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Our alumni association (IIT (BHU) global Alumni Association or IBGAA) is pleased to invite applications from the alumni for the post of director for our Boards (Global as well as Indian Board).
The Global board is US based and has 14 board members, and additional 3 ex-officio directors. The Indian Board (IBGAA-India) has six board members besides the President (Director of our Institute). IBGAA (India) is the Indian arm of the ITBHU Global Alumni Association based in North Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.
More info about our board, including current list of directors is available on our website:
http://www.itbhuglobal.org/org/archives/2011/06/board_of_direct_1.php
http://www.itbhuglobal.org/india/
Any registered alumni can apply as a candidate for the director’s post for IIT (BHU) global Alumni Association. For applying for the director’s post for IBGAA (India), the alumnus has to be from India and meet further conditions as per the election terms and conditions. If you are not a registered member, you can register to our alumni database by filling out necessary information at www.itbhuglobal.org/register.
The detailed instruction for applying for the director’s position (14 directors for global board and 6 directors for India board) will be posted soon on our website: www.itbhuglobal.org. The site will also display names of candidates received for each post and updated every few days.
Last day for receiving nominations is February 28, 2013.
Last day for withdrawing or changing nominations is March 10, 2013.
The new board of directors will for the term April 2013 to March 2015.
For any questions or comments, please write to electionteam@itbhuglobal.org.
Regards,
Jairaj Hegde
Chief Election Officer
For Election Team
IIT-BHU Global Alumni Association
IIT-BHU Global Alumni Association (India)
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Our alumni association has finalized the list of Council of Representatives (CoR) members based on 2012 elections. It has list of 137 alumni and 18 student members, total of 155 members (click on bottom tags to view). All student members are new. In alumni list, 4 are new as highlighted in Bold. Thus 2012 Council of Representatives (CoR) election is over now.
cor members list-7-Feb 2013.xlsx
For any questions, please contact Election Team at: electionteam@itbhuglobal.org
Jairaj Hegde
Chief Election Officer
(On behalf of Election Team)
IIT-BHU Global Alumni Association
Email: jairajh@yahoo.com
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Chronicle note:
Following is the account summary statement for the income/expense for our alumni association-IIT (BHU) Global Alumni Association. This statement is from January 01, 2012 to January, 2013. The details of transactions are published in the 23-page PDF document attached.
We regularly publish account statements in Chronicle for clarity and transparency. For any questions, please contact:
Vibhore Kumar, Treasurer,
IIT-BHU Global Alumni Association (IBGAA)
Email: vibhore@gmail.com.
Statement is shown in attached PDF:
Income_Expense_01_01_2012-01_10_2013.pdf
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Prof. Banmali Rawat, Department of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno has been recently elected first President of the International Academy of Microwave and Optical Technology (IAMOT), a scientific/technical non-profit organization, by the International Advisory Board consisting of 35 members from around the globe.
At present the IAMOT activities are focused on the publication of the International Journal of Microwave and Optical Technology (IJMOT) which started publication in 2006 and the International Symposium on Microwave and Optical Technology (ISMOT) a biennial conference organized in different countries since 1986.
The ISMOT-2013 is to be organized in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from October 23-26, 2013 under the leadership of Profs. Le-Wei Li of Monash University and Prof. Chuah H. Teik of Tunku Abdul Rahman University- Malaysia, while ISMOT-2015 is schedule for Dresden, Germany. The academy will also confer the Fellowship of the IAMOT to the distinguished scientists/professors/engineers from all the over world for their significant achievements/contributions in the field of microwaves, photonics and related areas. A Fellowship Committee of IAMOT is being constituted for this purpose.
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Banmali S. Rawat, Ph.D.
Professor/Graduate Director EE
Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Microwave and Optical Technology (IJMOT)
Department of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering
University of Nevada, Reno
Reno, NV 89557-0260, U.S.A.
Tel: 775-784-1457 (Work); 775-338-1527 (Cell); 775-852-7747 (Home); Fax: 775-784-6627
Email: rawat@ee.unr.edu or banmali_rawat@hotmail.com
Prof. Banmali S. Rawat is currently Professor and Graduate Program Director at department of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering at University of Nevada at Reno, Nevada State, USA.
He did BS and MS in Electrical Engineering (with specialization in Electronics Engineering) from Indian Institute of technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
Prof. Rawat is Editor-In-Chief of the IJMOT (International Journal of Microwave and Optical Technology) online magazine. The first issue for this bimonthly magazine was published online on July 2, 2006.
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Additional links:
ISMOT-2011 at Prague, Czech Republic, Chaired by Prof. Banmali Rawat (Electrical 1968)-Report
http://www.itbhuglobal.org/chronicle/archives/2011/09/ismot2011_at_pr.php
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Prof. Banmali Rawat, Department of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, NV is the Recipient of IEEE Region-6, Central Area “Outstanding Engineer of the Year 2012” Award. The IEEE Region-6 Central area consists of 6 IEEE sections: Hawaii, Oakland East Bay, San Francisco, Santa Clara Valley, Sacramento Valley, Northern Nevada and Monterey Bay Sub-section.
The Outstanding Engineer Award is designed to recognize IEEE members of Region 6 Central Area who through their technical abilities have made outstanding contributions to their profession. It recognizes the development of new technical concepts, significant patents, development of new devices, development of applications, new designs, significant cost reductions using known techniques, etc.
(Prof. Banmali Rawat (left) receiving IEEE Award)
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IEEE Award Certificate
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Banmali S. Rawat, Ph.D.
Professor/Graduate Director EE
Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Microwave and Optical Technology (IJMOT)
Department of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering
University of Nevada, Reno
Reno, NV 89557-0260, U.S.A.
Tel: 775-784-1457 (Work); 775-338-1527 (Cell); 775-852-7747 (Home); Fax: 775-784-6627
Email: rawat@ee.unr.edu or banmali_rawat@hotmail.com
Prof. Banmali S. Rawat is currently Professor and Graduate Program Director at department of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering at University of Nevada at Reno, Nevada State, USA.
He did BS and MS in Electrical Engineering (with specialization in Electronics Engineering) from Indian Institute of technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
Prof. Rawat is Editor-In-Chief of the IJMOT (International Journal of Microwave and Optical Technology) online magazine. The first issue for this bimonthly magazine was published online on July 2, 2006.
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Profile of Prof. Banmali Rawat
Professor, Department of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering,
University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89511, U.S.A
Contact Prof. Banmali Rawat at: rawat@engr.unr.edu OR banmali_rawat@hotmail.com
Education of Prof. Banmali Rawat
* PhD 1976, Sri Venkateswara University, India
* MS 1970, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, India
* BS 1968, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, India
Research/outreach areas:
Analysis, design and fabrication of microstrip components; microstrip couplers on anisotropic substrates; microstrip couplers on DGS; development of optical fiber sensors for various applications; optical fiber communication; Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) and tunable MUX/DEMUX using acouso-optic cell arrays for DWDM applications; chaotic ring laser for secured optical communication.
Relevant past experience:
Instrumentation Engineer at West Coast Paper Mills; Senior Scientist, Defense R&D Laboratories-Aeronautical Development Establishment; Defense Electronics Applications Laboratory, India-satellite communication, radar and avionics systems; Professor, University of North Dakota; NASA-ASEE Summer Faculty Fellow at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, summer 1997, 1999; Visiting Professor, ENIB-France, Kyushu University-Japan, Advanced Telecommunication Research Institute- Japan, University of New South Wales-Australia and Chemnitz University of Technology-Germany.
