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Wednesday, September 05, 2007

Atul Bhargava has been appointed as the MD of Intel Malaysia and Site GM. Atul joined Intel in 1984 as a package development engineer and has held various senior management positions at Intel spanning across manufacturing, product R&D, business unit operations and factory operations. Prior to this appointment, Atul was the General Manager for the latest state of the art Assembly and Test Microprocessor factory in Intel Kulim. Through his leadership, the factory has successfully ramped latest generation microprocessors and communication products. Prior to moving to Malaysia, Atul was the Director of Operations for one of the business units focused on communication products. Atul has a track record for developing and driving high performance teams and one of his team was awarded the Intel Achievement Award, the highest Intel award amongst other awards. This is the second time Atul has taken on an assignment in Penang, the first one to setup and startup of the Test Engineering function of the PG8 factory in Penang in 1998. Atul has been active in leading various community outreach activities for Intel the latest being the active support of the Corporate Social Responsibility CEO roundtable forum in Penang while also participating in several Intel Volunteer events. Atul holds Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (1977-1982), and a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Clemson University and an Executive MBA from Thunderbird American Graduate School of International Management in Arizona. In his spare time, Atul likes to play tennis and enjoys traveling with his wife and two daughters.

Thursday, August 09, 2007

Deepam Mishra has recently been awarded IEEE's "Most Influential Paper of the Decade Award" in Machine Vision for the paper entitled “A System for Non-Intrusive Human Iris Acquisition and Identification”. Mishra is serial entrepreneur and a subject-matter expert in machine vision.He has contributed to significant technical and business innovations in computer vision and imaging. As an independent entrepreneur and a senior executive at Sarnoff Corporation, he has founded and successfully managed 5 technology startups in industries as varied as security (Pyramid Vision now part of L3 and Sensar now part of L1 Inc.), automotive and medical devices. He is currently advising an innovative video surveillance startup and is a board member of a medical device company. Mishra has done MS from Texas A&M University. He has also done MBA from the Wharton School.

Friday, August 03, 2007

Dr Vinay P Aneja has been chosen as the winner of 2007 North Carolina Award in Science. The North Carolina Award is the highest award a civilian can receive from the Governor of North Carolina and is also referred as the “Noble Prize” of North Carolina. Presently Aneja is professor of Air Quality and Environmental Technology, Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC. After his graduation Aneja has done both his M.S. and Ph.D from North Carolina State University. He has also done MBA from Union College, Schenectady, NY.

Thursday, July 26, 2007

Himanshu Jain, scientist, who first compared the movements of atoms in glass to the wiggling of jellyfish in water, has received the Otto Schott Research Award at the International Congress on Glass in Strasbourg, France for his outstanding work in the field of glass science. At present Jain is the Director of NSF's International Materials Institute for New Functionality in Glass Department of Materials Science and Engineering Lehigh University, Penisylvania and the T.L. Diamond Chair Professor.

Friday, July 20, 2007

Dr Arepalli and his group have received the Rotary National Space Achievement Award,2007 for their nanotechnology based work in furthering the understanding of nanomaterials and their application to fuel cells, lightweight composites, and carbon dioxide removal systems. Arepalli have been working at NASA for the last twenty years. At present he is the Chief Scientist, Applied Nano Technology Group at NASA.

Thursday, July 19, 2007

Ashok Gadgil has developed a better kitchen stove using simple, life-saving technology. Gadgil worked with laboratory colleagues and students at UC Berkeley to modify an existing Indian stove for Darfurians' needs. While the Indian stove excelled at producing low-intensity heat for cooking rice, for instance, Darfurians needed a high-powered flame for sautéing onions, garlic and okra, ingredients in their staple dish, mulah. And since most families cook outside, the stove also needed to cope with the region's strong winds. The result of their efforts is the Berkeley-Darfur stove (darfurstoves.org), a hollow drum that looks like a cross between a lunar landing craft and a stop sign. Designed with a smooth airflow to fuel the fire and an upper rim that fits snugly with different-size pots, the stove requires 75 percent less wood than an open fire and a wind collar makes for a steady flame. That means fewer risky trips outside the camp for the Darfurian women. And those who now pay for firewood, Gadgil estimates, could save as much as $200 a year, which could be used instead for luxuries like new clothing and fresh meat. The next step for Gadgil is mass production and distribution of the stoves.

Monday, June 25, 2007
	Mr Mukund has been awarded the Asian Pacific American Forum (APAF) Legal Award for his outstanding achievements and dedicated efforts within the legal function and with APAF as well. Mukund invented and has led development of GE Power Suite® over the past 9 years from its origination in Power Systems to its launch as a corporate web-based EHS management system in 2000.