Wednesday, May 23, 2007
E-digest#01: Past Events
Extraordinary EC meeting held on 14.4.07 at Faculty Guest House followed by dinner hosted by outgoing President, IITDAA, Mr. Yogesh Andlay.
Mementos were presented to all outgoing E.
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members for the year 2006-07 along with Office Bearers for their contribution to alumni activities.
2. Annual Get-together & Annual General Meeting on 29th April 2007.
The Annual General Meeting for the year 2007 was held on 29th April at Seminar Hall, IIT Delhi.
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The meeting was chaired by Prof. Surendra Prasad, Director IITD & Chairman IITDAA. Yogesh Andlay, President; V. Sethuraman, Secretary; Mita Ray Brahma, Jt. Secretary and Wg Cdr VK Parashar, Treasurer were also seated on the dais. Shantanu Mathur anchored the AGM proceedings being the Master of Ceremony.
WELCOME
Mr. Yogesh Andlay, President of the Association, welcomed the members.
OCND AWARDS
Dr. Prodipto Ghosh (68/BT/CH)
Dr. Sugata Mitra ( In absentia)
Mr. Sanjay Kalra ( In Absentia)
Dr. Prodipto Ghosh gave a brief account of his vision and experiences in life in discharging his services for the benefit of the people and this country.
I2 TECH AWARDS
IIT Delhi Alumni Association awards for the best projects in various categories of “I2 Tech Open House” were presented. Prof. Surendra Prasad Chairman of IITDAA presented the awards (Memento, Certificate and Cash prize) to the following:
Best Projects - (Rs. 7,500/- for each Project)
[Over-Expression and Characterization of bacillus licheniformis RSP-09 lipase]
Student: Bhawna Madan
Deptt/Centre: Biochemical & Biotechnology
ii) [Development of Antimicrobial Acrylic Bone Cement]
Students: Richa Jackeray, Swati Jain, Supriya Punyani
Deptt/Centre: Bio-Medical
iii) [Low-Power statistical Computing: ANALOG LOGIC – A
new age in electronics]
Student: Ahmed Kirmani
Deptt/Centre: Mathematics
iv) [Design of an Optical Parametric Oscillator based on periodically poled Lithium Niobate]
Student: Shilpi Goyal, Ginni Sharma
Deptt/Centre: Physics
Certificates of Merit
i) [Novel View with Super-Resolution]
Students: Ankit Gupta, Avanish M. Kushal, Lakshya Goel, Uma Mudenagudi
Deptt/Centre: Computer Science
ii)[Smart Cane for the Visually Impaired]
Student: Rohan Paul, Dheeraj Mehra, Vaibhav, Ankush Garg, Vishwas Goyal, Debraj Chatterjee
Deptt/Centre: Computer Science
iii) [Alkaline protease from a solvent tolerant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolate]
Student: Anshu Gupta, Ipsita Roy
Deptt/Centre: Chemistry
iv) [Studies on control of Runaway Reactions in a Batch Reactor]
Student: Karri Rama Rao
Deptt/Centre: Chemical
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION APPRECIATION AWARD
Appreciation Awards and Recognition Awards were given to the following Alumni for contributing to the activities of the Alumni Association. These were presented by Prof. Surendra Prasad, Director, IIT Delhi & Chairman, IITDAA.
a. Amreen Sodhi
b. Gazal Kalra
c. Shantanu Mathur
d. Neelam Dwivedi
e. Amit Kumar
f. Somnath Bharti
g. Dr. Deepak Dogra
h. Pranay Kohli
i. Rakesh Rajora
j. Alok Ramsisaria
k. Vijay Aggarwal
l.
m. Sanjeev Jain
n. D.P. Tripathi
o. Vishnu Dusad
p. Alka Puri
q.
r. Alok Sahdev
s. Anil Chandiramani
t. M.S. Bawa
u. Sunil Parekh
v. Pradeep Gupta
w. Rakesh Kaul
x. K.K. Dhar
y.
z. Arun Dhawan
ADDRESS BY DIRECTOR IITD
PRESIDENT’S REPORT
Mr. Yogesh Andlay presented the President’s Report giving details of the activities of the association carried out during the year 2006-2007.
AUDITED ACCOUNTS
ELECTION OF NEW MEMBERS
For seven vacancies, ten nominations were received for Executive Committee membership. It is first time in history of IITDAA, voting Machine has been used for elections. Applied Electro Magnetics Ltd (promoted by Mr. Naresh Agarwal, IITD 1967 alumnus) provided two voting machines for our use during the election process. The election process using these machines has been devised by Mr. K.S. Seehra. Nominees` brief profile and services they would like to offer displayed outside of the Seminar Hall after which casting of vote took place. The following members were declared elected to the Executive Committee for 2007-2010.