* Home page of Prof. Banmali Rawat on University of Nevada website:
http://www.unr.edu/engineering/people/ebe.html#Rawat
*Interview in Chronicle July 2006 issue:
http://www.itbhuglobal.org/chronicle/archives/2006/07/#001331
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(Report forwarded by Dr. Arvind Sinha. Email: arvind@nmlindia.org. Dr. Arvind Sinha completed his PhD in Materials Science & Technology (School of Materials Science & Technology, IT-BHU) in 1993, under the supervision of Prof. P. Ramachandra Rao
This is a brief report on quiz held at NML Jamshedpur on Nov. 25th 2012, prepared by Dr. Suprabha Nayar, Convenor, Science Quiz.)
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The third Prof. P. Ramachandra Rao Memorial science–quiz for school students was held on the 25th of November, 2012 at the CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory Auditorium. The Quiz was for students of classes 8-10 from all Jharkhand schools. It is worth mentioning that in spite of the day being a public holiday for Muharram and a Sunday, the auditorium was packed with about 430 participants.
After the written round comprising of 25 questions that covered almost all aspects of science, the children watched a brilliant movie on the life and scientific achievements of Nicola Tesla (a copy of the movie has been mailed to all the schools post the event too) and then lunch. Post-lunch, students were introduced to the life and philosophy of late Prof. P. Ramachandra Rao by his student Dr. Arvind Sinha, followed by a very practical down to earth lecture on Stress Management by Prof. H. S. Ray and then the results of the written round was declared. The Quiz Master was Chennai based Mr. V. V. Ramanan, resident quizmaster of the newspaper ‘The Hindu’, same as for 2011 quiz, but he had a completely new format of bounce and pounce for all the rounds. It really kept the participants and the audience on their toes. It must be mentioned that there were interesting questions and gifts for the audience too.
Of the 50 schools who participated from all over the state, the winning team was from Little Flower School, Telco, Jamshedpur and all the three participants received a cash prize of Rs. 5000/- each as well as the Winner’s trophy for the school (the design of which was frozen in the year 2011). The runner’s up team was from Kerala Samajam Model School, Sakchi, and Jamshedpur which also won a cash prize of Rs 3000 /- for each member along with the Runner’s–up trophy. The other schools to reach the finals on stage were JH Tarapore, Dhatkidih, Jamshedpur, DBMS English School, Kadma, Jamshedpur, JVM, Shyamli, Ranchi and Surendranath Centenary School, Ranchi.
This is the third consecutive time that Mrs. Sudha Rao, spouse of Prof. Rao, has been gracing the occasion and this makes the event really special to the organisers. Director, NML not only presided over the function but also spent the whole day with the young children. The event was photographed and videographed by the local press and Doordarshan.
Prof. P. Ramachandra Rao Memorial Science Quiz 2012: Final Round in Progress.
Winners (right) and runner-up (left) teams with Mrs. Sudha Rao, Dr. S. Srikanth, Prof. H. S. Ray and the Quiz Master Mr. V. V. Ramanan.
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Additional links:
* Prof. P Ramachandra Rao Memorial Fund Established
http://www.itbhuglobal.org/chronicle/archives/2010/11/index-alumni-world.php#005311
*Interview with Prof. P. Ramachandra Rao in Chronicle April 2008 issue
http://www.itbhuglobal.org/chronicle/archives/2008/04/chronicle_inter.php
(Prof. P. Ramachandra Rao)
Prof. P. Ramachandra Rao whom we have known as one of the most innovative contemporary materials scientist and a compassionate person passed away on 10 January 2010.
Prof. P. Ramachandra Rao was born on 21st March 1942. He served Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi for 28 long years first as Lecturer, then as Reader in Metallurgical Engineering and finally as Professor of Materials Science. He subsequently took over as Director, National Metallurgical Laboratory for ten years from 1992 to 2002.
He returned back to his Alma Mater as Vice Chancellor for three years from the year 2002-2005 and then as Director and Vice Chancellor of Defence Institute of Advanced technology, DRDO, Pune from 2005-2007. Subsequently, he was a Raja Ramanna Fellow, DAE at International Centre for Powder Metallurgy and other Novel Materials (ARCI), Hyderabad till his end.
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Our alumnus, Dr. Manu Vora (Chemical 1968) will receive the “ASQ 2013 Spencer Hutchens Medal” for his Social Responsibility work in a special ceremony on Sunday, May 5, 2013, at the Indianapolis Convention Center, Indianapolis, USA
The American Society for Quality (ASQ) is pleased to announce that Manu K. Vora has been named the recipient of the 2013 Spencer Hutchens Medal, for his social responsibility work. A ceremony celebrating all the 2013 ASQ Award and Medal winners will be held on Sunday, May 5, 2013 in Indianapolis at the ASQ World Conference on Quality and Improvement.
Dr. Vora’s citation reads:
For his commitment to social responsibility in founding, funding, and leading the Blind Foundation for India to serve over 15 million blind people in India.
Dr. Vora holds B.S. in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University (IIT-BHU), India; M.S. and Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago; and an MBA with marketing management from the DeVry University’s Keller Graduate School of Management in Chicago. In 1968, he came to the United States on a J. N. Tata Endowment Scholarship to pursue his graduate work at IIT, Chicago.
Vora, who lives in Naperville, Illinois, is chairman and president of Business Excellence, Inc., a global quality management consulting firm. He also serves as an adjunct professor at Northern Illinois University’s College of Business. He has published over 40 articles in professional journals and conference symposia, and delivered over 315 presentations on business excellence and quality management topics around the world. He served as a chief judge at the Illinois Team Excellence Award Program from 1993-1999 and is serving on the Board of Examiners of the Asia Pacific Global Performance Excellence Award Program since 2004.
Vora is the founding director and president of the Blind Foundation for India (BFI), which has since 1989 raised more than $3.5 million to serve over 15 million blind people in India. The mission of BFI is to prevent and cure blindness and educate and rehabilitate permanently blind people in India. BFI has supported over 100,000 free Cataract operations, donated 104 mobile vans, distributed 10,000 Braille kits to blind children, performed eye sight checkup for more than one million people, and completed child sight projects for over 450,000 school-going children. For his BFI service, he has received Paul Harris Fellow Medal from The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International. For further information about BFI, please visit: www.blindfoundation.org.
He has served on the board of directors of the American Society for Quality (ASQ), the world’s largest network of quality resources and experts. He has been honored with the ASQ’s Distinguished Service Medal for his lifetime of service, Hutchens Medal for his Social Responsibility work, Grant Medal for his quality management education, and Lancaster Medal for his International quality management contributions. He is an ASQ Certified Quality Engineer and a Fellow member of ASQ.
Vora also served as a chair of "Save The Children Holiday Fund Drive" at AT&T Bell Laboratories/ Lucent Technologies from 1986 through 1999 sponsoring 52 children in 19 countries around the world. He has been honored with the Save The Children Federation’s Distinguished Service Award in 1990. From 2000-2010, he served as an executive director for the GOSUMEC Foundation, USA to support the Seth G.S. Medical College and K.E.M. Hospital in Mumbai, India with over $225,000 in health care technology and educational projects.
In 2011, Vora was honored with “The US President’s Call to Service Award” for his lifetime volunteer service. The US President’s Volunteer Service Award program is managed by The President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation in conjunction with the Corporation for National and Community Service. In 2011, the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations (NECO) honored Vora with its Ellis Island Medal of Honor in a special ceremony at the Ellis Island in New York. He is listed in the US Congressional Record “A Tribute to the 2011 Ellis Island Medal of Honor Recipient” dated July 6, 2011. In 2012, the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) Alumni Association honored Dr. Vora with the 2012 IIT Alumni Medal.
