02/01/2023
Happy New Year to All..!
Our Heartiest Congratulations on your Centennial Year!
It has been our honor to work closely with the parent organization.
As President of the TNMC Alumni Association of America, I welcome you to be an integral part of our organization.
As the pandemic continues, looking back at last 3 years of challenges and curveballs but also a year of successes and high achievements for Nair hospital.
As we navigate this uncharted, virtual world and fulfill our mission to connect alumni by fostering relationships, we find ourselves welcoming members from alumni nationwide. I am privileged to work with a group of dedicated board members, and executive committee members that chose to gracefully embrace these new opportunities. These individuals hopefully will turn these years speed bumps into ramps to accel our programs into the future during a season of uncertainty.
We have had virtual board meetings, to keep in touch with each other.
We will focus on deliverables that will increase our availability to a broader array of alumni. We strive to be intentional in our efforts to promote inclusivity and will deliver those goals through an ongoing virtual platform.
These years have taught me, that it is more than just being a member of the alumni, it is about being connected to people all over the world who share the same love for their Alma Mater. Since its inception, the spirit of this organization has never faded. I am inspired and invite you to be a part of the team.
Your kindness and concern provide a sense of steadiness in an uncertain time, and I appreciate the strength of our alumni community more than ever now. I am looking forward to having a reunion as soon as feasible here in the USA. We are soliciting members from all 50 states and Canada and around the world to join us at our next meet.
My plea to you is to donate generously to our Alumni Association so we may continue to help our Alma Mater.
Our TNMC America Alumni Assn. donations so far:
Respirators during early years
2012 - instituted Full Scholarship Award for 2 students (1 male & 1 female)
2013 - completed Renovation & Modernization of Anatomy Museum
2014 - completed implementation of a Brand New C-Arm Fluoroscopy Machine for the Dept. of Urology
2016 - USG (Ultrasound) Machine for Dept. of Nephrology & Kidney Transplant Unit
2017 - Portable Fiberoptic Bronchoscope for Dept. of Pulmonary Medicine/ICU
2018 - Four Hemodialysis Machine to Nephrology Dept.-of which our class 69 was a major contributor- our thanks to all of you
2022- Pediatric Cochlear Implants to the department of Speech Audiology at Nair hospital
We are here to honor and acknowledge the importance of our TNMC college years in our lives. How can we forget the influence that teachers had in our lives?
100 years may have gone by, but we can still re-live the dissection halls, common rooms, clinics, lecture rooms, hospital and the silence of the final exams, that were witnesses to our growth and transformation. Let us keep being ambassadors of this prestigious institution.
There is still a lot to be done here At TNMC and Nair Hospital and we look forward to your support my friends even though we cannot solve all the world’s medical problems, CHANGE always starts with an individual! Your support to our Alumni has been priceless in terms of your attendance at our meetings and generous contributions that have been able to make a difference in the lives of indigent patients of B Y L Nair hospital
So, my dear friends, while we still have the current of life flowing through us, let us rise to the challenge presented to us by the times we are living.
DO ALL YOU CAN, WITH WHAT YOU HAVE, IN THE TIME YOU HAVE, IN THE PLACE YOU ARE and be an integral part of our Alumni!
Thank you,
Manjula Vara MD
President /Board member
TNMC AAA (USA Chapter)
