Dr. Cyrus Mehta, is the President and Co-founder of Cytel Inc., and Adjunt Professor of Biostatistics at Harvard University.nnDr. Mehta earned his B.Tech. degree in Civil Engineering from IIT Bombay in 1967, his S.M. degree in Management Science and his PhD in Operations Research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1970 and 1973 respectively. nnIn 1973, he was appointed Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh, where he taught courses in Statistics and Statistical Decision Theory. In 1977, Dr. Mehta left the University of Pittsburgh and joined Harvard School of Public Health as Post Doctoral Fellow in Biostatistics and worked at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston. In 1979, he joined the faculty at Harvard TC Chan School of Public Health as an Assistant and then Associate Professor of Biostatistics. He also served as a clinical trials Statistician for major oncology trials sponsored by the US National Cancer Institute.
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Professor Nitin P. Padture
Prof. Nitin P. Padture is the Otis E. Randall University Professor in the School of Engineering and Director of Institute for Molecular and Nanoscale Innovation, at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA. He graduated with B.Tech degree in Metallurgical Engineering from IIT Bombay in 1985, M.S. in Ceramic Engineering from Alfred University in 1987 and completed PhD in Materials Science & Engineering from Lehigh University in 1991. Later, he was a postdoctoral scholar at the National Institute for Standards & Technology for three years.nnProf. Padture started his academic career at the University of Connecticut, where he rose through the ranks from Assistant Professor to Department Head over a period of ten years (1995-2005). Prior to joining Brown University in 2012, he spent seven years at the Ohio State University, where he was the College of Engineering Distinguished Professor and founding Director of the NSF-funded Materials Research Science & Engineering Center.
Professor Ajit C. Tamhane
Prof. Ajit C. Tamhane is the Senior Associate Dean, McCormick School of Engineering & Applied Sciences, Northwestern University; Professor of Industrial Engineering & Management Sciences (IEMS).
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Prof. Tamhane earned his B.Tech. Degree in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Bombay in 1968, he has a M.S. and PhD in Operations Research from Cornell University.
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Mr. Rajesh Subramaniam
Mr. Rajesh Subramaniam graduated as a Chemical Engineer from IIT Bombay in 1987. He earned his Master of Science in Chemical Engineering from Syracuse University and MBA from the University of Texas in Austin.nnImmediately after completing his MBA, he joined the Marketing team in Memphis in 1991. His leadership skills took him to Hong Kong, where he oversaw Marketing in Asia-Pacific. Mr. Subramanian then took over as the President of FedEx Express in Canada before moving back to the U.S. as Senior Vice President of Marketing and Communications for FedEx Services.
Mr. Paritosh K. Choksi
Mr. Paritosh K. Choksi, graduated as a Mechanical Engineer from IIT Bombay in 1975 and earned his MBA degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 1977.nnMr. Choksi is currently the COO of ATEL Capital Group. He is a Board Member of:n
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- ATEL Capital Group (US Company)
- Guidance ATEL Investments Limited (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Incorporated)
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- International House at University of California Berkeley
- IIT Bombay Heritage Foundation
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Mr. Parag Saxena
Mr. Parag Saxena graduated as Chemical Engineer from IIT Bombay in 1977 and thereafter did his M.S. from West Virginia College of Graduate Studies in 1978. He earned his MBA degree in Finance from Wharton, University of Pennsylvania in 1982.nn
Mr. Ardeshir Contractor
Mr. Ardeshir Contractor is the Founder & CEO of Kiran Energy. Founded in 2010, Kiran Energy is a solar energy utility at the forefront of India’s renewable energy market. Kiran Energy’s fleet of solar power plants are located in Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra. By 2013, it became India’s largest solar utility. Kiran Energy has operational joint-ventures with Mahindra & Mahindra and First Solar, USA. In its journey, the company examined and deployed multiple innovative products and also set early benchmarks in non-recourse project financing.nnMr. Contractor graduated with a B.Tech. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Ill Bombay in 1984 and a Masters in Science from Ohio State University in 1986, where he led a graduate team on development of absorption heat pump systems, a project co-funded by Batte I le and Gas Research Institute.nn
Dr. Narendra D. Joshi
Dr. Narendra D. Joshi is currently Chief Scientist, General Electric Global Research Center and Advanced Propulsion Technologies Leader.nnHe graduated from Ill Bombay in 1979. He earned his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1984.nn
Dr. Mukta Ghate Farooq
Dr. Mukta Ghate Farooq is a Fellow at Globalfoundries and the technology leader for Advanced Silicon Packaging. She has been a leader in semiconductor and packaging technology including CMOS Back End integration, chip package interaction, 2.5D and 3D integration, die stacking, C4 and Cu pillar interconnects, ball grid and column grid arrays, lead-free alloys, and intellectual property development.nnDr. Farooq obtained her B.Tech. degree in Metallurgical Engineering from IIT Bombay in 1983, M.S. in Materials Science from Northwestern University in 1985 and her PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA in 1988.
Dr. K. Sivan
Dr. K. Sivan graduated from Madras Institute of Technology in Aeronautical engineering in 1980. He took his ME in Aerospace engineering from IISc, Bangalore in 1982. Subsequently, he completed his PhD in Aerospace engineering from IIT, Bombay in 2006. He is currently the Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Center in Thiruvananthapuram.nnDuring his career at ISR0, he has held many responsibilities like Project Director, Re-usable Launch Vehicle – Technology Demonstrator (RLV-TD); Project Director, Geosynchronous launch vehicle project (GSLV); and Director, Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC). He has more than 30 years of experience in the systems engineering of space transportation system, of leading diverse project teams for large and complex projects, of technology development and infrastructure set-up for ISRO’s launch vehicle programs.