Jadavpur University Alumni Associationlp

Annual Picnic cum AGM was held in Shalal Farmhouse in Gandipet on 23rd February 2020. Almost all dedicated members of JU Alumni Hyderabad and their family members participated, followed by contributory lunch and a Tambola play in the evening. The kids enjoyed the swimming pool and the play area where there were a few dilapidated but working swings and slides. The meeting cum AGM was held at 12.30 PM. The executive committee was re appointed and most of the members continued with their offices. One of the key highlights was Chandana di's new book was signed and distributed among the members by the author herself. Lunch consisted of a simple menu from Debol - of rice, daal, aloo bhaja, paneer curry, mutton, chutney and a sweet. Breakfast included luchi, aloor dom and bonde.

Program: 10th Annual Science Symposium of the Hyderabad Chapter of ‘Jadavpur University’, Kolkata
Venue: Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Uppal, Hyderabad.
Date: November 9, 2019

The 10th Annual Science Symposium of the Alumni of ‘Jadavpur University’, Hyderabad Chapter was celebrated in a grand manner at the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Uppal on November 9^th.J U Alumni Hyderabad Chapter president Aniruddha Sengupta, CEO REITZ was on the stage along with Dr.D.Shailaja Sr Principal Scientist IICT, Directors of DRDO Labs Dr S K Chaudhuri, A K Chakravarthi along with Mr Madhav  Chattopdhya Scientist IICT and Mr Debashish Basu CEO VOITH.

Students from Class IX-XII representing about 15 schools took part in this Science Symposium. Guest Lectures including Entrepreneurship development, Poster Competitions, Group Discussion, and Science Quiz were the highlights of the program.

Prominent among the speakers were PadmaShri V. Gnana Gandhi of ISRO, a pioneer of Cryogenic Rocket Engines, who talked on ‘Rocket Propulsion System, and Chandrayaan-2'.  This was followed by a talk on ‘150^th Anniversary of the Periodic Table’ by Principal Scientist Dr. Ramanuj Narayan of IICT. An interactive session took place, wherein the participating students interacted with the speakers, thus gaining a lot of understanding of science.

This was followed by a group discussion to enable the students to share their thoughts, and the moderator summarized the discussion which took place.

Following Lunch, the last speaker Mr. Satya Illa, founder Kaanthi, Social Innovation and Leadership Instructor, NITI Ayog gave a talk on Entrepreneurship Development.  The Title of the talk was ‘Lab to Market’ for Electrical Safety Equipments for farmers and rural people.

Subsequently, quiz programs were held among the students representing their schools.  The quiz was conducted in two rounds organized by Mr. Shantanu, Mrs.Poulami and Mr. Anirudh. The first one was a written, followed by the final round on an interactive session.

The prize distribution for Quiz, Poster Competition, and Group Discussion events took place.  This was followed by Vote of Thanks, and the National Anthem.

Bijoya Sanmiloni this year was celebrated in the clubhouse of the Aparna cyber County with a gathering of dedicated JU Alumni members and a contributory dinner. The performance was amazing. It included dance, recital, songs by all the members and their children. 

JU Alumni, Hyderabad Chapter cordially invites all JADAVS with family and guests to this“ AGM cum Picnic -- 2019”

Venue :  Beeramguda Farm House 

Date :  February 03, 2019 (Sunday) …  Starting  Time  :  10-00 AM

We all look forward to this picnic every year to have a fun-filled  day. This year also we are going have a mega day and only your active participation will make the day memorable one.

We will start our fun activities from 10AM. This includes ''  Alap charita '', ''Fanush orano'', Games, "Nobin boron", Registration, "chhotoder anushthan",  oboshoy bhuri bhoj, "Prokriti Porikroma", photoshoot and many more

The lunch is contributory

The Science Symposium was held on 15th Sep in National Council for Cement and Building Materials in Gachibowli and was attended by hundreds of school students across different schools including Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Jubilee Hills, Jubilee Hills Public School, Madinaguda ZPHS, Rao's Techno school, Janapriya School, Sister Nivedita School, NASR school, Obul Reddy Public school etc.

The excitement started long back. Aindrila Di started contacting the schools, Beda planned for the events, Paromita planned for the quiz, Sujoy and Mainak planned for the logistics, Sayon and Aritra da for photography, Sushmita and other ladies for the reception. All activities were meticulously planned under the able guidance of JU seniors. Tiffin was brought in from ISKCON. The banners were set up, registration was done, posters were displayed. Aniruddha da, our president committed the funds. 

