A meeting of the newly formed Washington DC chapter of IT-BHU was held on Aug 2nd, 2008 at Tandoori Nights, Arlington, Virginia for an informal get-together and to know all the Alumni living around Washington DC. The meet was attended by 17 alumni from BHU and IT-BHU, ranging from 1961 to the class of 2006. The meet covered alumni form Virginia, Maryland, Washington DC, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
We were obliged that Dr Vinod Goel, retired professor of International Marketing and Management, University of Maryland with his wife Mrs. Darshi Goel (both alumni of BHU) as a guest of honor to discuss over many issues of common interest. Prof. Goel graduated from BHU in the year 1961 with a M.Com and Law degree.
Highlights of the meeting are as follows:
- Discussion and update of IT-BHU to IIT, discussion on the new name for IT-BHU was concluded to be IIT-BHU as compared to IIT-Varanasi my majority of people.
- Four new volunteers decided for the future events are as follows:
- Lakhwinder Singh (Civil 2006)
- Sanchit Agarwal (Civil 2003)
- Ritu Bajpai (Elect 2006)
- Amit Pandey (Mining 2003)
Others are also welcome to volunteer or initiate a discussion in this group, to do so please contact @ (lakhwinder.singh AT gmail.com). - An active Google group has been made for all the members to keep the flow of relevant information of common interest.
- It was decided to have more formal and informal meetings at least every 6 months. Next meeting may occur based on availability of alumni between (Nov 2008-Jan 2009).
Photos of the meeting can be viewed in the Photo Gallery section of itbhuglobal.org website:
https://www.itbhuglobal.org/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=525
Complete Group of Alumni at the Meet
