PanIIT USA

PANIIT-USA VISION AND MISSION

The Vision of PanIIT-USA is for the IIT's to be acknowledged among the world's leading institutions in academics, research excellence and innovation, and for its alumni to be recognized as leaders and innovators in their chosen fields.

The mission of PanIIT-USA is to draw upon the collective strengths of the IIT's and its alumni in the USA to:

1. Promote and enhance a common "IIT" brand for the IIT's and its Alumni
2. Share the best practices of alumni associations
3. Assist in improving the governance of IITs for competing in the global education field
4. Offer common Alumni services such as opportunities for professional networking and career advancement to help alumni achieve their professional goals
5. Promote the spirit of giving back in the USA and to the IIT’s and to India

USA Board of Directors

• Chair Person: Dr. Rajendra Singh, IIT Kanpur 1975
  Dr. Singh obtained his MS from the University of Maine and PhD from Southern Methodist University. Beginning with his dissertation on Spectrum Efficient Schemes for Mobile Radio Communications, Dr Singh has actively contributed to the development of the wireless telecommunications industry. He has a distinguished record of academic achievements including the organization of and participation in the CTIA scientific panel which investigated time dispersion for TDMA and FDMA. He is currently the Chairman of the Board of Directors at both LCC International and Telcom Ventures, USA.

USA Executive Committee Representation:

• President: Siddhartha (Sid) Chowdhary, IIT Kharagpur

  Sid the President and CEO of Credence Management Solutions, and the co-founder of Information Technology Growth Solutions. Sid also serves on the Board of Capital IIT Alumni Association since 2005. He received his B-Tech from IIT Kharagpur (1992), and has attended programs at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government (KSG) and Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute (SEI).

  
  
• VP/Secretary: Arjun Sen, IIT Kharagpur
  Arjun Sen is the president and founder of ZenMango®, a Denver-based strategic marketing consulting firm working a variety of companies that include hospitality, non-profits and charities, academic institutions, golf professionals, and other guest experience driven industries. Prior to founding ZenMango®, Arjun served as the Senior Vice President of Marketing and Operations Services for Papa John’s International Worldwide and as Senior Vice President of Marketing for Jillian’s Entertainment. Arjun's previous experience also includes positions at The University of Colorado, Einstein Bros. Bagels, Boston Market, Pizza Hut, and Tata Iron and Steel. Arjun received his MBA from Brigham Young University and his Bachelors in Aeronautical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India.
• Chapter Liaison: Smita Bagla, IIT Kanpur
  Smita Goel Bagla is the President of the Southern California Pan IIT and Sr. Director at Amritt, Inc a management consulting firm. Smita has held senior positions as Architect at United Health Group, the second largest medical insurance company, in the country. She has organized professional panels and led social events for the Socal Pan-IIT Chapter. Two of these events were in collaboration with Caltech. Smita is also a joint recipient of community leadership award for West Coast in 2001
  
  
• Past President: Gunjan Bagla, IIT Kanpur
  

  Gunjan is Managing Director of Amritt  and teaches an executive seminar at Caltech on Doing Business in India. He is author of Business in 21st Century India (Warner/Business Plus, 2008).

Distinguished Alumni Representatives

• Kanwal Rekhi, IIT Bombay 1967

Kanwal received his MS from Michigan Technological University. Kanwal was named Entrepreneur of the Year in 1987 by the Arthur-Young/Venture magazine. He was named to the Board of Advisors to the President of Michigan Tech and in 1997 was honoured with a doctorate in Business and Engineering. Kanwal is also involved in increasing the visibility of premier educational institutions in India. He gave US $3 million to IIT Bombay to help set up a new School of Information Technology, named KReSIT (Kanwal Rekhi School of Information Technology). Kanwal is a past Chairman and trustee of TiE, The Indus Entrepreneurs.

• Praful Kulkarni, IIT Kharagpur 1969
  
  

Presidents of IIT Alumni Associations/Foundations

• IIT Bombay: Ram Kelkar
  Ram is a managing director in the Capital Markets and Hedging group affiliated with Milliman's Financial Risk Management practice in Chicago. Ram has more than 20 years of experience in the capital markets, having previously worked for Citigroup, Merrill Lynch, and Allstate. Ram did his Btech (EE) from IIT Bombay. He received his MS from the University of Wisconsin and MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
  
• IIT Delhi: Amit Kumar

  Amit has been with IIT Delhi Excellence Foundation since its inception, and helped build the San Francisco Bay Area Chapterand the national organization. He is currently VP, Product Management at Dapper.net, working on the confluence of the Semantic Web and Display Advertising. Previously, he was responsible for Yahoo! SearchMonkey and other semantic web technologies,and has a long career in Search, including stints at Inktomi and Verity/Autonomy

  
  
• IIT Guwahati : Kiran Kumar Thota
• IIT Kanpur: Rakesh Pandey
  Rakesh Pandey is a globally-oriented researcher and business executive currently focused on consulting to academia and social enterprises. Rakesh was at Bose Corporation for over 28 years and his work there spanned research, product development, business start-up, sales and marketing. Rakesh is Executive in Residence at Northeastern University focusing on social enterprise issues. Rakesh is the President of the IITK Alumni Association.
  
• IIT-Kharagpur: Roy DaSilva
  Roy da Silva is a board member of PanIIT Inc., the President of IIT (Kharagpur) Foundation and Chair of the Pan IIT Leadership Circle. He was the C-level Executive Director, CFO and Company Secretary of Epson Electronics America Inc. Earlier. he has managed the P&L for the Integrated Circuits Business Unit of Epson and the ASIC Business unit of NEC Electronics Inc. Prior to 1984 Roy, worked in India, in marketing and sales, at companies such as Guest Keen Williams Ltd. (GKW), ASEA LTD (now ABB India). Roy has a Master's degree in Management Studies from University of Bombay and a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering (B.Tech. Hons, 74) from IIT Kharagpur.
  
• IIT Madras: Bob Nathan
  
• IIT-Roorkee: Anoop Verma
  Anoop Verma is a charter member of the PAN IIT Leadership Circle. Being the president of the IIT Roorkee Alumni Association Midwest Chapter, he brings valuable insight into the needs of IIT alumni, and the challenges faced by the regional Chapters. For many years, he has been involved in alumni initiatives to improve member participation, both socially and professionally. He graduated from IIT Roorkee in Electrical Engineering in 1987; Anoop obtained Masters in Engineering degree from Wayne State University and MBA degree from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. Currently, he leads Planning & Design (IT) in a Fortune 100 firm.