Varanasi: The national meet of Banaras Hindu University Management Alumni Association (BHUMAA) was organized at Malviya Centre of Ethics and Human values on the campus on Sunday.
The theme of BHUMAA-2020 was “Old Leaves, Stronger Roots”. The alumni gathered reminiscing the old days over some networking. “I still consider myself a work in progress or rather a student. BHU and my family have given me certain values which are Trust, Equity, Sustainability,” the chief guest, Mr. Kamal Prakash, Director, Jiwanram Sheoduttrai Group, said while speaking on the occasion.
“I always look forward for being here. I get charged for the whole year. All these are important but ethics and values play an important role. A book which, I suggest to read is ‘The difficulty of being good’. Whatever is good for society is good for business. Dharam Yog and Karam Yog have to go together”, said another guest Mr. Raj Kapur, former COO, JCT. Mr. Kapur served as president of ELCINA, the association of electronics manufactures in INDIA. He is a founder and principal associate of Step Ahead consultants, a consulting group in the space of strategy, marketing growth and restructuring.
“I would like to thank BHU for my first job in marketing. All the successful leaders told me the keys to success are, think big, translate that into reality, prioritize, be good with people, physical, emotional, mental and spiritual fitness, integrity, courage to take decisions during difficult times,“ said Mr. Arun Sehgal, who is the VP HR of Galaxo Smith Kline consumer healthcare.
Starting with the earliest reunion and felicitation of Pravat reunion with a strength of 15 alumni- the batch of 2015 of IM BHU was held. Continuing the felicitations, were the Neer reunion with a strength of 15 alumni – the batch of 2010, Vyom reunion with a strength of 23 alumni – the batch of 2005, Agni reunion with a strength of 13 alumni – the batch of 2000, Ambar reunion with a strength of 13 alumni – the batch of 1995 and Vasudha reunion with a strength of 8 alumni – the batch of 1980.
Welcome address was delivered by the Director of IM BHU, Prof. S.K. Dubey. Prof. P. S. Tripathi, Dean of IM BHU, reflected upon the glorious journey of IM BHU. He shared the achievements and developments of IM BHU through the years. The coordinator BHUMAA meet and the placement coordinator, IM BHU, Prof H. P. Mathur informed the guests about the details of the meet and the activities to be held in it. He told about the BHUMAA chapters that are held at Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Lucknow, Dubai and Kathmandu, to strengthen the network and bonding. Dr. Mathur also highlighted the two stalls at the meet, where talents of students are showcased and high rise in placements displayed.
Mr. Suman Das, Assistant Vice President of HSBC Bank Ltd from the batch of 2005 and Mr. Pradeep Pandya, Dy. Executive Editor of CNBC Awaaz from the batch of 2000 were awarded the “Young Achiever’s Award”. Mr. Ashwini Singh, CEO and CIO of Agricrest Investment Advisors pvt. Ltd. from the batch of 1995; Mr. Bharat Bharadwaj, founder, director and chairman of Medisearch technology pvt. Ltd. from the batch of 1993; Mr. Atul Prasad, General Manager of NTPC from the batch of 1983 and Mr. Sunil N. Upadhyay, Retd. Sr. Sales Executive of JK Lakshmi Cement ltd from the batch of 1980 were awarded the “Distinguished Alumni Award”.
The former faculty members of the institute Prof. C. Lal, Prof. R. K. Pandey, Prof. Rekha Prasad, Dr. N. B. Singh, Prof. H. C. Chaudhary, Prof. Usha Kiran Rai were felicitated for their unmatched service in IM BHU.
Many more distinguished guests were present including Alok Kr. Rai, VC Lucknow University from the batch of 2000; Alok Singh, VP India Transact Services Ltd. from the batch of 1995; Jitendra Srivastava, Regional head HDFC bank from the batch of 2000; Ajeet Singh, Asst. VP MotilalOswal from the batch of 2005; Arun Kumar Choudhari, Asst. VP at HDFC bank from the batch of 2005; Vikrant Pundir, Executive Director of Next Milestone Technologies Pvt. Ltd. from the batch of 1995; Jayant Upadhyay, VP Enterprise sales IBM India and Ashok Gupta, Senior
Mementoes were presented to the chief guest and guests of honor as a souvenir. Vote of thanks was delivered by Prof. Ashish Bajpai.
The gracious event ended with mesmerizing cultural performances by students of IM BHU. Starting the cultural program with an alluring group dance by Reeanka, followed by an instrumental song by Abhishek and Adhwaresh and another beautiful group dance by Dolma and group. Adding to the program was an exquisite poetry by Ankush with another dance by MBA Agri business. A melodious ending by a group song was given to the event and even some alumni performed in the event. Simran and Yuvika anchored the cultural event.