Mr. P.K. Purang 71/BT/ME
Mr. Ashok K. Gaur 72/BT/ME
Dr. V.K. Gupta 74/MT/PR
Mr. Sunil Parekh 76/BT/MR
Mr. Sudhir Ghai 80/BT/ME
Mr. Ravi Kapoor 82/BT/CE
Mr. Shantanu Mathur 2001/BT/ME
Global Representative on the Executive Committee of IIT
Recognizing the spread of our alumni members across the world and bringing them closer to the alumni association, the Executive Committee decided to bring representation from alumni communities across the globe in the form of Global Alumni Representatives.
The following members were declared co-opted to the Executive Committee for 2007-2008.
- Mr. Lalit Kumar,
- Ms. Alka Puri,
- Mr. Vijay Kaushik,
- Mr. Rajat Mishra,
- Mr. Pranay Pratap Kohli,
- Mr. Abhishek Jhalani, USA 2001/BT/CH
OFFICE BEARERS 2007- 08
Outgoing President Mr. Yogesh Andlay presented the office bearers for the year 2007 - 08, elected
by EC. They are:
1) Mr. V. Sethuraman (President),
2) Mr. M.S. Bawa (Secretary),
3) Mr. Sudhir K. Tewatia (Jt. Secretary),
4) Mr. Somnath Bharti (Treasurer)
PLAN OF ACTIVITIES FOR THE 2007-08 BY MR. V. SETHURAMAN, PRESIDENT.
Mr. V. Sethuraman gave presentation of plan of IITDAA activities for the year 2007-08.
Data Base Updating & Interactions: The alumni strength is presently over 30,000 and is rapidly growing at approximately 1,400 per year. The prime and major role of the Alumni Association is to develop, update and keep alive the vast data base of the contact details of its members to enable them to interact amongst themselves and also with people with common interest for the benefit of their endeavors and also for the benefit of their alma mater. With our alumni scattered all ov
er the country and indeed across the globe, they often used to find it difficult to personally meet and interact even if they were located in the same city. The internet is now being utilized m
ore effectively and it would be our endeavor to connect as many of our alumni as is possible
to enable meaningful communication and exchange of thoughts and ideas. We shall attempt to evolve our web presence with this emphasis.
Globalization: Just as the Alumni Association would try and reach out to its member
s across the globe, we are sure that the alumni community located the world like over would like to participate in the various activities being carried out by the Association. With this viewpoint in mind the outgoing Executive committee has initiated the concept ob Global Representatives in the Executive Committee. We have received nominations from five alumni this year. I am certain that in the years to come this will further increase and the geographical location of the alumni will not be a constraint in participating in the activities of the IIT Delhi Alumni Association.
It has been seen from past experience that development of Chapters and supporting them wherever necessary is an excellent way of bringing together the Alumni Committee. The out
going EC has developed a paper on Chapter Policy which has covered various aspects of Chapter formation mutually helping one another. The incoming EC will endeavor to carry forward this initiative both within
The IIT Delhi Excellence Foundation in the
oing excellent work for the institute. We look forward to closer ties with our activities for mutual benefit. We also feel that such bodies should be established in other parts of the globe wh
ere our Alumni are located in large numbers.
Giving Back: I am sure that every one of us is indebted to the Institute for the excellent education and training it has imparted to us. It is my firm belief that all of us should give back to the Institute whatever we can in the form of mentoring the students, delivering lectures or organizing workshops on specific fields of interest where we have gained experience or giving monetary contribution for development of infrastructure /laboratories etc.
Further, while so many of our alumni are doing so well in their professional careers, unfortunately there are some who occasionally need help to overcome problems they may face owing to bad
times and seek the assistance of our Association for help. We would like to strengthen the “Alumn
i Benevolent Fund” by generous contributions from our alumni who harbor a philanthropic bent of mind to help their fellow alumni in distress. The methodology and the ways to contribute for this cause will be well defined and circulated to the Alumni community.
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published every quarter and should cover the activities being done by our Alumni across the globe. We would also like to include achievements of Alumni both in their career growth and also in their personal lives.
Coffee Table Book This project was started quite some time back and at some point of time could not progress. This has been revived recently and is taking a final shape. We will strive to complete it at the earliest.
