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IIT Bombay Alumni Association of Greater New York (IITBAA-GNY) invites you to

The 2013 IIT Alumni Picnic!

On 
Saturday, June 22, 2013 from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. 
At 
Shady Grove Picnic Area, Duke Island Park, Bridgewater, NJ

SAVE THE DATE!!!!!

Registration link is under construction and will be soon open!

COME JOIN THIS EVENT WITH YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS.  MEET UP WITH YOUR LONG LOST BUDDIES, HOSTELITES, BATCHMATES, WINGMATES AND OTHER ALUMNI.  CATCH UP WITH HAPPENINGS, NETWORK WITH OTHERS, OR JUST PLAIN OLD CACK TILL THE SUN GOES DOWN!

ALL IITians AND THEIR FRIENDS/GUESTS ARE WELCOME!

This is a BYO Food/Potluck event. Bring some food for yourself, and a little more to share. Organizers will provide paper plates, glasses, soda, ice, etc. Grills are available at the park – we will provide coals and accessories for the grills.

There will be games, inter-departmental contests, performances, cack sessions and who knows what else. Come prepared!  More info will be sent to you as organizers (all good punters!) get a little more organized!

Your response (when the On-Line registration is open) will give us an idea of the headcount and help us organize the event.  So please set aside June 22^nd (and RSVP when the On-Line registration is open). If you wish, please let us know what food you will bring.

There will be a charge of $5 per person and $10 per family. Kids under 12 and senior citizens over 65 are Free.

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD TO OTHER ALUMNI!

Watch for more information via email.

Look forward to seeing you all on June 22nd!

Your Picnic Organizers. 
 

Directions to Duke Island Park:

1)  From NJ Turnpike:  Take Exit 10 for I287.  Take 287 North.  Follow 
directions in item (3) below. 
2) From 287 South:  Take Exit 13 for Somerville/Rte 202/206 South). 
Follow directions in item (6) below. 
3)  From 287 North: Take Route 22 West to Route 202/206 South.  Follow 
directions in item (6) below. 
4)  From Route 22 West:  Take Route 202/206 South.  Follow directions 
in item (6) below. 
5)  From Route 22 East:  Take Route 28.  After about 2 miles, Rte 28 
will intersect Rte 206 South.  Follow directions in item (6) below. 
6)  After getting on Route 206 South as above, make a right at the 
second light on to Somerset St.  Go 5-6 miles (road name changes to 
Old York Road).  Duke Island Park is on the left.  Park in Lot C.  If 
Lot C is full, park in Lot D. 
7)  From Route 206 North:  Follow Rte 206 N into Somerville.  Make a 
left at a light on to Somerset Street (Somerville Circle is too far). 
Go 5-6 miles (road name changes to Old York Road).  Duke Island Park 
is on the left.  Park in Lot C.  If Lot C is full, park in Lot D.

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Padma Shri Prof. Deepak Phatak Honored by IIT Bombay Alumni

About 50 alumni of Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, met on Friday, February 1, 2013 at a Manhattan restaurant to felicitate and honor Prof. Deepak Phatak upon whom was conferred the Padma Shree award for 2013 for fostering science and engineering by the President of India. Prof. Phatak is the Subrao Nilekani Chair Professor of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.

Prof. Phatak regaled the audience, some of them contemporaries of his from his graduate student days at IITB with his recent experiences heading the Aakash tablet computer project, including demonstrations of Aakash remotely controlling a tabletop robot.

The initiative that resonated the most with the alumni was the Center for Distance Engineering Education. This National Mission interactive distance learning initiative, pioneered by Prof. Phatak, has already trained 20,000 teachers in core engineering subjects, and is well on its way to training a total of 150,000 teachers. This will empower thousands of teachers for more effective teaching of technology subjects using a blended mode of training and by developing open source knowledge contents. This is seen as a key step in upgrading the engineering education at colleges in secondary cities. No wonder that Prof. Phatak was listed amongst the fifty most influential Indians by Business week in 2009.

He started an IT business incubator to foster innovation. His Affordable Solutions Lab has developed several low cost technology solutions including clicker devices and interactive e-learning tools. He has been an Open Source evangelist in India and his dream is to see a resurgent India catching up with the world using IT as the spring board.

Related link: https://www.iitbombay.org/chapters-and-events/new-york/home

I am happy to announce that the newly elected team is taking charge of GNY chapter for 2013-2014 term. We are fortunate to have

Vice President & Secretary - Sushil Bhatia

Having worked with the individuals in new team over the past few years, I am excited to say that we have a strong team of roll-up-your-sleeves doers and look forward to their leadership. As many of you already know, with more than 800 members and many dedicated volunteers, the New York chapter (IITBAA-GNY) is one of the most vibrant and dynamic alumni association. 

 A picture speaks thousand words. Here are some of the highlights from 2012 captured in photos and reunion video:

Business conference on "Following Your Passion": https://www.dropbox.com/sh/759xewwolb6nglt/EIR8iLYMe1

Business conference on "Technology and Entrepreneurship": https://picasaweb.google.com/phanipilli1/IIT_092712#slideshow

Reunion on Oct 27(photos): https://www.dropbox.com/sh/25lpbtn0nnnq3nx/cZiZNVOG03

Reunion on Oct 27 (video): http://dl.dropbox.com/u/43266466/2012Oct27-IITBAAGNYReunion.mp4 (you can download it locally for better viewing)

CFY Community Participation: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/401zgu3iuzhjty1/LUko_4f3H4

 Our chapter is proud of a unique initiative in 2012. Thanks to your generosity, on Oct 27, 2012 with matching contributions of $10K each from Ron Mehta, Anil Diwan and GNY chapter, we created 8 scholarships to support needy students at IIT Bombay. This is perhaps the first time any IIT chapter has achieved this. These are fully endowed perpetual undergraduate scholarships where the interest on the principal is used for scholarships that last forever. If one of you wants to do this, the endowment is only US$5,000.

Our alumni association was created with alumni services in mind.  Thank you very much for your generous support of our chapter and its activities. As always, we look forward to your feedback.           

Vinay Karle,  

On behalf of the new IITBAA-GNY committee and  volunteer Team