“Reminiscence 2005: IIMC Annual Alumni Reunion” brought together all alumni who have passed out of IIM C and especially felicitated the batch of 1980 which had completed 25 years since graduation.

The IIMCians from 1980 included the likes of corporate leaders such as Aniruddha Basu (CMD, CIANT Corporation), Raja Vaidya (Group Head-South, Reliance Industries), Sanjiv Srivastava (CEO, Logic Gates), Mandeep Singh (Consultant, The World Bank) and Sanjiv Mital (CEO, Bharti Telesoft); academic stalwarts like Professor S Ram (Thunderbird School of Management) and Professor B. B. Chakrabarti (IIM Calcutta); and successful entrepreneurs such as S R Ramachandran (Founder Partner, Ramnath Management Consultants). There were a large number of alumni from all other batches (1965-2005) including Mr. Suvo Sarkar(Head of Retail banking, National Bank of Dubai) and Mr. S. Radhakrishnan (Director, Extreme IT Solutions Pvt. Ltd.) as well.

Coming back to Jokaland after a quarter of a century was a sentimental time for the alums. Whether it was unraveling the mysterious “Surangini” or rocking the campus with their musical compositions-the alums did it all. Stories were told of the two golden years they had spent at IIM Calcutta-about the legends of the jetty and the scenic lakes; about living in the solitary Ramnujan Hostel and the tragedy of just a handful of girls being their batchmates.

The entertainment session for the evening opened with a stage play called Madhavi performed by the Dramatics club of IIM C. This was followed by a presentation by the students, called “A walk down memory lane”. The choreography club presented “Moksha” as the final event for the evening.

The day’s events concluded with a rocking performance by the legendary music band of IIM Calcutta, JBS Baro-C. Right from Kandisa to Jhankar Beats, the power packed music had the campus on its feet. Alum P.V. Bhaskar and Kapil Bawa, the JBS veterans participated along with other alumni and students and proved that they could still rock the stage after 25 years.

At this occasion, alumni of the 15^th batch also contributed a large sum of money towards the gymnasium. The Alumni reunion ended with a Felicitation ceremony the next morning.