Dear Alumni, The BITSian alumni community of more than 1,45,000 goes beyond generations and geographical boundaries and is known for leading and leaving their footprints. The journey that we started around three years back to connect and engage with our esteemed Alumni have been exciting and fulfilling. It is always a source of great joy to see BITSians achieving great heights in varied domains. We as a team – BITS and the BITSAA worked with vigor to energise our chapters in India and abroad, introduce multiple initiatives to engage with our beloved alumni and develop a constant link to communicate through different channels. Our efforts for the last three years have yielded a tremendous response that will continue to bring terrific support and benefits to the Institute. I personally loved the interactions and the ideas freely flowing across the Institute and BITSAA.

We have been celebrating the announcement of the third Unicorn among BITSian ventures and the warm welcome pouring in for the incoming BITSAA team led by Harsh Bhargava. My sincere and deep appreciation for the impact the BITSAA outgoing team made which went well beyond Alumni Relations. I am sure the momentum that has been set, would continue to get further strengthened in the coming years.

BITS Echo has undergone changes to connect with Alumni through different themes. This 11th issue has a focus on BITSian talent in Finding Opportunities in Crisis. We look forward to your suggestions to keep strengthening the BITSian community and work together to lift our beloved institution to the next level.

Prof. Souvik Bhattacharyya Vice Chancellor