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VAANI, The Voice Of IITRAAA, APRIL’ 2016 IIT ROORKEE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, AHMEDABAD, GUJARAT, INDIA (IITRAAA) VAANI, The Voice Of IITRAAA, APRIL’ 2016 2 GLANCE INSIDE GLANCE INSIDE 2 PAN-IIT NEWS 11 EDITOR’S DESK 3 THE EVENTS THAT ECHOED 14 IITRAAA NEWS 4 FINANCE AND LAW 19 IITR AND IITRAA NEWS 8 I gained nothing In fact I lost anger, Depression, jealousy, Irritation and Insecurity This was the answer given by Swamy Vivekananda to a question “What do you gain by Prayers” ------------------------------------------------ Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us....and, sometimes, they win. Stephen king I’m convinced there are vast security ramifications of so many poor people. Poverty is a weapon of mass destruction- we need war on it Reverend Jesse Jackson, civil activist, USA, on India’s socioeconomic development Work is worship, worship is not work Kushwant Singh One person can make difference, and every one should try it John F Kannedy Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it Gautam Budha I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved B R Ambedkar No person was ever honoured for what he received. Honour has been the reward for what he gave Kelvin Coolidge Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier Albert Schweitzer Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance Samuel Johnson VAANI, The Voice Of IITRAAA, APRIL’ 2016 3 EDITOR’S DESK Dear VAANI Readers, Greetings to all. Also my good wishes for the festivals celebrated during the last quarter. The quarter was full of activities, some of them being a new one. IITRAAA initiated DR AN Khosla Lecture series, intended to be an annual feature. Sri Mangu Singh, the Delhi Metro Chief was invited to deliver the maiden lecture. The event was well attended. This issue highlights the salient features of the same. Sports day in Feb was a great attraction. VAANI covers about the activities of the day. IITRAA/IITR and PAN-IIT news covers the achievements of alumni and highlights the activities of IITR and other IITs. The column ‘Through the Mirror of Past’ covers about Sri D C Goel, the elder most and life member of IITRAAA. ‘Discover Our Values’ has not yet evoked interest in the members. I have tried to collect details on the topic posed in the last issue, using Google search. The findings are given in this issue. I hope the readers will come forward now to answer the question posed in future. Even the readers can also join the search of answer. The cover page itself reveals the light emerging out from cosmos. May the light enlighten our minds. I request the members to be a partner in bringing out the VAANI and contribute either themselves or send the matter collected through others. With the best wishes and greetings for the ensuing festivals in the next quarter. Vijai Kumar Editor- VAANI-The Voice of IITRAAA [email protected], [email protected] mob no 09327008244 All previous issues of VAANI are available on our website www.iitraaa.com THE VAANI TEAM (The Editor on the Lead) Vishruti Arvind Singh D Ram Rajak Cover Page Design Field Photography Mngt Support Veena Arun K Singh Himanshu Tushiar Proof Reading Mngt Support Mngt Support VAANI, The Voice Of IITRAAA, APRIL’ 2016 4 IITRAAA -NEWS of match. Sports activities for children were IITRAAA HOLDS ANNUAL SPORTS DAY kicked off parallely after refreshing with tea/ coffee and snacks. Multiple colour events like The annual sports day of IITRAAA was held running race, spoon & lemon race, customised on Feb 7’2016 in the premises of IIT basketball game, bucket the ball, blind folded Gandhinagar. Sports Meet, as it is known with duppatta race etc were the star popularly, is a misnomer for the event as it performances with participation of persons of happens to be more of fun than only sports. As all age. It went on till about 1300 hr and the the members along with their families started participants were tired and exhausted. They trickling at 9AM, warm up starters welcomed needed a good meal. them to enhance their spirits. So much so, the It was a great fun for all, to have had lunch occasion turned out to be a family get together together with IIT students in their mess, a sweet as well. At 10 AM, around 75 heads of all age reminiscence of the good old days in ES Mess group gathered and lined up in the arena for during Roorkee days. The great day concluded participating in the skill and fun drenched with prize distribution to the winners after events. lunch. Deviating from beaten track, nursery The day started early with cricket match to give plants in earthen-pots (Gamlas) were given as initial impetus to the event. Team prize to most of the winners, spreading the ‘Singham’ (named after the Captain Dr. Arvind message ‘we love our environment’. The prizes Kumar Singh) and ‘Team Joshile’ (named