Worldwide Pantnagar Alumni Association (WPAA) Monthly Newsletter, November 7, 2002 ------------------------------------------------ Greetings !
Hope you all had a wonderful Diwali and are looking forward to an equally cheerful and prosperous New Year. WPAA would like to wish you all the success and best of health for this festival season. As 2002 winds down, there are some important administrative issues that we would like you to be aware of. On the top of the list is the election for WPAA Executive Committee for year 2003. A year later and about 1200 members strong, we are certainly in a much better position today to set the ball rolling for putting this process in place. I will send out more details about the dates and how exactly we will be proceeding in this regard but meanwhile, if you are interested in being part of WPAA Executive Committee, or know someone who you think should be, please send details to 'executives at wpaa dot org'. There is no change in the structure of the committee and all the posts and designations are same as the current ones, including 'Representatives'. WPAA bylaws are also available online so that you can make yourself familiar with the existing setup. I would like to encourage all of you to get actively involved in the process and help us stay focused. WPAA would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who were kind enough to submit their membership fee and contributions for 2002. We greatly appreciate your continued support and encouragement and request you to please make sure that your payments are all accounted for in WPAA account book. To do so, please login at WPAA web site (http://www.wpaa.org/) using your login and password and check under 'Edit Account'. The date when we received your payment should show up next to the payment if, we have indeed received your payment. In case of any questions, please feel free to write to 'treasurer at wpaa dot org'. GBPUAT is celebrating its Foundation Week from Nov 12 to Nov 17. On this occasion, College of Agriculture will launch Alumni Association of College of Agriculture (AACA) and a meeting of the alumni, amongst other set of activities on Nov 15, the College day. You can read the complete text of the letter from Dean, College of Agriculture, Prof. Ranvir Singh at http://www.wpaa.org/contrib/Alumni_letter.doc. During the same week, College of Technology is celebrating its Foundation Day on Nov 13. Please visit WPAA web site to get complete details. Another important project that I would request your active participation in is 'WPAA Yearbook 2002'. Thanks to Somya Chaudhary, Home Science, 1987 batch, who was kind enough to accept this responsibility of leading this project and putting it all together. If everything goes as per the plan, you should have a copy in your mailbox sometime in January, 2003. Please visit the WPAA home page to check out the complete details and exact schedule. Also, feel free to write to her at 'yb2002 at wpaa dot org' if you have any suggestions, comments or feedback. Well, getting back to regular fun activities, last month was yet another busy month. The following get-togethers are being organized by different WPAA chapters in the upcoming weeks: What: Alumni Meet and Family Get Together - Hyderabad Chapter When: Sun, November 24, 2002 Where: Country Club, Begumpet, Hyderabad Contact: Praveen Chandra (praveenc21 at rediffmail dot com) What: Annual Family Get-together followed by Lunch When: Sun, December 15, 2002, 12:30 Hrs - 16:00 Hrs. Where: Sports & Cultural Club, Sector-XV A, Noida-201301, New Delhi Contact: Pradeep Garg (pkgarg12 at yahoo dot com) And, the 'Recent Events' section includes: - Sat, Oct 12, 2002, Pantnagr Alumni Meet - Mumbai Chapter Coordinator: Manjeet Yadav (manjeet at hotvoice dot com) - Sun, Oct 06, 2002, Bangalore Get Together Coordinator(s): Vivek Kumar - vivek.kumar at wipro dot com Manish Tyagi - manish at bellsoftech dot com Kapil Jain - jainkapil at rediffmail dot com Please visit WPAA web site and RSVP online if you plan on attending any of these events. A request to all the event organizers, please feel free to share with us how the event went through. Also, some pictures of the same would be greatly appreciated. Even though the PayPal system has been in place for a while and the same is being mentioned in every month's newsletter, it still has not reached the expected popularity amongst the members. Please use this system, available at http://www.wpaa.org/ and send in your annual membership fee and contributions. For those of you who would still like to use the conventional system, here are the details: Payable to: Worldwide Pantnagar Alumni Association If sending in US Dollars ! If sending in Indian Rupees Mr. Girish Solanki ! Mr. Joseph Dolphin Treasurer, WPAA ! Representative, WPAA 7811 Chambers Rd #135, ! Flat 77 Pocket A3 Sector 8, San Antonio, Texas, ! Rohini, Delhi - 110085 United States - 78229 ! India You can also reach them via 'treasurer at wpaa dot org'. Your contribution helps WPAA take care of its maintenance expenses and also in planning projects for the benefit of Pantnagar university and its students. Please take a minute and send in your payments at the earliest. Please visit http://www.wpaa.org/ for complete details. And finally, a reminder that we love to hear from you - your feedback, comments and anything that you would like us to know, is highly appreciated. Please