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Fifty-year reunion of the BENCO Class of 1958
The engineering class of the Banaras Engineering College (BENCO) that graduated in 1958 celebrated its 50-year reunion on January 4, 2009 in New Delhi.
Banaras Engineering College, popularly known as BENCO, is one of the three constituent colleges which merged in 1971 to form the present BHU Institute of Technology, the other two being the College of Mining and Metallurgy (MINMET) and the College of Technology (TECHNO). When the 130 members of the Class of 1958 joined the college in 1954, it was already recognized as the country’s premier institute of engineering. Admission to the college was highly competitive, so the members of the Class who hailed from the many regions of India were all highly talented. This talent later brought each of them to glorious heights in their career.
The reunion was held at 15A Noida Club, New Delhi. About 20 alumni, many with their spouses, attended the event. They came from many different parts of India and the world, from Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta, Adipur (Kutch), United States of America, and Canada. The event brought back fond memories of their time together and provided an opportunity to rejoice in what they had achieved. The program began with a welcome address by A. K. Mathur, which was followed by poetry recital by Jagmohan Humar. All members in attendance then related their account of their journey through life. It was a matter of considerable joy and pride that the members of the Class of 1958 had excelled in their profession as engineers, entrepreneurs, academics, and public servants. The event concluded with a lunch.
A detailed report on reunion, including photos and profiles of alumni is attached here
Here are some images from the event
Following photographs were taken during reunion:
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The above report was forwarded by:
Jagmohan Humar, PhD, P. Eng., FCAE
Distinguished Research Professor
Carleton University
Ottawa, Canada
Tel. (O) 520 2600(5787)
Tel. (R) 736 0783
Email: jhumar@ccs.carleton.ca
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Another get-together was also held at Princeton, NJ.
As a part of golden jubilee celebration of 1958 Bencoites (1954-58), three class mates, namely Manash Dutta from New Delhi, Ravinder Nanda from New York and Mahendra Das from New Jersey, all from Mechanical Stream, met at a get together at Princeton, New Jersey, USA on 29th December 2008 with their spouses. Manash Dutta along with his wife Sumitra were on a visit to their daughter at Houston, Texas, USA. They decided to fly to New Jersey to meet Mahendra and his wife Madhu at Princeton, New Jersey who had settled there only about a year ago from The Hague, Holland after retirement. Fortunately Ravinder Nanda and his wife Serena who celebrated their 50 yrs. of stay in USA in 2008, and made New York their home, were also in town to join the meet at Princeton.
All three friends met with their spouses first in the house of Mahendra Das around 11 am, where the long association of 54 years (1954 to 2008) were remembered with very old photographs of their college days as well as with the Souvenir where photographs of all the classmates of Mechanical, Electrical and Civil taken in 1958 in a studio at Banaras, were available. It was really a pleasure to see and remember the old and golden days. The weather on 29th December was much better compared to what it was 2 days earlier (snow, rain and cold). The meet was made all the more memorable over a sumptuous lunch hosted by Mahendra and Ravinder in a cozy Thai restaurant at Princeton.
The three spouses also joined and enjoyed very much the meet. The friends bid adieu after 4 pm with a wonderful feeling. Some photographs taken in the meet by Ravinder Nanda are attached.
The above report was forwarded by:
Manash Dutta
Email: Manoshdutta@yahoo.com
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