decided to move more ethically in their businesses.

We can definitely feel fulfilled by the fact that many people have been influenced by us in one way or the other and also feel happy that we have been able to achieve our ultimate aim of touching the lives of people for a positive growth.

Looking towards 2012 is equally inspirational as we are planning for a big leap in our services and the overall growth of IPSR. I pray that by the Grace of God Almighty we will succeed in climbing great heights this year too.

Wishing you all a Happy and Prosperous New Year!!

• HR Quest: Game 2:

Well all of you might have come to know about this new game. Here’s a brief rewind for those of you who haven’t played yet. In each game of the HR Quest, we will post certain clues about one of the IPSR employees. It’s then your turn to use these clues to find who this person is…just an opportunity to know something more about your colleagues…that’s all. All you have to do is keep visiting Vibrant IPSR and comment on the clues given..

Last week we had posted a set of clues about one of the IPSRians. Even though we expected some more responses from you guys we are happy to know that atleast one person is eager to know more about his colleagues….:)

So here it is.. the answer to the last week’s HR Quest.. He is Mohammed Shafnaz Hamza of the IPSR Trivandrum branch Android team. Well now we all know that we have a rock band player amongst us. Hope we will get to see him perform sometime soon…


Now for the next set of clues in Game 2:

This person:
• Was sports champion in school.
• Got the Kalaprathibha Award in School.
• Was the Secretary of the Deepika Children’s League (DCL) unit in her hometown.
• Was the school leader in 9th Standard

So who is this Kalaprathibha?? Any guesses yet?? Then comment on…