The Mahadevi Birla Shishu Vihar Alumni Association (MBSVAA) hosted the Meet and Greet ’23, a gala evening of fun and frolic with former students, past and present teachers and staff members on Saturday, April 8 at the school’s Iron Side Road campus. The event was attended by ex-students in large numbers.
All photographs by Soumyajit Dey
President of the Alumni Association, Ritesh Pandey commented, “The association was formed around 2016 and we currently have 400 members.” The evening being the first offline event after COVID, the objective was simple, “We just wanted all our members to come, join and connect with each other which was our main motto.” Pandey is a realtor by profession and had studied in the school up to Class IV in 1989.
Lata Sharma, a former teacher of the school came to the event and was swarmed by familiar faces she had once taught. She recalled, “We love our school and I’m very happy to come back. We spent half of our lives here. We had an excellent time, learnt a lot and thanks to our management who taught us so much. We received a lot of exposure here.”
Tanvi Shah Gupta, of batch 2008 and winner of Mrs Universe South West Asia 2018, Archerz Mrs India 2018 and Mrs Kolkata 2014; Shruti Kejriwal of batch 2012, who runs her diet clinic named Dietician Shruti Kejriwal, is also a professor with various institutions; Shreya Daga, batch of 2010, national topper, Commerce with 98.75% and currently manager-taxation at PWC; and Prabha Goyal batch of 1990 (Class VIII) who is a breast cancer survivor, wellness coach and founder Holistic Basket were felicitated at the event. Speaking about the evening, Kejriwal mentioned, “It’s a gala evening meeting teachers, seniors and juniors today.”
