33-572: Chennai Trade Centre is a permanent exhibition complex in Nandambakkam , Chennai , hosting several trade fairs and conventions round the year. It is the first fair infrastructure that has been developed by India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO)—the premier trade promotion agency of the Government of India , Ministry of Commerce and Industry—outside Delhi . A joint initiative of the ITPO and
66-461: A Gopuram or Hindu temple tower on the background. There are two inscriptions in Tamil language displayed around the rim of the seal runs. தமிழ் நாடு அரசு ( Tamil Nadu arasu ) translating to "Government of Tamil Nadu" is inscribed on the top. Inscribed at the bottom is வாய்மையே வெல்லும் ( Vaymaiye Vellum ) which translates to "Truth Alone Triumphs" and derived from the words " Satyameva Jayate " in
99-510: A capacity to accommodate 2,000 cars and an equal number of two-wheelers. Taamaesek Engineering Consortium have been appointed consultants for the expansion work. As of 2020, the Tamil Nadu Trade Promotion Organisation (TNTPO) is in the process of doubling the centre's capacity at a cost of ₹ 2890 million to 40,000 sq m. An additional 9.5 acres of land will be added in the expansion. It will have
132-560: A convention hall to seat 4,000 people and a multi-level car parking to accommodate 1,000 cars. The process is expected to be completed in 18 months. Nandambakkam Nandambakkam ( Tamil : நந்தம்பாக்கம் ) is a western neighbourhood of Chennai , India . It is known for the Chennai Trade Centre and the Surgical Instruments Factory. In 2011 Nandambakkam was included to Chennai district by
165-517: A height of 6 m to display all merchandise including machinery. These have been supplemented recently with a modern, fully air-conditioned convention centre . All the halls are inter-linked, and Hall No. 3 is connected with the convention centre. The convention centre can accommodate 2,000 people with a provision for dividing the hall into two equal parts and has an audiovisual facility suitable for multi-purpose use such as conferences, conventions, cultural shows, and so forth. The Chennai Trade Centre
198-544: A part of the then Chingleput district at least since India's independence in 1947. In 1948, a proposal was floated to settle tappers in Nandambakkam and imparting training in hand weaving to them. The shrine of St Thomas Mount , established in 1523, is located nearby in the locality of Parangimalai . Later, the growth of Nandambakkam dates from the post-independence era. In 1952, the Madras War Cemetery
231-582: A secretary to the government, who is the official head of the department with the Chief secretary superintending control over the secretariat and staff. The departments have further sub-divisions which may govern various undertakings and boards. There are 43 departments of the state. The state emblem was designed in 1949 and consists of the Lion Capital of Ashoka without the bell lotus foundation and flanked on either side by an Indian flag with an image of
264-445: A year. Built over an area of 25.48 acres, the centre comprises four modules of 4,400 m each of exhibition halls and support services to be built in a phased manner. In the first phase, two air-conditioned halls without pillars or columns encompassing areas of 5,000 m and 1,850 m were constructed. There are three halls, viz, Hall No. 1 (4,400 m), Hall No. 2 (1,760 m) and Hall No. 3 (4,400 m). The halls feature
297-557: Is St Thomas Mount Railway Station of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network . The Trade Centre is 6,714 m which includes a multi-purpose hall of 1,900 m, a stage of 500 m, a banquet hall of 750 m, a lounge of 269 m, and business and meeting rooms. The multi-purpose hall can accommodate 1,500 people. The open plaza at the entrance is about 800 m with a uniquely designed porch. There are also VIP lounges/rest rooms and green rooms for
330-444: Is a successful vote of no confidence in the government or a two-thirds vote for a snap election in the assembly, in which case an election may be held sooner. The legislature of Tamil Nadu was bicameral until 1986, when it was replaced by a unicameral legislature . The judiciary branch is led by a High Court ( Madras High Court ) led by a Chief Justice . The Governor is the de jure constitutional head of state while
363-558: Is managed by Tamil Nadu Trade Promotion Organisation (TNTPO), a joint venture of ITPO and Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (TIDCO). The Chennai Trade Centre is located in Nandambakkam on the arterial Mount-Poonamallee Road . It lies in the northern fringe of the Chennai Airport at a distance of about 6 km from the airport and 1.5 km from the Kathipara Junction . The nearest railway station
