The founder’s day celebrations have the following as the key elements:
1. A Book Fair
2. Indian Society for Training and Development (ISTD) session.
3. Students Interaction with Infosys Chief Mentor
4. Presentation of Awards
5. Founder’s Day memorial Lecture

1. Book Fair

As part of our Founder’s Day celebrations, a book fair is being organized on 10th of August 2007 at hall number 10, 11 and 12 in the ground floor, Manickavasagam Building, Thiagarajar School of Management. The fair would be open from 9.00 a.m. to 8.00 p.m.
The following publishers shall be participating:
1. Tata McGraw Hill
2. ICFAI Publisher
3. Vikas Publisher
4. Prentice Hall of India Publisher
5. Pearson Education
6. The Hindu
7. Taxmann Publisher
8. Shroff Publishers & Distributors Pvt. Ltd

This is the second year TSM is organizing a book fair. The fair would have on display and for sale the latest books, CD’s, Audiocassettes & Case Studies in Management & Information Technology.

2. ISTD Session

ISTD is a national-level society, which deals with Training & Development disciplines. TSM is the official Madurai Chapter of ISTD. Several prominent figures from the Human Resources discipline have lectured on our campus. On behalf of the Founder’s day event, this year Mr. V Paul Rajaiah, GM – HR & Administration, St. Johns Freights Systems, Tuticorin will deliver a lecture, between 10 am and 11.30 am.

3. Students Interaction with Infosys Chief Mentor – Mr. Narayana Murthy.

The event is an exclusive Interaction session with Infosys Chief Mentor, by the students of Thiagarajar School of Management. It will be conducted for one hour from 2.00pm to 3.00pm on August 10, 2007. It will be an interactive session, coordinated by Shri. M.R.G. Apparao.

4. Presentation of Awards

This year, three special invitees will be honoured with Karumuttu Thiagarajar Awards for Excellence

Ø Award for Outstanding Entrepreneur
o Mr. K. Subburaj, Chairman, Chethar Vessels (P) Ltd.
Ø Award for Distinguished Community Service
o Dr. P. Namperumalsamy, Chairman, Aravind Eye Hospital.
Ø Award for Excellence in Management Teaching
o Dr. S. Thamilselvan, HOD-MBA, MEPCO SCHLENK Engineering College.

5. Founder’s Day Memorial Lecture

Every year, it has been a tradition in TSM to invite an outstanding personality from the world of business to deliver the Founder’s day lecture. The previous Invitees include Shri. Sheshasayee, MD, Ashok Leyland and Mr. Bimal Jalan, Former RBI Governor.

This year, the lecture will be delivered by Shri. Narayana Murthy, Chief Mentor, Infosys Technologies. Mr. Narayana Murthy was named by TIME/CNN as one of the 25 most influential global executives in the year 2001. He was the first recipient of the Indo-French Forum Medal (2003) and was voted the World Entrepreneur of the Year – 2003 by Ernst and Young. The Economist ranked him eighth on the list of the 15 most admired global leaders (2005) and he also topped the Economic Times Corporate Dossier list of India’s most powerful CEOs for two consecutive years – 2004 and 2005.