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The star-studded evening witnessed the 4th Annual Awards of Excellence, 2010 being bestowed upon six of IT-BHU's distinguished alumni under various categories. They were:

Shri Mahendra K. Modi,
Association of IT-BHU Alumni, New Delhi is pleased to confer the IT-BHU Alumni Life Time Achievement Award 2009-10 On Shri Mahendra K. Modi for his outstanding contributions in the field of Management and Entrepreneurship. . Shri Mahendra K Modi, born on 17th May, 1944 graduated in Chemical Engineering (1965) from Banaras Hindu University and completed the "Managing International Collaboration" course from Harvard University, USA (1994). The distinguished Alumnus Award by Society of Chemical Engineers, Deptt. Of Chemical Engineering & Technology, Banaras Hindu University was conferred on him in 1987. The Degree of Doctor of Science was conferred on him Honoris Causa, by Ch. Charan Singh University, Meerut in 1996.

He is the Chairman of Group MKM, Chairman, Radici Plastic Modi Limited, Managing Director of Modi Industries Ltd, Chairman & Managing Director of Modipon Ltd., Chairman, Ram Charitable Trust, President, Federation of UP Chamber of Commerce & Industry and Chief Patron, IME, Sahibabad.

Shri Modi is the past President of Indo-American Chamber of Commerce, Association of Synthetic Fibres Industry, Indian Vanaspati Producers' Association, Western U.P. Chamber of Commerce and Industry and CII Northern Regional Council.

He has been nominated as Member of various institutions and organizations from time to time which includes Board of Governors of IIM Lucknow, Board of Governors of IIT, Kanpur, Board of UP State Industrial Development Corporation, Executive Council, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, All India Board of Undergraduate studies in Engineering and Technology and UP Postal Advisory, Lucknow, etc.

The Association feels proud to have conferred the Award of Life Time Achievement on Shri Modi for the year 2009-10, particularly in the field of Management and Entrepreneurship.
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Mr. Deepak Pahwa,
Managing Director of Bry-Air (Asia) Pvt. Ltd. and the Group Chairman, Pahwa Enterprises.

Association of IT-BHU Alumni, New Delhi is pleased to confer the distinguished IT-BHU Alumni Life Time Achievement Award 2009-10 On Shri Deepak Pahwa
for his outstanding contributions in the field of Entrepreneurship, Management and Development of HVAC

Shri Deepak Pahwa, born on 8th July, 1947, graduated in Electrical Engineering (1969) from Banaras Hindu University. He is the Managing Director of Bry-Air (Asia) Pvt. Ltd. and the Group Chairman, Pahwa Enterprises.

Shri Pahwa is a fellow of ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Airconditioning Engineers) and serves on several technical committees. He is a life member of ASHRAE. Shri Pahwa has always promoted the cause of technology innovation and knowledge dissemination. He has taken the initiative to institute the "Bry-Air Awards for Excellence in HVAC&R" to encourage innovative systems and product designs. He has presented several technical papers on various aspects of Air Engineering at various international forums and has been a member of several trade delegations to USA, Canada, Korea and Japan and has addressed gatherings on the investment climate and doing business with India.

Pahwa Enterprises is a rapidly growing industrial group in India and employs about 800 persons. It is a group of six engineering companies with plants in India, with wholly owned subsidiaries in Malaysia, China and Germany. Bry-Air Asia is the first and only Indian HVAC company to have made an acquisition overseas acquiring A+H, Hamburg, a leading dehumidifier manufacturer in Germany. They have offices in Japan, Korea, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Turkey, Europe, South Africa, Australia and UAE, apart from the nine offices in India.

He has been the team leader of the Company's research group and his prime focus has been on innovation, research and developmental activities. He has over 30 years of experience in engineering and marketing of HVAC&R Airgineering & Environmental Control Technologies. Shri Pahwa has several publications and patents to his credit.

