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IIT Alumni To Meet In Mumbai

The three-day fourth IIT Alumni global conference, 2006, in Mumbai from December 23 is expected to discuss nation-building projects that IITians could take up, conference chairman Ashank Desai has said.

“These professionals have benefited immensely from studying in IITs and it is their turn now to do something for the nation", Desai said.

The theme of the conference is “Inspire IITians to Involve and Transform India". Besides, topics like “Building India into a Knowledge Economy” and “Getting the Governance You Want” will be deliberated during the meet for which over 500 former IITians are expected to participate, he said.

He said as many as seven segments, all built around the central theme, have been planned, including how to ‘Save ‘X’ Million People out of Poverty in one Generation.’

Source : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/

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