Even after walking miles today's if we really see we haven't even achieved an iota but all we can cheer for is the journey we have undertaken till date. For you to just have a glimpse of the path walked right from where it started with few of the mails exchanged just to help you gauge the amount of effort and energy put into the initiate by us
It all began with this Letter
Hi guys,
Hope you all in best of health and spirits. Also, I hope that you are making great progress on personal and professionals fronts.
Let me begin this email with couple of questions.
1) Do you still miss those four fantastic and blissful years in which we use to share our joy and sorrows with our friends?
2) With how many friends we are still in touch with?
3) Have we lost all the sweet memories of GIT?
4) In which year did we finish our graduation in GIT?
5) Are we so much occupied with the responsibility of earning our basic bread and butter that we can't spare couple of hours each year to think for GIT which taught us how to stabilize ourselves and face the challenges of outer world?
If these questions frequently pops up in your mind, then proceed forward to second part of this email otherwise it is strictly not meant for you.
Again, if these questions came to your mind then what was your contribution to fill up the vacuum created by the absence of GIT? Have you got any idea to recollect those days?
These questions may sound foolish to some people and suddenly they will think "What happened to Abhinav? Why he is asking these questions after two years?" Well, all my batch mates tried their level best to reunite the people of GIT but I am sorry it all went in vein. I am again trying to follow their steps to begin the process.
Let me share one experience with you people. I went to GIT this year in early January like I use to do in each visit of India. I was thrilled to meet the old staff and went to each and every corner of GIT to refresh the fading memories. Although, my favorite area was "GIT CANTEEN" and I was there for almost one hour. In the process of all this, I came across in contact with couple of juniors along with newly hired faculty members. They came up with an idea that "WHY DON'T WE FORM GIT ALUMNI?" My first reaction was Ahh...forget it....this time around also there will be some crap and shit by the committee members of GIT and they won't support this concept. While I was discouraging my enthusiastic juniors, an old faculty member came to me and said "BATCH OF 2006 WAS THE BEST BATCH OF GIT. EACH GUY OF THAT BATCH WAS FORCE WITHIN HIMSELF." Those words kept on playing on my mind for several days. I gave them couple of ideas but later on came to know that just because there was some educational team visiting GIT that's why they created this GIT alumni which is good for nothing. My heart broke and suddenly, I thought an opportunity is lost to do something for GIT.
But again couple of days later I did talk to couple of my GIT mates based in US, UK, Australia and India. I touched the base with them by discussing my idea of recollecting all the GITIANS and helping each other to fight for existence in this competitive world. I want the world to feel our presence. I know that I am dreaming something very big but at the same time, I firmly believe if you guys are with me then we can certainly fight against all odds.
I guess all of you remember that the "2006 Batch" was the crown of GIT or rather I should say that it still is the crown of GIT. Each and every student was having leadership quality within himself with a stable head on his shoulders. Just recall those days when we were planning to organize our first function in GIT....yeah you guys are right...."TEACHER'S DAY CELEBRATION". The management said NO for the function but still we managed by collecting some funds. I guess this is the time to show them that we can go and form Alumni without the support of management.
Contributions and suggestions which can be helpful in achieving above goal:
1) Collect the email ids and contact numbers of all the passed out GITIANS starting from 2006-2008 batches. This should be done in following manner. 2006 batch members would contact 2007 batch mates and 2007 Gitians should be given a responsibility of collecting 2008 batch. In same way the cycle will continue in the successive years. Suddenly after couple of months we will realize that we made a force of Gitains.
2) Try to form closely knit network and help each other in best possible way.
3) In each country, zonal heads can be made which should report to central in charge. Again, to avoid any conflicts we will share the responsibility and all the post would be changed in every 6 months.
4) Website should be maintained with a team of people who can make sure that the contacts of all the Gitains are stored with their updated addresses.
5) There will an annual get together event in which all the GITians are invited unlike our present alumni of GIT. Arrangements and expenses would be beared collectively like we use to do in our college days.
Any other suggestions are most welcomed. Remember, we are not doing it for us....we are doing it for GIT. Come'on guys Hit the central stage.....its time to rock the Gitian management and let them dance on our tune. Show them that 2006 batch is living upto the expectations.
Both Git and ourselves started the journey from same point and hence, its our moral responsibilty to carry GIT with our personal progress.
Please, all those who see this as an opportunity, reply in this thread and come up with an idea of how to do it. Also, I don't have the email ids of all my batch-mates so keep on forwarding this email.
Cheers!
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Abhinav
Umass Dartmouth, USA.
(+1)646-593-0065
Prateek,
Thanks mate for giving us start. The spark which has been provided by you would definitely act as a guiding light towards this noble cause.
There are certain points which I want to point out before we jump on to some conclusions. I am planning that all of us should collect some materiel, modify it and then make a presentation on it. The presentation should contain some voice (in the background) which should make the presentation self explanatory.
If all of you agree with me, then I need couple of names who think that their voice is suited for this kind of job. We will pass the presentation to that along with the matter for background.
Waiting in anticipation to get your reviews on this.
Thanks,
Abhinav.
CP0201.