2013 ibgaa meet souvenir

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Table of Content

1. Cover2. Table of Content3. Meet Agenda4. Message from Dr. Karan Singh, BHU Chancellor5. Message from Dr. Lalji Singh, BHU Vice-Chancellor

6. Message from Dr. Rajeev Sangal, IIT BHU Director7. Message from Former Justice Girdhar Malaviya, Grandson of Mahamana Malaviyaji8. Message from Hon. Dnyaneshwar Mulay, Consul General of India, New York9. Message from Hon. Upendra Chivukula, New Jersey General Assembly, Assemblyman, District 1710. Message from Vish Narayanan, IBGAA President11. IIT BHU Photos12. Keynote 1 Mr. S. P. Shukla, Chemical 1979, President, Defense Sector, Mahindra Group, India13. Keynote 2 Prof. S. N. Upadhyay Chemical M. Tech.1964, Ph.D. 1969, Former IIT BHU Director14. Panel 1 Excellence in Education15. Panel 2 Excellence in Research16. Panel 3 Excellence in Entrepreneurship17. Panel 4 Excellence in Social Service

18. Advertisement19. Advertisement20. IIT BHU Global Alumni Association (IBGAA)21. Distinguished Alumnus Awardees 2013 & 201222. Corporate Distinguished Alumnus Awardee Mr. Soumyo Sarkar Mechanical 197923. Education Distinguished Alumnus Awardee Prof. V. K. Mathur Chemical 195324. Entrepreneurship Distinguished Alumnus Awardee Mr. Ujjual Nath Metallurgy 197925. Government Distinguished Alumnus Awardee Dr. Mrityunjay Singh Metallurgy Ph.D. 198326. R & D Distinguished Alumnus Awardee Dr. Pradeep Rohatgi Metallurgy 196127. Social Service Distinguished Alumnus Awardee Dr. Manu K. Vora Chemical 196828. IIT BHU Global Annual Giving Campaign29. IIT BHU Meet Volunteer Opportunity and Giving Back to Alma Mater30. 2013 IIT BHU Meet Sponsors/Souvenir Advertisers

31. 2013 IIT BHU Meet Organizing Committee32. Advertisement33. Advertisement34. IIT BHU Photos35. Advertisement36. Advertisement37. Advertisement38. Advertisement39. Advertisement40. Advertisement

2013 IIT BHU Meet Souvenir Team

Co-Editor Yogesh Upadhyaya, CHE 1977Co-Editor Dr. Manu Vora, CHE 1968

Contributors: Vish Narayanan, EEE 1983 Abhijeet Solanki, MEC 1994 Ahirnish Pareek, CSE 2014 Manu Goyal, MEC 1993 Chandrakant Trivedi, PHARM 1975 Dushyant Desai, PHARM 1973 Sonam Agrawal, MEC 2007


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Meet Agenda


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Prof. Rajeev Sangal Letter


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Prof. Rajeev SangalDirector , IIT BHU

Varanasi- 221 005 (INDIA)

24 August, 2013

Dear Shri Narayanan,

My best wishes on the 3rd IIT (BHU) Global Alumni Meet on 21st September 2013.

I am sure that the Meet will be a time of celebration, meeting with old friends, and

also deliberation on how to help your alma mater. As the entrant to IIT system,

your alma mater is moving steadily towards excellence, keeping the traditions and

planning for the future.

Best Wishes,

Rajeev Sangal


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Keynote Speaker: Mr. S. P. Shukla

President, Group Strategy, Defense Sector, and Chief Brand OfficerMahindra Group, Mumbai, India

Innovation: A Key to Any Journey of Excellence

Abstract:Excellence in many ways is often associated with the quality of education at IITs, serving as

Indias premier technical institutions. However, it will be worthwhile to understand and explorewhat are the constituents of excellence. It is thus proposed to examine the role of innovationwhich is integral to any journey of excellence whether at IIT or the society in which an academicinstitution exists to serve its different stakeholders. A holistic view therefore is taken as to howthe institute, faculty and students can together stimulate innovation on the journey towardsexcellence. Different facets of innovation are also examined here from the perspective ofimplementation.

Biography:Mr. S. P. Shukla is a Member of the Group Executive Board at Mahindra Groupand as Presidentis responsible for Group Strategy and the Defense Sector. He is also the Chief Brand Officer for

the Mahindra Group.

He holds a B. Tech. from IIT BHU in chemical engineering and MBA from IIM Ahmedabad. Hehas over 32 years of rich and varied experience in managing large projects & operations. He is atop professional in the field of automotive tires and Information & Communication Technology(ICT) sectors in India. He introduced Radial Car Tires & Nylon 2-Wheeler tires in India duringhis decade-long inning with Dunlop India. He also introduced first text messaging (SMS) in Indiaand also the first Prepaid Mobile on both GSM and CDMA. He is widely credited with takingmobile telephony to the masses by setting-up telecom infrastructure in the remotest parts of India.

He has a wide portfolio including Mahindra Annual Planning Cycle, Chief Economist, Chief Risk

Officer, Performance Monitoring Cell, Centre of Excellence for Innovation, Centre for RuralInsights, Corporate Brand Council and Africa Desk. In 2013, he oversaw and orchestrated acomplete makeover of the Visual Identity of the Mahindra Group, as Mahindra gears up to beamongst the 50 most admired over next decade. Shukla has been the recipient of several awards inhis field and is regularly invited to speak at reputed academic and industry forums. He delivered aTEDxIITBHU Talk in April 2013.


