St Stephen’s revamps alumni body

As A part of preparations to establish itself as a world class institution by 2050, St Stephen's has appointed a combination of achievers in public service, industry and arts, to its alumni executive

St Stephen's revamps alumni body

As A part of preparations to establish itself as a world class institution by 2050, St Stephen's has appointed a
combination of achievers in public service, industry and arts, to its alumni executive. At a meeting in the college on Sunday, Ved Marwah, former governor of Manipur and Jharkhand, was re-nominated president of the body by patron and principal Valson Thampu. Chief election commissioner SY Quraishi has been made the vice president.

"The alumni reviewed the work going on in the college library, science blocks, junior, ladies and senior combination rooms and internet resource centre. We decided to register the alumni association in an appropriate manner," said Marwah.u00a0

As part of its master plan, St Stephens aspires to achieve a deemed university status by 2025 or at the most by 2050, increase its students intake in the key streams, upgrade infrastructure and offer a wide array of courses.

"We will share our plans with alumni across the world," said Quraishi. The revamped national executive which will look after alumni affairs includes Delhi Lokayukta Manmohan Sarin, Delhi High Court judge Sanjay Kishen Kaul, cabinet secretary KM Chandrasekhar, the editor of Pioneer newspaper Chandan Mitra, Naukri.com founder Sanjeev Bikhchandani and Amitabh Kant, chief executive officer of the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Corp.
Thampu, only the third alumni to be principal of the college, emphasised the significance of the alumni's role and their participation in the running of the college. Nineteen present MPs have passed out of St Stephen's, including ministers Kapil Sibal, Salman Khurshid, Virbhadra Singh and Sachin Pilot.

Others from the college include Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia, incoming cabinet secretary Ajit Kumar Seth, chief economic advisor Kaushik Basu, authors Khushwant Singh and Amitabh Ghosh, industrialist Rahul Bajaj and Delhi University Vice Chancellor Dinesh Singh.