Mini Mela 2023

Dip Sen (1977 CE) Receiving DAA Award Jan 2023
Sanjay DasGupta(73CHE). Partho Chucks- Tarzan(76 ARCH), Dip Sen(77 CE), S Bakshi(73 EGP) and JN Roy(77 NA) in KGP Jan 2023
Partho Chucks- Tarzan(76 ARCH), Dip Sen(77 CE), S Bakshi(73 EGP) and JN Roy(77 NA) in KGP Jan 2023
Back to Patel Hall days, Jyoti with bat, Dip keeping wicket
Dip and Jyoti with present B1st Patelians
Jan 7, 2023- Patelian Mini mela @ Tolly club Kolkata. Clock wise- (Pinkish sweater) Chiranjit Ghosh 77 Math, Kiron Bhat, 77Mech, Dip Sen 77 Civil(empty Chair), Arup Bose 77 NA, Kunal Bhattacharya 77Met,, Jyoti Roy 77NA, Chandrashekhar Banerjee(chandu)78Met,, Ashok Bhat74 Che, Samar Roy( bossy) 76Mech, Sushim Dasgupta, 74 Met.
Nine of we Patelians met at Mumbai – Right to left – Kamlesh Jhawar, Tapan Chakraborty,
Udayan Shah, Bhasin, Harmohinder Gandhi, Dilip Dhopavkar, Ganti, SS Banga & Anil Gupta. Had great time.
-Anil Gupta
Daddy, Ajit, Finney, Zippo, Probal and Tapan in Kolkata, Jan 22, 2023

Patelian Mini Mela Feb 2023

Indra singhal- I bumped into दाढ़ी today! Looking good, he is! Didn’t get to talk much 😔 must reconnect. He lives in Petaluma, north of SF across the Golden Gate bridge.
Anil Gupta, Punjabi and Mustafa and spouses in Mumbai
Samir Dhawan, Meenal and Prem Puthur in Panchkula
In Panchkula
Mustafa and Udayan Shah in Mumbai
Dilip Dhopavkar and Mustafa in Pune
Three Patelians walking in memory lane April 22, 2023.L- R : Kunal Bhattacharya 77/Met, Kiron Bhat 77/Mech, Arup Bose 77/NA
Krishna Shastri and Venkat in Austin, TX May 11, 2023
HMS Gandhi and Rajiv Bhasin enjoying tea at Juhu May 2023
Dip Sen, RK Jana, Vijay Verma, n K Balakrishnan in Chembur club Jun 3, 2023. Chota party!
Ashok Athalye(75 CE) and Sudhanshu Bakshi(73 GEOPHY) at Athalye’s place near LA, Jun, 7, 2023
Patelian minimela, Lingam, Samir OVS, Chunchu at Fat Pigeon bar hop, Hyderabad, Jun 12, 2023
Patelian Mini Mela Kolkata Jun 24, 2023
Mani Attended the Bay Area IIT Kgp Foundation get together and met the Director, Dy Director, Vinod Gupta and others .. Young Distinguished Alumni Award and DAA was given to those who could not attend Kgp and collect it… had the opportunity to pose with them .. From our group Indra was there
1980s IITians at Bay Area IIT Kgp Foundation L-R: Bidyut Parruck, Mark Fernandez, Vinita (nee: Gharpure), Indrai, and Arnab Debnath
from Mani- Met a Patelian At University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign (UIUC), Dr. Rakesh Kumar, an IIT Kgp Alumni and 2022 Young Alumni Awardee here. He is a Professor and John Bardeen Faculty Scholar in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign with research and teaching interests in computer architecture and system-level design automation. His research has been recognized through an ISCA Influential Paper Award, a MICRO Test-of-Time Award, an ICCAD Ten Year Retrospective Most Influential Paper Award, an ASPDAC 10 Year Retrospective Most Influential Paper (MIP) Award, three selections to ISCA-50 Retrospective, several best paper awards and best paper award nominations (IEEE MICRO Top Picks, ISCA, ASPLOS, HPCA, CASES, SELSE, IEEE CAL), IIT Kharagpur Young Alumni Achiever Award, ARO Young Investigator Award, and UCSD CSE Best Dissertation Award. His teaching and advising have been recognized through Stanley H Pierce Faculty Award and Ronald W P 
Patelian meet in Kolkata on 26 Aug. Seated clockwise from right: Sarit Das EE-75, Ajit Sen AGE-75, Shaunak Mukherjee (son of Probal) ME-2008-RP, Mrs. Probal Mukherjee, Mrs. Dipak Barma, Mrs. Sarit Das, Mrs. Ajit Sen, Finney Thomas ECE-76,  Probal Mukherjee ECE-75, Dipak Barma ME-75.

In the picture from left to right: Oct 3, 2023
Raj Dave, Ram (Krishna’a cousin), Krishna Shastri, Eric (Raj’s friend), Sampath (Raj’s friend) and Radha (Sampath’s cousin).
We have safely arrived at Namche Bazaar (elevation 11,300 feet). We are staying at Comfort Inn (possibly a fake Comfort Inn). The hike from Phakding to Namche Bazaar was tough. We will be staying at Namche for two nights before we move ahead towards the Everest Base Camp.

Sent my Samir OVS – hello friends , Self and spouse reached Kathmandu on 23rd Sep for Everest Base Camp (EBC) trek organised by Boots and Crampons and the group comprised 20 trekkers, guides and porters. we started trek from Lukla on 25th morning and reached EBC on 2nd Oct a/noon. It’s the most challenging trek I have ever done in my life. Lingam was also in the group

From Left: Rajesh Goel, R V Kulkarni , Mrs Kulkarni, and Kuldip Sharma and Mrs at Aerocity, Delhi
1972 – MIN), October 12, 2023
Ramesh…Dere…Ashok..Samir. in Bangalore 25th Nov 2023
Three Patelians: Charu Rudrakshi, Vikram Raj Saxena, and Indra Singhal in Gilroy, CA, Dec 3, 2023
Ramesh…Samir Dhawan…Ashok A…U S Bhat…Raghuram Bhat…Mrs U SBhat..Mrs Dhawan…Mrs Ramesh and Mrs Ashok…..U S Bhat Bangalore visit 16th Dec 2023
Raja and Vijay –I had the pleasure of meeting Vijay Sajja and his family in Ft. Lauderdale last week. I am meeting Vijay only after fourty three years. We had a wonderful tour of the Everglades and saw some alligators alongside as well.