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2 | P a g e S a m p a r k V o l u m e 4 I s s u e 3

I. FromThe Chairpersons Desk ...... 3

II. Yaadein1985 Reunion ...... 4

III.

Bangalore Chapter Meet ...... 6IV. Campus Buzz

a. The Sixth Sense ..... 8 b. Riders of the Comp ..... 9 c. Marketing World Cup ..... 10 d. Start up Fair ..... 11

V. Alum Musings ...... 12

VI. Q and Alumnus ...... 15

VII. Campus Shots ..... 18

VIII. Reconnect with IMTG Connect ..... 19

Contents

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It gives me immense pleasure to presentthe third issue of our Alumni Newsletter -Sampark, for the academic year of 2010.

We have been overwhelmed with thecontinuous appreciation we receive everymonth for Sampark, and we would like tothank you for your constant support andencouragement. Meanwhile, Alcom has been abuzz with activities. The firstReunion for the year was organized forthe Class of 1985 as the Silver JubileeCelebration. Bangalore Chapter Meet was

organized by Alcom in the second week of

this month. Many esteemed alumni from across batches graced theevent.

I appreciate the untiring efforts and team spirit of our Sampark Teamand everyone involved with Sampark, who made this issue a reality.

And as always, receiving insights and perspectives will be invaluable tous, so please feel free to contact us anytime at [email protected].

Dr. Vimi Jham

Chairperson

Alumni Relationship Committee

From the Chairperson

s Desk
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]

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Yaadein 1 1 9 9 8 8 5 5 R R e e u u n n i i o o n n

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The Alumni Relationship Committee organized the twenty five yearReunion- Yaadein for the 1985 batch of IMT Ghaziabad, on 9 th October2010. It was a nostalgic and memorable evening with many of thealumni coming back to campus after twenty five years and fromdifferent corners of the world. The event began with an Inaugurationceremony with Dr. Acharya addressing the alumni and Mr. ShankarIyer, an alumnus speaking on behalf of his batch mates. This wasfollowed by a lamp lighting ceremony after which a sapling was plantedin the MDP garden in the honour of the 1985 batch. Mouth watering snacks wereorganized for the alumni in themess after which all out funactivities took place in theclassroom session. Thisincluded a quiz, an awards

session, souvenirpresentation and last but not theleast- surprise session by the 1985 batchprofessor- Mr. L.A Khan! This was followed by dinner at MDP and thegrand finale at the amphitheatre. The amphitheatre session was avibrant one with karaoke, salsa, and band performance - all the works!This went on till the wee hours of the morning thanks to the undying

spirit of the alumni.

It was a great pleasure and honour for the Alumni RelationshipCommittee to serve the institutes alumni by organizing this event.

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October was a busy monthfor ALCOM. Close on theheels of Yaadein, the 85 batch reunion, we organizedthe Bangalore Chapter Meeton the 16 th of October, 2010.The second Chapter Meet of

the year was held at HotelAtria in Bangalore, and wasattended by 35 of our alumni.

Chapter Meets are organized with the motive of having a commonplatform for discussing some of the most relevant issues with respect tothe Institute and the Alumni. They are held by rotation in the major

cities of India. The theme for the Bangalore Chapter Meet wasDeveloping Brand IMT through Innovation. In this era of inn umerableB-schools vying for a place among the top institutes of the nation, we arestriving to maintain the distinction that IMT and its students hold. ThisMeet was a podium to deliberate on how further to build on our brandin newer and innovative ways.Also, how best to leverage it in

order to build an efficientnetwork among the alumni.

The evening began with awelcome note by Mr. PrakashPathak, Co-ordinator,Corporate Engagement Teamof IMT Ghaziabad.

Bangalore Chapter Meet

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This was followed by apresentation on the initiativestaken up by the AlumniRelationship Committee ofIMT Ghaziabad to engagecorporate, facilitate student-industry interactions andorganize events on and off-campus for students as well asalumni.

After this, Mr. Shankar Iyer (Batch of 85) was re quested to introduce thetopic for the evening and open the discussion. The discussion wascarried forward by keynote speaker Mr. Krishan Kansal (Batch of 95).Many innovative ideas came up during the course of the evening, likeways of engaging alumni for an incubation cell for budding

entrepreneurs within the Institute, soliciting the help of alumni in thefields of marketing and media to help create awareness about theInstitute, etc. It was a lively discussion enriched by active participation by alumnu s ranging from the 85 batch to the 10 batch.

