1. ITBHU – The missing I, Thinking Global, and more Animesh Pathak CSE03

2. April 05, 2008Silicon Valley Alumni Meet The Elephant in the Room  Official GoI press release  March 28, 2008  http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=36955 http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=36955 “In addition, it is also proposed to convert the Institute of Technology of the Banaras Hindu University into an IIT. Admission to this Institute is already based on the IIT – Joint Entrance Examination.”  Thanks to Yogesh Upadhyaya CHE’77 for the info in these slides.

3. April 05, 2008Silicon Valley Alumni Meet IIT FAQ [1]  Is the news real?  Yes  Announcement made by HRD Minister  Confirmed that list is approved by the PM  What will be the new name of the institute?  IIT-BHU, Varanasi

4. April 05, 2008Silicon Valley Alumni Meet IIT FAQ [2]  What will the admin structure be?  Similar to the IITs  But: executive head be the VC of BHU.  How long will it take  Complex political process  Less than a year [by our estimates]  If everything goes as per the plan, this may happen before the end of next academic year (2008 – 09).  Students graduating in 2009 will get an IIT-BHU certificate.

5. April 05, 2008Silicon Valley Alumni Meet Conversion Process 20% Govt. announce its plan for conversion of IT-BHU into an IIT 50% Govt. modifies IIT Act, 1963 in the parliament 60% BHU Executive Council approves separation of IT from BHU 80% Govt. modifies BHU Act, 1969 (amended) in parliament 80% Govt. notifies the institute and university to go ahead for IIT status 85% University and institute complete administrative formalities, inform govt. 90% Govt. announces in parliament about IIT-BHU and sends final notifications to university, institute, IIT board and state govt. 95%A notice is published in govt. gazette Extraordinary. 100%The institute starts functioning as an IIT.

6. April 05, 2008Silicon Valley Alumni Meet More on the IIT process  Telecon tomorrow morning with the Director and VC to get their perspective  Publicity blitz in Indian media to thank the authorities involved  Raising money for the above  Updates will be posted on the main page of www.ITBHUGlobal.org

7. April 05, 2008Silicon Valley Alumni Meet ITBHUGlobal: What and Why  What is it?  “ITBHU Global Alumni Association Inc.”  Registered as a non-profit in NJ  www.ITBHUGlobal.org  Umbrella org of ITBHU Alumni  Why the new org?  ITBHU.org [the org and the website] was getting restrictive  This has a much broader base  80+ alumni [’63 – ’07] on the core volunteer list  Includes nearly all the core volunteers from itbhu.org

8. April 05, 2008Silicon Valley Alumni Meet ITBHUGlobal: Purpose and Structure  Purpose: to support alumni groups with  Website/technical facilities  Fundraising Mechanisms  Liaising help with the institute  Structure  Council of Representatives [Chapter/Batch reps]  Board of Directors/Office Bearers

9. April 05, 2008Silicon Valley Alumni Meet ITBHUGlobal: Next Steps  Open Bank Account  Submit Bylaws  Get IRS Tax exemption  Hold Elections for first non-interim board  Raise $10M by 2010  Updates on www.ITBHUGlobal.org  Please keep your e-mail address up to date on the database

10. April 05, 2008Silicon Valley Alumni Meet ITBHUGlobal.org: The website  Classic Stuff  Alumni Database  IIT updates  Newsletter: The Chronicle  Chapter Websites  Forums  New Stuff  Photo Gallery  Improved Forum  Election System  Reunions  Whatever you want! :-)

11. April 05, 2008Silicon Valley Alumni Meet What you can do  Strengthen the SV chapter  Update your profile on www.itbhuglobal.org  Wear your pride on LinkedIn  http://www.linkedin.com/search?groupFilter=27228  Volunteer  Fundraising  Website  IIT

12. April 05, 2008Silicon Valley Alumni Meet Thanks  Photo Credit: Vishesh Parekh (Mechanical 1983)