Diary of Events

Approximately 100 members of the Association were present. After ascertaining the adequacy of the strength for the Quorum, the President of the Association promulgated the AGM as open at 12.30 Hrs on 03 November, 2024

Sri CSY Sankar Rao, President of the Association in his opening remarks welcomed the members and informed them that the tenure of the present Committee would come to an end on 31 Dec 2024 and the reins of the association will be passed over to the new elected Committee for which nominations were called for. He requested the members to remain present till the end of the AGM and asked the Secretary to the Association to proceed with the business.

It was attended by 1970 batch alumni and participated with families. It was celebrated for two days on 8th & 9th February, 2020.

31 Advisory Council Members attended the meeting and with their families the strength of the participants are 52. Advisory Council Members members made several suggestions to the Association including:

1. More get-togethers to be conducted with (or without) chargeable basis.
2. To enrol and involve more members from Junior Batches in Alumni Activities.
3. To conduct and celebrate Platinum Jubilee Celebrations by inviting the Distinguished Alumni along with Annual Meet or separately.

It was attended by 1974 batch alumni and participated with families. It was celebrated for two days on 6th & 7th December, 2019.

Overall, 170 members of the Alma mater attended the meet and with their families the strength of the participants are about 240. And now the strength of Patrons is 90 and Life Members is 293.

The Annual Alumni Meet started with JNTU Song at 11:30 AM. Sri G. Kondal Rao, Joint Secretary invited Col. PV Ramana Rao (Retd.), President of the Association to preside over the Function. The President invited Sri Kovvuri Subbi Reddy, Vice President and the “Distinguished Alumni - 2019” Sri S. Mallikarjuna Rao, AVSM, Dr. Murthy V.A. Bondada, Sri B.S.G.K. Shastry, Sri BCV Subba Rao (Aswini) and Prof. Dr. M. Ramalinga Raju, Hon'ble Vice Chancellor of JNTUK, Kakinada to the dais.

The Lighting of the Lamp was initiated by Sri Y. Adi Narayana Sastry [1950, Civil] and Sri P. Narayana Reddy [1950, Civil] and joined by the "Distinguished Alumni - 2019".

Overall, 180 members of the Alma mater attended the meet and with their families the strength of the participants are about 260. The 2 (two) of alumni registered during the meet as Patrons. And now the strength of Patrons is 89.

Col. PV Ramana Rao (Retd.), President of the Association welcomed the members of the General Body, which was followed by the presentation of the Annual report by Sri JVL Narayana, Secretary of the Association. At the end, Sri K. Vithal Murty, Treasurer presented the Annual Accounts and the Audit report for the information of the General Body.

Col. PV Ramana Rao (Retd.), President and Sri Kovvuri Subbi Reddy, Vice President felicitated the “Distinguished Alumni” Sri R. Kondala Rao, Wg. Cdr. N. Soma Sekhar Rao, Sri Kota Subrahamanyam, Dr.VVVS Murthy, Sri KVS Baba, Sri Kalyana Rama and Sri K. Kanna Babu with a flower bouquet and a shawl while the citations read by Sri K. Nagi Reddy and presented to them.

Overall, 50 Advisory Council Members attended the meeting and with their families the strength of the participants are about 75. Advisory Council Members members made several suggestions to the Association including:

1. More get-togethers to be conducted at least every 6 months may be planned with specific agenda with (or without) chargeable basis.
2. Giving back to Society by taking up social impact projects.
3. To enrol and involve more members from Junior Batches in Alumni Activities.
4. Forming WhatsApp Group for Good Communication with certain restrictions.
5. In order to help present Students it is required To Plan Internships, Seminars, etc apart from Mentorship Program.

