A presentation targeting the CET (College of Engineering Trivandrum) Alumni to mobilize support for helping the alumni association of the college, viz CETAA (College of Engineering Trivandrum Alumni Association), become the best and largest alumni association in India. Share your thoughts at http://bit.ly/cetaa-for-alumni

1. Vision 2025
Make CETAA the best alumni
association in India
Presented by: Anoop John, E&C 2001
before CETAA Executive Committee
on 23rd
June 2017

2. CETAA Mission - from Bye-Law
● Maintain contacts with alumni
● Bring together alumni - promote professional,
cultural and social contacts
● Awards, scholarships, grants
● Financial help to alumni for research
● Promote entrepreneurship among students /
alumni
● Help students in training and employment

3. CETAA Mission - from Bye-Law
● Maintain website
● Mentoring for higher studies
● Help students in training and employment,
project works
● Technical talks in college
● Technical consultancy for community initiatives
● Engineering education in state & country

4. CETAA Mission - from Bye-Law
● Exctracurricular activities of children of
members
● Create member database
● Organize funds for own premises

5. How Other Associations Operate
● Group purchase benefits - IIT Delhi, IIT Madras,
Penn State, MIT
● Alumni News - IIT Delhi, IIT Madras, IIT Bombay,
IIT Guwahati, IIT Kanpur, Penn State, MIT
● Chapters Coordination & Governance - IIT Delhi
http://iitdalumni.com/user/landing-page/483 , IIT
Madras, IIT Bombay, IIT Kanpur
● Newsletter - IIT Delhi, IIT Madras, IIT Kanpur, IIT
Bombay, Penn State

6. How Other Associations Operate
● Brand Building - IIT Delhi, Penn State, MIT
● Student Interaction - IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT
Bombay, IIT Kanpur, Penn State
● Alumni Database - IIT Delhi, IIT Madras, IIT
Bombay, IIT Kanpur, IIT Roorkee, Penn State
● Transcript - IIT Madras, IIT Guwahati
● Guest House - IIT Madras

7. How Other Associations Operate
● Two year EC Term - IIT Delhi, IIT Madras, IIT
Kanpur
● Full time staff - IIT Madras, IIT Guwahati, IIT
Bombay, Penn State, MIT
● Donate online - IIT Madras, IIT Bombay, IIT
Kanpur, Penn State, MIT
● Travel Grants - IIT Madras
● Lecture Series - IIT Madras

8. How Other Associations Operate
● Merchandise - IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT
Bombay, Penn State
● Chair Professorship - IIT Bombay, Penn State
● Faculty Awards - IIT Bombay, Penn State
● Student Scholarships - IIT Bombay
● Events & Reunions - IIT Bombay, IIT Kanpur,
Penn State, MIT

9. How Other Associations Operate
● Student Mentoring - IIT Guwahati, Penn State
● Startup Mentoring - IIT Guwahati
● Alumni Careers - IIT Bombay, Penn State, MIT
● Alumni Awards - IIT Bombay, IIT Kanpur, Penn
State
● Alumni Mentoring - Penn State, MIT
● Community Service - IIT Kanpur, Penn State,
MIT

10. How Other Associations Operate
● Online Voting - IIT Kanpur, Penn State
● Credit Card - Penn State, MIT,
● Library Access - IIT Madras, Penn State
● College Infrastructure - IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay,
Penn State
● Email Forwarding for life - Penn State, MIT

11. Annual Budgets
● IIT Madras - 2016 Fund raising - 55 Crore INR
● IIT Bombay - 2016 - 3.99 Crore INR
● Penn State - 2014 - 12 M USD Subscription
● MIT - 2005 - 72 M USD

12. What are we?
● Wikipedia - “The executive is the organ
exercising authority in and holding responsibility
for the governance of a state. The executive
executes and enforces law.”
● EC is an executive body that drives governance
● Adminstration and operations has to be full time
● Set strategy and direction for the organization

13. What Are We?
● We are an alumni association - we are primarily
about the alumni we represent
● We are a governance body - we bring structure
to the network of alumni spread across
● We are a centralized service provider - alumni
services
● We are a conduit of funds and contributions to
alma mater and society
● We are an aggregating entity - people, funds

14. Services to Alumni
● Alumni Networking - Database, Alumni
Platforms, Social Networks
● Alumni Career Services - Database, Job
Boards, Internal Placements
● Alumni Educational Services - Transcripts, any
other help with other government departments
● Aggregated bargaining power - Eg: Health
Insurance (IIT Madras)

15. Services to Alumni
● Coordinate alumni events - 10, 20, 25, 30 etc
year get togethers
● Awards to alumni
● Governance for chapters
● IT services for chapters
● Coordinate events for chapters

16. Service to Students
● Lecture Series
● Mentoring for Higher Studies
● Mentoring for Entrepreneurships
● Mentoring for Projects
● Paid Projects
● Internships & Jobs
● Awards to Students

17. Contributions to Alma Mater &
Society
● Support in Infrastructure
● Donations for any initiative as deemed fit
● Mobilize alumni around initiatives

18. Dichotomy with Chapters
● Alumni Association is primarily a governance
organization
● Chapters are primarily about social and
professional networking and physical meetings
● The primary objective of the creation of the
association is to happen through smooth
operations of chapters and the wide reach of
chapters

19. Some Action Items
● Raise annual budget & find funds
● Increase value proposition for alumni
● Involve alumni in governance and operations
● Vision, Strategy and Continuity in Execution

20. Financing through Membership
● Regular Member - Rs. 1000 provided at the
time of graduation
● Supporting Member - Rs. 1000 per year
● Charter Member - Rs. 10000 per year
Alternatively
● Rs. 1000 for the membership for the first 10
(5?) years after graduation
● Rs. 1000 per year after that

21. Financing through Campaigns
● Set up communication platforms that can reach
alumni
● Monthly newsletters
● Monthly communication with chapters
● Website and Social Media
● Drive campaigns through communication

22. Value proposition for Alumni
● Services that directly benefit Alumni
● Value proposition outside of the desire to
contribute
● Value proposition to alumni through better
services to chapters
● Services that mutually benefit alumni and
students

23. Involve Alumni More
● Representation of Chapters in Governance
● Online voting for proposals & elections
● Broad based discussions on ideas and
programs

24. Continuity in Execution
● Full time staff to take care of operations
● Longer term for office bearers

25. Thank You