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Keynote Speaker: Prof. S. N. Upadhyay

Former Director, IT BHU & Professor, IIT BHU - ChemicalEngineering Department

IT BHU to IIT BHU: In Quest for Excellence

Abstract:Prof. S. N. Upadhyay will highlight the vision of Mahamana Madan Mohan Malaviyaji regarding

engineering education and his philosophy of starting BENCO, MINMET, and TECHNO. He willshare the rationale for their amalgamation into IT BHU, joining the JEE System for admission, theneed for integration with the IIT system, an account of the cooperative efforts made by all whomatter, and finally what we need to do now to achieve excellence at IIT BHU.

Biography:Born in 1946, Prof. Upadhyay received his M. Tech. in 1964 and Ph. D. in 1969 in chemicalengineering from IT BHU. He joined the Department of Chemical Engineering & Technology in1967 as Lecturer in Chem. Eng. and became Reader in 1979 and Professor in 1984. Prof.Upadhyay has supervised over 85 M. Tech. and M. Sc. dissertations/theses, and 30 Ph.D. theses.

Prof. Upadhyay served as the Head, Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology during2/1990 to 10/1990 and 11/1991 to 11/1994, Coordinator of the School of Biochemical Engineeringduring 1986 to 1994 and 1998 to 2001, Member, Executive Council of BHU during 1995-1998,and Professor In-charge, Training and Placement Office, IT BHU during 2001-2003. He was theCoordinator of the UGC Supported Special Assistance Program in Chemical Engineering fromMarch 1992 to January 2011, Coordinator of the Centre for Education Technology from July 1995to January 2011, Coordinator, Malaviya Centre for Value Studies, BHU from September, 2004 toApril 2010, Director, IT BHU from February 01, 2005 to January, 31, 2010 and Director,Academic Staff College, BHU from May 2010 to January 2011. He is Fellow, Institute ofEngineers (India), Fellow, Indian National Academy of Engineering, Fellow, National Academyof Sciences India (NASI), and Fellow, Biotech Research Society.

He is a recipient of IIT BHU Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2013, the Lifetime AchievementAward from the Association of ITBHU Alumni (AIBA) in August 10, 2013. He has been awardedDAE-Raja Ramanna Emeritus Fellowship by the Department of Atomic Energy, Government ofIndia for the period 2013-2016. He is also associated with several social bodies and voluntaryorganizations such as Sankat Mochan Foundation, Swatcha Ganga Campaign, Sri GoswamiTulsidas Educational Society, Tulsi Vidya Niketan, Mahamana Malaviya Foundation, Kesari DeviCharitable Trust, Varanasi, Managing Committee, Kesari Devi Charitable Trust, Arya Mahila PGCollege, Varanasi etc. as member and office bearer.


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Panel 1: Excellence in Education

Panel Theme:This panel will explore ways to leverage best practices in higher education to achieve excellenceat IIT BHU. Panelists will share their expertise in faculty recruitment, curriculum development,research and entrepreneurship opportunities for students, extra-curricular activities, student

engagement, and collaboration with other universities in India and abroad.

Moderator Prof. Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Electronics 1979According to Prof. Akhlesh Lakhtakia, both instruction and research are integral parts of education.Without research, education is perverted into a collection of theological incantations. Without instruction,research becomes tortuous, even tortured. The abilities to absorb extant information, to generate newinformation, and to meld both into ever-expanding knowledge must be inculcated continually right from thekindergarten stage. Dr. Akhlesh developed probably the first course in the US on green engineering, acourse to teach engineering fundamentals to pre-service elementary schoolteachers, as well as a graduatecourse to informally impart engineering education to concerned citizens.

Panelists:

1. Prof. Brij Agrawal, Mechanical 1964Prof. Brij Agrawal holds Ph.D. from Syracuse University and worked for 20 years (1969-89) in R&D ofcommunications satellites at COMSAT and INTELSAT, and also participated in the development of INSAT1. He wrote first book on spacecraft design and is internationally recognized. He joined in 1989 NavalPostgraduate School, Monterey in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and iscurrently Distinguished Professor. He started Astronautics program and founded Spacecraft Research andDesign Center and Adaptive Optics Center of Excellence for National Security. He is a Fellow of theAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and elected to the membership of the InternationalAcademy of Astronautics.

2. Prof. Devesh Kapur, Chemical 1983Prof. Devesh Kapur is the Madan Lal Sobti Associate Professor for the Study of Contemporary India,

Director, Center for Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania and Non-Resident Fellow at theCenter for Global Development, Washington D.C. and Brookings Institution-National Council of AppliedEconomic Research (New Delhi), India Panel. He is the coauthor of The World Bank: Its First HalfCentury; Give us your Best and Brightest: The Global Hunt for Talent and Its Impact on the DevelopingWorld; Public Institutions in India: Performance and Designand most recently,Diaspora, Democracy and

Development: The Impact of International Migration from India on Indiaby Princeton University Press.

3. Prof. V. K. Mathur, Chemical 1953Prof. V. K. Mathur is in teaching and research for about 50 years at the Central Fuel Research Institute (aCSIR Lab), Department of Chemical Engineering, BHU, Oklahoma State University, and the University of

New Hampshire for 36 years. He retired about 3 years back. In addition, he is involved in inculcatingresearch collaborations between the US Chemical Engineering faculty and those of China/ India for the last10 years. He has conducted 5 workshops with US/ China and the second workshop between US/India willtake place in June, 2014. This project has been funded by the NSF, USA, NNSF, China & USSTF, India.