The Inauguration took place at 8.45 AM. The Meet the Scientist program was the initial event where scientist Dr. Rama Mohan was the prime attraction. He spoke on topic Molecule to Medicine. The next event was an innovation workshop where examples of various grass root level innovations were shown through video clips. Students wrote teir innovative ideas for Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam IGNITE national competition organized by NIF India. Mr. Praveen, employee of IBM and associated with astronomical societies in Hyderabad brought a large telescope with which he showed the sun to the students and teachers. Dr. Amal Chakrabarty, scientist and a JU Alumni, spoke on Quantum Mechanics and contribution of Dr. Satyen Bose. Pratiksha, a 2nd year MBBS student and daughter of Aritra da and Soma di, conducted a small workshop on the different videos available for teaching science topics in youtube which was well appreciated. After lunch break the quiz was conducted by Dr. Paromita Palit of ICRISAT. The event was closed with prize distribution and National Anthem.

Musical concert  “Jeeboner Jolsaghore” on 28^th October, 2017 (Saturday) at 7.00 pm.

        Venue :  Phoenix Arena, TSIIC Park, Opposite HSBC Phase 2, HITEC, Hyderabad.

       The program was completed in presence of around 80-100 audience mostly belonging to JU Alumni Hyderabad fraternity. He started with a beautiful invocation to the divine mother through Sarva Mangala Mangalye Shive and continued in the same vein. He also sung tributes and hymns to the Ramakrishna-Saradatradition, apart from singing some famous songs of Manna De like Kahin Door Jav.

 This Concert staged both traditional and contemporary melodies from semi-classical Indian Gharanas. Pt. Jyotiprakash Chattopadhyay, the artist, is an able disciple of Deshikottam Pt. Gyan Prokash Ghosh and Sangeetacharya Pt Ajay Sinha Roy. He is a dedicated composer, who worked closely with Sri Manna De for more than two decades.

ü  Pt Jyotiprakash is the son of Actor and Singer Dr S N Chattopadhyay, brother of eminent Tabalia

Pt Anindo Chattopadhyay and nephew of Sitarist Pt. Deviprasad Chattopadhyay

ü  His live performances on Ghazal, ‘Harano Diner Gaan’, Bhajan, Nazrul Sangeet attract a wide audience

            because of his versatile style. Apart from his frequent performances in All India Radio, TV, Films and 

            on stage, Jyotiprakash is also a researcher in Nazrulgeeti.

He composed music in films like Bhranti Bilas, Chor-Chor, Anu, Aleek Babu, He-Mahajeebon,,

Jaadugari (Hindi), Mahananda (NFDC) and so on. His work has been appreciated and admired by

directors like Dinen Gupta, Utpalendu Cakraborty, Neetish Mukherjee and others.

ü  Some of the achievements : Uttam Kalaratna Award (2017), Manna De Saraswat Award (2015),

Uttam Kumar Award (twice – 1998 and 2013), Radhakanta Nandi Award (2010).

ü  Jyotiprakash was adjudged the best Singer and Composer in “All India Sudhin Das Gupta Sangeet

Contest – 1989” by the panel comprising Salil Choudhury, Hemanta Mukherjee, V Balsara, Pulak Bandopadhyay, Jatileswar Mukhopadhyay and others.

ü  Many of the compositions of Pt Jyotiprakash are recorded in golden voices of Manna De, Arundhoti Homchowdhury, Haimanti Sukla, Indrani Sen, and other eminent artists.

A group of around 25 Jadavs and their families visited Tadoba National Park as an educational cum recreational excursion. The group started on 31st March evening by two trains from Secunderabad Station to Chandrapur. In Chandrapur a bus was waiting which would take the group to Tadoba tiger reserve. The group stayed in MTDC resort and went for safari on 1st April & 2nd April. A few members and their families returned on 2nd April while majority stayed back and returned on 3rd April. All the group members were fortunate enough to see the star attractions, the tigers Maya and her male counterpart Matkasur. Some of the members were also very fortunate to see leopard and also tigers like Bajrang who crossed the road and another tiger who took a leisurely stroll by crossing a river. There were also Indian bisons or gaurs, plenty of Sambars, deers, wild hogs, peacocks and other birds. Almost everybody was lucky to see a gharial in a lake who was possibly meditating under water.

A good account of it appears in Megh Peon in a write up by Koel.

We had a lovely weekend in Natural Institute of Rural Development on Saturday, Nov 19. A group of 14-15 JU ites went there with families, met the director Mr. Khan and discussed opportunities for helping the initiatives, explored the products and had a good lunch. In the afternoon there was a lazy adda in the lawns under the shade of trees and children played happily. In the evening the group visited the viewpoint and had a very nice time. The kid's enjoyed the outing.

