Dear Friends, Fellow ITians and Samganaka Abhiyantriks,

It is with happy thoughts and fond memories that I write this letter to all of us.

We are one of a kind. We all share a very unique common heritage: of living together through sine dies and end-sems, night-outs and Lankatings, Morvi, Viveka and Vish.., midnight strolls under the leafy promenades of BHU and contemplating fundu ideas on the Ganga Ghats, and, AKT and AKA.

A mere mention of these sepia-tinted (at least for the old-timers) images brings back a flood of memories - some good, some bad but each of them indubitably unforgettable - of those four years in Benares, studying Computer Science and Engineering but living a dream, that defined and made us who we are today. And it is time to recapture and relive those days of magic where time lazed along with us.

These were some of the thoughts that prompted some of us to meet a month back. We all remembered our IT days fondly and wanted to reestablish the link to our Alma Mater (to be able to give something back) and rebuild the frayed and jaded bonds between ourselves. Appropriately, we met in the bachelor pad of Soumitra (batch of ‘98) in Silicon Valley. The eight of us who were present in this first meeting spanned the gamut of our department's existence: while Sanjay Dani (batch of ‘87) represented the first graduating class, Soumitra brought up the rear. By our second meeting, we had representatives and contacts from all of the graduating classes. It felt great. And the ideas, heretofore being merely discussed through distribution lists and personal emails, began to take concrete shape.

We all agreed that the best possible path to realize our dreams was to form an Alumni network supported by the requisite infrastructure - websites, database, programs, core teams, members and volunteers and liaisons with our department. Fortunately, Professor K. K. Shukla, present Head of the Department is an active promoter of our endeavors and is very interested in establishing such a network. He understands that such a forum is essential for a healthy development of the institute (It might not be out of context to mention the commendable work being done by other IIT Alumni organizations). And as a first step in this long march, we plan to have an IT-CSE Alumni get-together in April ‘03. Through this, we hope to bring face to face as many alumni as possible to reconnect, relive and renew their bonds.

Since 1987, approximately 450 of us have graduated in 15 years. Of these, nearly 15-20% call Silicon Valley their home. If most of these 60-90 alumni respond to our call, as hoped, and make our first alumni convention a success, we would have established one of the first nodes of our alumni network - a Silicon Valley Chapter. We hope that this will provide the necessary impetus to create such chapters across United States, India and the rest of the world - we definitely go places. The collection of these will form the CSE Alumni group, which will eventually become an integral part of the larger IT Alumni family.

And, I am happy to mention that some of the support infrastructures are already taking shape as I write. Sanjay, who has taken the initiative to establish ITBHU.org, the umbrella organization for ITBHU alumni, helped us establish the CSE homepage at http://www.itbhu.org/chapters/dept/cse/ being maintained mainly by some of the present final year CSE students. Please visit this site and give your valuable suggestions to improve the site and also time and expertise to build it. We hope that this will become not just a repository of all alumni information but also a "Limbdi Corner".

But, we still need to do a lot. We have to define our mission, vision and goals. Establish contacts will every alumnus. Plan, organize and channelize our programs. Respond creatively, financially and technically to the needs and requirements of our department and future members of the alumni family. The list is long and will keep expanding. We need you and your active collaboration to be able to do this.

A formal e-invite with details is being sent to all of our interested alumni and their family (either in Bay Area or further away) for the April 26th Convention. Please mark your calendars. It is being held in Santa Clara City. Please accept our gracious invitation and make this event a grand success.

I have rambled for long; but I can't help it. I am excited. And I hope you are excited too. So, please spread the word (along with this letter and the invite) around. It is time for the Samganaka Abhiyantriks to come together. It is time for Kashi Yatra again.

Yours Sincerely,
Ganesh Sharma Tyagali.
Convenor.

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This is the message sent by the present Head of the Computer Science and Engineering Department, Dr. K.K. Shukla to the First CSE Alumni Get-Together in USA.

Dear friends,

Congratulations on re-vitalizing the spirit of CSE IT-BHU.

In these times of immense competition the only way ahead is networking of all kinds of resources- people, ideas, knowledge and expertise.

As HoD for the next 21/2 years, I wish to take this opprtuinity to assure you that I will try my best to maximize student participation in all decision making within the department and will keep the administration transparent.

The core of the department is formed around the students and faculty. Together, we can steer the dpartment along a path of evolution. In fact, we have no choice - either we evolve or face extinction.

Alumni can contribute in a number of ways - fund raising is actually last on my list- since, it is more important to evolve democratic processes, have motivated faculty and assure the students some minimum guarantee about the quality of education and accuracy of evaluation.

You can motivate the existing students to DEMAND quality in classrooms and transparency in evaluation.

