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Sarban Agarwalla
(B.Tech. Aero. Engg., H-6)
Ishna Enterprises, Bartlett, IL, USA.
Software consulting.

Joseph Aliu
(B.Tech. Aero. Engg., H-2)
Romford, Essex, UK.

Dhanjibhai N. Bhimani
(B.Tech. Aero. Engg., H-6)
General Manager, Indiana Gratings Pvt. Ltd., Vasai, Mumbai.
Production of gratings, cable trays, conveyers.
Listening to old songs, sufi music, ghazals.

Ashok Joshi
(M.Tech. Aero. Engg., H-?; B.Tech. Aero. Engg., 1978; Ph.D. Aero. Engg., 1984)
Professor, Aerospace Engineering, IIT-B, Mumbai.
Modelling, simulation and control of flight vehicle dynamics; Aeroelasticity and aeroservoelasticity; Smart and other actuation systems.

Suhas A. Pai
(B.Tech. Aero. Engg., H-7)
M.S. Aeronautical Engg., Univ. of Texas (Arlington), 1982.
Ph.D. Computer Science Engg., Univ. of Texas (Arlington), 1986.
Principal Engineer/Manager, Qualcomm Inc., San Diego, CA, USA.
Systems modeling, integration and verification; SoC strategies for wireless chips.
Designed and drove end-to-end integration platforms for major wireless standards (CDMA2000, UMTS, EvDO, GPS).

Ram W. Shende
(Ph.D. Aero. Engg., H-?; M.tech. Mech. Engg., 1969)
Associate Professor, Aerospace Engg., IIT-B, Mumbai.
Mechanical design in aerospace propulsion; Rotor dynamics; Material studies for lifting of gas turbine components.

Girish L. Bodas
(B.Tech. Chem. Engg., H-5)
Director (E-commerce), General Electric Global Exchange Services, Mumbai.

Pravin V. Borkar
(B.Tech. Chem. Engg., H-6)
M.S. Plastics and Composites Engineering, Univ. of Massachusetts, 1992.
Projects Director, Protective Materials Company, Miami Lakes, FL, USA.
Mission specific battlefield tested advanced lightweight armor systems.
Designed, manufactured and implemented bullet/blast resistant armor in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Makarand H. Chipalkatti
(B.Tech. Chem. Engg., H-8)
M.S. Chem. Engg., Michigan Tech. Univ., 1982.
Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engg., Univ. of Mass. (Amherst), 1988.
Head, Corporate Innovation Management,
Osram Sylvania Inc., Danvers, MA 01923, USA.
Semiconductor based lighting solutions for illumination, sensing and visualization.

Alagaratnam J. Devanesan
(B.Tech. Chem. Engg., H-6)
President, Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings Ltd., Singapore.
Pulp and paper products.

Anil R. Diwan
(B.Tech. Chem. Engg., H-3)
Ph.D.
President and CEO, AllExcel Inc., West Haven, CT, USA.
Biotechnology, pharmaceuticals.

Ashrafhusein I. Fatehi
(B.Tech. Chem. Engg., H-8)
Process Manager, Shroff & Associates, Mumbai.

Rajesh Goenka
(B.Tech. Chem. Engg., H-6)
Chairman, Axiom Group of Companies, London.
Managing and executing processing and packaging industry projects on a turnkey basis; India-property management services.

Iftekhar A. Karimi
(B.Tech. Chem. Engg., H-6)
M.Sc. Chem. Engg., Purdue University, 1982; Ph.D. Chem. Engg., Purdue University, 1984.
Associate Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering,
National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Noncontinuous process design; Production planning and scheduling.

Bhupen Laljibhai Kharawala
(B.Tech. Chem. Engg., H-8)
Jeeka Industries, Ahmedabad.
Phthalocyanine based dyes and pigments.

Suryakant S. Ladi
(B.Tech. Chem. Engg., H-3)
Executive Director (Commercial), Bhansali Engineering Polymers Ltd., Mumbai.
ABS and SAN resins.

Nandu M. Madhekar (earlier Nandakishore M. Madhekar)
(B.Tech. Chem. Engg., H-5)
M.S. Chem. Engg., VPISU, USA, 1983.
Post-graduate Diploma in Computer Software, DTE-Maharashtra, 1989.
Chief Promoter and CEO, Innovative Chemical Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Pune.
Design and engineering of solvent recovery plants for the pharmaceutical industry; Separation problems in chemical industry, based on distillation technologies.

Shrikant P. Marathe
(B.Tech. Chem. Engg., H-6; M.Tech. Chem. Engg., 1983)
General Manager (Production and Development), Grasim Industries Ltd., Nagda, Madhya Pradesh.
Production of PAC and SBP; Development of H2 based fuel cells.

