1985 BATCH GET TOGETHER : DEC 2008

(Photograph Courtesy : Rajiv Tewari)

This photograph is of a get together organised by the 1985 batch in Dec last year. Nice initiative by the batch, hope next time they get together the strength would have swollen up. Quite Inspiring!!!!!!!!!! Needless to say, this photograph comes again kind courtesy Rajiv Tewari. Hope we all draw inspiration from this endeavour.

CLASS OF 1982

Continuing the posts on batches, Col Vininder Singh(Class of 1982 'A' Sec) has taken great pains not only to remember names of a lot of his sec class fellows but also quite a few from 'B' Sec. Beside this, Vinnie sir also recollected names of quite a few of the school staff. I shall be writing about them in a seperate post. But for now let's begin by listing out the batch of 1982. Needless to say, this list is dynamic and will keep taking shape with addition of names, status and contact details as and when they are contributed. Hope that soon there will also be the group phtographs to make recollection of class fellows easy.

Sec-A

• Col Vininder (Vinnie) Uppal - vinindersingh09@gmail.com - 09425613804
• Col Tarun Bhatia - 09001895731
• Yatinder Jain (Yatti) - Chandigarh - 5005557 & 5016373(O), 2552881 & 4635115(Resi), 9814202115(mob)
• Charandeep Singh(Bobby)
• Tejinder Singh - 9815611883
• Sarabjeet Singh (I)
• Sarabjeet Singh (II)
• Swaraj Singh
• Ajay Bhardwaj
• Suneet Kumar
• Amrik Singh - 9417259973
• Chander Shekhar - 9815991067
• Neeraj Kumar
• Vivek Sheel Sharma
• Harcharan Singh
• Jasjit Singh ??
• Harpreet Singh - 09971006315 - harrys_67@hotmail.com , harpreet@pacefin.in
• Ameek Singh
• Minnie Awasthi
• Anju Jolly
• Ruby Jolly
• Kuldeep kaur
• Satinder Kaur
• Seema Khosla
• Jayanti
• MJ Chandna
• Anju Mathur
• Harpreet Kaur
• Rajinder Kaur
• Rani (Left School before 1982)
• Kavita (Left School before 1982)
• Jayant (Left school before 1982)
• Bharat Bhushan - 9888252190

Sec B

• Kanwar Sameer - Naval Officer
• Anil Pandey - Chemical Engineer - Mumbai - 09987093108 - pandeyk66@yahoo.com
• Vivek Sharma - Chemical Engineer - Business - Chandigarh
• Kashif
• Rakesh Sharma
• Dr Rajesh Jain - Skin Specialist - Chandigarh - 09872989822
• Harpreet Singh Banga - Indian Express - Noida - 09958886699 - harpreet.banga@gmail.com
• Dr. Ritu Gupta
• Sukhpreet Kaur Bhatia - sukhpreet.bhatia49@gmail.com
• Gurkanwal Bedi
• Narinder Kaur
• Archana
• Sulekha
• Sudhir Gupta - Owns a Gym 'Bon Sante' - Chandigarh
• Harvinder Kalra
• Manisha Cheema - Mohali - manisha_aujla@hotmail.com
• Sudarshan Kapila - Real Estate, Chandigarh - vishnukapila@gmail.com - 09909111177
• Rohit Mahajan - rohitmsona@yahoo.com - 09915777888
• Amit Chawla - amit_chawla_99@yahoo.com - 09810133936
• Atul Mandhar - atulmandhar@rediffmail.com - 09814010170
• Divya Pathak - pathak56@gmail.com - 09814431423 

SNAPSHOTS: 24 APR 2009

HONOUR BOARD

MS RAVIRAJ KAUR (PRINCIPAL)

