mInfosys 10th Anniversary celebrations

Yesterday was the big day for Mangalore Infosys. We had our 10th anniversary celebrations. The venue : Dr. TMA Pai International Convention center.

The program started at around 4 - 4.30 PM. Lot of dignitaries had come down for this special occasion. We had S. Gopalakrishnan (Kris) - Director, K. Dinesh - Director, N S Raghavan (ex-infoscion, emp# 1 of Infosys), R G Bhandi (ex-infoscion, the first DC head of Mangalore), M M Mohan (ex-infoscion), Binod H R, Bikramjit Maitra, V P Kochikar, Shivshankar, Capt. Sinha and couple of other folks.

The entrance was strictly for Infoscions and their family members.

Banner at the Entrance (Click to Zoom)

Entrance of the Convention Centre (Click to Zoom)

Here is the stage setup :

Stage Setup (Click to Zoom)

The cake was damn beautiful. It was a replica of our Infosys Mangala office. Check out the pictures.

The mInfy 10 Cake - Front View (Click to Zoom)

The mInfy 10 Cake - Front View (Click to Zoom)

The mInfy 10 Cake - Back View (Click to Zoom)

The mInfy 10 Cake - Side View (Click to Zoom)

The function started with a snapshot of the past 10 years. “Story So far” kind of thing. Was very nostalgic indeed. This was followed by a short movie on Mangalore Infosys.

After that the formal function began.

Sudhir, Bhandi, Kris, NSR, Dinesh, M M Mohan (Click to Zoom)

Then then there was cake cutting. Two young mInfoscions who share their birthday with mInfosys got to cut the cake along with other dignitaries!. But, it was kind of sad to cut such a beautiful cake!!

Cake Cutting (Click to Zoom)

Cake Cutting - Kris(Click to Zoom)

This is how the auditorium looks like… it can house around 1800 people.

Inside the Auditorium (Click to Zoom)

The cake cutting was followed by speeches by dignitaries.

Kris sharing his thoughts (Click to Zoom)

N S Raghavan - The first employee of Infosys!(Click to Zoom)

K Dinesh addressing the gathering (Click to Zoom)

Bhandi - The first DC head of Mangalore (Click to Zoom)

Bhandi and the second batch folks sang the Song “Zindagi Milke Bitayege” from Satte Pe Satta, bringing back some old memories!

Batch 2 folks (Click to Zoom)

M M Mohan sharing his thoughts (Click to Zoom)

After the stage event, we had a Inter-DC short film competition. It was a competition among various Development Centers of Infosys to come up with a short film on the topic “Social Consciousness and Community Empathy”. This program went on for about an hour. 12 films were played. In the mean time, cake was served. Mysore DC won the competition.

Next up was the Rock Show from a group called Aquaflow from Mumbai. They did a pretty neat job. One good thing that they did was, they did manage to sing some non-rock stuff too, although it disappointed some small set of rock fans. So, it was not a pure rock show as such! After a couple of numbers, mInfoscions were all set to rock and roll and didn’t want to stop! (as usual!)

Rock Show by AquaFlow (Click to Zoom)(Click to Zoom)

Rock Show by AquaFlow (Click to Zoom)(Click to Zoom)

Rock Show by AquaFlow (Click to Zoom)(Click to Zoom)

mInfoscions on the stage (Click to Zoom)

Rock and Roll (Click to Zoom)

Ooops!.. (Click to Zoom)

The last part for the day was.. the dinner :). Taj Manjarun were the caterers for the day, and the food was good, specially the non-veg part!

Dinner (Click to Zoom)

Dinner (Click to Zoom)

All in all, a day to remember for all mInfoscions.

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2 comments | September 10th, 2005 at 08:40pm

Mangalore - Growth, Development

Woke up late yesterday, and got a much needed hair-cut :)…. cut my hair pretty short. So, should not be a problem for the next 2 months ;). Went to the office yesterday to finish of some minor chores.

Got up late today too. Weekends = Get up late :). I expect the next couple of weeks to be pretty hectic. We will be celebrating the 10th birthday of Mangalore Infosys on 9th September, and I expect quite a lot time to be spent on this activity. The function that we had on 18th August was just the Inauguration function.

The September 9th function would be held at the T M A Pai - MAHE Convention center at Mangalore. Its a huge building with two domes in Mangalore. Kind of a landmark. Infact, one of the dome is supposed to be the biggest one in Asia!. Not sure how true that is!

Here are the pics of the building :

TMA memorial convention center at Mangalore (click to zoom in)

Left wing of the building (click to zoom in)

Left wing of the building (click to zoom in)

Last Friday, we had been to the building to plan for the 9th September function. Its quite impressive. The entire building is Air conditioned. It has 3 conference halls, 1 dining hall, 1 big exhibition hall, and an auditorium. The auditorium can accommodate around 1800 people easily! The Auditorium has 10000 PMPO Bose speaker system !.. cool!……It also has ample parking space in the basement. Last Friday, we had been to that building to plan for the arrangements.

Mangalore is growing…. Lot of other big building projects coming up in Mangalore. There is a building right next to this convention center called “The Empire”. Its supposed to be a big shopping center. Similarly, a big multiplex complex is also under construction in Bejai, near the bus-stand. Construction is going on in full swing. … so, Mangalore would be a much more interesting place few years from now! So, watch out!

1 comment | August 28th, 2005 at 10:07pm