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Old Boys in the News:
Maninder Singh Sawhney [ex 293-JB ’91] has been appointed the Hon. Consul. General to Eritrea. He is the youngest diplomat in the country.
Aftab Seth [ex 189-J ’59] has been appointed India’s Ambassador to Japan. He was earlier the Ambassador to Vietnam.
Amitav Ghosh [ex 226-HB ’72] has recently brought out “The Glass Palace” a novel which has received favourable reviews.
Dr. Mahinder Lall [ex 120-J ’45] has received the Year 2000 Australian Achiever’s Award for Melbourne’s Health Services Category for Services to Patients.
Dr. Karan Singh [ex 259-K ’45] chaired the first Plenary Session of the historic Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders in the General Assembly Hall of the United Nations on 29th August, 2000.
Careers:
Sarabji Walia [ex 60-KB ’96] in now working as a software consultant. His address is: Voxtron Design Lab (Pvt.) Ltd., N-104, Greater Kailash - I, New Delhi.
Noel Hensman [ex 765-HB ’82] is working in Munnar with a glove manufacturing company and is looking after their rubber processing plant and marketing of gloves in South India.
Ravin Khosla [ex 661-HB ’81] is serving as a major in the army and has been assigned a United Nation mission in Congo as a military observer.
Kunal ‘Fauji’ Verma [ex 289-OB ’96] has launched a website “http://www.kaleidoindia.com” to coincide with his magnum opus, the wildlife cd-rom. The website carriers information on the cd-rom, information on the films he has made for the Army, the Navy and the Air Force.
Jatin Berry [ex 582-KA ’91] is in Hong Kong with Chase Jardine Fleming in the Investment Banking department. He can be reached at “jbery@hotmail.com”.
Uttam Hazarika [ex 582-KA ’88] graduated from the Stern School of Business, New York and joined the investment banking business of Salomon Smith Barney in New York. He can be reached at “uttamh@hotmail.com”.
Gaurav Dewan [ex 149-TA] is an architect with his own architectural practice. His companies Design Hub is based at Noida.
Kanti Bajpai [ex 264-TB ’72] Professor of International Relations at Jawaharlal Nehru University, is presently a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institute, one of the best known ‘think tanks’ in USA.
Rongom Mukherji [ex 171-JA ’97] is now a production executive of Global Knowledge Portals and is involved with the production of the Bournvita Quiz Contest.
Vinay Mittal [ex 76-H ’69] is the Chief Manager of Passenger Transportation at the Central Railway in Mumbai.
Gautam Khanna [ex 37-K ’39] and Ashok Khanna [ex 29-K ’67] have established Indian Hotels and Health Resorts to build a Rs. 50 crore Resort cum Spa at Narendra Nagar in Garhwal called “Ananda in the Himalayas” to provide facilities for Ayurvedic treatment, Yoga and all facilities in a modern Spa. They have recently also established a Joint Venture Management Company with Mandarin Oriental from Hong Kong, which will manage the Resort. The Joint Venture will also manage other hotels in India.
Academics:
Vipul Swarup [ex 438-KA] is currently studying software Engineering at Monash University in Melbourne. His address is: 1760, Dandenony Road, Clayton - 3168, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Email: vipulsi@hotmail.com
Adnan Shaikh [ex 442-HA] is currently studying Drama and Computer Engineering at Luther college, Iowa and Iowa State University respectively. Email: adnan442@hotmail.com
Karan Vir Puri [ex 435-JA ’00] is currently studying Bsc. Management at Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. His address is: 11447 Juniper Road #320, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-3976. Email: camay@hotmail.com
Faiz Tajuddin [ex 418-TB ’99] and Udayan Das Roy [ex 505-HB ’00] were selected for admission to the National Law School in Bangalore. Both were placed within the first ten positions in the competitive entrance examination.
Avinash Pawah [ex 576-KB ’00] is currently reading B.E. (Mechanical Engineering) at the Manipal Institute of Technology. His address is: Room Number 328, Vth block, M.I.T. Hostels, Manipal - 576119, Karnataka.
Nitin Budhwar [ex 8-TA ’00] recently finished his Residency in Family Practice at St. Eliz NY (affiliated to Columbia University). He is currently starting a fellowship in Faculty be reached at “nbudhwar@yahoo.com”.
Births:
Boys and their wives on the birth of their children:
A son, Vishvajit to Cherry and Vickram Singh [ex 597-HB ’78] on 24th May, 1999.
A son, Rohan to Archana Singh [ex 187-TA ’84] and Kuldeep Singh on 18th July, 2000.
A daughter, Aanya to Rajni and Vikram Khanna [ex 216-TB ’84] on 29th August, 2000.
A son, Fatch to Priya and Abhimanyu Khanna [ex 192-JA ’90] on 24th September, 2000.
A daughter, Elainia Asha to Jennifer and Prashant Gupta [ex 241-KB ’91].
A daughter, Rhea to Tarika and Maninder Singh Sawhney [ex 293-JB ’91] on 25th October, 2000.
Marriages:
Our congratulations to the following Old Boys on their marriages:Yadivinder Singh Dhillon [ex 73-HB ’89] to Sonal Chaudhary.
Deaths:
Families of the following Old Boys who have recently passed away:
Mr. Virender Singh [ex 142-K ’48] passed away in January, 2000.
Mr. Manmohan Malhotra [ex 182-T ’42] died on 2nd September, 2000.
Mr. Ramesh Malhotra [ex 183-T ’43] died on 15th September, 2000.
Mr. Tajbir Singh [ex 10-H ’52] died on 19th September, 2000.
Mr. Dinesh Moudgill [ex 85-J ’70] passed away in September, 2000 in Calcutta.
Mr. Arya Shah [ex 253-K ’59] died on 3rd October, 2000
Mr. Keshab Narayan Chowdhary [ex 144-K ’55] passed away.
Mr. Nirbhay Paul [ex 369-T ’64] died in Saharanpur.
Mr. M. Ramachandra Rao [ex 157-T ’45] died on 11th December, 2000 in Bangalore.
Others:
Rohit Amin [ex 192-K ’66] has been elected as Captain of the Bombay Presidency Golf Club (BPGC), Chembur in Mumbai.
Mr. U.C. Pande [ex Housemaster of Hyderabad House] has been appointed as Director of Manav Kendra Gyan Mandir School. His Address is: Manav Kendra Gyan Mandir School, P.O. Kandari, Taluka, Karjan, District. Baroda, Gujarat.
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