STAFF ROOM, (erstwise)LIBRARY

WAY TO SCIENCE LABS

VIEW FROM 1ST FLOOR WATER TAPS

VIEW OF PLAY GROUND FROM 1ST FLOOR


10TH CLASS ON 1ST FLOOR

ANOTHER VIEW OF 10TH CLASS

FAMOUS STAIRCASE

A VIEW OF GROUND FLOOR CLASS ROOMS

PLAY GROUND

THIS USED TO BE CL IV IN 1978-79 ALSO

DRINKING WATER TAPS

PORCH NEXT TO PRINCIPAL's OFFICE

SCHOOL AS IT LOOKS NOW

As promised, here are some snaps of the school taken today morning during our visit to the school. A pleasant surprise was the presence of Mr Chanchal Singh, the Dy DEO, Chandigarh, who used to be our Maths teacher in 1983-84. In fact it was out and out Rajiv Tewari's initiative to have arranged for the photographer as also calling up Chanchal Sir. Hope the pictures will stir some emotion in all of us. It has been our deliberate attempt to capture those areas of school which are of the 70's-80's vintage.

UPDATE

The Blog has completed one month since its inception and has seen reasonably good response. Many people have joined, commented & contributed; and have got in touch with their old class fellows and friends here and abroad. Seniors and Junior batches have shared their school photographs and contact details of their friends. So, in a sense one feels energised. Though,I must admit, there are some ex-students whom I have personally called up, cajoled, bugged but without much success. Hope things change. Some may also have (mis)construed it of being handiwork of "an idle mind with apparently no work"!!!!!! Well, I leave it to their wisdom and would endeavour to carry on with this effort to the extent possible because I attribute this blog to a feeling of nostalgia and a yearning to get in touch with all those who started their journey of gaining knowledge together; irrespective of who they have become and where they are now. Hope this effort is seen in the correct perspective. This year as our batch completed 25 years of passing out from this Institution, one has felt a sense of bewilderness at not knowing "who is where, doing what". I am sure others have also experienced similar sentiments. I am sanguine that together we will be able to form a workable network within our batches and other friends so that we are able to share such milestones in future. This forum can also be used to share fun moments spent together (by uploading pics of such get togethers, as Rajiv Tewari has promised).

Today we also made a visit to our "Alma Mater". It was such a great feeling to be standing in the same corridors where we used to run around once upon a time. The school has got some additions to its structure, but all that we are familiar with is still there. We have been promised by the school Principal "Ms Ravi Raj Kaur" that she and her staff would provide all the support to see this effort bearing fruit. In fact I have requested the Principal to provide us with names of old students of our vintage so that the lists could be updated. Soon, we shall also be taking pics of the school premises and uploading them so that everyone near and far can have a glimpse of the school. Hope you all will like it.

CLASS OF 1985

About 10 days back, I made a call to Rajiv Tewari(Class of 1985) from Leh to apprise him of the blog. Not only was Rajiv's response very enthusiastic and positive, he also informed me of efforts being made by his batch to locate the drifted class fellows and the get together their batch had organised in Dec 2008; albeit only at the batch level. As assured, Rajiv has taken out time to locate, annotate and mail the group photograph of his batch. I am thankful to him for the effort made and look forward to getting more help to concretise and fructify this endeavour. Hope this list gets updated with contact information and other details.

(SECTION - A)
SITTING(L-R): Ms Sushil Nijhawan, Mr AN Jolly, Mr Hardyal Singh, Mr Chanchal Singh, Mr Karan Singh.
(STANDING 1st ROW)

• Dr. Jyoti Nagpal - Dental Surgeon, CMC, Sec-17, Chd - omjyoti@hotmail.com
• Dr. Roopa Kohli - Surgeon - US
• Lovely
• Nirlep Kaur
• Bhupinder Kaur - Canada
• Jaswinder Kaur
• Sukhranjan Kaur - Librarian, Dept of Anthropology, PU Chd
• Neerja Sekhar, IAS - neerjasekhar@yahoo.com
• Balwinder Kaur
• Sonia Chadha -Ludhiana
• Anu Saluja
• Harmeet Kaur
• AnuKiran

