Lucknow University Alumni Society Foundation Day is on November 25

The Alumni Society of the University of Lucknow will celebrate the
foundation day of its alma meter on November 25, amidst much fanfare
and gaiety.

Also, 10 prominent alumni members will be felicitated on the occasion,
including Supreme Court judge Brajesh Kumar; secretary bio-technology,
Government of India, Manju Sharma;senior journalist Vinod Mehta; from
the world of music Rajendra Mehta; sportsperson Meena Shah; director
general of radar communication, Air Marshal RK Gupta; Dr. Naresh C
Trehan from the Escorts Heart Hospital and Research Centre; theater
personality Bheem Sain; litterateur Manohar Shyam Joshi and social
anthropologist Prof. Imtiyaz Ahamad, JNU.

After a request made by the alumni society, the vice-chancellor of
Lucknow University has agreed to declare November 25 as the foundation
day by approving it through the Lucknow University executive council.
The alumni society's executive body members also held a meeting with
Lucknow University officials on Monday, during which it decided that
the campus would be spruced up for the occasion and arrangements made
for lighting and decoration. While the vice-chancellor agreed to allot
a room for the office of the alumni society on the campus, the society
in turned offered to construct four rooms in the Lucknow University
guest-house. The function will now be held in the Malviya hall on
campus.

Chancellor of state universities Vishnukant Shastri, would be the
chief guest on the occasion. The secretary of Lucknow University
Alumni Society, A K Srivastava said that soon, the alumni society
would start a counselling cell for the students of Lucknow University.
Past students of the university interested in becoming members of the
alumni society can logon to http://www.lualumnae.org and fill in the
application forms online. Those who participated in the meeting at
Lucknow University on Monday included Lucknow University V-C Prof SB
Singh, Pro V-C Prof MP Singh, other Lucknow University officials and
faculty members, Mayor S C Rai, President of the Alumni Society Ram
Kumar Bhargava, and president of the Oudh Bar Association, Ashok Nigam
and others.