4. Prof. G. N. Pandey, Chemical 1962, Ph.D. 1966Prof. G. N. Pandey holds M. Tech. in chemical engineering from IIT Kharagpur and has done post-doctoralResearch at the University of Michigan. He is the founder Vice-Chancellor of Chitrakoot University (2001-2006) and currently serves as a Vice-Chancellor of the Arunachal University of Studies (2012-present). Hehas supervised 27 research schemes, guided about 26 Ph.D., written 14 books, and published 225 researchand technical papers. He also serves as an Adjunct Professor at the Indian Institute of InformationTechnology (IIIT) Allahabad. He is a recipient of numerous Distinguished Service Awards.


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Panel 2: Excellence in Research

Panel Theme:

This panel will explore ways to leverage best practices in research, development, technologytransfer, and commercialization to achieve excellence at IIT BHU. Panelists will share their widerange of expertise in academic and applied research with focus on encouraging faculty,

undergraduate, and graduate students to conduct research, ways to move research to developmentstage, and make IIT BHU a leading edge research institution, par-excellence. I keep six servingmen, they taught me all I know; There names are What, Where, Who, Why, When, and How -Rudyard Kipling.

Moderator Dr. Vijay Batra, Chemical M. Tech. 1966Dr. Vijay Batra for over 22 years worked on a variety of products that fulfilled an unmet need, or created aneed and developed educational strategy to go along with it. Our focus has always been to deliver a productthat consumers are delighted to use and rave about it. Examples: Thermacare for pain relief; CrestWhitening Strips; Caprenin Low calorie fat; Oil of Olay Soap; Peroxy Acid Bleach and so on. Developedand taught the Methodology of Process Development which is one of the foundational core processes.Taught also Theory of Inventive Problem Solving TIPS. My choicest words WHY? Or, WHYNOT? UNMET NEED.

Panelists:1. Dr. Anand Kakar, Chemical 1960Dr. Anand Kakar for 35 years has been developing solid film lubricants of graphite and molybdenumdisulfide. His focus has been on particle size reduction and its dispersion. His mastery is in the preparationof colloidal dispersions and application methods of these in dry film lubricants. These lubricants are used indie-casting, and near net-shape forging. His work is being used in wire drawing of alloys in bio-medicaldevices and aerospace industry.

2. Dr. Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Electronics 1979Dr. Akhlesh Lakhtakia is at Penn State for over 30 years and his research has been focused onelectromagnetic scattering, composite materials and metamaterials, nanomaterials such as sculptured thinfilms and carbon nanotubes, nanophotonics, optical surface waves, surface multiplasmonics, forensicscience, engineered biomimicry, and bone refacing, He firmly believes in covering both depth and breadthto tackle broad inter-disciplinary research issues.

3. Dr. Pradeep Rohatgi, Metallurgy 1961Dr. Pradeep Rohatgi Served as a founder director of UWM Center for (a) composite and (b) center foradvanced materials manufacturing and (c) and laboratory for foundry and solidification and tribology.Established world leadership in cast metal matrix composite including micro and nano composite, syntheticfoams, self-lubricating, self-healing, and self-cleaning materials. Research funded by NSF, DOE, ONR,ARL, TACOM, EPRI, GM, FORD, ALCAN, COMALCO, GE Healthcare, and Rockwell.

4. Dr. Mrityunjay Singh, Metallurgy Ph.D. 1983Dr. Mrityunjay Singh hasover 22 years of research, development, technology transfer, andCommercialization experience. Contributed to fundamental research as well as developed a number ofadvanced ceramics and composite technologies for aerospace and energy systems, green andenvironmentally friendly manufacturing technologies, materials for sustainable development, additivemanufacturing, ceramic integration technologies, thermal management materials and systems, in spacerepair technologies for space shuttle orbiter, as well as wide ranging materials for advanced aerospace,energy, and environmental systems.


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Panel 3: Excellence in Entrepreneurship

Panel Theme:This panel will leverage combined experience of the panelists to create a Startup Owners Manual for buddingEntrepreneurs. Panelists will address - to start a company, or join a startup, how to raise capital, how tonegotiate with VCs, how to negotiate stock options, how to develop first customers, and when to take theventure public. They will share practical tips and dos and donts when going down the path of entrepreneurship.The panel will also provide suggestions at IIT BHU to prepare students to be entrepreneurs while still in school.

Moderator Mr. Ujjual Nath, Metallurgy 1979Chairman, Founder, and CEO of mykaarma.com (founded 2008) a services platform designed to streamline the carownership experience while promoting trust and transparency between Dealers and Car owners. Previously he wasPresident, CEO and Co-Founder of Syncata Corporation, an automotive distribution management solutions firm thatrevolutionized new car distribution in North America. He has raised significant growth capital from JP Morgan ChaseCapital and ABS Capital. He started his first company after graduating from IIT-BHU where he manufactured HeavyEarth Moving Equipment Spare Parts for the mining Industry. He holds an MBA from the University of Texas.

