Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: ‘Smruti Sangam-2024’ the two-day alumni convention jointly organised by the Social Work College of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University (Bamu) and Alumni Association was kicked off at the Law Department on Saturday.
Pro-VC Dr Walmik Sarwade inaugurated the event by watering a plant. Dr Yusuf Bennur, Ram Baheti, Hemlata Kulkarni and others were seated on the dais.
Suresh Puri, Deepak Nagargoje, K B Deshmukh, alumni association president Ganesh Mate, vice president Amol Bhilange, treasurer Manoj Gadhekar, Karim Shaikh, Sandeep Dhakne, Ravindra Kolarkar, Santosh Pawar and others were present.
A mega procession was taken from Y Corner of the university to Social Work College at 10 am. The former students were welcomed traditionally with lezim and ‘dhol tasha.’ Pro-VC Dr Walmik Sarwade guided the participants. Former students are working in different Government and semi-government posts. Principal Dr P M Shahpurkar made an introductory speech.
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Highlights of meet
Following are the highlights of the programme
--Past and present students of batches of 1982-24 participated in the event
--Present and past students danced to the beat of drums and lezim.
--‘Shobhyatra’ procession taken from Y-corner of Bamu via college to Law Department (venue of the event).
--Two former students of the 1982 batch participated in the meet.