Pradeep C. Mehta
(B.Tech. Chem. Engg., H-8)
Proprietor, Nandadeep Enterprises, Navi Mumbai.

Sunil D. Mehta
(B.Tech. Chem. Engg., H-8)
M.S. Chem. Engg., Penn State Univ., 1982;
M.S. Chem. Engg., M.I.T., 1984.
Director of Technology, Lattice Semiconductor Corp., San Jose, CA, USA.
High performance programmable logic devices and related software.

Hirji E. Nagarwalla
(B.Tech. Chem. Engg., H-2; Ph.D. Industrial Engg. & Op. Res., 1987)
Director, Nagarwalla Consultants Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai.
Adjunct Faculty, SJM School of Management, IIT-B, Mumbai.
Supply chain management and quantitative methods.

Ambrose J. Otieno
(B.Tech. Chem. Engg., H-6)
Managing Director, South Nyanza (SONY) Sugar Company, Nairobi, Kenya.

Umesh V. Padval
(B.Tech. Chem. Engg., H-?)
M.S. Penn State; M.S. Stanford.
Executive Vice President, Consumer Products Group, LSI Logic Corporation, Milpitas, CA, USA.
System-on-a-chip technologies; DVD recorders, EVD, video infrastructure, portable digital audio players, video game consoles, set-top boxes, digital television.
Ex-CEO of C-Cube Microsystems, which was acquired by LSI Logic in 2001.

Vivekanand N. Parulekar
(B.Tech. Chem. Engg., H-?)
Browsersoft Inc., Overland Park, KS, USA.

Mayank R. Patel
(B.Tech. Chem. Engg., H-8)
M.S. Chem. Engg., Univ. of Notre Dame, 1981.
President, Industrial Products Mfg. Co., Pune.
Polyurethene coatings, sealants, castings and potting comounds.

Makarand Dattatraya Phadke
(B.Tech. Chem. Engg., H-2)
Ph.D. Chem. Engg., Carnegie Mellon Univ., 1984.
CEO, Aquapharm Chemical Co. Pvt. Ltd., Pune.
Organophosphonates, biocides, low molecular weight polymers.

Anish K. Poojara
(B.Tech. Chem. Engg., H-8)
Managing Director, Poojara Securities Pvt. Ltd., Pune.
Financial consultancy, share investments.
Reading, music, travelling.

Arvind Rao
(B.Tech. Chem. Engg., H-5)
M.S. Univ. of Wisconsin (Madison).
M.B.A. Finance, Wharton School of Univ. of Pennsylvania.
CEO and Co-founder, OnMobile Systems Inc., Palo Alto, CA, USA.
Mobile value added services integrating voice, SMS, MMS and GPRS;
Multimodal solutions on MMP2500 platform.

Shankar Balwant Satam
(B.Tech. Chem. Engg., H-5)
Thane.

Kishor A. Shivkar
(B.Tech. Chem. Engg., H-3)
PGDM, I.I.M., Bangalore; PGDSA and CP, I.M.M., Mumbai.
Asst. Vice President, Zoom, Mumbai.

Bhalchandra K. Shrikhande
(B.Tech. Chem. Engg., H-5)
Vice President, Associated Cement Cos. Ltd., Thane.

Vinay R. Somani
(B.Tech. Chem. Engg., H-2)
MBA, Harvard.
CEO/MD, FindStone Internet Ltd., Mumbai.
Marketplace platform for natural building stone industry.
Supporting non-profit organizations in India, through Karmayog.

Nimish V. Sura
(B.Tech. Chem. Engg., H-4)
Partner, Newkem Products Corporation, Mumbai.
Thermal insulating materials, fire proofing coatings.

Sridharan Venkatraman
(B.Tech. Chem. Engg., H-8; M.Tech. Chem. Engg., 1983)
Mumbai.

Sabu M. George
(5-year M.Sc. Chemistry, H-7)
M.A. Johns Hopkins University, USA, 1984.
Ph.D. Cornell University, USA, 1993.
Consultant, Centre for Women's Development Studies, New Delhi.
Female infanticide/foeticide in India and girl child issues.

Kasim A. Mookhtiar
(5-year M.Sc. Chemistry, H-6)
Ph.D. Chemistry, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, 1986.
Chief Scientific Officer and Business Head, Advinus Therapeutics, Pune.
Drug design and discovery.
Music, dramatics, sports.
Co-founded the new Pharma R & D company Advinus Therapeutics.

Girija Ram (earlier Girija Viswanathan)
(5-year M.Sc. Chemistry, H-10)
Mumbai.

