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Dr. R.K. Bhandari
M.Tech., 1964, Civil Engineering
Director Centre for Disaster Mitigation and Management Anna University. | |
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Dr R.K.Bhandari is an acknowledged authority in the area of Natural Disaster Mitigation and Management, with pioneering contribution in the discipline of geotechnical engineering. The main thrust of his work continues to be on sustainable development of Hilly Regions including the State of Uttaranchal where he spent more than a decade.Dr Bhandari's qualifications include a B.E., Rajasthan, M.Tech in Geotechnical Engineering, IIT Bombay, D.I.C, Imperial College, and PhD in Engineering, University of London.
Dr. Bhanadari has served with distinction, earlier, with the Central Road Research Institute, Central Building Research Institute, as visiting faculty with University of Wollongong, Australia and the UN Centre for Human Settlements, and CSIR.
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Dr. Bhanadari has served with distinction, earlier, with the Central Road Research Institute, Central Building Research Institute, as visiting faculty with University of Wollongong, Australia and the UN Centre for Human Settlements, and CSIR.
His very intimate involvement in study of major natural disasters in India especially the great Mapla tragedy, the Orissa Super Cyclone and the devastating Bhuj earthquake, eventually prompted him to move to Chennai as the Director of Centre for Disaster Mitigation and Management in March 2001 where he is currently placed.
Dr Bhandari has nearly 200 research papers, half a dozen monographs and 8 patents to his credit.As a member of the High Powered Committee of the Government of India on Disaster Management Plan, he gave the vision of Disaster Free India. His report on Seismic Microzonation submitted to the Department of Science and Technology of the Government of India has become a landmark contribution. His idea of setting up a Disaster Knowledge Network for India is now a part of the recommendation of the High Powered Committee to the Government of India.
In recognition of his outstanding professional contribution, the awards bestowed on him include Bhasin Foundation Award in Engineering & Transportation; Plaque of Honour from the Japanese Society of Soil Mechanics; Plaque of Honour from the South East Asian Geotechnical Society; Jaikrishna Prize of the Institution of Engineers (India); AIMIL Gold Medal; IGS Kuekalmann Award and Eminent Engineer award of the Institution of Engineers.
Honors from the highest professional bodies included fellowship of Institution of Civil Engineers, London, Indian National Academy of Engineering Institution of Engineers, and Indian Geotechnical Society. |
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Dr. Sundaresan Asokan
M.Sc., 1971, App. Ge ology
Chief Executive Titanium Project, TATA Steel | |
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| Dr. S. Asokan has risen from the position of geologist in ACC Ltd to the level of Chief Executive in one of India's top steel companies, TATA Steel. Dr. Asokan completed his M.Sc. in Applied Geology from IIT Bombay, receiving the Silver Medal of the Institute. He completed his Ph.D. from Cambridge University, U.K. in Geochemistry and Petrology, in 1974. He joined ACC Ltd in 1975 as geologist subsequently holding the positions of Executive Director, First Stonex Ltd 1991, Consultant and entrepreneur – 1993-1998, Chief (Business Strategy & Development, TATA Steel, (1998) and since 2002 has been Chief Executive of the Rs.2000 crore Titanium Project of TATA Steel. The Titanium Project is a major foray for TATA Steel, to undertake a techno-economic feasibility study on the mineral sands in Tamil Nadu and to create in stages a multi – crore titanium dioxide manufacturing facility. Dr. Asokan has a multi-dimensional experience profile – in field operations in multilocational Large Process Industry (ACC), premier National Research Organisation (NCB), Corporate Company Start up (HCL), Setting up and running his own Private Limited Cos., and General Management, Administration & Control at Corporate Level Dr. Asokan holds membership in a number of professional bodies and has several publications in professional journals to his credit. |
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Dr. Shailesh J. Mehta
B.Tech., 1971 Mechanical Engg.,
Chairman & CEO, Providian Financial Coprn., USA | |
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Dr. Shailesh J. Mehta, was recently Chairman of the Board and CEO of Providian Financial Corporation, a Fortune 500 company with over $30 billion in assets and over 18 million customers. Dr. Mehta did his B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Bombay in 1971 and completed masters and doctorate degrees in Operations Research and Computer Science from Case Western Reserve University.
Dr. Mehta joined the founding team of First Deposit Corporation, the predecessor company to Providian, in 1986 and built it from just 80 employees to over 12,000 employees. He has also served on the advisory board for various privately held companies. Prior to joining Providian, Dr. Mehta was Executive Vice President at the Ohio-based Ameritrust Corporation (Now Key Corp), where he worked for twelve years.
Dr. Mehta has received countless awards for excellence in leadership as an individual and as a community leader. He has received many awards including, Leadership for Excellence in Business and Technology, Excellence in Corporate Citizenship, Excellence in Philanthropy, Leadership and Friendship, Special Community Awards and the Millennium Award.
Dr. Mehta is also known for his philanthropic activities. He has formed the Shailesh J. Mehta and Kalpa S. Mehta Charitable Foundation, which has given millions in grants to various institutions including the Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management at IIT Bombay and the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. |
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Dr. Sadanand D. Joshi
M.Tech., 1975, Mechanical Engg.,
President, Joshi Technologies International, Inc. | |
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Dr. Sadanand D. Joshi, President of JOSHI TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. (JTI) of Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.A. is well known around the world in the petroleum industry for his contributions in developing horizontal well technology to produce crude oil and natural gas. "Joshi Equation", a formula developed by Dr. Joshi is effectively used throughout the world for prediction of production rates from horizontal wells. He has been a consultant to over 160 field projects on six continents for the application of horizontal wells to produce oil and gas. Dr. Joshi has over twenty years of experience in the petroleum industry.
