End of 2016 proved to be difficult for everyone in Chennai and Tamilnadu. The Chief Minister of the State, Jayalalita became seriously ill and was hospitalised for several weeks, with her sad demise in December. The month also saw the city and parts of the state hit by a cyclone, which destroyed huge numbers of trees. Business and work life was badly affected with city slowly limping back to normalcy over Christmas and the New Year

At BBG in November 2016, we were able to welcome visitors from International Festival of Business, Liverpool hosting their CEO & Head of International. We did also had a visit from Mike Nithavrianakis of Castle Gordon Global Advisory, London with him meeting many old friends over a reception on 3rd December 2016.

November 2016 also had small group of our members undertaking a heritage walk in old business district of Georgetown/ Parry’s Corner/ Armenian Street. This was very successful and members will plan more walks in other parts of city in 2017.

We welcomed the New Year with a gala party at Crowne Plaza on 19 January 2017 which turned into a fun evening for members and guests. The regular monthly meeting on 16 Feburary 2017, had an interesting presentation of the Government Budget with panel discussion taking place in well- attended meeting

We appreciate your visit to our BBG Chennai Web-site and wish all members and visitors a lovely year ahead.