Year: 2010

Dear Friends,

A very happy Diwali to all of you!

Obviously the big news of this month is that our most eligible bachelor KT will cease to be so. Please join me in congratulating KT and Smriti on their upcoming wedding (22nd), which under mysterious circumstances is happening in Bangkok. Multiple theories of various degrees of scandalousness have been postulated concerning the rationale behind the choice of venue, but none have been forthcoming from the master himself, who stated in no uncertain terms, "don’t ask why". Given Bangkok’s reputation we are sure there were compelling reasons for them to shift base from Jaipur. Regardless, here’s wishing our new couple a very happy and blissful wedded life.

Let me also proceed to drop a hint about another in our line of bachelors who will tie the knot, albeit next month. Watch out for an announcement from him!

Now for the birthdays and anniversaries this month. A very Happy Birthday to:

1. Gaurav Rastogi
2. V. Vamsi Krishna
3. Keshav Singla (Congratulations to Munish and Sarika!)
4. Subodh Kumar Sohi
5. Nikhil Garg
6. S. Kamal
7. Sulabh Agarwal
8. Alok Manchanda

And a Happy Anniversary to:

1. Neeraj Dumir and Jyotsna
2. Alok Manchanda and Shruti
3. Kumar Gautam and Guncha
4. Saurabh Mahajan and Rima

Lastly, here are the regular notices:

1. Please keep your coordinates updated. You can send me (Tantan) an email and I will take care of it.
2. Please do let us know if we have got any dates wrong or missing.
3. This announcement is also posted on the Announcements page on BTech96 at https://btech96.org/announcements/

Cheers,
Tantan.

Dear Friends,

Happy Dussehra to all of you!

This month we have the following fine folks celebrating their birthdays:

1. Aradhana Khandekar
2. Gokul Varadhan
3. Sanvitti Manchanda (Congratulations to Alok and Shruti)
4. Dinakar S Rao
5. Ashish Ahuja
6. Sayontan Sinha
7. Anupam Rastogi
8. Shivaji Das
9. Anuj Khare
10. Mohit Agnihotri
11. Shilpa (Mrs. Sharad Mittal)
12. Suman Kumar
13. Rutu Bole (Mrs. Sulabh Agrawal)
14. Amogh Akella (Congratulations to Shuchi and Aditya)

Also a Happy Anniversary to Gagan and Parikshit!

And congratulations to Mayank and Roma on the birth of their daughter, Trisha last month! That makes Raina a very happy elder sister!

I have an update from my side this time – we are moving to Vancouver after 5 years in the Bay Area. I will be starting at the Deloitte office there on November 1st, and Tanuka and Jishnu will join me by the end of November or early December. Do let me know if any of you would like to get together.

Lastly, here are the regular notices:

1. Please keep your coordinates updated. You can send me (Tantan) an email and I will take care of it.
2. Please do let us know if we have got any dates wrong or missing.
3. This announcement is also posted on the Announcements page on BTech96 at https://btech96.org/announcements/

Cheers,
Tantan.

Dear Friends,

Hope all of you are doing well in your respective stations.

I would like to start this month’s greetings by wishing Sutanuka (Mrs. Sayontan Sinha), Mukul Kumar, Gagan Aggarwal, Rohit Kumar and Arth (Congratulations Vijay Amrit Raj Sharma and Vandana) a belated Happy Birthday! I know Tanuka had some fun; hope the rest you did, too! Also here’s wishing Shveta (Mrs. Mohit Mittal), Rohit Dube, Vaibhav Vaish, Amulya (Mrs. Dinakar Srinivasa Rao), Ashish Kapoor and Avyan Mahajan (Congratulations Saurabh and Rima) a very Happy Birthday!

Lastly, here are the regular notices:

1. Please keep your coordinates updated. You can send me (Tantan) an email and I will take care of it.
2. Please do let us know if we have got any dates wrong or missing.
3. This announcement is also posted on the Announcements page on BTech96 at http://btech96.org/announcements/

Cheers,
Tantan.

Dear Friends,
August being the month of our convocation 10 years back, let us congratulate each other on completing 10 years of graduation! If any of you should wish to get together do drop a line.

And now for this month’s celebrities. Happy Birthday to Arnav Mittal (Congratulations Sharad and Shilpa), Kunal Talwar and Hasit Nanda (Congratulations Harsh and Ranjeeta). And a Happy Anniversary to Shuchi and Aditya, Gagan Singla and Nidhi and Mitali and Manoj.

Lastly, here are the regular notices:

1. Please keep your coordinates updated. You can send me (Tantan) an email and I will take care of it.
2. Please do let us know if we have got any dates wrong or missing.
3. This announcement is also posted on the Announcements page on BTech96 at http://btech96.org/announcements/

Cheers,
Tantan.

Dear friends,
A hello to you all from London! Hope folks in US are in the thick of a long weekend and folks in India are recovering from a hot summer.

This month we are celebrating the birthdays of:

1. Utsav (congratulations to Mitali and Manoj)
2. Shaurya (congratulations to Mohit Mittal and Shveta)
3. Saurabh Mahajan
4. Gangavathu Valma
5. Rohit Kate
6. Roopesh Kohad
7. Kumar Neeraj Verma
8. Rima (Mrs. Mahajan)
9. Swati (Mrs. Vaish)
10. Aditya (congratulations to Pankaj Thakkar and Shilpa)

Happy Birthday to all of you!

