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bringing together the alumni community on a common platform to build another
channel of personal and professional support to members through 'self-help'
within community. | | | The IIT Delhi Alumni Association is the
collective body of over 33,000 alumni of Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.
Apart from serving as a base for information about the alumni, it initiates
programs and organizes events important to alumni, their alma mater, and in the
national interest.
Among the important objectives of the
Association are: - To promote and foster mutually beneficial
interaction between the Alumni and the present students of IIT Delhi, and
between Alumni themselves.
- To
encourage the Alumni to take an active and abiding interest in the work and
progress of the Institute so as to contribute towards the enhancement of the
social utility of their Alma Mater.
The Association has established
scholarships for deserving and needy students of IIT Delhi and continues to
encourage its members to do so. It has also instituted various awards and prizes
to encourage students to achieve excellence in their various pursuits.
It
has also established an “Award for Outstanding Contribution to National
Development” to recognize contributions made by IIT Delhi alumni in various
facets of national development.
It has
also instituted awards for students, the major ones being:
Alumni Award for
Academic Improvement
Alumni Award for
Community Service
The Association raised funds for the
establishment of “Prof. R. N. Dogra Chair” in the Civil Engineering Department
of IIT Delhi. This chair is in memory of Late Prof. Dogra, the first Director of
IIT Delhi and the man who made a great contribution in building IIT Delhi from
scratch, and who established systems to set it on its path to its present
eminence.
As you perhaps know, the Alumni Association
operates from the interest earned on the corpus, with interest accruing on a six
monthly basis. This amount falls far short of that required for the range and
scope of activities that are being undertaken such as the following: - publishing and distributing IITDAA Newsletter
- technical seminars and lectures
- family get together and sports
events like kite flying, family picnic, cricket and table tennis competitions,
alumni musical evening
- felicitation
function for the Distinguished Alumni Awardees
- IITDAA Award for “outstanding Contribution to
National Development”
- support and
awards to the student community with “Alumni Award for Community Service”,
“Alumni Award for Academic Improvement”, I2Tech awards etc
- IITDAA also maintains a website and provides
a platform for interaction among the alumni community
- interacting and providing support to various
Chapters in India and abroad
- updating and maintaining the data base of our
alumni
- IITDAA is also in the process
of publishing a Coffee Table Book on IIT Delhi
- Organizing Alumni get together and AGM (which
is the culmination of the year’s activities and is widely attended by over a
thousand faculty, alumni and family members)
The Association has nine
chapters in India, eight chapters in USA, and one chapter in the UK.
We have a small office staff (also provided
for by the interest earning) but the majority of the work is done by an honorary
elected Executive Committee and office bearers. The office bearers for the year
2009-10 are as follows:
Mr. Ravi Kapoor – President
Mr. Shashi B. Munjal – Secretary
Mr. Sudhir Ghai – Jt. Secretary
Dr. Sanjay Gambhir – Treasurer
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