Uttarakhand Chapter Elects Bhupesh Pant, President; Mudita Agnihotri, General Secretary; Manita Harit, Treasurer

Dear IIMCians,

IIMC Alumni Association's Uttarakhand Chapter was formed at a meeting in Dehradun on 21st August, 2022 on the sidelines of the Annual Alumni Meet- Koo Connections 2022.

Uttarakhand Chapter Committee 

President- Bhupesh Pant

General Secretary- Mudita Agnihotri

Treasurer- Manita Harit

Organisation Secretary- Pallavi Singh

Executive Member- Prince Maheshwari

Executive Member- Sharmishtha Singh

Executive Member- Shivangi Singh

Executive Member- Amita Ghosh

Executive Member- Sandeep Kumar 

Executive Member- Kamla Kuniyal

Executive Member- Vasundhara Rajput

Thanks & Regards,

Pallavi Singh 

Organisation Secretary

Notice - IIMCAA Annual General Meeting on 25 September, 2022 at IIMC HQ, New Delhi at 4 PM

Dear IIMCians,

IIMC Alumni Association will host its Annual General Meeting on 25th September, 2022 (Sunday) at IIMC HQ, New Delhi at 4 PM. 

Agenda:-

1. Renaming National Council to Governing Council 

2. Inserting rule for central committee elections that a panel must have representation of at least 3 campuses and 3 courses

3. Authorising the governing council to resolve disputes between the central committee and chapters/ sub chapters if such a situation arises

4. Anything raised by members present at the AGM

Thanks & Regards,

Sadhna Arya

General Secretary

Central Committee Meeting on 12 June, Sunday at IIMC HQ, New Delhi

Dear IIMCians,

The Central Committee will meet on 12 June, Sunday at IIMC HQ at 5 PM. 

Agenda:- 

1. Review of Connections & IIMCAA Awards 2022 

2. Anything raised by members present in the meeting. 

Join Please. 

Thanks & Regards, 

Sadhna Arya 

General Secretary

IIMCAA Scholarships 2022: List of Awardee Students for 28 Scholarships of 25000 INR Each

Dear IIMCians, 

The IIMCAA Scholarship Committee met on 20th April, 2022 virtually to select the awardees for 28 IIMCAA Scholarships 2022. The committee unanimously decided to award the following scholarships to the following students of 2021-22 Batch.

