5th ITBHU Alumni Association, Hyderabad Chapter
Venue: Family Club, Begumpet, Hyderabad
Date/Time:27th October, 2007 (7 - 10 p.m.)
Event Photos Set I  Set II

This year, ITBHU Alumni meet, Hyderabad Chapter (5th one in series) was special in a way that for the first time, we had a social objective apart from regular nostalgia. Hyderabad Chapter alumni has invited Svechha Foundation (www.svechha.org) to associate with us for their Cancer & Blood Donation Awareness Campaigns . Also the meet saw some big names attending the events from Healthcare, education & engineering/technology fields. The event was chaired by Prof G.S. Raju (ex. Director ITBHU, 2000-2001) with some of the prominent personalities like Dr. Mohan Vamsi (renowned oncologist , Indo-American Hospital), Dr. Tushar ( Chiranjeevi Blood Bank ) & Mr. Shubham Basu(Author, Glian). The evening started off almost on time with formal introductions by Someshwer, CEO Event Nine Management and the co-founder of Svechha. A professional anchor himself, he kept the audience busy with his funny interludes.

Dr. Mohan Vamsi’s talk on Cancer Awareness, was the prime talk during the charity dinner. He gave a good overview from a specialists perspective, esp. for the non-Medical People. A fluent slide-show made the job easier for the audience, and the journalists, who didn't miss out on the opportunity of listening to famous medical professionals speak. This followed by inaugural speech by Dr. G.S. Raju. He said in his speech, "Where ever you go you find students from ITBHU. They carry a unique signature." He talked about G-11 and remembered his tenure as the Director. He was very positive that the only recourse for ITBHU from this point onwards is to get even better and continue being an example for the entire country. He later unveiled Shubham Basu's book, 'Glian' .

Later in the program, Dr. Tushar gave a brief presentation to enlighten the audience about the facts associated with blood, a healthy donation and misconceptions held about the process. Puneet later talked about the importance of the day, ITBHU alumni meet and how the core alumni body was trying to mobilize the networking further, across all the continents. Someshwer called upon Shubham to speak a few words about his book & social relevance of the thoughts shared through his book.

Sridevi Potu, President, Svechha Foundation made sure that the charity dinner went off well with the ITBHU alumni. Also to be seen at the event were the Someshwer Cherukure (CEO, Eventnine.com), Mr. Ujjwal Madanu (CEO, makelogic.com), Mr. Praveen Manne(young entrepreneur, got famous from his venture ezeemeals.com), lots of senior ITBHU people from Microsoft, Infosys, Satyam, Oracle, IBM, Infogile and other software companies at Hyderabad.

The audience was full of alums from the 70s, 80s and the 90s. The largest bit of crowd showed up from the 2000s. It was good to see some familiar faces. Puneet Bindlish, the Infogile team, Svechha volunteers did a good job with Animesh Hazra (Ceramic 2002) in organizing the event. Amongst the audience we also saw the Head of BHU Old Students Association, Mr. Pandey. He came along with his family. It was a landmark day when for the first time BOSA and ITBHU had gathered together. The old students and the earlier ITBHU alumni shared their thought on BHU being the oldest body of education existing in India. The rich cultural heritage and strong educational values imparted in the students, is very evident throughout the lives of the patrons.

We part to meet, see you in next event.. For those who missed out on the action.. here is the link to our photo gallery for the event:Event Photos Set I  Set II

Cheers!!
Organizing Team
ITBHU Alumni Association (Hyderabad Chapter)