Merchandise: IIT Delhi Alumni Association has not developed in a big way merchandise that the Alumni could purchase to remind them of their belonging to this Institute. We propose to develop this by starting with Ties, T-shirts Mugs, Watches with logo, Shirts with logo, Rocking Chair etc
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Constitution Amendment; Our Association is over 20 years old and the membership has grown enormously. However, the Constitution has remained virtually static and has not evolved with the development of the Association. There are areas which are ambiguous and subject to interpretation, or are without well defined procedures and timetables. These need to be stud
ied, and corrected to evolve a Constitution which will provide for greater participation and which will serve us for time to come. I propose to have a Committee including Past Presidents and EC members to look into all aspects and give their recommendations.
Awards and Recognition With the list of our prominent alumni reading like a Who’s Who
of industry, and with alumni success stories in most fields; we need to increase the number of awards, at different levels and covering broader fields of activities. Often alumni have reached very high levels in their careers, but this is known to only a few because their operations are away from the media limelight. Presently the IIT Delhi Alumni Association has only institutes the “Outstandin
g Contribution to National Development Awards”, We will look into this aspect and try and increase our Awards and Recognitions suitably to our alumni.
We would wish to continue and broaden the scope of prizes for student projects such as the I2Tech awards. Such initiatives would lead to a greater AA involvement in student activities.
Regular Activities: Seminars, Conferences and Lectures:; Sports and Cultural Events, Distinguished Alumni Awards; Silver Jubilee Celebrations, Career Counseling for Students e
tc. shall continue.
I have always received cooperation and guidance from the Director IIT Delhi, the Dean Alumni Affairs and all the other faculty members and staff of the institute. I am sure we will continue to get their patronage in our activities. I look forward to a very happy and fruitful year with my EC members in carrying forward our activities.
VOTE OF THANKS
AGM concluded with a vote of thanks by Mr. M.S. Bawa, the incoming Secretary for the year 2007-2008.
NOTE : This year’s AGM was followe d by a grand music concert by Indian Ocean at Dogra Hall and a lavish multi-cuisine dinner comprising of Continental, Chinese and Indian dishes (Veg. & non-Veg) at Sports Complex in which there was a record participation of around 1200 persons including alumni, their family members, sponso rs, invitees, awardees and their families and friends
Profile of the recipients of outstanding contribution to national development awarded at AGM 2007.
Dr. Prodipto Ghosh : 68 BT CH
Dr. Prodipto Ghosh obtained B.Tech. degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IITD) in 1968 in “Chemical Engineering” then Ph.D in Economics and Policy Analysis and M.Phil in Public Policy Analysis, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA. He is Secretary, Ministry of Environment & Forest, Government of India,
Dr. Prodipto Ghosh is a multidisciplinary professional in the fields of economics (with specialization in the economics of energy and environment), policy analysis, public administration, and chemical engineering. He has had varied experience in high level policy making, multilateral negotiations, policy research, and project and program formulation and implementation. His experience spans the Central and State Governments, international organizations, and policy research and academic institutions.
In his Ph.D dissertation at the
opted methodology for such research. He is also among the original conceptualizers of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) while he was a Senior Fellow at TERI (1991-1994), which was subsequently embodied in the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change, and now comprises the major component of the global carbon market. Later, as Secretary, Environment & Forests, he operationalized the CDM in India, which is now the fastest growing sector of the Indian economy, with current pipeline investments > Rs 49,000 crores, and involving > 590 projects, the largest such portfolio in the world. Through his policy research work, he has been largely instrumental in shaping
ss and Benefit Sharing (ABS) under the Biodiversity Convention. He is the principal author of
As Additional Secretary and Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister (2001-2003), he was involved in formulation and monitoring of national economic policies, including policies on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), and regulatory reforms across a range of sectors. He was also the co-author of significant civil se
rvice reforms, aimed at ensuring greater specialization and professionalism in the civil services, which have now been significantly implemented. He was also the Co-Executive Secretary of the Indo-US Economic Dialogue, and Member of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory, and Trade & Industry Councils.
He has received the BP Pal Centenary Memorial Award for Outstanding Contribution to Environmental Conservation, awarded by the World Bank, UNDP, and TERI, and has been named for an award for Alumni Achievement in 2007 by the
In honouring Dr. Prodipto Ghosh, IIT
Dr. Sugata Mitra : 75 MS PH & 78 PD PH
Dr. Sugata Mitra obtained M.Sc & Ph.D. degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IITD) in 1975 & 1978 in “Solid State Physics”. He is Chief Scientist with NIIT.
He has been working in the fields of Physics and Energy for more than 20 years. Dr. Mitra has taught and researched at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, HCL Limited, The Technical University of Vienna, Austria and United India Periodicals.
