About the gathering
On the eve of IBAM 2009 (International BHU Alumni Meet) in December 2009, Our VC, Prof. D. P. Singh invited few of the prominent alumni across the globe for a tea-party at his residence on December 26, 2009 evening.
During the meeting, our VC had discussion with delegates about the way to help university to achieve its vision, collaboration with foreign universities, introduction of new educational programs, strengthening alumni association, etc.

(From left to right: Yogesh Upadhyaya, Prof. Shail Gowda, Prof. Raghava Gowda, Dr. Surya Singh, Prof. Satish Tripathi, BHU Vice Chancellor Prof. Dhirendra Pal Singh, Markandey Rai, Dr. Atul Parvatiyar, Prof. Soorya Lal Amatya, Prof. D P Singh)
About the attendees:
1) Yogesh Upadhyaya (New Jersey, USA):
Yogesh Upadhyaya is alumnus (Chemical Engineering 1977) from IT-BHU. He is serving as volunteer and member of board of directors of IT-BHU Global Alumni Association. Currently he is working at Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, New Jersey.
Yogesh Upadhyaya
Middlesex, NJ 08846
Email: Yogesh@optonline.net
Editor: IT-BHU Chronicle. www.itbhuglobal.org/chronicle
2) Dr. Shail Gowda (Ohio, USA)
Dr. Shail Gowda is Associate Professor of History at the Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio. She is alumnus of the Department of History (Ph.D. 1973) BHU.
Shail Gowda
Associate Professor
Department of Arts and Sciences
1055 N. Bickett Rd.
Wilberforce University
Wilberfoce, OH 45384
Email:sgowda@wilberforce.edu
3) Dr. Raghava Gowda (Ohio, USA)
Dr. Raghava Gowda is Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science, University of Dayton, Ohio. He is alumnus of both the Faculty of Management Studies (MBM 1973), and IT-BHU (Electrical Engineering 1971). He completed his MBIS and Ph.D. in Computer Information Systems from Georgia State University in 1988. He has a post graduate diploma in Numerical Analysis and Automatic Computing and also in Indian History and Culture for his credit. He served as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Business Administration, Kurukshetra University from 1974-1979.
Raghava Gowda
Associate Professor
Department of Computer Science
University of Dayton
Dayton, OH 45459
Email: gowda@udayton.edu
4) Dr. Surya Pratap Singh (Varanasi)
Dr. Surya Singh is Associate Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry at Banaras Hindu University. He is Member, Alumni cell, BHU and he worked as Joint Organising Secretary for IBAM 2009 international alumni meet held at December 2009.
Dr. Surya Pratap Singh
Associate Professor
Dept. of Biochemistry
Banaras Hindu University
Member, Alumni cell, BHU
Joint Organising Secretary (IBAM)
VARANASI (UP) 221005
Email: Suryasingh@hotmail.com
5) Dr. Markandey Rai (Nairobi, Kenya)
Dr. Markandey Rai is Chief of Global Parliamentarians & Trade Unions at UN-HABITAT.
Markandey Rai, PhD
Chief, Global Parliamentarians & Trade Unions
UN-HABITAT
P. O. Box 67553
Nairobi-00100, Kenya
Email: markandey.rai@unhabitat.org
6) Dr. Satish Tripathi (New York)
Dr. Satish Tripathi did his B.Sc. in 1968 and M.Sc. (Statistics) in 1970 from BHU. He did Ph.D. (Computer Science) from Toronto. Currently he is Provost at State University of New York at Buffalo, New York.
Satish K. Tripathi
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
University at Buffalo, SUNY
562 Capen Hall
Buffalo, NY 14260
Email: tripathi@buffalo.edu
Home Page: http://www.provost.buffalo.edu/about/index.shtml
7) Prof. Dhirendra Pal Singh
Prof. D. P. Singh is Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University.
Prof. D. P. Singh
Vice-Chancellor
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi-221005, UP, India
Email: vc_bhu@sify.com; vcbhu1@gmail.com
Website: http://www.bhu.ac.in/vc/index.html
8) Dr. Atul Parvatiyar
Dr. Atul Parvatiyar is alumnus of both Faculty of Arts (BA Hons 1977) and the Faculty of Management Studies (MBM 1979; Ph.D. 1985), BHU. He also taught at FMS, BHU between 1981 & 1985. Later he was a Marketing Professor at XLRI Jamshedpur, India (1986-1991); Goizueta Business School of Emory University in USA (1992 – 2001); and the Robinson Research Fellow and Managing Director of Center for Business & Industrial Marketing at Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University, USA (2001 – 2005). Currently, he is the President and CEO of the Institute for Customer Relationship Management (iCRM) - a management consulting, research, education & technology company with offices in USA, UK, India, Malaysia and Indonesia.
Atul Parvatiyar, Ph.D.
President & CEO
Institute for Customer Relationship Management (iCRM)
5317 Candleberry Drive
Atlanta, GA 30047, USA
Email: atul@institutecrm.com
Company website: www.institutecrm.com
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11) Prof. Soorya Lal Amatya,
Prof. S. L. Amatya is Rector of Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal. He did his M. A. from Baroda University as well as from Hawaii University. He did his PhD from Banaras Hindu University.
Prof. S. L. Amatya
Rector, Tribhuvan University
Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal
Email: vcoffice@healthnet.org.np; soorya@ntc.net.np
12) Prof. D P Singh
Prof. D. P. Singh is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Mining, IT-BHU. He is also the Chairman of Alumni Cell at BHU.
(Professor D.P. Singh)
Distinguished Professor, IT, BHU &
Honorary Chairman, Alumni Cell
Banaras Hindu University
Professor Emeritus
Department of Mining Engineering
Institute of Technology,
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi 221005 (India)
Email: dp_singh@live.com
Website: http://www.bhu.ac.in/alumni/index.html
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Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi 221005, UP