It was conducted by Col. PV Ramana Rao (Retd.)[1965, Mech], Sri CK Murty [1965, Mech], Sri Peri Venkat Ramana [1965, Civil], Sri CSS Gupta [1968, Mech], Sri CR Subramanyam [1968, Electrical], Sri Chodagam SY Sankar Rao [1970, ECE], Sri TCh Hanuman Rao (Tman)[1977, Mech], Sri G. Kondal Rao [1979, Civil], Sri K. Nagi Reddy [1982, Mech] and Sri JVL Narayana [1987, ECE]. It was conducted on 5th & 6th January, 2018.

It was attended by 1967 batch alumni. It was celebrated on 25th November, 2017.

Overall, 160 members of the Alma mater attended the meet and with their families the strength of the participants are about 240. The 12 of alumni registered during the meet as Life Members. And the 3 of alumni registered during the meet as Patrons. Now the effective strength of Life Members is 291. And now the strength of Patrons is 83.

Sri CK Murty, President of the Association welcomed the members of the General Body, which was followed by the presentation of the Annual report by Sri JVL Narayana, Secretary of the Association. At the end, Sri K. Vithal Murty, Treasurer presented the Annual Accounts and the Audit report for the information of the General Body.

Overall, 150 members of the Alma mater attended the meet and with their families the strength of the participants are about 220. The 6 of alumni registered during the meet as Life Members. Now the effective strength of Life Members is 278 (excluding 10 Life Members expired and 31 Life Members upgraded to Patrons). And now the strength of Patrons is 77.

Sri CK Murty, President of the Association welcomed the members of the General Body, which was followed by the presentation of the Annual report by Sri JVL Narayana, Secretary of the Association. At the end, Sri K. Vithal Murty, Treasurer presented the Annual Accounts and the Audit report for the information of the General Body. The General Body was intimated that the fund position as on the day of the Annual meet was Rs. 10,96,428.00 with majority of the amount parked in Fixed / Flexi Deposits.

Overall, 160 members of the Alma mater attended the meet and with their families the strength of the participants are about 240. The 13 of alumni registered during the meet as Life Members. Now the effective strength of Life Members is 272 (excluding 10 Life Members expired and 31 Life Members upgraded to Patrons). And now the strength of Patrons is 77.

Sri CK Murty, President of the Association welcomed the members of the General Body, which was followed by the presentation of the Annual report by Sri JVL Narayana, Joint Secretary of the Association. At the end, Sri Ramesh Dindigal, Treasurer presented the Annual Accounts and the Audit report for the information of the General Body. The General Body was intimated that the fund position as on the day of the Annual meet was Rs. 10,90,428.00 with majority of the amount parked in Fixed / Flexi Deposits.

It was attended by Life Members and Patrons of the Association and participated with families. It was conducted on 21st & 22nd May, 2015. One day, there was a local trip for Participants in & around SHAR Centre. Second day, there was a local tour to Bird Sanctuary for the participants. This two days tour program was organized by Sri VSN Murty [1970, ECE].

Overall, 150 members of the Alma mater attended the meet and with their families the strength of the participants are about 250. The 10 of alumni registered during the meet as Life Members. Now the effective strength of Life Members is 264 (excluding 10 Life Members expired and 18 Life Members upgraded to Patrons). And now the strength of Patrons is 70.

Sri Sankar Rao Chodagam, the Immediate Past President introduced Sri CK Murty, present President who was elected in absentia during the 8th AGM held on 01 Dec 2014 at the same venue. Sri CK Murty, President of the Association welcomed the members of the General Body, which was followed by the presentation of the Annual report by Colonel G. Ravi Kumar (Retired), Secretary of the Association. At the end, Sri Ramesh Dindigal, Treasurer presented the Annual Accounts and the Audit report for the information of the General Body. The General Body was intimated that the fund position as on the day of the Annual meet was Rs. 9,62,435.00 with majority of the amount parked in Fixed / Flexi Deposits.

It was attended by EC Members and Patrons of the Association and participated with families. It was conducted on 6th, 7th & 8th September, 2014. One day, there was a local trip for Participants in around Kakinada. Second day, the Campus tour and lunch was organised by the College. On 8th, there was a Special Joint Executive Meeting participated by the Committee Members of both ECOSAK and Hyderabad Alumni Association (ECOSAK-Hyderabad).