The Association feels proud to have conferred the Award of Life Time Achievement on Shri Pahwa for the year 2009-10, particularly in the field of Entrepreneurship, Management and Development of HVAC.
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Shri Shriprakash Shukla,
President - Wireless, Reliance Communications Ltd & Subsidiaries/Associates

Association of IT-BHU Alumni, New Delhi is pleased to confer the distinguished IT-BHU Alumni Award of Excellence-2009 On Shri Shriprakash Shukla for his outstanding contribution in the field of Wireless Mobile Communication and Management.

Shri Shriprakash Shukla, born on 3rd October, 1959, is a Graduate in Chemical Engineering, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University and MBA (Finance & Marketing) from IIM, Ahmedabad.

He is currently President - Wireless, Reliance Communications Ltd & Subsidiaries/Associates. He was Director, Reliance Telecom Ltd, Chairman, Reliance Wimax Ltd., and Director, WorldTel Holdings Ltd., UK.

Shri Shukla has several awards and honours to his credit including the Golden Peacock Award for Innovative Product & Services (2003) by the Institute of Directors, Innovative Award for Billing in International Telecom Forum (2007), Most Creative Advertisement in Personal Durable Category by Indian School of Communications, Pune (2008), Most Trusted Service Brand - Reliance Mobile (Economic Times Survey, 2009).

Under his stewardship, Reliance Communications became No.1 company of the year in 2009 in broadband service, based on revenue, at Voice and Data, 100 Award Function at Delhi. The company had also received the Largest Integrated Telecom Network Operator Award at INFOCOM CMAI National Telecom Award Function, 2009.

Shri Shukla has been invited to speak at several international forums such as Global Prepaid Conference, 2005, World CDMA Operators Conference 2006, International Convergence Seminar 2009.

He has written several articles on Development of Telecom Infrastructure in India and has been interviewed for hundreds of television programmes, newspaper and magazine articles on different infrastructure issues of national significance as well as on achieving major milestones in telecom sector.

The Association feels proud to have conferred the Award of Excellence on Shri Shukla for the year 2009-10, particularly in the field of Wireless Mobile Communication and Management.
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Prof. Pankaj Chandra,
Director,IIM Bangalore.
Association of IT-BHU Alumni, New Delhi is pleased to confer the distinguished IT-BHU Alumni Award of Excellence 2009-10 On Prof. Pankaj Chandra for his outstanding contribution in the field of Teaching, Research and Academic Management.

Prof. Pankaj Chandra, born on 28th February, 1960, is a graduate in Mining Engineering from Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University (1983), and Ph.D. in Operations Management from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A. (1983)

Prof. Pankaj Chandra presently is the Director & Professor, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.

His own field of specialization is Operations Management, Manufacturing Management, Supply Chain Coordination, Building Technological Capabilities and Hi-tech Entrepreneurship.

He was the Chairperson, Doctoral Programme, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (2003-2005), Visiting Professor, Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA, International University of Japan, Nigata, Japan, Associate Dean (Academic Affairs & Post Graduate Programme) and Professor, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, Chairperson, Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, Associate Professor of Operations Management - Faculty of Management, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. He was also visiting professor at many national and international universities.
He is the recipient of Distinguished Alumni Award, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Best Student Paper Award, Delaware Valley, ORSA/TIMS Student Paper Contest, (1986), Philadelphia, U.S.A., AIME/SME Scholastic Achievement Award, University of Alaska, USA (1984), J.N. Tata Scholar (National Merit Award, (1983-84), University Merit Scholarship, (1981-1982).

His courses and teaching quality scores consistently rated among the top 5 per cent both at IIMA and McGill. OM courses taught by him ranked highest in the DMA program, Universite de Geneve, (1991), International University of Japan, (2003-2004), Cornell University, (2004).
The Association feels proud to have conferred the Award of Excellence on Prof. Chandra for the year 2009-10, particularly in the field of Teaching, Research and Academic Management.
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Mr. Jaswinder Singh Ahuja,
Corporate Vice President and Managing Director,Cadence Design Systems, India.
Association of IT-BHU Alumni, New Delhi is pleased to confer the distinguished IT-BHU Alumni Award of Excellence-2009 On Shri Jaswinder Singh Ahuja for his outstanding contribution in the field of Information Technology and Management.