	IIMCAA Scholarships 2022: List of Awardees- 25000 INR Each
	Name of Scholarship	Name, Department and Campus of Student	Supported By
1	Kunwar Abhishek Bhagat Memorial IIMCAA Scholarship	Neeraj C V, Malayalam Journalism, Kottayam	IIMC Alumni Association
2	Kunwar Abhishek Bhagat Memorial IIMCAA Scholarship	Adarsh Saket, Radio & Television Journalism, Delhi	IIMC Alumni Association
3	Vinay Nahata Memorial IIMCAA Scholarship	Rupali Ranjan, Advertising & Public Relations, Delhi	Mr. Amit Jain (ADPR, Delhi, 2005-06 Batch)
4	Vinay Nahata Memorial IIMCAA Scholarship	Niraj Kumar, English Journalism, Delhi	Mr. Amit Jain (ADPR, Delhi, 2005-06 Batch)
5	Gahareshwar Bajpai Memorial IIMCAA Scholarship	Tamanna Khatoon, Urdu Journalism, Delhi	Mr. Neeraj Bajpai (HJ, Delhi, 1998-99 Batch)
6	Surendra Prasad Sinha Memorial IIMCAA Scholarship	Srishti Mittal, Advertising & Public Relations, Delhi	Mr. Shishir Sinha, Senior Journalist
7	Dalchand Vashishth Memorial IIMCAA Scholarship	Rakhi Yadav, Radio & Television Journalism, Delhi	Mr. Suresh Kumar Vashishth, (EJ, Delhi, 1994-95 Batch)
8	Sehdev & Sushila Chibber Memorial IIMCAA Scholarship	Sadashiba Chand, Odia Journalism, Dhenkanal	Ms. Nanditta Chibber (EJ, Delhi, 2003-04 Batch)
9	Brig J.S. Bawa Memorial IIMCAA Scholarship	Sharmila Bhadoria, English Journalism, Dhenkanal	Ms. Simrat Gulati (ADPR, Delhi, 1984-85 batch)
10	KS Jolly Memorial IIMCAA Scholarship	Nandan Kumar, English Journalism, Delhi	Mr. Deepak Jolly, Consocia Advisory
11	KS Jolly Memorial IIMCAA Scholarship	Rajnish Kumar, Hindi Journalism, Delhi	Mr. Deepak Jolly, Sashakt Development & Empowerment Foundation
12	Banarasi Singh Memorial IIMCAA Scholarship	Rishabh Raj, Hindi Journalism, Delhi	Mr. Harsh Wardhan, Founder- Fortuna PR
13	Banarasi Singh Memorial IIMCAA Scholarship	Anshu, Hindi Journalism, Delhi	Mr. Harsh Wardhan, Founder- Fortuna PR
14	Brijendra Narayan Agnihotri Memorial IIMCAA Scholarship	Shanti Lakra, Hindi Journalism, Delhi	Ms. Mudita Agnihotri ( HJ, Delhi, 1998-99 Batch)
15	M.N. Roy Memorial IIMCAA Scholarship	Suman Rana, Odia Journalism, Dhenkanal	Mr. Kalyan Ranjan (HJ, Delhi, 1990-91 Batch)
16	STS Thirumalainathan - Ponnammal Memorial IIMCAA Scholarship	Lachi Gola, English Journalism, Dhenkanal	Mr. N Sundaresha Subramanian (EJ, Dhenkanal, 2004-05 Batch)
17	Panchanan - Chhabi Bhaduri Memorial IIMCAA Scholarship	Shafquat Jabi, Urdu Journalism, Delhi	Ms. Anisha Bhaduri (EJ, Dhenkanal, 2000-01 Batch)
18	Freedom Fighter Janak Dev Chaturvedi Memorial IIMCAA Scholarship	Akhil S, Malayalam Journalism, Kottayam	Mr. Saurabh Chaturvedi (EJ, Delhi, 2006-07 Batch)
19	Rai Anand Ray Memorial IIMCAA Scholarship	Vimal Harsh, English Journalism, Delhi	Mrs. Priyanka Saxena Ray & Mr. Rai Umraopati Ray (EJ, Dhenkanal, 2004-05 Batch)
20	Maha Periyava Swami Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Memorial IIMCAA Scholarship	Chandrakant Shashikant Dusane, Marathi Journalism, Amravati	Prof. Sudhaker Rao Foundation
21	Freedom Fighter Sudhir Kumar Banerjee Memorial IIMCAA Scholarship	Arun Singh, Advertising & Public Relations, Delhi	Mr. Ashish Chakravarty (ADPR, Delhi, 1992-93 Batch)
22	Chaudhary Khusi Ram Memorial IIMCAA Scholarship	Aniket Kumar Sah, Radio & Television Journalism, Delhi	Ms. Sadhna Arya (EJ, Delhi, 2011-12 Batch)
23	IIMCAA Scholarship	Urvashi, Advertising & Public Relations, Delhi	An Alumni Who Wishes To Remain Unnamed
24	Dillip Satapathy Memorial IIMCAA Scholarship	Alekh Swain, English Journalism, Amravati	Dillip Satapathy Memorial Trust
25	Kusum & SD Gupta Memorial IIMCAA Scholarship	Surabhy Suresh, Malayalam Journalism, Kottayam	Mr. Anshu Gupta ( HJ/ ADPR Delh,1990-91/ 1991-92 Batch)
26	Mahesh Chander Kalra Memorial IIMCAA Scholarship	Pragati Rajendra Bahurupi, Marathi Journalism, Amravati	Mr. Madhur Kalra (EJ, Delhi, 2003-04 Batch)
27	Baldev Raj Sawhney Memorial IIMCAA Scholarship	Shweta Shukla, English Journalism, Delhi	Mrs. Alice Guram (EJ, Delhi, 1991-92 Batch)
28	Gopal Dass Verdhan Memorial IIMCAA Scholarship	Sunny Kumar Paswan, Radio & Television Journalism, Delhi	Mr. Harshendra Singh Verdhan (ADPR, Delhi, 2004-05 Batch)

Thanks & Regards,

Sadhna Arya

General Secretary

Baldev Raj Sawhney Memorial IIMCAA Scholarship by Alice Guram

Dear IIMCians,

IIMC Alumni Association is adding one more IIMCAA Scholarship from the academic session 2021-22 in the memory of the late Baldev Raj Sawhney.

