Dean Alumni's Message

Prof. Atul Khanna
Dean Alumni Association

Alumni Association Guru Nanak Dev University (AAGNDU) endeavors to bring together the old students who have passed from university campuses & its constituent and affiliated colleges to promote the GNDU-perception, provide them a common platform and strengthen bonds between Guru Nanak Dev University and its alumnus. The students and alumni of the university continue to excel in diverse fields of sciences, engineering, software development, sports, arts, management and public administration, GNDU today ranks among the top universities of the country. The AAGNDU supports activities of different alumni groups in India and abroad and provides a meeting ground to our alumni community spread throughout the world.

The office of AAGNDU is situated at the Arts Block (ground-floor) in GNDU Main Campus and remains open on all working days from 09:00 am to 05:00 pm. The alumni can become member of AAGNDU by registering on the website http://alumni.gndu.ac.in and can update their information on the AAGNDU website. As of now, about 26000 alumni have registered themselves on the website.

The Executive Council of AAGNDU was established in the year 2015 for the smooth working of the Association and new Executive Members of the council are elected for a period of 3 years by nominations. Prof. Karamjeet Singh, the Vice-Chancellor of the university is the president of AAGNDU, Dr. Karamjit Singh Chahal, Registrar GNDU is the financial secretary, Dr. Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh is the first Vice-President (alumnus living in India) and Dr. Vijay Kumar Babbar is the Second Vice-President (alumnus living abroad), Dean Alumni is the Secretary of the Association. The Executive Council has full strength of 21 members.

The Association has created several GNDU Alumni Chapters abroad in US, UK & Europe, Canada and Australia to promote its activities in foreign countries.

The main objectives of AAGNDU are:

1. To connect alumni, current students, faculty associated with GNDU.
2. To encourage and support a spirit of community amongst members and to promote opportunities for the members to retain association with each other and the university.
3. To maintain, develop and foster loyalty towards the university amongst the members and potential members.
4. To strengthen and support the effectiveness, membership and activities of the recognized alumni groups and promote activities amongst them and to offer advice and assistance in appropriate circumstances to the members and the University.
5. To make our alumni community vibrant and socially responsible and to assist GNDU to be visible at world map.

As a graduate of GNDU, the alumni are entitled to an amazing selection of benefits being provided by the University. These include campus-based facilities of state-of-the-art Gym, Swimming Pool, Health Centre/diagnostics tests and Guest House at discounted rates. To be able to take advantage of all the above benefits and services, the AAGNDU members can become a proud owner of an Alumni Life Membership Card, with a one-time life membership fee of Rs. 5,000/- from the members living in India and Rs. 15,000 from the members living abroad. The alumni can submit the Alumni Card Form to the Office of the Dean, Alumni Association, GNDU, Amritsar. Presently, the one-time membership fee can be deposited with the University Cashier or in the bank account Number 02881000052760, Punjab & Sind Bank, GNDU, Amritsar with the intimation to the office of Dean Alumni Association, GNDU, Amritsar. So far 105 alumni have enrolled in the Life Member Card Scheme.

AAGNDU has been organizing seminars in which the alumni are invited to give presentations on their work and several notable alumni have given talks in the online and physical mode.

The annual alumni meet was organized at Sri Guru Granth Sahib Bhawan of the University on 2nd February, 2024. The annual meet was a grand success and attended by aapproximately 400 alumni of the university from wide range of spheres such as judiciary, civil services, Defence forces, industrialists, banking and academic institutes and directors from various private organizations. The Chief Guest of the Alumni Meet was Dr. Harinder Pal Singh, a distinguished alumnus and Director of Fortis Escort Hospital & Research Centre, Amritsar. The then Vice- Chancellor and President of the association, Prof. Jaspal Singh Sandhu presided over the meeting. He said that the alumni of the university have risen to great heights in diverse fields. The alumni were holding key positions in the academics, judiciary, IFS, IAS, PCS, PCS juducial , Indian Police Services, Federal Services, Corporate Sector, Political Parties, Public/Pharma Sector and Punjab Civil Services etc. Prof. Sandhu provided details about the achievements of the University in academics, student enrollment, research, patents, sports, and honest financial policies of the university during recent years which has put the university in good health.

The meeting was also attended the First Vice-President (India), Dr. Kunwar Vijay Partap Singh who appreciated the efforts of Vice Chancellor, faculty staff and students to uplift this university at an international level, and said that the GNDU will be an international level university, shortly.

The purpose of the alumni meet 2024 was to recognize the outstanding accomplishments of its alumni in their separate disciplines, therefore it was truly unique. The association has recently initiated Outstanding Alumnus Awards to be given every year to three of its outstanding alumni. For the first time, the association honored three alumni at the University's Annual Alumni Meet-2024 with “Outstanding Alumnus Awards” in the fields of sports, sciences and laws. Brig. Harcharan Singh (VSM, Retd.), a hockey Olympian, 1975 World Cup Hockey champion, and recipient of the Arjuna Award, was the first recipient of the award. He is among the university's oldest and most senior alumni. Dr. Vinay Kumar, an Outstanding Scientist and Head (Retd.), Radiation Biology and Health Sciences Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, was the second recipient of the award for his exceptional contributions in sciences. Sh. Vikram Chaudhri, a highly distinguished lawyer in the Supreme Court and High Courts of India was the third recipient of the Outstanding Alumnus Award in the field of laws.

The other distinguished alumni who were felicitated by the association were Dr. Suman Sharma, Former International Basketball player and First Vice Chairman of the Indian Basketball Players Association and Arjuna Awardee and Retd. Professor of Physical Education, Dr. NavpreetKaur, Co-Founder/Vice-President, The Laxmi Foundation, Chandigarh, Mr. SandepMehra, Director, Chand Engineering Company, Amritsar, Mr. Anil Khanna, Assistant Customs Officer, Preventative Commissionerate, Amritsar, Mr. Jasneet Singh, Director, National Rubber Corporation, Amritsar, Dr. Premjot Singh Girgla, Consultant Dermatologist, Dr. Girgla’s Skin & STD Clinic, Amritsar, Dr. Harpreet Singh Grewal, Director, Grewal Hospital & Trauma Centre, Amritsar., Mr. Davinder Pal Singh, Founder & Managing Director, IK Rubber Industries Pvt. Ltd., Amritsar and owner of Bakes & Beans, Amritsar, Dr. Raman Chatrath, Anesthesiologist, Mr. Sandeep Bajwa, Additional Session Judge, Ludhiana, Mr. Daljit Singh, Music Director, and Mr. Parminder Sandhu, Director, Fine Plastics, Amritsar, Mr. Rajesh Seth, Director, Seth Industries, Amritsar and Dr. Rakesh Chauhan, Senior Radiologist, Dhillon Scanning Centre, Amritsar.

The G.N.D.U. Alumni Society has got itself registered under section 12A and donors to the society can avail of tax benefits under section 80G of the income tax act. An online portal has been created to accept donations from persons/organizations based in India.The approval under Foreign Contribution Regulation Act for receiving donations from abroad is under process. For donations to G.N.D.U. Alumni Society, please visit: http://eservices.gndu.ac.in/donations/ The alumni association wishes to establish strong bonds with its alumni and continuously work for their well-being.