The Alumni Interaction Cell plays a pivotal role in forging links between the institute and its alumni. It publishes a regular newsletter which allows ex-students to keep abreast of the latest happenings in the institute and also serves as a source of information as to what old chums are up to. Moreover, it maintains an extensive database of alumni addresses and organises ‘silver jubilee’ reunions where ex-students fly down and revive pleasant memories of the time they had spent at IIMA. The institute’s activities and programmes for its alumni are directed towards building lifelong bonds of kinship with the institute. The Cell strives to create an environment of camaraderie and in the process rekindles the belief that there are people who think and care about us in an un-selfish way, people who are proud of our individual milestones, and people who are ready to share our sense of loss and grief in a manner as if of their own. It is this overflow of emotions and unbridled surge of empathy that reconnects everyone back into the family, heals all differences (if any) and reinforces in everyone a sense of belonging to the family institution.