Alum meet @ Bangi

Alum meet in bangalore was supposed to be an eventful one with atleast around 90 odd people expected this time.....and also representation from all batches right from IM1 to IM11.

Well, somehow....the number of people who actually turned up was a little less. Exasperating, though not dissapointing.

The meet:

Though the time to kick off was 7 PM, most of the alums trickled in by 8 PM (Indians are Indians everywhere.......MBA, BA ya CA.....we turn up late!)

It was heartening to see the IM12 junta religiously turn up by 6.30 PM ....something to cheer about! Even Pratap had postponed his all important Chennai trip to be there on time! (well, the kid is surely growing up quite fast).

After the initial round of updates from NITIE, the round of introductions started. Well....its rather surprising that many ppl have jumped more than 4-5 jobs in a span of 3 years! Ironically ppl from older batches (say IM1, IM2) have stuck to the same company for over 10 years (Roma from HLL and Prashant from GM are shining examples of the same).

This time we had formulated a new game called 'Down the memory lane' to break the ice instead of the usual musical chair. Worked out pretty well.....after that, ofcourse the refreshments poured in.....bringing back the memories of parties at NITIE... a real walk down the memory lane for the pot bellied managers who have bourne the twists and turns of corporate life with elan.

One great dissapointment was the NITIE level of female turnout......was hoping against hope that somethings change :P

After thoughts:

Deepak and Ankit did a wonderful job calling all the people and finalising the venue. It is really sad that not all of us in Bangalore from IM12 worked for the alum meet from day1. There are a lot of thoughts though worth pondering on-

• The alums could have been better contacted through combined efforts of all from IM12 in bangalore (around 15 of us). Calling up/mailing 10 people individually is better than 1/2 individuals calling up 70-80.
• A need to pitch in for some partial sponsorship for the event... more along the lines of 'sansmaran'. The entry fees of 600 was really on the higher side (may be this was a reason why not many alums turned up?)

Hmm......some points for IM13 to carry forward...

Ciao till next time...Harsha