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Vivek P l
Vi k Paul
Instrumental
Instr mental in
transforming Wipro
From Million Dollar
to Billion Dollar
Company
Named by TIME
Magazine among
top Global Business
influentials

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Dr. Krishna S
D K i h Saraswat
t
Rickey /Nielsen
Professor in
the School
of Engineering
Stanford
University, CA,
USA

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Ramesh R
R h Ramanathan
th
Co-Founder
Co Founder
Janaagraha
g
Centre for
Citizenship
&
Democracy
y

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Raju Reddy
R j R dd
Chairman
&
CEO
Sierra Atlantic
USA

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Sunil Duggal
S il D l
CEO
Dabur
D b
India Ltd.

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Kanna R j
K Rajan
NASA
Exceptional
Service Medal
Winner for
MAPGEN Mars
Exploration Rover
E l ti R
Project
j

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Ram G
R Ganeshan
h
Associate
Professor
Mason School
of
Business, USA
B i

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Srividhya Rajesh
S i idh R j h
Fund Manager
Sundaram BNP
Paribas Mutual

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Upinder Z t hi
U i d Zutshi
Managing
Director
Infinite
Computer
Solutions

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Kalpana N
K l Nayak
k
Superintendent
of Police at Govt.
of India Madras
Area India and
Area,
Now DCP
Tirunelveli

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G Ravindra Kumar
R i d K
TIFR Professor
&
Shanti Swarup
Bhatnagar
Award winner

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RAG
Goenka
k
Honorary Consul
Republic of Kenya
for
Developing
Business Relations
with India

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Samonnoi Banerjee
S iB j
Investment
Professional
Bain Capital
p
Mumbai

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Kishen Baheti
Ki h B h ti
Program Director
National Science
Foundation USA
Boston Marathon
2006
Finisher in 3 hour 43
Mins for his Age
Group p

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Vijay Kedia
Vij K di
The WATER MAN
Rain Water Harvesting
Expert, well known for
his
Kedia Farm
Pattern, Aurangabad

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PKR j
Rajgarhia
hi
Chairman
Rajgarhia
jg
Group

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Pavan Kumar H
P K Hanumolu
l
2008 Oregon State
University School of
EECS Professor of
the Year Award
Recipient of Intel
Best of the Best
Fellowshipp

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Raj K
R j Kumar
Member of
Indian Navy’s
Three P l
Th Pole
Mission Team to
Mt. Everest
North Pole
South Pole

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Abani P t
Ab i Patra
Professor at Universityy
Of Buffalo - the team led
By him designed a
Screw pump that could
dramatically improve a
Decontamination
D t i ti
method that uses
photonics to eradicate
within minutes
dangerous bacteria,
g ,
viruses, etc

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Vishal A
Vi h l Anand
d
CEO
Mahamaza
EComm Ltd.

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Subramanyam V Dronaraju
S b D j
Vice President
of Worldwide
Sales and
Business
Development
Intoto Inc USA

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Prithviraj Ch
P ith i j Chavan
Minister of Science &
Technology
Minister of State (Independent
Charge) of Ministry of Earth
Sciences
Minister of State in the Prime
Minister’s Office;
Minister of State in the Ministry of
Personnel,
Personnel Public Grievances and
Pensions and
Minister of State in the Ministry of
Parliamentary Affairs

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Pratul Sh ff
P t l Shroff
CEO eInfochips
Ltd Gujarat's
leading chip
and systems
Design services
company

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RVSR
Ramakrishna
ki h
Managing Director ITW
Signode, India
Received Manager of
year award in 2004 f
from
Hyderabad Management
Association
A i ti

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Manoj Saxena
M jS
Tech Entrepreneur
Presently
Presentl Vice
President, Global
Solutions and
Assets at IBM
A t t

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Shashi Warrier
Sh hi W i
Author of books which
Include The Homecoming,
Sniper, Hangman's Journal,
p , g ,
The Orphan, Night of the
Krait, the Marblewood
Forest, Suzy’s Gift, The
Hidden Continent, etc
India Today review “Warrier
can give Ludlum and Co a
run for their money.

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Reena A
R Aggarwal
l
Robert E. McDonough
Professor of Business
Administration and
Professor of Fi
P f f Finance,
Georgetown University
Named among
"Outstanding Faculty" in
the Business Week Guide
to the Best Business
Schools.

