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The 7th IT-BHU Alumni AGM was hosted by AIBA(Association of IT-BHU Alumni) and was held at Air Force Auditorium, Subroto Park, New Delhi (more details,see archived Invite). The evening witnessed a huge turn up and turned out to be a great evening for those who attended.

The evening started with the rich tradition by honoring the great founder of Banaras Hindu University, Mahamana Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya ji with a floral tribute followed by lighting of lamp and the BHU Kulgeet. The aura created made everyone feel as if they were attending some event at the BHU Campus!

After a brief welcome address by AIBA President Prof. B.B. Dhar, Mr. Onkar Gupta, Vice-President AIBA spoke about the progress being made globally by IT-BHU alumni. This was followed by the Secretary's report by Mr. Rajeev Gupta and then the Treasurer's report by Mr. Sanjai Sorick. Thereafter Prof. S.N.Upadhyay, Director, IT-BHU updated the gathering on the progress in IIT conversion issue.

Then came a stunning performance by the cultural programme group consisting of ghazal maestro, Vocalist & young classical dance prodigies, who enthralled the distinguished gathering of senior government officials, seasoned technocrats, renowned academicians and alumni members of the Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University by the mellifluous vocals & scintillating dance performances. The group took the audience on a melodious and memorable musical journey, as they performed some classics from his Indian and contemporary repertoire of melodies. The assembled dignitaries and their families responded enthusiastically by giving the young and talented dancers a standing ovation.

The stage and the evening's proceedings were flawlessly managed by Mr. Pramod Joshi. His shuttle sense of humor made the proceedings more interesting. The cultural programmes were continued in-between and every time the group stunned everyone in the auditorium with their performances.

The star-studded evening witnessed the 3rd Annual Awards of Excellence, 2009 being bestowed upon four of IT-BHU's distinguished alumni. These were:

1. Shri Kewal NohriaIT-BHU Alumni Life Time Achievement Award 2009 On him for his outstanding contribution in the field of Technology and Management. Shri Nohria, born in 1932, is a Graduate in Electrical Engineering (1954 batch) from BENCO, Banaras Hindu University. View Citation

2. Mr. Satish Kumar Agarwal, Chairman & Managing Director,Kamdhenu Ispat Limited. A graduate in Mechanical Engineering from BENCO, Banaras Hindu University View Citation

3. Mr. Arbind Kumar Chairman & Managing Director,National Projects Construction Corporation Limited.Mr. Arbind Kumar, a graduate from Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University (1978) and Post Graduate from IIT, Delhi has distinguished himself when he took over as Chairman & Managing Director of National Project Construction Corporation Limited (NPCC), a Chronically Sick Public Sector Undertaking and turned around the company a profit making one within a short span of one year. View Citation

4. Dr. S.K. Maini Founder, Maini Group.was conferred upon with distinguished IT-BHU Alumni Life Time Achievement Award 2009 for his outstanding contribution in the field of Technology and Management. Dr. Maini is a graduate in Mechanical Engineering from BENCO, Banaras Hindu University (1954). View Citation

Dr. G.N. Qazi, Hon'ble Vice Chancellor, Jamia Hamdard University addressed the audience on "Research in Indian medicinal sciences in international perespective"

The Souvenir was released by our esteemed guest along with the recipients of the awards of excellence. The evening ended on a high note, with all attendees enjoying a lavish spread of cocktails and dinner.