(Dr. Manu Vora)
Manu K. Vora, Ph.D., MBA, ASQ CQE & Fellow
Chairman and President, Business Excellence, Inc.
Adjunct Professor, College of Business, NIU
Adjunct Instructor, SCS, Northwestern University
Tel: 630-548-5531
E-Mail: manuvora@b-einc.com
Website: http://www.b-einc.com
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Additional links:
*Dr. Manu Vora’ profile
2013 ASQ Hutchens Medalist
2012 Illinois Institute of Technology Alumni Medalist
2011 Ellis Island Medal of Honor Recipient
2010 ASQ Distinguished Service Medalist
2005 ASQ Lancaster Medalist
2001 ASQ Grant Medalist
2000 Paul Harris Fellow Medalist, Rotary International
Website for Blind Foundation of India: http://www.blindfoundation.org
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/manuvora
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/manuvora
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002569965729
YouTube EIMOH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnGalBDF0zE
ABC 7 News: http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/someone_you_should_know&id=6738491
Chicago Public Radio: http://www.wbez.org/episode-segments/global-activism-combating-blindness-india
YouTube IIT Alumni Medal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsLLGhs6Oxc
Blog: http://voraonquality.blogspot.com
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*Dr. Manu Vora in IIT-BHU Chronicle:
Dr. Manu Vora (Chemical 1968), Recipient of IIT Chicago Alumni Medal
http://www.itbhuglobal.org/chronicle/archives/2012/05/index-alumni-world.php#006254
Dr. Manu Vora (Chemical 1968) recipient of the US President’s Call to Service Award
http://www.itbhuglobal.org/chronicle/archives/2011/07/dr_manu_vora_ch_5.php
Dr. Manu Vora (Chemical 1968) recipient of 2011 Ellis Island Medal of Honor
http://www.itbhuglobal.org/chronicle/archives/2011/05/dr_manu_vora_ch_3.php
Dr. Manu Vora (Chemical 1968) selected for NECO 2011 Ellis Island Medal of Honor
http://www.itbhuglobal.org/chronicle/archives/2011/03/dr_manu_vora_ch_4.php
Dr. Manu Vora (Chemical 1968) receives ASQ Award
http://www.itbhuglobal.org/chronicle/archives/2010/11/manu_vora_chemi.php
Interview with Dr. Manu Vora (Chemical 1968) Businessman & Philanthropist
http://www.itbhuglobal.org/chronicle/archives/2009/02/interview_with_12.php
Dr. Manu Vora (chemical 1968) receives Asian American Community leadership Award
http://www.itbhuglobal.org/chronicle/archives/2008/06/dr_manu_vora_ch.php
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*About Spencer Hutchens Medal
http://asq.org/about-asq/awards/hutchens.html
Hutchens Medal
The Spencer Hutchens Jr. Medal recognizes the achievements of an individual who demonstrates outstanding leadership as an individual, business leader, and cause advocate for social responsibility, primarily focusing on the marketplace, environment, workplace and community. The medal seeks to showcase how the individual’s impactful results have led to societal change.
Spencer Hutchens Jr
Senior Vice President of Intertek
http://www.apqc.org/2010%20C.%20Jackson%20Grayson%20Quality%20Pioneer%20Medal%20Winners
Spencer Hutchens, Jr. is a person whose personal and business life reflects and demonstrates the desired attributes in the definition and model of social responsibility contained in the draft international standard for Social Responsibility and therefore should be the namesake of this social responsibility award. Mr. Hutchens' business and personal life have exemplified social responsibility. Mr. Hutchens has served as a corporate ethics officer for a global business. He is a retired public servant having served in the World War II and long after through defense contracting. Mr. Hutchens has practiced social responsibility through his lifelong commitment to volunteerism having served at the President and Chair of the American Society for Quality and the International Academy for Quality. He helped found the Young Golfers of America and established an endowment to support the higher education of others. Much more could be said of Mr. Hutchens' life and contributions to social responsibility.
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http://www.intertek.com/news/2010/06-16-spencer-hutchens/
Intertek's Spencer Hutchens, Jr. Honored for his Dedication to Corporate Social Responsibility and Quality Control Initiatives
June 16, 2010
Oak Brook, Ill. – Spencer Hutchens, Jr., former senior vice president, quality and ethics at Intertek, a leading provider of quality and safety solutions serving a wide range of industries around the world, was recently honored by the American Productivity & Quality Center (APQC), a non-profit best practices and benchmarking firm, and the American Society for Quality (ASQ), at the ASQ’s annual World Conference on Quality and Improvement, for his dedication to corporate social responsibility (CSR) and quality initiatives. Mr. Hutchens was presented with the third annual C. Jackson Grayson Distinguished Quality Pioneer Medal, as well as the E. Jack Lancaster Medal in recognition of his ground-breaking efforts in the CSR and quality control fields.
Awarded annually by the APQC, the C. Jackson Grayson Medal recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding leadership in the application of quality philosophy, methods and tools in education, healthcare, public service and not-for-profit organizations. Mr. Hutchens was chosen for his dedication to principles of accountability towards both society and the environment.
The Lancaster Medal is presented by the ASQ to an individual who has demonstrated exceptional leadership and outstanding contribution to the International Fraternity of Quality Professionals and dedication on the international scene in promoting the quality profession. Mr. Hutchens was chosen to receive the award for his inspirational leadership and dedicated personal commitment to the cause of excellence and empathetic respect for the rights of individuals, and exceptional role in vigorous support of the global quality community.
In recognition of Mr. Hutchens’ position as a global expert in the field of quality control, ASQ also recently created the Spencer Hutchens, Jr. Social Responsibility Medal in his honor. The inaugural medal was awarded at the ASQ conference to Joanne Vincenten, director of the European Child Safety Alliance, a non-governmental organization that represents health and safety agencies, research bodies and private sector organizations working to prevent injury and to promote safety.
Mr. Hutchens has received numerous awards and honors throughout his decades-long career. Most notably, he has twice been awarded both the Defense Logistics Agency Meritorious Service Award and the Defense Logistics Award – the highest award given by the Department of Defense. He also served as the President of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Consortium, and is an Academician for the International Academy for Quality. Mr. Hutchens has authored many publications and has become an internationally renowned speaker as he continues a lifelong dedication to the development and improvement of quality control worldwide.
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*About ASQ
American Society for Quality
http://asq.org/about-asq/who-we-are/index.html
ASQ’s Vision
By making quality a global priority, an organizational imperative, and a personal ethic, ASQ becomes the community for everyone who seeks quality concepts, technology, or tools to improve themselves and their world.
ASQ’s Mission
To increase the use and impact of quality in response to the diverse needs of the world.
· As a global quality community, ASQ advances the professional development, credentials, knowledge and information services, membership community, and advocacy on behalf of millions of individual and organizational members in 140 countries.
· ASQ champions the cause of quality through a variety of fields and standards. ASQ provides support to a number of volunteer groups that develop and approve international and American National Standards. This includes the most widely known standards, such as ISO 9001, ISO 26000, and ISO 14001, as well as other standards and technical reports that apply quality management principles, tools and technology.
· Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wis., ASQ supports membership services and business operations through ASQ Global, ASQ China, ASQ Mexico and ASQ India; with ASQ WorldPartners® around the globe.
· The ASQ family of companies also includes accreditation leaders ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board, ANAB-ACLASS, and RABQSA operating around the globe. Forensic Quality Services (FQS) joined the family in March 2012.
