ASEI has partnered with Drishtee Foundation for a vibrant and empowering event, the Musical Walk to Empower Rural Women! This exciting event will take place on Sunday, March 17, 2024 at Lake Elizabeth, Central Park, Fremont.
Venue: Performance Pavilion, next to Fremont Senior Center, 40086 Paseo Padre Pkwy Fremont 94538
Time: Mar.17.2024 (9:00 am to 1:00 pm)
Speaker: Anjali Kottha talks about – The US Government’s initiatives to combat maliciously tainted and counterfeit products.
Followed by Networking with ASEI Board Members
Agenda :
ASEI Michigan Chapter collaborated with AIWA (Asian Indian Women’s Association) and other Asian organizations to celebrate International Women’s Day.
🌟 Breaking the Glass Ceiling Event: Empowering Women in Tech 🌟
“Success is not about breaking through ceilings; it’s about realizing there are none.” – Daphne Michaels
This Women’s month ASEI is featuring an engaging panel discussions, insightful Q&A sessions, and networking opportunities with industry pioneers, this event promises to inspire and elevate perspectives on empowerment in the workplace. 💡💬
Our panel boasts over years of collective experience, and their insights are invaluable. Don’t miss out on this chance to learn, grow, and be inspired!
📅 Date: March 30th, Saturday 2024
🔗 Registration: http://tinyurl.com/aseibgc
🕙 Time: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm EST
📍 Location: University of Maryland, College Park
Let’s come together to challenge the status quo, celebrate diversity, and pave the way for a more inclusive future in tech! See you there!
“Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much”-Helen Keller
The American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin strives to support and develop the upcoming generation of technical professionals and engineers. ASEI commits to improving the quality of life in our communities. By promoting development and economic prosperity in both developed and developing nations, ASEI seeks to give back to the community.
Following the mission, vision, and goals of ASEI, the students of the University of Michigan-Dearborn commenced the ASEI STUDENT CHAPTER E BOARD MEMBERS
ASEI student chapter representing the students of UM-Dearborn on the 8th of March 2024 at the Fairlane Centre North Building, Dearborn. The ASEI board members with their sheer determination collaborated with the University of Michigan student chapter to help students boost their careers, create networking opportunities, and provide learning opportunities through discussions, panels, and events.
Dilip Paul (Dechen Consulting Group) and Rashmi Tumkur (Bosch) graced the occasion with their presence. With their inspiring words and experiences, they enlightened the audience about their experiences as international students in the USA. They shared their priceless insights on work, culture, the importance of networking, and the necessity of making decisions. Special Mention to the Dean Dr.Ghassan Kridli for his encouraging words to motivate the participants to not give up on their dreams. Upon the speech’s conclusion, the students flooded the speakers with questions about finding a career and challenging circumstances in their fields of study.
Ritu Barkotoky, University Connect Lead with ASEI, acted as the students’ voice coordinating the event with students, guest speakers, and the ASEI team ensuring the success of the event. Muthu Sivanantham, Prior President, ASEI Michigan Chapter, Ram Ramanujam, Jwalant Lakhia played a critical role in the chapter’s conception and helped make this collaboration a reality.
The event concluded with a networking session where the participants had one-to-one conversations with the ASEI senior members and connected with them for future sessions.
Maliciously Tainted and Counterfeit Products are on the rise. Every day in the News, people and companies are getting in trouble for producing fake goods. From fake N95 masks to fake airplane engine parts. The US Government has noticed and is now trying to put an end to it.
This event was the 1 st Virtual Networking Session of the calendar year and it was a success!. The event started with a Presentation reminding the attendees of the Vision, Mission and Purpose of ASEI. With a new year, comes a new Chapter board. The new Executive Board members were introduced as well as the new board members. The evening continued with a warm welcome by the newly elected Board President, Lalita Kambhampati. Next, the upcoming ASEI activities were shared with the attendees The main event was an informative speech delivered by Anjali Kottha, discussing how counterfeit and tainted products are the on the rise in the United States. The US Government is highly invested in reducing these products and are requiring organizations to follow a set of guidelines to help decrease the risk. The attendees came with great questions during the post speech Q & A. The event continued with the networking portion of the evening, where the Michigan Chapter Secretary, Jhansi Reddy conducted an Ice Breaker session amongst the attendees.
