PROGRAMME: 2nd November (Monday) Venue: Outreach Auditorium

16.15 - 17.00 hrs Tea

17.00 - 17.05 hrs Lighting of Lamp and Saraswati Vandana

17.05 - 17.10 hrs Welcome address by the Director

17.10 - 17.40 hrs Foundation Day Lecture by the Chief Guest: Dr. V K Saraswat, Member, NITI Aayog and former Director General, DRDO and SA to RM

17.40 - 18.30 hrs Institute Fellow induction followed by reminiscences: Professors M Anandakrishnan (former chairman, BOG), Dipankar Chakraborty (former faculty, MSE), Amitabha Ghosh (former faculty, ME), V K Stokes (former faculty, ME), M A Pai (former faculty, EE)

18.30 - 19.20 hrs Distinguished Alumnus Award presentation: Professor Shiraz Minwalla (TIFR), Mr Sudhir Prasad (Addl Chief Secretary, Jharkhand), Professor Veena Sahajwalla (University of New South Wales), Mr Yadupati Singhania (J K Cements), Professor T N C Venkatesan (National Univ of Singapore)

19.20 - 19.30 hrs Satyendra K Dubey Memorial Award presentation: Mr Kuldip Narayan (DM, Madhubani, Bihar)

19.30 - 20.45 hrs Bhavrang, a song and dance program: Mrs Amarabati Biswas, Mrs Anita Mahanta, Mrs Bhaswati Sarma, Dr Anwesa Mahanta, Dr Devanand Pathak, Mr Harish Jha

20.45 - 20.50 hrs Vote of thanks