His company also produces oil and gas in the U.S., Canada, Colombia, and India. In 1995, the Company signed one of the first oil production sharing contracts with the Government of India. For the 1995-96 season, Dr. Joshi served as a Distinguished Lecturer for the 45,000 member Society of Petroleum Engineers. Hart Publications has named Dr. Joshi "One of the 100 Most Influential People of the Petroleum Century."
Dr. Joshi did his M.Tech. from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in Mechanical Engineering in 1975 and completed his Ph.D. in the same discipline from Iowa State University, Ames. Earlier he obtained a B.Sc. Degree in Mechanical Engineering from W.C.E. College, Sangli in Maharashtra.
His major achievements include numerous technical papers published in several industry journals, his delivery of more than 200 lectures in 30 countries, and the development of software programs for the petroleum industry. He has authored a best-selling book, Horizontal Well Technology, which was published in 1991.
He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, Canadian Institute of Mining, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, American Society of Mechanical Engineers and Tulsa Chamber of Commerce. |
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Dr. Arunava Majumdar
B.Tech., 1985, Mechanical Engg.
Almy and Agnes Maynard Chair Mechanical Engineering,
University of California, Berkeley | |
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Dr. Arunava Majumdar holds the Almy and Agnes Maynard Chair in Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. He received his B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering in 1985 from IIT-Bombay, and then completed his MS and PhD from UC Berkeley in 1987 and 1989, respectively. After spending three years as a faculty member in Arizona State Univ. (1989-92) and four years in UC Santa Barbara (1992-96), he joined UC Berkeley where he served as the Vice Chair in Mechanical Engineering from 1999-2002.
For more than a decade, Professor Majumdar has been an active researcher in the area of nanoscale science and engineering, an area that forms the foundation for the emerging field of nanotechnology. He has pioneered a variety of experimental and theoretical approaches for studying transport phenomena in nanostructures, where confinement of electrons, photons, phonons, and fluids provides unique opportunities to manipulate their behavior in novel ways.
More recently, he has developed new approaches to study the nanomechanics of biological molecules (DNA, proteins etc), which are forming the basis for multiplexed bioassays that are important both in molecular biology as well as biotechnology.
Dr. Majumdar is a recipient of numerous awards including the Silver Medal from IIT- Bombay, NSF Young Investigator Award, the ASME Melville Medal, and the 2001 Gustus Larson Memorial Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
He is currently serving as an editor for the International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, and the co-editor-in-chief of Microscale Thermophysical Engineering. He also serves as the Chair, Board of Advisors, ASME Nanotechnology Institute; Member, Council on Materials Science and Engineering, US Dept. of Energy; and Member, Chancellor's Advisory Council on Nanoscience and Nanoengineering at UC Berkeley. He is a fellow of the ASME and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). |
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Prof. Chaitan Khosla
B.Tech., 1985, Chemical Engineering
Professor of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering And Biochemistry (by courtesy) Stanford University
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Prof. Chaitan Khosla has achieved a position of eminence in the frontier areas of chemistry and biosciences.
After graduating from IIT Bombay with a B.Tech in Chemical Engineering, he obtained a Ph.D from the California Institute of Technology in 1990. In 1992 he joined as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Stanford University, where he is Professor Department of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biochemistry (by courtesy) at present.
Dr. Khosla's work lies at the interface of protein chemistry and medicine and is leading to the discovery of new drugs to fight infections and diseases. His group at Stanford is involved in studying catalytic mechanisms and structure of enzymes used for protein synthesis. A consequence of insights obtained during the study is generation of new tools for biosynthesis. His laboratory has an ongoing project aimed at understanding the molecular basis for Celiac Sprue, and developing therapeutic approaches to treat the disease.
He has authored over 134 scientific publications and 16 patents. An IITB silver medallist, Dr. Khosla is the recipient of several awards including the Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry and the Pure Chemistry Award from the American Chemical Society, the Alan T. Waterman Award from the National Science Foundation, and a Distinguished Alumni Award from the California Institute of Technology. He is also a co-founder and co-chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of Kosan Biosciences, Inc., a public biotechnology company that discovers and develops new polyketide therapeutics. Dr. Khosla is also the president of the Celiac Sprue Research Foundation. |
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Mr. Ravi Venkatesan
B.Tech., 1985, Mechanical Engineering
Chairman Cummins India Ltd. | |
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Ravi Venkatesan is credited with imparting a new vision, dynamism and investor – savviness to Cummins India Ltd.
Cummins India Ltd, a 51% subsidiary of Cummins Engg Company, USA (CECO), is India's largest manufacturer of diesel engines catering to the non-automotive segment with market share in excess of 65%.
Ravi Venkatesan's academic background included the B.Tech from IIT Bombay, MS in Industrial Engineering from Purdue and then MBA from Harvard. He did his 2-month summer stint during engineering at Cummins India Ltd (then Kirloskar Cummins), worked for three-and-a-half years in CECO' Columbus plant as a manufacturing engineer, and returned to CECO after MBA! He started out his career working on strategic sourcing decisions for CECO. His first assignment in India was to rescue Tata Cummins Ltd, which he did with great success. He was then named CEO of Cummins' Indian operations and Chairman of Cummins India Ltd.
Venkatesan is a member of the Executive Council of the Society of Indian Automotive Manufacturing. He has written three articles published in the Harvard Business Review, "The Strategy that Wouldn't Travel", Strategic Sourcing – to Make or not to Make", and "Cummins Engine Flexes its Factories".
He was recently elected "Outstanding Industrial Engineer" for the year 2000 by Purdue University for his contributions to the field. |
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