(Standing 2nd Row)

• Ravi Rana
• Vikas Jain
• Ashish Singla - Practising Homeopathy at Kharar - 9417752327
• Ritu Oswal
• Arvinder Kaur - Lecturer Commerce, Govt. College, Sec 46, Chd
• Damanjit Kaur
• Sudha Sharma
• Dr. Sushma - Medical Officer, General Hospital, Panchkula
• Chetna
• Maninder Kaur
• Romy

(Standing 3rd Row)

• Inder Mohan Singh - Chief Manager, Vijaya Bank, New Delhi
• Harpreet Singh - Working with MNC, Gurgaon - 09711986130
• Manu Chaudhary - Army Officer, Kolkata - 09874917100 - manuchaudhary69@hotmail.com
• Atambir Singh - Lecturer, Maths - Punjab School
• Rupinder Singh
• Vishal Sharma - Lecturer, Botany, GCG, Sec-11, Chd - 9988150150 - vishal_2370@yahoo.com
• Solomom Deepak - Working with Google India, New Delhi
• Kamal Sharma - Mercedes Automobile Dealership - 9872500064 - kamal17force@yahoo.com
• Jagwinder Singh - Business
• Ravinder Perhar - Canada
• Prabhjit Singh
• Rajiv Tewari - District Treasury Officer cum Exec. Magistrate - Chd - 9878197007 - rajivtewarichd@yahoo.com
• Birpal Singh - Canada
• Vishal Sharma - Business - Chandigarh - vishal327@sify.com
• Parvinder Singh - Canada
• Balkrishan Kalra - Working with MNC - Gurgaon - 09811206435
• Ramanbir Singh - Business - Chandigarh - 9988325130

(Absentees)

• Kamaljit Kaur
• Seema Jolly(Dhawan) - seemavanshu@yahoo.com

(SECTION - B)

• Atul V Sood - Advocate - H. No 3273, Sector 15-D, Chandigarh - 9815992288, 2547917 - atulvsood@yahoo.com
• Dr Satyawati Mohindra - ENT Specialist, PGI Chandigarh
• Rai Bahadur - Rai Opticals, Booth No 245, Sec 37 Chandigarh - 9872555543, 2697245 - rai6543@yahoo.com
• Jagmohan Singh - 9417333979 - ultimedix@yahoo.com
• Ravinder Mohan - 9815086780 - Mfr of PVC Cables - Mohali - katyanicables@gmail.com
• Kanwar Kulwinder Singh Virdi - Chandigarh Railways - Chandigarh
• Orini Sahai
• Rajinder Kaur
• Vaishali
• Ritika
• Shalu
• Prabhjit Singh - Sydney, Australia - prabhjitk@hotmail.com
• Vinay Bhandari - Advocate - 9815993117 - vinaypratibha@gmail.com

(Students who left before passing out)

• Pankaj Jolly - Stones Business - 09662380747 - Ahmedabad - pankajjolly.ap@gmail.com

AMANDEEP SINGH (CLASS OF 1983)

