May Newsletter

Year 2022 Issue #5

"Don’t read success stories, you will only get a message. Read failure stories, you will get some ideas to get success" - APJ Kalam

Threats and opportunities with AI becoming more pervasive in society

AI continues to evolve and intrigue us as many of our members are deeply involved in it. So much so that over 70% of the student projects that we see during Science Fairs and ASEI regional youth talent expositions (YTE) are AI/ML themed.

Clearly our next generation is equipping themselves well. For the others, this article should offer some context and food for thought.

Artificial intelligence has a decades-long history that exhibits alternating enthusiasm and disillusionment for the field’s scientific insights, technical accomplishments, and socioeconomic impact.

The exponential increases in computing power, open-source software, available data, and embedded services have been crucial to this success.

What are the impacts of all of this to our society as AI becomes pervasive and ubiquitous? Are there any threats? What are the opportunities we can capitalize on ?

Recent Events

Indo-US relations at its peak with 3 high powered ministers visiting Silicon Valley in April

After the visit of Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh and Minister of External Affairs Dr. S. Jaishankar for the fourth U.S.-India 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue, another high powered minister visited Silicon Valley in April

ASEI was invited to meet with Honorable Nirmala Sitharaman Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs of India along with Ambassador to US Taranjit Singh Sandhu at a community event organized by Consul General Dr TV Nagendra Prasad and Indian Consulate in San Francisco April 23rd ASEI President Piyush Malik had the privilege of meeting the visiting dignitaries along with other members of the Indian diaspora in Silicon Valley.

Energy Transition - What is at stake for all of us?

Net zero pathways, De-Carbonization, Climate Resiliency, and the transformative EV revolution, etc. How do they impact you? So where does ESG fit in all these Sustainability topics?

To unpack all of that, our energy Industry expert Vel Subramanian shared his point of view during the in-person event on April 28th in Michigan. Here's the event report.

ASEI SoCal Chapter has a new Board!

Our ASEI SoCal chapter was re-energized on April 30th with the creation of a new board consisting of young and enterprising engineers. This session had Damoder Reddy, a new member on the ASEI So Cal board giving a talk on the intersection of Sustainability, Clean Tech and Personal Carbon Footprint,

UniversityConnect -Networking & Career program by ASEI in University of Maryland

As the COVID pandemic is coming to a closure and the world is moving beyond the pandemic-era restrictions, our Washington DC chapter conducted an in-person networking event to connect student members at UMD with industry professionals as part of our University Connect Program. Here's a report by Sumeet Ram:

MentorConnect Cohort for 2022 -Applications are open

Mentor connect is one for the four key initiatives ASEI launched in 2021 and has continued it right into this Calendar Year. As a part of this initiative, we conducted a panel discussion moderated by Divya Ashok focussing on mentoring and building future leaders. Recording of the event is here

We have made our MentorConnect Program free for women members to be matched with experienced mentors (Did I say Free?)

Apply here

Upcoming Events

Cybersecurity Summit on May 21: Confirmed Speakers from Palo Alto Networks, IBM, Octa, Google and more!

Biggest threats are often also the biggest opportunities. Cybersecurity is imperative for enterprises as well as nations today.

To learn about the latest trends in this space, ASEI is convening this summit where we will hear from subject matter experts, analysts and executives who are changing the shape of the technology industry with cybersecurity offerings and have the front row seat to what's coming down the pike.

Partner Event: TiEcon2022

ASEI Entrepreneur of the year 2016 awardee B.V Jagadeesh will be in conversation with Art of Living founder and world renowned humanitarian Sri Sri Ravi Shankar during TiEcon 2022 Keynote in Santa Clara (May 5-7)

ASEI members can attend this largest entrepreneurship conference for the diaspora for free. Click here to find out how

Youth Corner

Science Fairs & Regional YTEs

"Child is the father of man". One of ASEI’s mission has been to foster these younger science and engineering talents. With this perspective, our Silicon Valley and Michigan chapters participated in judging projects at local science fairs where students from Grade 9 through Grade 12 presented some of their innovative projects. Top projects were recognized and will be given the opportunity to present at National YTE event later in the year

Do you know any students (middle school, high school, or undergraduate college) who could benefit from volunteering and earning service hour credits?

Look no further as ASEI is now accredited to offer Volunteer Service hours and Presidential awards depending on the level of student’s contributions and involvement.

Welcome the 2022 ASEI Chapter Board of Directors

Michigan Chapter

Silicon Valley Chapter

Washington DC Chapter

SoCal Chapter

Social Media Spotlight

ASEI Engineering Intrapreneur of the Year 2022 awardee Shalini Govil Pai recognized by her Alma mater
Congratulations to ASEI AI Summit Keynote Speaker Vilas Dhar in being recognized as Young Global Leader by World Economic Forum
We are delighted to share that our ASEI Design Summit Speaker Dolly Parikh is in the news as she is joining SoBus Insights . Congrats Dolly!
Congratulations to Harbir Kaur Bhatia on being recognized as Women's History Month Honoree by Californai State Assembly for her social service.
ASEI President Piyush Malik was featured in PanIIT Alumni network and Indica News for his recent appointment as Chief Digital & Transformation Officer at Veridic Solutions.
Who says engineers can't have fun? Or are boring? As the world opened up post COVID, our Washington DC chapter members celebrated Holi in a unique way
So wonderful to see 4 Technologists of Indian Origin (Swami Sivasubramanian from Amazon Web Services, Sayan Chakraborty from Workday, Navrina Singh from Credo AI and Ramayya Krishnan at Carnegie Mellon University ) selected as part of the US President's National AI Advisory committee (NAIAC). Congratulations!

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