Alumni Affairs

An SMS Alumni Association?

Yes and no, depending on how you look at it and where you live. There are now two types of AA that complement each other.  You already belong to one (virtual), and may join the other too if you choose.

• The Bombay AA formally registered with the government in 1998.  It has a constitution, office (headquartered in Bandra of course), Rs 1000 (USD 25) lifetime membership fee, newsletters, etc, but its legal reach (i.e. whether you get tax deductions on contributions) is restricted to India — just as any other AA would be legally confined to its base country.  Anyone may choose to belong to the Bombay AA: download the membership application form [PDF], and contact Aloysius D'Souza for further details.
• Those outside India need to be legally organized in their individual countries, and nobody's had the stomach for that yet.  Instead we have the next best thing, a Virtual Association of Alumni of which all alumni are already life members (no membership procedures involved, but you're encouraged to register contact details in your class directory).  The VAA has a virtual constitution.  If you wish to hold political office, there's a chance to do that too: join the Bee Hive list of regional ambassadors.  The more, the merrier.