Minister of Industry and Commerce Kamal Nath (366-H '64) was interviewed by Karan Thapar (238-JA '71) on The Devil's Advocate. Karan Thapar grilled him about the Nandigram episode and the government's commitment to special economic zones. Read the complete interview on the IBN-Live website.

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Author of Two Lives, Vikram Seth (250-J '68) won top honours in the 2006 Hutch Crossword Book Awards in Mumbai on Wednesday night.

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Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath (366-H '64) will lead a 100-member delegation to the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland beginning later this month. The delegation also includes Gautam Thapar (200-H '79) and Dhruv Sawhney (37-K '59).

Over 2,000 participants from around the world will discuss issues pertaining to economics, geopolitics, technology and society over the five-day meet on the theme — "The Shifting Power Equation."

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Hailed by Fast Company magazine as "the best thing going" in rural development, Bunker Roy and the Barefoot College have demonstrated to the world that what may seem impossible is possible, that "experts" don't have all the answers, and that with the Barefoot approach, the rural poor develop their own communities.

Wednesday, February 7th, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm, Helen Mills Theater, 137-139 West 26th Street, New York. Learn more about the event on the Barefoot College website and send us your news.

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Harinder Singh Hassanwalia (339-H '65) retired last year as the Deputy Chief Economist of the Royal Bank of Canada after 23 years with them. He can be reached at 905 847-7251 in Toronto, Canada.

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Being in the hotel industry for over three decades, Ashok Khanna, managing director of IHHR Hospitality, has seen it all. But he believes there are peaks yet to be conquered, finds Sanjeev Bhar. I am greeted with an enchanting smile - a trademark of Ashok Khanna and a style perfectly in sync with his flagship brand 'Ananda'. His brainchild - Ananda in the Himalayas - voted by Condé Nast Traveller as the world's best destination spa, second year in succession - has become symbolic of Indian spas

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Alcan and the International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF) announced that the winner of the 2006 US$1 million Alcan Prize for Sustainability is India’s Barefoot College. The Barefoot College was founded and is managed by Bunker Roy (125-J '62) . The Alcan Prize annually recognizes NGOs, not-for-profit, and civil society organizations working to build sustainable societies around the world.

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Shashank Garg (294-J '68) has been selected for the prestigious Reuters Fellowship in Stanford University's Digital Vision Program which will allow him to spend a year at Stanford, working on applications of technology to problems in the Social Sector. He shall be working on the applications of mobile technologies to disease surveillance in the health-care sector, along with his wife Dr. Isha Garg. They have been at Stanford since September 2006

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Bunker Roy (125-J '62) of Barefoot College was recently honored at the 2006 Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship at Oxford University in England. By (left to right) Sally Osberg, president and CEO of the Skoll Foundation; Academy Award winner Sir Ben Kingsley; actor/producer Robert Redford; and Jeff Skoll, founder and chairman of the Skoll Foundation. He was also favorably featured in Fast Company magazine in the United States.

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A few days ago the New York Times published an article on Vikram Seth (250-J '68) and his new book, "Two Lives." The article explored Vikram's own life and what it took to write that book. It used the book to talk about Vikram Seth and gave readers a peak into his life. The book has been shortlisted for the National Circle Award. Visited the Doon Online spotlight on Vikram Seth to learn more about him. Also view the other spotlights. Special thanks to our friends at "Zatak" who found this article. Vikram Seth in Delhi. His new book, "Two Lives," is his most personal.

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Latika Katt (260-H '66) recently held an exhibition titled, "Salt of the Earth" at the Anant Art Gallery in Defence Colony, Delhi. She has had solo and joint exhibitions in India and abroad and is recognized as one of India's leading artists. Lalita currently heads the Department of Fine Arts & Art Education at Jamia Millia Islamia University, Delhi. Her father taught at Doon.

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Vikram Seth's (250-J '68) Two Lives, was among the finalists announced for the National Book Critics Circle awards. The awards are announced on 3rd March; there are no cash prizes.

In related news, Vikram Seth is finally off the numero uno position in the non-fiction bestseller list, making way for Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen's The Argumentative Indian, while Gregory David Roberts' Shantaram tops the fiction category.

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Satchidanand Sinha (184-T '68) poses an important question, "The Doon school I studied in and the school as it exists today are two different places. Comments anybody?" Tell us what you think.

