CaraWAN 2005: Annual Alumni Meet of
Welingkar Institute of Management, Mumbai
 

Welingkar Institute of Management will be organizing its Annual Alumni Meet 'CaraWAN 2005' on 12^th November, Saturday. CaraWAN is held every year to continue our association with Welingkar's alumni and help them catch up with the new initiatives of the institute. 'WAN' in CaraWAN stands for 'Welingkar Alumni Network' that includes some of the institute's highly respected alumni and industry professionals from all over the world.

Last year, around 600 alumni attended this meet. To strengthen our bond further, Welingkar cordially invites all its alumni from all over the world to cherish old memories and to re-live those glorious years. This annual meet is a time of nostalgia for our alumni and a unique way to show that they are still a part of our institute.

As per the latest rankings by Outlook magazine, Welingkar secured the 12^th position in the country in the category of Best B-Schools in India and 6^th position all India in the category of 'Global Linkages'. Moving ahead steadily, the theme this year is 'Going Places' that also supports the various new initiatives taken by the institute including launch of new programmes like Professional Program in Family Managed Business, PGP in Retail Management jointly presented by Welingkar and Pantaloon Retail India Pvt. Ltd., M.Sc. in Bioinformatics in collaboration with Nottingham Trent University, UK and Diploma in Commodity Trading in association with MCX. Apart from that, many students completed their global internships in the USA, Japan, Germany, Romania, Kenya, Ghana, Tanzania & Dubai thus carrying forward the vision of global exposure.

Some of the alumni who graced us with their presence last year were, Shirish Joshi, (VP – Channels, India & SAARC, Cisco Systems - India), Karthik Modi, (GM – Marketing & Sales, Godrej & Boyce), Sumesh Parasrampuria, (Head - Commercial & Risk Management, Britannica Industries), Nandini Solanki, (Asst. VP - Western India,  HSBC), Jiggy George, (Director, Cartoon Network), among others.

The event is going to be held at Matunga Gymkhana, Opp. Welingkar Institute of Management, L. Napoo Road, Near Matunga Railway Station, Matunga (E), Mumbai – 400019, from 6:30 p.m. onwards.

For more information and registrations, please contact:

Welingkar Alumni Council

Namrata Kale
Mobile: 98190 78297

Aarti Contractor
Mobile: 98702 01118

Email: alumni@welingkar.org / welingkaralumni@gmail.com
 

CaraWAN 2005:
Annual Alumni Meet of Welingkar Institute of Management, Mumbai
(Post-Event report)
November 18, 2005

Welingkar Institute of Management held its Annual Alumni Meet 'CaraWAN 2005' on 12^th November, Saturday at Matunga Gymkhana, opposite Welingkar Institute. It began at 6:30 in the evening. Like every year, this year too CaraWAN gave an opportunity for our alumni to catch up with the new initiatives of the institute and to cherish old memories. The light mood of the event was supported by music, DJ's and a few surprises; however there was a sense of nostalgia in the air.

The theme was 'Going Places', taking forward the recent milestone that the institute has received of having secured 12^th position in the country in the category of Best B-Schools in India and 6^th position in the category of 'Global Linkages' as per the latest rankings by Outlook magazine. Adding to that, the institute has launched various new programmes like Professional Program in Family Managed Business, PGP in Retail Management jointly presented by Welingkar and Pantaloon Retail India Pvt. Ltd., M.Sc. in Bioinformatics in collaboration with Nottingham Trent University, UK and Diploma in Commodity Trading in association with MCX. 

The turnout for the evening was around 600 alumni from various parts of the country beginning from the 1982 batch. Some of the prominent alumni who attended the function were – Mr. Hardik Debhar – (GM - Group Treasury, Morarjee Realties),  Mr. Hiren Merchant - (Director - Sales, Whirlpool India), Mr. A. R. Vishwanathan – (Head - Operations, ABN AMRO), Mr. Jiggy George – (Director, Cartoon Network), Mr. Girish Bapat – (VP – Marketing & Sales, LG India), Mr. Ranganath Thota – (Business Head, Hindustan Times) among others.  

The highlight of the evening was 'Hall of Fame', a new initiative taken by the institute to recognize and felicitate prominent alumni who have made a distinguished mark in their respective fields. An attempt to salute and celebrate their success, this year the institute honoured 11 key alumni for par excellence.

The gathering came towards an end with a grand display of fireworks followed by dinner.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Hardik Debhar - GM - Group Treasury, Morarjee Realties, said, "It really feels like '18 till I die' when I come to CaraWAN every year"

Mr. Girish Bapat – VP – Marketing & Sales, LG India, added, "It is always exciting to come back on campus" Another alumnus, Ms. Amita Sengupta – ASK Ramond James said, "It was great studying at Welingkar and am very happy to still be a part of it".  
 

Source: E-mail November 5, 2005 & November 18, 2005

published on IndianMBA.com on November 12, 2005

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