Welcome to the South Asian Alumni Association!
We are the MIT South Asian Alumni Association and our mission is to build community and celebrate our shared experience. This website is your gateway to activities and news for South Asian Alumni Association, a way to find out what your fellow alumni are doing and stay connected.
Check back here periodically as we update the site with new events, stories about volunteers and alumni, and information about ways to participate.
Sunday, Dec 09, 2007:
Vijay Vaitheeswaran (Course 2, 1990) will discuss the proposal in his latest book, "Zoom: The Race to Fuel the Future".
Come see what Vijay recommends to the US Government and to the US auto industry to remain competitive in our changing world while addressing the energy issues that are becoming ever more important.
Please cut and paste the following link in its entirety to register (we'll have light refreshments, so want to plan accordingly): http://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/Register.dyn?eventID=18502&groupID=146
Come join the discussion! Students are free, Alumni and guests are $5. You can order a copy of Vijay's book (to pick up at the event) at the registration link below for $20 (normally $27.99). All preordered books MUST be collected at the event. Vijay will be signing books at the end of the event.
Note that Vijay also has a facebook group to discuss his book--you can weigh in ahead of time, or arm yourself for the talk. Check it out at:
http://mit.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5150569937&ref=share
This event is co-sponsored by the Club of Boston and the MIT Energy Club.
The talk will be held in the Stata Center's Kirsch Auditorium (32-123).
The event schedule is:
4:00pm - 4:30pm - networking
4:30pm -5:30pm - discussion
5:30pm - 6:00pm - Q & A, book-signing
MITSAAA has reserved 10 tickets ($10 each) to the release of Rafiq Dossani's "India Arriving: How the Economic Powerhouse is Redefining Global Business". This event is organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry, Consulate General of India and the Asia Society.
Consulate General of India, New York
3 East 64th Street, between Madison and Fifth Avenues
6:00pm−Registration; 6:30pm−Program; 7:15pm−Reception
From the country's thriving film industry to its burgeoning high-tech industry as well as its attempts to stabilize its economy, India Arriving offers a fascinating glimpse into the real India, with all of its assets and all of its faults. Dossani goes beneath the veil surrounding India and explores the many ways it has begun to emerge onto the world stage. He explores its birth as an independent nation and forces like political shifts, social reform, and education that have helped to shape a new India. Honest and revelatory, India Arriving provides a deeper understanding of a country that promises to be the next major player in the world economy.
Dr. Rafiq Dossani is a senior research scholar at the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center of Stanford University.
Please RSVP with Gurumurthy Kalyanaram (GK) and/or (214)-675-9458 no later than Monday, November 12th, 12 noon.
MITSAA has been allotted only ten (10) invitations for the event. So the first ten respondents/registrants will be invited to purchase tickets to the event.
GK will send you a confirmation e-mail on Monday, November 12th evening. Tickets can then be purchased through our website's event registration page.
MITSAAA members will enjoy free admission, so please RSVP fast! Non-member alumni from the past 10 years receive a subsidized price of $5, and all other non-member tickets are $10.
MITSAAA Invitation to the Rafiq Dossani Book Release
On Tuesday, November 06 2007, PaksMIT and MITSAAA jointly presented a panel discussion on Climate Change, and the impact and implications on development in the Developing World, particularly in South Asia.
The event was organized to celebrate the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, awarded jointly to Al Gore and the IPCC "for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change". http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2007/
Over 80 participants attended the panel discussion, with about 50% representation from South Asia. Attendants gathered to hear two leading Pakistani scholars discuss climate change, sustainable development, and what does the awarding of this Nobel Prize mean for the developing world, particularly South Asia.
For detailed speaker profiles and their presentations:
Adil Najam, Ph.D. (IPCC Convening Lead Author)
Tariq Banuri, Ph.D, (former IPCC Coordinating Lead Author)
Nov 08, 2007 - check back soon!
(1) We will upload the speakers' presentations in their profile pages as soon as the files are available.
(2) We plan on uploading a video and some pictures from the event soon!
MITSAAA luncheon with Ambassador Nazareth:
On October 06, 2007, MIT South Asian Alumni gathered together for a very well-attended, but intimate, Luncheon Meeting in New York City in honor of Ambassador (Retired) Alan Nazareth.
We met for almost three hours -- except for one person, almost every one stayed and stayed and conversed. We had representations from Bangladesh, China, India and Sri Lanka.. It was a lively and fun lunch.
See full event details and a biographical profile for Ambassador Nazareth: http://alumweb.mit.edu/groups/mitsaaa/BrowseWeb.do?webSiteId=SI000781&webPageId=P008&eventId=10081
To see the full album from the event, please go to http://picasaweb.google.com/mitsouthasianalumni
Please click on the "News" tab from the top navigation to find the Meeting Minutes from our September 2007 MITSAAA Board Meeting.
Join us for an evening of networking and learning! Come hear stories of alumni accomplishments and contributions to private industry, the public sector and academia. Discover how careers were built, learn about the challenges faced, the opportunities discovered and take away professional lessons and career building strategies. This event is designed to allow plenty of opportunity to network with alumni, students and faculty.
Broad Institute Lobby
7 Cambridge Center
Cambridge, MA 02142
Agenda
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Reception, Refreshments
7:15 PM - 8:00 PM Panel Discussion, Q&A
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM Networking