Help us in modernizing of curriculum (both theory and practicals)

Help us with memberships of digital libraries.

Provide CBTs, video lectures, lecture notes (on CDs or paper) etc.

Promote mentoring

Provide career counselling and placement guidance.

Suggest latest literature for self study by the students.

Suggest topics for BTech Projects and seminars.

Provide targeted funding of well defined development activities.

In the end I would like to quote our Vice Chancellor's slogan:

THINK OR SINK !

Best wishes for an enjoyable and fruitful meet, and wishing you a bright future,

This is your friend and facilitator,

KKS

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The first Get-together of the department alumni has been planned in Silicon Valley. This is a result of wishes and efforts of many of us who wanted to recreate the memories and reestablish the bonds. The meet promises to be a combination of fun and some serious networking. Please take time to meet your seniors and juniors and relive (the horrors and joys) your student days.
The invitation for this meet follows. Please spread the word around and forward this invite to any and all of IT-CSE Alumni that you know of (especially, your batchmates).
For more information, you can contact Ganesh @ Gansharma@fastmail.fm.

Dear Friends and Co-Alumni,

I hereby extend a hearty welcome to you and your family for the First IT-CSE Alumni Get-Together on behalf of the organizing committee.

Date: 04/26/2003

Time: 2 pm

Venue: Arbor Center,
Santa Clara City Central Park,
969, Kiely Blvd, Santa Clara
CA 95051.

The agenda for this informal gathering is:
1) Registration
2) Welcome and Introductions
3) Some formal announcements and presentations regarding the raison-de-e'tre of the meeting and the need for a CSE-specific Alumni organization.
3) Followed by an open forum for all the participants to share their views and opinions.
And yes, there will be snacks.

A small monetary contribution of $5 for individuals and $10 for family towards the expenses is requested at the time of registration.

Please RSVP your acceptance and the number of guests accompanying you as soon as possible.

I sincerely hope that you can make time to be part of this event and make it a success.

Thanks,
Ganesh S Tyagali,
(Batch of '94)
Convenor.

Hi all,
you can see the photos taken during the visit of Praveen Bhaniramka ('98 batch) here.

Cheers
Animesh Pathak CSE 03

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Prof. K.K.Shukla, HoD, CSE-ITBHU writes:
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This is to convey the department's gratitude to the '97 batch CSE alumni for donating the LCD projector.
Mudit Seth has delivered the projector on 3 Feb '04.

Current students--- please use the projector for seminars etc., and maintain a log-book.
The donors would like to know how it is being utilized for your benefit.

Special Thanks to:

(all of 97 batch CSE):
Vikram Kapoor
Shishir Gupta
Sameer Patil
Tushar Harduley
Anupam Upadhyay
Amit Kumar Aggarwal
Parag Tandon
Rupesh Kumar
Dilip Kumar
Hitesh Kapoor
Ram Dular Singh


Total cost of the projector is USD $1020.00

Sincerely,

K K Shukla

HoD

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Here is the specification of the Projector:

General

Aspect Ratio: 4:3 standard; 16:9 wide
Brightness: 1100 max ANSI lumens
Contrast Ratio: 2000:1 full on/full off
Data Compatibility: SVGA, VGA, XGA, Macintosh®
Display: DLP(tm) by Texas Instruments: 0.55" SVGA DDR DMD
Image Size (diagonal): 2.7' to greater than 21.6' (0.8m to greater than
6.5m)
Light Source: 150W SHP/ 4000 hours
Native Resolution: SVGA (800 x 600)
Projection Lens: Zoom lens with manual focus and manual zoom adjust
Projection Methods: Front, rear, ceiling
Video Compatibility: NTSC, PAL, SECAM, EDTV, HDTV (1080i and 720p RBGHV)
Maximum Projection Distance : 32.3'/ 9.8m
Minimum Projection Distance: 5'/ 1.5m
Zoom Ratio: 1.2:1

Size

Dimensions: 9.8" (W) x 12.5" (L) x 4.2" (H)/24.9cm x 31.8cm x 10.6cm
Weight: 6.8 lbs/ 3.1kg

Input

Input Sources: Computer (VGA 15-pin HDDSUB female); video (S-Video 6-pin
mini DIN, component RCA through S-Video adapter, and composite video RCA);
audio (3.5mm mini-jack)

Output

Audio: 2.5-Watt mono speaker
Brightness: 1100 max ANSI lumens
Number of Colors: 16.7 million
Projection Distances/Image Sizes: X1 Distance Chart

