AUTONOMOUS - Madras Christian College

QUARTOSEPTCENTENNIAL SPECIAL SOUVENIRCONTENTSPage No.Section 1: Introduction ........................................................................03Letter from the Editor .................................................................................04From the Principal’s Desk ...........................................................................05Special Emblem for the QSC ......................................................................07Section 2: Messages from the Leaders ...............................................11Message from the President of India ..........................................................13Message from the Prime Minister of India ..................................................14Message from the HRD Minister, Govt. of India ..........................................15Message from the C.S.I. Moderator ............................................................16Message from the Chairman, MCC Association ..........................................17Message from the Special Secretary to Govt. of Tamil Nadu .......................18Section 3: Events of QSC Year ............................................................19Thanksgiving Service ..................................................................................20Message of Very Rev. Robert Willis ..............................................................22The History and Heritage Exhibition ............................................................25Distinguished Speakers' Series - Inaugural Lecture ..................................27Commemoration Service ............................................................................28Inter-Hall Sports Meet ................................................................................29MCC Alumni 'Stay on Campus' Weekend .....................................................30Old Boys’ Cricket Match ..............................................................................31Inauguration of the Centre for Peace Studies .............................................32Thanksgiving Service on the Founders’ Day ................................................33Graduation and College Day .......................................................................35National Conference on ‘Indian Higher Education: Contemporary Challengesand Perspectives’ .......................................................................................36Bishop Heber Chapel Rededication .............................................................37Inauguration of Manna Scheme ..................................................................38National Conference on ‘The Contributions of Madras Christian College in themaking of Modern India - A Historical Perspective’ ....................................38175 hours of Chain Prayer for MCC .............................................................39QSC T-20 Cricket Tournament .....................................................................40Planting of 175 Species of Tree Saplings ...................................................41Gospel Music ..............................................................................................42Valedictory Worship Service ........................................................................43Thanksgiving Meeting.................................................................................46College Union Society activities .................................................................478