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Dear Members
As Treasurer of the Association, I feel privileged to present to you the financial report of
our association.
1. Financials I hope you have seen the Annual Report of the Association. Today we
have a healthy balance sheet of about INR1.1Million which includes over
INR0.2Million of contribution specifically for enhancing the IT BHU infrastructure.
There is a modest growth in our corpus owing to memberships and largely due to
sponsorships & advertisements. The expenses have seen a rise too in line with the
vibrant events and participation that we see off-late. The income in excess of
expenditure may look higher owing to the significant contribution from the alumni of
81 Batch led by Sri Mirle. This is being marshalled for rennovating the well known G-
11 conference Hall.
2. Sponsorships & Advertisements: It feels good to see the association sustaining,
growing and attaining stabiliity to organize now the 7th AGM as also the awards and
cultural evening at this scale and at possibly one of the best venues in NCR of Delhi.
This would not have been possible without help from you all and especially some
members who quietly keep working in the background and some who generously
help taking sponsorship and souvenir advertisements and leverage the events as well
as the entity that today we have come to be. The list of names has increased for me
to go through and its heartening to see the alumni having a feel for the association
and wanting to actively contribute towards it. I urge each one of us to come
forward on our own and try atleast once a year to help contribute in the form of
sponsorship or advertisement.
3. Attaining the AIBA Objectives: That said it is really important for us to revisit
some of the objectives that we had set for ourselves when this body was formed
seven years back namely,
(a) to create an awareness about the achievements, contribution and the rich
heritage of the Institute within the media as well as the industry,
(b) to help the Institute collaborate with the industry for better student placements,
faculty upgrade, scholarship funds, institute awards for outstanding project work,
research papers and recognise outstanding social/community services rendered
(c) to establish closer interaction amongst members and the industry
We have done up a few things, but truly speaking we have not been able to do as
much as we would want to. To achieve these we need:
(a) voluntary & active participation in the affairs from members, and
(b) a corpus that can meaningfully start some of these activities
I request for volunteers amongst us to spearhead as a leader and grow the
movement to realize each of these. Should you want to do so please
communicate to any one of us.
4. Membership Growth: Last but possibly the most important subject is the factor
that reflects the health of this Association - and that is the growth in membership.
Truly speaking this actually remains the weakest part of our association. I wonder if
we do not even have a few active and spirited members who can lead this and
ensure that atleast all those who are in NCR of Delhi and in neighbouring states as
well as those who have an establishment in Delhi can be made a member? I
sincerely urge those in the august gathering to galvanize and rise to the occasion and
help us get more participation in growing the memberships without which we
practically become a static and an archive body. Before the end of the day, I will be
keen to see atleast 5 people who can come up and say YES I OWN THIS UP AND I
WILL MAKE IT HAPPEN. Lets see if we have people here who can take this cause
for good.
Concluding,I request the distinguished alumni who have made a significant difference in their own field to join us as well as guide us in working towards attaining each of these
objectives. I am sure today we all feel proud as a member of this alumni body that we are part of. I am equally sure we feel it inside us that we all can actually do a little bit to make a significant difference in our attaining the cause of the association.
Leaving you with these thoughts, I would like to thank governing body members, all
our association members, our sponsors and all our well wishers for contributing to the
cause of Association of IT BHU Alumni.
Adoption
I put across the AIBA FY08-09 Annual Report for adoption.
Warm regards & best wishes
Sanjai Sorick
Treasurer
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7th Annual General Meeting 23.05.2009
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Dear Members,

The pace of life is really becoming difficult to believe..... can we imagine a year having gone by when we met at this very venue and had basked in the glory of our great Institution? We had reveled in the company of distinguished and proven leaders who are leading the industry, academia, politics and many other walks of life. We have another year behind us, another year which has strengthened our bonds, another year which has brought us closer, and another when we can pay tribute to our great Institution.

This year we lost one such great father figure for us - Shri Ved Prakash Goyal, ex-Union Minister for Shipping & Transport, who left us for his heavenly abode. We would remember him all through our lives as a patron who was supportive to us in every way possible. We also lost Shri Manoj Gupta who became a victim of our corrupt politico-bureaucratic system. On behalf of all here and those who could not make it today, I would like to pay our sincere heartfelt homage once again to these great souls.

The year behind, as everybody knows, has been tough with new lexicon like 'global meltdown' and 'financial tsunami' getting added to our vocabulary. This year has also seen national elections that has given some unexpected but results. The other day I was in a panel discussion led by Mark Tully, Dr. Avik Mitra and Dr. Rajiv etc. They all seemed to feel that these election results mark the beginning of a future of casteless politics, a mandate for sustainable development, a mandate against anti-incumbancy, and above all a hopeful future for everyone across the social spectrum. I am sure we all hope this comes true. We sincerely hope and wish to work towards ensuring that the new polity takes the conversion of our Institution to the status of an IIT for which your Alumni Association has put in immense effort by lobbying with the HRD Minister as well as large number of politicians and bureacrats.

Coming to our programmes this year - in our continual quest to bring together our esteemed Alumni members and also kindle more interest in the Association we have innovated on the events and their formats.