Panelists:1. Mr. Vikas Agrawal, Chemical 1995Vikash Agrawal, Chairman and co-founder of Etransmedia Technology, an award winning healthcaretechnology company, combined his business and technology experience to build an organization with 500employees located in 7 US cities. Etransmedia provides software and services to over 12,000 healthcare

providers, connecting three million patients across 45 states. Previously, Vikash worked in Ariba, GE, andSymantec. He holds an MBA from Harvard and dual MS in Engineering and Management from RensselaerPolytechnic Institute.

2. Dr. Vaikunth Nath Gupta, Electronics 1974Dr. Vaikunth Nath has 30 years of business experience through 3 successful ventures in R&D and hardwaremanufacturing, software, and consulting services. The ventures have relied on various forms of financing and exitstrategies. He is a currently a General Partner of The Panum Group, a privately held, Maryland area company.The Panum Group focuses on public sector consulting opportunities in IT, Finance, Nutrition, and Acquisitionand Management of related products/services. A growth area is programmatic support for the Nutrition Programs.

3. Dr. Pradeep Haldar, Metallurgy 1984Dr. Pradeep Haldar serves as Vice President of Entrepreneurship Innovation and Clean Energy Programs atthe College of Nanoscale Science & Engineering (CNSE). His activities are centered around world-classentrepreneurship and commercialization of nanotech, clean energy and solar PV ecosystems. He is responsiblefor building open innovation capabilities, strategic alliances, business and technology strategy, technology

portfolio management, and incubation.

4. Dr. Sanyasi Raju Kalidindi, Pharmacy 1973, M. Pharm. 1975Dr. Sanyasi Kalidindi has 35 years experience in the pharma industry. After working for Wyeth and BurroughsWellcome, he joined start-up generic pharmaceutical company in NY as a partner in 1986, but this companyclosed down due to issues with FDA. Sanyasi then started GlobePharma in 1993 and has 15 patents on designs of

tools and equipment for the pharma industry. In 1998, he cofounded Natreon, Inc. with a mission to bringAyurveda to prominence in the western world.

5. Mr. Mohan Krishnan, Mechanical 1979Mr. Mohan Krishnan joined Encell in February of 2013 as its President and Chief Executive Officer. Prior tojoining Encell, Mr. Krishnan ran the Rolls Royce, NA Industrial/Marine Business Division (former AllisonEngine Company). Mr. Krishnan holds an M.S. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT.


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Panel 4: Excellence in Social Service

Panel Theme:This panel will explore ways to give back to less fortunate people in the Society including givingback to our alma mater. The focus is on education, environment, health care, student scholarships,and technology upgrades at the IIT BHU campus hostels. A discussion will ensue on how to

engage IIT BHU students in social service.

Moderator Dr. Manu K. Vora, Chemical 1968Dr. Manu Vora is active in Social Responsibility area since 1970. He is the Founder Director and Presidentof the Blind Foundation for India (BFI) since 1989 and raised over $3.5 million serving 15 million blindpeople in India. He holds M.S. and Ph.D. in chemical engineering and MBA with marketing management.He is the Chairman and President of Business Excellence, Inc., a global quality management firm. Since1970, he has worked with over 30 major charitable and social projects to raise over $8 million.

Panelists:1. Dr. Raghava Gowda, Electrical 1971Dr. Raghava Gowda is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science, University of

Dayton. He holds Master of Business Management (MBM) from BHU. He completed his MBIS and Ph.D.in Computer Information Systems from the Georgia State University in 1988. He has a post graduatediploma in Numerical Analysis and Automatic Computing and also in Indian History and Culture for hiscredit. Currently, he is working on establishing an Agriculture, Information Sciences, and Management(AIM) Institute (a nano BHU) at his home-town in Karnataka modeled after Community Colleges inUSA.

2. Mr. Naresh C. Jain, Mechanical 1967Naresh Jain came to the United States in 1969. He graduated from Cornell University in 1970 with a M.S. inMechanical Engineering. He started his career in men's clothing business and became executive vice

president of a fortune 500 company. In 1999, he purchased his first car wash. Now his children are alsoinvolved in the car wash business. He wants to help very intelligent poor students. There is no other better

place to accomplish his goal than giving scholarship to IITBHU students.

3. Mr. Ujjual Nath, Metallurgy 1979Ujjual Nath was one of the first Presidents of the IIT-BHU alumni association in USA and conceived of WI-FI access at IIT-BHU. In 2006, he raised $55,000 from alumni and enabled the departments of MaterialScience, Metallurgy, Mining, and the De Hostel with WI-FI. He is in the process of raising more money tocomplete the hostel part of the project. He supports the Sambhavana Trust in Bhopal to help the Bhopal GasTragedy victims.

4. Prof. S. N. Upadhyay, Chemical M. Tech., 1964, Ph.D. 1969Prof. S. N. Upadhyay is the former IT-BHU Director from 2005-2010. He joined the Department of

Chemical Engineering & Tech., IT BHU in 1967 as Lecturer in Chem. Eng. and became Reader in 1979 and

Professor in 1984. Prof. Upadhyay has supervised 80 M. Tech. and M.Sc. dissertations/theses, and 30 Ph.D.theses. Prof. Upadhyay has been the Head, Department of Chemical Engineering and Tech. during February

1990 to October 1990 and November 1991 to November 1994. He is involved with Sankat Mochan

Foundation, Swatcha Ganga Campaign, Sri Goswami Tulsidas Educational Society, Mahamana Malaviya

Foundation, Kesari Devi Charitable Trust, etc. as a member and office bearer.


