AR_Update Apr-Jun 2022

OPENING UP TO NEW OPPORTUNITIES
Change seems to be the only constant around us. This quarter, we see more
physical presence on campus as SUSS adopts the hybrid work arrangement.
With new and familiar faces, building bridges across departments will be
less of a feat as we look forward to more collaborations within SUSS.
In relation to collaborations, the easing of restrictions has given us the
chance to hold physical events again! While virtual webinars became a new
norm when COVID hit, we are now shifting gears to being more adaptable,
extending the hybrid approach to our alumni engagement. Alumni
Relations now offers a plethora of activities and workshops, both online and
offline. While we are excited to reconnect face-to-face with everyone, we are
cautiously doing so and easing back to organising physical events.
These events continue to be aligned with our vision of being the leading
university for social good. We have been reaching out to new partners who
stand for the same ideology of doing good for others too. Collaborations
with Crunch Cutlery, a sustainable company focused on producing edible
cutlery, started by our alumnus and Foreword Coffee, one of the six
recipients of the Enabling Mark (Platinum) award, are slivers of evidence of
us working together.
Our engagement with our alumni went beyond expectations as we
uncovered high flyers with interesting portfolios. We reconnected with
some of them via Faces of SUSS – from Anjana Rai Chaudhuri (Class of 2012),
a research scientist who retired and thereafter became a published novelist
under Penguin Random House, to entrepreneurs like Zavier Chan (Class of
2021) who co-founded his own company, SampleLah!. Our alumni profile has
expanded and we are looking forward to uncovering more!
Here’s to more AR-mazing memories to be made!
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