BWI: BITSians Welcome New Year with a Bang

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: BITSAA International
Tuesday, January 04, 2011 05:00 PM IST (11:30 AM GMT)
Editors: General: People; Business: Business services, Education & training, Media & entertainment
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BITSians Welcome New Year with a Bang


New Delhi, Delhi, India, Tuesday, January 04, 2011 -- (Business Wire India) -- BITSians welcome the New Year with a Bang! Come January 07, 2011, BITSians the world over will converge at Epicenter in Gurgaon to revisit their alma mater for the first ever global alumni meet - BITS Pilani Alumni Association (BITSAA) Global Meet 2011. Themed on 'Transforming Society, Enterprises and Academics through Innovation', the meet will witness some of the World's most well known BITSians including the Hon'ble Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Prithviraj Chavan sharing platform with fellow BITSians like Rajesh Hukku, Former Chairman & CEO, iFlex Solutions; Mr. Baba Kalyani, Chairman, Kalyani Group; Mr. Gulu Mirchandani, MD, MIRC Electronics; Ms. Revathi Advaithi, President, Eaton Corporation, Prof. SP Kothari, Deputy Dean, MIT Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts, USA, amongst others.

The three day meet will see power-packed discussions on ways of transforming the landscape of Indian higher education. World reputed entrepreneurs like Sabeer Bhatia of Hotmail, Mukesh Chatter of Nexabit Networks and other fellow BITSians will share their success stories with budding entrepreneurs.

BITSians have always believed in giving back to the society. BITS social engineering initiatives like BITSConnect (gigabit campus network backbone), BITSunami (rehabilitation programme), BITS.aid (community development projects) have set an example for other technical institutes to follow. Talking about BITSConnect, Prem Jain, Senior Vice President, Cisco Systems (BITS '68) said, "Sharing knowledge is a part of BITS culture. We believed that each of the four BITS campuses have tremendous potential to bring the overall effort of BITSians together. With BITSConnect, we ensured that BITSians not just share research ideas but also work together in transforming the society through innovation in technology."

The Founder of BITSsunami and the winner of the Guinness World Record for planting the maximum number of trees in twenty four hours, Sudeep Jain (BITS '86) said, "We believe in giving back to the society. The satisfaction of helping the ones in need was overwhelming. BITSians have been instrumental in utilizing their technical knowhow by transforming the district of Nagapatnam in Chennai and making it more habitable. Ever since Tsunami struck the coastal district of Tamil Nadu, BITSians have contributed not only in cash but also in kind to ensure that the smiles are returned to the faces of the inhabitants."

Founder of Sustainable Innovations and the winner of Lemelson MIT Award for Sustainability 2010, Dr BP Agrawal (BITS '60) had a similar vision. His innovations Akash Ganga and Arogya Ghar have transformed barren lands of Rajasthan into water reservoirs as well as provided primary care to many villages in Rajasthan and have been rapidly expanding to other villages in the region.

BITS Global Meet will witness many such eminent speakers sharing their ideas of transforming society, enterprises and academics through innovation. Mr. CS Goel, CEO of BITSAA Global Meet 2011 and General Secretary of BITSAA Delhi Chapter, which is the host chapter for the meet said, "It is a defining moment for over 30,000 alumni of BITS Pilani, Dubai and Goa campuses who are spread across 80 countries. The first BITSAA Global Meet Jan 7-9 marks beginning of a new era wherein the world alumni will meet together every year to give back to the alma mater and contribute in transforming the world in "innovative" BITSian way."

Apart from panel discussions and plenary sessions, the meet shall present to the attendees interactive workshops, mesmerizing bullet talks to inspire and amaze one and all, unveil initiatives taken up by BITS Pilani & BITSAA apart from serving as a platform to network with alumni and students from batches spanning over five decades of success that BITS Pilani has gifted the world.

Speaking on the BITSAA Global Meet, Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman, Aditya Birla Group said, "This homecoming shall bring BITSians back to their alma-mater with the objective to strengthen the BITS brand globally, support new initiatives taken by the institute and reminisce their memories of BITS".

About BITSAA International

BITSAA International is an umbrella organization and voice of BITS Pilani alumni. It is engaged in a wide range of activities and fundraising aimed toward enhancing the quality of BITS Pilani education, its faculty, its infrastructure, its student body, affordability of BITS education to the economically disadvantaged, and ultimately the BITS Pilani brand.


CONTACT DETAILS
Aarti Chauhan, Perfect Relations, +91 9811377816, achauhan@perfectrelations.com
Madhav Jain, Perfect Relations, +91 9899258844, mjain@perfectrelations.com
Bhavya Suri, Perfect Relations, +91 9871301008, bsuri@perfectrelations.com

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