Ms. Alice Guram (EJ, 1991-92 Batch) has instituted Baldev Raj Sawhney Memorial IIMCAA Scholarship in the name of her father, which will be awarded to a needy girl student, pursuing english journalism at Delhi campus.

IIMCAA Scholarship is an initiative started with the support of alumni and well-wishers of IIMCAA in the academic year 2018-19. 11 IIMCAA Scholarships were awarded to the students of different departments and campuses in 2019. 

The addition of one new scholarship will make a total 27 IIMCAA Scholarships of 25000 INR each available for students in 2022.

Thanks & Regards,

Sadhna Arya

General Secretary 

Read More: Full List, Rules, Criteria and Process to Start & Adopt IIMCAA Scholarships

Mahesh Chander Kalra Memorial IIMCAA Scholarship by Madhur Kalra

Dear IIMCians,

IIMC Alumni Association is adding one more IIMCAA Scholarship from the academic session 2021-22 in the memory of the late Mahesh Chander Kalra.

Mr. Madhur Kalra (EJ, 2003-04 Batch) has instituted  Mahesh Chander Kalra Memorial IIMCAA Scholarship in the name of his father, which will be awarded to a needy girl student, pursuing journalism in regional language courses (Urdu, Odia, Malayalam, Marathi).

IIMCAA Scholarship is an initiative started with the support of alumni and well-wishers of IIMCAA in the academic year 2018-19. 11 IIMCAA Scholarships were awarded to the students of different departments and campuses in 2019. 

The addition of one new scholarship will make a total 26 IIMCAA Scholarships of 25000 INR each available for students in 2022.

Thanks & Regards,

Sadhna Arya

General Secretary 

Read More: Full List, Rules, Criteria and Process to Start & Adopt IIMCAA Scholarships

INVITE : IIMC Alumni Associations' 10th Annual Meet KOO Connections and 6th IFFCO IIMCAA Awards on 27 February, 2022 at 4.30 PM

Dear IIMCian,

IIMC Alumni Association cordially invites you to the 10th Annual Alumni Meet,  KOO Connections and 6th IFFCO IIMCAA Awards on Sunday, February 27th, 2022 at IIMC HQ, New Delhi at 4.30 PM. It will be followed by dinner. Kindly confirm your participation, it will help us in putting better arrangements.

Hope to see you at the annual alumni get together once in a year opportunity to meet friends of your department, batch, campus and those who passed before or after you.

Regards,
Team IIMCAA

Kusum & SD Gupta Memorial IIMCAA Scholarship by Anshu Gupta

Dear IIMCians,

IIMC Alumni Association is adding one more IIMCAA Scholarship from the academic session 2021-22 in memory of late Kusum Gupta and SD Gupta.

Mr. Anshu Gupta (HJ, 1990-91 & AD-PR, 1991-92 Batch) has instituted Kusum & SD Gupta Memorial IIMCAA Scholarship in the name of his parents, which will be awarded to a qualifying girl student, from rural India, at IIMC.

IIMCAA Scholarship is an initiative started with the support of alumni and well-wishers of IIMCAA in the academic year 2018-19. 11 IIMCAA Scholarships were awarded to the students of different departments and campuses in 2019. 

The addition of one new scholarship will make a total 29 IIMCAA Scholarships of 25000 INR each available for students in 2022.

Thanks & Regards,

Sadhna Arya

General Secretary 

Read More: Full List, Rules, Criteria and Process to Start & Adopt IIMCAA Scholarships

IIMCAA Awards 2022 Entries: 91 Accepted, 10 Rejected in Scrutiny

Dear IIMCians,

IIMCAA Awards 2022 committee met on 23rd January for audit of entries and scrutiny. A total of 91 entries have been accepted for jury evaluation while 10 entries have been rejected for non-compliance with award rules.

