Newsdigest for the IITD Alumni Association

1. Nominations for Satyendra K. Dubey Memorial Award

Satyendra K. Dubey Memorial Award was instituted by IIT Kanpur in 2005 to honour the exemplary life and supreme sacrifice of Mr. Satyendra K. Dubey (BT/CE/1994/) an alumnus of IIT Kanpur.

Any alumnus / alumna / faculty member / staff member of any IIT can nominate any alumnus of any IIT for the award. The award will be given to one who has distinguished himself / herself by displaying highest professional integrity for upholding human values.

In view of foregoing, you are requested to publicize our request for nominations of this award, through Alumni Associations or other organizations of your esteemed Institution. The nominations should reach us on or before October 20, 2007. For more details please visit http://www.iitkalumni.org/sda/

With regards,

Vinayak Eswaran
Secretary Alumni Association and

Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology
Kanpur, 208016

Ph. No.0512 -259- 4403/4407

2. VIBGYOR - Modern Dance Workshop for Alumni

Dear Friends,

VIBGYOR is a start-up venture in Fine & Performing Arts by our alumnus Ashutosh Matela (B Tech 2005). He is into film making, music, dance etc. He recently conducted a Modern Dance workshop for the general Public on commercial basis & a mini-workshop for EC members to show his skills.

Now, here is an offer from him for a full-scale MODERN DANCE WORKSHOP for the Alumni & families at special discounted rates.

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VIBGYOR , a vibrant burst of color has been delighting the people with the exciting hues of dance since 2005. Celebrating the colorful canvas of the dance, the organization nurtures performers of different ages.

VIBGYOR is dedicated to provide opportunities for complete personality development of the Alumni. To continue with its efforts, VIBGYOR has created a platform through which we as a group are looking at delivering world class services to the IITD Alumni, be it any recreation activity or a team building exercises.

The Dance Workshop HUM TUM will consist of :

Forms of Dances : SALSA & WALTZ.

Venue: ISC Room , Students' Activity Center (SAC), IIT Delhi

No. of People : Minimum 5 couples, Maximum 10 couples

Dates and Timings : to be decided as per mutual convenience. Tentative start 20th Oct

CHARGES : We have 2 options:

A. 8 Days Workshop (12 hrs): Further divided into: Two Days / Week and 1.5 Hrs per class.

Charges: 2, 000 per couple for the whole session.

B. 15 Days Workshop (22.5 hrs): Further Divided into: Three Days / Week and 1.5 Hr per class. Charges: 3,500 per couple for the whole session.

Registration is on but would be closed as soon as the first batch is complete - so you need to hurry.

Best Regards,

Deepti Mehra Chandra K Jain
Manager – Corporate Relations EC Member
VIBGYOR – Discover Ur Own Color. IITD Alumni Association

Mobile No. 98113 10135 93124 39464

For queries write at roosi.at.vibgyor@gmail.com

3. Prof. R.S.Agarwal Awarded

Prof. R.S.Agarwal has received the “Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award-Best of the Best” for his Technical Leadership in Refrigeration & Air-Conditioning and in recognition of the most exceptional global contributions in the first two decaded of the Montreal Protocol. The award was presented to him by United States of America, environment Protection agency on September 19, 2007 in Montreal Canada at the occasion of 20^th anniversary of Montreal Protocol. He also received the "Montreal Protocol Technology and Economic Assessment Panel (TEAP) Champions Award" in recognition of extraordinary service to

the Parties to the Montreal Protocol and the global effort to protect the ozone layer. This award was presented to him by United National Environment Programme (UNEP) on September 20, 2007 in Montreal, Canada on the substances that deplete the ozone layer.

4. Pan IIT 2008 in Chennai

My dear fraternity brothers from IITs,

I am V.Varadarajan of 1966 batch B.Tech Mechanical from IITM.

The current secretary PS Ramanathan of IITMadras alumni association has worked hard behind the scenes to get Chennai selected as the next venue for the paniit 2008 event. This also will coincide with the golden jubilee celebration of iitmadras starting from July 2008 extending to July 2009.

I volunteered to lead the participation activities for the forthcoming paniit 2008. This is being finalised for the 3rd week of December 2008. But before we do anything else we need about 200 active alumni preferably in Chennai, from all iits to take ownership for this event and give this event a direction to make this a success.

Mr. Santhanam an alumnus of IITM has kindly agreed to chair this event. We had couple of gatherings to brain storm on what and how to go about this.

A few core activities have been identified. Some of them are to chart a program for the 3 day function, organizing the venue. Marketing and PR, entertainment, and participation etc. Now we need to populate these activities with volunteers to take this forward. We like to have at least one from each iits in these committees.

All those interested in this are requested to reply with the activity you interested in. We will get you included in a committee of your choice wherever possible. Those who have attended the earlier conferences may have realized what a great opportunity this is to bring the alumni together.

I am sure you have all experienced greater friendship develop, when we take on a project like this and complete it a team. You are welcome to send this note to any one who you know will be interested in participating.

Please do respond.

raj

9381031380

raj_varadarajan@yahoo.com

5. Indian Angels Network

Dear Alumni,

Indian Angels Network (earlier called Band of Angels) wishes to associate with IIT Delhi Alumni Association and help prospective entrepreneurs to carry forward their ideas.

You may peruse the details in the website (http://www.indianangelnetwork.com/) and forward your comments.

IIT Delhi Alumni Association