· For more information on ASQ and what we do, please see this interactive brochure.
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(Prof. Supten Nath Sarbadhikari)
Prof. Supten Sarbadhikari has joined the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, GoI, as the Director for the Centre for Health Informatics and the Project Director for the National Health Portal (at the NIHFW, New Delhi) from Jan 23, 2013. He will be instrumental in framing the eHealth Policies for India as a part of the job.
Supten Sarbashikari can be contacted at: supten@gmail.com
http://nihfw.org/National%20Health%20Portal.html
About Dr. Suptendra Nath Sarbadhikari
He received PhD, in Biomedical Engineering, on neural network aided analysis of electrophysiological signals in stress and exercise, from the Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, in 1995. He obtained his MBBS degree from University of Calcutta.
He was among the professionals who have extended their knowledge and expertise in developing the recommendations of the Subgroup on Telemedicine Standards, Recommendations on Guidelines, Standards and Practices for Telemedicine in India, National Taskforce for Telemedicine in India, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, Version 01, July 2006.
He has received numerous National and International Awards Currently he is the Editor-in-Chief of the Indian Journal of Medical Informatics and a member of the International Editorial Board of the Elsevier journal Mental Health and Physical Activity. He is the Chair of the Editorial Council (of Citizendium.
Dr. S. N. Sarbadhikari, MBBS, PhD
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Profile of Prof. S. N. Sarbadhikari on NIHFW website:
http://nihfw.org/pdf/Supten-biosketch-Jan-2013.pdf
Prof. Suptendra Nath Sarbadhikari
MBBS, PhD, a physician and a biomedical engineer, has been a hardcore academician since the last 16 years and is regarded as a pioneer in spreading awareness of health informatics in India.
Currently he is the Project Director of the Centre for Health Informatics of the National Health Portal at the National Institute of Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi.
He has been the Founder and Director of Supten Institute. He had been the Founding Director of CAL2CAL Institute and the Founding Professor and Head of the Department of Health Informatics at Bangladesh Institute of Health Sciences, Dhaka, Bangladesh. With his past faculty positions with the IIT (Kharagpur), the Manipal, Amrita and PSG groups, and post-doctoral positions in the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, he has had a wide and varied experience in both healthcare and technology academia.
He is a Fellow and Faculty of the PSG-FAIMER South Asia Regional Institute. He is the Chairman [2011-2013] and also the Chair, Education Committee [2009-2013] for Health Level Seven (HL7) India. He is the Vice President of the Indian Association for Medical Informatics [2011-2013].
He has been the Course Coordinator and Co-Developer for the first ever Masters Degree on Medical Informatics from an Indian University at Amrita University, where he was also the Course Coordinator for M. Tech in Biomedical Engineering program.
He has been the Editor-in-Chief of the Indian Journal of Medical Informatics [2007-2010], the first Editor of the ACM SIGHIT Record [2011] and Editorial Board member of Mental Health and Physical Activity (Elsevier) [2008-2010]. Currently he is an Associate Editor for Network Modeling and Analysis in Health Informatics and Bioinformatics – NetMAHIB (Springer) [2011-2014] and also for the International Journal of User Driven Health (IGI Publishers).
He has written a book “A Short Introduction to Biomedical Engineering” (Universities Press / CRC Press) and has edited another book “Depression and Dementia: Progress in Brain Research, Clinical Applications and Future Trends” (Nova, USA).
He has numerous publications and awards for medical informatics and education. He has been selected as one of the fifty best teachers in the country by the Department of Atomic Energy, in July-August 2004. He has been awarded the prestigious “SSLS Memorial Award 2000-2001” from the National Academy of Medical Sciences (India), for research in Biomedical Engineering. He is a member of the Expert Committee on Standards for Electronic Medical Records, Working Groups on Indian Health Information Network Development (iHIND) and Health Literacy and Portal, of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. Globally he is an emissary of health informatics standards in the form of being an HL7 Ambassador – a select representative of the global standards HL7 for healthcare information exchange.
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Additional links:
*About NIHFW
http://www.nihfw.org/About_Us/aboutNIHFW.html
National Institute of Health & Family Welfare (NIHFW) is situated in South Delhi, near Jawaharlal Nehru University and DDA Flats Munirka on Baba Gang Nath Marg.
The National Institute of Health and Family Welfare (NIHFW), was established on 9th March, 1977 by the merger of two national level institutions, viz. the National Institute of Health Administration and Education (NIHAE) and the National Institute of Family Planning (NIFP). The NIHFW, an autonomous organization, under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, acts as an ‘apex technical institute’ as well as a ‘think tank’ for the promotion of health and family welfare programmes in the country.
The Institute addresses a wide range of issues on health and family welfare from a variety of perspectives through the departments of Communication, Community Health Administration, Education and Training, Epidemiology, Management Sciences, Medical Care and Hospital Administration, Population Genetics and Human Development, Planning and Evaluation, Reproductive Bio-Medicine, Statistics and Demography and Social Sciences.
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*About HL7
(http://www.hl7india.org/default.html)
HL7 India is an independent, non-profit-distributing, membership based organization that exists to encourage the adoption of standards for healthcare information communication within India.
The objective of HL7 India is to support the development, promotion and implementation of HL7 standards and specifications in a way which addresses the concerns of healthcare organizations, health professionals and healthcare software suppliers in India.
HL7 India is the accredited International Affiliate of Health Level Seven Incorporated (HL7 Inc.) for India. HL7 India shall seek to retain this affiliation or a similar formal status in relation to the wider HL7 community subject to agreement by the membership of HL7 India. The rules and obligations applicable to International Affiliates shall be deemed to apply to HL7 India except where such rules directly conflict with the bylaws of HL7 India or with legal regulations within India.
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*About Prof. Supten Sarbadhikari
Dr. Supten Sarbadhikari is known as leading authority about bioinformatics in India. His interview was published in Chronicle in August 2008 issue:
http://www.itbhu.org/chronicle/archives/2006/08/index.html#000874
His Home Page is: http://sites.google.com/site/supten/
He is currently the Founding Chair, Department of Biomedical Informatics at PSG IMS&R, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
He has been appointed as an office bearer of HL7 organization:
http://www.itbhuglobal.org/chronicle/archives/2009/05/index-alumni-world.php#004333
I am a medical doctor (University of Calcutta) who has done PhD in Biomedical Engineering from IT,BHU, Varanasi. Currently I've joined the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, as the Director for the Centre for Health Informatics and the Project Director for the National Health Portal (at the NIHFW, New Delhi).
I have been the Founder and Director of Supten Institute (offering online courses on health informatics) and a Visiting Professor in Health Informatics at Bangladesh Institute of Health Sciences, Dhaka, Bangladesh. I have been the Founding Director of CAL2CAL Institute, a faculty member with the Manipal Group, IIT Kharagpur, Amrita group and PSG group. I had done my Post-doctoral Fellowship at the Machine Intelligence Unit of Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. My areas of expertise are in Requirements analysis and management in Healthcare information technology, e-learning; medical journalism and clinical decision support systems. Address: T-12, Jains West Hills, Sowripalayam Road, Udayampalayam, Coimbatore 641028.
