Thursday, October 31, 2013

Anil Gaur

Course attended in Jamia: B.Tech in Electrical Engineering(1987-1992)
  • Vice President, SW Development, Oracle Corporation
  • Mr. Anil Gaur, a 1992 Electrical Engineering batch passout from the Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Jamia Millia Islamia, has over 17 years of experience in developing and delivering scalable, mission-critical and open-source enterprise software products.
  •  At present he’s leading the JAVA EE Platform and Glassfish Application Server at Oracle, CA (USA). He has managed delivery of millions of lines of code by a team of 150+ engineers resulting in above $20M revenue and has driven the adoption of J2EE/Java EE from 1.4M to 12M downloads per year. 
  • He has previously worked for about 4 years as Director, Software Engineering at Sun Microsystems and for 3 years as Senior Software Engineer at CMC Ltd. Parallel, he is Co-founder of a non-profitable organization ‘Sanjivni’ that helps out the terminally ill patients and works towards growing awareness about Bone Marrow transplant in South Asian community in US and India. 
  • He has also been speaker at top industry conferences like JavaOne and Oracle Open World.

Upendra Giri

Course attended in Jamia: Civil Engineering(1987-1991)
  • Founder, CEO of AstroWix Corporation
  • Mr. Upendra Giri, a 1991 batch Civil engineer from the Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Jamia Millia Islamia, started his career with CK Kukreja and Associates as an assistant engineer. Two years later, he moved to the USA to complete his M.Sc. in Environmental engineering from Lehigh University, Pennsylvania. He worked for three years with Unitech Engineers (USA) as a Project Controls engineer and then two years with Foster-Wheeler Corporation (USA) as a Project Management professional. 
  • In 1999, he founded AstroWix Corporation and has been acting as its CEO since. 
  • He has been promoting Project Management best practices across Asia Pacific and is responsible for many of the pioneering efforts towards promotion of the same in India, besides training over 30000 professionals on best practices in Project Management and has led AstroWix help organizations professionally manage projects . He hosted PMICon 2005, based on the theme “Achieving objectives of India Inc. with Project Management Excellence “, and organized PMIConclave 2006 over key locations in India. 
  • He also delivered the keynote address at the Microsoft Philippines at the First National Project Management Conference in the Philippines, Pravasi Bhartiya Meet organized by Government of India in Delhi and the first Project Management Day in Pakistan. 
  • He was amongst the eminent speakers at the SAARC’s Regional Project Management Conference held in Sri Lanka, 2010. He holds several honorary positions in India, including membership of the Advisory Board of Project Management Institute (PMI) North India
  • . He is the first Indian to be awarded prestigious Eric Jenett Project Management Excellence Award from PMI, USA for exceptional contributions in the field of Project management.
  •  He has also been featured in Property Expert, Zee Business, DD News, DataQuest, Hindustan Times, Times of India and the Education Times.
 
Jamia Engineering Alumni Association Annual
Meeting on 28th April, 2007

 

Sanjiv Goyal

Course attended in Jamia: B.Tech in Civil Engineering(1987-1991)
  • CEO, Droisys Inc.
  • Mr. Sanjiv Goyal, a 1991 Civil Engineering batch passout from the Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Jamia Millia Islamia, also holds an M.Tech from IIT in Delhi, India. 
  • He started his career in technology working for strategic staffing providers where he developed a keen sense in managing the staffing needs of large corporate customers and projects. Mr. Goyal has served as the CEO of Droisys Inc. since its inception in 2003. He has unique sales, business development and management background both in the US and internationally. He has functioned as CEO, Director, VP, and Project Manager to many successful organizations (Droisys, IBM, Autonation, Mastech, GMS, RMS), globally (US, Austria, Singapore, Malaysia and India) driving corporate strategy, sales planning, business development, project management and providing direction in determining creative solutions to customers.
  •  Sanjiv is very active in the Pan IIT community. He serves on the IIT Delhi USA executive committee leading the IIT Delhi Alumni Entrepreneur Mentoring program. He has organized PanIIT conferences (Co-chair, PanIIT 2007). Sanjiv also supports children focus charities.

Saleem Ahmad

Course  attended in Jamia: Civil Engineering - 1990
  • Deputy Chief Engineer, DMRC
  • Mr. Saleem Ahmad, a 1990 Civil Engineering Batch passout from the Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Jamia Millia Islamia, has over 19 years of experience in Construction projects. He is presently working as a Deputy Chief Engineer with the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, having been with it for more than 11 years. Prior to this, he had worked for 8 years with the Mumbai Port Trust as an executive engineer. His work with the DMRC includes construction of tunnels, underground stations, bridges, multi-storey buildings and other projects of civil engineering. He is presently leading a team of professionals to ensure time bound construction of world class metro system (mass rapid transit system) for Delhi.
  •  He has successfully completed the task of construction of twin tunnels from Central Secretariat to the Lajpat Nagar segment, having had experience working with tunnel boring machines (TBM), of Chinese make, in Guangzhou with a team of experts to learn finer aspects of tunnelling.
  • His other achievements include being felicitated by the Managing Director, DMRC for Excellence in Service. Besides, he has also continuously arranged for summer training opportunities for students of the F/O Engineering & Technology.