Shri Jaswinder Singh Ahuja, born on 19th November 1963, is a Graduate in EcE, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University (1986) and MS, Computer Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, USA (1988) and Executive MBA, Stanford University, USA (2001).

He is currently the Corporate Vice President and Managing Director, Cadence Design Systems, India. Shri Ahuja started his career at Cadence Design Systems in 1988. Since 1996, he has led the Cadence India Operations as it Managing Director. Under his leadership, Cadence grew from a 120-person R&D operation to over 900 employees in R&D, sales and support, services and various other functions. In 2000, Cadence promoted him to a Corporate Vice President and since then he has led Cadence's globalization effort establishing R&D centers in Russia, China and Taiwan, in addition to India. Under his able leadership, Cadence India has featured on DQ-IDC's Top 20 Best Employers List from 2002-2007 and Cadence Russia has featured on Hewitt Associates' Top 10 Employers in Russia List in 2008.

He is active in various industry forums like VLSI Society of India, VLSI Design Conferences, India Semiconductor Association and has played a very active role in industry-academia-government partnership to promote advanced study and research in the field of semiconductor design and EDA. He has established an employee-led and organizationally supported CSR initiative at Cadence called "Make a Child Smile" which has built an orphanage, schools and supported numerous other programmes for underprivileged children.

He is a featured speaker on the topics of globalization, organizational development and leadership and in the field of semiconductors in national and international conferences. He regularly speaks at premier events in India, USA, Europe and Asia.

The Association feels proud to have conferred the Award of Excellence on Shri Ahuja for the year 2009-10, particularly in the field of Information Technology and Management.
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Shri R.G. Rajan,
Chairman & Managing Director, Projects & Development India Limited.
Association of IT-BHU Alumni, New Delhi is pleased to confer the distinguished IT-BHU Alumni Award of Excellence-2009 On Shri R.G. Rajan for his outstanding contribution in the field of Chemical Engineering and Project Management.

Shri R.G. Rajan, born on 26th September 1957, is a Graduate in Chemical Engineering, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University and MBA, Strathclyde Business School, Glasgow, U.K.

He is currently Chairman & Managing Director, Projects & Development India Limited. Shri Rajan has 28 years of experience in the field of Conceptual Design, Process Design and Project Management. His areas of expertise include Gas Pipelines, LPG Pipelines, Gas Processing Plants, Petro-chemicals, Refineries, Fertilizers, etc. During his tenure in Engineers India Limited, he handled various Refinery Projects. During his 21 years service in GAIL, he was involved in implementation of a number of cross country pipelines including HBJ pipeline, upgradation projects, seven gas proceesing plants, 2 LPG pipelines including the world's longest, exclusive Jamnagar -Loni LPG pipeline and the Petrochemical Complex at Pata and its subsequent expansion.

In PDIL he provided major thrust to the activities of the Consultancy Organization. During his stewardship, the turnover of the company and the profits have increased by more than 50% in the last two years.

He has to his credit several publications including "Technical Aspect of City Gas Distribution", "Emerging Opportunities for Consultants in City Gas Distribution", "Petcoke for Ammonia Production - Economic and Technical issues", "Revamp of Nitrogenous Fertilizer Plants - Concepts to Execution", "Quality Management Initiatives in PDIL", etc.

The Association feels proud to have conferred the Award of Excellence on Shri Rajan for the year 2009-10, particularly in the field of Chemical Engineering and Project Management.
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Thanks everyone for turning up in large numbers to the event. Please relive the event with the photographs of the event under Memories section.

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The 8th 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.

