Arun Puri (599-JA '88) passed away on November 18th, 2007. He was married to Ruchi and had a son, Inder and a daughter, Dia. Richa can be reached at drruchipuri@gmail.com. The community extends its condolences to his family and friends.

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Our heartiest congratulations to Dr. Manoj Patel M.D., (580-JA ’88) who was voted as one of “The Best Doctors” in Dallas for the year 2007. This announcement was made in the October issue of the Dallas D-magazine. This voting is conducted annually by Doctors in Dallas. There are about 12,000 Doctors in the Dallas area who annually vote for the best in their profession in a given year. Dr. Patel canbe reached at mp.md@hotmail.com. Manoj has now been in Dallas for 10 years. He graduated from the University of South Dakota School of Medicine and completed Internal Medicine residency at Tulane University School of Medicine.

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Dhruv Jolly (598-TB '88), has joined iMrs India as Director Hospitality Services and is heading their hospitality business. They are starting up with super delux speciality oriental standalone restaurants all over India. He is at present in China and is involved in looking for property and staff for the restaurants.

He trained and studied at Salzburg Ostreich and is looking to meet up with Doscos and get and give help, in his field.

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Jatin Bery (233-KA '91), Amitav Virmani (260-JB '91) and Harsh Gupta (453-HB '87) won the Take Solutions World Corporate Golf Challenge Tournament (North Zonal) played earlier this year.

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India-born corporate executive Dynshaw Italia, finance director with Cobra Beer, has won the Young Finance Director of the Year award conferred by a leading business lobby, the Confederation of British Industry.

The award was conferred during the third excellence awards function co-hosted by the Real FD trade magazine at the Dorchester hotel here to celebrate outstanding performance of Britain's finance directors across all sectors of businesses.

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Ajay Miglani (928-JA '82) has recently relocated to the US to set up the US operations for Kankei, a leading Sales, Marketing and Customer Engagement Services company. Founded in India 1998 by Ajay and a team of professionals, the company has over 2000 employees in India. Kankei Inc has recently been set up in the US and the company is looking for Business Development Managers as well as Partners who will work to develop business in the US. Anyone looking for an entreprenuerial role with business development experience in the US can contact Ajay on 212 380 1356 (EST).

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Amrish Macedo (1-JA '83) has re-located to 791, Old State Road, Berwyn, PA 19312, USA. He can be contacted at 610-727-3001.

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Ravi Lochan Singh (458-HA '87) has just been elected as the President of Association of Australian Education Representatives in India (AAERI). This is the peak body of all organisations dealing with Australian Education and is promoted by Australian High Commission. This is his third term (1999-2000, 2005-2006 and now 2007-2008). More information is on the AAERI website. He is also the managing director of Global Reach.

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Samir Modi (602-TB '88) is passionate about cooking. If it’s not a business plan, it’s food. The Lebanese and Thai food lover does not only relish eating, but also enjoys cooking. In fact, 36-year-old managing director of Modi Enterprises (turnover: $ 800 million) likes cooking more than eating. (From The Financial Times)

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He's full of energy, despite a late night fashion show triumph. And he's got mega plans up his sleeve. He finds Bangalore a charming mix of the trendy and the traditional — the couture set rubbing shoulders with the saree-clad. He loves Bangalore but hates the traffic. He mulls the conundrum of the big-earning, low-spending techie.

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Lalit Nirula (142-K '59) and Deepak Nirula (165-K '68) have sold their Nirulas fast food empire to a joint venture between a Malaysian based private equity firm and an Indian hotelier. The newly appointed managing director of the chain is Samir Kuckreja (179-HB '84) who is Lalit's nephew. The chain, with over 60 outlets operating in five states, successfully caters to the Indian palate of over 50,000 guests every day.

Both Lalit and Deepak have done an immense amount for the school and the DSOBS over the last few decades.

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Ajay Panjwani (282-TA '85) and his wife Resham were blessed with a second daughter on May 30th, 2006. The baby has been named Somaya. Ajay can be reached at panjwani5281@yahoo.com.

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Vinit Rishi has just joint Logispring as their CFO. Logisspring is a transatlantic venture capital firm which is focused on supply chain and logistics businesses. He is always interested in talking to investors as well as companies seeking funding. Vinit can be reached at vinit.rishi@gmail.com.

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Gaurav Saklani (472-KB '87) and his wife Richa were recently blessed with twins, Gayatri and Dev. Gaurav can be reached at gaurav@idiscoveri.com.

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He moved to Mumbai a year ago to be the Joint Managing Director of the Mars Group which operates boutique hotels, restaurants, cake shops and also does airline catering in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Pune. He can be reached at samir.kuckreja@mars-world.com.

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Yasmine and Vijai were blessed with a baby boy on April 8th, 2005. The boy has been named Kabir. Vijai can be reached at vijaigill@aol.com.

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Currently a partner with McKinsey & Company in New York, he is relocating to Mumbai in September 2005. In India he will continue to be part of McKinsey's global High-Technology and Telecom leadership and will assume responsibility for the Corporate Finance and Strategy practice in India. He can be reached at vivek_pandit@mckinsey.com.

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Chandrajit "Kim" Singh (600-HA '88) is going to Vienna, Austria in September for advanced studies and is looking for advice on accomodations. Please

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Billy Kalwal Arora (759-KA '81)is the Vice President of Global Operations at Ametek, a leading global manufacturer of electronic instruments and electric motors with annual sales of more than $1.3 billion. His email address is billyarora@yahoo.com.

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Hari Menon (238-TB '85) has written an article about the Roopkund lake titled "Bones of a Riddle." Hari is Outlook Magazine's features editor. His email address is harismenon@excite.com.

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Sandeep Sahai (825-KA '81) who is the Managing Director of Headstrong, is looking to higher an MBA graduate in Fairfax, Virginia (USA). Posted at 07:35 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Vimal Kati Gupta (610-K '88) and his wife Seema were blessed with a son on September 7th, 2004. He has been named Shreshtha.

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Arun Kumar (711-HA '80) is the Commissioner & Secretary, Industries Department, Government of Sikkim and is based i Posted at 07:35 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Yadavinder Singh Dhillon (73-HB '89) and his wife were blessed with a son. The baby has been named Jaivir Singh.

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Sudheer Tyagi (53-HA '89) recently married Ruchika. He has also completed his graduate studies at Cornell University, NY and has rejoined Citigroup as a Vice President in New Posted at 08:25 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Umesh Katoch (178-KB '84) and his wife Rashi were blessed with a baby boy on December 9th, 2004. The baby boy has been named Somesh Chand Katoch. Posted at 08:25 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

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"I remember the warm friendships that were forged. I remember getting lost, the fear, the darkness and finally the relief of getting back to school after some mid-term expeditions."

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" I remember running across the Main Field and through the litchi grove, hardly daring to look left or right, and then jumping into the safety of my bed, relieved not to have seen Skinners’ ghost!"

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Mukal Bansal (447-TA '87) is a Director with Interactive Learning Systems in Mumbai. Posted at 11:12 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Rajshekhar Singh (727-JA '80) is working with the Bank of Muscat in Project Finance. He is based in Oman.
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"Sitting on the grass, with one of those wooden chairs laid upside down as backrest/pillow, and reading. The simple things that were denied but became so pleasurable when available, from pineapple pastries to plain bread and butter."

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