Mike Dhall

Course attended in Jamia: B.Tech in Electrical Engineering(1986-1990)
  • He is Senior Vice-President at ZenFocus
  • Mr. Mike Dhall, a 1990 Electrical Engineering batch passout from the Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Jamia Millia Islamia, has more than 19 years of experience in Asset and Service Management solutions. 
  • His past experience with Cap Gemini, Ernst & Young and MRO Software gave him invaluable experience in designing Asset Management solutions for large customers in US and Canada. Mike currently manages India operations and streamlining previous acquisitions made by ZenFocus in India.
  • Mike also has an MBA from Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario.

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Anurag Gupta

Course attended in Jamia: B.Tech in Electrical Engineering(1986- 1990)
  • CEO, Balaji Tele Films
  • Mr. Anurag Gupta, a 1990 Electrical Engineering batch passout from the Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Jamia Millia Islamia, is a professional with over 18 years of experience in techno commercial background. During the last 18 years, he has worked across industries ranging from industrial consumables to consumer products to education management. During the last decade, he has been associated with the education industry, having worked with some of the major brands like Aptech Limited; NIIT Limited & Frankfinn Aviation services Pvt. Limited. He has faced a lot of challenging business scenarios such as the E- com bubble burst, 9/11 World Trade Center episode & subsequent channel unrest, and has come out of the same with great deal of success which is manifested in the accolades that he has won during this period.
  •  He has been awarded with the “CEO award for excellence in leadership-Aptech Limited- 2002, the “Unstoppable award -NIIT Limited- 2005 and the “Award of Excellence -NIIT Limited- 2006”.

Puneet Verma

Course attended in Jamia: B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering(1987-1991)
  • Vice President, Barclays Bank PLC, UAE
  • Mr. Puneet Verma, a 1991 batch pass out of Mechanical Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Jamia Millia Islamia, is a senior management professional with over 16 years of corporate experience with leading Financial Institutions & Multi-National Companies viz. RBS, Duetsche Bank, ICICI Bank, Ford India Ltd. etc. in marketing, sales & distribution in consumer banking, automobile & telecom services industries across India & UAE market.
  •  He possesses result-oriented leadership skills with a strong track record of setting up & managing sales distribution channels and leading high performance sales organizations to accomplish set business & revenue objectives across various assigned roles.

Sukesh Jain


Course attended in Jamia:
B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering(1986-1990)
  • CEO, Airtel Enterprise Services
  • Mr. Sukesh Jain, a 1990 Mechanical Engineering batch passout from the Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Jamia Millia Islamia, has over 18 years of experience in Sales, Marketing, Customer Care and Operations. 
  • He started his career with Eicher in 1992 handling tractor sales in Rajasthan.Post Eicher, he worked with companies such as Dataline & Research Technologies (a DSJ group company), and Procall, a Motorola joint venture into Radio Trunking service handling sales and marketing operations. He then joined Bharti Airtel, where he has now served for over 10 years across different business and various functional areas of Sales, Marketing, Customer Service Delivery, Operations and General Management. Currently working as the COO of Airtel Enterprise Services, he is responsible for managing end-to-end Telecom requirements for the top 2500 corporates in North & East Regions. Under his leadership, Airtel Enterprise has witnessed significant achievements in customer and revenue market share, brand saliency and several innovative products and services for the customers. Strongly believing that it is his people who make the vital difference between simple growth and enduring success, he enjoys nurturing and developing the talent and motivation of his employees at a personal level. He also has a straightforward business approach that is unfailingly customer centric. According to him, a combination of all these attributes is the key for ensuring success in a highly competitive marketplace.

Yogesh Gupta

Course attended in Jamia: B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering(1985-1989)
  • Director Operations, Dow Chemical Pvt. Ltd.
  • Mr. Yogesh Gupta, a 1989 Mechanical Engineering, batch passout from the Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Jamia Millia Islamia, has over 18 years professional experience across the spectrum of Business Services for global businesses at all the 3 levels i.e. Strategic, Tactical and Operational. This covers the entire “Raw Material to Cash” cycle i.e. Strategic Sourcing, Supply Chain, and Customer Service. He has in-depth understanding & has led implementation of supporting systems and processes i.e. Business Planning, MRP II (Class “A” certification), Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP), ERP Systems. 
  • He has also worked extensively in building organization, supporting structures, systems and processes from scratch. All through his career, he has led as well as worked with various global teams, diversifying in functions and geography. He has always strived to achieve highest possible partner satisfaction (business / functions) while ensuring governance and internal controls.

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Rajiv Mahajan

Course attended in Jamia: B.Tech in Electrical Engineering (1985-1989)
  • Senior Vice President, Tejas Networks
  •  Mr. Rajiv Mahajan, a 1989 Electrical Engineering batch passout from the Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Jamia Millia Islamia, is presently working as a Senior Vice President at Tejas Networks Ltd. The company works in development and marketing of indigenous telecom products. It has been rated as the number-one Telecom transmission product company of India and is a recipient of the Prime Minster award for the best R&D and Innovative Company of India. The company has a global presence in 10 countries worldwide, with products deployed in around 50 countries.
  •  Mr. Mahajan is an active Executive member of TEMA (Telecom Equipment Manufacturer Association ) and TEPC (Telecom Export Promotion Council) besides being involved with various Govt. bodies and initiatives to promote R&D and Manufacturing in India. Besides his work, he is also involved with a NGO called “Cozycot” which is works towards the upliftment and development of special children