Professional Roles:
Chair, and Chair, Education Committee, HL7 India [2011-13]
Member, Expert Committee on Electronic Medical Records Standards, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India
The Vice President, Indian Association for Medical Informatics [2011-13]
Some achievements highlighted at FAIMER site: A, B, C
Associate Editor, Network Modeling Analysis in Health Informatics and Bioinformatics (2011-2014)
Associate Editor, International Journal of User-Driven Healthcare (IJUDH)
Immediate-Past Editor-in-Chief, Indian Journal of Medical Informatics (2007-2010)
Former (Founder) Editor, ACM SIGHIT Record [2011] - the Newsletter of ACM Special Interest Group on Health Informatics
Formerly, Editorial Board Member: Mental Health and Physical Activity (2008-2010)
Formerly, the Chair, Editorial Council, Citizendium (2008-2009)
Coordinator of HL7 ELC from HL7 India.
Faculty [1] [2] and Fellow, PSG-FAIMER South Asia Regional Institute
Member, 2012-15 HIFA Challenge: Citizens, Mothers and Families team (Mental Health)
Member, International Educator Advisory Board, Global Education Conference 2011 Role: Wiki Curator - Teachers
Wiki Buddy at WikiEducator
Member, National Organizing Committee of NCHPE-2009; NCHPE-2012
eIndia 2011 Keynote Speaker / Bio-skecth ;
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(Vish Mishra)
Vish Mishra can be contacted at: Vish@clearstone.com
Released By:
Shilpi Agarwal
Release Date:
12/12/2012
In an article written by Silicon India on December 10, 2012 - Vish Mishra, our very own TiE Silicon Valley's former President and Venture Capitalist with Clearstone Venture Partners was chosen as one of the 10 Famous Indians in Silicon Valley for his outstanding work and dedication to the Entrepreneurial community!
Congratulations, Vish! You make TiE Silicon Valley and all of us proud!
Vish Mishra is a venture capitalist with Clearstone Venture Partners since 2002.
Mishra is an advisor to Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship at College of Business, San Jose State University and he also serves as a director of India Community Center in Silicon Valley.
Vish holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from the Institute of Technology at Benares Hindu University (now IIT BHU), an MS in Electrical Engineering from North Dakota State University and MBA from the University of Minnesota.
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More about Vish Mishra:
As of January 1, 2013, Vish Mishra is now the former President of TiE Silicon Valley, but continues to a trustee of its global board. He is also a founding board member of San Francisco-Bangalore Sister City Initiative, Bay Area Co-Chair for Akshaya Patra that provides 1.4 million daily mid-day meals to public school children in India. His involvement is that of an advisor. He also serves as an advisor to Japan Society's U.S.-Japan Innovation Council in conjunction of Stanford University.
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http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_22297301/buck-gee-and-vish-mishra-silicon-valley-and
Buck Gee and Vish Mishra: Silicon Valley and our Asian-American advantage
By Buck Gee and Vish Mishra
Special to the Mercury News
Posted: 01/02/2013 10:30:47 AM PST
Updated: 01/02/2013 07:18:00 PM PST
Buck Gee at a 2011 event of the Advanced Leadership Program for... (Dai Sugano, Mercury News)
Archimedes was right. You can move worlds.
As the ancient Greek engineer observed, all you need is a place to stand and the advantage of leverage.
Our Asian-American workforce has grown to 50 percent of high-tech jobholders from 39 percent in 2000, as recently reported by the Mercury News. Yet in Silicon Valley's 25 largest companies, only 12 percent of the executive leaders and 8 percent of board members are Asian-Americans, a situation that has not substantially changed in the past decade.
As Silicon Valley veterans with over 70 combined years of experience in leadership in the tech and venture capital industry, we see leverage as the key to tapping into the underutilized potential in the Asian-American community to generate innovation, boost the Bay Area economy, and confirm the region's leadership in the global marketplace.
Asian-American leaders have always occupied a prominent place in the legend of Silicon Valley, with people such as Vinod Khosla cofounding Sun Microsystems to create the technical workstation market, Koichi Nishimura growing Solectron into a global manufacturing powerhouse, and Albert Yu leading Intel's microprocessors to market leadership. Today, we have Vidia's Jen-Hsun Huang, Adobe's Shantanu Narayen and SanDisk's Sanjay Mehrotra as successful CEOs.
Lost in this narrative, however, is the simple fact that they have been the exceptions to the rule.
But why? A combination of culture and chemistry?
It is not because Asian-Americans do not aspire to executive roles. On the contrary, Asian-Americans are more ambitious than their peers in seeking leadership roles, as reported in a 2011 survey published by the Center for Work-Life Policy.
We believe that the key reason few Asian-Americans become Silicon Valley executives is that many bring a cultural background and a focus on individual achievement that leaves blind spots in their understanding of organizational leadership, especially with soft skills and business vision. We have witnessed this in the reactions of participants in a unique advanced leadership program for Asian-American executives at the Stanford Business School, a partnership with ASCEND and Asia Society that we helped initiate three years ago. To paraphrase an Intel engineering director's closing feedback last August, it helped him go from "unknowing to awareness in six days."
But we worry that there is a different narrative in the community. In a 2009 survey, 71 percent of Asian-Americans polled felt that they were disadvantaged in workplace promotions. This has not significantly changed since 1993, when another study found that 80 percent of Asian-Americans in Silicon Valley thought that a glass ceiling existed.
While these feelings persist among Asian-American professionals, we believe there is also a question around "chemistry" at the workplace, a chemistry that is rooted in their cultural upbringing. The Asian culture promotes individual excellence and leadership by mastering hard sciences, such as math, physics, biology, engineering, medicine, gymnastics or music. But when it comes to executive leadership, where people skills matter more than anything else, there is lack of mastery of social and organizational sciences. This is where chemistry matters more. And for leadership roles, soft sciences, which tend to enhance soft skills, such as interpersonal relations, teamwork, cooperation, motivation, compromise, negotiations, etc., are crucial.
This combination of culture and chemistry could give rise to significant business implications. A few years ago, one of us was asked to reassure an engineering team of a newly acquired group in China because team members were considering quitting when they found few corporate executives were of Asian descent. As they observe the growing economies in India and China, many valley tech professionals now see limits to their career growth in the U.S. and are returning to their home countries -- moving economic growth, innovation and jobs out of America.
With an Asian-American majority in the high-tech workforce, the question of unfulfilled ambition and underlying discontent is an unsettling issue in Silicon Valley's future.
What can be done?
Silicon Valley businesses thrive on their ability to attract and retain the best talents from every culture. We believe that the top leadership in Silicon Valley is culture- and color-blind and could be more aware that there is a pool of ambitious individuals in their firms to tap into for executive leadership roles.
We see middle management replete with Asian-Americans who are recognized and well compensated for making outstanding contributions to the organization. Today's picture in the middle ranks has much improved since 1993, when an estimated 6 percent of Silicon Valley managers were Asian-American. We also see many excellent management training courses offered in-house and many mentoring/professional development programs from external professional groups, including groups we support as active board members (TiE and Ascend).
Nevertheless, despite the efforts of those programs, we continue to see few Asian-Americans reaching the higher executive levels.
What's missing? Leverage.
We suggest that the missing piece in this puzzle is the leverage that can only be applied from within the corporate walls to recognize the scarcity of Asian-American executives, identify talent for the internal high-potential pipeline, and develop requisite organizational leadership skills.
Missing has been internal executive awareness of the leadership gap. We have found that most Bay Area executives, even those leading HR and diversity teams, are surprised with the data when we raise the question with them. But their subsequent comments are always supportive, with the discussion leading to what internal data can be reviewed and what can be done. So top-level visibility and support is paramount.
Also missing have been internal priorities. Although there are a plethora of Asian-American diversity programs and employee resource groups, few are actually organized or funded to address leadership development, the most relevant issue for Asian-Americans in the workplace. Each company needs to define an action plan to address those issues, work to identify potential Asian-American leadership talent, and fund appropriate training within the context of its internal leadership development pipeline.
