Mast Kalandar

Gaurav Jain

2000 Batch

gj@mastkalandar.comAt times you realise that your past does shape your

future. Opening a restaurant had always been a

dream for Gaurav Jain, and when the

implementation period came he was actually doing

the research work, thrashing out the business

model, deciding on the intricacies of running the

place, enlisting vendors, finalizing a large, spacious

and comfortable location.

Mast Kalandar started

operations in a 3,000 sq ft

rented space on the

Banerghatta road on the

outskirts of Bangalore. It was

2006 and the place wasn't as

developed, but it worked out well. Relying just on

years ago when many IMTians were still taking

kinder garden steps, Rajeev became the youngest

CEO of India. Rajeev featured in the Top 10 most

powerful Indian CEOs along with Narayan Murthy,

Ambani brothers, Ratan Tata, Azim Premji and

Kishore Biyani in 2004 and is also ranked amongst

the Top 3 Business and Management Consultant.

He is the founder of many marketing and business

forums and clubs both in India and abroad.

In October 2011, he

launched Milagrow HumanTech

had entered the Tablet PC

market with the World's first

TabTop PC, focused on

professionals, promising to make

Laptops and other Tablets

history. The journey began with the launch of the

TabTop 8.4 which the media termed as the most

ported out tablet India had ever seen. This wasdeveloped, but it worked out well. Relying just on

word of mouth the Jains had a turnover of 25 lakhs

after the first year of operations.

Mast Kalandar serves a mixed vegetarian cuisine

from Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and

Delhi which as a vegetarian place attracts both

vegetarians and non-vegetarians. The food is

cooked fresh every day. The raw food is

transported in imported temperature controlled

boxes, which can preserve freshness for up to 10

hours.

Today Gaurav Jain is a happy man with a projected

turnover of 50 crores, 600 employees and

operations based out of 35 outlets in four cities.

Milagrow Knowledge

& Business Solutions

Milagrow HumanTech

Rajeev Karwal

1984 batch

rajeev.karwal@gmail.com

Our alumnus of 1984 batch and the Consumer

Durables industry icon Rajeev Karwal founded

Milagrow HumanTech, the Number 1 Domestic

Robots company in India and a fast growing brand

in the fiercely competitive Tablet PC space. Long

ported out tablet India had ever seen. This was

followed by the launch of India's slimmest tablet,

the TabTop 7.4, which went on to be called the

'finest economy tablet' by NDTV Gadget Guru and

CNBC TV18. As of yesterday, it was the 1st and only

Indian tablet to be listed on the Wikipedia tablet

comparison page.

Today, after many strong launches under its belt

and, continuous effort to provide feature rich

tablets, Milagrow is beginning to be known in India

and other parts around the world for innovative

and high quality devices.

In January 2012, Milagrow launched the World's

Leading Home Cleaning Robots in India. The

RedHawk, which is India's Number 1 home robot, is

dedicated to India's only Badminton Olympic

medalist, Saina Nehwal, and her coach P.

Gopichand. Then came the World's 1st Window

Cleaning Robot. The latest introduction is the

World's 1st Massaging Robot which has received

huge publicity worldwide, after its launch in Las

Vegas at the Consumer Electronics Show 2013.

Recently, Milagrows pioneering efforts were

recognised internationally when it was mentioned

in a Financial Times (London) article on the 'Future

of Robots.'

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entity which was formed to work for the benefit

of the IMT alumni. It is registered under the

Welfare Societies Act and therefore no individual

can gain personal benefits from this venture. The

President Alumni Relationship Committee and

The Director IMT are permanent nominated

members in the Executive Board of the Alumni

Association. This is done with the intend so that

the Alumni Association (which comprises of the

alumni) and the Alumni Relation Committee

(which comprises of the current students,

Director and nominated / elected alumni

Most projects at the moment are outsourced and

therefore it is upto the alumnis sole discretion to

take a call if or not to go for the project. For each

initiative therefore a team of IMT alumni is set up,

who are experts in that context. This group

evaluates the project on relevant parameters and

then introduces it to the larger base of alumni.

