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Old Boys in the News:
Arun Bharatram [ex 36-K ’58] has been appointed the President of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
Navin Patnaik [ex 382-K ’63] has become the Chief Minister of Orissa. He is the first Old Boy to become a Chief Minister.
Anang Uday Singh Deo [ex 42-T ’62] is a Cabinet Minister in Orissa.
P.M. Das [ex 298-H ’69] has written a book entitled "Storms and Sunsets in the Himalaya: A compilation of vignettes from the experience of a Mountaineer" (Lotus Publishers, Jalandhar)
Vijay Prashad [ex 346-TB ’85] has written two books entitled: "Untouchable Freedom: A Social History of a Dalit Community (Oxford University Press, January 2000). Karma of Brown Folk (University of Minnesota, March 2000).
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Careers:
Peter Mukerjea [ex 17-H ’71] has been appointed the Chief Executive of Star TV in India.
Commodore Indru Wadhwani [ex 50-J ’57] has been appointed the President of the Healthcare Group of Mallya Hospital in Bangalore.
Dinesh Mohan [ex 117-H ’62], the Henry Ford Professor for Transportation, Safety & Injury Prevention at IIT, Delhi was a key participant in the World Conference on Injury Prevention and Control held in Delhi in March, 2000.
Lt. Sudhanshu Kumar [ex 171-TA ’90] currently on board the INS Nirghat, was awarded a "commendation" on the 15th of August, 1999.
Mohsin Ali [ex 254-H ’39] was the moderator at a Conference held on "The 50 years Middle East Conflict-Israel and the Arabs" at Sandhills Community College in North Carolina, USA in February 2000.
Mayank Bhargava [ex 27-TB ’83] is now the Director of E-Commerce of Citibank in Stamford, Conneticut, USA.
Pankaj Vaish [ex 231-KA ’84] has started his own Hedge Fund Company called PV Capital Management LLC. The Janak Singh [ex 454-HA ’93] is the External Affairs and Public Analyst with Dalmier Chrysler AG in Montreal, Canada. His email address is
Major General Mustafa Anwar Hussain [ex 82-J ’51] has become the Pakistan Ambassador in Indonesia.
Karan S. Madan [ex 398-JA ’86] is working for Merrill Lynch in London and would be happy to meet with Old Boys who are visiting. His telephone number is 0171-373-7778.fund trades in major financial markets around the world. His e-mail address is
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Academics:
Rajat Khanna [ex 141-TA ’97] is now at Cornell University, Ithaca, USA where he is majoring in Biometry and Statistics. His email address is .
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Births:
Our congratulations to the following Old Girl and Old Boys and their spouses on the birth of their children.
A girl, Ameena Nanki to Shivani and Amir Singh Pasrich [ex 443-TA ’86] on 29th October, 1998.
A boy, Jaidityavir to Geetanjali and Jaswinder Singh [ex 344-JA ’86] on 2nd June, 1999.
A boy, Arjun to Rati and Karan S. Madan [ex 398-JA ’86] in July, 1999.
A boy, Kavi to Shailja and Avik Chopra [ex 321-TB ’76] on 13th January, 2000.
A boy to Simmi & Sanjay Dutta [ex 205-TB ’84] on 14th July, 2000.
A boy, Pranav to Sumita & Rajat Wahi [ex 212-TB ’84] in July, 2000.
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Marriages:
Our congratulations to the following Old Boys on their marriages:
Salil Pandy [ex 58-HA '89] to Nirupama Tewari on 23rd June, 1999.
Krishan C. Kuriyal [ex 168-HB '90] to Shashi on 24th June, 1999.
Amit Oberoi [ex 135-TA '90] to Monika on 17th September, 1999.
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Others:
The United Planters Association of Southern India's (UPASI) Sports Club recently celebrated it's 50th Year. At the Golden Anniversary function Dev K. Mukerji [ex 48-J '45] was selected the Outstanding Sportsman for Squash and one of the three Outstanding Sportsman for Cricket, for the period.
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Deaths:
Our heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families of the following Old Master and Old Boys who have recently passed away:
Mr. S. Muinuddin (Old Housemaster of Hyderabad House) in Lahore.
Himmat Singh [ex 102-H ’52] on 5th February, 2000.
Daljit S. Swanni [ex 300-KB ’73] on 19th February, 2000.
Somesh Prasad [ex 213-J ’69] in August, 2000.
Kunwar Rajendra Singh [ex 134-H ’46].
Brig. Yashpal Dev [ex 16-K ’42] on 1st August, 2000.
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Others:
There are 3 Old Boys on the Steering Committee of Project Tiger set up by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India. They are Surajit Chaudhri [ex 42-J ’50], Brijendra Singh [ex 202-K ’64] and Jaswinder Singh [ex 344-JA ’86].
Saurabh Saklani [ex 378-KA ’92] won the Peninsula Open Squash Championship at San Jose, California, USA recently.
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