
CHENNAI: The investiture of the student’s council and the launch of Illumination 2011, a souvenir commemorating the third anniversary of the Citizen Consumer Club, were held at the Dwaraka Doss Goverdhan Doss Vaishnav College on Wednesday. The Citizen Consumer Club (CCC) was started in 2008, and has been involved in several social initiatives as well as consumer rights awareness programmes across Tamil Nadu.
The souvenir Illuminate 2011 was released by P Haridas, secretary of the college. He lauded the club’s achievements and appreciated their choice of name for the souvenir, saying that they ought to “set alight awareness among the consumers in years to come”.
In his annual report, CCC co-ordinator Rahel said that they were planning a national conference on trends in consumer affairs as well as a state-wide awareness campaign through a bike rally, in this academic year.
The students council was also installed and all the office bearers were formally recognised by principal Dr S Narasimhan.
Gopinath will function as the council’s president, Jayalakshmi as vice-president, Rahul secretary and Arun Shankar as the treasurer.