It was attended by 1954 batch alumni and participated with families. It was celebrated on 5th September, 2014.

It was attended by 1975 batch alumni. It was celebrated on 26th June, 2014.

It is attended by 155 alumni and with families the participants are about 220. The 30 of alumni registered during the meet as Life Members which is the largest number so far. Now the strength of LMs is 280. The 2 of alumni joined as Patrons. Now the strength of Patrons is 45.

The long awaited task of auditing has been completed for all the 7 years (since inception of the Registered Association till March 2013) with the strong support of Sri Sankar Rao, President. By the end of October, 2013, the bank balance including the deposits is Rs. 9.56 lacs. The Association has been formed in March 2006 and has grown slowly in 7 years to this stage.

The meet was organised over lunch starting from 10:00 AM. It is attended by 77 alumni and with families. The participants are about 125. Unlike the previous meets, this time it is utilised in networking and the alumni to express themselves over the stage.

A resolution has been passed by the General Body that the Association should request the administration of JNTUH to allot a place for the Alumni Association to function better. It is also decided that in future we should meet on 3rd Sunday of November instead of 3rd Sunday of December to avoid the problems of severe winter at that time.

Dr. Udaya Bhaskar inaugurated the office of Hyderabad Alumni Association on 2nd February, 2012 at 6:30 PM. Thanks to Dr. Botta Venkataramana, Chairman of Gokul group of educational institutions for accommodating our office, in the premises of Gokul Degree College, Erragadda.

About 40 Members graced the occasion making the function a grand success. Sri Sankar Rao, Patron and President of our Association welcomed the participation of all our alumni to fulfil our Mission, apart from the meets we arrange.

On the eve of inauguration of our office, Dr. Udayabhaskar, Sri Sankar Rao, Dr. M. Viswanatham, Dr. Botta Venkataramana, Sri Adivi Rama Rao, Sri AGK Rao, Sri Aswini Subba Rao, Sri P Sundaram all have participated in pooja to mother Goddess and sought her blessings for the successful conduct of our activities.

About 125 alumni could participate in the meet. With their families and guests, the participants are about 150. Mr. & Mrs. PSU Sarma (1958, Electrical), in early seventies, is highly praise worthy for the zeal and capacity to organise games for the younger generations. Around 25 ladies could enjoy the games organised by Mrs. PSU Sarma. The 9 (Nine) alumni joined as Life Members during this meet boosting the strength of Life Members to 239.

Inauguration of Auditorium at Kakinada by Padma Vibhushan Dr. E. Sreedharan, CMD, Delhi Metro.

Dr. KVSG Murali Krishna, Director, Foreign Universities & Alumni Affairs has compeered the event excellently with magical, extempore jugglery of words apt to the context. As Garuda is the king of birds, Lion is the king of animals, etc., he compared the College of Engineering, Kakinada as the king of Engineering Colleges. While Taj Mahal is dedicated by Shah Jahan in the memory of his beloved deceased wife, this auditorium is a dedication to the living Mother by the alumni.

Sri Kondala Rao G, our Patron volunteered to fix up the venue for the meet. Smt Prameelamma (Director, Astra MW Products), our Patron has helped us with volunteers who conducted the Registration very successfully; Sri AGK Rao (1954, El), President of our Association worked like a youngster and we salute his maturity in guiding us; Sri CVSN Murthy, Vice President volunteered to fix up the dance program with his daughter; Sri Sambasiva Rao Marasa, Treasurer and Sri Seshagiri Rao Saride, Jt Secretary worked like soldiers in the assigned tasks. Thanks to other EC members in the decision making. Sri Botta Venkataramana volunteered to promise total support in the future events apart from giving away a cash award to Smt Sridevi in appreciation of the Kutchipudi dance.

