Presentation by Ranna Hebbar on 12th Jan 2013 at the Rooftop of Hotel Fortune Select,Bangalore

1. A Hearty Welcome to
Class of 1971

2. A minute of silence….
Prof. N.R.Kamath
Prof. K.A.Naik
Prof. Raghunathan
Pratap Sirur
Anil Mehta
Prem Kumar Jain
Mahendra Parab
Parimal Kothari
Percy Fernandes

4. Down Memory Lane…..
Ladies (except Leja), bear with us
or
join the fun!

5. Class of 71 Hostel 4 on 1st April 1971

6. Class of 71 – Mechanical Engineering

7. Chem Eng. Group from Hostel 4
Top Row: Subodh Jawadekar, Sharad Shetye, Ranju Bhat, Ravi Naware, Rajaram, Krish, Madhusudan Assar
Middle row: Y C Mehta, Ravi Nagarkar, Ashok Gandhi, Ashley Nazareth, Dilip Sohoni,Bhupendra Shah,
Mahendra Shah,Ranna Hebbar,Veeraf Sanjana
Seated: Muthuswami,Satish Bapat,Pradeep Datar, Parab, Linus, Jay Jairaj Shahani,Arun Datar,Subhash Tawde,Vasant Kale

8. Before the chairs
arrived…..

9. This looks more formal !

10. Jigri dosts …..then
Girish
Jay Shahani
Jagu Rao Krish Sud
Babu
Shetty Ranjit Salvi

11. And …..now!
Babu Shetty
Jagu Rao
Ranjit Salvi Krish
Jay Shahani
Girish Sud

12. Jigri Dosts Then and Now
Girish
Jay Shahani
Sud
Ranjit Salvi

13. Sadu, Keshav, Ponds Ranju

14. Uday Wagle, Ranju Bhat, Raman Giridhardas, Amir Fazelbhoy, Madhu Rao

15. At “Summer Harvest” Vile Parle, December 19, 2008
Kalyan Sen, Bhupendra Shah, Mahendra Shah, Pradip Mittra, Easwar, Sanjay Mashruwala
Ashley Nazareth, Ranju Bhat, Pradip Datar, Kamal Mehta, Tony Fernandes

16. Ramesh Rahalkar

17. An insight into Hostel life……..

21. Hot debate
Something wrong with the slide rule…

22. Shaving, grooming, brushing, before classes

23. The thinkers

25. Chem71 CHEA Hyderabad Trip
January 1970

26. After IIT……..what?

27. .
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29. More recent snaps…

30. Shiv Shankar and family

31. Jayant and Nandita Arbatti

32. Jayant Arbatti and family

33. Mrs and Mr Vinod Patel

34. Reunions and more

36. Mumbai 1996

39. Krish, Ashok Bhatia
Leja, Satish
Pritam da Dhaba, Mumbai - 1997

40. Easwar, Ranju,Pradeep Datar, Pandu - 2008

41. Pritam Hotel, Mumbai March 1991

42. Ramesh Tejuja

43. Alumni Day - 2008
Uday Wagle Sudhir Badami

44. Uday Wagle Ranju Bhat Parag Rele

46. Ranju with … guess who ….AH………..Arthur Hailey!!

47. Ranju with a hard nut !

48. Ranju, Ramanathan and Ramesh Punjabi
At “Summer Harvest”, Vile Parle, 11 January 2011

49. Jennifer, Rustom Thanawala, Satish, Leja Hattiangadi, Ranju, Namrata Bhat
At “The Club” Andheri West, 13 November 2011

50. Ranju, Satish, CD, Rajaram – Dec 2011

51. Ruby Reunion, Pune 2011

52. Ruby Reunion, Pune 2011

53. Satish at the Ruby Reunion, Pune 2011

54. Uday Wagle at the Ruby Reunion, Pune 2011

55. Ruby Reunion 2011

56. Bishen Singh Negi
Harish Parekh Ramesh Punjabi
Kamlakar Wad Ranju Bhat
Borcar
Vasant Kale
To welcome Borcar at “Summer Harvest” Vile Parle, 2 nd February 2012

57. Reunion – Bangalore, 12-13 January 2013
Top Row: Vinod Jain, Raj Nair, Satish Khot, Madhusudhan Assar, Anil Pandit, Ashley Rodrigues, Rasik (Don) Mhatre, Jayant Arbatti, Jagu Rao,Vinayak Kale
Second row: Gary Koppar, Pandu Rao, Mohan Kavrie, Ranju Bhat, Ranna Hebbar, Ravi Naware, CD Agarwal, Shivshankar, Ashok Bhatia, Leja,
Pradip Jaipuria Kalyan Sen, Rajaram
Seated: Satish Hattiangadi, Shashi Hebbar, Savita Naware, Meenakshi Agarwal, Sashi Rao, Meenu Jaipuria

58. Alumni in the service of Society
• Responses received…..
• Daffy runs an NGO promoting RWH
• Chandrasekhar Dasnurkar all for a bettter
neighbourhood
• Satish Hattiangadi …community based
social work via the Rotary Club
• Satish Khot…. others

59. Address : 220 Saptashringi, D. N. Nagar, off J. P. Road, Andheri(W), Mumbai- 400 053
Tel : 022-2624 5495 Telefax : 022-2628 4653 email :daffy@jalsangrah.org
• Rain-water Harvesting (RwH) fetches incredible returns for the community, summarized
below to bring out the full impact without attempting to quantify benefits. Essentially,
complying with nature and ecology delivers maximum economy and efficiency.
•Enhanced water security
•Project outlay requires micro-finance
•Revenue increase from agricultural (crops, dairy) income
•Release of woman-hours for productivity
•Facilitates growth of child education
•Provides employment locally, reduces migration to cities
•Health benefits from better hygiene and sanitation
•Low maintenance since users are stake-holders
An advisory body has been formed for Mission Jal Jagruti consisting of IIT alumni/faculty and eminent citizens to promote
and implement RwH systems. The members are:
•Mr MP Barde, Civil Consultant (MTech79,IITB)
•Mr JH Daftari, IT/Networking Solutions (BTech’75,IITB)
•Ms S Dalal, Journalist-Activist
•Prof TI Eldho,IITB (Civil Dept)
•Mr NC Gupta, President,Raymonds Group (BTech’70, IITD)
•Mr VK Kambe, Electronics Manufacturer (BTech’76,IITM)
•Mr A Kubal, DyComm,Maharashtra Nature Park
•Mr V Ranganathan (IAS,ex-Chief Secy,GoM)

60. Our own Dasnya

61. Planning Ahead
Suggestions for the next reunion

62. Last, but not the least,
a loving message from Rajan Sanghi…

63. Dear Ranna, shall appreciate if would like to read this message for all:
DEAR IITians of the great 71 batch and all others who have joined on this momentous
occasion,
Pl accept my apologies for not able to personally be present to deliver these lines .
Shashi and myself would like to host the next get together in JAIPUR. An ideal
holiday destination OF beautiful resorts and hotels, lot of exciting spots. The city has
at least seven palaces. LIKE THEY SAY JAIPUR IS A MUST BEFORE YOU PASS
ON TO YOUR NEXT JOURNEY. It shall mean a lot of effort for you Pune/Mumbai/
Bangalore /Chennai/Hyd walahs. BUT with your excellent health now, why postpone
for one more year.
Let us have a voice count - say AYE AYE AYE AYE. Thanks and looking forward to
meeting you all,
Love , RAJAN SANGHI
Mob: 098290 10657.