If you weren’t able to attend, please view the event on the YouTube linked provided:
https://www.youtube.com/live/bjkkxPjIqho?si=Vv-LvYG2acrU0GAg
TRIBUTE TO DR. HARI BINDAL
ASEI grieves the demise of its Founder Dr. Hari Bindal, who passed away on Sunday, November 8th, 2020. Dr. Bindal took leadership in starting ASEI in 1983. Dr. Bindal along with other founding members laid a solid foundation for ASEI. Dr. Bindal was instrumental in setting the vision and mission for ASEI. As a result, ASEI is one of the oldest and largest organizations in the USA that focuses on providing a strong forum to the technical community of Indian origin. Dr. Bindal dedicated his personal time for many years to ensure ASEI is a valuable resource for all. He supported ASEI financially by sponsoring many initiatives such as conventions, student scholarships, and service awards. Compassion and drive to help those in need had been the center of Dr. Bindal’s actions throughout his unwavering support for ASEI.
Dr. Bindal was a recipient of numerous local, national, and international awards including the ‘Pravasi Bharatiya Samman’ Award 2017, from the President of India and ‘Pravasi UP Ratna’ Award 2019, from the Governor of Uttar Pradesh. Other than ASEI, Dr. Bindal had served numerous Indian American social, cultural, political, and religious organizations in various capacities. His passion and dedication to selfless community service were appreciated and recognized by people in India and in the USA. ASEI was very fortunate to have Dr. Bindal as a mentor, guide, and visionary. He successfully demonstrated that while staying away from India, it is still possible to support India and the Indian origin of people through organizations such as ASEI.
Saying that we at ASEI will miss Dr. Bindal is an understatement. Our sincere condolences to Dr. Bindal’s family as we keep Dr. Bindal in our thoughts and prayers.
Sincerely,
Jwalant Lakhia
Jwalant Lakhia ([email protected])
President, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin (ASEI)
American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin (ASEI) is hosting the 33rd Annual National Convention focusing on Global Engineering & Technologies (GET-2020). This virtual convention will be held starting on December 5th and end on Dec. 6th, 2020 from 1 pm to 4 pm (EST). The objective of this event is to provide a forum to promote and share advancements related to the latest cutting-edge innovations and technologies across various engineering disciplines. The convention is expected to be virtually attended by scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, and corporate leaders across the USA and globally. This two-day event will feature keynotes and multiple interactive sessions with prominent business and technology leaders, scientists, media personalities, educators, policymakers, and investment bankers.
The convention will have multiple interactive sessions led by deep subject matter experts providing information and insight on many topics related to the convention theme. Speakers include Viome CEO Naveen Jain, Palo Alto Networks Senior VP & GM Anand Oswal, Prof. Solomon Darwin of UC Berkeley-Haas Center for Corporate Innovation, Halliburton Chief Data-Scientist Dr Satyam Priyadarshy; Surbhi Kaul, GM & Head of Product, Juniper Networks; Space & Robotics Scientist Dr. Sreeja Nag at NASA/BAERI & Nuro.AI, Eclipz Chief Information Security Officer Matthew Rosenquist, Thermo Fisher Scientific VP & Global CTO Manoj Prasad, Autodesk Chief Information Officer Prakash Kota, IBM Fellow Rama Akkiraju, Magna International VP Deval Desai, SBD Automotive North America Director Jeffrey Hannah, McKinsey & Company Associate Partner Akshay Desai and Quantum Computing VP Robert Sutor, SpringML Senior Vice President, Piyush Malik.
There will be a Youth Technology Exposition (YTE) for young scientists and students from High School to Undergrad engineering during this virtual ASEI National Convention. The objective of the YTE is to provide a forum for young engineers, students and budding scientists to showcase their projects in science, engineering and technology topics that can have an impact on our world.
The convention is put together by ASEI President Jwalant Lakhia along with Convention Co-chairs Rakesh Patel and Bhavesh Joshi. The Convention Technology chair is ASEI Michigan Chapter President Vatsala Upadhyay. ASEI Silicon Valley Chapter President Piyush Malik is serving as the Convention Content Chair.
The convention will end with a finale awards ceremony session on December 6th at 3.30 pm (EST). where eight outstanding achievers and those who contributed to ASEI growth and society at large will be honored. This year’s outstanding achievement awards go to the following:
ASEI Lifetime Achievement Award – Naveen Jain, CEO, Viome and Chairman, Moon Express.
