LIMCA BOOK OF RECORDS
Our batchmates have got the distinction of holding world record “ALUMNI MEET OF A SINGLE BATCH”. This was published by Limca Book of Records 2005 – page No. 156. The Write-Up is as under :

“BITS’69 is name of the batch of students who graduated from BITS Pilani, Rajasthan in 1969. While Old Boys’ Associations comprise alumni down the years, Bits’69 is unique in that only students of the class of 1969 meet sporadically to celebrate friendship. The meet includes family members too so the total number could be anywhere around 1000. The association has its roots in 1985 when Manohar Baheti, Ashok Sureka and Deepak Khosla tried to trace their batchmates, 320 of them. It was daunting task as they had spread not only all over India but also all over the world. Their persistence paid off when they released their first directory of 134 batchmates in 1984. at the end of 2004, they had a directory of 260 members! The first meet happened in 1987 with 75 families. It was such an exciting moment that they decided to make it a regular feature, meeting perhaps once every three years. Since then, get-togethers have happened in 1991, ’94, ’97 and 2003. And there’s more togetherness planned in the years to come. The American Chapter took place in Washington D.C. in August 2004 with 29 out of 34 members attending the alumni meet”.