September 12–14, 2025 · Atlantic City, New Jersey
Golden Jubilee 2025
50 years of excellence. One global family.
We did it!
Alumni, family members, faculty and friends of the University College of Pharmaceutical Sciences (UCPS), Kakatiya University, came together in Atlantic City to celebrate 50 years of academic excellence, research innovation and lifelong friendships. Since its founding in 1974, UCPS has grown into a pillar of pharmaceutical education in India, producing trailblazers in pharmacy, research, healthcare and academia around the world.
Celebration program
Friday, September 12, 2025
5:30 – 9:30 PM · Check-in
6:30 – 8:00 PM · Dinner & networking (Hospitality Committee)
8:00 – 8:30 PM · Prelude to introductions · Patanjali Ravva, Srikanth C. Nallani, Lalitha Chilakapati and Raj Birudaraj
8:30 – 9:30 PM · Class reunions
Saturday, September 13, 2025
8:30 – 9:00 AM · Registration
9:00 – 9:45 AM · Inauguration of Golden Jubilee celebrations (Vice Chancellor of Kakatiya University, local committee and other dignitaries) · Srinivas Paruchuri, President, and Samba Reddy, Convenor
9:45 – 10:00 AM · UCPS torchbearers · Sastry Srikonda, Vijay Tammara and Bhavani Shanker Kaipa
10:00 – 11:45 AM · Class-wise batch photos on stage
11:45 AM – 12:00 PM · Voice of Alumni
12:00 – 1:00 PM · Lunch
1:00 – 2:00 PM · Networking
2:00 – 2:30 PM · UCPS-KU support · Samba Reddy
2:30 – 2:45 PM · Election of new alumni officers · Rajender Aparasu & Ramana Malladi
2:45 – 3:00 PM · Supporting the UCPS USA Alumni chapter · Vijay Tammara
3:00 – 4:30 PM · Professional sessions: Entrepreneurship (Ram Reddy, Sesha Chary, Raj Devalapalli, Ravi Annamaneni; facilitator Bhaskara Jasti) and Where is our science going? (Sid Bhoopathy, Ravi Jalluri, Ramana Uppoor; facilitator Mansoor Khan)
5:30 – 6:30 PM · Networking
6:30 – 7:00 PM · Recognizing the founding faculty and sponsors · Siva Digavalli; MC Ramesh Bangalore
7:00 – 8:00 PM · Dinner & networking
8:00 – 9:30 PM · Entertainment · Naga Mahender Velishala
Sunday, September 14, 2025
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM · Brunch
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM · Introduction of new officers and their vision
Faces of the Golden Jubilee
