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1970-1979
A self-proclaimed party animal, Ajay S Shriram smiles as you hint about his share of wealth. The wealth of relationships — some acquired way back in school while others from the business fraternity.
“You may spot me promoting a friend’s painting exhibition or even promoting a social cause,” he says. Unlike many honchos of his league, the chairman and senior managing director of DCM Shriram Consolidated Ltd doesn’t shy away from talking about the parties he attends. With an equally open mind he welcomes comments from his employees about how he looked at last night’s party.
Note this article appeared in The Financial Express on Sunday, May 13th, 2007.
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 | 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.
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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."
Mr. Vinod Jacob, (146-T '70) passed away recently. He was also the regional representative of the DSOBS in Goa. Our heartfelt condolences to you and all surviving members of Vinod's family. We join you in praying that his soul finds eternal peace. The community extends its condolences to his family and friends.
M.Ct.P. Chidambaram (135-HA '76) has been appointed as the Honorary Consul of Finland in Chennai.
Anil Mukerjee (62-JA '79) was awarded the prestigious Fulbright-Hayes scholarship. He currently resides in Salvador De Bahia, Brazil researching a specific period of Portuguese colonial history for his doctoral dissertation at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He can be contacted at anil_mukerjee@yahoo.com
Sanjeev Dua (381-H '74) is trying to get in touch with Alok Bhargava (1974 batch). Please send Sanjeev Alok's email address if you have it.
Sanjeev is also trying to get in touch with the organization catering to handicapped and homeless children that doscos used to visit as part of our social service program in the 70's. All he remembers is that everyone had to cross a stream and then cycle up a steep incline to get to the entrance of the place. Sanjeev can be reached at sanjeevdua@hotmail.com
From the Hindustan Times - They say there’s nothing more cruel than schoolboys. They’re wrong. Far worse are those you were at school with — even after thirty years! My class of ’71 at Doon had a re-union this weekend and I met up with several old friends I haven’t seen for decades.
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Outlook Magazine is 11 years old this year and to celebrate that event, Vinod Mehta is highlighting 11 people that matter in modern India. The list includes among others Sonia Gandhi, Pavan K. Varma, Amitabh Bachchan, Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, Aruna Roy, Sunil Bharti Mittal and our very own Amitav Ghosh (246-H '72). The profile on Amitav Ghosh is reproduced on Doon Online and is also available at Outlook magazine.
And in the same issue in a section about 11 things that made it big, Kanti Bajpai (264-T '72) discusses "Fission And No Fizz - N-power status put India back a notch on all counts. What saved us from the hole: theconomy." Read the article at Outlook magazine.
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| Novelist and essayist Amitav Ghosh is one of those people, and his ''Incendiary Circumstances" is a compilation of essays spanning two decades. They cover different countries and crises, but each is enlightened by Ghosh's signature intelligence and humanity. This is a writer who delights in human complexity, who avoids generalities and seeks out the small truths that illuminate the larger story.
Read the rest of the book review at The Boston Globe.
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| From a distance it looks like a giant drop of glistening mercury, but up close it looks like a space ship that lost its way into the heart of downtown Chicago. In reality it is Cloud Gate, one of the most anticipated sculptures of the celebrated half Indian-half Iraqi Jewish artist Anish Kapoor (385-T '70).
The 66-foot-long, 33-foot-high and 42-foot-high giant bean like 110-tonne sculpture made of highly polished stainless steel plate has now been officially unveiled in the Millennium Park, one of Chicago's most talked about public squares. |  |
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Karan Thapar (238-JA '71)launched his book, Sunday Sentiments yesterday at the Ashok Hotel. We happened to be at the launch and were able to get two photographs which also include L.K Advani who launched the book.
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Former teacher R.P Devgan wrote a thoughtful note to Doon Online about Anish Kapoor. In it, he talk about how he first met Anish before he joint Doon.
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He is working closely with the National Research Council and the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters Innovation Insights (II) and Technology Visit Program highlighting and showcasing best manufacturing practices in Canadian companies.
He won the Asian Television Award for the Best Current Affairs presenter for the third time. Karan won it for an interview with Arun Jaitley that was part of his Hardtalk India series on BBC.
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The Third Health Summit was held between November 22nd and 23rd, 2005. Analjit Singh, CMD, Max Healthcare addressed the summit along with Anbumani Ramadoss, Minister of Health; Shiela Dikshit, Chief Minister of Delhi; Prasanna Hoda, Secretary, Ministry of Health and other luminaries.
A study conducted by CII and Escorts Heart Institute revealed that if India has to meet the target of taking healthcare to all parts of the country, it would need Rs1 trillion or US$150bn, which was short by about 60%. Read more at Infoline.
Kanti Bajpai, Headmaster of The Doon School has co-edited a book titled, "International Relations in India — Bringing Theory Back Home." Along with Siddharth Mallavarapu, he has also edited, "Theorising the Region and Nation." According to The Hindu newspaper, the book simultaneously indict and challenge the discipline of international relations (IR) in India. Read the full article.
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) today sent relief material for those affected by the October 8th earthquake in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) through the Joint Check Post at the international border at Wagah. The relief comprising of blankets, life saving drugs and clothing was handed over by the Immediate Past President of the CII Sunil Kant Munjal (180-KB '73).
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From poetry to travel writing and fiction — pole vaulting between different genres comes easy to the literary maverick Vikram Seth. Touted as the best writer of his generation, Vikram is back after a seven-year hiatus with his new offering, Two Lives. But why such a long break between his last work and this one?
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Two days in India and Vikram Seth is already knee-deep in the media circus. But if all that attention is aggravating for a man who admits to being "a bit cagey about himself", it doesn't show. Seth stays unflappably courteous, and acquiesces to all the demands of our photographer with the panache of a seasoned pro.
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From the Indian Express (July 10th, 2005) - Managing director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Hero group, 49-year-old Sunil Munjal (180-KB '73) gets the maximum votes for his personality, his attitude and his efforts to make a better Ludhiana.
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From the Calcultta Telegraph, " We are all now well aware of Analjit Singhs persistence in concentrating only on his healthcare and insurance businesses alone.
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According to an interview in The Week, while in Doon, he wrote melodramatic poems he was not proud of, and switched from poetry to prose on the advice of a friend who was two years his senior. Today Amitav Ghosh is one India's best living writers. That friend was Vikram Seth.
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Vineet Bhalla (244-KB '79) is working with Oppenheimer Asset Management as their CFO in their Alternative Investment Group. He can be reached at 212-440-4687. His email address is vinnet@comcast.net.
Visit the new Amitav Ghosh spotlight which includes book reviews and essays by him. Also read his response to the Tsunami tragedy.
One doesn't hear much about Anish Kapoor. He's not based in India and avoids the limelight. He's an artist after all and one who prefers to speak through the art he creates. In the last 30 years since his move to London to study, he's had phenomenal success in the art world letting his sculptures do the talking.
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Rajiv Hora (111-K '72) has taken over as Secretery of the Delhi Golf Club.
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