Date, venue and time was fixed in advance for this party, members started arriving by 11 am and by 12 noon most of the members who had promised to attend were at the sprawling brand new bungalow of Rtn Prashanth Babu and Mrs. Shobha. All were in a relaxed mood and were enjoying the hospitality of the hosts.

Close to 1 pm, President Rtn Rajesh AR took over the centre stage and started the meeting proceedings, welcomed one and all and requested IPP Rtn Arun Belur to take over the further proceedings. IPP Arun, thanked each and every one for a great year of rides and activities in 22/23, he explained the three long rides done during the year, Unity Ride, International Ride of Rajasthan Escapade and grand finale was Spiti Valley Ride. All applauded the efforts of the outgoing team and gave a standing ovation. He then presented the completion and participation certificate of Spiti Valley Ride along specially made T Shirt to all the riders of Spiti Valley. All took many pictures of this presentation.

IPP Arun Belur requested Editor Vinod Agarwal to release the Annual copy of REARVIEW, which he did and distributed the ordered copies to members present and released the soft copy in the WhatsApp group of IFMR India. IPP Arun Belur felcitated member Devesh Agarwal for all his exploits during the year, reaching the world’s highest motorable road and riding over 12k in a few rides. He was presented with a specially designed memento. IPP Arun Belur also recognised the efforts of Past Secretary Prashant Mishra during the 22/23, a special scarf and a plaque was presented to him.

After all the official ceremonies, the party was full on, non stop, all were enjoying bonding over drinks and food, entertainment incharge Rtn Raghavendra Inamdar took over as the lead Karoke singer along with ladies present, non stop music, dance continued for the next few hours. People were busy taking solo, selfie and group pictures all over, as if there was no tomorrow. The party continued till 5 pm and slowly all left. Big thanks to IPP Arun Belur and Past Secretary Prashant Mishra for sponsoring the food and drinks and bigger thanks to Shobha ji and Prashanth Babu for hosting the party at their home.

The great party ended with a lot of memories. Members who could not make it were missed, over 40 members were present.