Foundation meeting of 'Chennai PR Club' was held on Saturday the 10th July 2004 at 4 PM at Stenographers' Guild premises, T. Nagar, Chennai 17.  Mr K. Srinivasan, Chairman, Prime Point Foundation who facilitated the formation of the Club read out the draft laws para by para and the 'founding members' accepted the bye laws without any modification and it was unanimously adopted.  Mr R Nurullah, Senior Journalist of Chennai City was present as an observer and the elections were held for the Managing Committee.  

The unique aspect of this Club is that all the office bearers are young and below the age of 30.  The Managing Committee plans to organise various programmes and seminars to hone the professional skills of the members. 

The following office-bearers were elected unanimously.  Mrs Vidya Swaminathan, President of the Club thanked the members and the Foundation for the formation of such an unique organisation to bring together all the PR professionals, students, teachers, etc.  Click here for bye laws

Greetings from Mr Donald Charumbira, Secretary General, World Assembly of Youth ( Youth wing of United Nations) dated 11th July 2004

"We are pleased to learn of your initiative to form the Chennai PR Club. This is certainly a step in the right direction towards greater communications efficiency and expertise, and an example for other states and countries. We are particularly happy to note the youth involvement in the initiative. Public relations is critical if world peace, understanding and harmony are to be achieved, and therefore the Chennai PR Club will have a critical role in enhancing relations amongst the various publics in your community."

Ms Vidya Swaminathan, presently communication officer at CES Onyx, a multinational company carries a rich experience of customer relations management at Maurya Sheraton and Oberoi group of hotels.  A computer science graduate with PG diploma in Marketing Management and Public Relations has turned out to be a corporate communicator.   Her e mail id is vidyaswami94@yahoo.co.in

Mr S Rajagopal, presently is the Branch Manager of Hanmer and Partners, a leading Public Relations firm.  A post graduate in Marketing and Advertisement,  he has worked in Equation, an Advertisement Agency.  Before joining this present assignment, he served Genesis PR, another leading PR firm.  He has handled many leading National and Multinational clients. His e mail id is srajagopal75@yahoo.co.in  

Mr Sathish Issac, Chief Executive Officer of Amazing Communication carries three Post Graduate degrees, of which one is on 'Mass Communication'.  He has served Marketing Agencies and shifted to corporate communication.  Before starting his own agency, he has served Perfect Relations, a leading Indian PR Agency.  His e mail id is sathishisaac@yablue.com

Ms J Marceline, CEO of 'Management and News', an event management company and a placement agency for communicators is holding two post graduate degrees, of which one is  in Mass communication.  She is presently doing research in Administration.  She is also a 'News anchor' for English bulletins of Raj TV.  Her e mail id is marcelinej@yahoo.com

Mr K Natarjan is presently working in the Public Relations Department of Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India at Chennai.  A computer science graduate,     Mr Natarjan completed his PG Diploma in Public Relations.  He has also closely associated with public awareness programme organised by the Government to educate the people on the positive aspects of Nuclear power.  His email id is natraj30@yahoo.com

Mr R Jai Krishna, a post graduate in Mass Communication and Journalism is presently the Director of "Media Maestros", a firm engaged in event management, public relations and public service advertisement and promotions.  He is one of the early entrants in Private Television channel in Chennai.  He has served Raj TV, one of the popular Tamil channels as News Editor and Producer of English bulletins.  He is also contributing to media as a freelance journalist. Presently, he is doing research in communication. His e mail id is jaikicha@yahoo.com

Mr N Satish, is a student of III year M Sc (Electronic Media - Integrated course) from Anna University, Chennai and represents the students in the Committee. As a student, he is also producing programmes in the 'Anna FM' radio run by Anna University.  Last year, he has associated actively with the 'Image Audit' of five Chennai Post Offices.  His e mail id is nsatfiresh_exe@yahoo.com