Happy Holi

Cheers
ISA TEAM

FREE Pool and Bowling Night !!!

Hi All,

The ISA welcomes all the new students to The University of Akron!

Welcome to Drishti,
Indian Students Association at UA

We are kicking off the year with a FREE pool and Bowling Night at the Student Union pool and Bowling alley
on the 7th of March from 8.00 p.m onwards to 10.00 p.m

Feel free to drop by with friends and family and enjoy the evening with us!
hope to see you there...

Cheers
ISA Team

A tribute to the innocent victims of 26/11 Mumbai Terror strikes and to the Brave Hearts who stood against the terrorists

Diwali 2008

Come Celebrate the Festival of Lights with us.....

Drishti Proudly presents

Diwali 2008

Venue:
October 31, 2008
Student Union Ballroom
The University of Akron
6:30 pm-11:30 pm

Have a blast on the dance floor with DJ Kris Koch

Performances by Dr. Shiva Shastri, Arun Ramu
and many more.....

and followed by mouth watering Indian cuisine
Tickets: $10/- (Students only)
and $12/- for Non Members

Menu
Appetizers - Mini Samosas
Main Course - Naan, Saffron Rice
Indian Curry - Chicken curry, Dal Palak, Channa Masala
Dessert - Gulab Jamun
Drinks - Lemonade

For Tickets and more details contact:
Ashish Jagtiani,
avj2@uakron.edu.
(330)475-9347

Meet the candidates

The elections , as most of you would know, are scheduled at 5 PM on Saturday the 13th of September. The positions of General Secretary, Sports Secretary and Public Relations Officer have been decided by unanimity as these were the nominations received and seconded by 9 PM yesterday(Thursday the 11th). We have two nominations for Treasurer. All nominations have been listed below:-

1. General Secretary - Arun Ramu (Mechanical Engg. )
2. Sports Secretary - Dileep Reddy Desai (Electrical Engineering)
3. Public Relations Officer - Pradeep Namburu (Electrical Engineering)

For the position of Treasurer we have two nominations:-

a. Samiksha Gupta (Statistics)
b. Bharath kumar reddy Mandadi (Electrical Engineering)

The General Secretary Arun Ramu also gave us a brief synopsis of his executive/team experience and plans for the ISA. We are very happy to include it below and invite discussion:-

ARUN RAMU

Experience: Sports Secretary- 2007-2008 (ISA)
Other Executive and team experience: Director, Actor - IMAGE (Bangalore based theatre group)
Member Team'Arma Aurora'- M.S.Ramaiah Institute Of Technology.
Business Consultant (VAULT)- Spearheaded Nation wide recruitment drives and Outdoor team building camps for ORACLE.
Business Development (Kalmar India): Business Expansion-Southern India.

Plans for ISA: Support the team to cater to the diversity existing in the community.
Create a strong alumini and a stage for networking.
Encourage active participation among all members of the community in the social events organised.
Encourage Blogging.

We would decide on the positions of President, Vice President, and Treasurer on Saturday.

Thanks for your support over the past academic year. See you all on Saturday:)

Bowling Night and trip to Cedar Point

The Indian Students Association invites you to Bowling Night tomorrow ,Saturday the 12th of July, from 6pm-10pm in the game room for free bowling and pool.

We are also having a trip to Cedar Point on Sunday, July the 20th.

Please come and register yourself for the trip on Bowling Night tomorrow and bring cash(preferably)/cheques for $35/-(includes discounted tickets and transportation).

We would all leave Sunday morning for Cedar Point from a common convenient place to be decided soon.

Euro 2008 Finals and Barbeque

The Indian Students Association(ISA) invites you to watch the Euro 2008 finals(2:30pm-5pm) on 29th of June, this Sunday, and a barbeque the same evening(5-8 pm). We gather at 422 Kling Street(at the intersection of kling and wheeler opposite the soft ball field) for the game and then go to 278 Wheeler, which is on the other side of the street from 422 kling, for the barbeque after the game.

Come with friends, bring along some beer/drinks/dishes for the game/barbeque. We would have Vegetarian burgers and Potato patties as well as Chicken burgers so that all tastes are catered to in addition to chips and snacks and what everyone brings along. So the more the merrier!

We would appreciate an RSVP (isa.drishti@gmail.com) so that we know the amount of food to get for the barbeque.