Professors: tap any faculty member to read their institute profile — degrees, research area, courses, publications and more. Faculty are now grouped by department with photos. Fixes and performance improvements.

• Chat: fixed the keyboard freezing when typing quickly • Entrepreneur / business owner switch in Edit Profile • Delete Account is now at the bottom of Profile • Phone number optional at sign-up; management degrees (B.B.A. / M.B.A. / PGDM) • Push notifications for chat messages with an unread badge • Bug fixes and performance improvements

• Phone number is now optional when creating an account • Delete Account is now directly in Profile → Account • Push notifications for chat messages, with an unread badge on the app icon • Bug fixes and performance improvements

Meet your AI support team: five assistants (Asha, Smriti, Aarav, Vidhi, Pratiksha) now staff Live Support, each with their own photo and specialty - and they share one conversation, so you never repeat yourself. Smarter replies: bold highlights, tap-to-call phone numbers, and degree-verification help collected right in the chat. New admin tools for community organisers, plus bug fixes - including a chat input that now queues your message instead of losing it.

New admin tools for community organisers: review member integrity, manage professors (including faculty from other institutions), and moderate sign-ups — all from your phone. Smarter sign-up validation and a faster, more reliable Home feed. Live Support reliability improvements and bug fixes.

Admin tools for community organisers: browse and filter every member, review recent sign-ups, see Near Me usage, manage roles and coordinator files, and review blocks — all from your phone. Professors who teach at another institution can now say so when signing up, so they are listed under Professors without appearing in the alumni directory. Bug fixes and performance improvements.

Admin tools for community organisers: manage roles and members, and review files uploaded by coordinators, right from your phone. Faster, safer sign-in behind the scenes. Bug fixes and performance improvements.

Asha, our Live Support assistant, now replies like a real agent: watch her think, then see her answer type itself out live. Smoother, faster support chat, with a fix for a rare freeze in the chat window. Bug fixes and performance improvements.

Meet Asha, our new AI-powered Live Support assistant, now one tap away on every screen. Support replies arrive as quick, easy to read messages, like chatting with a real agent. New About screen with our official UDCT Alumni Association partnership, the signed partnership brief, and admin contacts. Chat has moved into the Home header for a cleaner feed. Fresh splash screen featuring the classic UDCT emblem. Bug fixes and performance improvements.

You can now share photo albums — tap a shared link to open the album right in the app. Plus reliability improvements for a smoother experience.

Bug fix: the app no longer stops loading content (like Home photos) after an update — if your sign-in has expired it now refreshes automatically instead of needing a manual logout. We also polished the password-reset screen. Thanks for being part of the community!

We've refreshed the Jobs section: cleaner job cards, smarter search, and fresher listings. We also improved how job listings are sourced and updated our privacy policy. Thanks for being part of the community!

New in this update: - Jobs gets its own tab, with CareerSetu - openings matched to your stream and location, refreshed daily - Search and filter jobs by keyword, city, country, type and salary - See how many alumni work at a company and connect with them - Jobs history: your applications, your postings, and closed vacancies - Chat is now a floating button - one tap from anywhere - Many fixes and improvements throughout the app

Fixes and improvements: - Chat unread counts are now accurate and clear when you read a room - New Theme setting in Profile: System, Light, Dark, or Auto by time - Chat names are now easy to read in dark mode - Sign Out asks for confirmation, so a mis-tap can't log you out - Search results are no longer hidden behind the keyboard - Date of Birth can no longer be set to a future date or saved by accident - Notification badges now show only items that need your action - Fixed missing icons on the Profile screen - Faster photo uploads, instant message sending, and clearer error messages

What's New: - Faster, more reliable chat: text messages appear instantly, reactions no longer refresh the whole thread. - Album photo uploads now resize and batch automatically, fixing multi-select failures. - Live Support (AI help) is now reachable from Sign In, Sign Up, and Forgot Password screens. - Stronger security: your session token now lives in the iOS Keychain. - Theme now follows your system Light/Dark setting by default. - Numerous stability improvements and bug fixes.