Deepak S. Ambekar
(B.Tech. Civil Engg., H-6)
Ambekar Associates, Vadodara.
Structural design consultancy and project management.

Vinay S. Bhodia
(B.Tech. Civil Engg., H-?)
M.S. Civil Engg. and M.S. Computer Science, Drexel University.
Panacea naturopathy.
Survivor of metastatic brain cancer.

Surendra Jeet Singh Chhabra
(B.Tech. Civil Engg., H-7)
Avenue A | Razorfish, Chicago, USA.
Interactive marketing services and consultancy.

Suhas B. Eklahare
(B.Tech. Civil Engg., H-9)
Nagarjuna Construction Company Ltd., Mumbai.

Bhushan V. Dandawate
(B.Tech. Civil Engg., H-6/H-8)
M.S. Civil Engg., Clemson Univ., 1985; MBA, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1996.
Executive Director, HBI Inc. (Hinduja Group), New York, USA.
Investment banking, mergers and acquisitions.

Anant J. Gaundalkar
(B.Tech. Civil Engg., H-?; M.Tech. Industr. Engg. & Oper. Res., 1982)
Statistician, The Times of India, Mumbai.
Cricket statistics.

Dhananjay Gulwadi
(B.Tech. Civil Engg., H-6)
P.G. Diploma Construction Management, NICMAR, 1985.
Director, Sobha Developers Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore.
Manufacturing of building materials.

Sanjaykumar Jobalia
(Civil Engg., H-6)
Mumbai.

Bina K. Kanagat (earlier Bina Nabh)
(B.Tech. Civil Engg., H-10)
Summit, NJ, USA.

Ashish Karamchandani
(B.Tech. Civil Engg., H-2)
M.S., Berkeley; Ph.D., Stanford.
Partner, Monitor Group, Mumbai.
Helping global clients develop strategies to enter India; Helping Indian clients to enhance their competitiveness. Helping children with developmental disabilities.

Sudheendra M. Kulkarni
(B.Tech. Civil Engg., H-2)
Mumbai and New Delhi.
Journalism and communications; Policy research.
Music, hiking.
Officer on special duty to the Prime Minister of India, 1998-2004.
Former secretary to the BJP president L.K. Advani.

Uday V. Mandlekar
(B.Tech. Civil Engg., H-6; M.Tech. Enviro. Sci. Engg., 1982)
Ph.D. Environmental Engineering, Oklahoma.
Senior Engineer, Santa Clara Valley Water District, San Jose, USA.
Environmental regulatory compliance; Water resources and hazardous waste management.

Subhash J. Pedanekar
(B.Tech. Civil Engg., H-7)
Pedanekar and Associates, Mumbai.

K. Gopal Rao
(M.Tech. Civil Engg., H-?)
Associate Professor, Civil Engineering, IIT-B, Mumbai.

Samit Sengupta
(B.Tech. Civil Engg., H-8)
Managing Director, Geologix Limited, Norwich, England.
Software solutions for oil and gas exploration.

Piyush B. Sharma
(B.Tech. Civil Engg., H-6)
M.S. Computer Science, Univ. of Ottawa, 1998;
M.B.A. Univ. of Ottawa, 2000.
Software Engineer, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Canada.

Uday Jagmohan Sheth
(B.Tech. Civil Engg., H-5)
Ishita Enterprises, Mumbai.
Splicing system for rebars, plastic spacer blocks, construction chemicals and tile products.

Himanshu S. Tulpule
(B.Tech. Civil Engg., H-7)
Pune.

Moreshwar R. Bhujade
(Ph.D. Comp. Sci. Engg., H-2; M.Tech. Elec. Engg., 1973)
Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, IIT-B, Mumbai.
VLSI design automation; Computer architecture; Neural networks; Application of neural networks to speech/image recognition.

Anil S. Apte
(B.Tech. Elec. Engg., H-7)
Pune.

Kishor M. Arur
(B.Tech. Elec. Engg., H-8)
Director (Technical), Proteck Circuits and Systems Pvt. Ltd., Chennai.
Printing and packaging equipment; Machine tools; Industrial automation; Robotics.

Sunil V. Ashtaputre
(B.Tech. Elec. Engg., H-8)
M.S. Computer Engg., North Carolina State University.
Vice President of ASIC Engineering, Synplicity, Sunnyvale, CA, USA.
Physical synthesis and power analysis for ASIC and structured ASIC design.

Milind M. Athavale
(B.Tech. Elec. Engg., H-8; M.Tech. Systems and Control Engg., 1983)
Manager, Software Development, Nevis Networks (India) Pvt. Ltd., Pune.

