"International Women’s Day Celebrations"

Dr.V. Shanta
Chairman & Executive Chairman, Cancer Institute (WIA), Chennai

"Employability, Value of the UK Education and the Student Experience"

Prof. David Willey
Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Bournemouth University, UK

"Best Practices in Public Relations"

Mr. Anuj Dayal
CPRO, Delhi Metro Rail Corpn. Ltd.
(Memorial lecture in honour of Mr. Gyan Haksar and
Mr. M.Gopalakrishnan jointly conducted by PRSI and Dept. of PR, Stella Maris College)

"Modern Trends and tools in PR - Feel the World in 3D"

Mr. Sreenivassan Ramaprasad
Executive Director, CADD Centre

"Brand Positioning and its Impact on Consumers"

Mr. Wilson Matthews
Director - Makerting and Sales, TVH Group

"Madras - Its Past and Its Present"

Mr. S. Muthiah
Editor, 'Madras Musings', Senior Journalist, Author and Storyteller

"Changing Face of PR”

Mr. D.S.L. Prasad
Executive Director Indian Oil Corpn. Ltd, Tamil Nadu (National PR Day )

"Best Practices in Public Relations"

Mr. Ashok R. Sankethi
CEO, Kaybase.

Memorial lecture in honour of Mr. Gyan Haksar and Mr. M.Gopalakrishnan jointly conducted by PRSI and Dept. of PR, Stella Maris College)

"Book World Today"

Mr. Ravi Tamilvanan
Managing Director, Manimekalai Prasuram, Chennai

"Usage and advantages of audio/multimedia guides and related technology in Corporate Communication"

Mr. Gautam Shewakramani Director, Ras Maestro’s Technology

"How PR plays an important role for an NGO"

Ms. Neena Rajiv Govindan
Branch Manager, Concern India Foundation, Chennai

"Support Programmes of the NGO"

Ms. Ramya Sunil,
Asst. Mgr-Programmes, Concern India Foundation, Chennai

"Beyond Words: Transition from Verbal to Visual Culture"

Mr. Shahidul Alam
Internationally acclaimed photojournalist

"Business Excellence with Human Values"

Mr. Huzaifa Khorakiwala
CEO, Wockhardt Foundation & Executive Director, Wockhardt Ltd. Mumbai

"Changing role of PR and its challenges"

Mr. Sunil Kishen
Executive Director, Southern Region, Air India

"Changing Trends in Advertising & PR Practices"

Panel Discussion - Panelists

Mr. Nina Thariyan Asst. V.P. & Response Head, The Times of India Group

Mr. Vijay Xavier
Vice President, Lowe Lintas Worldwide - Chennai

"Paid Media in the present Political Scenario"

Mr. T.S.Krishnamurthy
Former Chief Election Commissioner of India

"Brand Singapore"

Mr. Ajit Singh
Consul General of the Republic of Singapore, Chennai (National PR Day )

"Brand Building through PR"

Mr. S. Narasimhan
Senior Partner R.K. Swamy BBDO, Chennai

"Best Practices in Public Relations"

Mr. Nazeeb Arif
Vice President, Corp. Comms. ITC

"PR role now extends to CSR too!"

Dr. S.K. Panda
Joint Secretary, Dept. of AYUSH Ministry of Health and author of "Corporate Social Responsibility in India – Past, Present and Future"

"Inside and Outside is Ourside"

"Mauritius – An historical overview of PR….. Changing threats into opportunities by surfing the globalisation wave: Exciting time for PR/COM professionals…"

Mr. Jean Marie F. Richard
mipra, prcpam, Chairperson, Public Relations & Communication Professionals of Mauritius

"Six Sigma for the Soul TM: How to Shrink the Error Rate in our Thinking"

Mr. Avis
chiefdreamer, imagequity+®

"Localism: the future of mass communication and what it means to you"

Mr. Rajiv Lulla
CEO, NDTV Metronation

"Development of the British Digital Effects Industry"

Mr. Steven Hubbard,
Associate Dean (Computer Animation) The Media School Bournemouth University, UK

"Leveraging PR in Today’s Business Environment"

NATIONAL PR DAY - Panel Discussion Panelists:

Ms. Mythili Chandrasekar, Sr. V.P. & Executive Planning Director, J.Walter Thomson

Mr. Bhagwan Singh,
Consulting Editor, Deccan Chronicle Holdings Ltd.

Mr. Arup Kawan,
Managing Partner, Wellspring

Dr. Shripad Bhat,
Head - Govt. Affairs, Ford India Pvt. Ltd.