IMT Alumni Association does not intend to seek

funds or sponsorships for any of its activities and

yet needs to be a self-sustaining model. Going

forward we might look at hiring resources who can

contribute towards the association activities. One

of the thoughts in this direction is to hire an IMTianDirector and nominated / elected alumni

members) at the institute work with the

common objective of building Brand IMT. The

Alumni Association and the Alumni relationship

committee are therefore two separate bodies

but the President of the Alcom is nominated by

the Association. All IMTian passing out before

2011 are life members of the association, from

the year 2012 onwards a nominal fee of Rs.500

is charged as a lifetime membership fee.

The Alumni Association has seen a modest

beginning, but going forward the vision of the

association is to build platforms of common

benefit for the alumni that will bind them

together. The initiatives may not be customised

to an individuals requirement, but as long as the

initiative is built on the promise of benefitting a

large number of alumni, the association will

support it.

Most projects at the moment are outsourced

and therefore it is upto the alumnis sole

discretion to take a call if or not to go for the

project. For each initiative therefore a team of

IMT alumni is set up, who are experts in that

context. This group evaluates the project on

relevant parameters and then introduces it to

the larger base of alumni.

of the thoughts in this direction is to hire an IMTian

who is currently on a career break, but is able to

spare a few hours every week to do the needful

alumni related work. However to do this, we need a

source of fund. The funds collected therefore are to

be used for these purposes to start with plus

administrative expenses like registration fees, fee

paid to CA for maintaining accounts, submitting

returns, etc.

Some of the recent projects of the Alumni

Association have been:

The Online IMT Merchandise shop

The association has tied up with Alma Mater a

reputed specialised online portal that offers college

merchandise like T Shirts, Mugs, other gift items.

Alumni can log on to the site almamaterstore.in/imt

and purchase online. The products will be directly

delivered by almamater to the address specified. It

is also possible to design your own T shirts on the

site.

It has been a constant endeavor of the IMT Alumni

Committee to build relationship between the

Alumni and the Institute and therefore build Brand

IMT.

The Annual Alumni meet: The theme AMPHI

NIGHTS was chosen to throwback the feisty days of

college life and take you to a nostalgic walk. A setup

of the Amphi stage was there at the venue with the

DJ playing your favourite college time numbers.

Amphi has been a part of the IMT culture for most

IMTians and almost triggers nostalgia in the heart

of every IMTians. The other place many of the

alumni recollect is the Chungi and the Goverdhan

ka parthas. So Chungi for the Parathas was set up

at the venue. The meet was organized in 6 major

cities: Mumbai + Hyderabad on 9th November,

Delhi + Chennai on 23rd November and Kolkata +

Bangalore on 30th November 2013.

KnowledgeKonnect: A series of guest

lectures by distinguished alumni from

various sectors, was one such initiative

that was well received by the student

fraternity and the alumni alike. It was a

great learning experience for the

current students. The icing on the cake

was the motivational session by Krish

Dhanam, prolific public speaker in the

United States as well as one of our most

celebrated alumni. Krish Dhanams

session captivated the student

community and triggered a huge wave

of appreciation to the committee in the

days that followed.

HR alumni meet in Delhi and Mumbai

was organized, which saw active

participation from our alumni in the HRThe Director IMT has strongly supported this

initiative and work has started to extend Chapter

meets at Dubai, Singapore and US soon.

The Alcom and Alumni Association also installed

and declared a special The Spirit of IMT award for

the alumni who has contributed significantly for the

alumni work and also done well in his professional

career. The award for the year was given to

Mr.Rajesh Kumar who has created jobs4imtians

and run it for more than a decade now.

participation from our alumni in the HR

field for a panel discussion on Engaging

Gen-Y.