Dr. Mitra has over 25 inventions and first-time applications—in the areas of Cognitive Science, Information Science, Cyberspace, Educational Technology and self organising systems—to his credit. He is the creator of the famous Hole-in-the-Wall Experiment that promises to change the way children learn. Dr. Sugata Mitra’s work has had either direct or indirect impact on national development. His innovations in a host of segments have contributed to the automation and IT-fiction of the industry verticals they have touched and in that sense helped
Dr. Mitra’s most significant contribution possibly lies in his pioneering work in the area of education technology, which has had a significant impact on the issue of talent creation, especially for India’s burgeoning IT and ITES-BPO industries.
He has in fact, helped the Indian IT sector achieve vibrancy, by helping create a vast pool of highly skilled IT talent. His historic experiments in this arena (often referred to as “The-Hole-in-the-Wall”) with children across
Dr. Mitra has been honored by the academic and scientific communities, Governments and private organizations all over the globe, for creating a Minimally Invasive methodology that helps teach computers to young children. A spate of rewards and recognitions have come the way of Dr. Mitra, especially for the Hole-in-the-Wall experiment. He bagged the prestigious Dewang Mehta Award for Innovation in IT (2005), instituted by the Department of Information Technology, Government of India. The award was conferred upon him for his pinnacle achievement—the discov
ery of the pedagogy, science and technology of Minimally Invasive Education. He received the award from
Dr. Mitra is also the winner of the "Man for Peace Award," from US-based "Together for Peace Foundation" and the "Social Innovation Award" from the
He received the “The Best Paper of the Year” award from the Computer Society of India in 1999, the “Best Paper Award” at the Global Knowledge Forum in 2000, the “Best Social Innovation of 2000” award from the Institute for Social Inventions (UK), the “Man for Peace” award in 2001, instituted by the Together for Peace Foundation (Italy), and was a finalist for the 2003 World Technol
ogy Award for Education.
In honouring Dr. Sugata Mitra, IIT
Mr. Sanjay Kalra : 85 BT EL
Mr. Sanjay Kalra obtained B. Tech. degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IITD) in 1985 “Electrical Engineering”.
Sanjay Kalra is the President of Tech Mahindra. Tech Mahindra is now the world’s largest Offshore IT Services and Solutions company for the Telecom industry. Sanjay’s focus is on creating and growing strategic relationships with worldwide Telecom Service Providers and R&D services for Telecom Equipment Manufacturers by leveraging Indian IT and Telecom capability. He is also responsible for Mergers & Acquisitions at Tech Mahindra.
In this and his previous positions, Sanjay has played a major role in expanding the size as well as global leadership of the Indian IT industry.
Tech Mahindra recently signed a $1 Billion order with British Telecom, which is the largest order ever signed in the Indian IT industry.
At Tech Mahindra, Sanjay Kalra has been instrumental in the following:
o growing the company from 4,500 engineers to 18,000 engineers
o leading a successful IPO which was oversubscribed 72 times; the company is now valued at $4.5 Billion
Prior to joining Tech Mahindra, Sanjay was the Chief Executive Officer; DSL Software (a joint venture between HCL and Deutsche Bank) focused on IT and BPO solutions to Capital Markets worldwide through leveraging an
Sanjay Kalra served global roles in Schlumberger and Tata Unisys. He has extensively leveraged offshore delivery to create new products and business lines, nurtured start-ups and led high growth businesses. Sanjay was responsible for cross-border transactions involving the purchase of Deutsche Software from Deutsche Bank,
In honouring Mr. Sanjay Kalra, IIT
alumnus of IIT
3. Farewell to IIT Delhi Graduating Batch 2007
It was the time of the year when IIT Delhi had to say Good Bye and to bid Fare We ll to all its Undergraduate and Postgraduate students of 2007 Batch.
While bidding them farewell and offering guidance and good wishes. Prof. Prasad and the Deans emphasized that as alumni t hey remained very much a part of the Institute.
Mr. V. Sethuraman, President, IIT Delhi Alumni Association, welcomed all the new alumni to the Association. To make them feel already at home and in sync with the events being organized by the association. He announced the distribution of the latest issue of Newsletter and the life time ID yourname@iitdalumni.com for all the outing students as a token of welcome for an everlasting relationship and bonding between the new alumni and IITDAA.
He also outlined the facilities and opportunities available to the fresh pass out and accentuated the need to stay in touch with the alma mater and the association.
The enthusiasm of the students to be a part of alumni association was best felt at the stall that was put up by the association staff as the Director's Lodge.
The students came flocking and were encouraged to give their contact details at the counter. The Newsletter almost vanished in a couple of hours. The broad grin on the faces of the students was a matter of great satisfaction and joy for the association and people associated with it.
