IIFT Delhi alumni meet held on July 19

The meet was a resounding success and was attended by alumni from as far back as the 1970 batch. Nostalgia hung heavy in the air as alumni caught up with batchmates, some of whom they had not met in as long as a decade. People from the same batch walked in together exchanging warm hugs and greetings with their seniors and juniors.

The evening was got off to a fun-filled start with a prize reserved for the alumnus who had travelled the maximum distance to get to the venue. There were several contenders for the same as people had braved the weekend traffic and come down all the way from Dwarka and Gurgaon.

This was followed by a quiz on IIFT which saw wonderfully enthusiastic participation from the alumni competing as they did with one another in shouting off answers before anyone else. As the evening progressed, the mood got lighter. One of the alumni took centre stage and regaled the audience with a couple of Hindi film oldies.

All the alumni had been given colour-coded batch cards specifying the decade of their batch leading to excitement amongst them on spotting someone with a similar coloured batch card. The alumni mingled about recalling the fun they had had at IIFT. They also caught up with the present director of the institute, KT Chacko, and some of the faculty members who were present on the occasion.

All the alumni were handed a surprise gift while leaving which included a CD with pictures of the event itself, giving the alumni something to treasure until next time.