Chennai, 24 August 2014 : The team “Chennai Veterans” (comprising popular quizzers VV Ramanan and Ramkumar Shankar) once again emerged champions in the second edition of the Madras Quiz today, an open quiz about Chennai conducted by Dr Sumanth C Raman as part of the Madras Week celebrations. This was supported by the Murugappa Group which has been sponsoring several events in connection with the city of Chennai, including the popular school-level quiz Murugappa Madras Quotient Quiz.
The team “Chennai Chance-e illa, enga kitta kaase illa” (comprising Karthik and Srinivasa Ramanujam) and Team “Team from New Chennai” (comprising Arun Prasad and Karthik Ramadoss) were the runners up in the closely fought grand finale. Over 110 teams participated in the written preliminary round, from which 6 teams were shortlisted for the Grand Finale. There were also special prizes for the top-scoring school team, all-women’s team and senior citizen team. Several members of the audience won prizes for the various questions asked by the Quizmaster Dr Sumanth C Raman. The prizes (sponsored by TI Cycles and Chola MS General Insurance Co Ltd) were distributed by the Associate Vice President of Chola MS General Insurance Mr. Neeraj Moorjani.
The quiz, based on the history, culture and current happenings in and around Chennai, had questions over a wide variety of topics. The programme was attended by several quizzing enthusiasts, parents, students and members of the media, including Mr. Vincent D Souza, the coordinator of Madras Week celebrations.
About Murugappa Group
Founded in 1900, the INR 243 Billion Murugappa Group is one of India’s leading business conglomerates. The Group has 28 businesses including eleven listed Companies traded in NSE & BSE. Headquartered in Chennai, the major Companies of the Group include Carborundum Universal Ltd., Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company Ltd., Cholamandalam MS General Insurance Company Ltd., Coromandel International Ltd., Coromandel Engineering Company Ltd., E.I.D. Parry (India) Ltd., Parry Agro Industries Ltd., Sabero Organics Ltd., Shanthi Gears Ltd., Tube Investments of India Ltd., and Wendt (India) Ltd.
Market leaders in served segments including Abrasives, Auto Components, Cycles, Sugar, Farm Inputs, Fertilisers, Plantations, Bio-products and Nutraceuticals, the Group has forged strong alliances with leading international companies like Groupe Chimique Tunisien, Foskor, Mitsui Sumitomo, Morgan Crucible and Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM). The Group has a wide geographical presence spanning 13 states in India and 5 continents.
Renowned brands like BSA, Hercules, Ballmaster, Ajax, Parry’s, Chola, Gromor and Paramfos are from the Murugappa stable. The organization fosters an environment of professionalism and has a workforce of over 32,000 employees.
Caution Notice
The public is hereby cautioned that it has been brought to our notice that certain unscrupulous persons/agencies are issuing fake sanction letters to customers and getting their signatures in fake loan agreements purporting to be a loan sanction letter & loan agreement of Murugappa Group and such persons /agencies are attempting to extort money by demanding security deposit/processing fee/insurance fee from the gullible customers for processing the required loan etc. In the aforesaid documents, those unscrupulous persons/agencies are also using the registered logo and name of Murugappa Group against law with intent to gain wrongfully by using the goodwill and reputation of the Group.
Please be informed that Murugappa Group is not a separate legal entity and never requires any customers to pay any advance money or deposit for loan sanctioning. Public is cautioned not to rely or act on any such fraudulent sanction/offer made in the name of Murugappa Group without verifying the authenticity of the contents.
Customers who are interested in availing loans may directly contact any of the nearest branch of Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company Limited (Cholamandalam) a constituent of our group for further details or get in touch with us at 1800 200 4565 or alternatively email at customercare@chola.murugappa.com, or SMS at 9500000312.
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