IIT Global BHU Alumni raise $208,000

NEW JERSEY: The IIT BHU Global Alumni Association raised over $208,000 during its third Global Alumni Meet held recently at the DoubleTree Hotel in Somerset, New Jersey. Theme for the Meet was “A Journey of Excellence at IIT BHU”. Over 300 people attended the Meet.

The funds were raised to support various projects at IIT BHU including student scholarships. This included a challenge grant of $100,000 by Naresh C. Jain (Mechanical 1967). Prof AK Kapoor from the IIT BHU was the Chief Guest and S. P. Shukla, President, Defense Sector, Mahindra Group, Mumbai, India was the invited keynote speaker. Video messages from the BHU Vice-Chancellor, Dr Lalji Singh and IIT BHU Director, Dr Rajeev Sangal were shared.

There were four panel discussions on “Education”, “Research”, “Entrepreneurship”, and “Social Service”. A lot of interesting ideas were discussed to propel the IIT BHU to new heights. There were lighter moments with “Fond Memories of BHU” and “Tribute to Teachers”. The Meet concluded with an entertainment program after dinner.

At the Meet, Six alumni were conferred 2013 IIT BHU Distinguished Alumnus Award. The Awardees are:

1) Corporate -Soumyo Sarkar (Mechanical 1979), Founder and CEO, Sumit Capital, New York, NY.

2) Education – Prof VK Mathur (Chemical 1953), Professor Emeritus, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH.

3) Entrepreneurship -Ujjual Nath (Metallurgy, 1979), Founder and CEO, Kaarya LLC, Los Angeles, CA.

4) Government – Dr Mrtiyunjay Singh (Metallurgy, PhD 1983), Senior Scientist, Ohio Space Institute, NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH.

5) Research – Dr Pradeep Rohatgi (Metallurgy, 1961), Distinguished Professor of Material Engineering, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI.

6) Social Service – Dr Manu Vora (Chemical 1968), Founder Director and President, Blind Foundation for India, Naperville, IL.
Prof AK Kapoor honored the selected awardees. It was announced that the Fourth IIT BHU Global Meet for the Chicago area will be held on September 20, 2014.

Sudhir Vyas