Speedy recovery Dick D’Abreu

We just got to know that Dick D’Abreu (Curzon 1936-46) has been very unwell for the past few weeks. He was taken to hospital by The Flying Doctor service to Perth. They put in a stent for his heart, and was sent to the ICU ward. Dick went  home 3 days later, only to have his […]

Spotlight story : Humayun Khan [Rivaz 1941-1947]

Humayun Khan was born in 1932 to a Pashto-Hindko speaking family in Abbottabad, Hazara Division in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP, now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa). His father was a District and Sessions Judge at the judicial commissioner’s court in NWFP, which is now known as the Peshawar High Court, and his mother was a homemaker. […]

OCs launch successful IT startup in Simla

We are pleased to pass on this news about two Old Cottonians, Vivek Parmar [Ibbetson 1981-93] and Karan Pal Singh Chauhan [Rivaz 1983-95; School Captain 1995] who quit their big city careers to startup in Himachal Pradesh. They are featured on the front page of India’ s leading newspaper Indian Express on December 26, 2015. Congratulations on […]

SPOTLIGHT: Inder Singh Dhillon

Today is a proud day for our community as Inder Singh’s name is plastered on every newspaper in Canada. Inder graduated from BCS, then went to Windsor and graduated with an MBA from York (Schulich). He was the president of his class. He got a job at E&Y and is now being posted to Dubai. […]

Gaurav Bikram Singh Chauhan conferred a VAYU SENA medal [gallantry]

It is a matter of great pride for all OCs that Wing Commander Vikram Gaurav Bikram Singh Chauhan, a fellow OC, has been conferred a Shaurya Chakra  VAYU SENA MEDAL (GALLANTRY) [correction done as per message from Wing Comander Tyagi below] as per citation signed by Air Chief Marshal N A K Browne for his exceptional courage and […]

Aiming for Everest, Sandeep does a double for now

CONGRATULATIONS once again Sandeep and all the very best for your aim to climb Everest next year. Captain Sandeep Mansukhani is an Old Cottonian of BCS 1992 Batch. Aug 24,2014, 0600hrs, I was again standing on the summit of Mt.Stok Kangri (6153m), a beautiful peak which lies in the mesmerizing area of Ladakh, in north west India. I […]

Vaneet Jishtu: bringing Ashtavarga back to the hills

Old Cottonian Dr. Vaneet Jishtu [Ibbetson 1972-81] is a Scientist at The Himalayan Forest Research Institute with a M. Sc. and Ph.D. in Botany with specialization in Taxonomy and Cold Deserts. Here is the article recently published by Meena Menon in The Hindu: Dr. Vaneet Jishtu is on a mission in Himachal, where invasive species are edging out native […]

We congratulate RUSKIN BOND

Congratulations to Ruskin Bond (class of 1952) on receiving the Padma Bhushan award.  All OC’s should feel proud of his remarkable achievement.  This follows a Padma Shri award that he received in 1999. Photo from “The Indian Express”

Huppy Grewal of 1963 Batch at Mt. Abu

Prabhsharan Singh Kang and his wife had been to Mt. Abu as guests of the CRPF’s Internal Security Academy. While doing the rounds of the campus and buildings (which for nearly a century used to be the Lawrence School, Mt. Abu) they saw the honours board, with Huppy’s name as the best officer in 1972 in Outdoor activities.  […]