Worldwide Pantnagar Alumni Association (WPAA) Monthly Newsletter, July 1, 2002 ------------------------------------------------ Greetings !
The big news of last month was the appointment of Dr. P L Gautam as the new Vice Chancellor of GBPUAT. Though we do not have any official details about Dr. Gautam's academic background yet, we do have some information provided to us by Dr. Gajendra Singh of AIT, Bangkok. Dr. Gautam, prior to joining as VC-GBPUAT, has served as: - Professor in College of Agriculture, GBPUA&T, Pantnagar - Dean, University of Horticulture and Forestry, Solan, Himachal Pradesh - Director, National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR), ICAR, New Delhi - National Director, National Agricultural Technology Project(NATP), ICAR, New Delhi WPAA would like to thank Dr. Singh for sharing this information. We will keep you posted as and when we get any more details about Dr. Gautam. Another very important event that took place was the Convocation Ceremony on June 29th (assuming that it did take place as scheduled). As has been the general feeling that the university could have done a much better job of communicating it to students and alumni, giving them an opportunity to make necessary arrangements for attending the same. In fact, there was no formal notification about the convocation whatsoever. If it was not for Anurudh Gupta ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), none of us would have even known about it. IT SOMETIMES IS VERY HARD TO UNDERSTAND WHY THE UNIVERSITY WE ARE ALL SO PROUD OF AND WANT DO SO MUCH FOR, CAN NOT EVEN FIND TIME TO INFORM ITS VERY OWN ALUMNI ABOUT SUCH AN IMPORTANT EVENT ! Until a few years back, there was this evergreen excuse that the university did not have the latest addresses of the alumni and so the mailers could not be sent out in time or to correct addresses. But what is the excuse now ? Low-bandwidth internet connection ? Come on ! How much of time and effort (and bandwidth) would one need to send out a notice to a mailing list ? Anyway, the convocation is over for this year but we hope that we will be much better informed in coming years. One thing that GBPUAT has to understand and realize is that its alumni are its treasure and they need to be treated with respect and dignity. Unless that happens, it is going to be a long bumpy road ahead of all of us if we really want to see GBPUAT achieve the status of one of the best universities in the nation. I just hope that there are members from GBPUAT staff, faculty and administration on this mailing list and are getting the message. Moving on to other activities of WPAA last month, we are very pleased to announce that we have a new chapter, WPAA - Manila. WPAA would like to congratulate Amaresh Chandel for taking the initiative and welcome all the members of WPAA-Manila on board. In my last newsletter, I had mentioned about WPAA working on accepting credit card transactions on its web site. Well, we do have yet another good news for you ! We are already testing this new feature and it will be made available on our web site in less than two weeks ! Please stay tuned and we will be updating you accordingly. Meanwhile, if you would still like to use the postal system to send in your payments, you are very welcome. Here are the details: 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 In the upcoming events, the annual meeting of ASAE will be held at Hyatt Hotel in Chicago, Illinois during 28-31 July 2002. This is one great opportunity for Pantnagarians to get together and have some good time. Whether you are coming to attend the ASAE meeting or just want to make it for Pantnagarians get-together, please visit WPAA web site (http://www.wpaa.org/) and sign up for it. When submitting your response, please do not forget to mention your preferred date and time. 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Here are the tasks that WPAA is currently working on: ***1*** 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. ***2*** New WPAA Chapter: WPAA - Manila Once again, WPAA would like to thank the Coordinator, Amaresh Chandel, for taking this initiative and wish him all the best. Amaresh, please let me know if you need to setup a separate web page, chat room, mailing-list or any other such web presence for your chapter. 