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Ramesh T i
R h Tainwala
l
President
Asia Pacific
&
Middle East
Samsonite

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Autar Krishen K
A t K i h Kaw
US Professors
of the Year
2004 award
Winner
University of
South Florida

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Hitesh Bh t
Hit h Bhatnagar
Corporate Advisor
Played a key role in
BITS Pilani campus wiring
p g
project
Formerly
y
General Manager at
Open Silicon India Pvt. Ltd.
President Managing
Director at Logic Vision
India Pvt Ltd.
Pvt. Ltd

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Balaji K i h
B l ji Krishnamurthy
th
• Director at Lattice
Semiconductor
• President at LogiStyle
• Time Magazine
named him as o e o
a ed one of
Global Business
Influentials

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Rajendra Kh
R j d Khare
• Founder Chairman &
Founder,
Managing Director at
SureWaves
• Co-Founder at
Indusedge
g
Innovations
• Key alum behind
y
Oyster Lab at Pilani
campus

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Rajesh H kk
R j h Hukku
ORACLE Senior Vice
President and General
Manager Financial
Services Global Business
Unit
Chairman i-Flex Solutions
Under his leadership, i- flex
became the only organization
in the Indian IT industry to
place itself on the global Map
with a 'Made in India‘ brand.

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Agendra K
A d Kumar
Director — global
g
Accounts, Asia Pacific
and Japan Region at
Symantec Corporation
Ace Photographer today
A Ph t h t d
who took photography
as a serious hobby
during his years at BITS
Pilani yesterday.
y y

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VN t
Natarajan
j
Recipient of Tatrakshak
Medal from President
of India on 26 Jan 2005
for developing software
p g
leading to savings of
crores of rupees for the
Indian Coast Guard

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I S Narula
N l
President & CEO,
Value Added Retail
Estate (VARE) & Retail
Business
The man behind the
famous ISHANYA Pune
India's largest Design
Centre and Specialty
Mall
M ll

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Rashmi D tt
R h i Datt
HR Expert
&
Management
M t
Consultant
Author of Book
“Managing you
a ag g your
Boss”

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Baba Kalyani
B b NK l i
CMD
Bharat Forge, Pune
g
Second Largest
Forging Company in
g g p y
The World
Padma Bhushan
Awardee

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Kishu T k h d i
Ki h Teckchandani
Ex. CEO India Aviation
Consulting & Support
Formerly
CEO RAK Airways
CMD CCI
Board Member IAAI
Director DGCA

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Yogendra M Gupta
Y d G t
Professor of Physics &
Director of Institute for
Shock Physics
Washington State
University
Recipient of 2001 Shock
Compression Science
Award by the American
Physical Society

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Punita P d
P it Pandey
Chairman & CEO
netCustomer
a company which
became a case
study in Stanford
y
Business School

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Ramesh H j i
R h Harjani
Professor
University of
Minnesota
Mi t
Co-founder and
Chief Technology
Officer Bermai Inc

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Srinivasan Nagarajan
Si i N j
IAS
2005 Batch
All India
Topper

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C V L Srinivas
Si i
Director, Times Private
,
Treaties (Bennett,
Coleman & Co Ltd)
Formerly
• CEO, Asia Pacific at
GroupM (MAXUS)
• COO at Madison
Communications,
• Media Supervisor at
Fulcrum (JWT)

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Subodh Karnik
S b dh K ik
Executive
Vice President
Air Jamaica
Made Aviation
History by
becoming CEO of
ATA Airlines USA

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Arvind M th
A i d Mathew
President
Nacelle Division
Suzlon Energy
Formerly
Managing Director
Ford India

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Muthuswamy
M th
Nuclear Physicist
Author of the Book
The Art of War
on
Terror

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Raj M h N
R j Mohan Neervannan
Entrepreneur
Formerlyy
CTO
MajescoMastek
and CTO
ePolicy
P li
Solutions

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Manu Sawhney
M S h
Managing Director
ESPN Star Sports

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Sudhir Kumar
S dhi K
Professor
Arizona State
University
2004 2005 Top 10
2004-2005 Top-10
Most-Cited Author for
Papers classified as
Computer Science by
Science Citation Index
(ISI),
(ISI) PA

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T N Prabhu
P bh
CEO
U
UTV New Media
e ed a
Formerly
Director, Walt
Disney Internet
Groupp

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Srivatsa S i i
S i t Srinivasan
Techie
&
Producer
Curry Rock
Album
H1Bees

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Madan Bi l
M d Birla
Owner
Innovation Culture Group
Formerly
Managing Director
at
FedEx
Author of Book
“FedEx Delivers”