Finally missing inside many companies has been the active engagement of the Asian-American community, especially its executive leadership. We leaders have been successful because we have focused on solving challenging business problems and growing shareholder value in transforming our companies into world-class leaders in global markets. It's time for us to recognize our additional corporate responsibility and start proactively leading our internal communities to change because, unfortunately, this issue will not go away if we merely lend our passive support. It's also time for the community to demonstrate that you care enough to learn because we have seen that Silicon Valley leadership cares enough to listen.
We already have a world of talent in our Asian-American community. We also have a special place that fuels innovation and growth for our country.
Now all we need is more leverage, greater ambition and drive.
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Buck Gee is a retired VP/GM of Cisco Systems and a board member of ASCEND. Vish Mishra is venture director of Clearstone Venture Partners and former president of TiE Silicon Valley. They wrote this article for this newspaper.
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Additional links:
*Vish Mishra (Electrical 1967) talks about his career
http://www.itbhuglobal.org/chronicle/archives/2012/07/index-alumni-world.php#006343
Vish Mishra in Chronicle
*The head of The Indus Entrepreneurs, a tech networking group that mentors immigrant talent, says now is a good time to start new companies.
http://www.itbhuglobal.org/chronicle/archives/2008/05/vish_mishra_ele.php
*Vish Mishra (Electrical 1967) as speaker for 2009 Duke India Business Forum
http://www.itbhuglobal.org/chronicle/archives/2009/03/vish_mishra_ele_1.php
*Vish Mishra (Electrical 1967), the influencer of Silicon Valley
http://www.itbhuglobal.org/chronicle/archives/2009/11/index-alumni-world.php#004686
THE CONNECTOR
Vish Mishra is go-to guy for Indian, valley entrepreneurs
After 30 years on the high-tech scene, Vish Mishra, 64, could be forgiven for throttling back a bit.
Instead, Mishra seems to be accelerating, a whirlwind of activity that has him traveling, speaking and advising startups and entrepreneurs.
Officially, he's a partner at Clearstone Venture Partners. But what keeps him on the go these days is his role as president of TiE Silicon Valley, the largest and original chapter of The Indus Entrepreneurs. Mishra was one of the founding members of TiE, which was started in 1992 by a group of Indian professionals in Silicon Valley to create community and better networking opportunities. But its reach has expanded well beyond the Indian community to be a major resource for entrepreneurs across Silicon Valley.
"TiE is not just for the Indian community," Mishra said. "There's only one vision. It is purely about business entrepreneurship."
TiE helps startups through year-round training programs and networking events. Among the main events is the annual TiE conference. And if you've never attended one, then you've missed one of the truly awesome gatherings of entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley.
Mishra's term as president began this year and runs through 2012. In that position, he serves as one of the main hosts and organizers of the annual confab, which drew 3,600 people last May. Though the event draws people from beyond the Indian community, it's also an unmistakable reminder of the prominence of Indians in Silicon Valley.
Through his work at TiE, Mishra shares the wealth of lessons he's learned after being a CEO of four startups and a director on countless others.
"My passion is just to help others," Mishra said. "My knowledge, I'm not going to take it back with me. If I can lift up someone else's life, then that's great."
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*About TiE
https://www.tie.org/about-tie-global
The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), was founded in 1992 in Silicon Valley by a group of successful entrepreneurs, corporate executives, and senior professionals with roots in the Indus region. There are currently 13,000 members, including over 2,500 charter members in 61 chapters across 17 countries. TiE’s mission is to foster entrepreneurship globally through mentoring, networking, and education. Dedicated to the virtuous cycle of wealth creation and giving back to the community, TiE’s focus is on generating and nurturing our next generation of entrepreneurs.
The foremost and most widely known event that TiE hosts is TiEcon, which is the largest professional and networking conference for entrepreneurs. TiE also hosts a wide range of programs events catering to various industry verticals, educational events hosted by TiE Institute, TiE Young Entrepreneurs (TYE) program to foster entrepreneurship in our youth, and TiE Women’s Forum for empowering women entrepreneurs.
Besides its flagship event, TiECon - the largest professional conference for entrepreneurs, TiE now has a wide range of programs including Special Interest Groups (SIGs), TiE Institute, Deal Flow Meetings, TiE Young Entrepreneurs, and, most recently, TiE Women’s Forum and CEO Forum.
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Executive Management Changes Follow Closing of Series C Round for Power Electronics Innovator
Press Release: Green Plug – Mon, Jan 7, 2013 6:08 AM EST
Green Plug Appoints Kevin Jones to New Post of Chief Scientist, Names Rajeev Prasad VP of Engineering
SAN RAMON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Green Plug (www.greenplug.com), the first company to bring fully programmable mixed-signal controllers to the high volume AC-DC power converter market, today named longtime executive Kevin Jones to the newly-created position of Chief Scientist and appointed semiconductor industry veteran Rajeev Prasad to succeed Jones as VP of Engineering.
(Rajeev prasad)
Prasad and the Green Plug management team will be on hand during 2013 International CES, at the company’s suite at the Platinum Hotel (211 E. Flamingo Road, 702/365-5000).
The appointments mark the next phase of Green Plug’s growth, as the company focuses on executing contracts with strategic partners and shaping the future of innovative programmable power control in a number of related fields. The announcement follows on the heels of Green Plug’s Series C investment round, from U.K.-based strategic investor Imagination Technologies Group plc (LSE: IMG), joined by longtime institutional investors Herald Ventures and Killik & Co., both of London; and Peninsula Ventures of Redwood City, Calif.
Jones, who joined Green Plug as VP of Engineering in early 2008, has nearly 30 years’ experience in building and validating complex hardware and software systems. “Kevin’s breadth of knowledge, his ability to think outside the box and his versatility in working with all kinds of technologies make him absolutely ideal for the Chief Scientist position,” said Frank Paniagua, Jr., Green Plug CEO. “Kevin has enabled Green Plug to focus our technology on a critically needed area in AC-DC power conversion -- the use of fully programmable controllers for high volume, low-cost applications. Developing programmable control in specific markets is a genuine innovation.” Jones earned a Ph.D. in Computing Science from the University of Manchester, a M.Sc. in Computation from Oxford University and a B.Sc. from Reading.
Prasad has more than 20 years of engineering and management experience at delivering successful energy-efficient products in wireless, PC, embedded and consumer electronics. Prior to joining Green Plug, he led the development of low-power audio processors for smartphones as Director of VLSI Engineering at Audience and for laptops, speakers and headphones as Sr. Director of Engineering at Creative. Prasad managed the graphics, video and wireless chip and IP development at NVIDIA and two startups acquired by Synopsys and Cirrus Logic.
“Rajeev excels at delivering, at getting designs out the door, and brings to Green Plug strong connections with the semiconductor industry,” Paniagua said. “Under his leadership, Green Plug Engineering will continue to innovate in AC-DC power conversion, cost reduction in the lower-power device market, integration of higher switching frequency technologies like GaN and SiC, additional non-linear software algorithms, and more. With Rajeev’s guidance, Green Plug will pursue novel approaches to achieve further energy savings, and will continue to make real advances in communication technologies and their use in the power market.”
Prasad began his career at Intel, where he designed numerous 486 and Pentium-based chipsets during a six-year period. He holds an executive MBA in marketing and finance from University of California, Davis, M.S. in electrical and computer engineering from University of Virginia, Charlottesville, and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from IIT-BHU, India.
