Annamalai varsity class of ’69 honours teachers

Chennai:01.06.2019

With heads held high, the class of 1969 left Annamalai University in Chidambaram filled with great hopes and dreams. While they set out on different paths, they promised to stay in touch. And they did. “We stayed in touch though life took us to different places,” said P Balasubramanian, a 73-year-old industrialist and alumni of engineering. The ‘students’ got together again on Friday at Ambassador Pallava hotel to celebrate 50 years of leaving college, but this time celebrated it by honouring their teachers. “We are what we are today because of our teachers. We planned this for long,” he said. About 44 students from the batch gathered with their spouses to honour eight teachers, who they had traced. They held Guruvandhanam – a thanksgiving ceremony to their teachers, who were aged above 80. “A teacher’s role is crucial in shaping students. I am happy to see that all my students are well established and leading prosperous lives,” said S Sadique, an 84-year-old former professor. TNN