Short term Projects: Alcom wishes to

thank the alumni for extending support

to the current students in the form of

Short term projects. More than 250

projects came in this year and helped

the students get a great experience and

exposure of the industry.

Looking forward to support in building up Alumni relationships and Brand IMT, The Alumni Relationship

Committee organized a Batch Champion election this year. The winners of the same were decided

through a poll among the batch mates. The selected candidates after having confirmed their availability

were declared as the Batch Coordinators. Moving ahead, the Batch Champions would be the

spokesperson for their batch and we request them to represent their batch in any events, activities,

engagements with IMT.

The Batch Co-ordinators will be a part of the external arm of IMT ALCOM. They will represent their

batch in any events/activities /engagements with IMT. This will help in a smooth coordination of events

like Reunion, HR Meet, AIM, inter-city Meet etc. The concept also aims at helping in maintenance of

accurate database details.

Batch Co-ordinators 2013:

1982 Ashwini Kumar

1983 Sunil Verma, Mukesh Kakkar

1985 Sanjay Gupta

1986 Deepak Sinha

1987 Romaa Masheshwari

1988 Manoj Gupta

2008 Srikant Iyer, Siddharth Mukund

2009 Vishesh Chadha, Aseem Goyal,

Abhinav Sharma

2010 Mahesh Kakani, Ankur Jain,

Pragya Shree

2011 Sushant Agarwal, Jayesh Doshi,1988 Manoj Gupta

1989 Kalpana Narain

1990 Anjali Kumar, Raji Verghese, Ravi

Pahuja

1991 Indravir Saran Das

1992 Amit Banga, Puneet Awasthi

1993 Sumeet Narang, Asheet Makhija

1994 Somit Makar, Piyush Mathur,

Anurag K Mathur

1995 Prabhat Ummat

1996 Lalit Bhardwaj

1997 Anshul Bagai, Manish Sethi

1998 Viral Vikram

1999 Arun Jethi

2000 Bharat Diwakar

2001 Animesh Puri, Akash Garg

2002 Betty David

2003 Gaurav Choudhary

2004 Arvind Mohta

2005 Sumit Kumar Bhasin

2006 Aditi Bhasin, Ashish Dua

2007 Ranjith Kollannur, Sadaat Ahmed

2011 Sushant Agarwal, Jayesh Doshi,

Anoop Kurup

2012 Nikunj Agarwal, Nishant Singh

2013 Ambuj Sinha, Vaqar Merchant,

Astha Gupta, Nikhil Maheshwari

CommitteeWhat IMT means to meAakanksha Sharma

IMT memories would form an integral and most endearing part of my life.Being a part of Alcom, I have understood the hard work and endless hours that go in nurturing the bond between the alumni and the alma mater.

Abhishek Ghosh

IMT is a way of life.

Aditi Gupta

A new experience each day, a relationship forlife...Infinite Memories. To cherish forever!!

Inderjeet Singh

Nescafe, BBC, Amphitheater, DLP.

Events, festivals, late nights, parties.

Friendship, Love, Happiness. HOME

Tanvi Baranwal

Journey of Incessant challenges, Incredible

excitement Indefinite anticipation & Invariably a 5

AM EOD !!!

Toshaali Ghosh

I came to IMT as a newbie, all over-the-moon about

starting the next phase of my life.From the minute I

entered the IMT gates till today, it's been a fight to

stay afloat and yet I have enjoyed living every

moment of it!I can now proudly say that the

transformation is complete -- I have become an

IMTian for life!

Inderjeet Singh

Each day spent at IMT is a new chapter toexplore, bundles of memories to collect andpriceless experiences to cherish! #proudIMTian

Nidhi Trivedi

A lifestyle full of vibrancy and activity round theclock.

Lectures, Quizzes, Presentations, CandidDiscussions, Friends, Bakar, Parties, Alcom, andbetween all these some power naps.