ASEI Entrepreneur of the Year – Jyoti Bansal, Serial entrepreneur and a Silicon Valley technology visionary
Engineer of the Year Award in Mechanical/Solar Energy– Prof. D. Yogi Goswami, Ph.D, PE, Distinguished University Professor and Director of the Clean Energy Research Center at the University of South Florida and in Product Engineering and Operations Management – Deval Desai, Vice President & India Country Head, Magna International
ASEI will also honor four others for their dedicated service to ASEI:
ASEI Service Excellence Award – Rakesh Patel, Former President and Current Treasurer, ASEI; Hari Bindal ASEI Founders Award – Vatsala Upadhyay, ASEI Michigan President, and Leadership and Contribution to ASEI – Rakesh Guliani and Sunita Dublish , ASEI Silicon Valley Chapter
ASEI President Jwalant Lakhia said, “ASEI is very pleased to recognize all awardees for their dedication, hard work, and exemplary contribution in their respective fields. We plan to continue with our annual tradition of acknowledging those who have made outstanding contributions in Technology and Engineering and those who have done extraordinary work to support ASEI”
ASEI Board Member Dr. Thomas Abraham served as Awards Committee Chair. Dr. Abraham said that ASEI is a great organization providing a broad platform for the Indian origin engineers, technologists and scientists and it provides wide networking opportunities for all engineering professionals as well as makes them engaged in new technologies. “ASEI resources can be pooled to benefit in India’s development,” Dr. Abraham added.
AWARDEES 2020
ASEI Lifetime Achievement Award – Naveen Jain, CEO, Viome and Chairman, Moon Express
Naveen Jain is an entrepreneur driven to solve global grand challenges through innovation. He is the founder of several successful companies including Moon Express, Viome, Bluedot, TalentWise, Intelius and InfoSpace. Moon Express is the only company in the world to have the permission to leave earth Viome is focused on disrupting healthcare with the goal of “making illness elective” by identifying microbial biomarkers that are predictive of chronic diseases and to adjust the microbial imbalance through personalized nutrition. Naveen Jain has been awarded many honors for his entrepreneurial successes.
ASEI Entrepreneur of the Year – Jyoti Bansal, Serial entrepreneur and a Silicon Valley technology visionary
Jyoti Bansal is a serial entrepreneur and a Silicon Valley technology visionary. An alum from IIT Delhi, he believes passionately in software’s ability to change the world for the better. In 2008, he founded AppDynamics, an application intelligence company that was acquired by Cisco for $3.7 Billion. Since then, he founded BIG Labs and is CEO & Co-founder of Harness, and CEO & Co-founder of Traceable – a software cybersecurity company. Also, he founded Unusual Ventures, a new $400 Million venture capital fund focused on helping early-stage technology entrepreneurs.
Engineer of the Year Award (Mechanical/Solar Energy) – Prof. D. Yogi Goswami, Ph.D., PE, Distinguished University Professor and Director of the Clean Energy Research Center at the University of South Florida
Dr. Goswami is the Distinguished University Professor and Director of the Clean Energy Research Center at the University of South Florida. Professor Goswami is the Editor-in-Chief of the Solar Energy journal, and Progress in Solar Energy. He is an author or editor 16 books and more than 300 refereed technical papers. He is a recipient of many distinguished awards for his outstanding work. Dr. Goswami is a recipient of the highest energy-related awards of ASME, ASES, ISES and AAES and more than 50 other awards and certificates from major engineering and scientific societies.
Engineer of the Year Award (Product Engineering and Operations Management) – Deval Desai, Vice President & India Country Head, Magna International
Deval Desai serves as Vice President and India Country Head at Magna International, a global automotive supplier that designs, develops and manufactures components and systems for the world’s leading automakers. In this position, Desai is responsible for digital marketing, strategic business development and continued expansion in India, and serves as one of the senior representatives for Magna in India.
ASEI Service Excellence Award – Rakesh Patel, Former President and Current Treasurer, ASEI
Rakesh Patel is an engineer, entrepreneur, board advisor, and IT consultant for the various domains of emerging technologies. He has been working as a Global IT compliance at General Motors for the past 8 years. Previously, he has provided IT consulting to IBM, Chrysler, EDS, HP, Ford, and various other industries. Serving as Board Member, Vice President, President and currently as Treasurer, Rakesh has also been serving as executive and board member at various professional and non-profit organizations. Rakesh has an Engineering Degree from India and MS in management technology from the University of Phoenix.
Hari Bindal ASEI Founders Award – Vatsala Upadhyay, ASEI Michigan President
Vatsala Upadhyay is the IT Systems Architect at Seco Tools. She has almost 30 years of experience in collaboration solutions and CRM applications across multi-platforms. Master’s in computer applications from BIT, Mesra with Executive MBA degree, she has professional certifications in Project Management, ITIL, Scrum, and Six Sigma. Vatsala is extremely passionate about life and values each moment as a beautiful gift. She has been a national level volleyball player back in India and is a techno-geek, who believes that there is a solution for every problem, we need to just look deep enough.