............and the story continues
It was Sangeeta Kohli (Class of 1984) who informed me about Amandeep Singh (Class of 1983) and it took less than a minute to locate his whereabouts on the net. Amandeep Singh Gill is an Officer of the IFS(Indian Foreign Service 1992 batch) presently in Stanford as a visiting Scholor at CISAC, Stanford University. His profile can be seen at http://iis-db.stanford.edu/staff/3887/Amandeep_Singh_Gill-CV.pdf. I remember Amandeep, one year senior to us, as a person who always seemed to be focussed towards his goals in life. He was our school topper and had a pleasing personality. We take pride in associating him with the school and vice-versa.
This is how CISAC has put his profile:
Amandeep Singh Gill
Visiting Scholar
Center for International Security and Cooperation
Stanford University,
Encina Hall, E212,
Stanford, CA 94305-6165
agill@stanford.edu(650) 725-8035 (voice)
(Research Interests: International relations; disarmament, arms control and non-proliferation; regional security issues particularly in South Asia, South East Asia and South West Asia; human security issues)
Amandeep Gill is a visiting fellow at CISAC. He is a member of the Indian Foreign Service and has served in the Indian Mission to the United Nations in Geneva, the Indian Embassy in Tehran and the High Commission of India in Colombo. At headquarters in New Delhi, he has served twice in the Disarmament and International Security Affairs Division of the Ministry of External Affairs from 1998 to 2001 and again from 2006 to 2008 at critical junctures in India’s nuclear diplomacy. He was a member of the Indian delegation to the Conference on Disarmament during the negotiations on the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. He has also served as an expert on the UN Secretary General’s panels of experts on Small Arms and Light Weapons and on Missiles.
His research priorities include disarmament, arms control and non proliferation, Asian regional security and human security issues. He is currently working on the interaction of nuclear policies of major states, particularly in Asia.Before joining the Indian Foreign Service, Amandeep Gill worked as a telecommunications engineer. He retains an abiding interest in the interaction of science, security and politics. He is founder of a non-profit called Farmers First Foundation that seeks to reclaim agriculture for the farmers and demonstrate the viability of integrated agriculture in harmony with nature."

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Uploading of photographs contributed by Ms Amita Bahri seems to have acted as catalyst beside adding a unique charm to the blog. A lot of old students have commented on the blog and one feels optimistic of the blog picking up momentum. During interaction with other class fellows one finds a long list of school alumni who are doing very well for themselves. I would like to clarify that we all are doing well in our respective vocation that we have chosen and I have no authority to be judgemental. However, I am putting up a list of those who are well placed professionally and make us feel proud of sharing the same "Alma Mater". I begin with some names that I know of and together we will keep adding names:-

1. Dr Anup Ch Pandey, IAS - Secy, Primary Education, Uttar Pradesh.
2. Dr Mona Gupta, IAS - Commissioner cum Secy, Women & Child Devp, Orrisa.
3. Ms Arti Rishi, IAS - Commissioner cum Secy , Textile & Handloom, Orissa.
4. Ms Neerja Sekhar, IAS - Haryana.
5. Ms Vandana Chawla, IRS - Addl Commissioner, IT - Mumbai
6. Ms Vibha Sharma - Indian Defence Estates Services - Jodhpur.
7. Dr Sandeep Mohindra - Asst Prof, Dept of Neurosurgery, PGIMER, Chandigarh.
8. Col Vininder Singh - Colonel Administration -Indian Army
9. Col Pawanbir Singh Lamba - Director Military Training - Indian Army
10. Mr Harpreet S Manocha - Dy Director - BBMB - Chandigarh
11. Mr Rajiv Tewari - District Treasury Officer cum Executive Magistrate- Chandigarh Adm.
12. Mr Sanjay Sardana - Director - Manav Mangal Group of Schools.
13. Dr Harvinder Taneja - Neurologist - USA

(and the list continues............)

PHOTOGRAPHS 1982-83

(Photograph Courtesy: Amita Bahri)

EDITORIAL BOARD SCHOOL MAGAZINE

Sitting(L to R): Ms G Walia, Mr AN Jolly, Mr Hardyal Singh(Principal), Mr HC Sharma, Mr RN Kalia
Standing(Lto R): Balvinder Singh, Amandeep Singh, Pawanbir Singh Lamba, Amita Bahri

(Photograph Courtesy: Amita Bahri)

STUDENTS COUNCIL 1983

Sitting (L to R): Ishu Bhalla, Amita Bahri, Surinder Kaur, Kalika Midha, Samidha Gupta, Leena Singhal, Sangeeta Kohli
Standind (L to R): Rajesh Jhamb, Balvinder Singh, Robin Roy, Rajeev Malhotra, Pradeep Sharma, Jatinder Vij, Amandeep Singh, Pawanbir Singh Lamba.