Sameer Doda

IMT has been a humbling and an entertainingexperience

Sanchit Nagpal

IMT to me is Lectures, assignments,presentations, ALCOM

Uday Abott

Being a part of IMT to me means teamwork. I love

the idea of everybody rallying together to win.

Vidisha Sharma

Forever charismatic, forever ready for a challenge,

forever ready to to win and then forever ready to

celebrate. IMT is about balance of life. IMT is not

only about being successful, but it is also about

appreciating what life has given you. Your friends,

your family, your IMT.

Yaminy Sharma

IMT to me means a leap that I took almost 2 years

ago, a leap that I'm glad I took, where I got a lot

more than I could ever have imagined, where I

made memories worth cherishing a lifetime, where

my life converged into a way I could only have ever

dreamt of. Where I became, truly, an IMTian for

life!

Professional Real Estate Pvt. Ltd. is a Real Estate Advisory assisting

individuals & investors to buy & sell properties with ease and with

maximum returns to them. It is run by Sanjeev Mathur, an alumnus of

the 1987 batch.

Professional Real Estate eases out the nitty gritty of buying & selling,

while assisting the customer at each & every step and helping the

customer to make an informed decision. Besides buying and selling

Professional also provides the following services

Home Loan Assistance- Professional is empanelled with all the leading

banks to facilitate hassle free one window experience.

Property Management Services ( PMS )- It provides Property

Management Services to all outstation clients, advising and assisting

them and undertaking necessary work on their behalf.

Financial & Legal Consultancy- It also provides the services of a Chartered

We extend our heartfelt thank you to Mr.Sanjeev Mathur for

providing us his companys coupons.

All Out is known to have revolutionized the Indian Home Pest Control

Market by creating the convenient no smoke liquid electric segment

almost 20 years ago and has garnered the trust of millions of families.

This year it brings around another such product to the Indian market in

the personal repellant segment The All Out Insect Repellant Lotion with

DEET formulation specially tested against dengue mosquitoes. The

product was first developed during World War II for the US Army fighting

in the Amazon forest for protection from mosquitoes and insects during

jungle warfare and is today the favorite repellant around the world. The

product provides long hours of protection, is safe to use on skin and is

non-sticky. The product is also the only certified product against Dengue

mosquitoes.

Financial & Legal Consultancy- It also provides the services of a Chartered

Accountant and a competent lawyer for any concerned matter.

Our effusive thanks goes out to Mr. Manav Mukoo and

Mr. Sayan Basu Rai for providing us All Out Insect

Repellant Lotion

WE LIKE TO THANK OUR

SOFT DRINK PARTNER

WE LIKE TO THANK OUR

BEVERAGE PARTNER

Sujatha Vishwanath Kumar,

Batch 1995

Arshad Siddiqui, Batch 1997

WE LIKE TO THANK OUR

LIQUOR PARTNER

WE LIKE TO THANK OUR

GIFT SPONSOR

Arshad Siddiqui, Batch 1997

Manish Seth, Batch 1997

Sandeep Rawat, Batch 2012

You have always been a part of the IMT family. Now weneed your help to enhance our educational expertise. Youcan contribute by submitting case studies of the intricatesituations of your organizations. IMT would be proud toteach her students its own case studies.We will be looking forward for your suggestions,feedback and contribution in improving the working ofALCOM for a holistic improvement of our alma mater.The next editions of Sampark will feature specificdisciplines like Marketing, Finance, HR etc and it will start

Upcoming Editions

disciplines like Marketing, Finance, HR etc and it will startwith Marketing. For this we need your help, ideas,innovations and contributions which will feature in thenext editions. Mail your suggestions to alumni@imt.edu.Our mailbox will be looking forward to your mails.IMT is a big family and despite our sincerest efforts weapologise for not being able to feature all the achievers ina single edition. We aspire to include them in ourforthcoming editions.