Number of Accepted Entries- 91

Agriculture Reporting- 11 

Journalist of the Year [Publishing]- 28

Journalist of the Year [Broadcast]- 15

Indian Language Reporter of the Year [Publishing]- 04

Indian Language Reporter of the Year [Broadcast]- 04

Producer of the Year [Broadcast]- 07

PR Person of the Year- 07

AD Person of the Year- 15

Number of Rejected Entries- 10

Journalist of the Year [Publishing]- 06

Indian Language Reporter of the Year [Publishing]- 02

PR Person of the Year- 01

AD Person of the Year- 01

Regards,

Simrat Gulati, Coordinator

IIMCAA Awards 2022

Sneha Bhattacharjee | Joint Coordinator- IIMCAA Awards 2022

Dear IIMCians,

Ms. Sneha Bhattacharjee, 2009-10 Batch Alumni (EJ, Dhenkanal) will be Joint Coordinator for IIMCAA Awards 2022. 

Thanks & Regards, 

Sadhna Arya

General Secretary

Earlier Announcements:-

Neelesh Misra | Editor- Souvenir, Connections 2022

Supriya Prasad | Chairman- IIMCAA Scholarships Committee 2022

Zafar Anjum | Convenor- International Meets, Connections 2022

Samudra Gupta Kashyap | Convenor- State Meets, Connections 2022

Nitin Mantri | Auditor- IIMCAA Awards 2022

Puja Mishra | Creative Head- IIMCAA

Sadhna Arya | Joint Coordinator- Jubilee Celebrations, Connections 2022 | 1971-72 & 1996-97 Batch

Kitty Mukherjee | Coordinator- Jubilee Celebrations, Connections 2022 | 1971-72 & 1996-97 Batch

Madhur Kalra | Co Coordinator- IIMCAA Awards 2022

Simrat Gulati | Coordinator- IIMCAA Awards 2022

Sambit Mohanty | Convenor- IIMCAA Awards 2022

Brajesh Kumar Singh | Convenor- National Meet, Connections 2022

Mr. Rajender Kataria | Principal Organiser- Connections 2022

Connections 2022 Begins on 27 February, IIMCAA Awards Returns to Jury

Jharkhand Chapter Committee: Sanjiv Kumar Besra President, Manisha Singh General Secretary

Dear IIMCians,

A general meeting of alumni in Jharkhand was held in Ranchi on 23rd January, 2022. This meeting unanimously elected a committee to run the chapter led by Mr. Sanjiv Kumar Besra, IAS.

The meeting organised at Ranchi Press Club was attended physically by Mr. Arvind Das, Prof. Dev Vrat Singh, Mr. Kumar Rajesh, Mr. Amit Gupta,  Mr. Onkar Pandey, Mr. Santosh Oraon, Mrs. Manisha Singh, Mr. Abhishek Kumar, Mr. Anand Dutta, Mr. Shambhu Nath, Mr. Neeraj Kumar, Mr. Prashant Mahton and Mr. Suraj Thakur. Mr. Sanjiv Kumar Besra, Mr. Vivekanand Singh, Mr. Kishore Kumar, Mr. Nityanand and Mr. Devendra attended the meeting virtually.

The meeting discussed ways to restore the chapter committee and unanimously elected following alumni.

Patron- Mr. Arvind Das, Mr. Manoj Kumar, Prof. Dev Vrat Singh, Mr. Alok Gupta 

President- Mr. Sanjiv Kumar Besra, IAS

Vice President- Mr. Abhishek Kumar 

General Secretary- Mrs. Manisha Singh

Organisation Secretary- Mr. Shambhu Nath

Treasurer- Mr. Santosh Oraon

Executive Member- Mr. Mukesh Kumar 

Executive Member- Mr. Ranjeet Kumar 

Executive Member- Ms. Anjani Kumari

Executive Member- Mr. Ramesh Bhagat

Executive Member- Mr. Prashant Mahoton

Committee above elected by a formal meeting of alumni in Ranchi is declared Chapter Committee of Jharkhand. 

Thanks & Regards,

Neeraj Jha

Organisation Secretary

IIMCAA Group Medical Insurance Cover: Expression of Interest Survey

Dear IIMCians,

Let the new year be the harbinger of good news.

IIMCAA has embarked on an ambitious thought to secure the health and happiness of its members. Through IIMCAA Group Health and Personal Accident Insurance Plans, we hope to bring cheer to our members. The need for such plans have been felt as many of our members do not have any insurance at all or are under insured. 

We just need to leverage our large numbers to our advantage: to extract best terms at attractive premiums from insurance companies.

We are doing a quick survey to find out the extent of interest of such products among us. Your participation in large numbers is a prerequisite for the success of this program.