About Green Plug
Green Plug (www.GreenPlug.com) develops and licenses innovative technology that enables consumer electronics manufacturers to upgrade from traditional analog-controlled power adapters to “smart” digitally controlled systems that save power and dramatically speed product design and development. Green Plug is the first company to offer real-time programmable control for multiple control algorithms in a single-chip package at a cost-neutral price point, thus eliminating the major barrier to adoption in consumer AC-DC power converters. The company’s patented mixed-signal technology provides unprecedented flexibility in design through software programming and also enables communication between electronic devices and their power sources – an important precursor to developing power products that leverage the Smart Grid. Founded in 2006, Green Plug is privately held and headquartered in San Ramon, Calif.
Contact:
Edge Communications, Inc.
Ken Greenberg, 323-469-3397
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1/4/2013 7:07:32 AM
WILMINGTON, N.C. & MARIETTA, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Board of Osmotica Pharmaceutical today announced the appointment of Dr. Praveen Tyle as President and Chief Executive Officer. He was also elected as a member of the Company’s board of directors. After serving as a CEO for the past 7 years, R. Forrest Waldon will take on a new role as an advisor to the Company and will continue to serve on the Board of Osmotica Pharmaceutical.
(Praveen Tyle)
In announcing this appointment, the Board of Directors noted that, “Praveen has proven in a short tenure at the company that he has the talent and exceptional executive leadership skills to take our company to greater heights and growth. He is an exemplary leader with strategic vision and operational excellence needed for the next phase of Osmotica.” The Board added, “We want to thank Forrest for his extraordinary service as the Company's CEO through a period of continuous growth and look forward to ongoing contributions as an advisor to the Company." Forrest said, “I am confident that Praveen will advance the company's pipeline to commercial success and I look forward to continuing working with the Board to support Praveen and his team." Dr. Tyle commented that, “I look forward to leading Osmotica’s innovative global team of accomplished professionals in aggressively pursuing our vision of providing high quality pharmaceutical products to the patients.”
Dr. Tyle has 30 years of diversified pharmaceutical industry experience with an impressive record of moving pharmaceutical pipelines to commercial success. Dr. Tyle joined Osmotica Pharmaceutical as Chief Scientific Officer & Executive Vice President and Managing Director of the Marietta, GA site in August 2012. Prior to joining Osmotica Pharmaceutical, Praveen served as Executive Vice President and Chief Science officer for the United States Pharmacopeia. Praveen’s broad experience in the pharmaceutical industry includes senior executive leadership positions in areas of research and development, manufacturing, supply chain, quality, business development and operations. Prior to USP, he served as the Senior Vice President & Global Head of Business Development and Licensing and as Senior Vice President & Global Head of R&D at Novartis OTC. At Novartis, he developed both short-and long-term OTC medicine pipelines including prescription to over-the-counter transitions. Before Novartis, Praveen was Corporate Senior Vice President of Global Research and Development and Chief Scientific Officer at Bausch + Lomb.
Praveen earned his doctorate in pharmaceutics and pharmaceutical chemistry from the Ohio State University, and his bachelor of pharmacy degree (First Class with Honors and valedictorian) at the Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University in India. He sits on a number of Boards of Directors and Scientific Advisory committees including those at EyeGate Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Orient Europharma, Inc., GrayBug, LLC, Yolia Health and some private equity groups. Praveen has over 20 issued patents and over 120 scientific publications and presentations, including editor of 7 books on drug development, to his credit. Additionally, he serves as adjunct professor at Howard University, the University of Rochester Medical Center, the University of Houston and the University of Rhode Island. Praveen has been honored as a distinguished research fellow by the Shandong Pharmaceutical Research Institute, China and received the “Distinguished Alumni” award from the Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University.
About Osmotica Pharmaceutical
Osmotica Pharmaceutical is a global specialty pharmaceutical company with a proven history of developing commercially successful pharmaceutical products. The company uses its proprietary osmotic technology platform and with strategic partners develops and commercializes high quality pharmaceutical products. In addition to the products currently on the market, the company’s pipeline includes numerous ANDA programs and several innovative neurology-based NDA programs.
Osmotica Pharmaceutical and its related companies form an international group of companies with principal operations located in the United States, Argentina and Hungary.
For more information on the Company, please visit Osmotica’s website at www.osmotica.com. This press release is directed to residents of the United States.
Contact:
Osmotica Pharmaceutical Corp.
Al Cavagnaro, General Counsel, 910-509-0114
cavagnaro@osmotica.com
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(Dr. G. Malakondaiah)
January 02, 2013: Dr G. Malakondaiah, Distinguished Scientist assumed charge as Chief Controller R&D (HR&M), DRDO on January 1, 2013.
Dr Malakondaiah is a B.E. degree in Metallurgical Engineering from Regional Engineering College (now NIT), Warangal, M. Tech from Banaras Hindu University (BHU) and Ph.D. (1980) degrees in Metallurgical Engineering. He was awarded Swarup Jubilee medal for being the outstanding post-graduate student and a university medal for standing first in the M. Tech. examinations 1975. He served on the Metallurgy faculty of BHU for two years as lecturer prior to his joining Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory (DMRL) in 1982. At DMRL, he rose to the position of Director on June 1, 2007.
Dr Malakondaiah received Indian National Science Academy (INSA) Young Scientists’ Medal in the year 1983. He was awarded (1992) the prestigious National Metallurgists’ Day Award by the Ministry of Steel and Mines for his outstanding contributions towards Mechanical Metallurgy. He carried out post-doctoral research on advanced titanium aluminides for two years (1992-1994) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, USA as NRC Senior Research Fellow.
The Laboratory was awarded Titanium trophy for the year 2008. He received DRDO Technology Leadership Award 2010.
Dr Malakondaiah has more than 100 technical papers to his credit. Under his guidance, five doctoral degrees have been awarded. He is a Fellow of Andhra Pradesh Akademi of Sciences and Indian National Academy of Engineering
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The scholarship is being instituted in the memory of Prof. B. B. Bansal, former faculty at the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. It provides scholarships to selected children of non-teaching staff at our institute based on their performance in the 12th class exam. The entire funding is provided by our alumni association.
The following children of our non-teaching staff will be awarded scholarship of Rs. 5,000 each. It is based on 12th grade marks of state board or CBSE exam results, provided the student has received at least 60% marks. The selection was made by inviting applications and verification of mark sheets of the candidates.
This scholarship is open to children of non-teaching staff from all the departments; however, we received the applications only from the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. We hope that from next year, we shall also receive applications from other depts.
Prof. V. K. Srivastava (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering) helped coordinate the activities.
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About Prof. B. B. Bansal
Prof. Brij Behari Bansal was Professor at dept. of Mechanical Engineering. During his 40 yrs career at our institute, he was also head of the dept. and TPO (Training & Placement Officer). With his efforts our institute witnessed near perfect campus placements for our students. He was also a board member of our alumni association. He always championed for scholarships for poor students.
Prof. Bansal passed away on 19 April, 2010.
http://www.itbhuglobal.org/chronicle/archives/2010/04/prof_b_b_bansal.php
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The following students are selected for Prof. B. B. Bansal Memorial Scholarship::
Student Name | Exam UP State Board/CBSE | Marks received | Parent’s name | Parent’s Position/Dept. where parent worked |
Miss Pragati Sonker | UP State Board | 63.6% | Mr. Bharat | Peon/Mechanical Engineering |
Miss Shweta Madan Ram | CBSE | 68.4% | Mr. Madan Ram | Senior Officer/Mechanical Engineering |
Miss Saumya Srivastava | CBSE | 76% | Vijay Pratap Srivastava | Lab Assistant/Mechanical Engineering |
Miss Aveera Patel | CBSE | 68.4 | Mr. Hari Shankar Patel | Sr. Workshop Assistant/Mechanical Engineering |
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We are pleased to announce the results of various scholarships for our students funded by our alumni and managed by our alumni association (IIT (BHU) Global Alumni Association).