Leadership and Contribution to ASEI – Rakesh Guliani and Sunita Dublish , ASEI Silicon Valley Chapter
Rakesh Guliani is Vice President at Park Computer Systems and has served as director at ASEI Silicon Valley chapter focusing on STEM and internship initiatives. With education and background in software engineering and entrepreneurial experience of building a job board and application tracking system, he drives innovative solutions, coaches leaders to be successful, and develops strong, diverse teams. Attracting, retaining, mentoring, and developing talent is his key strength.
Sunita Dublish is a web developer with front-end as well as back-end skills and more than 15 years of experience in web development. She believes in creating great experiences for end-users. She has worked at start-ups, nonprofit and for-profit companies. She has a Computer Science degree from IET, Lucknow. She also serves and has served on the boards of several nonprofit organizations. Sunita has served as ASEI Silicon Valley volunteer for a few years and is now Director IT.
About ASEI
The American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin (ASEI) is a not-for-profit organization that provides a platform for networking, career advancement, community service, mentoring and technology exchange for professionals, students and businesses in the United States and abroad. Members are guided by several objectives, including the creation of an open, inclusive, and transparent organization; providing positive role models, awarding scholarships, and remaining socially responsible. ASEI was founded in 1983 in Detroit, Michigan by a handful of visionaries. Today, the organization also has chapters in Michigan, Southern California, Silicon Valley, Seattle, and Washington, DC. For more information, visit www.aseiusa.org.
Note to Editor – If you need more information, please contact Dr. Thomas Abraham at 203-329-8010 or [email protected]
ASEI to honor Engineers, Scientists and Community leaders at ASEIcon2023, celebrating 40 years since inception
The American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin (ASEI), a 501 c3 non-profit, is hosting ASEIcon2023 – it’s 35th National Convention focusing on NextGeneration Engineering Innovations. The awards banquet following the convention will be held on September 30th, 2023 at Hotel Radisson, Southfield, MI.
This convention co-chaired by Rakesh Patel and Muthu Sivanantham will consist of keynotes as well as parallel tracks covering Automotive, Mobility, Infrastructure and Energy. It is being hosted by the ASEI Michigan Chapter and is a milestone event of significance as it is returning to the birthplace of ASEI in its 40th year after several years of being hosted in other chapters.
After an open public solicitation where both ASEI members and non-members were eligible to nominate in different categories, a rigorous vetting process by the ASEI awards committee ensued. As a result, this year’s outstanding achievement awards go to the following individuals:
ASEI Lifetime Achievement : Thomas Kurian, CEO, Google Cloud
ASEI Entrepreneur of the Year: Dheeraj Pandey, Founder & CEO, DevRev
ASEI Scientist of the Year : Dr Nina Tandon, CEO, Epibone
ASEI Engineer of the Year- AI: Rama Akkiraju, Vice President, NVIDIA
ASEI Engineer of the Year- Transportation & Sustainability: Dr Praveen Vayalamkuzhi, CEO MobilityVision
ASEI Service Excellence Award : Surbhi Kaul, Vice President, Juniper Networks
Hari B. Bindal ASEI Founder’s Award : Muthu Sivananthan, Energy & Materials Industry Solutions Leader, Dassault Systèmes
ASEI President Piyush Malik said, “ASEI is a great organization providing a broad platform for the Indian origin engineers, technologists and young scientists providing wide networking and learning opportunities for all technology & engineering professionals. On behalf of ASEI, I am very pleased to recognize & congratulate each awardee for their dedication, hard work, and exemplary contribution in their respective fields.”
