Maharashtra: Suryakant President, Sourav Gen Sec and Reethika Treasurer

Dear IIMCians,

IIMC Alumni Association Maharashtra Chapter's inception meeting was held at the famous El Café, near Dadar station in central Mumbai on October 27. The meeting was attended by 10 IIMCians, which decided on the inception and development of the Alumni Association in this Western State of India.

We discovered the affinity for the institution, passion for our professions and dreams in our eyes. After a two-hour meeting inside this quaint café, which is a popular joint for many politicians, journalists and corporates, we decided on the first formal team for the chapter.


Following are the office bearers

Suryakant Mishra, President, 1993/94 English Journalism, IIMC Dhenkanal
Sourav Mishra, General Secretary, 2002/03 English Journalism, IIMC Dhenkanal
Reethika Nair, Treasurer, 2005/06, ADPR, IIMC NewDelhi

Vice Presidents
Abhishek Shanker, 2002/03, English Journalism, IIMC Dhenkanal
Prithviraj Choudhury, 2005/06, RTV,  IIMC NewDelhi

Secretaries
Vipashana, 2005/06, English Journalism, IIMC NewDelhi
Amit Karn, 2007/08, Hindi Journalism, IIMC New Delhi
Bikash Mohapatra, 2005/06, English Journalism, IIMC New Delhi

Head of Membership Drive
Krishna Pophale, 2010/11, English Journalism, IIMC NewDelhi

Executive Committee Members
Abhineet Kumar, 2002/03, English Journalism, IIMC Dhenkanal
Piyush Pandey, 2002/03, English Journalism, IIMC Dhenkanal
Mithun Roy, 2002/03, English Journalism, IIMC Dhenkanal
Malvika Joshi, 2010/11, English Journalism, IIMC Dhenkanal
Tanya Dutta, 2009/10, English Journalism, IIMC Dhenkanal
Simple Mishra, 2009/11, RTV, IIMC NewDelhi
Sarmishtha Neogy, 2008/09, English Journalism, IIMC Dhenkanal
Shilpy Sinha, 2008/09, English Journalism, IIMC Dhenkanal
Anirban Chowdhury, 2005/06, English Journalism, IIMC Dhenkanal
Debjani Ray, 2002/03, English Journalism, IIMC Dhenkanal

Discussion and future plans
1) Membership drive: The members discussed on getting connected with more members in Mumbai and Mahrashtra. Sourav Mishra and Krishna Pophale will actively seek to work on this and connect with more IIMC alumni residing in the state.
2) IIMC Amravati: Members decided that they will try to visit the new IIMC at Amravati and will help in exposing the new batch about the professional environment and career opportunities.
3) Annual Seminar: Members decided that they will try to hold an annual seminar in Amravati or Mumbai to start with where alumni from different professional background will share ideas
4) Jamming sessions: Frequently the alumni association would like hold idea jamming sessions and explore the developments in different segments in media.
5) Video Module: One proposal is to create video speech modules of experienced professionals and share it IIMC blog.

Sourav Mishra

General Secretary

IIMCAA, Maharashtra Chapter