ABOUT THE FOUNDER

TRAINER

Mr. M.B.Nirmal has been a regular guest and visiting faculty of National level Training Institutes to speak on Behavioural Science including staff colleges of Reserve Bank of India, State Bank of India, most of the nationalised banks, private banks, cooperative banks, petroleum corporations, LIC and general insurance and also National Institute of Bank Management (NIBM) and the staff training colleges of corporate organisations.

A powerful and motivating speaker, he has addressed meetings in the UN bodies, World Bank, US Government organisations like US-EPA, US-AEP & NPPR, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Technical Teachers Training Institute (TTTI), universities and district conferences of service clubs. He had chaired a session of UNCHS at Shanghai, China.

As a trainer he has achieved great reviews from the press for his critically acclaimed One day Training Workshops titled, “7th Sense” and “Motivaction”. He has conducted these training programs globally since 1990.

Mr. Nirmal has also authored many books in English as well as Tamil to address various problems that society faces today.

POSITION

Mr. M.B.Nirmal, Founder and Chairman of Exnora International, last served as the Chief Public Relations Officer of Indian Overseas Bank before he took voluntary retirement.

He has also served as a member of the Coffee Board, Expert Committee – Ministry of Environment & Forest, Government of India, LIC Southern Zone Advisory Board.

AWARDS

RECOGNITION BY THE MEDIA

MUMBAI MIRROR(Times of India) – 11th October,2005

“Nirmal is not just another armchair expert. He chucked a job in the corporate sector to clean up his city and set up an NGO Exnora International in 1988 to implement his ideas. The NGO promotes Resource Management as opposed to Waste Management. Its techniques not only generate revenue from waste but also helps protect the environment. With its motto “Waste is not waste until wasted”, EXNORA has scripted many a success story in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. Many Exnora volunteers including Tailors, Auto drivers, Clerks and slum dwellers – are role models for their communities now. It is now one of the leading NGOs in South India. He has brought out a CD, ‘Innovative Solid Waste Management’ which dwells on concepts like Solid Waste Management, ways of doing it, vertical composting, perennial landfill, sky farming and home beautification.

FROZEN THOUGHTS – Cover Story, August 2005. – The man who gave Chennai face lift

A man with a great sense of responsibility towards his country, he is filled to the brim with initiative and dedication. He has recycled good the world over to adapt India and its people. Mr M B Nirmal is innovative and charitable and his purpose in life is to make a difference.

READER’S DIGEST, – March 1999 ‘Hero For Today’

“Mr. Nirmal is a peerless leader who has a remarkable ability to inspire people to work together”

INDIAN EXPRESS, – 25th January, 1996

“One of the six Crusaders who will change India”.

THE HINDU – 10th February 1995

“The Founder of Exnora International and its diverse wings is a person who has taken the plunge straight into the heart of urban ills, the dirt and ugliness and Civic problems and come up trumps. Nirmal’s unpretentious façade hides enormous initiative and drive which kindles dormant wills to constructive use. He has helped set the huge ball of awareness and collective responsibility rolling and promises it will carry away with it the filth and maladies plaguing both cities and villages. Within six years since Exnora was started, the voluntary service organization has become a distinct presence not only in Madras but also in various other cities gathering into itself human resources and potential of those belonging to all age groups and social strata”.

INDIA TODAY – 15th January, 1995

“One of the ten Angels Of Change transforming India”. Cover Story.

THE HINDU, – Catalyst Of Social Change”

“Nirmal’s Optimism Is Infectious” “Outstanding Achiever”.

MALAYALA MANORAMA

“Wonder Man’ Of The Banking Industry”

INDIA TODAY -31st October, 1994

PLAGUE gave a gloomy account of the alarming situation arising out of garbage and sewage all over India and praised Exnora as an organization showing the way, in effectively tackling problems of insanitation by novel methods and by involving the citizens. Four national dailies published from Bombay, Calcutta & New Delhi in their Editorial on the causes and consequences of the PLAGUE praised Exnora’s services and recommended Exnora’s concepts to the rest of the Nation.

ECONOMIC TIMES – 9th October 1994

“Exnora’s concept has become the blue print for people’s participation in urban – clean –up”.

THE WEEK – 29th May 1994

“The Movement has grown in Madras from an anti – garbage campaign to a movement that gives each street a feeling of identity and pride. Encouraged by Exnora, the people often find their own solutions to problems”.

INDIAN EXPRESS – 26th April, 1992

“Exnora must be the fastest growing service organization in the world”.

TRINITY MIRROR

“Outstanding Environmentalist of the Century”.

THE INNER WHEEL CLUB – ROTARY INTERNATIONAL

“One of the six Pathfinders of India along with Mother Teresa”,
Dr. Kurian, Sunderlal Bahuguna & Dr. M S Swaminathan.

ROTARY NEWS – ROTARY INTERNATIONAL

“Mr.Nirmal is full of new ideas and suggestions”.

INDIAN EXPRESS -“One of the Ten Leading Gentlemen of Chennai”

“Mr.Nirmal is a walking example of positive thinking.”

NEW INDIA TIMES (USA)

“Mr.Nirmal’s speech at FETNA conference, Missouri, USA was electrifying”, “Many call him a Visionary. Most regard him a motivator. He has proved that motivation can move mountains and people too. He is always pregnant with ideas”.

THE INTERNATIONAL INDIAN, DUBAI

“Jawaharlal Nehru said, ‘success often comes to people who dare and act; it seldom goes to the timid who are ever afraid of the consequences’. Nirmal is one such individual who dared to make a difference”.

SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, HONG KONG

“He has the ability to bring out the Gandhi in every one.”