These photographs, again from the personal collection of Amita Bahri are unique in many ways and remind us of a different era. One could not remember some names in the photographs although faces are all too familiar. The blanks need to be filled up. And if, the names are accompanied by contact and other details, it will help in widening the network.

CLASS OF 1983

(Photograph Courtesy: Amita Bahri)

We just got our first set of pictures. These have been sent by Ms Amita Bahri (1983 batch). She has taken pains to search through her collection to dish out and send three pictures including the group photo of the Class of 1983. I sincerely thank Amita and hope others will follow suit. I am sure they will bring back memories of those golden days that we spent in the school. I am uploading the Group Photo of the Class of '83.
The names of students starting from 1st row to 3rd row & from Left to Right are given below.

1983 Batch (Sec 'A')

• Mohinder Want
• Neeru
• Mukta
• Kiran
• Supriya
• Samidha
• Amita Bahri - amitapr2003@gmail.com
• Seema
• Nirupma
• Monika
• Manjinder Singh
• Vikas Jain
• Mandeep Singh- 01722022284 , 9814506645
• Balvinder Singh
• Vivek Jolly - 9316139900
• Gurjit Singh
• Ajay Chadha
• Vineet Setia - setiavineet@hotmail.com
• Sandeep Suri - 01722230759 , 9888493318
• Amandeep Singh - aman_ashma@yahoo.com
• Parveen Setia
• Pawanbir Singh Lamba - 09717852737- pbslamba@yahoo.co.in
• Inderdeep Singh Bakshi
• Rajbir
• Harvinder Paul Singh
• Deepak Mittal

Faculty members sitting from Left to Right:

Ms Shashi, Ms S Kapoor, Ms G Walia, Ms S Nijhawan, Mr Hardyal Singh(Principal), Mr HC Sharma, Mr AN Jolly, Mr RN Kalia, Mr Karan Singh.

Absentees on the day Photograph was taken:

• Rupinder Kaur
• Manish Sehgal - 09873192008
• Leena Singhal
• Suneet Sibal - Mohali - 01722222055 , 9417005885 - suneet.sibal@gmail.com
• Sanjay Mago - Panchkula - 01725077434 , 9815909966 , 9417009266
• Balraj Singh
• Harjinder Singh
• Rajesh Bhasin

Mr Vineet Setia (Class of 1983) has forwarded a list of some fellows from his batch who were apparently missing on the day group photograph was taken beside some updates. Thanks Vineet. I reproduce the mail sent by Vineet.

"The day that picture (ok photograph) was taken, we had a few people missing. Please correct me, if I am wrong.

• Leena Singhal - Did Civil Engineering from PEC and passed out in 1989.
• Suneet Sibal - Mohali.
• Sanjay Mago - Panchkula
• Balraj Singh - was in Mohali,
• Harjinder Singh - never saw him after 1983.
• Rajesh Bhasin - may be, saw him once after 1983.

Rest of the people:

• Manjinder Singh - never saw him after 1983
• Vikas Jain - in Las Vegas, US
• Mandeep Singh - has a business and lives in Mohali. Stayed in US for about 10 years and went back.
• Balvinder Singh - is in Netherlands.
• Vivek Jolly - runs business in Sector 19, Chandigarh
• Gurjit Singh - never saw him after 1983.
• Ajay Chadha - runs business in New York, US
• Sandeep Suri - Lawyer and lives in Mohali
• Amandeep Singh - Read the separate blog. Topped in the 1st PET. Did Electronics Engg in 1989 from PEC.
• Parveen Setia - CA and is working in Ludhiana
• Pawanbir Singh Lamba - Colonel in Indian Army and posted in New Delhi.
• Inderdeep Singh Bakshi - lives in Mohali
• Rajbir Singh - never saw him after 1983
• Harvinder Pal Singh - is in Germany and works for DB.
• Deepak Mittal - last known, was running business in sector 22 Simla Flour Mills.

