Alumni

TERI School of Advanced Studies held an online Alumni Meet on Sunday, June 26, 2022.

The Meet started with the address of the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Prateek Sharma. His encouraging words during his welcome address enthused the alumni to share their reminisces during their years spent at the institute and their career thereafter.

The TERI SAS alumnus from various programmes and across batches virtually attended the meet and shared their innovative ideas regarding their programmes and how it has helped them develop niche careers, valuable inputs indeed for the current batch of students in our deemed university.

Ongoing Activities: COVID Scholarship Fund

After an appeal by the University, the alumni stepped forward and helped gather funds to support students who had lost family members to COVID during the 2nd wave:

• Alumni volunteers, University staff and some faculty members formed the COVID - 19 Student Alumni Welfare Fund Committee to disburse funds upwards of INR 3 lakhs that were sourced
• The Committee gathered documents from students impacted to review their change in economic situation with requisite proofs
• Funds of INR 50,000 from the fund were disbursed to 5 students towards their tuition and INR 10,000 was contributed by the University for each student
• The remaining funds are for future requirements, subject to be disbursed basis mutual agreement of alumni and the University

• Alumni chapters: Mumbai chapter started by the University so far, plans to extend it to further cities/parts of the world dependent on number of students
• Plans to finalise a fixed date for the Alumni meet each year – a poll will be shared with alumni over email
• Ways to foster alumni-student interaction: Eg. Formalising future interactive sessions, featuring alumni stories, etc.
• Suggestions welcome!

Three alumni, Mr. Upkari Nath Tripathi, Dr. Chandni Singh and Ms. Ninika Dhawan shared their experiences at TERI SAS and their journey as committed professionals. Upkari Nath Tripathi has pursued his M.Tech. in Renewable Energy Engineering & Management, 2010-2012 batch and is now an Entrepreneur founder of Electric cycle manufacturing startup. Chandni Singh has completed her MSc in Environmental Studies 2006-2008 batch and is now an IPCC Lead Author and an Assistant Professor at IIHS Ninika Dhawan has pursued her M.A. in Sustainable Development Practice Batch of 2011-2013 and is now a Deputy Commissioner at Indian Revenue Service, Government of India Everyone expressed joy at meeting one another through video and audio and were happy to renew their bond with the institute. All were asked to share their experiences at TERISAS and how it is helping them in their career path at present. The meet ended with the President and Secretthanking all for their presence and contribution.

TERI School of Advanced Studies held an online Alumni Meet on 28th February 2021.

The Meet started with the address of the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Manipadma Datta. His encouraging words during his welcome address enthused the alumni to share their reminisces during their years spent at the institute and their career thereafter.

The TERI SAS alumnus from various programmes and across batches virtually attended the meet and shared their innovative ideas regarding their programmes and how it has helped them develop niche careers, valuable inputs indeed for the current batch of students in our deemed university.

The current tenure of the post of President and Secretary of the TERI SAS Alumni Executive Committee is for one year, there was a long standing need for extending the tenure to two years. A poll for the same was conducted amongst Alumni during the virtual meet and 76 percent agreed that the tenure may be extended to two years.

Further it was proposed that the tenure of the TERI SAS Alumni Executive Committee should be increased to five years and the same was also agreed to by a majority of those present.

Two alumnus Mr Manpreet Singh and Mr Dinakar Peri shared their experiences at TERI SAS and their journey as committed professionals.

Everyone expressed joy at meeting one another through video and audio and were happy to renew their bond with the institute. The meet ended with the President thanking all for their presence and contribution.

TERI School of Advanced Studies (TERI SAS), organised its first alumni meet in Mumbai on March 4th, 2020. The meeting led to the foundation of the Mumbai Chapter of TERI SAS Alumni Association (TAA).

This alumni meet was also the first outside Delhi. Our Mumbai alumni turned up to revisit their times at TERI SAS and the story thereafter. The faculty, including the Vice Chancellor, Dr Manipadma Datta and alumni cherished and rejoiced the old memories and discussed the future of academia and the industry at length. The august gathering that started over tea concluded at a dinner with both the alumni and the faculty laying strong emphasis on meeting frequently.

It was also proposed that TERI SAS should come up with multiple chapters of Alumni Association to further strengthen the bond between the alumni, current students and the institute.

The TERI-SAS Alumni meet 2019(Reminiscence-2019) was held on 16th November, with a carbon neutral theme sponsored by A Series and Power Grid. The meet aimed to build synergies between the Alumni, University and students.

