I had not wanted such a long break. But then this is a new experience and its going to take some discipline and dedication. I was caught in a dilema. I wanted to appear bright and right in what I posted here. But a while ago it dawned on me the purpose of my experiment with this medium is not to impress any one including myself. Purpose is simply to prise open the door just a bit for a dialogue to start and then let the dialogue olay out its own dynamic and develop a shared understanding and meaning. So I will feel more fulfilled if I can just push in any direction whenever it is getting stalled.
I am talking about MBA programme at BITS in another blog as some students have taken the initiative to set the ball rolling. So here I will start with BITSAA. BITS is nearly 70 years old if we include Birla Engg. College, Science and Art colleges which were amalgamated to create BITS with first intake in July 65. So today the alumni strength is quite substantial but only a fraction of them are registered with BITSAA. May be that situation needs rectification. First a drive to locate all unregisterd alumni and secondly may be institute a mechanism by which every passing
out BITSIAN of all campuses are automatically registered with BITSAA. I would include in this Distance Learning Programme. All ex faculty also automatically gets the membership.
We need to substantially upgrade BITSAA central office substantially to play more active role and for that structure and funding model has to be thought of. BITSAA Pilani should be able to play an active role in connecting BITSAA chapters spread all over the world with each other.
World's major and leading universities have substantiall benifited from material and intellectual munificense of alumni. Today BITS alumni have the numbers and also by and large so placed in life to be able to fulfill such a role. Yes BITS must also take a more proactive approach to tap the resource of BITSAA. For alumni it is a fulfilling opportunity to give back meaningfully. We can give back in ways that suit us most as everyones circumstances will be different but no matter what is my circumstance there is a way for me to participate. I do have some ideas on the subject and I will reserve those for the moment and will share as we talk. I hope we have an active dialogue.
Shorty