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Avinash Manudhane
B.Tech.,1975,Chemical Engg,
IIT Bombay Managing Director & Partner, Goldman, Sachs & Co. | |
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Avinash Manudhane (Avi Nash) completed his B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering from IIT Bombay in 1975 and did his M.S. from Syracuse University, New York in 1977 before obtaining an MBA with Distinction from Northwestern University, Chicago in 1981.
Avi Nash joined Goldman Sachs, one of the world's largest and most prestigious investment banks, in 1987 and become its Vice President in 1989, Managing Director in 1996, and elected as a Partner of the firm in 1998. He is Head of the firm's Global Chemical Industry effort as well as Head of the Basic Materials (metals, paper, chemicals) effort in the Americas. He is active in mentoring the next generation of professionals.
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Avi Nash has been instrumental in building Goldman Sachs' number one position globally in the Chemical industry for Investment Research and has also helped the Goldman team rise to a #1 standing globally in Chemical Industry Corporate Finance, Capital Raising, and Strategic Merger Advisory.
For the last 13 years, Avi Nash has been consistently ranked by institutional investors in multiple surveys as one of the leading industry investment advisors and for the last 7 years as #1.
Over the last 15 years, he has helped bring numerous chemical companies public, both in petrochemicals and specialty chemicals. He has helped over two dozen corporations raise equity capital in deals ranging from $50 million to $1.2 billion. He has also been involved in several chemical industry mergers ranging in value from $100 million to $10 billion, and several debt offerings.
Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Avi Nash helped global clients as a strategy consultant for 2 1/2 years at Booz, Allen and Hamilton, a leading global Management Consulting firm and he led teams in areas such as New Product Commercialization, Business Repositioning, and Acquisitions in specialty materials and specialty chemicals. He had earlier spent over 7 years in the chemical industry at UOP Inc., the world leader in licensing process technology for petroleum refining and petrochemicals, in roles with increasing leadership and responsibility in R&D, plant design and project management, marketing and strategic planning. |
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Mr. Parag Rele
B.Tech. (Hons)1969, Chemical Engineering
Managing Director & CEO Aplab Limited | |
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Parag Rele has had an admirable career graph, after the completion of his MS Studies as Graduate Research Fellow at Drexel University, Philadelphia in 1972.
Parag Rele began as a Management Trainee at Goodlass Nerolac Paints in 1972 – 73, later joining Centron Industrial Alliance Limited as Manager operations 1973 – 1979 and later upto 1989 as Vice President (Electronics) at A.T.E. Enterprises Ltd. He was Vice President (International Trade) with Carona Ltd and Cheif Executive of Carona Exim between 1989 – 1992, President, Permanent Magnets & Taparia Magnetics 1992 – 98 and Director of a number of Companies including Atcom Technologies Ltd, Smart Sensors and Transducers Ltd and C2M Technologies Ltd. Parag is Managing Director and CEO with Aplab Ltd. at present.
Parag Rele has played a significant role in reviving the alumni activities of IIT Bombay. He has also been associated with and contributed to the various activities of the Chemical Engineering Department. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the IIT Bombay Alumni Association and member, Advisory Board of the Institute of Technology Management. |
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Jagmohandas Mundhra
Jagmohandas Mundhra (Jag Mundhra) has been making films since 1980 and has directed twenty four feature films in the past twenty years. He has produced several of these films and many of them are based on his own stories. | |
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An engineering graduate from IIT Bombay, (B.Tech. honours in Electrical Engineering) Jag Mundhra went to the United States in 1968 for the MBA programme at Michigan State University. He stayed on to do his M.A. in Advertising and a Ph.D in Marketing from the same University. In 1973, he wrote his doctoral thesis on "Marketing of Motion Pictures".
For several years after his doctorate, Jag Mundhra was a professor at several prestigious Universities and Colleges in Southern California. During that period, he also owned and managed three cinema houses in Los Angeles. All through the time he taught marketing and advertising, he continued to study film making from various extension courses available in Southern California. He finally decided to take the plunge full time in film making in 1980, by quitting his job and selling his cinema houses. Since then, he has directed twenty features in English and four in Hindi. He has also shot pilots for TV shows, ad films and documentaries. Many of the features directed by Jag Mundhra have been very successful through out the world and his name has a niche following in the genre of slick thrillers. His output is eclectic; from horror films, crime thrillers, to police stories and social dramas.
Jag Mundhra has received critical acclaim and several awards for his sensitive and committed portrayal of true live stories in his film "Kamla" and "Bawandar". |
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Ashank Desai
M.Tech 1974, Mechanical Engg.
Chairman & MD Mastek Ltd. | |
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Ashank Desai, is Chairman & MD of Mastek Limited, a Software Services Company, with over 1100 employees, and 6 subsidiaries in US, Europe & Asia and a turnover of around 265 Crores. Founded 20 years ago; Mastek went public in 1992 and also became the first company in India to introduce ESOP to its employees.
