I did not realize the next one year would be my golden year. It started with 1987 being the Silver jubilee year of the department. For some reason it was never revealed or the department was humble enough not to celebrate.
As a precursor to the 25 year celebrations a trip to Araku was planned and executed. Though I missed out on the trip people ensured I did not miss out on the fun as they recounted the trip. mmm...pssst.
In yet another stroke of brilliance, RC (Ramesh Chandra) formed ELITE (Enthusiasts Linked in Thoughtful Exercises), an informal club to enhance our public speaking skills. UB and BTV were enthusiastic supporters of this initiative as we met after college hours. I recall the card game where one set had the topic and the other, the audience. The speaker is required to pick one from each and is given 30 secs to frame the details. This was quite a challenge. Sample this - Space technology to nurses, Industrial relations to housewives, etc. While it may seem easy now, to some of us, I bet the foundation was laid 25 years ago. (btw the second most feared thing in the World is public speaking. First one is - death)
In one of our extempore sessions, Ravi (Vadapalli) titled his topic "Confessions of a Cynic" and spoke of how he fell in love with a girl at the bus stop, how he cart wheeled to woo her, finally managed to speak of his rich uncle who has no heirs to bequeth his riches, her sudden disappearance, and reapparance as Ravi's aunt !!! (Age has not dampened his humorous cynicism)
The SJ (thanks Al for the acronym) celebrations started in a traditional way - inaguration of the new building (after we spent couple of months in there !!!) and speech by former Governor HE Kum. Kumudben Joshi (her soul rest in peace). Prof. Lakshmi Narayan formally took over as the department head. Prof EGP formally retired and the students were formally allowed in the new building. This is when I took the classic picture on the steps to our library.
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Along with 50 odd classmates I started seeing new faces and for the first time I realized M.Com is part of our college !!! While in Arts College the existence of M.Com was lost in the din we had created. We made a sincere attempt to include them in our activities but for a handful, it did not work. Despite all this it was decided to launch MBA's first Inter College Literary and Cultural competition - Biz Fest.
Next Penaz Masani and Biz Fest.....
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Hey,
Kudos to your memory Mani.. I only vaguely recollect the ELITE... left to myself,, no way of recollection
Couple of issues.. I am sure EGP retired much later.. may be 1990 or 91..
there were a few lectures... One by Chandrasekhar of SOL, Hussain (Not sure of the name)of Breeze Ads at the dept and general lectures of Ashok Mitra, V Krishnamurthy, Manmohan Singh (then RBI Governor)and the two or three wkshops that we organised.. Sponsors.. SOL, Dhanalakshmi Consolidates (Both non functional/ Non- existing)
now I recollect the lecture by Chandrasekhar. Wasn't he known to you? I dont remember the others. I think we also had the hyd ad club show us a film.
Hi Guys
chandrasekhar passed away long back due to health problems. do you guys know that he used modle for professional eqpt like PC,s, printers etc and was featured in the ad,s for WIPRO PC's !!!
sekhar ( doc )
THIS CHANDRASEKHAR WAS IN SOL AND LATER MOVED TO DRL. YES HE ALSO USED TO MODEL FOR A NOTEBOOK BRAND CALLED 'LEPAKSHI'.
His colleague at SOL then had also come to the campus as a guest speaker at one of the workshops.. his name is Venkateswarlu who runs an export documentation service unit.
Ashok Mitra was a minister in the W Bengal Govt, an Economist and a Prof.
V.Krishnamurthy was the SAIL fame person who later on was known to be involved in the Fairfax case (I guess I am right)
Mani
Hats off to your memory.Did you maintain a diary?:)(ha ha)Same goes for Suresh too.I remember now that you were heavily into photography and you were getting your photographs developed in Delhi(way cheaper than at Hyderabad) as your dad used to go to Delhi regularly.
Thanks for reviving those memories.
Madhu.
Strangely I seem to recollect minute details of what happened 25 years ago but cant remember what I was doing last week..lol
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