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Dear Dharumi:
(G)Old students are like gold. They are the assets for any educational institution. In the western world one of the main sources of revenue for academic institutions is from old students. Many old students bequeath a share of their property to their Alma mater. For some in India it will be hard to believe this because it doesn't happen like that in this country. People say it is because the old students don't think of their schools and colleges the moment they leave the institution. I would say actually it is the other way about.
How often do we as an institution think of and recognize the achievements of our alumni? This morning news paper carries the news of one of our old students Mr. Senthamarai Kannan promoted as an Inspector General of Police (IGP). There should be some mechanism built in our college to keep track of such news and send official greetings and congratulations to such persons. This may not be the first of such elevation of that kind. We have already have Mr. Shyam Sundar (now in the DGP rank), Mr. Jaffar Sait and many others. We might have missed greeting them at the right time. Let us now create a cell (at least a voluntary cell to begin with) to keep track of such events and build a good relationship with our alumni. Many of our problems will disappear. "It is in gving we receive".
Cannot IPAC serve as the voluntary cell I have mentioned above? Let us invite the readers of IPAC to share such news with other through our blog to begin with. Let IPAC start working on building strong alumni to fight injustices. Present students and faculty alone will not be sufficient.
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Dear Friends:
YES!! Prof. V. Srinivasan always has good ideas for the promotion of the American College, and this one is really GREAT!
I suppose we all will recognise this as a very big job to develop, and lso recognise that it must be done with the help and agreement of the Principal of the College. It is the Officers of the College who will always be aware of the current and strateguic needs the College has, that nmight be adressed by the Old Boys.
I will make you all aware that several times the Trustees of the American College Endowment Fund have offered the College Principal to fully financially support a person (call him/her a PRO for isntance) for a number of years to so such a job. The offer has never been taken up. But I am sure that if the present Principal makes a request for such help the Trustees will be able to consider it at their next meeting in November 2010.
Something could happen soon - and I hope this is a good way to get Prof. V.S. idea actually started!
With love for the College,
Prof. R.P. Riesz (retired)
dickriesz@frontiernet.net
Dear Friends:
This is a really good idea from rof. V.S.
But the job of developing this idea is a BIG job, and requires a full-time person to work under the care of the College Principal.
I remind you all that the Trustees of the American College Trust fund have sveral times offered to support fully such a person (call him/her a PRO, for isntance) for several years, bu the offer has never been taken up. But I am SURE that if the Presnt Principal makes asuch a reuest the Trusteesd at their next meeting in November 2010 will ciobnsider it symoathetically.
Hope this helps to get Prof. V.S. idea started!
With love for the College,
Prof. R.P. Riesz (retired)
dickriesz@ frontiernet.net
Nice Initiative Professor....
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