A Bombay University rank holder in B.E. (Mech.) in 1972, he received his M.Tech (Mech.) from IIT, Bombay in 1974. After a 3-year stint as Design Engineer in Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co., Ashank completed his PGDBM from IIM, Ahmedabad in 1979.
Ashank has helped Mastek reach new frontiers of success and gain industry respect, year after year. His leadership role has extended to developing the export markets in Europe and the Asia Pacific for Mastek. PR and HRD are other important areas where he has established innovative practises.
One of the founders' of the National Association of Software & Services Companies (NASSCOM), he has been on its Executive Council since 1988. He headed NASSCOM as the Chairman, 1996/97. During his tenure as Chairman he made significant contributions to the IT industry and successfully led delegations worldwide to promote Indian IT Industry. Ashank was involved in all major initiatives taken by NASSCOM, including the recent one, to define new vision and strategy for NASSCOM.
He has also served as the Vice-president of ASOCIO (Asian-Oceanian Computing Industry Organisation), an organisation founded for the development of IT in the Asia-Pacific region. Ashank is the only Indian to be presented with the Honourable Contributors Award in 1994 for outstanding contributions made to ASOCIO's growth in the past 10 years.
Ashank takes an active interest in promoting the Industry affairs at the national level. Apart from NASSCOM, he is on the National Council of CII, Managing committee of Bombay Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BCCI), The Western Regional Council of Indo American Chamber of Commerce, Telecommunications committee of Bombay First, etc. He is a Charter Member of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TIE) & in the recent past was associated with the SEBI committee on ESOPs.
Ashank Desai strongly believes in social commitment i.e. to give back what society has contributed to him. He is on the Board of Governors of Vidya Pratistan, the Educational Trust in Baramati under the leadership of Mr. Sharad Pawar. He is actively involved in giving lectures on IT in schools, colleges, IITs and IIMs. He has contributed around 20 articles to leading IT magazines in In dia. |
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Mr. Rajesh Mashruwala
B.Tech.1975, Mech. Engg,
Executive Vice President,
TIBCO Software Inc. USA. | |
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Rajesh Mashruwala (Raj) is an Executive Vice President at TIBCO Software Inc., a leading provider of real-time infrastructure software for the Internet and enterprise. TIBCO Software founded in 1997, did its initial public offering in July of 1999 (TIBX). Since founding of TIBCO Software, Raj is responsible for worldwide engineering, marketing, acquisitions and field operations.
Prior to joining TIBCO, Raj Mashruwala co-founded YieldUp International, a semiconductor equipment manufactruing company, Media Computer Technology Inc., an ASIC design house and Consilium Inc., a Manufacturing Software provider.
He has also helped fund several startups and is a mentor and board member of startups in the areas of Telecommunication, Medical Technology and Internet Companies.
Director, IIT Bombay Heritage Fund, Raj Mashruwala has been active in organizing the IIT alumni in the US for over last ten years, and is responsible for building ties with the distinguished Alumni.
As an active Charter Member of The Indus Entrepreneur (TiE) since its founding, Raj has been involved in mentoring new entrepreneurs, organizing workshops and promoting entrepreneurship among Indians.
As Vice-President, Indians for Collective Action (ICA), Raj has been active in promoting grass root integrated development for India. ICA has a over twenty five year history of supporting NGOs in India to support basic education, literacy, health, women's issues, sustainable development and environment. It has supported over 200 projects in the last ten years in practically every state of India.
Raj holds Master of Science (Engineering) from University of California, Berkeley (1976) and Bachelor of Technology (Mechanical) from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (1975). He holds several patents on Object Oriented Modeling for Manufacturing Systems |
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Dinesh Mohan
B. Tech (Hons) 1967, Mechanical Engineering
Henry Ford Professor for Biomechanics and Transportation safety
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.
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Dinesh Mohan completed his M.S. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from University of Delaware followed by Ph.D and M.S. is Bioengineering from the University of Michigan (1972 – 1975)
During the period 1967 – 1975 he did various assistantships at the University of Delaware and the University of Michigan. From 1976 to 1978 Prof. Dinesh Mohan was senior Bioengineer Research Department, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Washington D.C. Responsibilities included development and management of research projects of biological and biomechanical nature and evaluation of U.S. Governments motor-vehicle manufacturers standards, concerning safety.
At present Prof. Mohan is Henry Ford Professor for Biomechanics and Transportation Safety, IIT Delhi. He is also coordinator, Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Programme and Head, WHO Collaboration Centre for Research and Training in safety Technology.
