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GCT Alumni association building
Government College of Technology
Thadagam Road
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, 641013
India

Arudra Saravanakumar

Film Maker

A budding aspirant, who directed the short flim '93 not out', and bagged awards from New Delhi to New York. Despite all set backs he firmly believes innovation resides in ourselves and we are the key to make change in society. This young director has turned himself as an icon for every youngster to make themselves be involved in the welfare of the society.

Arun Krishnamurthy

Environmental Activist

An Indian environmental activist who has initiated the campaign of cleaning various lakes across India. Despite being 29, he has an air of spirituality and wisdom. He formed Environment Foundation of India, EFI in 2011, to take forward the activity of scientific lake restoration, which includes garbage clearing, desilting,bund strengthening,study of native flora and fauna etc.Being a curious nature enthusiast,he stays a role model as well as a chief motivator for all of us.

Dharani Dharan

Theatre Artist

An actor and founder of Udalveli, a theatre company in Coimbatore.A person with unquenchable thirst for Tamil theatre, he has ignored heaps of negativities in the voyage of following the voice of his heart .His efforts for the rejuvenation of theatre art in the city has spanned almost a decade.This dhoti-clad Coimbatore actor stands as a living testimony of Tamil theatre art.

Ganesh Venkatram

Actor

A talented actor & former Mr India with an ever charming smile, this man is a known face in every Tamil household. Having acted in six Indian languages, his craving for versatility in acting is almost immortal! Be it his forever cool mannerism or the I'll be there for you attitude, we've got a whole bunch of traits to inherit from this man!

Nirupama Vyas

Entrepreneur

An entrepreneur. Initially serving as a cop, it didn't take much time for this lady to find out where her destiny lied, and never did she think twice for switching lanes to reach it! In the pursuit of helping people who crave for inspiration, she runs her own podcasts and talkshows where she talks about similar success stories! A fresh beam of positive vibes shines on us when she is at the vicinity!

Rukmini Vijayakumar

Dancer and Actress

A multifaceted personality hailing from Hyderabad who has proved her mettle in Bharatanatyam, acting and a versatile list of other disciplines. Her performances on various stages across continents showcase her thirst for taking the beauty of the indigenous dance beyond the subcontinent and concurrently appealing to the current gen hip-hop maniacs.

Vimal Govind M K

Entrepreneur

The Chief executive officer, product architect and one of the four co-founders at GenRobotic innovations. His invention, Bandicoot is meant to rule out any chance of sanitary workers entering manhole. This contribution to the manual scavenging society makes us speechless. "Let's change Manhole into Robohole", this simple motto makes thousand of scavengers to lead a healthy life. He proves that Engineers can severe for the society in every ascepts. His aspiring invention has become every engineer's icon.