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IIT BHU Distinguished Alumnus Awardees

2013

1.Corporate Mr. Soumyo Sarkar, Mechanical 1979

2.Education Prof. V. K. Mathur, Chemical 1953

3.Entrepreneurship Mr. Ujjual Nath, Metallurgy 1979

4.Government Dr. Mrityunjay Singh, Metallurgy Ph.D. 1983

5.R & D Dr. Pradeep K. Rohatgi, Metallurgy 1961

6.Social Service Dr. Manu K. Vora, Chemical 1968

2012

1.Corporate Dr. Ajit Singh, Electrical 1985

2.Education Prof. Pradeep Chintagunta, Mechanical 1984

3.Entrepreneurship Dr. Shirish Sathaye, Electronics 1984

4.R & D Dr. P. M. Ajayan, Metallurgy 1985


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Corporate Distinguished Alumnus Awardee

Name: Soumyo Sarkar

IIT BHU Years:1975-1979IIT BHU Degree: B. Tech.

Branch: Mechanical Engineering (MEC)

Other Degrees: MBA, University of Iowas Tippie School of Management

Business Affiliations:

CEO and Founder, Sumit Capital, New York City, 2010 - present

Managing Director, Founder and Head of the Matched Book Arbitrage, Deutsche Bank, New York City,

1995 -2010

Contact:[email protected] ,Tel: +1-212-888=7797

Major Accomplishments:

He has served as the Managing Director, Founder and Head of the Matched Book Arbitrage atDeutsche Bank in New York City since 1995. Matched Book Arbitrage is a global equityproprietary trading business based out of New York with additional offices in London, UK. Thisbusiness has produced hedge fund equivalent annualized returns between 20 and 100% since itsfounding.

He was the Director and Head of Equitech Proprietary Trading of Credit Suisse, New York from1990 to 1995.

He held various roles on Wall Street firms such as Salomon Brothers, Merrill Lynch and Lehman

Brothers from 1982 to 1990. In 2010, he and his team left Deutsche Bank to start Sumit Capital, a hedge fund based out of New

York City.

Key Awards and Honors:

2013 IIT BHU GAA Distinguished Alumnus Award, Somerset, NJ, September 21, 2013.
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Education Distinguished Alumnus AwardeeName: Virendra Kumar Mathur

IITBHU Years: 1949 - 1953

IITBHU Degree: B.Tech.

Branch:Chemical Engineering (CHE)

Organisation:University of New Hampshire, USA.Organisation Website:www.unh.edu

Organisation Position: Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Chemical Engineering

Other Degrees: M.S. (Chemical Engineering), University of Missouri at Rolla, (MO) 1961

Ph.D. (Chemical Engineering) ,University of Missouri at Rolla, (MO) 1970

Registered Professional Engineer in the State of New Hampshire

Contact: Department of Chemical Engineering, University of New Hampshire

Kingsbury Hall, Durham, NH 03824, USA, (603) 868 1509;[email protected]

Key Contributions:

For over 45years he has been very active in teaching, research, and development work in energy andenvironmental pollution related aspects of chemical engineering and associated product development.

Some of his research work has been commercialized.

He was the principal organizer of the First China-US workshop on Sustainable Resources, Energy and

MaterialsA Challenge to Chemical Engineers held in Beijing, China, Aug., 2005, the Second US-China

Workshop on Fundamentals of Transport, Pollution and Energy Processes, held in Durham, NH, USA, Aug.

2006, and the third US-China workshop on Energy and Environment Research Opportunities and

Challenges to Chemical Engineers, Jianjin, China, Feb. 2008 (Funded by NSF-USA and NNSF-China).

He also was the Principal organizer of the First US-India workshop on Fundamental of Transport, Energy

and Environmental Processes, New Delhi, India, Jan. 2010 (Funded by NSF-USA and IUSSTF-New Delhi).


He is author of over 180 publications and presentations and has three patents. He publishes in the areas of energy and air pollution control in national and international journals as well

as writes Community Commentaries/Another View for State newspapers.

He is involved sincethe last 10 years in conducting many workshops to inculcate chemical engineering

faculty research collaborations between US, China / India in the areas of energy and environmental

pollution control funded jointly by National Science Foundation - USA , NNSF China/IUSSTF-New Delhi.

He has successfully organized Technical Sessions, World Chemical Engineering Congress, Melbourne,

Australia, September, 2001.

He has also conducted Air Pollution Control Courses for EPA and has set up Chemical Engineering,

Environmental Pollution Control and Fossil Fuels laboratories.

Taught at BHU including Head of Dept.; taught at UNH for 36 years.



Recipient of 2013 AIChE George Lappin Program Committee Service Award, April 30 May 3, 2013.

He was Chairman of the Energy Processes and Transport Division, AIChE. Recipient of Division Award.

Member of the National Planning Committee of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).

He is Fellow of AIChE and is also active in several other professional societies.

He has been a Member of the Faculty Selection Committee, University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Entrepreneurship Distinguished Alumnus Awardee

Name: Ujjual Nath

IIT BHU Years:1974-1979

IIT BHU Degree: B. Tech.

Branch:Metallurgical Engineering (MET)

Organization:myKaarma.com and Kaarya LLC

Organization Website:http://mykaarma.com

Organization Position:Founder and CEO

Other Degree:MBA (1988) McCombs School of Management, University of Texas at Austin, Texas, USA

Business Affiliation:Advisory Board Member, Adpative Business Leaders http://www.abl.orgBoard member and Investor Freshi Films LLc.http://www.freshiacademy.com

Contact: [email protected], +1-424-241-2855

Key Contributions: Ongoing support of the Sambhavana Trust in Bhopal India providing relief and assistance for victims of the

1984 gas leak disaster from the Union Carbide plant.

