Dear Alumni,
Ramadan Mubarak!
I am happy to report that Reunion 2012 was a great success, with the largest attendance to date. There were 170 attendees. We were joined by guests from AKU that included Dr. Farhat Abbas, Dean AKU Medical College Karachi, Mr. Lou Ariano, Registrar AKU, Ms. Carol Ariano, VP Human Resources and Mr. Karim Jan Mohammed, Director Resource Development. Our guests provided the Alumni with updates relating to the medical college, as well as Aga Khan University campuses across the globe.
The theme of the evening was ‘Giving Back’. We had speakers from the i-Care foundation, who detailed their undertaking, and Asad Ansari ’95 introduced the project that his class undertook in association with the Citizen’s Foundation.
The AKUAANA website (which I hope you are exploring now!) was officially introduced. We hope that this will be used as a launching pad for many projects spearheaded by alumni. I invite all of you to actively participate in the development of this project.
The Class of ’92 celebrated its 20th year, and the Class of ’02 its 10th year. Congratulations to them on their continuing collective achievements.
Following the reunion dinner, we were able to conduct a very successful business meeting, voting on several issues that will have a bearing on the future direction of AKUAANA. The minutes are posted on the website.
Our goal over the next few months is to try and increase membership and engagement. Please use your networking prowess to encourage people to join up and volunteer for AKUAANA projects. To jump-start communication, we have recently initiated a 6-month period of free access to the Discussion board. Please join up and say what’s on your mind!
For those of you who were able to join the reunion – I hope you enjoyed the gathering. For those who were not able to join, I look forward to seeing you in Orlando in July 2013!
Wishing you a peaceful and blessed Ramadan,
Sincerely,
Sadaf Khan, ‘92
President, AKUAANA