Jaggi Ayyangar (earlier Jagannath R. Ayyangar)
(B.Tech. Elec. Engg., H-2)
CEO, Volti Internet Inc., Mountain View, CA, USA.
Products and services for video and audio over the internet.

Nitin Borwankar
(B.Tech. Elec. Engg., H-5)
President and CEO, Borwankar Research Inc., El Sobrante, CA, USA.
Python and Java development; Web database connectivity; Internet payment systems.

Shirish P. Deodhar
(B.Tech. Elec. Engg., H-8)
M.S. Elec. Engg., Univ. of Hawaii, 1981.
Senior Vice President, Symphony Services India, Pune.
Complex analytics and software engineering services to leverage global economy to gain competitive advantage.
Hindi movies, reading, travelling.
Outstanding achievement awards from Unisys, VERITAS and IMM-Binatone;
Founded two software companies in India, which were later acquired by US global majors (first by VERITAS in 1999, and second by Symphony Services in 2004).

Dushyant J. Desai
(B.Tech. Elec. Engg., H-6)
M.S. Computer Engineering, Univ. of Southern California, 1981.
Vice President (Marketing), Not yet Named Company,
San Jose, CA, USA.
Semiconductor industry. Mostly marketing, sales, business development and equity research (investment banking).
Tennis, music, meditation.
Recently joined a start-up company (his fourth).

Nitin G. Deshpande
(B.Tech. Elec. Engg., H-8)
President and CEO, BMC Software India Pvt. Ltd., Pune.
Business service management.
Cricket.

Madhav V. Dhekane
(B.Tech. Elec. Engg., H-8; M.Tech. Systems & Control Engg., 1983)
Head, Control Design Division, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram.
Autopilot design for launch vehicles and reusable launch vehicle.
Reading, hiking.

Anil R. Gajwani
(B.Tech. Elec. Engg., H-8)
M.S. Elec. & Computer Engineering, Univ. of Texas (Austin), 1983.
Chief Operating Officer, Bharti Telesoft Intl. Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai.
Value added services for mobile networks, in the area of roaming and messaging;
Technology development organization.

Ravindra N. Gogte
(B.Tech. Elec. Engg., H-6)
Director, Business Development and Field Applications,
Cradle Technologies, Pune.
Embedded electronics; Multiprocessor DSP for multimedia applications.

Raju Hira
(B.Tech. Elec. Engg., H-8)
Mumbai.

Girish K. Karhadkar
<--! Graduated 1981> (B.Tech. Elec. Engg., H-8)
Manager, Godrej and Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd., Mumbai.
Playing mandolin.

Revathi Kasturi
(B.Tech. Elec. Engg., H-10)
Founder and President, Tarang Technologies, Bangalore.
IT products and services in the payments and E-learning domain.
Mountaineering, trekking, travelling.
Business Today "Woman of the Year" 2001;
Executive Council Member on the board of NASSCOM.

Ram Kelkar (earlier Ramakant V. Kelkar)
(B.Tech. Elec. Engg., H-2)
M.S. Computer Science, Univ. of Wisconsin (Madison), 1982;
MBA, Wharton, 1987; Chartered Financial Analyst.
Winnetka, IL, USA.
Derivatives, capital markets, securitization.
Hiking, backpacking, travelling, reading.
Director of IIT Bombay Heritage Fund; Completed Everest base camp trek in May 2004.

Ramasubramaniam Krishnan
(B.Tech. Elec. Engg., H-2)
Aptech, Mumbai.

Neeraj Magotra
(B.Tech. Elec. Engg., H-7)
M.S. Elec. Engg., Kansas State Univ., 1982; Ph.D. Elec. Engg., Univ. of New Mexico, 1986.
Worldwide Strategic Marketing and Business Development Manager, Texas Instruments Inc., Dallas, TX, USA.
Advisory Council Member, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Kansas State University, USA.
Industry Advisory Board, Computer Science and Engineering, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, USA.
Digital signal/image processing in speech, biomedical, radar and seismic areas.
Associate editor of the IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing.

Rawindra Mehendaley (earlier Rawindra Mehendale)
(B.Tech. Elec. Engg., H-8)
MBA, Symbiosis, 1983.
Proprietor, Optic Glory, Pune.
Optical goods.
Music, folk dancing, trekking, travelling, social work.

Bernard L. Menezes
(B.Tech. Elec. Engg., H-?)
Professor, K.R. School of Information Technology, IIT-B, Mumbai.
Smart E-business and forecasting; Network and database security; Algorithms and software for centralized supply chain management; Object-oriented software.