Further Details about the ASEI award winners:
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ASEI Lifetime Achievement |
Thomas Kurian CEO, Google Cloud |
Thomas joined Google in 2018 as the CEO of Google Cloud and through remarkable efforts has led it to profitability and fastest growth amongst public cloud providers. Prior to Google, Thomas spent 22 years at Oracle, where most recently he was President of Product Development. His nearly 30 years of experience have given him a deep knowledge of engineering, enterprise relationships, and leadership of large organizations. |
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ASEI Engineer of the Year – AI |
Rama Akkiraju Vice President, NVIDIA |
Rama Akkiraju, VP of AI & Automation at NVIDIA IT, previously held leadership roles at IBM for two decades as IBM Fellow, Master Inventor and the CTO of IBM Watson AI Operations. Rama was recognized by Forbes’ as ‘Top 20 Women in AI Research’ in 2017. ‘USA Industry Innovator of the Year’ and ‘AI Industry Leader of the Year’ are only a few among the many industry awards received by Rama over the years. Rama was a featured speaker at ASEI’s 33rd National Convention in 2020 |
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ASEI Entrepreneur of the Year |
Dheeraj Pandey CEO, DevRev & Board member Adobe |
Dheeraj is a serial entrepreneur, Founder & CEO at DevRev and a board member at Adobe.Prior to this, he founded and led Nutanix as CEO & Chairman for 10 years. Previously, Dheeraj was the VP of Engineering at Aster Data (now Teradata), where he helped build the product and its engineering team from the ground up. Dheeraj’s entrepreneurial spirit has been recognized with a number of prestigious awards including Dell’s Founders 50 and the E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year. |
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ASEI Scientist of the Year |
Dr Nina Tandon CEO, Epibone |
Nina Tandon is the co-founder and CEO of EpiBone, a biotech company that grows bone and cartilage for skeletal reconstruction. With decades of experience as a scientist and entrepreneur, Nina is known for her TED Talks, has published in Forbes magazine, and was featured on the Netflix series “Human: The World Within.” Recognized for her accomplishments as a female scientist and entrepreneur, Nina was named one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business by Fast Company Magazine; an Ernst & Young Winning Woman; and Goldman Sachs’ 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs, among other awards. Nina holds a Master’s in Bioelectrical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and two advanced degrees from Columbia University – an MBA and a PhD in Biomedical Engineering. |
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ASEI Engineer of the Year – (Transportation & Sustainability) |
Dr Praveen Vayalamkuzhi CEO, MobilityVision |
Dr. Praveen, an engineer-turned-entrepreneur, possesses extensive international experience in transportation safety research, with a focus on engineering and education measures. As the Founder and CEO of MobilityVision Inc. he leads a science-driven organization dedicated to safe and sustainable mobility. For his impactful contributions he has received honors like the Rising Star of Safety 2022 by the National Safety Council and Forty Under 40 in 2022 by the Association Forum. His pioneering transportation safety research earned him the title of Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) in 2023, contributing to social advancement. |
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ASEI Service Excellence |
Surbhi Kaul Vice President, Juniper Networks |
Surbhi’s leadership role at Juniper centers around enhancing customer experiences through the integration of Juniper’s Experience-First Networking initiatives across every facet of the customer journey. With over two decades of impactful leadership in product design, development, and strategy within Fortune 500 companies, Surbhi is a seasoned professional who has spearheaded visionary product and engineering teams at tech giants such as Google, YouTube, Netflix, and Cisco. Surbhi has not only served ASEI as its National Board member and on several ASEI committees, over the past ten years she has served several other community and alumni non profits. |
Hari B. Bindal ASEI Founder’s Award of the Year |
Muthu Sivanantham Industry Solutions Leader; Dassault Systèmes |
Muthu has been serving ASEI for the past 3 years as the President of the Michigan Chapter. Professionally, he is responsible to provide game-changing Industry solutions to Energy, Materials & Manufacturing customers, act as their trusted advisor and promote Digital Twin Solutions in the Industry. Muthu is a passionate Technology Leader focused on sustainability, climate tech, and carbon free energy with a special eye for advanced nuclear power. He has over 28 years of Industry experience serving customers from Automotive, Aerospace and now the Energy Industry with a strong acumen in Digital Manufacturing and Product Lifecycle Management. |
Table : ASEIcon2023 Awardees
Registration to the conference & ASEIcon2023 Award Ceremony is available here.
The evening of Sept 30th, 2023 will consist of a banquet dinner and entertainment program celebrating winners of the prestigious ASEI annual awards and revival of the corporate excellence recognition program (CERP). The CERP awards sponsored by GMS Registrar, DEP and GHD will also be awarded by their management.
About ASEI
The American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin (ASEI) is a 501 c(3) non-profit aiming to foster engineering and scientific temper in the next generation of technologists, engineers and scientists amongst the Indian diaspora for the past 40 years. Through a variety of strategic programs such as UniversityConnect, MentorConnect, YTE, CorporateConnect and more, ASEI provides a platform for networking, career advancement, community service, mentoring and technology exchange for professionals, students and businesses in the United States and abroad. Members are guided by several objectives, including the creation of an open, inclusive, and transparent organization; providing positive role models, awarding scholarships, and remaining socially responsible. ASEI was founded in 1983 in Detroit, Michigan. Today, the organization also has chapters in Dallas, Southern California, Silicon Valley, and Washington, DC. For more information, visit: https://aseiusa.org
Media Contacts: Dr Thomas Abraham, Chair Media Relations [email protected], 203-329-8010 or Piyush Malik, President, ASEI 510-304-9890, [email protected]