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Jai N t
J i Natarajan
j
• Advisor and
Evangelist at
DuxSoft
• Group EVP,
Business
Development and
Marketing at Maya
Entertainment Ltd

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Indrajit S
I d jit Sen
Country Head
&
CEO
Stroer Media

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Sharat Jain
Sh tJ i
President
&
Co-founder
Online Recharge
Services

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Pavan Gupta
P G t
General Manager
at
esys technologies
FZE UAE

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Uma B l k i h
U Balakrishnan
CEO
Axcend

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Sarath Babu
S th B b
FoodKing
Pepsi MTV
Youth Icon 2008

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Anupendra Sh
A d Sharma
Investment
Partner
Siemens
Venture
Capital
p

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Vivek Pendharkar
Vi k P dh k
Serial Entrepreneur
CEO, VuCast Media

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Mohan S
M h F Sancheti
h ti
Senior Vice President
Manufacturing
at
VNUS Medical
Technologies,
ec o og es,

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Paresh Shah
P h Sh h
Managing Director
CONVERGYS
Information
Management

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Gulu Mi h d i
G l Mirchandani
Chairman
&
Managing
Director
ONIDA

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Anirudh P bh k
A i dh Prabhakaran
Executive Director
&
President
South Asia
3i Infotech

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Vikram Sh h
Vik Shah
President
India Operations
NetApp

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Raju P d t
R j Pudota
Managing Director
Denali Systems

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Pramod Jajoo
P dJ j
Managing Director
p
India Operations
&
Vice President
of
Engineering
E i i
XORA

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Saket Agarwal
S k tA l
CEO
Cellebrum

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Atul Bh t
At l Bhatnagar
President
&
CEO
IXIA

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RAS i i
Srinivas
Vice President
Marketing
ESI Oregon
USA

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Prabhat Pani
P bh t P i
CEO
Roots Corporation Ltd
Spearheading
Tata Group
p
Budget Hotel
Brand Ginger

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Kanika – Divya
Venkatasubramaniam
Multi
M lti Talented
Film Actress
Playback Singer
TV Host

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P J N th
Nath
Executive Vice
President
Sify
Technologies

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Sushil K
S hil Kumar Roongta
R t
Chairman
SAIL

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Kesar K th i
K Kothari
Managing Director
Elfit Arabia
Ajman UAE
His company won
Ajman Industrial
Excellence
E ll
Award 2007

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Yogesh Agarwal
Y hA l
Chairman
&
Managing Director
IDBI

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Sharat Dhall
Sh t Dh ll
Managing Director
TripAdvisor
Formerly MD Expedia,
VP eCommerce India
Times and Business
Head Rural Venture
Hindustan Lever

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Anurag J i
A Jain
MD Asia Pacific &
Head
Applications Solutions
pp
&
Insurance
&
Business Process
Solutions
S l i
Perot Systems

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Sunil S
S il Sapra
Country Director
India / SAARC
at
t
WatchGuard
Technologies Inc.

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Seetharaman Mohan
S th M h
Executive Director
Human Resources
BPCL
Coauthor of Book
“The Indian CEO : A
Portrait of Excellence
Excellence”

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Baradwaj Rangan
B d jR
53rd National
Film Awards
winner for Best
Film Critic

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G S K Velu
V l
MANAGING
DIRECTOR
METROPOLIS
HEALTH
SERVICES
&
TRIVITRON

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Janak Si h B j
J k Singh Bajwa
Managing
Director
Quest
Diagnostics
India
I di

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Sunit
S it Rikhi
Vice President,
Technology and
Manufacturing Group
&
General Manager
Manager,
Custom Intel
Architecture Foundry
c tectu e ou d y
INTEL
CORPORATION

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Khurshid Ahmad Ganai
Kh hid Ah d G i
Principal Secretary
to
CM J&K
Recipient of Gold Medal
for Honesty, Integrity
and Meritorious Service
by the Govt. of J & K

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Kannan P
K Panchapakesan
h k
Area Sales
Manager
g
Indium
Corporation

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Rakesh Verma
R k hV
Managing Director
MapmyIndia
'World's GPS
World s
Businessman
of Year 2007'

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Ajoy M kh j
Aj Mukherjee
Head
Global HR
TCS

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Ratnesh Kumar
R t hK
Head
Institutional Equities
Anand Rathi
Financial
Fi i l
Services Ltd.
Had Led India research
teams to #1 rankings in
g
Institutional Investor
polls in 5 out of last 9
years.

