Rotary Club of Madurai West: December 2016

Tuesday, December 27, 2016

Rtn.Hanif Tayub

My name is Hanif,
My father's name is Anver,
My Grandfather's name is Tayub

My Great Grandfather's name is Essa,
My Great Great Grandfather's name is Hamid. He came to Madurai in 1812.

Hamid's sons Essa, Hajee Moosa, Yusuf started the shop HAJEE MOOSA in 1878

In 1912, my Granfather separated from his uncles and started a shop in Trichy.

In 1931, my Grandfather started TAYUB MAHOMED HAJEE MOOSA & CO

In 1949, it was re-constituted with my father and his 2 brothers as partners.

In 1985, it was re-constituted with my father, myself and my brother Basheer.

- We were wholesale distributors for Madura Coats. We started exports in 1975.
- Products exported - Industrial Gloves, Promotional Cotton Bags & Institutional Uniforms. We have our own production facilities in Madurai.

- Markets - USA, UK & Australia.

We are members of Apparel Export Promotion & Cotton Export Councils
We are members of Madittisia, TN Chamber of Commerce, Madurai Productivity Council & FICCI.

I was married to Zaheda in 1981. She is from Mumbai. We have 3 children,

Shameekh married to Tasneem, daughter of Sulaiman - Joosabs & in USA

Rehan married to Zeenath, daughter of Karim Zaveri - with me in Business

Humera married to Ahmed son of Habib - Star Park Hall & Travels in Madurai

I studied in St. Joseph's convent 1st to 3rd std, Noyes Eng School 4th std,

Monfort Boy's School 3rd & 4th std, St. Mary's School 6th to 11th,

PUC in American College & BBA in Thiagarajar College of Arts.

I was a member of Junior Chambers Youth Council & then in Jaycees
I joined Rotary in the year 2002 and was a Secretary in 2013-2014. I am a EC member of Al Amin School in K. Pudur.

I used to play Tennis and Cricket and represented my School & College.

I play chess & Table Tennis as a pastime. I can sing well.

I would like to be useful citizen of my city / state / country. I am willing to serve.

Know your Members:

In Rotary, we usually print a book (club roaster) with details of each member. And whenever there was a change in the information printed - like the phone number, address etc, these roasters became outdated. Hence we had to update it again and print it. And collecting information from members was a herculean task. While majority of them give these inputs gladly, few of them are too busy to spare time for it. Above all, the content printed is limited to basic data like contact details, email, classification etc.

While I was thinking about this 'limited reach', came the idea of publishing members profile in our blog and shot a message in our group:

The response has been amazing. Many responded with thumbs up and encouraged it with generous words.

The beauty of this activity is:

The member reflects himself and writes his profile page.
These articles can be spiced up with few photos - like childhood, wedding, professional achievements, passion etc.
Any member can read it through, understand, admire and appreciate their association. It is bound to bring in mutual respect and closeness.
Members can comment on these article / profile - which would be published, provided it builds goodwill and friendship.
Above all, anyone who googles on our member might land on our webpage and read through interesting facts about them.

The Rotary Four Way Test says,