Media Release
Mangaluru, Jul 13: A grand reunion of the 1972 batch of St Aloysius College will be held on January 11, 2023, in the college premises, to mark the completion of 50 years of graduation.
Fifty eventful years have passed so quickly in the life of students who have passed out in the year 1972 from Aloysius College, whether from BA, BCom or different streams of BSc. Life has come to a full circle for these Aloysians from stepping into a period of active life after college and now, to the period of retirement.
Quite a few have settled down in and around Mangaluru, but most of them are residing outside Mangaluru and outside India as well. Irrespective of what career path they have chosen whether service or business, all have become successful and can now look back to all those productive years with satisfaction that they were an asset to the society, to the community, to their own family and have done well for themselves.
That is what one calls the unfailing ‘Brand Aloysius’. Sadly, quite a few of them are not in this world anymore. Some of them have left this world early and some have left late.
Final BA (1972 Batch)
Every year, in the month of January, for the past two years, the golden jubilee of Aloysian Graduation is being celebrated. It started with 1970 batch, and then the 1971 batch, had a mega celebration this year. Now it is the turn of 1972 batch. Extensive efforts are on to get the contacts of each of the batchmates and so far around 70 contacts have been established and a WhatsApp group has been formed, to be in touch with one another. It is heartwarming to observe the messages being exchanged among the classmates. A breakfast get together was organized on the April 24 at the college hall and 27 batch mates attended the function and enjoyed those nostalgic moments.
The 1972 batch consisting of BA, BCom and BSc, had a total student strength of 281. Out of these, the contacts of only 70 plus students were established through word of mouth and personal contacts.
Final BCom (1972 Batch)
The alumni are now reaching out through Daijiworld to the others, as it is widely read by most of the Mangalureans worldwide. They are hereby appealing to all the 1972 batch mates to contact at the earliest, so that they can build an active database and the missing ones can be a part of the celebration.
An organizing committee is already in place headed by Archie Menezes from the BCom batch. They hope that out of the 281 of the batch mates, they should be able to get in touch with at least 150. It is surely possible. As a reader of this article, one belonging to the 1972 batch and was not aware of this initiative taken for the golden reunion, can get in touch with the alumni at any of the contacts here and they will get back immediately. This is once in a life time opportunity.
Final BSc BZ-C (1972 Batch)
Final BSc PC-M (1972 Batch)
Final BSc PM-C (1972 Batch)
The alumni have requested to contact by July 31 through any of the following contacts. One can state their name, batch, phone/WhatsApp number and email:
Email: sac.sacaa@gmail.com
Phone/WhatsApp:
8904704798- Savitha D’Souza (alumni relations manager, St Aloysius)
9741162025- Archibald Menezes
9343561405 - Gregory Serrao
9740233061 – Ramesh Rao
9880439501 – Narayana Poojari
9995422061 – Varadaraj Pai
9845164130 – Harold Fernandes
+ 971 55 1003500 – James Mendonca