Y-Point Winter 1999 Issue

WINTER 1999

Volume III Number 1

Editor-in-Chief
Ram Kelkar
B. Tech. (EE) 80 / H2

Contributors

D.P. Agarwal
(B. Tech. 65)

Anshuman Bapna
(4th Year B. Tech.)

Ajay Dhawale
(B. Tech. 87)

Deepak Sabnis
(B. Tech. 72)

Amit Sinha
(4th Year B. Tech.)

Suranga Date

Aruna Thosar-Dixit

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In this issue ...

Letter from IIT Bombay
A message from Prof. S.L.N. Murthy, Dean of Resource Development

Editorial
From the desk of Ram Kelkar (B. Tech. 80) ... IIT Bombay's Tryst with Excellence

Interview
Parag Saxena (B Tech ChE 77), President of INVESCO Private Capital

Class Notes
Who, what, where ... updates about the whereabouts and new achievements of your classmates.

The campus infrastructure crisis
Deepak Sabnis writes about the urgent need for funding to halt the decay in the campus infrastrcture.

Nostalgia Notes : The 60s
D.P. Agarwal writes memories from the 60s. We hope to make this a regular column, and IITians being IITians will have immediately noted the pun ...

Alumni Day 1998
A report on the 1998 Alumni Day celebrations

Glimpses of Mood Indigo '98
The InsIghT report on MI '98.

Junglee comes home to inspire
Anshuman Bapna reports on Rakesh Mathur's visit to the IIT Bombay campus.

IIT Bombay wins Inter-IIT Sports Meet
A report on the 34th Inter-IIT championship.

Newsletter from IIT Bombay
Read in the February newsletter about the Cryogenic Tunnel-on-Wheels, and in the January newsletter about Mood Indigo '98 and the School of Information Technology foundation ceremony ...

IIT Bombay in the news
Articles in the press and on the web about IIT and IITians.

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