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 associations are registered so far: - WPAA-Bangalore - Manish Tyagi ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - WPAA-Europe - Rajesh Kumar ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - WPAA-Mumbai - Manjit S Yadav ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - All India Pantnagar Alumni Association (AIPAA) - Pradeep K Garg Emails: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/aipaa_delhi/aipaa_page.html - WPAA-Hyderabad - Shekhar Awasthi ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - Pantnagar Alumni Association - Dehradun - Amardeep Baliyaan Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - WPAA-Gujarat - Sanjay Gauba ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - WPAA-Haryana - Bhawani Shanker Pandey Emails: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] - WPAA-U.P. - Rajesh Sharma ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - WPAA-Singapore - Shashi Rautela ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - WPAA-Punjab - Pradyuman Kumar ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - WPAA-Manila - Amaresh Chandel Emails: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check out the complete details about these associations at WPAA website. Do not forget to check out the 'Members Directory' for each association. ***4*** Upcoming Event: What: Get Together at ASAE When: July 28th or 29th Evening Where: American Society of Agricutural Engineers (ASAE), Chicago, IL Contact: Ashwini Kumar (847) 967 2256 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) So far, following members have confirmed their participation: Ashwini Kumar Gajendra Singh Nitin Sharma Rameshwar Kanwar ***5*** Mentor Program: Total Mentors: 39 Total Mentees: 12 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. ***6*** Fun Corner: Have you visited the 'Fun Corner' yet ? There are two interesting pictures there and here are the responses we received from some of you: Univ football team in 1978. Can you identify them ? --------------------------------------------------- Picture provided by Andy Pereira. Standing from left: 6)Mohammad Faiz Khan,77,Vet 8)Ramesh Kumar, present univ soccer coach 15)P K Srivastava,74,Tech 18)Pradeep Kumar Bharati,77,Vet 19)Sajiv Sitting from left: 1)Pradeep 2)Sikdar 3)Gurung 12)Rajendra Goyal,74,Tech ?)K Jitendra,77,Tech A beautiful district in Uttaranchal. Do you know which one ? ------------------------------------------------------------ - Submitted by Arvind Shakya on 04/09/2002: this beautiful place is BAGESHWAR - Pradyuman Kumar on 06/23/2002 suggested that this picture is of Ranikhet district. Well, thanks Pradyuman for your response but I'm afraid, it is not Ranikhet. It is not Bageshwar either. Any one else wants to take a shot ? If we can not get the correct response by next newsletter, we will give out the correct answer. ***7*** 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 second quiz is up for grabs. So far, there are 6 responses with an average score of 66.67%. 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. ***8*** ONE MORE THING "There are limits to self-indulgence, none to self-restraint" - Gandhi ***9*** And finally, here is a list of new members: Total members as of today: 1055 Total nos. of mailing-list subscribers: 707 ------------------------------------------------ Following is the list of 34 members who joined WPAA in the month of June. Please join me in welcoming them on board. Dr Neelima Sharma, 1988 batch, Veterinary Mr Subhash Chandra, 1996 batch, Technology Mr Ajay Kumar Verma, 1981 batch, Technology Mr Rameshwar Kanwar, 1975 batch, Technology Mr Dinesh Rathore, 1972 batch, Veterinary Mr Akhilesh Kumar, 1992 batch, Technology Mr Ravi Pandey, 1998 batch, Technology Dr Rakesh Rathore, 1994 batch, Basic Science & Humanities Dr Manmohan Dobriyal, 1994 batch, Forestry Mr Abhishek Srivastava, 1999 batch, Technology Mr Murad Ali, 0 batch, Agriculture Mr Amit Singh, 2001 batch, Technology Mr Bhoopendra Singh, 1988 batch, Forestry Mr Hemant Ojha, 0 batch, Technology Mr Udit Paliwal, 1994 batch, Agriculture Mr Chandra Gupta, 1996 batch, Technology Mr Joshua (sunderraj) Chavali, 1985 batch, Basic Science & Humanities Ms Taru Paliwal, 1996 batch, Agriculture Mr Yashpal Negi, 1980 batch, Technology Dr Vijay Juneja, 1974 batch, Veterinary Mr Mayank Rai, 1998 batch, Post Graduate Studies Ms Kavita Tewari, 1996 batch, Veterinary Mr Niraj Goel, 1974 batch, Technology Mr Harish Sharma, 1971 batch, Veterinary Mr Sanjeev Yamdagni, 1986 batch, Technology Ms Disha Pant, 1996 batch, Veterinary Mr Amit Tayal, 1994 batch, Technology Mr Sachin Sharma, 1996 batch, Technology Dr Nawajes Mandal, 1993 batch, Basic Science & Humanities Mr Kiran Saini, 1991 batch, Technology Mr Amit Rawat, 1998 batch, Agriculture Mr Shobhit Sinha, 1999 batch, Technology Dr Chanchal Bir Singh, 1968 batch, Veterinary Mr Neeraj Mishra, 1994 batch, Technology Have a great day ! 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