UPCOMING EVENTS
WEST
COAST
April
9, 2005, BITSAA Annual Reunion and Music Nite 2005
It’s the time of the year again when BITSians,
spouses and friends get together for the biggest
(and best) Alumni party in the Bay Area! We are
delighted to announce the Annual Reunion and Music
Nite 2005. To encourage BITSian spouses to actively
participate in BITSAA events, we have planned a
'BITS-style Music Nite’ that would feature the bay
area band "EasternWinds" alongwith BITSians and
BITSian spouses performing live on stage.
Name:
Ashish Garg
Contact:
805.453.8379
SINGAPORE
April
15, 2005, Quarterly Get Together Series
Continuing the
successful and the now famous Feb 18th Get-together
(see below) and spurred on by the good time had by
all, BITSAA Singapore is proud to announce the next
event in our Quarterly Get Together series.
Drinks, food,
nostalgia and lots of fun, fun, fun! Also, as an
additional benefit, meet some of the Greatest Bits
Alumni who’ve lives in Singapore.
PAST
EVENTS
SINGAPORE
February 18, 2005, Singapore
After a long gap, we finally managed to organize a
get together of the Singapore Chapter members,
Thanks to the initiative taken by Kanags of the ’93
batch. We had a very informal get together at one of
the Arabic theme pubs in the CBD. For a change, I
was there on time and I found two other members to
start with... Since I had Kanags mobile handy it
wasn't difficult for me to locate him in that
crowded pub (Friday evening 6.30, you can imagine!).
Finding the rest of them was a challenge to start
with and then became a fun game as it went along. We
took turns and went to every Indian who was there in
and around the pub (who had a lost look in his face)
and asked him if he was a BITSian. We managed to
pull some of them to our gang and got an emphatic
‘No!’ from many of them.
It was a gathering
with huge range (from Class of ’78 to Class of
’2003). There were about 25 of us and we had good
fun. Lots of drinks and good natured ragging from
the seniors were all a part of the festivities.
We also vowed to
bring vigor back into the BITSAA Singapore Chapter
and unanimously nominated Kanags as the "President"
and Rajesh as the "Secretary" of the new look team.
Seniors like Srinivasa Rao, Srikumar, Guru and
Venkat Suri shall be the Patrons in Chief.
Name
Kanags
Contact
Mobile No.91281496
NAGPUR
April
9, 2005, BITSAA Annual Reunion and Music Nite 2005
The 2nd outing of the BITSAA Nagpur was a roaring
event - complete with dance, songs and boy, was
everyone high spirited at this event!
We all began the evening at 4 from Poonam Chambers,
minus Akbar who decided it was better to ghot
for his forthcoming exams. We were welcomed in the
traditional Maharashtrian style, complete with
haldikumkum, and nagaras which was
followed by sumptuous curried poha. Then, we
all settled down for some delicious antakshari,
with Neelam bravely conducting the programme. We
perhaps had never thought about words such as "pyaar,
aanke" with as much vigor any other day!
The matki phodana which saw people loose
their bearings - "jaate the japan, pahoonch gaye
cheen, samjh gaye na.." - the boisterous musical
chairs and the scintillating dance numbers - the
quiz given by Mridulaji - the fortune telling - and
the soulful aarti - complete with a Mehendi
wali, and a giant jigsaw puzzle, it was an evening
with multiple dimensions. I tried bringing some
sobriety in the crowd and discussed how we could
work together better, or with the worldwide BITSAA
also. I was surprised that several people were sober
enough to listen, and at least I got a few
discussions going. We hope to all become Linked In
members with the BITSAA flag firmly tied around our
necks and waists :)
Folks who missed it – wish you hadn’t, and folks who
were there, thanks for being such great company!
Folks who had cameras and stuff, please, please
oblige by putting them up on the groups album
location.
Name:
Sangeeta Patni
Contact:
sangeeta_patni@yahoo.com
NAGPUR
December 15, 2004, Lunch, Anyone?
Members of the
Nagpur chapter played host to Chandra Bhopale (BITS
’77) during Chandra’s trip late last year. The group
discussed the role of the alumni association in
promoting a stronger BITSian community and exchanged
ideas on how to further enhance its efficacy towards
this goal. Chandra also shared his professional
experiences garnered over a twenty year career.
Name:
Sangeeta Patni
Contact:
sangeeta_patni@yahoo.com