Then came a stunning performance by the cultural programme group consisting of young prodigies from Amity University, 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 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 group 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 4th Annual Awards of Excellence, 2010being bestowed upon six of IT-BHU's distinguished alumni. These were:

1. Shri Mahendra K. ModiIT-BHU Alumni Life Time Achievement Award 2009-10 for his outstanding contributions in the field of Management and Entrepreneurship. View Citation

2. Shri Deepak Pahwa, IT-BHU Alumni Life Time Achievement Award 2009-10 for his outstanding contributions in the field of Entrepreneurship, Management and Development of HVACView Citation

3. Prof. Pankaj Chandra IT-BHU Alumni Award of Excellence 2009-10 for his outstanding contribution in the field of Teaching, Research and Academic Management. View Citation

4. Shri Shriprakash Shukla IT-BHU Alumni Award of Excellence-2009 for his outstanding contribution in the field of Wireless Mobile Communication and Management. View Citation

5. Shri Jaswinder Singh AhujaIT-BHU Alumni Award of Excellence-2009 for his outstanding contribution in the field of Information Technology and Management. View Citation

6. Shri R.G. RajanIT-BHU Alumni Award of Excellence-2009 for his outstanding contribution in the field of Chemical Engineering and Project Management. View Citation

Hon'ble Chief Guest addressed the audience.

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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8th May 2010
Treasurer's Report on 8th AGM, 08th May 2010

Respected senior members of the association, President, Vice-President, Secretary, other Governing Body Members, members and my dear friends. As Treasurer of the Association, I feel privileged to present to you the financial report of our association.

Financials: In the Annnual Report that is available to all, we have a healthy balance sheet of about INR1.2Million which includes approx. INR 0.3Million of contribution specifically for enhancing the IT BHU infrastructure as a contribution from 1981 Batch. There is a small growth in our corpus owing to membership contributions which was a modest Rs16150/- and largely due to sponsorships & advertisements which in the last FY was for Rs375874/- The expenses have seen a rise in line with the scale of events and participation in it as seen in the recent past. Overall expenses in the FY09-10 were Rs421301/- The income in excess of expenditure is Rs111563/- and to that extent we are operating in positive.

Sponsorships & Advertisements: Events of this magnitude and scale would not have been possible without the help of our sponsors and advertisers. We must acknowledge that a large number of alumni have come forth and contributed to the noble cause. But I believe there is a significant scope to increase the corpus through this means. Each one of us if decide to get at least one sponsorship and one advertisement, which is very much possible, it can definitely bring us to a stage where we can start our endowments and other give-backs to the Institute in a very respectable and sustainable manner. I urge each one of us to come forward and try at least once a year to help contribute in this manner. Going forward we are going to take this task in a more structured manner and we will come back to each one of us to marshal the funds so required.

Membership Growth: This is another area that has scope for a steep growth. Membership base and addition of new members reflects on the health of our organization. We are stuck at a modest 400 odd member base. We need active and spirited members to come forth and lead this activity to ensure that at least all those who are in NCR of Delhi and in neighboring 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 help us get more participation in growing the memberships.

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 our objectives. I thank the 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 FY09-10 Annual Report for adoption.

Warm Regards & Best Wishes

Sanjai Sorick, EcE'90
Treasurer

Patrons
Mr. V P Goyal
Mr. A. K. Sah
Col. S P Wahi
Mr. U.S.Awasthi
Mr. R P Singh

Permanent Invitees to the Governing Body
Mr. B. C. Bora
Mr. Utpal Dhar
Mr. M. K. Modi
Mr. S S Kohli

President
Prof. B.B. Dhar
Vice President
Onkar Gupta

Secretary
Rajeev Gupta

Treasurer
Sanjai Sorick

Gov. Body Members
Mr. Deepak Pahwa
Pramod Joshi
Satish Agarwal
S K Sah
Shibanjee Raina
Arun Bhutani
Debashish Bhattacharyya
Arvind Gupta
Puneet Bindlish

Co-opted Members
Mr AK Srivastava
Wing Commander Gupta

Sub Committees
Communication - Puneet Bindlish/ Shubham Basu
Membership - Mr Shibanjee Raina
Revenue - Onkar gupta/Satish Aggarwal/Sanjai Sorrick
Editorial - Pramod Joshi/Arun Bhutani
Institute Interaction - Debashish Bhattacharya
Global alumni Liason- Arvind Gupta
Events - Rajeev Gupta/Amit Srivastava

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Friends, as I pen these thoughts (or rather key them in), the setting could not have been better. I am perched on a park bench in North West Delhi, under the shade of spring green trees, with the koyal doing its melodious bit to create a campus like environment. It is the first Sunday in May, and I am using my time as I wait for my elder daughter to finish one of the many Entrance exams she is writing after her 12th Boards. Behind me, a vigorous bunch of weekend volleyball players are hammering away at a worn out ball. As expected, a few kids are busy with their tennis ball cricket, post the IPL tragi-comedy. In a nutshell, I could as well be sitting on the lawns of any of the ITBHU hostels and doing this job. It is like being transported back three decades to an idyllic world of laziness!