What's New: - The country picker in Sign Up and Edit Profile now includes every country. - Performance improvements and bug fixes.

Introducing Connections - follow members, manage requests, and jump to chats from one place. A new pending badge on Home and Profile means you never miss a follow request or message.

- New Live Support: tap Live Support under Profile > Help for instant answers about login, sign-up, password resets, finding alumni, and general questions about udctFamily. - New AI helper in the three group chat rooms - replies to questions that go unanswered, so newcomers always get help. - Faster replies on common questions - answered immediately, no waiting. - Chat timestamps now use your device's time zone instead of server time. - Profile Completeness card on Home shows what's missing from your profile so you can complete it in one tap. - Initials avatars: members without a profile photo now display personalized colored initials so the directory feels more populated. - Smoother prompts encouraging profile photo uploads across chat, comments, albums, follow, search, and Near Me.

- New Profile Completeness card on Home: see at a glance what's missing from your profile and complete it in one tap. - Initials avatars: profiles without a photo now display personalized colored initials so the directory feels more populated. - Smoother prompts to add a profile photo across chat, comments, albums, follow, search, and Near Me.

What's New in 1.1.8 - Follow & Direct Message: tap Follow on anyone in People You May Know, Near Me, or album likers. Once they follow you back, you can start a private message. - Edit and Recall sent messages, plus a tidier message menu. - Profile > Follow sheet with three tabs: Following, Requests, Followers. - Cleaner Chat screen split into Chats (community rooms) and Messages (direct conversations). - Double-tap any message to send a heart reaction. - Fixes Near Me location permission so the alumni nearby list loads again. - Updated row design across Near Me and People You May Know: Follow pill paired with a clear green call icon. - Smoother sign-up flow with a clearer already-registered message.

What's new in udctFamily 1.1.6: • People You May Know — discover alumni who share your batch, company, or city • Faster phone-call shortcut on every search result and suggestion • Gender-aware default avatars for alumni without a profile photo • Search and Profile UI polish

What's new in this update: - Near Me: a new Profile feature that finds fellow alumni near your current location. Choose 25, 100, or 500 km radius and see them on a map with their name, distance, and a one-tap call. - Better offline handling: clearer messages and a Try Again button when there's no internet. - Smoother sheet presentation across the app. - Bug fixes and stability improvements.

Distinguished Alumni page now includes the full UAA-ICT historical cohort (1992–2014). Year tabs filter by the selected category so you only see years that have results. New "Organization" field shown on alumni cards.

What's new in this release: - Directory: browse the complete UDCT / ICT alumni roster with photos, degrees, and current roles. Search by name, company, or location. - Distinguished Alumni: dedicated section for UAA-ICT awardees, organised by year and category (Academics, Research, Professional, Entrepreneur, Extra-Mural, Young Achiever). - Profile Completion Reminder: a short, weekly prompt to fill in any missing details so fellow alumni can recognise you. - Performance and polish: faster photo loading from our own servers, improved dark mode contrast, and several small UI refinements.

What's new in this release: Find alumni by location Search the new "Location" tab to discover classmates by city, state, or country. Type-ahead suggestions surface popular places like Mumbai, Bengaluru, Toronto and more as you type. Smoother update notifications When a new version of udctFamily is published, you'll see a clear in-app prompt to open the App Store — no more waiting for the App Store to notice on its own. Stronger signup We now collect a complete profile at signup (city, state, mobile, batch, degree, stream) so the right people can find each other from day one. New Professor membership card Professors now get a distinct burgundy academic-themed card to recognize them in the community. Cleaner card design Removed the redundant role-badge text — the card color and the TYPE field already convey everything. Polish and fixes Search results, signup flow, and small UI alignments improved across the app. Thanks for being part of udctFamily!