Minutes of the First Board Meeting of the

Board of Directors of Alumni Association ( lIT Kanpur

Date of the Meeting: 15 April 2010 / 14 April 2010 (US)Venue: Through Teleconferencing

Meeting commenced at 07:30 A M. Indian Standard Time

Board Members Present:

1. Mr Rakesh Pandey, President2. Mr Rakesh Sharma, Vice President3. Prof Kripa Shanker, Secretary,4. Dr Jayant K Singh, Treasurer

'_I 5. Mr Anil Srivastava6. Mr. Ajay Bharadwa]7. Mr. Abhay Kumar Bhushan,8. Dr Sameer Khandekar9. Prof Ram 13 Mishra

Leave of absence: Mr Ashok Kumar Bajaj, Ms Keya Sur, Mr Vijay Mishra

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Minutes

Agenda 1: Ratification of the minutes of the joint board meeting

After the roll call, Prof Kripa Shanker, sought comments from the board members onthe minutes of the joint Board meeting. Since no comments were received the Minuteswere passed unanimously.

Agenda 2: Comments on the email that is to be sent to all by the President

The President invited comments on the email that will be sent to all alumni by thePresident. The members unanimously agreed to the email after a brief discussion. It wasagreed that the feedback on the email can be sent to the President .by Friday and themail be dispatched there-after.

The President requested all the members to accept the google group invitation for morecontinuous interaction. It was unanimously agreed by all that the moderator shouldadd all the members as all agree to it.

Agenda 3: Comments on the format of the calendar and the Newsmakers

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The format of the News about the alumni was liked and for the Calendar it wassuggested that we could use the format similar to the Golden Jubilee Calendar that isavailable on the IITK website, but as of now the one page calendar is a welcome, whichwill be available on the website also.

The President requested all the members to send their bios to the AA Office by May I,2010 for uploading it on the website and publishing.

Agenda No 4: Any other item with the permission of the chair

Alumni Association website: The issue of the Alumni Association was proposed as theagenda by Mr Rakesh Sharma and it was unanimously agreed that the revamping of theAA website is a necessity. It was discussed that a fresh proposal be sought fromorganizations/ individuals who have been handling the website maintenance of variousother Alumni Associations be contacted for the same. Mr Ajay Bhardwaj opined that weshould have a specification document and the deliverables for the website, for talking tothe organizations.

It was suggested that an email be sent to all alumni for the proposal and alumniworking in this area may be involved for revamping the website.

Prof Kripa Shanker informed the board about the two letters received from Mr B R Jainunder the RTI act, which were read out by the President to all the Board Members.

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It was unanimously agreed upon that legal opinion may be sought before replying tothese letters.

The meeting ended at 09:20 AM with a vote of thanks to all.

(Kripa Shanker)

Secretary, IITKAA

(Rakesh Pandey)

President,II"fKAA

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