In a way, this Souvenir, commemorating the 8th AGM of the Association of IT BHU Alumni, is supposed to take you back in time - to those halcyon days of yore, when time was a slave, not a master. When long walks on the campus were followed by even longer spells of sleep ... When watching a movie a night before a crucial exam was a routine stress buster ... When friends came before anything else, when sugar was something you had in your lassi, not your blood, when downing 2 lavanglatas after a dozen parathas resulted in a gentle burp, and not a couple of heart attacks!

The year that separated the last Souvenir from this one saw a gentle reversal in the economic downswing, and India continues its journey towards its rightful place in the global order. We witnessed a few earth-shattering events (literally!) and some icon-shattering exposes. We rejoiced at some victories and cringed at some setbacks. Some of us moved houses, some moved on. Some of us started a new company, some joined a new one. Some became parents, some grandparents. Life flowed on for all of us, and we accepted the highs and lows of living with the same equanimity and sang froid with which we were taught at our alma mater to react to any challenge - from ragging to a placement interview.

One thing I must mention though - our members must have become really busy with life these past few months, for very few responded to our call for literary content for this Souvenir. The result is a lighter, more eco-friendly copy of Souvenir 2010. However, this trend needs to be arrested. Please do not worry so much about keeping our planet green, because we have already resorted to an electronic means of publishing and distribution, in addition to printing a limited hard copy edition.
Thanks to your parsimony, the Souvenir you now hold in your hands has some recycled stuff, in addition to some original contributions. Ideally, the editor has to do some selection from a pile of content, curating out the best possible stuff for his readers. Here, the editor (along with some of his family members) has had to invent stuff in-house to populate the pages, so that the Souvenir does not end up being a series of advertisements and messages! Hope you find some entertainment and enlightenment in them.

We have also taken the liberty of reusing some content from the online monthly journal "Chronicle" that is so ably edited by Yogesh Upadhyay from his US base. Since some of you may not be "living" online, like most of today's younger set does, you may still find it worth a read. The usual Member Directory appears at the end, and the inside joke is that if you can find a co-alum using the information provided therein, you can safely apply to the Sherlock Holmes School of Effective Investigation! No, No - I am just kidding, the errors are purely by mistake!

The AIBA is keenly looking to induct fresh blood among its functioning members, and the first place to do that is in the Editorial team. Please do volunteer to take this mantle over from Yours Truly. I promise to be a good contributor in the future and help the new incumbent with my heart and soul.

Here is wishing all members a comfortable summer and a great time with family and friends in the year ahead!

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SHIBAN RAINA

8th May, 2010
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Respected Senior members of the Association, President, Vice President, other Governing Body members, & my dear friends,

Here we are again .....meeting together, rubbing shoulders with the who's who of the society ...with this overwhelming feeling of being part of this distinguished club ... "THE ASSOCIATION OF IT-BHU ALUMNI". ..... Can you imagine a year having gone by since we had met at this same venue and had reveled in the company of distinguished and proven alumni who are leading the industry, academia, politics and many other walks of life? I stand here humbled and as a student of life, for whom working for the ALUMNI ASSOCIATION has been a great learning experience. I have experienced some exceptional leadership & decision making qualities in our Governing body & many other alumni members, whom I have had the honour and pleasure of interacting with, and this has enriched me in more ways than one. I must thank them at the outset for their immense contribution to the Association in general & for the learning imparted to me in particular.