Vinod Menon
(B.Tech. Elec. Engg., H-3)
National Semiconductor Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA, USA.

Shabbir N. Merchant
(M.Tech. Elec. Engg., H-7; B. Tech. Elec. Engg., 1978; Ph.D. Elec. Engg., 1985))
Associate Professor, Elec. Engg., IIT-B, Mumbai.
Communication engineering; Electronic systems; Adaptive signal processing.

Atulkumar C. Mistry
(B.Tech. Elec. Engg., H-8; M.Tech. Comp. Sci. & Engg., 1983)
Hewlett Packard, Singapore.

Utpal Mukherji
(B.Tech. Elec. Engg., H-8)
M.S. Elec. Engg., M.I.T., 1982; D.Sc. Elec. Engg. & Comp. Sci., M.I.T., 1986.
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Communication Enginnering,
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
Communication networks---modelling, analysis, control and optimization.

Anil A. Pal
(B.Tech. Elec. Engg., H-8)
Director (Software), Yahoo!, Sunnyvale, CA, USA.
Web engines.

Ganesh S. Pandit
(B.Tech. Elec. Engg., H-?; M.Tech. Comp. Sci. & Engg., 1982)
Deceased (199?), in a car accident in USA.

Shripad M. Patki
(B.Tech. Elec. Engg., H-8)
Director, Sun Microsystems Inc., Saratoga, CA, USA.
Travelling, hiking, racquetball.

Vivek B. Paunikar
(B.Tech. Elec. Engg., H-6)
Oracle Corporation, Pleasanton, CA, USA.

Kameshwar Poolla (earlier Kameshwar Poolla Rao)
(B.Tech. Elec. Engg., H-5)
Professor, Mechanical Engineering,
Univ. of California, Berkeley, USA.
Robust multivariable control system synthesis; Adaptive feedback systems;
Time-varying systems; Control of flexible structures.

Girish V. Salpekar
(B.Tech. Elec. Engg., H-6; M.Tech. Computer Science and Engineering, 1982)
Manager, Technical Support, Systems Management,
State of Michigan Department of Information Technology, East Lansing, MI, USA.

Nitin V. Sarangdhar
(B.Tech. Elec. Engg., H-?)
M.S. Computer Engg., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1983.
President, NitAl Consulting Services Inc., Portland, OR, USA.
PC architecture and bus design; Hardware development tools.

Shantanu Sarkar
(B.Tech. Elec. Engg., H-2)
M.S. Comp. Sci. Engg., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1982.
Director, Microsoft Corporation, Irvine, CA, USA.
Services.

Sunil R. Shenoy
(B.Tech. Elec. Engg., H-3)
M.S. Electrical Engineering, Syracuse, 1981; MBA, Univ. of Oregon, 1995.
Vice President, Digital Enterprise Group; GM, Enterprise Microprocessor Group,
Intel Corporation, Portland, OR, USA.
Microprocessor design and development.
Intel Achievement Awards for designing a memory controller component for fault tolerant systems, and for designing a superscalar micorprocessor.

Rajiv V. Shetye
(B.Tech. Elec. Engg., H-8)
Vice President (Operations), Spryance, Mumbai.
BPO services for healthcare information management.

Ameet K. Zaveri
(B.Tech. Elec. Engg., H-8)
M.S. Computer Science, Univ. of South Carolina, 1982.
Founder, InfoPlace, Pleasanton, CA, USA.
Web based software applications.
Watching wildlife, reading, travelling, meditation.
Launched www.yucatanwildlife.com

Prasad M. Modak
(M.Tech. Env. Sci. Engg., H-7; B.Tech. Civil Engg., 1978)
Doctor of Engg. in Environmental Engg., Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, 1984.
Partner, Environmental Management Centre, Dadar, Mumbai.
Corporate Consultant with Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL & FS).
Consultant to the World Bank for India environmental programme.
Consultant to the Asian Development Bank on Environmental Management Capacity Builiding in India.
Worked with key UN developmental institutions in the sector of environment
(UNEP, UNDP, UNIDO, DFID, GTZ, CDG, APO, SIDA).
Music, education, travelling and environmental movements.

Mala G. Bhate (earlier Mala Menon)
(2-year M.Sc. Mathematics, H-10)
B.Ed.
Secondary School Teacher, Atul Vidyalaya, Valsad.

Anil Dayal
(5-year M.Sc. Mathematics, H-9)
Founder and Partner, Reason Consulting, Orlando, FL, USA.
Systems, software and solutions for financial information processing industry.