And a Happy Anniversary to Kapil Verma and Neha on 11th.

I am returning to San Francisco tomorrow but will be back in London on Wednesday for about 10 days more. So if any of you is interested in getting together please drop me a line. I have inadvertently managed to meet up with so many of our batch mates the last few months that it looks like even if there was a 10-year reunion I wouldn’t necessarily need to attend it!

Lastly, here are the regular notices:

1. Please keep your coordinates updated. You can send me (Tantan) an email and I will take care of it.
2. Please do let us know if we have got any dates wrong or missing.
3. This announcement is also posted on the Announcements page on BTech96 at http://btech96.org/announcements/

Cheers,
Tantan.

Dear Friends,
Wish all of you in the US a happy onset of summer. And for folks in India hope you are able to beat the heat there.

Firstly, a belated Happy Birthday to Munish Singla and Vivek Haldar. And a happy upcoming birthday to Mayank Sharma, Mitali Singh and Gagan Singla. Also a Happy Anniversary to Mohit Agnihotri and Priyanka, Tarkeshwar Thakur and Ranjeeta and Sharad Mittal and Shilpa.
Lastly, belated congratulations to our dear friend Vivek Haldar, who managed to keep his wedding with Karoni in February 2009 under wraps all these days!
And lastly, here are the regular notices:

1. Please keep your coordinates updated. You can send me (Tantan) an email and I will take care of it.
2. Please do let us know if we have got any dates wrong or missing.
3. This announcement is also posted on the Announcements page on BTech96 at http://btech96.org/announcements/

Cheers,
Tantan.

Dear Friends,
Let me start off by apologizing for not sending out the mail last month. I just had too much on my plate the first 3 weeks of April to be socially active. Next, let me congratulate the entire batch for completing 10 years after our last majors (give or take a few days)!

Now for the birthdays this month:

1. Phaneender Aedla
2. S Murali Mohan
3. Sarika Jain Singla
4. Aikataan Sinha
5. Rakhesh Sasidharan
6. Harish Chandra Arya
7. Harsh Nanda

And a happy anniversary to Asheesh Chanda on 23rd!

And lastly, here are the regular notices:

   1. Please keep your coordinates updated. You can send me (Tantan) an email and I will take care of it.
   2. Please do let us know if we have got any dates wrong or missing.
   3. This announcement is also posted on the Announcements page on BTech96 at http://btech96.org/announcements/

Cheers,
Tantan.

Dear Friends,
Greetings from a hotel room lit with the neon displays from Times Square! And my sincere apologies for delaying this post. Flying overnighters from San Francisco to New York each week, then working 14 hour days does invade personal space quite a bit.

So without much ado let me start off by wishing all of the following a very Happy Birthday:

1. Raina Sharma (Congratulations to Mayank and Roma and my apologies for the delay)
2. Alok Ranjan
3. Avneesh Sud
4. Chhavi Singla (Congratulations to Gagan Singla and Nidhi)
5. Pankaj Thakkar
6. Pankaj Kant Jha
7. Kumar Gautam

And a very Happy Anniversary to:

1. Rohit Khandekar and Aradhana
2. Sayontan and Sutanuka
3. Vaibhav and Swati

Khandekar, I would have apologized to you for the delay, but my laptop is on Pacific Time 🙂

And lastly, here are the regular notices:

1. Please keep your coordinates updated. You can send me (Tantan) an email and I will take care of it.
2. Please do let us know if we have got any dates wrong or missing.
3. This announcement is also posted on the Announcements page on BTech96 at http://btech96.org/announcements/

Cheers,
Tantan.

Dear Friends,
Hope you are all doing well at your respective stations. Sorry for the delay in sending out this email – I have had some things that I needed to take care of at work.

Here’s wishing you all a Happy Valentine’s Day! Truth be told, when my son’s (pre-)school sent us a note saying that his class was going to celebrate Valentine’s Day it made me realize how old I had become. 10 years since graduation!

Anyway, the following fine gentlemen are celebrating their birthdays this month:

1. Mohit Mittal
2. Rajas Nanda

And a Happy Anniversary to the following:

1. Vijay Amrit Raj Sharma and Vandana
2. Dinakar Srinivasa Rao and Amulya
3. Mohit Mittal and Shveta
4. Sulabh Agrawal and Rutu

And lastly, here are the regular notices:

1. Please keep your coordinates updated. You can send me (Tantan) an email and I will take care of it.
2. Please do let us know if we have got any dates wrong or missing.
3. This announcement is also posted on the Announcements page on BTech96 at http://btech96.org/announcements/

Have fun, folks!
Tantan.

Dear Friends,
Wish you all and your families a very happy and prosperous New Year! Hope you have a lot of fun and excitement ahead!

Please join me in wishing our friends a very happy Birthday:

1. N. Surender Reddy
2. Neeraj Dumir
3. Vijay Amrit Raj Sharma
4. Shuchi Chawla

Also, please join me in congratulating the folks who are celebrating their anniversaries this month:

1. Rohit Kumar and Namrata
2. Harsh Nanda and Ranjeeta
3. Vamsi Krishna and Rishika
4. Munish Singla and Sarika

As usual, here are the regular notices:

1. Please keep your coordinates updated. You can send me (Tantan) an email and I will take care of it.
2. Please do let us know if we have got any dates wrong or missing.
3. This announcement is also posted on the Announcements page on BTech96 at http://btech96.org/announcements/

Cheers,
Tantan and Vaibhav.