"The Power of Communication"

Dr.Prithika Chary,
Consultant Neurologist & Neurosurgeon, Apollo Hospitals

"Corporate Communications in the mobile world"

Ms. Saradamani Dey,
Sr. Manager – Corp. Comms. Reliance Communications Ltd., Chennai

"Best Practices in Public Relations"

Ms. Neenu Ittyerah,
Chief Public Relations Officer Southern Railway Presided by: Ms. Suneeta Reddy Executive Director, Finance Apollo Hospitals Group (Memorial lecture in honour of Mr. Gyan Haksar and Mr. M.Gopalakrishnan jointly conducted by PRSI and Dept. of PR, Stella Maris College)

"Worldwide Economic Recession - What it means to us"

"Leveraging New Media for Technology PR "

Ms. Shailaja Tennati,
Global PR Manager, Spirent Communications, USA

"PR in Education"

NATIONAL PR EDUCATION DAY
Dr. Bhavani Sitaraman,
Associate Professor, The University of Alabama in Huntsville.

"Communication in the time of Disaster" Efforts to face a challenge called the Tsunami

Mr. J. Radhakrishnan, IAS,
Commissioner, Prohibition and Excise Department, Govt. of Tamil Nadu

"The role of PR in Strenthening Diplomatic Ties"

Mr. Frederick J. Kaplan,
Consul for Public Affairs, U.S. Consulate General, Chennai

"Best Practices in Public Relations"

Ms. Rakhi Lalwani,
Director-public relations, South India, the Taj Group of Hotels, Resorts and Palaces

"Business Blogging - How blogs and podcasts can be used effectively by businesses for PR purposes"

Mr. Chris Wensley,
Director for the Centre for Excellence in Media Practice, Bournemouth University, U.K.

"A 21st Century approach to news: challenges and opportunities’purposes"

Mr. Karthik Subramanian,
editor, Ergo (a recent addition from The Hindu Group)

"Is the Climate Changing"

Dr. R.V. Sharma,
Dy. Director General of Meteorology, Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai

"Business Blogging - How blogs and podcasts can be used effectively by businesses for PR purposes"

Mr. Kiruba Shankar,
Co-founder of F5ive Technologies and Founder CEO of Business Blogging Pvt Ltd.

"Early Publications of Madras City"

The Madras Week Celebrations
Mr. G. Sundar,
Director, Roja Muthiah Research Library

"Madras Nalla Madras"

Mr. Sivaramakrishnan
President - Consumer Business, SIFY Limited

"Media and PR in the last 20 years"

Ms. Sushila Ravindranath,
Editor, The New Sunday Express

"Opportunities and challenges for PR practitioners"

Mr. R Fernandez,
Head, Press & Public Affairs, British Deputy High Commission, Chennai

"HIV Aids Accept, Act, Achieve - Triple A"

Mr. T. T. Ashok,
Chairman, Corporate Social Responsibility Subcommittee, CII (SR) & Managing Director, Taylor Rubber Pvt. Ltd.

"Lifestyle related diseases - is there a role for PR Professionals?"

Dr. Vijay Viswanathan,
Jt Director, MV Hospital for Diabetes & Diabetes Research Centre

"Child burnout and BPO Syndrome"

Dr. U. Gauthamadas,
Senior Consultant, Neuro-Behavioural Medicine & Stress Management, Apollo First Med Hospitals

Restoring the Madras University Senate House

Ms. K. Kalpana,
Conservation Architect

"Right to Information"

Mr. Prem Kumar Gera,
Joint Secretary, Central Information Commission, New Delhi

"Electronic Public Relations: Building and Assessing Profitable Relationships on the Net"

Dr. Nabarun Ghose,
Chairman - Marketing, Hospitality Management & Tourism, & International Studies Professor of Marketing & Global Business, Tiffin University, Ohio, USA

"Elderly: Increasing Life Expectancy and Compromising Quality of Life"

Dr. Ravi Samuel,
Consultant Psychotherapist Secretary, Vision Age India

"Making an Elephant Fly"

Mr. M. Nageswaran,
General Manager, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., Marketing Division, Southern Region and
Regional Level Coordinator for Oil Industry (S.R.)

Visit to DakshinaChitra - A heritage treasure house on ECR

"PR in Indian Elections"

Mr. T.S. Krishnamurthy,
Former Chief Election Commissioner of India

"Beyond the printed Ad"

Mr. V. Kalidas,
Vice president-Advertising, The Hindu

Inaugural Meeting 2005 -06

Mr. Ravi S. Candadai,
Acting Consul General and Consulate General of United States of America,
Chennai

"Half Day Workshop on the usage of Internet."

"How to make the worldwide web work for you"

Mr. Gopal Singh Golan,
Director - Client Services Nextwave Multimedia P. Ltd., Chennai

"2nd - 4th December 2005 at New Delhi"

All India PR Conference

"HR and PR – Images and Interfaces"

Mr. K. Pandia Rajan
M managing director, Ma Foi Management Consultants Ltd.