Vijay C. Gurbaxani
(5-year M.Sc. Mathematics, H-9)
M.S. and Ph.D. Business Administration (Information Systems), University of Rochester, 1987.
Professor and Associate Dean,
Director, Center for Research on IT and Organizations, Industry/University Consortium,
Paul Merage School of Business, University of California (Irvine), CA, USA.
Strategic sourcing of IT services; Valuation of IT investment.
Road bicycling, golf.

Rekha Hatkanagalekar (earlier Rekha P. Patwardhan)
(2-year M.Sc. Mathematics, H-10)
Head, Employee Relationship Management, Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd., Bangalore.
Human resources and training.
Music, theatre.
At the age of 43, moving from known and comfortable territory of engineering to the unknown territory of HR.

Anita M. Kane (earlier Anita G. Sardesai)
(2-year M.Sc. Mathematics, H-10)
Senior Consultant, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Pune.
IT service delivery management for banking and financial services;
Systems and network management.

Kalpana P. Koranne (later Kalpana Kirtane)
(2-year M.Sc. Mathematics, H-10)
Florida, USA.

Kersasp R. Anjirbag
(B.Tech. Mech. Engg., H-2)
Deceased (1980), while a student at Cornell University.

Bhalchandra R. Barve
(M.Tech. Mech. Engg., H-1)
Virar, Mumbai.
Reading, writing and social work.

Sanjay Kumar Bijawat
(B.Tech. Mech. Engg., H-2)
M.S. Mech. Engg., Stanford, 1982; MBA, Harvard, 1990.
Senior Business Development Manager, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA, USA.
Mergers and acquisitions licensing.

Pratim Biswas
(B.Tech. Mech. Engg., H-8)
M.S. Mech. Engg., Univ. of California (Los Angeles), 1981;
Ph.D. Mech. Engg., Caltech, 1985.
Stifel and Quinette Jens Professor,
Director, Environmental Engineering Science,
Washington Univ., St. Louis, USA.
Aerosol science and technology; Nanoparticle technology;
Air pollution control; Benign energy generation.
Travelling, reading, sports.
Developed a fundamental understanding of nanoparticle charging, and invented a very high efficiency particle capture device.
President, American Association for Aerosol Research, 2006.

Anil Chawla
(B.Tech. Mech. Engg., H-5)
L.L.B., Barkatullah Univ., 2003.
Managing Director, Hindustan Studies and Services Ltd., Bhopal.
Strategic research, market research, business studies, training, technology promotion.
Writing.

Srini Chandrashekhar (earlier Srinivasan Chandrashekhar)
(B.Tech. Mech. Engg., H-8)
Ph.D. Mech. Engg., 1984.
Technical Manager, Lucent Technologies, Holmdel, NJ, USA.
IT business planning; Supply chain design and analysis;
Product design and development; Quality management.
Reading, listening to music, walking, coaching soccer.

Salil S. Donde
(B.Tech. Mech. Engg., H-8)
M.S. Computer Control Systems, Clemson Univ., 1982; MBA Columbia Univ., New York, 2000.
President, Rackley Solutions, AMS-Rackley Inc. and Allenbrook Inc., Hartford, CT, USA.
Entrepreneur; Company turnarounds and growth; Technology companies;
Insurance software and automation services; Angel investing.
Horse-riding, skiing, swimming, biking, camping.

Narendra M. Gharpuray
(M.Tech. Mech. Engg., H-8)
Senior Manager (Design), HB Esmech Pvt. Ltd., Thane.
Strip processing equipment for flat rolled metal industry.

Pradeep M. Hatkanagalekar (Hattu)
(B.Tech. Mech. Engg.; M.Tech. Comp. Sci. & Engg., 1984; Ph.D. Comp. Sci. & Engg., 1996)
Consultant, Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd., Bangalore.
Next generation telecom technology solutions.
Dramatics.

Nirmalendu A. Jajodia
(B.Tech. Mech. Engg., H-5)
Business Head (BFSI), Datamatics Ltd., Mumbai.
Software solutions for banking and financial services.
Science education using multi-media.

Padmakar V. Joshi
(B.Tech. Mech. Engg., H-8)
Kaiser Bechtel Joint Venture, Pune.

Vikas A. Keni
(B.Tech. Mech. Engg., H-3)
PGDM, IIM Calcutta, 1983.
GM, Delivery Unit (Insurance), Mastek, Mumbai.

Pramod S. Khambete
(B.Tech. Mech. Engg., H-8; M.Des. Industrial Design Centre, 1983)
Chief Information Security Officer, Mahindra British Telecom Ltd., Pune.
Usability engineering; IT management; Information security.
Painting, Indian and western classical music.

