Interaction with Ex-Students

During my time in St. Joseph's College, Nainital we had not many but some interactions with the ex-students in the form of football matches. I still remember the day when the students from the ICSE' 94 batch visited Sem in 1998 during the football season- 19 June 1998 to be precise- to play football against the College 'A' team. According to the excerpts of my personal diary, the Semites won by 4 goals to 3. Kuldeep Negi, Piyush Bisht and Manish Upadhaya were amongst the '94 batch that had come to SJC.  What was surprising was that not all of them were star footballers during their stint in Sem. This evidently showed how they loved Sem and loved to play on the field where it had all started.

Interactions such as these are always important and welcome in our Alma Mater. Perhaps, ex-students can go beyond the football matches to interact with the students in Sem and also guide them in choosing their career and in pursuing their dreams. One can easily infer from the Sem Yahoo group that Ex-Semites are not too happy with the recent tidings in Sem.

However, what are the old boys doing? A Trust for Sem is underway to ensure proper and effective participation from ex-students to help regain the glory of Sem. This is going to be an epoch-making event in the annals of Sem's history. Let's wish the Trust all the luck and hope it achieves what it plans to in the coming years.
Certa Bonum Certamen.

The investiture programme for the Board of Trustees is being held on 23 January 2012 at Taj Palace, New Delhi. Ex-students who wish to know more or meet the Trustees may contact Mick Hogg via email at mick@projectlighting.com.au