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IITians
Association Completes 2009 Successfully and Sets Sail for 2010
The IITians Association of Australia (IITAA) held its
Annual General Meeting on 15 November 2009 at Castle taj Indian Restaurant,
Castle Hill. The AGM was attended by over 45 Members and their family members.
The Meeting was opened by the ITTAA President Dr Ashok
Manglick. Dr Manglick thanked the members for their support and the Executive
Committee for the excellent contribution during 2009.
Dr Manglick said that over the past year, IITAA has gained
a high degree of credibility and recognition within the Indian community in
Australia and also with the Indian High Commission and Indian Consulate
General. The Association is now regularly invited to participate in events host
by the High Commission and the Consulate General and its opinion and advice are
actively sought on a wide range of issues.
He advised that the IITAA Advisory Board has been set up
with internationally renowned IITians as members such as Mr Arjun Malhotra,
Chairman, Headstrong Corporation, USA, Mr Gunjan Bagla, President, Pan IIT USA,
Mr Rajat Gupta, Co-Chair, American India Foundation (AIF), USA, Mr Kumar
Parakala, National President, Australian Computer Society and local identity Mr
Neville Roach.
The IITAA Secretary Mr Inderjeet Singh Virdi elaborated
upon the performance of IITAA over the past year. He said that 13 new members
joined the Association. The many events organised by the Association included
dinner event with Murmu who is planning to make a feature film on IIT with Amir
Khan/Shahrukh Khan with music by Rehman; joint event with TiE featuring Arjun
Malhotra, seminars by Neville Roach and Kartikay Sarabhai of Sarabhai
Chemicals. He said IITAA was invited to meet the visiting Indian Minister of
External Affairs, participate in high level discussion regarding the Indian
students’ issues and meeting with the India –Australia Parliamentary Group
hosted by the High Commissioner Her Excellency Mrs Sujata Singh; and of course
the successful Picnic and inaugural IITAA Deepavali Dinner which was very well
received by members and their families.
A new feature of this year’s IITAA Annual Report was
achievements by IITians in their social and professional lives.
The Treasurer Mr Gautam Batra, presented the Financial
Report. The Association’s finances are in good shape.
The current Executive Committee was then declared elected
unopposed by the Returning Officer. Dr Ashok Manglick as President, Vivek Sheel
as Vice President, Inderjeet Singh Virdi as Secretary, Gautam Batra as Treasurer
and Dipankar Roy Choudhury, Premalal Kumarasiri, Neeraj Mathur and Bhupinder
Chopra as members.
The AGM was followed by lunch.
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