diff --git a/chennai/src/main/java/shailesh/App.java b/chennai/src/main/java/shailesh/App.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7991d7fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chennai/src/main/java/shailesh/App.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package shailesh;
+
+/**
+ * Hello world!
+ *
+ */
+public class App 
+{
+    public static void main( String[] args )
+    {
+        System.out.println( "Hello World!" );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/chennai/src/test/java/shailesh/AppTest.java b/chennai/src/test/java/shailesh/AppTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8619dc08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chennai/src/test/java/shailesh/AppTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package shailesh;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * Unit test for simple App.
+ */
+public class AppTest 
+{
+    /**
+     * Rigorous Test :-)
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void shouldAnswerWithTrue()
+    {
+        assertTrue( true );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0afe55c9..d570c5ed 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,57 +1,75 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <groupId>com.scmgalaxy.mavensample</groupId>
-  <artifactId>my-maven</artifactId>
-  <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>2.0.0</version>
-  <name>my-maven</name>
-  <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
-	
-<properties>
-  <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-</properties>
+
+  <groupId>shailesh</groupId>
+  <artifactId>chennai</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <name>chennai</name>
+  <!-- FIXME change it to the project's website -->
+  <url>http://www.example.com</url>
+
+  <properties>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    <maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
+  </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>3.8.1</version>
+      <version>4.11</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
-  
-  <build>
-	<plugins>
-		<plugin>
-			<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-			<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-			<executions>
-				<execution>
-					<id>attach-javadocs</id>
-					<goals>
-						<goal>jar</goal>
-					</goals>
-				</execution>
-			</executions>
-		</plugin>
-	</plugins>
-	</build>
-<distributionManagement>
-    <repository>
-        <id>aleesha</id>
-        <name>aleesha-releases</name>
-        <url>http://13.232.2.248:8080/artifactory/muniraja</url>
-    </repository>
-    <snapshotRepository>
-        <id>aleesha</id>
-        <name>aleesha-snapshots</name>
-        <url>http://13.232.2.248:8080/artifactory/muniraja</url>
-    </snapshotRepository>
-</distributionManagement>
-
-
-
-
 
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement><!-- lock down plugins versions to avoid using Maven defaults (may be moved to parent pom) -->
+      <plugins>
+        <!-- clean lifecycle, see https://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-core/lifecycles.html#clean_Lifecycle -->
+        <plugin>
+          <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>3.1.0</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <!-- default lifecycle, jar packaging: see https://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-core/default-bindings.html#Plugin_bindings_for_jar_packaging -->
+        <plugin>
+          <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>3.0.2</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>3.8.0</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.22.1</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>3.0.2</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.5.2</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.8.2</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <!-- site lifecycle, see https://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-core/lifecycles.html#site_Lifecycle -->
+        <plugin>
+          <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>3.7.1</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>3.0.0</version>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
 </project>