You would remember that last year we had taken it upon ourselves to pursue the agenda of getting our beloved IT the long overdue and truly deserving status of an IIT. The year just gone by saw lots of efforts being put into this mission by our Alumni across the world, as well as by the Institute's professors. I am happy to let you know that we are now at the verge of this conversion finally happening and can hope to hear the good news anytime now. Some of the people I am aware of, who went and met the Hon. Union Minister & the HRD top brass innumerable times on this subject are the late Prof. B.B. Bansal, Prof S.N. Upadhyay, Prof Mukhopadhyay, Prof K.P. Singh, Arvind Gupta, Puneet Bindlish and yours truly. There must be many others who worked silently behind the scenes to make this happen and I would like to thank them all for their invaluable efforts.

While I am delighted and excited, telling you about this development, I also have a very sad news to share. We lost Prof B.B. Bansal recently to the call of The Almighty, and we all know what a great source of strength he was for all of us. He was a friend and a guide to several students and alumni, and had worked very hard for the conversion if our Institute to an IIT. It is tragic that he is not here to see the final results of all his efforts. I am sure all of you join me in condoling his sudden demise and praying that his soul rest in eternal peace. We shall continue to be inspired and guided by his spirit and attitude for many years to come.

Our association is continuing the relentless journey of broad-basing itself and reaching out to more and more members. We are also helping the institute in more ways than one. Some of our eminent members, Mr. Deepak Pahwa (CMD, Bry-Air), Mr. R.P. Singh (Vice-chairman, Jindal Group) and Mr. L.C. Singh (CMD, Nihilent Technologies) have agreed to work on the advisory committee set up by the institute on Industry-Academia interface. Our Global Chapter, I understand, has raised quite a sizeable amount (nearly a couple of million US dollars) to be given to the Institute for strengthening the general infrastructure, research facilities, etc. I am sure other members too would be more than forthcoming to help in all such initiatives. It has also been suggested that we should set up an Institute - Alumni coordination committee of some sort to facilitate deeper interaction in the years to come. We request members to chip in with ideas, funds, efforts and time for this noble cause.

Coming to our programs this year - The Annual Dinner was held on 19th December 2009 at Lal Ded community Centre, Pamposh Enclave. Like always, our dear Pramod Joshi was the Master of Ceremonies, and he engaged the attendees with various activities. This time also we had a lot of cultural events performed by children and spouses of alumni, and many batches came on stage to perform as a group. Our Sanjeev Sharma (1982) enthralled the audience again this year, by rendering Kishore Kumar hits in his soulful voice. The Cocktails and Dinner went down well with the 250 plus people who attended and as usual the event was a big success.

We held a Holi Milan on 8th March 2010 which was graciously hosted by Mr Arvind Gupta at his residence in Jor Bagh for the second consecutive year. This also was attended by about 100 people and was a resounding success with some mouth watering old Delhi chaat mixed with the famed IT BHU camaraderie at its very best.
We are carrying forward the tradition of awarding significant contributors from amongst our distinguished alumni for the 4th year now .....This year also an eminent Jury under the Chairmanship of Col Wahi (legendary ex-CMD ONGC) and consisting of stalwarts like Mr Kashi Memani ( Chairman emeritus E & Y), Prof SN Upadhayay (ex-Director IT BHU), Prof KP Singh ( Director IT BHU), Mr Onkar Gupta (Director & Board Member, Lurgi), Mr David Hudson (Chairman European Business Group & CMD Group4) & Mr. RP Singh (Vice Chairman, Jindal Group) was constituted to do the onerous task of judging the significant contributors across all spheres of activity....I must acknowledge and thank them for their efforts, time & commitment. We had them gathered for a day to deliberate on the various nominations & all of them took out time from their extremely busy schedules. Not only this, some of them flew in at their own expense from outside Delhi for this task which has left us indebted to them forever.
Our journey as an association is still young & we have an ambitious plan to make the membership swell to at least 5 times its present number & also set up an Endowment to help needy students with scholarships. In fact, I would be delighted to get your views, contributions & preferably leadership to steer some of these noble objectives. Our intent is to raise the bar and make your Association a more vibrant & more coveted body. Needless to add, we would need your continued support in this on-going endeavour.

Let us now raise a toast to the success of our alumni and pay tribute to our great Institute!

Rajeev Gupta
Secretary
(1993 Chem)