Alumni Meet at Kaveri

The yearly alumni Meet of Kaveri Group of Institutes was held on 21^st December 2019 at 5 pm in Shakuntala Jagannath Shetty Auditorium, Ganeshnagar, Pune. Alumni of Dr. Kalmadi Shamarao High School and Kaveri College of Arts, Science and Commerce attended the event. Mr. Kushal Hegde, President, Kannada Sangha, Mrs. Indira Salian, Vice President Kannada Sangha, Dr. Narayan Hegde, Vice President Kannada Sangha, Mrs. Radhika Sharma, Jt. Treasurer Kannada Sangha were present at the occasion.

The Alumni Meet began with the school prayer. Mr. Kushal Hegde, President Kannada Sangha, delivered the inaugural address. The former students of school, who have excelled in their fields i.e. The Super Achievers, were felicitated by the management members of Kannada Sangha. Mr. Milind Sohoni, Area Leader and Professor of Operations Management at the Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad; Mr. Niranjan Kirloskar, Managing Director of Fleetguard Filters Pvt. Ltd., Pune; Dr. Rewati Deshmukh, Professor, Bharati Vidyapeeth’s Dental College and Hospital, Pune; Mr. Kaustubh Radkar, former National Swimming champion and 20 times Ironman Triathlon athlete.  An Ironman Triathlon is one of a series of long-distance triathlon races organized by the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC), consisting of a 2.4-mile (3.86 km) swim, a 112-mile (180.25 km) bicycle ride and a marathon 26.22-mile (42.20 km) run, raced in that order. It is widely considered one of the most difficult one-day sporting events in the world;  Mr. Aroh Velankar, who acted in Marathi movies like Rege, Ghantaa and Kewada (short film) etc. were felicitated on this occasion. All the Super Achievers expressed their gratitude towards the school and their teachers. They remembered their school days fondly and also mentioned how the seeds of their extraordinary talent were sown in the school and encouraged by the teachers time and again.

The programme was followed by a performance by Mr. Atul Sonar and Ms. Aishwarya Mali, alumni of Kaveri College performed on retro themed songs. Mr. Prashant Naseri performed an orchestra on old and new songs. The alumni grooved on the tunes of old and new songs and bonded over old school and college times. 

Vote of thanks was proposed by Ms. Sayee Kulkarni. She announced the date of the next alumni meet which is 19th December 2020.