The event started with a welcome address by Ms. Deepali Dhulia, president Alumni Association Executive Committee. Deepali briefed the alumni about the various initiatives taken by association and university like, Alumni Webinar series, Interactive sessions, highlighting alumni achievements on website and through TERI SAS social media platforms, to build and sustain a strong connect between TERI SAS and it's alumni. TAA also requested the contribution of the Alumni in form of knowledge sharing and sponsorship.
Mr. Shahrukh Wasay, an alumnus from MSC-Geoinformatics (2010-12) shared his personal experience and gave them tips for healthy living and how to maintain work life balance and how he has never looked back since. He currently works as Assistant Manager Training at ESRI and visits the University often to share his expertise with students. A variety of cultural performances were put together by the current students, the event concluded with a vote of thanks by Mr. Apurv Chaturvedi, the current Secretary of TAA.
The event concluded with dinner, which provided an opportunity for the current students, the Alumni and the faculty members to interact amongst themselves.

The TERI-SAS Alumni meet 2017 was held on 10th November, with a carbon neutral theme sponsored by OIL. The purpose of the meet was to strengthen the Alumni body with different ideologies and to foster interactions with the students.

The event started with a welcome address by Dr. Leena Srivastava, Vice Chancellor, followed by Dr. Rajiv Seth, Pro-Vice Chancellor. The working committee members of TERI Alumni Association (TAA) presented the vision and mission of the association for the next five year period, and requested the contribution of the Alumni in form of knowledge sharing and sponsorship. The open suggestion round from the Alumni resulted in suggestions like inter-batch interactions, alumni newsletter and an online portal for feedback and experience sharing. Mr. Ashish Nandan and Mr. Sandeep Swain were felicitated for their contribution to the TAA.

The event saw a variety of cultural performances put together by the current students of the Institute. A fun quiz round was conducted to judge how much do the students and the Alumni know about the TERI-SAS campus. The common lunch provided an opportunity for the current students, the Alumni and the faculty members to interact amongst themselves. The day ended with a vote of thanks by Mr. Prashanth Varanasi, the current Secretary of TAA.

2016 The TERI-SAS Alumni meet 2017 was held on November 10, with a carbon neutral theme sponsored by OIL. The purpose of the meet was to strengthen the Alumni body with different ideologies and to foster interactions with the students.

The event started with a welcome address by Dr. Leena Srivastava, Vice Chancellor, followed by Dr. Rajiv Seth, Pro-Vice Chancellor. The working committee members of TERI Alumni Association (TAA) presented the vision and mission of the association for the next five year period, and requested the contribution of the Alumni in form of knowledge sharing and sponsorship. The open suggestion round from the Alumni resulted in suggestions like inter-batch interactions, alumni newsletter and an online portal for feedback and experience sharing. Mr. Ashish Nandan and Mr. Sandeep Swain were felicitated for their contribution to the TAA.

The event saw a variety of cultural performances put together by the current students of the Institute. A fun quiz round was conducted to judge how much do the students and the Alumni know about the TERI-SAS campus. The common lunch provided an opportunity for the current students, the Alumni and the faculty members to interact amongst themselves. The day ended with a vote of thanks by Mr. Prashanth Varanasi, the current Secretary of TAA.

2015 The TERI-SAS Alumni meet 2017 was held on 10th November, with a carbon neutral theme sponsored by OIL. The purpose of the meet was to strengthen the Alumni body with different ideologies and to foster interactions with the students.

The event started with a welcome address by Dr. Leena Srivastava, Vice Chancellor, followed by Dr. Rajiv Seth, Pro-Vice Chancellor. The working committee members of TERI Alumni Association (TAA) presented the vision and mission of the association for the next five year period, and requested the contribution of the Alumni in form of knowledge sharing and sponsorship. The open suggestion round from the Alumni resulted in suggestions like inter-batch interactions, alumni newsletter and an online portal for feedback and experience sharing. Mr. Ashish Nandan and Mr. Sandeep Swain were felicitated for their contribution to the TAA.

The event saw a variety of cultural performances put together by the current students of the Institute. A fun quiz round was conducted to judge how much do the students and the Alumni know about the TERI-SAS campus. The common lunch provided an opportunity for the current students, the Alumni and the faculty members to interact amongst themselves. The day ended with a vote of thanks by Mr. Prashanth Varanasi, the current Secretary of TAA.