In the last month’s issue, we announced the formation of our umbrella organization, called “IT-BHU Global Alumni Association” (IBGAA for short).
More progress has been done on the various activities related to the Alumni Association.
Steps taken include: formation of Executive Committee (Board of Directors), adapting Bylaws governing the organization, opening a bank account to receive funds for alumni projects, etc. Necessary documents are attached here.
The necessary details will also be posted o our official website, www.itbhuglobal.org.
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Vish Narayanan (Electrical 1983) as President of the Alumni Association
During teleconference on March 16th, 2008, the alumni volunteers selected Vish Narayanan as the president of the association. He is based at Detroit, USA.
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New Board of Directors selected
A 14-member board was selected during teleconference on March 16th, to work as a transition group. It will function till the end of March 2009, when the newly elected body will take over the running of the Association. For more details, please visit FAQ section in this issue. Some of the active alumni volunteers, though not part of this interim Board, will continue to contribute towards alumni related work.
The members are:
| Sr. # | Position | Name | Class/year | Current Location | Email alias |
| 1 | President | Vish Laxminarayanan | Electrical 1983 | Detroit, US | president |
| 2 | Vice-President | Vasudevan Raghavan | Mechanical 1983 | Frankfurt,Germany | vicepresident |
| 3 | Secretary | Devesh Kapur | Chemical 1983 | Pennsylvania, US | secretary |
| 4 | Deputy-Secretary | Rajiv Hukku | Electronics 1983 | Ottawa, Canada | dysecretary |
| 5 | Treasurer | Manu Goyal | Mechanical 1993 | New Jersey, US | treasurer |
| 6 | Vice-Treasurer | Anand Maharana | Metallurgy 1992 | New Jersey, US | dytreasurer |
| 7 | Director- External Affairs | Yogesh Upadhyaya | Chemical 1977 | New Jersey, US | external |
| 8 | Deputy Director-External Affairs | Rajat Harlalka | Electrical 2005 | Stockholm, Sweden | dyexternal |
| 9 | Director- Institute Affairs | Anshuman Singh | Electrical 1998 | California, US | institute |
| 10 | Deputy Director-Institute Affairs | Puneet Bindlish | Mining 2000 | New Delhi, India | dyinstitute |
| 11 | Director- Website | Animesh Pathak | CSE 2003 | California, US | website |
| 12 | Deputy Director- Website | Rahul Hari | CSE 2006 | Bangalore, India | dywebsite |
| 13 | Director- Reunions | Nihal Ansari | Mechanical 1982 | New Delhi, India | reunions |
| 14 | Deputy Director- Reunions | Harpreet Marwah | Electronics 2003 | Sydney, Australia | dyreunions |
Note:
1) Officially, President/Vice-President are known as Chairman/Vice-Chairman in our application filed to NJ State for registering our Association under non-profit Business Organization.
2) The above team is transient one and will work till March 2009, when newly elected members will take over.
3) To contact the individual director, please add Email alias in front of itbhuglobal.org. For example, to reach Vice-President, email to: vicepresident@itbhuglobal.org.