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IIT Bombay hosted Alumni Day 2009 at its Powai campus on December 27 2009 with its Alumni from across the nation and globe. This day was also an occasion to announce and present the prestigious Distinguished Service Awards (DSA) to the alumni chosen from among the nominations received from various stakeholders such as alumni and faculty of IIT Bombay.
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This year's awardees were:
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Bakul Desai, B.Tech., ChE, 1982, Mr. Bakul Desai was one of the key players in putting together the Young Faculty Joining Bonus scheme of the Class of 1982. He is currently spearheading the Hostel Alumni Team Stewardship (HATS) initiative for Hostel 4.
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Praween Napate, B.Tech., ME, 1981, Mr. Praween Napate had a role in visualising and executing the Financial Aid Programme, the legacy project of the Class of 1981. In the past three years, FAP has advaced loan scholarships to the tune of Rs.80 lakhs, benefiting about 300 IIT Bombay students.
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Ajay Phatak, B.Tech., ChE, 1984, Mr. Ajay Phatak has served as the President of the Pune Chapter (2007-08 and 2008-09). During these years, a major part of his work was devoted to developing and executing the Innovation event. Under IIT Bombay-Industry interaction, his company is currently working with Prof. P.C. Pandey of Electrical Engineering department on data-driven modelling. |
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Dipak Sheth, B.Tech., ChE, 1976, Mr. Dipak Sheth was a member of the organizing committee of Silver Jubilee Reunion of the 1976 Batch in December 2001. Elected to IITBAA BOD in 2005, he has held the position of Treasurer and carried out proactive management of funds at IITBAA. He also consolidated finances to bring the organization on healthy foundation.
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Sanjay Jain, B.Tech., CSE, 1987, Mr. Sanjay Jain has served the IIT-Bombay Alumni community in Bangalore as a member of the Executive Committee since 2004, and is currently the President of the Bangalore Chapter. He is also currently on the Board of Directors of the IIT Bombay Alumni Association. He was the primary organizer for Kal Aaj Aur Kal, the closing ceremony of the Golden Jubilee celebrations in Bangalore.
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Sreedhar Reddy Kona, B.Tech., Civil, 1997, Mr. Sreedhar Kona is currently the President of New York Chapter. Earlier he was the Treasurer of the New York Chapter and a member of Organizing Team of the Golden Jubilee 2008 Conference in New York. He is actively involved in organizing various New York Chapter local events and was also actively involved in PANIIT 09.
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Alumni Day is a special day at IIT Bombay where several hundred alumni gather in the campus, to reminisce, to network, to get updated, to get rejuvenated, to reconnect, to back-thump and to show off to their families. This year also it promises to be a perfect day for rekindling old friendship and forging new ones.
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"We are proud of the outstanding achievements of our alumni and with their efforts IIT-Bombay is today recognized worldwide as a leader in the fields of engineering, science, design and management. I am certain that we - alumni and institute will together rise to greater heights in the coming years," said Prof. Khakhar.
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"Alumni Day is the right platform for alumni to reconnect with faculty and fellow graduates while making new connections throughout the IIT Bombay community. It is rendered special by unique Legacy Projects of the different Silver Jubilee reunion classes. I am confident that the bonds that bind alumni to the Institute will be strengthened even further in the coming years" said Milind Gokhale, Chairman, Board Of Directors, IIT Bombay Alumni Association.
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Special focus this year was also on the Silver Jubilee Reunion of the Class of '84. In addition to getting together for the Reunion, each Silver Jubilee Batch also takes on a Legacy Project to leave a lasting legacy of that batch for the institute. The Legacy Project team, in conjunction with the core planning team for the reunion, chose three initiatives for the project, with the theme of "Past /Present / Future" in mind. These initiatives were:
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Retired Faculty Wellness Fund For many reasons, the faculty members that retired before 2003 do not have any health coverage provided by the IIT or the gov't. With their advanced age, most of them would also be ineligible to buy private insurance. This fund will set up a corpus to supplement medical coverage for the faculty retired prior to 2003. |
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Soneri Baug This green initiative is for the benefit of the current residents of the campus. The project is to cultivate the rich biodiversity in the 10 acre stretch sandwiched along Hostel 8, Guest House and Powai Lake, into a nature preserve. Project will be developed with guidance from World Wildlife Fund. |
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New Faculty Sign-on Bonuses This initiative was originally started by the 1982 batch, and supplemented by the 1983 batch. This will add funds to the existing corpus that has been set up to fund sign-on bonuses for the incoming faculty. As IIT tries to compete for the best talent on board, Sign-on Bonuses will become an important component of faculty compensation at IIT Bombay, to help compete with private sector. |
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Commenting on the three projects, Arvind Sanger alumnus from the Class of 84 said: "We all have gained tremendously from the quality of education IIT imparted to us. A large part of our success can be traced back to the opportunities, the IIT education created for us. Through these projects we wish to give something back to our alma mater and leave behind a remembrance of our silver jubilee reunion".
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Director Prof. D. V. Khakhar receiving the Cheque from 1984 Alumni Batch
Prof. Shevgoankar, Deputy Director (FEA) giving away Distinguish Service Award to Mr. Bakul Desai on the Alumni Day Function