Girls- So sorry, I know about only a few of them.

• Amita Bahri - contributed to this blog. Thank you very much for the picture. Studied at Home Science college, Sector 10, Chandigarh.
• Samidha Gupta - did Metallurgical Engg. from PEC in 1989. Her parents live in sector 10, Panchkula.

Anyone can contact me at setiavineet@hotmail.com. It will be my extreme pleasure to re-live the memories.

Thanks

Vineet

THEY'VE DONE US PROUD

Like most schools, 35 Model also boasts of many famous and illustrious alumni who have carved a niche' for themselves in their field of work. When we joined school way back in 1974, our Honours Board had the name of one Mr Anup Pandey right on the top. That person is now Dr. Anup Chandra Pandey, IAS (UP Cadre), a very successful senior Bureaucrat. Dr Mona Gupta & Ms Arti Rishi, IAS(Orrisa Cadre), Ms Neerja, IAS(Haryana Cadre), Ms Vandana Chawla, IRS Ms Vibha Sharma, Indian Defence Estates Service are a few other names that come to my mind. Who can forget Vivek Shauq, a successful film actor who used to regale us with his acts in School? Chetan Sharma, the famous cricketer (and a prospective politician), was a 1981 batch alumni who shifted out of school around '79 or '80. I am sure there are many more such names who have brought glory to the school. It is requested that more such inspiring success stories be brought to the fore on this blog to let everyone know of the Gems that our school has produced.

CLASS OF 1988

Dr Sandeep Mohindra,(1988 batch), a surgeon based in Chandigarh, has sent details of some of his class fellows that he could compile. It is indeed a very thoughtful and positive contribution by Sandeep. Hope the list is updated by ex students of 1988 batch and also by other batches. Inputs, snaps, updates etc. can be sent at atulpandey267@gmail.com.

1988 BATCH

• Achal Sarna
• Ajay Sharma
• Deepa Batra
• Deepika Chopra - deepchopra@hotmail.com -Sydney, Australia
• Lt Col Gulshan Dhawan - 9466137710 - gulshan.dhawan@gmail.com - Anaesthesiologist in the Army - MH, Ambala
• Hitender Rao - raohitender@gmail.com - 09814302673 - Chandigarh - Hindustan Times
• Kailash Sharma
• Manisha Kishore-Panchkula
• Manish Sharma-Electrical Engineer
• Naveen Gupta - Chandigarh-Electrical Engineer
• Niraj Jetly-USA-Software Engineer - njetly@hotmail.com
• Neeraj Sharma-School Teacher
• Neeraj Ahuja-Chandigarh-Parmaceutical Business
• Pankaj Juneja - Australia - Mechanical Engineer - pankajjuneja@hotmail.com - +61 410804402
• Pankaj Verma-Chandigarh
• Pawanpreet Sarna - pawansarna@gmail.com -USA-Software Engineer
• Prabhjot Kaur
• Rajeev Thakur-Chandigarh-Engineer- PGIMER
• Dr Sandeep Mohindra - sandeepneuro@gmail.com - 9914209713, 0172-2693124 -Chandigarh - Surgeon
• Dr Sarabjit Singh Matharu - sarabvineet@yahoo.co.in - Chandigarh - Laparoscopic Surgeon
• Sonu Aggarwal-Chandigarh-Electrical Engineer
• Vibha Sharma - vibhasharma2000@yahoo.com - IDES - Jodhpur
• Vineet Maheshwari - Software Engineer - Gurgaon - maheshwari.vineet@gmail.com
• Kujnish Vashisht - kujnishvashisht@gmail.com  - Management Consultant - Expedient Consultants, 69, 2nd floor, SCO 42, Sector-11, Panchkula - 9872950392