Mr. Shankar Iyer concluded the meeting by summing up the key pointsdiscussed, and requesting the alumni to be proactive in taking initiatives

for the Institutes betterment. Dinner followed where alumni across batches mingled with each other and reminisced about their collegedays.

The evening ended with a strong note of enthusiasm to strengthen theties among the alumni. All in all, the event was a success, turning out to be a great opportunity for those present to connect with other IMTians,

share opinions and collaborate.

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Summit the IT club of IMTGhaziabad organised TheSixth Sense. The eventcomprised of three roundswhich tested the participatingteams on from thererecollection power to purelogic and sense.

The participating teams had two members each and with more than 60

teams the turnout was huge. In the first round the teams were asked tolocate items in 360 degree panorama views of cities from across theworld like Paris, Rome etc. the teams were required to show a lot ofpresence of mind as one of the teams were asked to find out the time inthe city for which they had to locate a clock tower. The second roundwas a KenKen puzzle which is a n arithmetic and logic puzzle along thelines of Sudoku. In the third round the teams were tested on their

recollection power as they were shown images for thirty seconds andthen asked questions on the basis of that.

None of the rounds were elimination rounds and all the teams wentthrough all the three rounds with scores being given for every roundand the team with highest cumulative score at the end of the day wasdeclared the winner. Winners walked away with cash prizes and mealvouchers at nearby restaurants.

Campus BuzzThe Sixth Sense

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The cultural committee made it a night for all the LAN gaming lovers ofthe college with their ev ent Riders of the Comp - the LAN gamingcontest. With four games to participate in, the participants were left witha night to remember. Individual gaming skills were at display with

students playing one on one in FIFA and Quake. On the other handthey teamed up in two to face others for Age of empires. The mainattraction of the night was Counter Strike where clans of five membersfaced each other as terrorist and counter-terrorist.

With a huge turnout and re-entries being allowed the event stretchedinto the wee hours of morning.

Riders of the comp

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The Marketing World Cup is a marketing extravaganza orchestrated byMarkUp - the marketing club of IMT Ghaziabad. Held annually, thisevent brings together brilliant minds from some of the top B-Schools ofIndia like the IIM's, IIT's, FMS, MDI, MICA, NITIE, SIBM and severalothers.

Teams (comprising of eight students) compete for the trophy with the

final rounds of all the events held almost one after the other in two jampacked days at the IMT Ghaziabad campus. Marketing World Cup09had a whopping 112 teams participating in a myriad of events all ofwhich revolved around the theme "Markesia" - a mystical land of magic,mayhem and... Marketing! Events such as Aaker's Acolytes, Warketing,and Freudenstein, to name a few, attracted tremendous participation,and received plaudits from the contestants as well as the corporate for

their innovative design and flawless execution. The events coveredvarious genres of marketing:

Retail Marketing Online Branding Mobile VAS Marketing

Fear Marketing War Marketing

Marketing World Cup

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The entrepreneur takes the road less travelled. No wonder his path isfraught with uncertainties, obstacles and perils. The EntrepreneurshipCell (E-Cell) of Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Ghaziabad isorganizing Start -Up Fair 2010 on 30th O ctober 2010 which aims toremove many obstacles like Funding, Infrastructure, B2B connectivityfor start ups so that they can accelerate on their path of expansion.

The event will be graced by the prominent entrepreneurial gurus of thecountry viz. Mr. Anustup Kashyap, Founder of idiscovery Education;Mr. HK Mittal, Director, DST, Government of India; Mr. Aditya Gupta,Chairman, Serco India and many more. 50+ B-schools, 1000+ studentmanagers, 35+ start-up companies, 10+ banks, 15+ venture capitalists and25+ eminent business personalities would come together on a commonplatform to enable a 360 degree interaction between start-ups, venture

capitalists and students, so that mutually symbiotic benefits can beextracted by all the parties. Start-ups coming to the campus wouldinclude those from various sectors like Education, IT, Manufacturing,Telecom, Sports, etc. Panel discussions, addresses from renowned business personalities and start-ups sharing their ideas and future planto audience would be the major attractions of the event.

We would like to invite alumni, start-ups, banks, venture capitalists andMBA students to be a part of the biggest "start up fair" in northern Indiaand help create entrepreneurial talent to propel our country forward.For more details and registration please visit http://startupfair.ecell-imtg.com

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2". IMT had a second gate? (The only second gate we remembered wasthe gap in the barbed wire fence behind the hostel).

