Mechanical Library Reinauguration

The library that we founded on May 12, 2000 was reinaugurated on January 5, 2004 by Prof. Rajendra Babu, P.G. Dean of CET. This was in conjunction its relocation to its new expansive home on the top floor of the new Mechanical block and also our donation of books worth Rs. 50,000. A small ceremony was held at the CETAA hall.

Table of contents. 1

Photos. 1

Donors list 7

Receipts. 8

Now what?. 8

Photos

	On behalf of the Class of 2000
The Mech HOD Prof. M. Ayyappan, the driving force behind many constructive efforts, mentioned that we should also consider donating book shelves also in future.	Prof. Varkey Philip accepted our invitation and graced the occassion in his own inimitable way. We thank him for taking time for us, inspite of his busy schedule as the Principal of the College of Engineering, Barton Hill and also for a life's work in molding engineers in four years; gentlemen and ladies for life(He retired recently.)
Prof. S. Sivakumar was working with us throughout effort, right from organizing the ceremony to acquiring books. Thank you sir, for the great lessons in class and greater ones outside it.	Prof. Rajendra Babu kindly consented to inaugurated the library. Thank you sir, for taking time and helping us in our efforts. He suggested that we should broaden our horizons and consider helping the Central Technical library also.
Dr. B. Anil, in addition to giving a nice talk, donated books worth Rs. 3000 to the library to encourage more faculty donations. Anil sir was also working with us throughout the project. Thank you sir, for the giving us guidance and teaching us the concept of leading by example.	List being handed over to the HOD, Prof. M. Ayyappan

Unnikrishnan Sir showing us around the new place.
Shouldn't we filling up these empty cupboards?
The 2003-04 library team - a group of fine, spirited (not quite our type) gentlemen

Donors list

The donors list is given in the table below. The list is incomplete, as I do not have the names of the people who donated during the Technopark collection done prior to Rao's marriage and also a contribution of 75 pounds by Shibu Paul(UK). Rs. 3000 is what is left in the account, managed by Rajesh.S (USS, Trivandrum.)

	Amount
	USD	INR (USD x 47*)
Joby John	20	940
Renjith Koshy Mathew	20	940
Deepak M K	20	940
Julian Varghese	25	1175
Prince M Samuel	100	4700
Raj Anand R S	100	4700
Sameer Eesa	100	4700
Danny Paulose	100	4700
Nitish Mathew	100	4700
Sajith R	200	9400
Tom P Jacob	200	9400
Murali Krishna		100
Somanth Kumar		100
Suraj P.S		100
Vikas Venugopal		100
Reshma Hariharan		100
Philip Kuncheria		1000
Rittu M Koshy		1000
Sandeep(Mech 1997)		1000
Total		49795

* A USD to INR conversion of 1:47 was chosen to give a rough figure.

Receipts

Scanned PDF of the payment receipt and detailed bill.

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Now what?

We will be continuing our work with the department and will post our next project soon. Please take time to visit the department and the library when you are in Trivandrum. Talk to the faculty and students in charge. Get generous with your time, money and expertise.

Thank you for visiting this page and have a fantastic day!
Y'all been great!

For the Class of 2000,
Nitish Mathew

Peace.

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