Other

H-Sync Range: 31.5 - 80 kHz
Lamp Warranty: 90 days or 500 hours, whichever comes first
Operating Temperature: 5° to 40° C at sea level (0 to 10,000'); 41° - 104°
F
Power Consumption: 200-Watt (typical); 250-Watt (maximum)
Power Supply: 100V-240V at 50-60Hz
Ships Standard with: Soft carry case, Lens cap, Wireless Navigator Remote
Control (including batteries), color-coded cable straps, standard VESA
15-pin analog computer cable, 3.5mm computer audio cable, power cord
(national and regional variants), SCART adapter (EMEA Only), S-video cable
(4 meter), Projector System CD includes: multi-language projector User
Guide, projector Quick Start Card, URL/service information/accessories after
market, user manual (printed version, Quick Start Card (printed version)
V-Sync Range: 50 - 85 Hz (85Hz at XGA only)
Warranty: Two-year standard warranty on parts and labor
Ships Standard With: Soft carry case, Lens cap, Wireless Navigator Remote
Control (including batteries), color-coded cable straps, standard VESA
15-pin analog computer cable, 3.5mm computer audio cable, power cord
(national and regional variants), SCART adapter (EMEA Only), S-video cable
(4 meter), Projector System CD includes: multi-language projector User
Guide, projector Quick Start Card, URL/service information/accessories after
market, user manual (printed version, Quick Start Card (printed version)

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During Confluence 2K3, the cse alumni decided to upgrade the computing lab at the department of Computer Science and Engineering. The Batch of 2002 came up with the funds for the project.
The funds were utilized for purchasing 4 PCs with the following specifications

Processor	Intel Pentium IV 3.0 MHz. enabled with Hyper Threading
Motherboard	Intel 865 GVHZ Desktop Board with support for Hyper Threading Technology
RAM	512 MB DDR SDRAM
Floppy Drive	1.44 MB Floppy Drive from Samsung Electronics
CDROM Drive	52X CDROM Drive from LG Electronics
Monitor	SyncMaster 695S (15" Colour Monitor from Samsung Electronics)
Mouse	Optical Scroll Mouse from Samsung Electronics
Keyboard	non-multimedia intex keyboard
UPS	500 VA UPS from Activa
Ethernet Card	10/100 Mbps Ethernet Card from Intex
Additional	One 10/100 Mbps Ethernet Card from Intex

The following alumni of the 2002 Batch donated funds towards the upgradation

Roll Number	Name	Donation
980001	Jayesh Pandey	USD 150
980002	Anoop Gupta	INR 5000
980003	Siddharth Singh	INR 5000
980004	Rohit Mittal	USD 150
980005	Zameer Alam	INR 5000
980006	Vibhore Kumar	USD 150
980007	Gaurav Shankar	USD 150
980010	Abhishek Gupta	INR 5000
980014	Anup Mayank	USD 150
980015	Ashutosh Khare	INR 5000
980017	Saurav Garg	INR 5000
980019	Ankur Srivastava	INR 5000
980020	Ajit Gupta	INR 5000
980022	Harsh Mittal	INR 5000
980023	Honomount Rawat	USD 150
980030	Ankur Jain	USD 150
980031	Rahul Gawali	INR 5000
980036	Vino Varkey	USD 150
980038	Ankur Dhawan	INR 5000
980040	Ankit Goel	INR 5000
980043	Ashish Srivastava	INR 5000

The following students of the CSE06 and CSE05 B.Tech did all the ground work for the project

Roll No.	Name
20010018	Pankaj Yadav
20010027	Ravi Bhushan
20020002	Rahul Hari
20020009	Anish Jindal
20020024	Rohit Gayal

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Animesh Pathak from CSE 03 visited the Institute for 4 days (Dec 28 - 31, 2004) . He delivered the so called "Animesh Pathak ke funde" to the students of both CSE and other Departments. On the evening of December 31, he also organised a short Q & A session for the GRE aspirants.

He had a meeting with the students of CSE to ascertain the proper use of alumni gifts by the students and the Department. He also gave an idea for a movie show to be organised every saturday using the projector donated by the CSE 97 batch. Monalisa Gupta from 3rd CSE and Basu from 2nd CSE have been designated as coordinators for the show. He also had a meeting with Prof. K.K.Shukla (Head, Department of CSE) regarding the various problems faced by the faculty. In the meeting it was also decided to help the web commitee for the institute's official website by providing two student representatives from each branch.

There was a series of meetings organised to foster spirit of enthusiasm among the present students towards volunteering for the alumni projects. The students were made aware about the various alumni activities going on in the institute like the Wi-Fi project, the Library Automation Project, the reunion commitee, and the web commitee. He also delivered a demo about the management of this site (www.itbhu.org) to the students at a cyber cafe.

Rahul Hari,
CSE06

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