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Mission The purpose of this web site is to bring together the world-wide community of University of Roorkee alumni, faculty, students, and their families. If this site can rekindle your Roorkee memories, reconnect you with someone you knew, or help you make new acquaintances, the mission of the site will be more than accomplished.
What is new? Check "What's New" posting in the forum "Site News & Feedback" at the Bulletin Board
What is my permanent email address at uor.org? If your sign-in name is jthomas, your email address is jthomas@uor.org. This is only an email forwarding service. Mail sent to jthomas@uor.org is forwarded to the your email address provided at the time of registration.
Can I get a home page at uor.org? Yes, everyone has a homepage at uor.org. For example, the URL of the home page of jthomas will be http://uor.org/cgi-uor/homepages?usr=jthomas. Substitute your sign-in name for jthomas. Feel free to give out this URL. Your home page is automatically generated from the information provided at the time of registration. You can update this page simply by updating your registration information.
How do I add/drop myself from a mailing list? Mailing lists are also automatically generated from the registration information. Simply update your registration information to make a change in your subscription of mailing lists.
How do I generate a batch list? On the search page, enter year, degree and department, leave other fields blank, and click Search.
How do I register both as faculty and student? Simply register twice. You will need separate sign-in names.
Why do some pages not show up well? This site is best viewed using Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher. Download it free.
How do I add uor.org to Favorites? Click here to add uor.org to your favorites.
What is launchpad? http://uor.org/launchpad.htm is a collection web services in one place to simplify web exploration. The results of any search show up below the jump station (links in the red box). Normally, you can get back to the desired service by clicking the corresponding link in the jump station. However, if you further browse the results, you may loose the jump station. You can get back by clicking enough number of times the back button on your browser. Better still, make launchpad your homepage. Click here to see how. BTW, if you find launchpad useful, feel free to give the URL http://uor.org/launchpad.htm, even to your non-Roorkee friends.
Who created this web site? I'm Rakesh Agrawal, a 1974 B.E. graduate in Electronics and Communications. My father, Prof. Ram Kumar, taught in the Mathematics faculty in early 1960s. My father-in-law, Er. R.L. Agrawal, was also a Thomasonian.
Feel free to email me suggestions for improving this site.