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#1732801506364396-837: Is the tenth largest Indian state by area . Tamil Nadu is divided into 38 districts , each of which is administered by a District Collector , who is an officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) appointed to the district by the Government of Tamil Nadu. For revenue administration, the districts are further subdivided into 87 revenue divisions administered by Revenue Divisional Officers (RDO) which comprise 310 taluks administered by Tahsildars . The taluks are divided into 1349 revenue blocks called Firkas which consist of 17,680 revenue villages. The local administration consists of 15 municipal corporations , 121 municipalities and 528 town panchayats in
429-533: Is the administrative body responsible for the governance of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu . Chennai is the capital of the state and houses the state executive, legislature and head of judiciary. Under the Constitution of India , de jure executive authority lies with the governor , although this authority is exercised only by, or on the advice of, the chief minister , the de facto authority and
462-513: Is the highest judicial authority of the state with control over all the civil and criminal courts in the state. It is headed by a Chief Justice , a position currently held by K. R. Shriram . The court is based out of Chennai and has a bench at Madurai since 2004. As per the 2011 census , Tamil Nadu had a population of 7.21 crores and is the seventh most populous state in India. It covers an area of 130,058 km (50,216 sq mi) and
495-633: The Chief Minister is the de facto chief executive . The governor is appointed by the President of India . Following elections to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly , the state's governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government. The governor appoints the chief minister , whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. Given that he has
528-406: The cabinet . Following elections to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly , the state's governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. Legislative assembly elections are held every five years to elect a new assembly, unless there
561-641: The Chennai Trade Centre was inaugurated at Nandambakkam in January 2001. Spread over an area of 25 acres (100,000 m ), the Chennai Trade Centre, a joint venture of ITPO and Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (TIDCO), was designed to conduct trade fairs in the city. The area is one of the 163 notified areas (megalithic sites) in the state of Tamil Nadu. Government of Tamil Nadu The Government of Tamil Nadu ( Tamil : Tamiḻnāṭu aracu ; IPA: [t̪əmɪɻnɑːɖʉ əɾəsʉ] )
594-621: The Government of Tamil Nadu. Nandambakkam is situated at a distance of 13 kilometres south-west of Chennai on the Mount-Poonamallee Road . It is bound by Alandur and St Thomas Mount to the east and Manapakkam to the west. It is bound by Ramapuram to the north and north-west and Pallavaram to the south. The township extends from the Madras War Cemetery on the east to the banks of the Adyar River on
627-513: The Tamil Nadu Trade Promotion Organisation, which hold 51 and 49 percent stakes, respectively, the Trade Centre was designed by C R Narayan Rao, and was commissioned in January 2001, while the convention centre was commissioned on 1 November 2004. The exhibition hall was constructed at an estimated cost of ₹ 23 crore and the convention centre at a cost of ₹ 22 crore. Together, these centres cover 10,560 sq m and are fully booked for 75 days in
660-435: The Trade Centre include a couple of 1,000 kVA transformers with a couple of HT feeders and 100% stand-by generators, 200 lines with Department of Telecom (DoT) exchange for telephone facilities, heavy-duty flooring with a bearing capacity of approximately 5 tonnes per square metre and a sewage treatment plant. In 2009, 135 events were held at the venue and the three halls and convention centre were used for 279 days in
693-409: The assembly on the basis of universal adult suffrage was held in January 1952. The legislature of Tamil Nadu was bicameral until 1986, when it was replaced by a unicameral legislature after the abolishment of Tamil Nadu Legislative Council . Any bill passed by the legislature needs the assent of the governor before becoming an act. The Madras High Court was established on 26 June 1862 and
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#1732801506364726-490: The confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits . Chennai is the capital of the state and houses the state executive, legislative and head of judiciary. Source: The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly consists of 234 members elected through democratic elections . The current seat of the assembly is at Fort St. George in Chennai . The first election to
759-476: The convention centre hosted 25 events with an occupancy days of 38 generating a revenue of ₹ 70.21 lakhs. During 2005–06, it hosted 80 events with 130 occupancy days generating a revenue of ₹ 2.3473 crore. ITPO has acquired an additional 10 acres of land from the Tamil Nadu government for the expansion of the Chennai Trade Centre. There are plans to add about 10,000 m with two more halls and to double