The second surprise was the three storied MDP block where we weregoing to stay. It had air-conditioned rooms and what not. Instead ofgetting nostalgic, we got a feeling of Deja vu. The hostel block lookedstraight out of the sets of "3 Idiots". The mess hall had "grown" to twiceits size; there were basketball, tennis and badminton courts. An"Amphitheatre", which used to be the mysterious hole in the ground,

during our times, flat panel TVs all over campus, a 24 hour canteen, adouble storied "Library" open 22 hours a day. Except the white paint onthe walls of the Academic block, nothing was as we remembered it.

Our reunion action started on the 8th evening when Puru (RPurushothaman) and Uncle Tom (Sudhir Gandhi) reached campus. Theparty started with the right "spirits" when Sunny, Rajendra and Shankar

reached the campus on the 9th morning. After lunch an impromptugame of cricket and volleyball happened because we wanted to recreatethe spirit of those lazy afternoons spent on the cricket ground makingsure "The JK" was not bowled out. Late afternoon and we assembled inthe "conference room" where Cmde Acharya, the Administrative head atIMT, kick-started the festivities. The high point of the session wasmeeting Dr. Khan, who despite his age was still at it. We also celebrated

Anil Jain's (Poonam's husband) 50th birthday by cutting a cake,thoughtfully provided by ALCOM. After the group photos the "gang"shifted to the MDP block again, for dinner and post that, bid goodbye toDr. Khan and some of our mates. The rest of us shifted to theAmphitheatre for some more fun and games. We discovered IMT's RockBand and rediscovered our own Sanjay Gupta who was ready with hiskaraoke and his songbook. His daughter also sang a couple of songs and

we were unanimous that she did a better job of if than Mr Gupta. SoonMr Sudhir Gandhi sprang a surprise by doing "The Salsa". He claims he

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Q: What were your most memorable moments in IMT?

Answers:

Sudhir Gandhi: The Ram Leela prepared during the induction was avery new experience for us. At IMT it was my first stay at a hostel. I met

all my batch mates and had lots of fun. And we are kicking off in thesame vein 25 years later. Its great to continue the same wa y we left it 25years ago.

Rajkumar Koul: One fine morning, following the night long drinking,we decided that we need to get back to being healthy and we went for arun in the morning. Sunny Munshi ran in bathroom slippers from here

till chungi and bac k.

Sunny Munshi: We forced Veer Kaul to take a shower after probably amonth. He came back in 3 minutes flat and his feet were still dry. Theman went through it so quickly that he did not even let the water reachhis feet. Veer had a lungi that he wore for over a month withoutwashing. One day I took his lungi and burnt it as it was becoming a

health hazard.

Shanker Iyer: Puru, I and Venky were part of the curd club. I used toprepare curd in my room and after we ate at the mess; we would bringrice back to my room and gulp it up with curd. Without it, our mealswere never over.

Q and Alumnus

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Sunny Munshi: During our Operations Research examination, werealized that theres no way we could pass. So we went to the professorsplace hoping to have a chat. During the conversation we told him thatwe are going to Kashmir and if theres anything he would like us to

bring for him. Get me some saffron he replied. How much? weinquired. Bring me a sack full was the reply.

Rajkumar Koul : Towards the end of our course, we all ran out ofmoney. Dr. Sethi the new professor had just joined. Sunny Munshi and Iwalked in to his office, Sir we want to open a mobile library since thelibrary is closed on Sundays. He gave us Rs. 1000. The very night, a bunch of us went to Delhi, spent all of it and the next three months wemade a great effort hiding from him.

Q: Anything you really loved in or around IMT?

Answers:

Sunny Munshi, Akshay Kaura, Shanker Iyer, Sudhir Gandhi andRajkumar Koul: Chungi!!!

Akshay Kaura: 2 teachers: Dr. CV Gupta and Dr. Khan. The whole batchremembers the answer to, What is depreciation?

Q: How important has an MBA been for your career?

Ans: More than the degree, it was the course that created an impact.During my tenure at IMT, I learnt to gel better with people, present

myself better. It gave me an all round development: People skills, law,economics, etc.

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Q: Message for fellow alumni and present students?

Answers:

Rajkumar Koul: Its too late for fellow alumni!!! On a serious note, itsvery important to have fun. The day you start hating going to office,things end there.

Akshay Kaura: All work and no play, makes Jack a dull boy.

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Campus Shots

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Compiled By:The Sampark Team

Yupesh Nagrani Ashutosh BihaniAseem Sharma Mithil JainNakshatra BhattSandeep Rawat

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