Survey Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc6qLnHxyQxhhciuXNXGF_6VH64yhjM3f7LqkElqvib6oYt8A/viewform

Please participate wholeheartedly in this survey, so that we have the backing of a large number of alumni to sit on the negotiation table with the insurance companies.

The minimalist survey solicits your interest to go for the group health and personal accident insurance products, for self and family. This should not take more than five minutes of your valuable time.

We will reach out to insurance companies with the data points generated from this survey, create suitable products, negotiate good terms and come back to you with the final subscription offer.

Looking forward to a boisterous response from you all.

With Warm Regards,
IIMCAA Insurance Committee

IIMCAA Awards 2022: Member Only Apply Rule Withdrawn, Deadline Extended to 10 January

Dear IIMCians,

The central committee has decided to keep rule no 2 of IIMCAA Awards 2022 in abeyance which had mandated that only members of IIMC Alumni Association were eligible to apply for the awards.

Rule No 2 is being changed in notification issued early to make the new rule effective allowing all alumni to apply for the awards. Any alumni of IIMC can apply for the IIMCAA Awards 2022 now.

Starting 2023, only members of the association will be eligible to apply for IIMCAA Awards. Non-member Alumni are requested to register for membership at www.iimcaa.org 

The deadline to submit entries for IIMCAA Awards 2022 is being also extended on account of rule change from 5 January to 10 January. IIMC Alumni are encouraged to apply and participate in the 6th season of IIMCAA Awards 2022. 

Updated Notification- https://iimcaa.org/news/iimcaa-awards-2022-rules-and-criteria-to-apply-last-date-10-january-2022/

Thanks & Regards,

Simrat Gulati

Coordinator, IIMCAA Awards 2022

Connections 2022: Golden Jubilee (1971-72 Batch) & Silver Jubilee (1996-97 Batch) | 27 February 2022

Dear IIMCians,

IIMC Alumni Association will be celebrating the completion of Golden Jubilee of 1971-72 Batch and Silver Jubilee of 1996-97 at Annual Alumni Meet- Connections 2022 at IIMC HQ, New Delhi on 27th February, observing COVID-19 guidelines of the day.

IIMCAA will try its best to contact alumni of golden and silver jubilee batches, with the active support of alumni who know anyone of these two batches. One single alumni of a batch may help us to locate and connect to remaining alumni of the batch.

Team IIMCAA will share a brief profile of each alumni of golden and silver jubilee batches, whom it could contact and connect with. These Know Your Alumni Profiles will be published in the annual souvenir book as well.

It is an open appeal and request to all alumni of IIMC to help us with name, email, mobile number or whatever you know about any of alumni of 1971-72 Batch or 1996-97 Batch which are Golden and Silver Jubilee batches for 2022 meets respectively. 

Email us contact details of alumni at alumni.iimc@gmail.com | contact@iimcaa.org

Thanks & Regards,
Kitty Mukherjee
Coordinator, Jubilee Celebrations, Connections 2022
Executive President, IIMC Alumni Association

Connections 2022: Golden Jubilee (1971-72 Batch) & Silver Jubilee (1996-97 Batch) | 27 February 2021

Dear IIMCians,

IIMC Alumni Association will be celebrating the completion of Golden Jubilee of 1971-72 Batch and Silver Jubilee of 1996-97 at Annual Alumni Meet- Connections 2022 at IIMC HQ, New Delhi on 27th February, observing COVID-19 guidelines of the day.

IIMCAA will try its best to contact alumni of golden and silver jubilee batches, with the active support of alumni who know anyone of these two batches. One single alumni of a batch may help us to locate and connect to remaining alumni of the batch.

Team IIMCAA will share a brief profile of each alumni of golden and silver jubilee batches, whom it could contact and connect with. These Know Your Alumni Profiles will be published in the annual souvenir book as well.

It is an open appeal and request to all alumni of IIMC to help us with name, email, mobile number or whatever you know about any of alumni of 1971-72 Batch or 1996-97 Batch which are Golden and Silver Jubilee batches for 2022 meets respectively. 

Email us contact details of alumni at alumni.iimc@gmail.com | contact@iimcaa.org

Thanks & Regards,
Kitty Mukherjee
Coordinator, Jubilee Celebrations, Connections 2022
Executive President, IIMC Alumni Association