Guntur Medical College Alumni of North America
ALUMNI NEWS
February 28, 2005
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LOBBY OF THE GMCANA AUDITORIUM AT THE TIME OF INAUGURATION
Photos
courtesy of Bhaskara Rao Tripuraneni (74)
Several pictures of Global Alumni Home Coming events are posted at are posted at our website. You can go there by clicking on any of the above pictures or go the link http://www.gah2005.gmcana.org/
Grand kids corner.
Sri
Nanadan
born on February 11, 2005 to
Drs. Madhuri (97) and Sivaram
krishna Gondi
Proud grandparents are Bala
Bhaskara Rao (71) and Padma
Latha Venigalla of Guntur.
Dr.Bala Bhaskara Rao is one of GMCANA coordinators and
instrumental in the construction of the GMCANA auditorium. Madhuri,
an alumnus of GMC is the recipient of Vasireddy Seethapathi
and Gowridevi memorial award instituted by GMCANA
3 years ago.
Congratulations to the proud parents and grand parents.
Obituary:
Pathan
Mahaboob ( 65) passed away on February 22nd at his residence in
Buffalo, NY after a brief illness. He is from 1965 batch of GMC and has
been in US from 1977. He has been a practicing cardiologist. He is
survived by his two children Razia Begum ( BA MD) and a son Masood ( BA).
He was very impressed by GMCANA activities and recently became Life
Member of GMCANA. His daughter wants to sponsor some project at GMC/GGH in
the name of his father. Our sincere condolences to the family of
Dr.Pathan.
One of his friends and classmate Dr. Krishnamurthy Pinnamaneni says:
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Dr. Pathan Mahamood called me about a year ago, when he saw my name
in GMCANA directory. He was a very affectionate friend and very
simple minded guy. He talked to me at length about our days at GMC. I
invited him to visit me in Phoenix and he assured me to do just that.
He
always brought a fresh feeling of peace, affection and care to people
around him, as I recall. My wife and I are very sorry to hear this.
Our heart felt condolences to his family. Farewell, my good friend.
Two of our classmates, Enoc Prabhakar ( a good Christian) and Pathan (a good Muslim) are two great examples that smarts, honor and goodness come in all religions, colors and shapes. Both died prematurely.
Sun rises in east tomorrow too, as always. No one is indispensable or infallible. What matters is how one will be remembered by family and friends. Life goes on and world moves on for all. Doesn't it?
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Ravikumar Tripuraneni
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Based on my track record of leadership and my dedication towards community service, I strongly believe that I can add value to our great organization. I request you to join hands with me to build a stronger TANA for us and future generations.
Leadership
Ø Convener, 14th TANA Conference, San Jose, CA, 2003
ü Presented a memorable TANA silver jubilee conference.
ü Raised over $325,000 in donations.
Ø Chairman, Federation of Indian Associations (FIA) of Northern California , 2001 - 2003
ü Brought 44 member organizations under the umbrella.
ü Organized India day event attended by 75,000 people each year.
ü Collected funds for AASRA, shelter for victims of domestic violence.
ü Launched programs for senior citizens towards medical, social and religious needs.
Ø President, Federation of Indian Associations (FIA) of Northern California , Current
ü Spearheaded youth programs for mentoring, issuing school and college scholarships, political internships and career/ volunteering opportunities.
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Initiated civil rights program to
ensure Indian community is preserved and protected at all times.
üLaunched political empowerment schemes via political education programs and voter registration drives.
Ø Chairman, Swagat Care Foundation, Current
ü Responsible for promoting numerous foundation-projects in India as well as in North America.
Community Service
ü
Via TANA Foundation:
Raised over $500,000 for Sankara Eye Hospital in Guntur, including
a 25,000 personal contribution.
Helped in building a shelter for
“forum for street children" in Vijayawada. Personally, donated an
ambulance to the
organization.
ü
Via Swagat Care Foundation:
Providing free medical care for the last 4 years to the needy in
Andhra Pradesh through clinics operated by Swagat Care
Foundation.
Providing
monthly pensions for the last 5 years to over 2,000 old age people in
Andhra Pradesh.
Provided scholarships to Youth in
North America.
ü
Personal front
Launched the first and the only
global Telugu newspaper, “Telugu Times” to serve the NRI Telugu
community. Raised funds for several candidates
of Indian origin seeking political office in various local elections.
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This
Edition of Alumni News Credits:
Content by Dr. Ravi Tripuraneni (71)
Photos of Auditorium by Dr. Bhakar Tripuraneni (74)
HTML Formatting: Dr. Bapu Arekapudi (62)