We started this year with a thought provoking event in a panel discussion titled 'Elephants CAN fly! - Giving India the Wings of Change'. The event was held on Wednesday, 24th September, 2008 at Magnolia Hall, India Habitat Centre followed by Cocktails & Dinner. The panel had some of the best intelligentia viz. Mr. Gurcharan Das (ex-CEO P&G), Prof. Pankaj Chandra (Director, IIM Bangalore), Prof. Shashi Gulati (ex-Dean IIT Delhi), Dr. Anand Kumar (JNU), Dr. Malhotra (Director, Indian Oil) and was moderated by a Dear friend Mark Runacres (Ex-Deputy High Commissioner of Great Britain to India) who was an epitome of wit and wisdom. The event saw some 100 participants and was graciously sponsored by our alumni Mr. Deepak Pahwa (CMD, Bry Air), Mr Arvind Gupta (3i Infotech) & Mr. Supriyo Das Gupta (CMD, M.N. Dastur & Co.). I must say all of them were very forthcoming and generous to help us make the event possible.

The Gala Annual Dinner get-together was held on the 20th of December 2008 at the Community Centre, Pamposh Enclave, GK-I. We had lots of cultural events performed by children of alumni as well the members. Sanjeev Sharma (1982 ) enthralled the audience this year yet again with really melodius rendering of Kishoreda's hits. The event saw near high of about 250 people who attended. It was indeed a big success with very good dinner and cocktails arrangement for all.

In this journey we have added another first this year and possibly a very good one for all - A Holi Milan on 8th march 2009; this replaced our usual picnic event around Jan/Feb. I must thank Mr Arvind Gupta who readily agreed to host it at his residence at Jor Bagh. We had a great time with some of the best Delhi Chaat, Chandan, Flowers and not the least some nostalgic air of BHU around us. The event was attended by about 100 odd alumni members with families. This was a great hit!

As you are aware , we had instituted Annual awards ceremony for bringing to fore the significant contributors from amongst our distinguished alumni. This year also an eminent Jury under the Chairmanship of Mr. M. K. Modi (Modi Group) and consisting of stalwarts like, Mr. Deepak Pahwa (CMD Bry-Air), Prof S.N. Upadhyay (Director, IT BHU), Mr.David Hudson (President European Business Group & CMD Group 4), Mr. Kashi Memani (Ex-Chairman Ernst & Young) and Mr. Vinod Chandiok (Walker Chandiok & Co.) was constituted to do the onerous task of judging the significant contributors. They all readily agreed to spare time from their busy schedules and met on 2nd May 2009 to decide upon the final selection. I would also like to state that our intention is to recognize all our such eminent alumni, but at the same time fortunately the number of such eminent people very high. It would certainly take take a few years to reach to all those who are deserving. I am sure we all will be proud of those who have been recognized and we all will take it in a positive spirit.

Like every year the Souvenir 2009 has several of articles and write-ups; in addition to it carrying the directory of members and messages. We have also tried capturing moments of activities in the form of pictures of various alumni events held across the world. Please do take a look and enjoy it alongwith your families.

Importantly keeping in with the charter of the Association we are also taking up projects for upgrading the infrastructure of the Institute and to this effect we are working closely with the nominated officials of the Institute and the Director.

While we had planned to add our current portfolio of activities, we have been held back for want of organisers and volunteers. Honourable members will appreicate that unless the association is broad based, and we have additional volunteers for taking up these activities, it is not getting possible for a small group of governing body members only to try and expand the scope of our activities and do it further better. I again request all to please come forward and help us in making the association more vibrant.

Another important item is the membership database. To reach out to all of you, we have taken a paid SMS facility. Despite our best efforts, we have found that every time a mailing campaign - whether electronic or otherwise - is carried out, about 40% of the e-mails, and a similar number of couriered letters come back to us, which other than the wasted money, also inhibits our capability to reach out to you, and get complaints from honourable members as to how they were not informed about an event. I would like to repeat that this can be enabled if and only if we keep updated the changes in all contact details. Thanks to Puneet Bindlish we have taken our entire data base to the web and you can log on www.itbhuglobal.org and update your data base.

Please also participate by sharing your ideas on how to the reach and bandwidth of the Association can be improved. Sooner than later we wish to have the association become an important and positive part of our lives, and we would like to see the association moving beyond networking within the alumni group to Institution building and why not Nation building.

With best regards

Rajeev Gupta
Secretary

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