Members present :

Mr Debashis Basu, Mr and Mrs Arindam Dasgupta, Mr and Mrs Suman Dhar, Mr and Mrs Gautam Das, Mr and Mrs Saayon Chakraborty, Mr and Mrs Soumik De, Mr and Mrs Shantanu Dey, Mr Subhabrata Dutta Gupta, Mr Nilanjan Chatterjee, Mrs and Dr Subir Kr Choudhuri, Mrs Aindrila Chatterjee, Mr Manoj Kar, Mrs and Mr Oindrila Basu Mallik, Mr and Mrs Mustafizul Rahaman, Mrs and Mr Piyali Chakraborty, Mr Mithun Ranjit, Mr and Mrs Sougato Mitra, Mr and Mrs Abhi Majumdar, Mrs and Mr Mousumi Raychaudhuri, Sushanta Dutta

Following points were discussed and recorded : 

• Philanthropy and Welfare activities :  
  1. There was a proposal of initiating social welfare activities in villages in Warangal and its vicinity... Members agreed to this proposal, in principle. A team from JUAAH will visit to one of the identified villages to explore on micro-details and understand the basic needs. Installation of bore-well in this area, where there is scarcity of water, and supporting some primary schools are activities, which were given a ground-thought by members. This is also an appeal to members, in general, for their concurrence and involvement in such mission.
  2. Mr Amal Chakraborty raised a proposal (over phone) for a Project on Water filtration Plant in Arsenic affected area. He has also proposed for promoting pottery, along with NIRD and experts from Kolkata, for the well-being of artisans in rural area.
  3. Mr Amal Chakraborty is also discussing on a JUAAH excursion, during November 2016, to Rural Tech Part and Tribal Handicraft Alliance. This would be a week-end outing for members, family and children in the lush greenery after monsoon. There would lunch at subsidized rate.
  4. Based on earlier mails from senior members, there was a proposal of forming a “Fund for pecuniary help” for needy. Members can contribute, voluntarily, to this Fund.

• Cultural Program : 
  1.  The program on ‘talk-theatre’ is being organized on November 12, 2016 (Saturday evening). 

 Artists :  Smt Urmimala Basu and Sri Jagannath Basu. 

     Venue : CCRT, Kondapur – Madhapur Road.

                   Nilanjan Chatterjee, Debashis Mondal, Piyali Chakraborty, Subhabrata Dutta Gupta, Soumik De,  

     Goutam Das, Sujoy Sarkar, Mithun Ranjit, Abhi Majumdar and Mainak Mitra will be working on framing the

     event and logistics and co-opt others, as and when required…

2. There would also be a ‘Ghoroa Adda’ with artists on 11.11.16. (Friday) at Kanchanbag. Thosem, who are interested to join this ‘Evening Gossip’, are requested to confirm to Laltuda (Dr Subir Chaudhuri) or Sushanta Dutta.

• Technical and various Workshop : 
  1. Working towards making a creative, compassionate and collaborative India.
  2. There was a discussion on JUAAH organizing workshops/industry sessions in collaboration with industry, industry forums and educational institutions. Members deliberated on varying topics --- from current trends in industry in various segments like Industrial MFG, Automotive, Construction, IT and Technology to sessions on career options in these various industry segments. The choice of topics will depend on the type of workshop and audience. There are prominent industry practitioners in JUAAH, who can be speakers in these sessions.
  3. It was also discussed if we can collaborate with educational institutions in and around Hyderabad to organize industry awareness and career management programs. The proposal was to start in a small way, and looking at  the response, we shall explore on wider range. It was also pointed out, during our discussions, that this idea needs further planning -- whether opportunities of such nature exists and whether JUAAH can really scale up to participate in such forums. Members are requested to come up with more viable details so that such Workshops can be given a proper shape.
  4. Shantanu Dey, Sougato Mitra, Bedadyuti Chakraborty, Aindrila Chatterjee, Nilanjan Chatterjee, Dr Ruchira Sarbajna and Oindrila Basu Mallick are members to coordinate with…

• Literary segment :
  1. Literary segment :  An appeal for writings on various topics was raised by Mrs Piyali Chakraborty to all members. There was a proposal of launching the ‘Bangla Nobo-borsho -1424” web-mag edition. Members are requested to start contributing and collecting writings, so that, the JUAAH ‘Drop box’ gets filled enough for the next lot.

The meeting was followed by Gaan, Goppo and dinner…

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