Newsdigest for the IITD Alumni Association

18^th November, NSCI Mumbai

It was nostalgic moment meeting some old friends from IIT D after 10- 15 years. It was a get together which brought the memories of our golden days that we spent together in hostels. Every one was eager to meet and know each other and to share their experiences. Many of our friends joined the get together with their spouses. It was a unique experience meeting more than 40 IIT D guys, some of them who have already made their mark in corporate world and government jobs and some of them with that glitters of hope to emulate their fellow IITians. It was indeed great experience meeting people starting from 1970 batch to recent pass outs of 2004 batch.

The meeting was presided over by Mr. Nobby Gupta. In his august presence, the chairmanship was handed over to Mr. Vijay Aggarwal (Batch 1989). Mr. Vikram Reddy took over as Secretary. Mr. Gupta informed the gathering that Pan IIT jamboree is going to be organized in Mumbai in the month of December. Around 3000 -5000 IITians from different part of the world are expected to converge here. Mr. Gupta also informed that these three days seminar will be inaugurated by The President of India. Mr. Prime Minister has also expected to come for the closing ceremony. Sri Sri Ravi Shanker is also expected to give his deliberations on “Art of Living”.

Mr. Vikaas Sachdeva, Country Head – Business Development, ING Vysya Mutual Fund, gave a presentation on investment opportunities in mutual funds. The question answer session went on for longer than expected. After all – “Its all about money, honey”, of course senior guys were more interested in it, rest were looking at the drinks which was ready to be served. This obvious distraction apart, one thumb rule of Mr. Sachdeva, I remember clearly, was – “Put your money in debt instruments in the same proportion of your age”. So, if you are 40, put 40% of your investment in debt instrument. Huh, right now I am worried about paying my debts.

Mr. Vijay Aggarwal and Mr. Vikram Reddy, have promised us many more such get- togethers in near future. Families will get more chance to interact and get entertained with games and music in future. Mr. Anil Chandiramani, played role of great host. Under his stewardship, food was definitely better, guys like me got good opportunity to dine and wine, I think others will also vouch for it.

The happy ending was when every one got a T-shirt with IITD logo. Some die hard IITians, just took off their expensive shirts and sported the IIT D T-shirt then and there itself. Proud IITians never loose the chance. Those who missed this opportunity can still have it.

Let’s all meet and share our joy of being successful in our endeavors and make our IIT D fraternity a bigger success in future. I must say that people from 70’s and 80’s batches showed more enthusiasm and showed us the true meaning of “The art of living”. Manoj Shrivastav (Batch 91)

The PAN IIT Bangalore Outreach Event held on November 18^th, 2006, Saturday between 4:00 PM to 6:30 PM in Spring Hall, Hotel Royal Orchid Park Plaza off Airport Road near KGA.

The idea was to promote the PAN IIT awareness and help one another in attaining worthy goals in our personal and professional lives. Your presence would make this effort a great success.