Batch of 1970

Jan

2020

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An incredible moment

Funded Projectsadda, Alumni Clock Tower, Amit Khare, Arjun Malhotra, Batch of 1970, HCL, IIT Kharagpur, MHRD, Ron Gupta

Times of India India Education Diary Close to 150 members of the Batch of 1970, together with their spouses celebrated their 50th graduation anniversary at IIT Kharagpur recently in a grand celebration titled the ‘Golden 2020 Reunion’ (from Jan 24-26). Batch members congregated from all over the world to commemorate the occasion with the twin inaugurals of ‘ADDA’ – their batch’s gift to the campus community, along with the Alumni Clock Tower which now stands as a gift from the passionate Kgpians across the alumni batches. The Alumni Clock Tower was inaugurated by Shri Amit Khare, IAS, Secretary, MHRD, Govt…

Mar

2019

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By Chirosree Basu

Breakfast with Ron

Storiesalumni, Batch of 1970, Clock Tower, IIT KGP Foundation of USA, IIT Kharagpur, Ron Gupta, SIGMA7

At the Distinguished Service award ceremony at IIT Kharagpur in January 2019, Prof. Partha Pratim Chakrabarti, Director, IIT Kharagpur, laid bare a fact that should have been pretty obvious but, as usual, had not occurred to anybody else. While talking about IIT KGP alumni’s contribution to the Institute, Prof. Chakrabarti referred to the recent hoopla over the donation pledge of Rs 25 crore undertaken by the alumni of a particular IIT and pointed out, “Among several batches, more than Rs 50 crore has been given by the Batch of 1970 alone.” There are, of course, other batches, which have donated…