Ongoing support other international conservation and relief funds, particularly those promotingawareness of the global water crisis, including H2O for Life andwww.the-water-crisis.com.

Major Accomplishments: 1985 - Founded India Subernrekha Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. which currently employees 200 people in

Ranchi, India.

1990 Founded Syncata Corporation in El Segundo, California, which was acquired by two NYSE

companies, first ProQuest in 2004 and then Snap-On Tools in 2005. Syncata revolutionized various aspects

of after-sales processes in the US automotive industry, including new vehicle distribution, serviceinformation systems, and sales financing systems, among others. Syncata was a pioneer of successful

offshore software development, and started its India technology center in 1996, which currently has 150

employees in NOIDA.

2008 Founded Kaarya LLC, in Manhattan Beach, California, and its associated enterprise Kaarma, in

Torrance California, developing ground-breaking technologies for service providers, dealerships, and

consumers of automotive servicing. Kaarma has been a pioneer in developing breakthrough technologies,

including a dynamic service bay scheduling system; a unique remote/mobile e-commerce solution; and a

unified messaging system.

In this very entrenched and competitive industry, Kaarma is continuing to enjoy very rapid growth. Kaarma

employs a growing number of technical professionals in both the US and India, and prides itself as an

incubator of talented and motivated young minds from both American Universities and IIT BHU, by plunging

them into difficult and front line technical projects, as well as opportunities for research projects in the newly

formed enterprise, Kaarma Labs.

Key Awards and Honors: 2013 IIT BHU GAA Distinguished Alumnus Award, Somerset, NJ, September 21, 2013.

Received the Premier Partner Award of American Honda Motor, Co. three times as a key partner

supplier for Innovate transformations done.

US Design and Utility Patents granted for smartphone based automotive service technology and user

interface design. US Utility Patents Pending for smartphone based stochastic proximity detection

(allowed, pending issue), e-commerce, intelligent smartphone vehicle/user tracking systems, and

online user authentication technologies.
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Government Distinguished Alumnus AwardeeName: Mrityunjay Singh


IIT BHU Degree: Ph.D.

Branch: Metallurgical Engineering (MET)

Organization: Ohio Aerospace Institute,NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH, USA

Organization Website:http://www.oai.org

Organization Position: Chief Scientist,Ohio Aerospace Institute

Other Degrees: Postdoctoral Research MET (1984-1986) IIT BHU, Varanasi, India

Contact:[email protected],[email protected];[email protected]+1-216-433-8883

Key Professional Contributions:

Director, The American Ceramic Society (www.ceramics.org)

Governor, Acta Materialia, Inc. (www.actamaterialia.org)

International Advisory Board Member, World Academy of Ceramics, Italy (www.waceramics.org)

President, Nomination and Forum Committee, World Academy of Ceramics, Italy.

Advisory boards and committees of a dozen international journals and technical publications.

Major Accomplishments: Academician, World Academy of Ceramics, Italy Fellow of American Ceramic Society Fellow of ASM International. Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science. Edited/co-edited 43 books and 5 journal volumes, ten book chapters, many patents/technology transfers;

published more than 275 papers in journals and proceedings.

Key Awards and Honors: (more than 55 National/International awards)

2013 IIT BHU GAA Distinguished Alumnus Award, Somerset, NJ, September 21, 2013 Einstein Professorship Award, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China, 2013 Honorary Doctorate (honoris causa),Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan, 2013 Honorary Fellow, Indian Institute of Ceramics, India, 2013 Honorary Professor, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, China, 2012 Distinguished Engineering Achievement Award, Engineers Council, CA, 2012 Mahamana Madan Mohan Malaviya Award, The Indian Ceramic Society, 2011 John Jeppson Medal and Award, The American Ceramic Society, 2011 Honorary Professor, NWPU, Xian (2011) and Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing (2010), China. Honorary Member, Materials Research Society of India, 2011 President Award, The American Ceramic Society, 2009 Lee Hsun Award, Chinese Academy of Sciences-IMR, China, 2009 Honorary Professor, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, 2009 Distinguished Visiting Professorship, National Science Council, Taiwan, 2009, 2011 Sir Richard Brooks International Award, European Ceramic Society, 2007 NASA Silver Snoopy Award, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2007 Gottfried Wegener Memorial Award and Lecture, Tokyo, Japan (2006) 4 R&D 100 Awards (2005, 2001, 1999, 1995)

James I. Mueller Award, The American Ceramic Society (2005) ASM International/Indian Institute of Metals Visiting Lectureship(2004, 1994) Japan Fine Ceramics Association (JFCA) International Prize, 2004 Distinguished Alumnus Award, Metallurgy Dept., Institute of Technology, BHU, India (2004) Richard M. Fulrath (2000) and Samuel Geijsbeek Award (2003), The American Ceramic Society. 3 NorTech/EDI Innovation Awards (2002, 2000, 1995) Ishikawa Carbon Prize, Ishikawa Carbon, Science and Technology Foundation, Tokyo, Japan, 2000 NASA Public Service Medal, 1999 Federal Laboratory Consortium Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer, 1998 1993 Jacquet-Lucas Awardfrom International Metallographic Society and ASM International
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R & D Distinguished Alumnus AwardeeName: Pradeep Kumar Rohatgi

IIT BHU Years: 1957-1961

IIT BHU Degree: B. Tech.