write to us at admin at wpaa dot org. Here are the tasks that WPAA has closely been involved in: *** Fund Drive *** A sum of USD 3000 was collected for Computer Engineering Department, College of Technology, during a 'Fund Drive' that lasted almost two years. The funds were delivered to the then Vice-Chancellor, Dr. J. B Chowdhury in Feb, 2002. Head of Computer Engineering Department, Prof. R N Mishra later informed us via an email that a decision had been made to purchase a LCD projector for the department. WPAA would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who contributed towards this Fund Drive' and helped it make a success. *** WPAA Chapters *** If you are a Coordinator of a WPAA chapter, a member of another Pantnagar association or know about one, please log your entry here and share it with rest of us. Also, do let us know if you need to setup a separate web page, chat room, mailing-list or any other such web presence for your chapter. Following Pantnagar associations are registered so far: - WPAA-Bangalore - Manish Tyagi (manish at bellsoftech dot com) - WPAA-Europe - Rajesh Kumar (RajeshDear at aol dot com) - WPAA-Mumbai - Manjit S Yadav (manjeet at hotvoice dot com) - All India Pantnagar Alumni Association (AIPAA) - Pradeep K Garg Emails: aipaa_delhi at yahoo dot com, aipaa_delhi at hotmail dot com Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/aipaa_delhi/aipaa_page.html - WPAA-Hyderabad - Shekhar Awasthi (shekhersawasthi at hotmail dot com) - Pantnagar Alumni Association - Dehradun - Amardeep Baliyaan Email: amardeepsingh at hotmail dot com - WPAA-Gujarat - Sanjay Gauba (sanjaygauba1 at yahoo dot com) - WPAA-Haryana - Bhawani Shanker Pandey Emails: bspandey at yahoo dot com, rinipande at yahoo dot com - WPAA-U.P. - Rajesh Sharma (sraj1971 at yahoo dot com) - WPAA-Singapore - Shashi Rautela (shashi at rautela dot com) - WPAA-Punjab - Pradyuman Kumar (pradyuman2002 at hotmail dot com) - WPAA-Manila - Amaresh Chandel Emails: amareshchandel at sify dot com, chandelamaresh at yahoo dot co dot in - WPAA-Pacific - Prashant Srivastava Emails: psri0762 at mail.usyd.edu.au, ps_soil at hotmail dot com - WPAA-Jharkhand - Vishnu Dixit (vishnud at telco.co.in) - WPAA-Malaysia - Sandeep Kumar Goel (drgoelsk at hotmail dot com) Check out the complete details about these associations at WPAA website. Do not forget to check out the 'Members Directory' for each association. *** Mentor Program *** Total Mentors: 39 Total Mentees: 13 WPAA would like to thank all the participants in the Mentor Program and wishes them the best. And for all those who have volunteered to help in this Program, please update your mentor-comments and put in how exactly you can contribute. Please provide your contact details and convenient times so that potential mentees can get in touch with you. *** WPAA Quiz *** Tarun Sharma won the first quiz scoring 100%. There were 28 responses with an average score of 65.36%. Pretty impressive, Tarun. Congratulations !!! The results for the second quiz will be declared in a day or two. So far, there are 36 responses with an average score of 64.72%. Do you want to take a shot at it ? Check out http://www.wpaa.org/ for complete details. Narendra Pratap Singh, Technology, 1993 batch, is the brain behind this periodic quiz. WPAA would like to thank him for his continued effort and time. *** WPAA Poll *** After completing your studies, how many times have you visited Pantnagar ? Please visit WPAA web site and let us know. *** ONE MORE THING *** The charkha is the symbol of sacrifice, and sacrifice is essential for the establishment of the image of the deity. - Gandhi *** And finally, here is a list of new members *** Total members as of today: 1168 Total nos. of mailing-list subscribers: 794 ------------------------------------------------ Following is the list of 34 members who joined WPAA in the month of October. Please join me in welcoming them on board. Mr Ratnesh , 0 batch, Technology Other Nawal Joshi, 1995 batch, Agriculture Mr Manosh Roy, 1974 batch, Agriculture Mr Ranjan Srivastava, 1991 batch, Agriculture Mr Abhishek , 0 batch, Agribusiness Management Mr Vivek Gupta, 1999 batch, Technology Mr Sanjay Singh, 1999 batch, Technology Mr Ajay Dhiman, 1993 batch, Technology Mr Hemant Atrish, 1992 batch, Technology Mr Vikas Saini, 1993 batch, Technology Mr Sumit Joshi, 1999 batch, Technology Mr Brijesh Negi, 1996 batch, Technology Mr Vineet Kumar, 2001 batch, Technology Mr Kumar Rahul, 1990 batch, Agriculture Mr Ashok Kumar, 1988 batch, Technology Mr Shubhranshu Raman, 1996 batch, Technology Mr Charu Upreti, 1988 batch, Technology Mr Amita Singh Sachan, 2000 batch, Agribusiness Management Mr Ranjan Arora, 1995 batch, Technology Mr Deepak Kumar Agarwal, 1998 batch, Technology Mr Pankaj Dhyani, 1986 batch, Technology Mr Sanjeev Tyagi, 1994 batch, Agriculture Mr Kamal Murari, 1999 batch, Technology Mr Hemant Vashista, 1994 batch, Technology Mr Prem Pandey, 1999 batch, Technology Mr Vindheswari Singh, 1997 batch, Technology Mr Anubhav Bansal, 1995 batch, Technology Mr Vinay Jaiswal, 1989 batch, Technology Mr Harsha Vardhana, 1998 batch, Technology Mr Gunjan , 1997 batch, Basic Science & Humanities Mr Vinod Kumar, 1986 batch, Technology Mr Ajoy Trivedi, 1994 batch, Agriculture Mr Ankur Agarwal, 1993 batch, Agriculture Mr Ankit Kr Garg, 1998 batch, Technology Have a great day ! 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