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Anish Kapoor (259-K '60) is considered one of the world's greatest living sculptors and that position was further recognized when he was recently appointed a trustee of the Tate Gallery in London, UK. To learn more about Anish Kapoor visit the spotlight on him.

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The home of the world’s biggest plant conservatories will showcase the innovative work The Barefoot College of Tilonia has undertaken to develop traditional skills in poor, self-reliant communities in India and around the world. Barefoot College was founded by Bunker Roy (125-J '62).

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He passed away on 5th December, 2005 in Budapest. Sunil is survived by his wife Melissa, son Raoul, daughter-in-law Catherine and daughter Tamara. The funeral will take place in London later this week. Condolence messages can be sent to raoul.sreenivasan@citigroup.com Doon Online extends its condolences to his family and friends.

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According to a recent Business Standard article, Rajiv Gandhi felt that he was betrayed by his Doon friends. These were the friends that joined him in politics and became his political confidants.

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Vikram Seth was in San Francisco in early November as a part of his hectic book promotion tour for Two Lives. Fans of Seth, and I certainly count myself as one, would have followed rediff's coverage of his India visit last month and the descriptions of the readings in four cities.

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Dr. P.M. Das (298-H '69) tragically passed away on Saturday, September 24th, while leading a National Level Expedition to a high mountain in North Sikkim along the Chinese border. He perished along with five other expedition members in an avalanche in treacherous terrain.

He was the Additional Director General of Police, Computerisation and Telecommunications, Punjab Police Headquarters, Chandigarh at the time.

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Bunker Roy (125-J '62) has written a thoughtful article titled "Why the millennium goals won't work" for the International Herald Tribune in which he sharply criticizes the UN's Millenium Development Goals.

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The Barefoot College was featured on the BBC recently. View the photo essay. The founder of Barefoot College, Bunker Roy (125-J '61) continues to be an inspiring role model for Doscos around the world. Also read about the National Network for India, another interesting dosco volunteer effort.

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Confronting love (Penguin, Rs 125) edited by Jerry Pinto and Arundhathi Subramaniam is a slim collection of contemporary Indo-Anglian love poems.

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In the vigil held in memory of the victims of the London bombings at Trafalgar Square in London on July 14th, a poem by Vikram Seth was read out by the Chief Constable of the Metropolitan Police. The following morning BBC hosted Anish Kapoor who spoke about his forthcoming project of building the New York monument in memory of the September 11 victims.

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Ramesh Thadani (24-H '60) is currently a consultant to the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS foundation, Washington DC. Prior to that he was the EVP of Biomedical Services with the American Red Cross.

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Harpal Singh (322-H '65) is the Chairman of Fortis Healthcare which is trying to lower the costs of HIV vaccines according to the Financial Express.

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Lt. General Deepak Summanwar (160-K '64) took over as the new Director General of Military Intelligence at the Army headquarters on February 22nd. He commanded an infantry brigade in Rajasthan and a mountain brigade on the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir during the Kargil conflict in 1999.

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sargesingh@hotmail.com Arjun Singh (223-K '61) has been working for the Government of India for forty years and is retiring in June 2005.

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Padamvir Singh (310-K '69) Principal Secretary in the Public Works Department in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.

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Bharat (Barry) Sahgal (114-J '66) and Ferha Sahgal were blessed with a girl Zaara Roop Sahgal on May 28th.
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At 40, Rajiv Gandhi (259-K'60) was India's youngest Prime Minster . He came to power soon after his mother's assasination with a technological, modernistic vision for India . Unfortunately, his dreams for India were cut short when he was assasinated in 1991. Still, in his short time in politics primarily as prime minister and as leader of the opposition, he was able to do India proud.
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He sold 100,000 copies of a book written completely in rhyme. While studying for a PhD. in Economics he went to China and published a travel guide. His second book, the voluminous A Suitable Boy earned him a handsome $1million in advances.
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Rabin Lai (287-T '69) is the President of Academy Savant. He is based in Fullerton, California. Posted at 08:25 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Rabin Lai (287-T '69) is the President of Academy Savant. He is based in Fullerton, California. Posted at 10:22 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

In November 1998, when Dr Parvinder Singh was recognized as the Businessman of the Year, his acceptance speech opened with the remark that it was an award to be cherished because it reflected the endeavors of hundreds of people in the Ranbaxy family. Such was his humility.
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