Branch: Metallurgical Engineering (MET)

Organisation: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Organisation Website:http://www.uwm.edu/Organisation Position: State of Wisconsin and UWM Distinguished Professorand Director of the UWM Centers

for Composites and Advanced Materials Manufacturing

Other Degrees: Doctor of Science in Metallurgy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1964)

Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1963)

Contact: [email protected],[email protected] Office: (414) 229-4987 Fax: (414) 229-6958

Home: (414) 962-3428 Cell: (414) 801-4530

Key Contributions:

He is internationally recognized as a world leader on solidification synthesis of metal matrix composites, and promotion

of advanced materials research.

Conducted product development that resulted in widespread use of these composites in the transportation sector and

thermal management applications leading to savings of large amounts of energy in transportation systems.

Outstanding contributions to education, technology development, institution building, and materials policy.

Developed a center on technology forecasting and wrote book over 70 pages on lasting impacts on sustainable

technology policy for India and the Developing World.

Internationally recognized leadership in research on natural fiber composites.

Trained a large number of students, some of them are founder Directors of IITs , Directors of National Laboratories and

Professors all over the World.

Contributed to Severed Indians being recognized as world leaders in different aspects of metal matrix composites and

India as a leader in Cast metal matrix composites.


Established the UWM Composites Center, foundry and tribology laboratories, and the Center for Advanced Material

Manufacture, which helped develop world leadership in lightweight materials for civilian and military transportation.

Served as Founder Director (Equivalent to President and Chief Executive Officer in the US) of the National Institute of

Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (Trivandrum) and the Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute

(Bhopal), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. (Both are equivalent to National Laboratories in US withlarge numbers of scientific and administrative staff) during 1977-1986.

Worked out the physics of transfer of reinforcements across the gas-liquid and sol-id phases leading to the first

synthesis of cast matrix aluminium in composites, which has been listed as landmark in 11,000 year history of Metal

Castings American Foundry Society.

He has co-authored 12 books and over 400 scientific papers and has 20 U.S .Patents

Served as Professor, IIS, Bangalore in the Department of Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, and Management

Key awards and Honors:


Elected to the Fellowship of American Society for Metals (1984)

Elected to Fellowship of Institute of Metals, London (1985)

Elected to the Fellowship of American Association of Arts and Sciences (1989)

Awarded the Ford/Briggs and Stratton Professorship (1991)

Elected to the Fellowship of Third World Academy of Sciences (1993) Hall Heroult Scientific Merit Award by American Foundrymens Society (2000)

Rohatgi Honorary Symposium on Metal Matrix Composites organized by TMS (held March 2006), with proceedings

Honorary Medal from Motor Transport Institute, Warsaw, Poland (2006)

Elected to Fellowship of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (2007)

ASME Innovative Research Award in Tribology (2010)

Elected to Fellowship of Society of Automotive Engineers (2010)

Elected to Fellowship of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) (2011)

Elected to Fellowship of the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS) (2011)

Elected to Fellowship of Materials Research Society (MRS) (2013)

Award for best work in light metals from American Foundrymen's Society (1969)
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Social Service Distinguished Alumnus AwardeeName: Manu K. Vora


IIT BHU Degree: B. Tech. (Honors)

Branch: Chemical Engineering (CHE)

Organization: Blind Foundation for India (BFI) Founded in 1989

Organization Website:http://www.blindfoundation.org

Organization Position: Founder Director and President

Other Degrees: M. S. CHE (1970) Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, USA

Ph.D. CHE (1975) Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, USA

MBA Marketing (1985) Keller Graduate School of Management, Chicago, IL, USA

Business Affiliation:Chairman and President, Business Excellence, Inc., Naperville, IL (2000-present)

Contact:[email protected],Office: +1-630-548-5531, Mobile: +1-630-660-3869

Key Contributions:

In 1989 established the Blind Foundation for India to serve over 15 Million blind people (accounts for 1/3rd

of the

worlds blind population). The BFIs Charter is to prevent and cure blindness, and educate and rehabilitatepermanently blind people in India.

Since 1970, lead a variety of community service projects including blankets for East Pakistani Refugees, clothing

for the poor, drinking water projects in India, Save The Children Holiday Fund Drive to sponsor 50 children in 20

countries, and medicine and technology transfer to Seth G. S. Medical College and K.E.M. Hospital, Mumbai, etc.

Served on National Board of Directors of the American Society for Quality (ASQ), 1996-2002.

Leading the IIT BHU Annual Giving Cabinet to raise funds for Scholarships and other projects.


Since 1989 raised over $3.5 million to perform eyesight check-up for over one million people.

Through BFI performed over 110,000 free Cataract operations throughout India.

Donated 105 mobile vans for transporting eye doctors to villages, holding screening camps, and transporting

patients for Cataract operations at base hospitals.

Examined eyesight of over 500,000 school-going children in government schools, provided eye glasses, eye drops,Vitamin A, administered Measles vaccinations, and offered needed eye care.

Since 1970, worked with over 30 major charitable and social projects to raise over $8 million.

Published over 40 articles in professional journals and conference symposia.

Delivered over 330 presentations on business excellence and quality management globally.

Delivered two TEDx Talks in April 2013; first at TEDxIITBHU and the second at TEDxIIT Chicago.



