Alumni in the news - August 16

Molex Incorporated, a global electronic components company, today announced that it has appointed Anirudh Dhebar as a Director. Dr. Dhebar is a professor of marketing at Babson College in Babson Park, MA. "We are pleased to welcome Anirudh Dhebar to Molex's Board of Directors," said Fred A. Krehbiel, Co-Chairman. "Professor Dhebar has a unique combination of technology, management and marketing education and experience." Dr. Dhebar holds a BS in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata. He obtained his PhD in Engineering-Economic Systems from Stanford University ... more.
 

One fine morning in 2006, Dhiraj Kacker received a phone call that changed his life as an employee with a successful start-up in the Silicon Valley. At the other end was his buddy Peeyush Rai coaxing him to come back to India to start their own business. And, Kacker didn’t think twice. In 2007, Kacker and Rai, who used to play for the IIT Bombay cricket team, launched Canvera, an online digital photography company that offers solutions in imaging and photography to professionals. Canvera has sales offices in six cities and expects to break even by the end of 2010 ... more.