792-554: The exhibition area at a cost of ₹ 1000 million. Former Deputy Chief Minister M K Stalin launched the ₹ 2500 million expansion work of the Chennai Trade Centre on 26 February 2011. The expansion work will commence in July 2011 and will be completed in March 2013. It includes the construction of six air-conditioned exhibition halls, each on 66,000 sq ft, on each of the two floors, and a basement parking facility of 74,000 sq ft with
825-418: The factory constructed at the cost of Rs. 52.5 million and expected to manufacture 2.5 million pieces of surgical instruments on 1 September 1965. The surgical instrumentsplant, was later named IDPL, and now the production of surgical instruments was totally stopped in 1994, and a major portion the factory has been closed ' India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO)'s first fair infrastructure outside Delhi,
858-421: The flowers in the hill. The name later corrupted to become Parangi Malai which is presently called as St. Thomas Mount . Knowing that Sri Rama is passing through his place here, Bringi Rishi went and invited Sri Rama to stay with him for few days before proceeding. Sri Rama agreed to be the guest of Bringi Rishi and stayed here. Bringi Rishi created a small Nandavanam (means garden) for the comfort of Sri Rama and
891-633: The place came to be known as Nandavanam itself, which later changed as Nandambakkam. The neighboring place to Nandambakkam is called Ramapuram , which is said to be named after Sri Rama's stay here. Textiles and Garments business clan namely "Nandam" have developed this region and thus name "Nandambakkam" has been established. More than 10,000 people were working for Nandam Handlooms during Vijayanagara dynasty (13th - 16th Century) and they were exporting textiles in South East Asian Region. The village of Nandambakkam has been in existence as
924-834: The stage performers. The special facilities available in the convention centre are sliding partition, infra-red digital interpretation systems, theatrical lighting system, fire protections with sprinklers and smoke detectors , modern audio and video system, meeting rooms, banquet hall , protocol and VIP lounge, business centre, information booth, parking facilities, multiple screen backdrops with cyclorama screen and multiple interpretation facility for 1+5 languages, video projector facility, integrated remote control for stage lightings, video and audio. The Chennai Convention Centre, with 67,000 sq ft of air-conditioned space and 75,000 sq ft of lawns, provides conferencing and banqueting space ranging from 250 sq ft to 20,000 sq ft to accommodate 25 to 2,000 persons. Other features of
957-433: The urban and 385 panchayat unions and 12,618 village panchayats , administered by Village Administrative Officers (VAO). Greater Chennai Corporation , established in 1688, is the second oldest in the world and Tamil Nadu was the first state to establish town panchayats as a new administrative unit. The administration of the state government functions through various secretariat departments. Each department consists of
990-477: The west. As of 2001 India census , Nandambakkam had a population of 9093. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Nandambakkam has an average literacy rate of 81%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 85%, and female literacy is 77%. In Nandambakkam, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age. During the Ramayana period a sage called Pandi Muni was residing here and he
1023-431: The year. In 2010, 84 exhibitions and 107 conventions were held occupying 357 days as against a solitary show in 2001. As of 2020, the occupancy rate is 75 percent, which is the highest in the country. The annual international leather fair is a permanent fixture at the exhibition centre. The performance of the exhibition centre is shown in the table below: From the day of its inception till March 2005,
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1056-543: Was constructed on the eastern fringes of Nandambakkam. During the 1950s and early 1960s, a number of social welfare schemes were launched here. During the Chief Ministership of K. Kamaraj , proposals were made for establishing a surgical instruments factory at Nandambakkam with Russian collaboration. This project undertaken by the Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited culminated in the inauguration of
1089-449: Was suffering from serious disease. He made penance to be relieved of his suffering. After ten long years of continuous penance, some of which he stood on one leg, Lord Rama appeared before him. Lord Rama guided Pandi Muni to marry and find solace in married life. Following Lord Rama's advice, Pandi Muni married a Brahmin girl called Brinda Muthaayi. They lived together atop a hill. The hill was called Brinda Maala because she made garlands from
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