A team of Alumni of 1979-83 batch volunteered to organise this meet. Raja Suresh Kumar, our youngest patron led his batch mates, Krishna Prasad, Srihari Babu, KB Ramakrishna Reddy and Muralikrishna Chigurupati. The meet has been arranged in JNTU (JNAFAU Auditorium), Masab Tank

Our website www.ecosak-hyd.org has been inaugurated by Sri B Prasada Rao. The website has been designed within a short time and it received a great applause of the alumni. Many improvements of this website are planned to make it highly informative of our alumni, alma mater and activities of the Association.

November 14 Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru's birthday attracted all of us to kick off our 50th year graduation to finish the Golden Jubilee next year in April after full 50 years of our examinations. Our generation (70+ years) came from independence days and Pundit Nehru's modern temple building activity then has laid the foundation for the modern India. We were a deeply involved party to this nation building of steel plants, dams, atomic energy... & more..

On November 15, the Alumni met the current students. We had great fun in telling them about our era. Current students had lot of questions and doubts which were answered by our batch. Then we had lunch with students before gradually departing the College.

Third Annual Meet has been arranged at Willow Springs Resorts, Medchal.

The meet was arranged in resorts to satisfy a section of our alumni and to have a variance from the routine meets in an auditorium. However, the attendance was thin and it was attributed to logistic problems, even after arranging the transport for the needy alumni.

The meet was arranged in the auditorium of JNTU, Kukatpally

The second Annual Meet has been arranged in the auditorium of JNTU, Masab Tank. And it started in the afternoon at 1:00 p.m. and went up to 9:00 p.m.

A cultural program by Devnar School for the blind with their Orchestra and mimicry by its students received applause of all the participants. It was a surprise that they gave a dance program too. The program was sponsored by Sri GS Rama Rao, Secretary of Alumni Association. On the spot, the participants donated collectively Rs. 9,500/- to Devnar School.

The first Annual Meet has been arranged in the auditorium of JNTU, Masab Tank.
The activities were spread over from 9 a.m till evening 6 p.m. Thanks to VC, JNTU, Dr Rajagopal for giving the Auditorium with nominal fees. Generous financial support from Sri BCV (Aswini) Subba Rao (alumnus of 1970 batch) helped us in meeting the expenditure beyond the receipts (for the meet towards participation fee).

The Registration Certificate has been received.

Souvenir has been printed by the Association as an assistance to the Diamond Jubilee Celebrations Committee at Kakinada and distributed to all the participants during the Valedictory function of Diamond Jubilee Celebrations of the College at Kakinada (for 2 days); 490+ delegates have registered for the function; Sri AGK Rao was the Chairperson and Sri Chittenraju Vanguri, USA was the Chief Editor. Sri Chandra Turaga co-ordinated the total activities. Along with Sri Mutyala Bhaskara Rao from US, he also pooled about Rs. 54 lacs in the form of pledges and payments for constructing an auditorium to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of the August Institution; .

The meet has been primarily organized to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of the College at Hyderabad and to facilitate the Alumni of Hyderabad to attend the celebrations at Kakinada, in July, 2006.

On the spot, 3 of the Alumni became Patrons (with a donation of Rs. 10, 000/-) and 22 members became the Life Members (with a payment of Rs. 1, 000/-) and 53 members paid Annual subscription of Rs. 100/- Sri T. Hanumantha Rao (1950), Sri V. Rama Rao (1950), Sri K. Poornachandra Rao (1950), Sri C. Srinivasa Rao (1951), Maj. Gen. A Visweswara Rao (Retd.)(1953) and Dr. K. Satya Prasad, the Principal of Engg. College, Kakinada, have been felicitated in the meet.

In the meet at Botanical Gardens, foundation has been laid conceptually to form the Registered Alumni Association by Sri KSVN Appa Rao, Retd. GM of BHEL to facilitate periodical meets and promote fraternity among the Alumni and service to alma mater. A few volunteers have been identified in that meet.