Month: August 2021
Mr. Ravindra Sitaram Gupta
Mr. Ravindra Gupta received his M.Sc. degree from the Department of Chemistry, IIT Bombay. Later, he joined IPS.nMr. Gupta has had a distinguished career in administration in the entertainment industry. In-mid eighties he resigned from the Police Service to become the General Manager and then, shortly after, the Managing Director of the National Films Development Corporation.
Dr. Chetan Chitnis
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Dr. Chetan Chitnis is an M.Sc., 1983 graduate from the Dept. of Physics. He received his Ph.D. in biophysics from the University of California-Berkeley in 1990. He completed postdoctoral training in the Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases at the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease.
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Dr. Ajit Keshav Ranade
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He is currently the Chief Economist at the Aditya Birla Group, a multinational conglomerate. Prior to this, he was the Chief Economist at ABN AMRO Bank. His professional career has spanned academic and corporate assignments. He held faculty positions at Brown University, Holy Cross College, Wesleyan University, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), the Indian Council of Research on International Economic Relations and Jawaharlal Nehru university (JNU).
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Rentala Chandrashekhar
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Mr. Rentala Chandrashekhar received his M.Sc. degree from the Department of Chemistry, IIT Bombay. Later, he joined the Government of India in 1975 as a member of the Indian Administrative Service. He also holds an M.S. in Computer Science from the Pennsylvania State University, USA.He was the man who established the first Department of Information Technology in the country in Andhra Pradesh, and also heralded some of the most innovative efforts including the public-private partnership (PPP) concept in e-Governance projects.
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Mr. Madhu Pandit Dasa
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Mr. Madhu Pandit Dasa, formerly known as Madhusudhan Sivashankar, obtained his B.Tech. degree from the Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Bombay.Having found the path that answered his quest for the Absolute Truth, right after his days in IIT-Bombay, Mr. Madhu Pandit Dasa dedicated his life to serving the mission of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.He is a dynamic visionary, an able leader and a thought engineer. He has demonstrated his risk-taking ability in achieving organizational excellence and is held in high esteem for his spiritual, cultural and humanitarian contribution to the society.
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Mr. Colin H. Gonsalves
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Mr. Colin H. Gonsalves received his B.Tech. degree from the Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Bombay. He began working as a civil engineer, but was drawn to the law through union work and concerns over labour issues and exploitation. In 1979, he started studying law at night school.He is a fighter for social justice and a champion of the exploited. He has fought against government and big business interests.
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Mr. Vikram V. Rajadhyaksha
Mr. Vikram V. Rajadhyaksha has achieved an outstanding level of success and prominence in the civil engineering industry in USA. Following his IIT Bachelor’s Degree in 1967, Mr. Rajadhyaksha received his Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Cincinnati in 1968.nHe began his career with G.K. Jewell and Associates, a geotechnical engineering consulting firm, followed by service with a regulatory agency of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Water, as Head of Dam Safety. In 1979, he took advantage of the opportunity to purchase controlling interest in a local engineering firm, Dodson Lindblom Associates, Inc. As President of the company, much of the burden for marketing to the government sector becomes his responsibility with special emphasis on water resources, hydrology, and hydraulics related civil engineering projects.nnnHe is currently involved in building small hydroelectric power projects in India with the Governments of Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.n
Mr. V. Kasturirangan
Mr. V. Kasturirangan obtained his PGDBA from IIM Ahmedabad. Starting as a Brand Manager in Warner Hindustan Level Ltd. in 1971, he has had an outstanding career in corporate management leading to his present position of Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Unilever Philippines.nnFrom 1973 to 1979 Mr. Kasturirangan was Area Sales Manager, Senior Brand Manager, Brand Sales Manager and Marketing and Sales Manager, Foods with Hindustan Lever Ltd., Mumbai. For a year, in 1981, he was General Sales Manager, Lipton India Ltd., which was followed by his first assignment abroad as General Sales Operations Manager, Unilever Indonesia at Jakarta from 1982 to 1984. He was back in Mumbai with Hindustan Lever Ltd. as General Manager Personal Products, 1985-1989, and as Vice President, Personal Products 1990-1992. Before his present assignment as Chairman CEO, Unilever Philippines, he was Regional Liaison Member, East Asia Pacific of Unilever PLC, London.nnMr. Kasturirangan lives in Manila, Philippines with his wife Lalitha and two daughters.