Happy New Year 2023

"We wish all our readers a very Happy New Year 2023. We thank you for the positive feedback on the first issue of 'Brick by Brick' (September 2022). We are pleased to present to you the second issue."

OUR FOUNDERS AND BUILDERS: Remembering Ravi J. Matthai

"I would like to recount a few stories of my association with RJM, through his own words and actions. I shall attempt to decode their underlying meanings to 'know RJM again'."

CONTINUITY AND CHANGE: FORSAW, SOMA and FII - Students Learning to Apply their Knowledge

"One way in which students have tried to live up to this motto is by reaching out to people who might benefit from their skills and knowledge."

STORIES THE ARCHITECTURE TELLS US: 'Steeling' the Tree-and-Vine of the Logo

"And I looked at that logo, and said to myself, "Hey, it's all here." With that insight, all I had to do was to sketch it out, do a study of the main inspiration for that logo, and put the two together."

STUDENTS' CORNER: 'Stargazers' at IIM Ahmedabad

"The institute was not clear about astronomy's connections with management. Since official support was not forthcoming, the group, with Mr. Arya as coordinator, formed the astronomy club as an informal activity."

SEPIA ECHOES: Where was IIMA's first Convocation held?

"The iconic Louis Kahn Plaza, the brick-paved platform, and the large expanse of lawn attached to it, are where IIMA convocations are held nowadays. But it was inaugurated only in 1974. Where were the convocations held up to 1973?"

HERITAGE NETWORKS: Tata Central Archives

"The Tata Central Archives (TCA), Pune, India, as its 2016 silver jubilee brochure proudly proclaims, is the 'custodian of the Tata story'."

NEWS AND EVENTS

"Last year, on November 10, IIMA Archives celebrated sixty years of IIMA with the permanent exhibition 'Brick by Brick'. This year, on November 10, to mark the first anniversary of 'Brick by Brick', IIMA Archives held a temporary exhibition, 'Not Yet 25: IIMA through Pranlal Patel's lens, 1967-1985'."