Worldwide Pantnagar Alumni Association (WPAA) Monthly Newsletter, September 5, 2002 ------------------------------------------------ Greetings !
Dr. Anand Sarup - does this name ring any bells ? Well, when I got an email from Dr. Sarup sometime back expressing his desire to be a part of WPAA, I was pleasantly surprised. I did not know Dr. Sarup personally but did know that he was Vice Chancellor of GBPUAT around the same time I was there i.e. 84-88. (I could be a bit off here so please feel free to correct me.) Actually, there is no particular reason I have in mind in bringing it up other than just sharing this information with you. Needless to say, WPAA is pleased and honored to have such dignitaries onboard. So please feel free to interact with them, online or offline, if you need any advice, guidance or direction. Last month, GBPUAT web team announced the launch of official website of the university - http://www.gbpuat.ac.in/. Heartiest congratulations and kudos to all those involved in the development of this site, especially the core team - Shishir Jaiswal, Mitul Thapliyal, Varun Jain, Abhishek Agarwal & Rajesh. Please visit the site and write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you have any suggestions, comments and/or feedback. [I did write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with my comments that the alumni page of the university web site should contain a link to WPAA but much to my disappointment, it has been over two weeks and I have yet to hear anything back from either the 'Alumni Coordinator' or the 'Web Team'.] In 'Recent Events', WPAA-Laguna (Philippines) had a get-together on Sat, Aug 31. Though the chapter members decided to keep it a quiet affair by not announcing it in the mailing list, I surely am hoping to get some feedback possibly, with some pictures. Right, Amaresh ? It has been a while since we implemented PayPal credit card acceptance system at WPAA web site. And we are pleased to report that quite a few of you are using it to send in your membership fee. However, the number of payments received so far is still way too small and we would like to remind you to please send in your membership fee as soon as possible. This fee helps us take care of all our maintenance expenses and also in planning projects for the benefit of Pantnagar students and our alma mater. Please take a minute and send in your payments to any of the following two addresses depending upon where you live. Make your check payable to "Worldwide Pantnagar Alumni Association" and send it to: 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 Further details are available at http://www.wpaa.org/. 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: *** 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 ([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] - WPAA-Pacific - Prashant Srivastava Emails: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] - WPAA-Jharkhand - Vishnu Dixit ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - WPAA-Malaysia - Sandeep Kumar Goel ([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. *** Upcoming Events *** Looks like, there is nothing planned as such. If you are thinking about having a get-together in your region, please visit WPAA website and create the event using 'Create New' link. Let me know if you have any questions. *** Mentor Program *** Shishir Jaiswal, Technology, 1999 batch is the newest member to the Mentor Program. WPAA would like to thank him and all the others involved in this program for making it such a success. We hope that this program is turning out to be useful and helpful for all the participants in helping them work toward their objectives. Please feel free to let us know if you have any suggesions so that we can assist you better. Total Mentors: 39 Total Mentees: 13 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 second quiz is up for grabs. So far, there are 20 responses with an average score of 60.50%. Do you want to take a shot at it ? Check out http://www.wpaa.org/ for complete details. (We are still working on the prize and as soon as we finalize it, which should be real soon, we will send you one.) 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. *** ONE MORE THING *** For times when you need a break or have nothing better to do....... Hundreds of videos of people doing stupid stuff: pranks, accidents, funny animals, crazy stunts, etc. http://www.stupidvideos.com/ *** And finally, here is a list of new members *** Total members as of today: 1107 Total nos. of mailing-list subscribers: 738 ------------------------------------------------ Following is the list of 23 members who joined WPAA in the month of August. Please join me in welcoming them on board. Mr Virendra Yadav, 1986 batch, Agriculture Mr Shashi Khanna, 1986 batch, Technology Mr Vinod Gupta, 1998 batch, Technology Mr Alok Kumar Kumar, 1998 batch, Technology Mr Pramod Sagar, 1982 batch, Technology Mr Sachin Goel, 0 batch, Agribusiness Management Mr Salil Mohan, 1993 batch, Technology Mr Gunjan Indrayan, 1998 batch, Technology Ms Neha Doorwar, 1998 batch, Technology Mr Ashish Goel, 0 batch, Agribusiness Management Mr Rakesh Kumar, 1992 batch, Agriculture Mr Kartik Gupta, 1998 batch, Technology Mr L. R. Gangwar, 1989 batch, Technology Dr Shashi Vaish, 1982 batch, Basic Science & Humanities Mr Dinesh Singh, 1993 batch, Technology Dr Devendra Dwivedi, 1993 batch, Post Graduate Studies Prof Shashi Sharma, 1968 batch, Agriculture Dr Naresh Verma, 1976 batch, Veterinary Mr Vinod Rawat, 1995 batch, Agribusiness Management Mr Arjun Bhandari, 1994 batch, Technology Mr Srinivasan Subramanian, 1982 batch, Agriculture Mr Ravi Kant, 1985 batch, Technology Mr Vishnu Singh, 1981 batch, Technology Have a great day ! Administrator, WPAA ================================================ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in subject header. Check archives at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
