Na mujhe yaad rakhna, na mera kaam yaad rakhna, bas itni dua hain ke paigam yaad rakhna (Don’t remember me or my work. Just remember my message).”

To be screened for President APJ Abdul Kalam on Saturday at the inauguration of “PanIIT 2006”, these closing lines of a short film on IIT alumnus, the Late Satyendra Dubey, best echo the theme of the three-day meet: “Inspire IITians to Involve and Transform India”.

To be attended by over 5,000 talented minds from across the globe, PanIIT will depict its theme in various segments, centred around nation building. Among the several discussion points are: knowledge economy, poverty alleviation, entrepreneurship, decentralised services, governance and advanced technologies. “The film best fits the theme,” says Shailesh Gandhi, former IITian and a Right to Information activist.

A shorter version of the original 45-minute documentary chronicling the life of Dubey from his childhood to his years in IIT will be screened at the end of Saturday’s inauguration at the MMRDA Grounds, Bandra Kurla Complex.

“Now, everyone at IIT looks up to him. The film will be a reminder of his sacrifice and is a humble attempt to revive public interest,” says its maker, Mumbai-based Minnie Vaid.

Thirty-one-year-old IIT graduate and National Highways Authority of India employee, Dubey was murdered in 2003 after exposing corruption in the Bihar leg of the Golden Quadrilateral highway project. A sustained campaign led by The Indian Express finally led the government to commit on law to protect whistleblowers.

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