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IIT Roorkee alumni celebrate

their global meet 2026

Er Ajay Singh is an esteemed alum- Thousands of graduates of IIT Roorkee College, Thomason College
OUR BUREAU
nus. The Chief Guest was the Direc- Roorkee are serving throughout the of Engineering, Roorkee; University
New Delhi tor, IIT Roorkee Prof K K Pant, an world including America as engi- of Roorkee and IIT Roorkee resid-
eminent academician. neers, technologists, researchers, sci- ing in Canada and United States. US
n Saturday, January 3, 2026, IIT Roorkee located in India, entists, executives, business owners East Coast Chapter of IITRAANA is
IIT Roorkee alumni cele-
Obrated their global meet at is one of the oldest (Over 178 years and leaders on various sectors. one of the largest groups in America.
old) Engineering and Technology
In the US/Canada, IIT Roorkee
They also organize their annual meet
Darbar Hall, Hotel Taj Palace, New institution of Asia and ranks among Alumni Association of North Ameri- here at East Coast every year in June
Delhi, with overwhelming alumni top10 on all measuring indexes. ca (IITRAANA) serves all alumni of time frame.
presence. It was a summit with the
main theme on “Reinventing in the
age of AI” and others. Five startups
were selected for the cash award.
In 2005, the first alumni global
meet of this level was organized by
the initiative of Sri Subodh & Sri
Kamendra, who remained the Pres-
ident, Roorkee University Students’
Association RUSA.
IIT Roorkee alumni are known
for their eternal bonding with a legacy
of 178 years. The prominent alum-
ni who attended the meet were the
Secretary Power, Secretary, NDMA,
Chairman TRAI, CMD CONCOR,
CMD IRCON, CMD Balmer Law-
rie, DG, NCCBM, IG DP, ex DG,
DRDO, and their distinguished scien-
tists, Chairman, Showa Munjal (Life
time award), oldest alumnus Er Prem
Vrat, Er Cav. Surendra, Sri JP Shukla
and many more graced the occasion.
The present President of alum-
ni association has also remained the
Chairman and the CEO of the Rail-
way board. The hon Secretary CGM,
EIL, VP Intl Er Anil Sherawat, Er
Abhay were a good team.
The platinum sponsor of the
event was Vision IAS, whose founder

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