Avinash Manudhane
Rajesh Mashruwala
Parag Rele Dinesh Mohan
Jagmohan Mundhra Satish Balram Agnihotri
Ashank Desai Krishnanand
Prabhu
| Avinash Manudhane | |
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B.Tech.,1975,Chemical Engg, IIT Bombay Managing Director & Partner, Goldman, Sachs & Co. |
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. 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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| Parag Rele | |
B.Tech.
(Hons)1969, Chemical Engineering Managing Director & CEO Aplab Limited |
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 | |
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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. 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. |
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 | |
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B. Tech (Hons) 1967, Mechanical Engineering |
Henry Ford Professor for
Biomechanics and Transportation safety
Indian Institute of
Technology, Delhi. 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 | |
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M.Tech, 1980,
Environmental Science and Engineering, IIT
Bombay. Consultant (Health & Nutrition), UNICEF, Kolkata |
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 BombayVenture Partner, Morgenthaler Ventures |
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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