" Preventing Heart Attacks – Reversing Heart Diseases non surgically"

Dr. Pratiksha
MBBS, MD, founder and director, Institute of Preventive Cardiology, Mumbai

"Developing an Auto Brand - Ford's PR experience"

Mr. Vinay Piparsania
Vice President-Sales, Marketing and External Affairs, Ford India.

"Environmental problems of Chennai"

Dr. Nanditha Krishna
Honorary Director, CP Ramaswami Aiyar - Foundation.

"Managing Change - a new challenge in today's world"

Dr. K.P. Misra
Director, Media Education & Sr. Consultant Cardiologist, Apollo Hospital, Chennai

"Need for transparency, proactive communication,the key"

Mr. R Seshasayee
managing director, Ashok Leyland Ltd.

"Lobbying and Advocacy: New Paradigms in PR."

Mr. S. Ramakrishna
Senior Director - Corporate Affairs Pfizer India Limited, Mumba

"Beyond medicines: the joy of Cancer"

Prof. Dr. B. Premkumar
Sr. Vice President (Medical), Apollo Hospitals Group

"Communication within: the joy of Cancer"

Mr. Anup Kumar
Author: ‘The joy of Cancer’, ‘Smiles and Tears – salute to Cancer’

"The Success story of Hyundai in India"

Mr. G.S. Ramesh
Vice President – HR, Hyundai Motor India Limited

"Excellence in Communication"

Dr. S. Ramaratnam
M.A., Ph.D., M.B.A. Principal, Vivekananda College

"Professional Management propels Indian Multinationals"

Mr. A. Ramakrishna
President (Operations) and Managing Director, Larsen & Toubro Limited

Topic: "People first: Making sustainable productivity a corporate companion"

Mr.V.Balaraman
Director, Polaris Software Lab Limited

"NO MORE FREE LUNCHES - The hard truths in infrastructural development"

Mr. Rohit Modi,
CEO, Tamil Nadu Road Development Company Ltd.

"Fission or Fusion, Atomic Power is the future."

Mr. S. B. Bhoje,
Director, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam

"Indian Airlines : YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW"

Mr. S. Krishnamoorthy,
General Manager, Commercial, Southern Region, Indian Airlines Ltd.

"Passion, Enthusiasm and Skill"

Mr. George Abraham,
Chairman, World Blind Cricket Council

"Breaking into a competitive market - Media and PR strategies"

Mr. Kumar Ramanathan,
Vice President, Sales & Marketing of Hutch

"Public Sector Banks - The Road Ahead"

Ms. Ranjana Kumar,
Chairperson & Managing Director, Indian Bank

"Honorary Member of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire" award.

Felicitations to Mr. S. Muthiah
Past Chairman, PRSI - Tamil Nadu Chapter

"Shaping India as a Super Knowledge Power - an agenda for action"

Dr. K. Venkatasubramanian,
Member - Union Planning Commission

"WIPRO - Applying thought in schools"

followed by: Mr. Vijay Gupta
Vice President (Brand & Communication), Wipro

"The Action Component in Corporate Communications"

Mr. K. Raghavendra Rao,
Managing Director, Orchid Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

"Ideas Do Sell - An Innovation Mantra"

Mr. U. Srinivasaraghavan
Chief Post Master General.

"The Media in the wake of September 11".

Mr. Mukund Padmanabhan,
Deputy Editor, The Hindu

Dynamics of communication in Public Interest campaigns

Ms. Sheela Rani Chunkath,
IAS, Chairperson, Tamilnadu Pollution Control Board

"Transparency and Corporate Governance: The Role of Public Relations"

Mr. N. Vittal,
Central Vigilance Commissioner, Govt. of India, New Delhi

"Corporate Image Survey: Measuring and Managing the No.1 Corporate Asset"

Mr. S.R. Kannan,
Director- Sales & Marketing, Gallup MBA India (P) Ltd.

"Changing Media & Economic Scene - Transparency and the Role of Corporate Communicators"

Mr. N. Ram
Editor, The Hindu Businessline & Frontline & Felicitations to Mr.Pala Palaniappan Past PRSI President on his appointment as Director - Southern Regional Council of FICCI.

Chief Guest Mr. R. Seshasayee, M.D., Ashok Leyland

Mr. Mike Nemeswary
Canada, honoured with the "Triumph of Human Spirit" Award

Changing Media Scenario

Mrs Rasheeda Bhagat
Deputy Editor, The Hindu Business Line

CRISIS PR, Proactive or Reactive -The Choice is yours

Mr. Satyan C. Bhatt
Managing Director, PRISM Public Relations