Spencer Hutchens Medal for Social responsibility, ASQ, Indianapolis, IN, May 5, 2013

Alumni Achievement Award, Keller Graduate School of Management, Chicago, IL, April 13, 2013

Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) Alumni Medal, Chicago, IL, April 13, 2012

The U.S. Presidents Call to Service Award, Washington DC, May 27, 2011

Distinguished Service Medal, ASQ, Pittsburgh, PA, May 15, 2011 Ellis Island Medal of Honor, NECO, Ellis Island, NY, May 7, 2011

2nd

Asian American Community Leadership Award, The Clerks Office, Chicago, IL, May 2008

E. Jack Lancaster Medal, ASQ, Milwaukee, WI, May 2006

IIT Professional Achievement Award, Chicago, IL, November 2004

Eugene L. Grant Medal, ASQ, Denver, CO, May 2002

Paul Harris Fellow Medal, The Rotary International, Evanston, IL, June 2000

Fellow, ASQ, Milwaukee, WI, November 1995

Distinguished Service Award, Save the Children Foundation, Westport, CT, June 1990

J. N. Tata Endowment Scholarship for Higher Education in USA, Bombay, India, August 1968
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IIT BHU Global Annual Giving Campaign

Campaign Overview

As 25,000 strong IIT-BHU graduates, we are privileged to have received quality educationfrom our alma mater. We have established a goal to raise $300,000with a stretch goal of

$500,000for the IIT-BHU Annual Giving Campaign for 2013.

As late US President John F. Kennedy said, For of those to whom much is given, muchis required.

To continue to enhance our IT-BHU brand, consider generously supporting some of theopportunities listed below, or see the PDF atIIT-BHU Alumni Planned Projects.

I. Student Scholarships: Support Need-based Scholarships Award Merit-based Scholarships

II. Faculty Research: Multi-Discipline Breakthroughs Innovation in a Single Discipline

III. Faculty Excellence: Conference Travel to Present Research Papers Publication and Patent Awards

IV. Alumni Organization Endowment: Awareness and Marketing Educational Infrastructure Upgrades

V. Endowed Chairs/Lectureship: Branch-Specific Chairs Dedicated to Specific Professors

As Swami Vivekanandahas said, This life is short, the vanities of the world aretransient, butthey alone live who live for others, the rest are more dead than alive.

Remember the words of wisdom from Etienne de Grellet I shall pass through thisworld but once. Any good thing therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show

to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer it or neglect it, for I shall not

pass this way again.

Visit:http://giving.iitbhuglobal.org/give-now/
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2013 IIT BHU Meet Sponsors/ Souvenir Advertisers

Meet Sponsors

Mr. Pradeep Rao, Mechanical, 1966Dr. Manu K. Vora, Chemical, 1968Mr. Ramakrishnam Raju Gadiraju, Pharmacy, 1973, 1975

Mr. Sanyasi Raju Kalidindi, Pharmacy, 1973, 1975Dr. Vaikunth Nath Gupta, Electronics, 1974

Mr. Yogesh Upadhyaya, Chemical, 1977Mr. Subhash Khara, Mechanical, 1979

Mr. Mohan Krishnan, Mechanical, 1979Dr. Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Electronics, 1979

Mr. Ujjual Nath, Metallurgy, 1979Mr. Soumyo Sarkar, Mechanical, 1979Mr. Vish Narayanan, Electrical, 1983

Dr. Mrityunjay Singh, Metallurgy, Ph.D. 1983Anonymous, Electronics, 1984

Mr. Raj Narang, Electrical, 1985Mr. Maneesh Awasthi, Chemical, 1993

Mr. Manu Goyal, Mechanical, 1993

Mr. Vikash Agrawal, Chemical, 1995Mr. Atul Kumar, Mechanical, 1995

Souvenir Advertisers

Dr. Ajai Prakash, Pharmacy 1961, M. Pharm. 1962, Ph.D. 1968Mr. Dushyant Desai, Pharmacy 1973Mr. Narsinh Desai, Pharmacy 1975

Mr. Anil Singh, Electronics 1995Mr. Chandrakant Trivedi, Pharmacy 1975

Mr. Kanti Vadsola, Pharmacy 1973NAVIKA Group of Companies

Pension Consultants of North AmericaTravel Pros Inc.

US Mortgage Corporation


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2013 IIT BHU Meet Organizing Committee

Dr. Manu K. Vora, Chemical 1968Rajni D. Parikh, Chemical 1969Naresh K. Jain, Electrical 1974

Yogesh Upadhyaya, Chemical 1977Vish Narayanan, Electrical 1983 (IBGAA President)

Rabindra Gaan, Electronics 1985Dr. Arvind Gupta, Electronics, 1992 (IBGAA Vice President)

Manu Goyal, Mechanical 1993 (IBGAA Secretary)Abhijeet Solanki, Mechanical 1994

Puneet Girdhar, Computer Science, 2002 (Meet Chair)

Dr. Vibhore Kumar, Computer Science, 2002 (IBGAA Treasurer)Gaurav Shankar, Computer Science, 2002 (Meet Co-Chair)

Dr. Animesh Pathak, Computer Science, 2003Nitin Agrawal, Chemical, 2006 (IBGAA Director)

Rahul Hari, Computer Science, 2006Sonam Agrawal, Mechanical, 2007 (Meet Coordinator)


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2013 ibgaa meet souvenir

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