after were sponsored by our Ex President and a the Captain Shri Anil Joshi) stood face to face senior IITRian Shri Deshraj. and blew their conches to mark the beginning PROUD PRIZE WINNERS WITH THEIR PRIZES VAANI, The Voice Of IITRAAA, APRIL’ 2016 5 MANGU SINGH DELIVERS THE FIRST contributions. Dr. Sudhir Jain, President- Dr A N KHOSLA SERIES LECTURE IITRAAA and Director IITGn is also an IITRian as well as Mr Singh’s class mate, introduced the speaker to the audience. Shri Singh, simple in attire and humble by nature, delivered a powerful lecture without power point, on the challenges and intricacies involved in executing the metro project in Delhi. To cite a few examples, drilling tunnel under multi-storied buildings under pressurised condition and rate of acceleration & deceleration between the short distance stations were few of the critical challenges he projected. Delhi Metro project was successfully carried The first lecture under the auspices of newly out under his leadership and further extension instituted ‘Dr A N Khosla Lecture Series’ by were in progress. He explained the issues in a IITRAAA, was delivered by renowned IITRian simple language without using much of Sri MANGU SINGH, the Managing Director of technical jargons so that even a non-technical Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) Ltd on person could easily grasp. There was an March 5’2016 at IIT Gandhinagar. The subject interesting interactive session after the lecture. of the lecture was "Unique Engineering Features of Delhi Metro". The staff & students Hailing from Dist Bijnor in UP Sri Mangu of the IITGn and invited guests in addition to Singh is an IIT Roorkee Alumnus of 1979 the IITRAAA members and their families, batch of BE-civil. He joined Indian Railway attended the lecture. The speaker was Services in 1981. He then worked in the Indian welcomed and felicitated by Shri P K Taneja, Railways in various capacities including Additional Chief Secretary (Home), Deputy Chief Engineer, Kolkata Metro Railway Government of Gujarat. Sri Taneja is also an (1989-1996). Shri Singh joined Delhi Metro IITRian and a batch mate of Sri Mangu Singh. Rail Corporation (DMRC) in 1997 in the Shri A C Mathur, a founder member and prime capacity of Chief Engineer/Chief Project mover of IITRAAA, made a short presentation Manager and moved upwards to the position of on IITRAAA's activities and Dr. A N Khosla's Executive Director and then Director (Works). VAANI, The Voice Of IITRAAA, APRIL’ 2016 6 Regarding the Khosla Memorial Lecture Series, -53; Special Secretary to the Government of IITRAAA initiated this annual event in honour India in 1953-54; 1954-59; Member-Planning of Dr AN Khosla who was an illustrious Commission (1959-62) and as Governor- alumnus and former Vice Chancellor of Orissa (1962-68). He was well-known for his erstwhile University of Roorkee (1954-59). contributions in irrigation engineering. To Eminent persons will be invited in future to name a few Important projects he worked for deliver this memorial lecture with themes were ‘Bhakra Dam Project’ and ‘Sutlej Valley relevant to current developments and Project’ technologies He was instrumental in creating the Water Ajudhya Nath Khosla, popularly known as Dr Resources Development Training Centre and A N Khosla, obtained his BSc in civil School of Research and Training in Earthquake engineering in 1916 from the Thomason Engineering. He became Member-Rajya Sabha College of Engg (later known as University of (1958-60); Chairman, Board of Consultants of Roorkee and IIT Roorkee). He obtained PhD Bhakra Project, Beas Board, Yamuna Board, from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute-USA & and Ram Ganga Board (till 1975). Dr Khosla University of Roorkee and DSc from was Honorary Life Member of Institution of Sambalpur University He specialised in Engineers (India) and also served as the irrigation & civil engineering and became Institution's President as well as Member- Chief Engineer-Irrigation and Secretary to the American Society of Civil Engineers, & Punjab Government during 1943-45. He then American Concrete Institute. He was the worked on various positions of repute, such as recipient of numerous prestigious awards. ‘Chairman-Central Water & Power Padma Bhushan, Padma Vibhushan and SS Commission; Additional Secretary-Union Bhatnagar awards to name a few of them. Ministry of Works/Mines & Power during 1945 SRI MANGU SINGH ACCOMPANIED WITH IITRAAA EC MEMBERS VAANI, The Voice Of IITRAAA, APRIL’ 2016 7 THROUGH THE MIRROR OF PAST SRI DHANESH CHAND GOEL (95) BORN IN 1921 DIP-CIVIL 1941 IIT ROORKEE (EARLIER THOMASON COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING) THEN (1941) NOW (2016) DISCOVER OUR VALUES In Jan 2016 release we asked a question to the child should be made to sit on father’s lap readers “Why do we pierce ears of boys & girls facing east, in the forenoon.