1) Dr. Jagdish Agarwal Scholarship for IIT-JEE scholars
This scholarship is given to one boy and one girl students of first year based on their IIT-JEE ranks.
2) Hira and Patricia Fotedar Scholarship for a metallurgy student
This scholarship is given to one first year metallurgy student on merit-cum-means basis.
3) Naresh and Christopher Jain Scholarship for needy students
This scholarship is given to 3 students of first year on need basis.
4) Yogesh K. Upadhyaya Scholarship for needy students
This scholarship is given to 2 students of first year on need basis.
If you have question or suggestion about starting a scholarship for students/faculty, please contact Yogesh K. Upadhyaya at: yupadhyaya2003@yahoo.com.
All donations made by donors in US or India are tax-deductible.
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1) 2012 Dr. Jagdish Agarwal Scholarship for IIT-JEE Scholars
(You may contact Dr. Jagdish C Agarwal at: jayaga[AT]aol.com.)
Introduction:
Our alumni association is pleased to award Dr. Jagdish C. Agarwal Scholarship to the needy students. Dr. Jagdish Agarwal (Industrial Chemistry 1945 batch) has kindly provided financial assistance to the two first-year students. The scholarship will be awarded by the generous donation of $8,000 by Dr. Jagdish Agarwal. The interest on that donation amount will be used to fund the scholarship each year. The scholarship will be awarded each year for the next 25 years (till 2035). The first scholarship was awarded to the students admitted in 2011.
Dr. Jagdish Agarwal is an investment banker based at Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Scholarship:
This scholarship is given to selected students based on IIT-JEE rank in the General Category. Each year, one boy and one girl with highest IIT-JEE rank among incoming batch will be awarded a prize amount of Rs. 10,000 each.
Selection Process:
The selection of students will be done solely based on IIT-JEE rank in the General Category. The boy student should have highest JEE rank among boys and similarly, the girl student should have highest rank among all the girls in that batch.
This Scholarship will be implemented by IIT-BHU Global Alumni Association.
Beneficiary:
The following students of current first year batch (joined in 2012-13 session) will receive the Scholarship:
1. Mr. Mahesh Mishra (1st year B. Tech CSE; JEE rank = 1085)
2. Miss Trishla Sancheti (1st year B. Tech CSE; JEE rank = 1697)
(CSE = Computer Science and Engineering)
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Additional links:
Interview with Dr. Jagdish Agarwal:
http://www.itbhuglobal.org/chronicle/archives/2012/01/dr_jagdish_c_ag.php
*For 2012-13 IIT-JEE admission statistics for students admitted to IT-BHU, please refer to the following link:
http://www.itbhuglobal.org/chronicle/archives/2012/09/index-reports.php#006433
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2) Hira and Patricia Fotedar Scholarship for a metallurgy student
(You may contact Mr. Hira Fotedar at: hirafotedar[AT]yahoo.com
Introduction:
Our alumni association is pleased to award Hira and Patricia Scholarship to the metallurgy student. Mr. Hira Fotedar (Metallurgy 1966) has kindly provided financial assistance to the two first-year students. The scholarship will be awarded by the generous donation of $5,000 by Mr. Hira Fotedar. The interest on that donation amount will be used to fund the scholarship each year. The scholarship will be awarded each year for the next 25 years (till 2036). The first scholarship is awarded to the students admitted in 2012.
Scholarship:
This scholarship is given to selected metallurgy student based on IIT-JEE rank in the General Category and family income. Each year, one boy/ girl will be awarded a prize amount of Rs. 10,000 each.
Selection Process:
The selection of students will be done based on the combination of IIT-JEE rank in the General Category and family income.
This Scholarship will be implemented by IIT-BHU Global Alumni Association.
Beneficiary:
The following student of current first year batch (joined in 2012-13 session) will receive the Scholarship:
1. Mr. Devrat Singh (1st year B. Tech Metallurgy; JEE rank = 4374 -3rd in class)
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Additional links:
Scholarships offered by alumni association
http://www.itbhuglobal.org/chronicle/archives/2012/06/index-alumni-world.php
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3) Naresh and Christopher Jain Scholarship for needy students
(You may contact Shri Naresh C Jain at: nareshcjain[AT]hotmail.com.)
Introduction:
Our alumni association is pleased to award Naresh & Christopher Jain Scholarship to the needy students. Shri Naresh C. Jain (Mechanical 1967 batch) has kindly agreed to provide financial assistance to the 3 students of the first year students. The funding will be awarded by the charitable trust, Naresh & Christopher Jain Trust, which is owned and operated by Shri Naresh Jain and his son, Christopher Jain. The scholarships will be awarded each year.
Scholarship:
This scholarship is given to selected students based on economic needs, beginning with first tear. It covers the full tuition fees for the student for the first 4 year of his/her study in the college. The students will receive scholarships to cover full tuition fees for each of the 4 yrs of study at IT-BHU. For this year, each will receive $700 (Rs. 36,750) to cover current year's tuition fees. The amount will be increased in future to adjust for any increase in tuition fees. The students shall continue to receive scholarships as long as they maintain a minimum of 6.0 GPA each year.
Selection Process:
The selection of students was done based solely on family income and financial needs (family income should be less than Rs. 2 lakhs /yr), regardless of other details. First an online application was developed and posted on our website.
It was then filled by applicants with necessary details, including family yearly income, why he/she should be considered for the scholarship, etc. We received 45 applications, and the students were short-listed based on application information and providing of proof of income certificate.
Beneficiary:
The following students of current first year batch (joined in 2012-13 session) will receive the Scholarships.
1. Abhishek Upadhyay, 1st yr CSE B. Tech
2. Ankit Namdev, 1st yr Chemical B. Tech
3. Bhavanee Singh Meena, 1st yr Electronics B. Tech
In addition, the following 3rd yr student will also receive scholarship for two (3rd and 4th yr) years.
4. Bankala Shashi Kiran, 3rd yr Metallurgy B. Tech
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Additional links:
Naresh and Christopher Jain Scholarship
http://www.itbhuglobal.org/chronicle/archives/2011/11/naresh_and_chri.php
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4) Yogesh K. Upadhyaya Scholarship for needy students
(You may contact Yogesh K. Upadhyaya at: yupadhyaya2003@yahoo.com.)
Introduction:
Our alumni association is pleased to award Yogesh K. Upadhyaya Scholarship to the needy students. Funding will be provided by Yogesh K. Upadhyaya (Chemical 1977 batch) which will provide partial tuition assistance to the 2 students of the first year students. The scholarships will be awarded each year.
Scholarship:
This scholarship is given to selected students based on economic needs, beginning with first tear. It covers the full tuition fees for the student for the first 2 year of his/her study in the college. The students will receive $200 (Rs. 10,000) per year. The students shall continue to receive scholarships as long as they maintain a minimum of 6.0 GPA each year.
Selection Process:
The selection of students was done based solely on family income and financial needs (family income should be less than Rs. 2 lakhs /yr), regardless of other details.
Beneficiary:
The following students of current first year batch (joined in 2012-13 session) will receive the Scholarships.
1. Guddu (1st yr Mining B. Tech.)
2 Ramashish Gaurav (1st yr CSE IDD)
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Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi 221005, UP