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N S P th
Parthasarathy
th
CEO
Independent Testing
&
IMTS
MindTree Ltd
Ltd.

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Vikram S
Vik Sampath
th
Manager
General Electric
Author
of
Splendours of
Royal Mysore

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Ajay Waghray
Aj W h
Vice President
&
Chief Information
Officer
Verizon Wireless
AABDC 50 Outstanding
Asian Americans in
Business Award winner

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KRVS b
Subramanian
i
CEO
Radix Learning
Bangalore
Spearheading BITSAA
S h di
Bengaluru Chapter

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Bijay K
Bij Kumar J
Jayaswal
l
CEO
Agilenty Consulting
g y g
ASQ 2007
Crosby
Medal winner

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Rajiv Chandra Pant
R ji Ch d P t
Hexaware
President-North
America
Formerly Vice
F l Vi
President Enterprise
Solutions Wipro
Technologies

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Chandra Bh l
Ch d Bhople
Director Business
Development Osellus
USA
Founding President of
BITSAA Silicon Valley
Chapter

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N C M th
Mathur
Director
Corporate Affairs
JSL Ltd
Winner of Stainless
Steel Udyog Ratan
Award by All India
y
Stainless Steel
Industries Association
(AISSIA)

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Adil Mistry
Mi t
Multimedia Expert
at
Central TAFE,
eCentral Campus,
East Perth
Australia.

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D P K th i
Kothari
Vice Chancellor
VIT Vellore
Active Researcher and
author of several
Books in Power
Systems and other
allied areas

Proud to be BITSian
George Jacob
G J b
Museum Expert
Star Spangled
Banner Gallery at
Smithsonian
Involved in Museum
Projects across the
Globe

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Anil G t
A il Gupta
President Honeywell
International India Ltd
Formerly
• Marketing Executive
at General Electric
• Regional Marketing
Leader -Africa ,
eade ca
India & Middle East
at GE Energy

Proud to be BITSian
Anu Hassan
A H
Multi Talented
Entrepreneur, Film
Actress, Model,
Jazz Singer, TV
g
Star and TV
Anchor “Koffee
Koffee
with Anu” show

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Mani Shankar
Bollywood
y
Film Director
16 December
Fame

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Aditya P M th
Adit Mathur
Professor
&
Head of
Computer Science
Purdue University

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Prabhu Pingali
P bh Pi li
Deputy Director
Agricultural
Policy &
y
Statistics for the
Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation
Formerly Director,
FAO, United Nations
,

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DB l
Balasubramanian
b i
Director of Research
L. V. Prasad
Eye Institute
Recipient of Padma Shri
Works in the area of
Public Understanding
of Science

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G K Pill i
Pillai
Chairman
&
Managing Director
HEC Ranchi

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S P Kothari
K th i
Global Head
Equity Research Barclays
Global Investors
&
Professor
MIT Sloan School of
Management
&
Chairman BITSAA
International

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Vikram Bh
Vik Bhargava
Director
of Mechanical
Engineering
Services at
Motorola
Enterprise Mobility
Division in
Holtsville, NY

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Yatin T i di
Y ti Trivedi
Director
Industry
Alliances
Alli
at
Magma Design
Automation,
A t ti
USA

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Mukesh Chatter
M k h Ch tt
CEO
Axiowave Networks
USA

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Project E b
P j t Embryo at BITS
t
Links BITS alumni in Industries, research labs and
universities around the globe to the BITSian
student community over the Internet
• d li
delivery of i t
f interactive l t
ti lectures t ALL campuses
to
of BITS

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AcYut – India’s First Humanoid –
from BITS Pilani
wins Bronze @ ROBOGAMES 2009

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Ravi Sankar Ippili
Robogames USA 2009 Winner

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Year 2001 to 2008
Indu Mohan, Neelam
Prabhu Gaonkar, Shanta
Boddapati, Sonu Swaika,
Ravi H i hbh i P t l
R i Harishbhai Patel,
Uzma Hussain Barlaskar,
Digbijoy Neelim Nath,
Nath
Swagat Borah, Hema
Arora, Pushp Saurav,
Rachit Chandra, Namrata
Raman, Piyush Suraj
Raathor

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Kris R
K i Ramachandran
h d
Management Consultant
g
Advisor - Aditya Birla
Group Higher
Education Projects
Formerly CEO Indian
Subcontinent Philips
Electronics India Ltd.

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BITS Pil i fi l b li
Pilani firmly believes that there
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are no dreams too large, no
innovation unimaginable and no
frontiers beyond our reach.
The journey begins …..

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