Deepak Khemani
(B.Tech. Mech. Engg., H-7; M.Tech. Comp. Sci. Engg., 1983; Ph.D. Comp. Sci. Engg., 1989)
Associate Professor, Computer Science and Enginnering, IIT-M, Chennai.
Knowledge and memory based reasoning; Natural language processing; Artificial neural networks.

Prakash K. Kulkarni
(B.Tech. Mech. Engg., H-8)
Senior Software Engineer, Miel Delphi Automotive Systems, El Paso, TX, USA.

Anil Kumar
(B.Tech. Mech. Engg., H-2)
M.S., Imperial College, 1981.
M.B.A., Wharton, 1983.
Director, McKinsey & Company, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
Management consultant to technology, media and telecom industries;
Globalization, outsourcing and offshoring services.
Founded the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad; Started (and Chair) the McKinsey Knowledge Center, Gurgaon; Co-chair CII, North America and Indian Americal Council.

Gopal K. Madnani
(B.Tech. Mech. Engg., H-?)
CPIM from APICS, 1984.
Director, SSA Global Tech India, Mumbai.
Software management; Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP).
Teaching.
Ex-CEO of BaaN Info Systems India Ltd., which was acquired by SSA Global in 2003.

Surjya K. Maiti
(Ph.D. Mech. Engg., H-?)
Professor, Mech. Engg., IIT-B, Mumbai.
Stress analysis; Finite and boundary element methods; Fracture mechanics; Composites; Non-destructive; Detection of crack.

Ashok V. Malik
(B.Tech. Mech. Engg., H-7)
CEO, World Engineering Services, Mumbai.
Detail design engineering services, project management, documentation and engineering analysis.

Milan R. Mehta
(B. Tech. Mech. Engg., H-6)
President, Indiam Inc., New York, USA.
Diamond and jewellery manufacture.

Achinta Kumar Mitra
(B.Tech. Mech. Engg., H-6)
M.B.A., Kent State Univ.
President, Tiecas Inc., Houston, TX, USA.
B2B industrial advertising and marketing communications.

Vivek R. Pai
(B.Tech. Mech. Engg., H-8)
AGM, Bharat Gears Ltd., Thane.
Gear manufacturing; Heat treatment furnaces.
Badminton, cricket, travelling, reading.

Siddharth Pant
(B.Tech. Mech. Engg., H-8)
Senior Engineer, ALSTOM Power Conversion, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Design and project engineering for high power electrical drive systems.

Shekhar A. Phatak
(B.Tech. Mech. Engg., H-7)
Pune.
Astronomy, paragliding, trekking.

Shankar Ramamurthy
(B.Tech. Mech. Engg., H-9)
M.B.A. Finance, IIM.
Chairman and CEO, Epiance, Milpitas, CA, USA.
Software technology for enterprise process improvement in insurance, financial services, telecommunications, technology, utilities and government.

Shirish S. Ranade
(B.Tech. Mech. Engg., H-8)
Eli Lilly Inc., Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Healthcare pharmaceutical products.
Mountaineering, photography.

Yashwant M. Sakhardande
(B.Tech. Mech. Engg., H-8)
General Manager, ThyssenKrupp Industries India Pvt. Ltd., Pune.
Sugar plant and machinery, open cast mining and bulk material handling systems, cement plant and machinery, steam generating plants.

Vinodkumar B. Sant
(B.Tech. Mech. Engg., H-6)
Deputy Director (Safety), DGFASLI,
(Directorate General, Factory Advice Service & Labour Institutes), Sion, Mumbai.

Janat Shah
(B.Tech. Mech. Engg., H-8)
Ph.D. Operations Management, IIM Ahmedabad, 1989.
Professor, Production and Operations Management,
Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.
Supply chain management; New product development;
Manufacturing strategy; Project management.
Reading.

Sanjeev V. Savant
(B.Tech. Mech. Engg., H-2; M.Tech. Comp. Sci. & Engg., 1983)
Project Manager, MIS, HCL Technologies America Inc., Woodbridge, NJ, USA.
Sarbanes-Oxley IT Systems Auditor.

Pradeep N. Silekar
(B.Tech. Mech. Engg., H-6)
Nagpur.

Shridhar V. Tambraparni
(B.Tech. Mech. Engg., H-5)
Ahmedabad.

Nalinaksh S. Vyas
(B.Tech. Mech. Engg., H-6)
Ph.D., IIT Delhi.
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.
Vibrations; Rotor dynamics; Condition monitoring; Virtual instrumentation.

Vrushabhendrappa Yelavatti
(M.Tech. Mech. Engg.)
Principal, Bapuji Institute of Engineering and Technology, Davangere, Karnataka.