Dinesh Mohan has been the receipient of number of awards and distinctions including the 2001 Bertil Aldman Award for outstanding contributions to impact biomechanics by the International Research Council on Biomechanics of Impacts; " International Distinguished Career Award" instituted by the American Public Health Association.; the IAATM Medal for outstanding achievement in the field of traffic medicine from the International Association for Accidents and Traffic Medicine, and the international 1991 Award of Merit from the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine, USA.
Prof. Mohan has been consultant to leading national and international organisations and institutions and the automobile industry. He is a member of a number of Professional Organisations, International and national committees and Boards and on Editorial Boards.
He has co-coauthored 3 books, produced over 23 reports / monographs and published over 116 technical papers. He also has to his credit, a vast body of articles on general topics, published in newspapers or magazines or presented at symposia. |
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Satish Balram Agnihotri
M.Tech, 1980, Environmental Science and Engineering,
IIT Bombay. Consultant (Health & Nutrition), UNICEF, Kolkata | |
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Satish Agnihotri did his Masters in Physics from the Institute in 1976 and subsequently obtained an M. Tech in Environmental Sciences in 1980. He continued his quest for knowledge by acquiring another Masters' degree in Rural Development from the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK in 1992 and subsequently obtained a Doctorate from the same university in 1997 for his thesis on "Sex ratio Imbalances in the Indian Population - a Disaggregated Analysis".
He joined the Indian Civil services and served the Government of Orissa under several capacities such as Special Secretary, General Administration Department; Secretary of Women and Child Development Department; Director and CEO of OREDA (Orissa Renewable Energy Development Agency); Vice – Chairman of Cuttack Urban Development Authority. At present he is deputed as a Consultant of Health and Nutrition, UNICEF, Calcutta.
With Dr. Agnihotri's leadership, the Government of Orissa had launched a campaign in November 1998 to eliminate severe malnutrition among children and persuaded UNICEF to support the campaign in 6 Districts of the state. He has been felicitated by CINI, Calcutta, for contributions in the field of removal of malnutrition on their 26th Foundation day (Feb. 2000). His research in this field has broken new grounds in the analysis of 'Masculinity of the Sex Ratios in India'. This work identifies areas and social groups among which the girl child is at risk. He has written for several publications in the area of 'Gender Bias in Indian society' and is regarded as the authority on 'Sex Ratio Patterns in India'. His efforts had been lauded by leading social scientists including Nobel Laureate Prof. Amartya Sen, Vina Mazumdar and Barbara Harriss-White among others.
Dr. Agnihotri has been elected a Fellow, in Leadership in Environment And Development (LEAD), International Inc. N.Y., which is an initiative to sensitize middle level management on issues of Environment and Development. He also participated in LEAD evaluation exercise at Costa Rica (Nov. 1995) and later the HABITAT conference on behalf of LEAD at the NGO forum.
As the founder Chief Executive of OREDA, he has made important contribution to spread of Bio-gas in Orissa with the help of NGOs and succeeded in actualizing design improvements. Other remarkable developments under his leadership are the initiation of the use of mapping techniques in Policy Planning in Government in the aftermath of the super – cyclone.
In recognition of his incomparable contribution to the nation, Dr. Agnihotri has been selected by the Civil Services Newsletter (Sept. '99) as the 'Person of the Month' , for overall achievements and has been awarded the '1st citation for Outstanding Work Related to Child Rights in 2001', by the IACR (Indian Alliance for Child Rights), New Delhi.
Dr. Agnihotri's book on satires "Mitti ke raston ka desh" has recently been released. |
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Krishnanand Prabhu
M.Sc., 1975, Physics, IIT Bombay
Venture Partner, Morgenthaler Ventures | |
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Krishnanand Prabhu (Krish Prabhu) obtained his M.Sc. in physics from IIT Bombay in 1975 and completed his M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering in 1977 and his Ph.D degree in Electrical Engineering in 1980 from the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Thereafter he went to work as a Member of Technical Staff at Bell Laboratories in Holmdel, New Jersey, specializing in the area of Image Coding. In 1984, he moved to Dallas, Texas and joined Rockwell International, where he was involved in the design and development of various Telecom products, related to Microwave and Optical Communications.
Krish Prabhu joined Alcatel in 1991 when it acquired Rockwell's telecommunication business and held various positions, including Chief Technical Officer of its US operations, Senior Executive Vice President and Member of Executive Committee, CEO of Alcatel Americas and Chief Operating Officer of Alcatel before he resigned from it in August 2001. Currently he is working as a Venture Partner with Morgenthaler Ventures and he is also on the board of several companies.
Dr. Krish Prabhu has been active in various educational and community initiatives. As the Chairman of the Development Board of the University of Texas, Dallas, he has helped raise more than $10 million for the School of Engineering. He was an active member of The Dallas Together Forum, an organization devoted to creating business opportunities for small and minority suppliers. He is currently a member of the University of Pittsburgh's School of Engineering's Board of Visitors and is active with The Indus Entrepreneurs (TIE). | |
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