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Greetings!
Here's the news from Pan IIT USA at the end of the American summer. Newsletter Chairs:
Amita Suhrid (IITK 1983) & Smita Goel Bagla (IITK1984, IITR1986)
email: newsletter@iit.org
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| Pan IIT 2010 Conference - Greater Noida, India - October 29 -31. |
 The Pan IIT Global Conference 2010 is being held at the brand new Exposition Center in Greater Noida, near New Delhi. There are 16 luminaries speaking at the conference such as Bombay alumnus Nandan Nilekani, Chairman of the new Unique Identification Authority of India, and Edward Jung; political leaders such as Sheila Dikshit- Chief Minister of Delhi, Prithviraj Chavan- Union Minister for Science and Technology, and Bhutan Prime Minister Thinley; retired IPS officer Dr. Kiran Bedi; academicians and scientists such as Pradeep Khosla (Dean of Carnegie Mellon U), Arun Majumdar, and Thomas Friedman of the New York Times.
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| Desh Deshpande Appointed NAC Co-Chair by Obama Administration |
 Dr. Gururaj 'Desh' Deshpande (Madras, EE 1973) has been appointed Co-Chairman of the U.S. National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The Council will support President Obama's innovation strategy by helping to develop policies that foster entrepreneurship, create jobs, and drive economic growth. His appointment along with the other two Co-Chairs was announced by US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke at a U.S. Department of Commerce University Innovation Forum at the University of Michigan on July 13, 2010. The 26 members of the council include serial entrepreneurs, university presidents, investors and non-profit leaders.
Desh holds an M.S. in Elect Eng from the University of New Brunswick and Ph.D. in Data Communications from Queens University in Canada. Apart from running a billion-dollar enterprise, since 2000 Desh and wife Jaishree née Kulkarni (IIT-Madras, M.Sc. Physics 1975) are involved in several non-profit initiatives that include support for Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Akshaya Patra Foundation.
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Sanjai Kohli wins European Award for Making GPS a Consumer Product
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Sanjai Kohli (Bombay, B.Tech AE 1979) has won the prestigious European Inventor Award 2010, 15 years after his invention, for making GPS a consumer product that changed the course of GPS industry.
This annual award and is given to individuals and teams whose ideas and innovations have made a tremendous impact on shaping the larger modern world and have contributed significantly to Europe's economic growth and competitiveness. European Patent Office (EPO), along with the European Commission, recognized Sanjai Kohli's efforts for "his work on developing powerful chipsets that increase the speed and precision of GPS navigation systems."
The signal processing power was increased by a factor of 1,000 enabling weak GPS signals to be detected within milliseconds, consequently paving the way for the use of handheld GPS navigators, including cell phones, in urban spaces. Their invention replaced the synchronous signal process with an asynchronous process scanning the whole grid in one shot, which resulted in combining information from satellites with secondary sources such as external sensors, databases and maps.
Sanjai earned his MS in System Science from Washington University in St Louis in 1981.
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Government's Response on Dr. Sinha's Murder
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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and Thomas Perez- U.S. Asst Attorney General (AG), US Department of Justice, have written back regarding Divyendu Sinha's murder investigations under way. Their letters are addressed to Pan IIT USA President Gunjan Bagla in response to his written representations sent to them and to several other key elected/ appointed leaders and journalists, on behalf of the IIT Alumni, urging that the crime be investigated as a hate crime.
Governor Christie has acknowledged the information shared and has asked his New Jersey Attorney General Paula Dow to review it. Also, the US Dept of Justice is "closely monitoring the local efforts" and AG Thomas Perez has reassured that they will thoroughly review the results to determine whether further action is warranted. He has assured "if the evidence shows that there is a prosecutable violation of any federal criminal civil rights statues, appropriate action will be taken".
As the newsletter readers already know that the Indian-American community was deeply saddened and outraged at the brutal killing of Indian American Dr. Divyendu Sinha (Kharagpur Computer Science 1982) who was allegedly assaulted by five teenagers at Old Bridge, New Jersey.
Reference: The letter written to New Jersey Governor Christie by PanIIT President Gunjan Bagla. |
Alumni Events
| PanIIT Chapter Events
The Indian Institutes of Technology - London Chapter (3 events)
New partnerships - New engagement models - September 8 - 10
-ITLC members and alumni networking dinner
When - Wednesday, 08 September 2010 from 18:30 hrs - 22:30 hrs
Where - Crowne Plaza St. James's, London
Cost: £ 40 for members, £ 45 for non members Registration: Members register online, Non-Members mail to:webmaster@iitlc.org - India-UK Innovation Forum (Free with prior registration)
When - Thursday, 09 September 2010 from 9:00 hrs - 18:30 hrs
Where - NESTA, 1 Plough Place, London EC4A 1DE -How will India transform the global innovation landscape? (Free with prior registration)
When - Friday, 10 September 2010 from 1800 hrs - 2200 hrs
Where - Lecture Theatre 1, London Business School, London NW1 4SA
IIT Alumni Association of North Texas
- New Trends and Opportunities in Business and Technology
When - Sat, Sep 11, 2010 3 - 5:30 PM (CDT)
Where - University of Texas at Dallas - School Of Management Auditorium (Room 1.217)
Address: 800 West Campbell Road, Richardson, Texas 75080
PanIIT Alumni Association of Southern California (2 Events)
- Healthcare Forum- Panel Discussion/Presentation- September 25, 2010
Panel 1 - Impact of Obama Healthcare Reform for you
Panel 2 - Role of Engineering and Technology in Healthcare Arena
When - Septemper 25, 10:30 AM - 2:30 PM
Where - Sheraton Hotel, 12575 Towne Center Drive, Cerritos, CA 90703
Cost - Members - $35 ; Non-Members - $45 - Avail early bird & Student discounts
Details and Registration: http://paniitforum.eventbrite.com/
- Innovative Technologies For A Greener Tomorrow - ASEI National Conference
Who - The American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin (ASEI ) and SoCal Pan IIT
When - September 17/18, 10:30 AM - 2:30 PM
Where - Double Tree Hotel, 100 The City Dr. Orange, CA 92868
Cost - Members = $100 ; Non-Members $125; IIT Alumni sign in as members
Details and Registration: http://www.aseisocal.net/33.html
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IIT Alumni Alma Mater National Events
Roorkee Alumni Association North America, Galveston, TX
IIT-R Bi-Annual Conference Cruise
When - Date: 23-27 September 2010 (4 days)
- Reporting Time: 11:00 AM (lunch on board)
- Departure Time: 4:00 PM.
- Venue: Carnival Ecstasy from Galveston, TX to and from Cozumel, Mexico
- Contact Phone: 919 847 8098 - Purnima Gupta - President IIT-RAANA
- Conference Registration fee: $100
- Mail check to Purnima Gupta, President IIT-RAANA, 808 Ivanhoe Drive, Raleigh, NC 27615
Cruise Fee as per Cabin chosen: Contact Elite Travel, Vasu (Contact no. - 210 340 2555, 210 378 3939)
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We apologize for typographical errors in the previous newsletter. The corrections are posted below
Note 1. "Nitin Nohria, Dean of Harvard Business School did his B.Tech. in Chemical
Engineering (not Civil Engineering)". Note 2. "Dharmalingam Udaya Kumar has a Master's degree in Design (Visual communication) from IIT-Bombay."
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