Vijay V. Alreja
(B.Tech. Met. Engg., H-8)
Director, VJ Technologies Inc, Bohemia, Long Island, NY, USA.
Industrial X-ray inspection systems.

Raju B. Hirve
(M.Tech. Met. Engg., H-1)
Proprietor, Intercon, Mumbai.
Ferro alloys.
Indian classical music.

Ravindra D. Kanvinde
(B.Tech. Met. Engg., H-3)
Proprietor, Aries Engineers, Mumbai.
Reaction vessels, vacuum distillation plant, condensors, blenders, choppers, crystallisers, evaporators, flakers.

Shirishkumar D. Mehta
(B.Tech. Met. Engg., H-?)
Mumbai.

Srinivas B. Rao
(B.Tech. Met. Engg., H-6)
Masters in Financial Management, Jamnalal Bajaj Inst. of Management, 1987.
Senior Manager, SICOM Ltd., Mumbai.
Financial solutions and advisory services; Risk management and project finance.
Cricket, bridge, reading.

Santosh Kumar Sarawgi
(B.Tech. Met. Engg., H-6)
General Electric Co., Cincinnati, OH, USA.

Vijay A. Shivdasani
(B.Tech. Met. Engg., H-?)
Pune.
Chess.

Ravi V. Tilak (earlier Ravindra V. Tilak)
(B.Tech. Met. Engg., H-4)
President and CEO, Almex USA Inc., Orange, CA, USA.
Cast-house equipment and technology supply;
Degassing systems, D.C. casting machines, mold tooling, aerospace alloys.
Cricket, music, reading.

Enakshi Bhattacharya
(2-year M.Sc. Physics, H-10)
Ph.D. Physics, TIFR, 1985.
Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering Department,
Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai.
Different silicon materials (amorphous, porous, poly-crystalline) and devices;
Porous silicon based chemical and biosensors; Surface micromachining and stiction in MEMS.
Member of Indian scientists against nuclear weapons;
Promotion of communal harmony and animal welfare.
Reading, listening to music, trekking.

Apoorva Dayaram Patel
(5-year M.Sc. Physics, H-6)
Ph.D. High Energy Physics, Caltech, 1984.
Associate Professor, Centre for High Energy Physics,
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
Lattice QCD; Quantum computation; Languages of genetic information; Black hole thermodynamics.
Reading, travelling.
Discovered an explanation of why living organisms use 4 nucleotide bases in DNA, and 20 amino acids in proteins.

Harita J. Patel (earlier Harita C. Parikh)
(2-year M.Sc. Physics, H-10)
M.S. Computer Engineering, Case Western Reserve (Cleveland).
Senior Software Engineer, Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA, USA.
Professional video editing applications.

Om Prakash
(Ph.D. Physics, H-?)
Professor, Metallurgical Engg. and Meterials Science, IIT-B, Mumbai.
Understanding local and electronic structure of cuprate superconductors using XAS; Texturing and accelerated oxygen diffusion in YBaCuO(91K) to enhance critical current density and levitation properties; Synthesis of fine powder hexaferrites for microwave absorbing paints.

Dhruv Raina
(2-year M.Sc. Physics, H-9)
Ph.D. Theory of Science, University of Goteberg, Sweden.
Associate Professor, Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies,
School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
Social theory of science and technology.

Rajeev R. Rohatgi
(5-year M.Sc. Physics, H-3)
Ph.D. Applied Physics, M.I.T., 1986.
Software Development, Medeikon Corporation, Ewing, NJ, USA.
Electronics; Medical instrumentation.

Nitin Samarth
(5-year M.Sc. Physics, H-9)
Ph.D. Condensed Matter Physics, Purdue, 1986.
Professor, Penn State University, University Park, PA, USA.
Electronic spin phenomena in semiconductor nanostructures; Low dimensional spintronic structures and quantum computation.

Geeta Udgaonkar
(2-year M.Sc. Physics, H-10)
Deceased (1982), while a student at University of Maryland.

Urjit A. Yajnik
(5-year M.Sc. Physics, H-9)
Ph.D. Elementary Particle Physics, Univ. of Texas (Austin), 1986.
Professor, Department of Physics,
Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai.
Cosmology; Grand unification; Baryogenesis;
Quantization of gravity and superstring theory.
Tennis, squash, music, travel.

Chelpa M. Lingam
(M.Tech. Systems & Control Engg., H-1)
Ph.D. Systems Engg., IIT Delhi, 1989.
Principal Consultant, Luence Consulting India Pvt. Ltd., Navi Mumbai.
Emometrics services; Business development; Strategizing.
Playing flute and tabla.

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