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Year 2022 Issue #6

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"Most people miss Opportunity because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work”

-Thomas A. Edison

Cybersecurity is the biggest need

Here are some eye opening numbers we have seen reported :

59% of Americans report they have experienced cyber crime or in some way fallen into the hands of a computer hacker
70% of small businesses are completely unprepared for a cyber attack
88% of professional hackers can infiltrate an organization within 12 hours.
With nearly $7 Trillion lost to Cybercrime globally per Center for Cybercrime and Security, it is important that we make cybersecurity a priority in our organizations.

The topic of cybersecurity with growing incidents of ransomware, malware, cyber warfare and hacking raises a lot of stress in our lives at personal as well as organizational levels

When it comes to cyber threats, you can’t always predict when one will occur. But your organization can prepare!

ASEI recently held a full conference with 20 experts on this and you can read what transpired and even get a replay

Recent Events

ASEI celebrates Cinco De Mayo & launches new chapter in Dallas

During the last two years of pandemic, Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) and Austin have seen a lot of growth with a number of companies shifting there. With this, both these regions have seen a phenomenal migration of talented professionals. Recognizing that, we are proud to announce the opening of a brand new chapter in Dallas.

On 5th of May, a core group of local engineers met up with the National Chair Piyush Malik in Dallas to not only celebrate Cinco De Mayo but also to work on a draft of the new chapter's mission. Excited to have Akhil Uniyal, Suresh Iyer, Gulnaz Khan and Puneet Dixit as the executive committee join hands and continue follow on meetings with support from ASEI National team to get this chapter fully functional.

We welcome all engineers based in Dallas and suburbs to come forward and become part of the founding BOD thereby beginning an exciting journey of networking and connections.

Join Here

Partner Event: TiEcon2022

ASEI Entrepreneur of the year 2016 awardee B.V Jagadeesh conducted the closing keynote at TiEcon2022 with Art of Living founder and world renowned humanitarian Sri Sri Ravi Shankar in Santa Clara on May 7

By partnering with TiE, all ASEI members were able to attend this largest virtual entrepreneurship conference for the diaspora for free. Click here to find out how our partnership with TiE worked.

The bonus was when ASEI SoCal Life members (Suresh Ladwa, Balaji Rao,) and Silicon Valley BOD members (Surbhi Kaul, Raju Shreewastawa and Piyush Malik) met up in real life on the sidelines of TiEcon.

Inspiring ASEI Member: Dr Thomas Abraham

Left: Dr Abraham at the Community Feeding program in Manhattan.

Top: Receiving IAPC Lifetime achievement award from Consul General recently. Bottom: ASEI's Engineering Tales Episode #1 featuring his life story

We congratulate ASEI National Board Director and 2021 ASEI Founder's award winner Dr. Thomas Abraham for adding another feather in his cap of 5 decades of community service by getting Lifetime Achievement Award from Indo -American press club (IAPC) recently.

A consummate community builder for the past 5 decades, in the picture above, Dr Abraham is seen serving food at a Community Feeding Program for homeless and needy at a park in Manhattan. This was started at the height of the pandemic in 2020 under his guidance and collaboration with volunteers.

"I was there to serve the food.." said Dr Abraham "...although today the temperature was sub-zero and with wind, it was very cold. However, one gets the satisfaction of doing something for those fellow citizens who need help"

We are very inspired and proud of our association of almost a decade working & serving on the board together. On behalf of all ASEI members, we wish Dr Abraham the best of health and hearty congratulations 🎉

Upcoming Events

Save the date

ASEI University Connect - Networking & Career Fair at University campuses in California and beyond on Sept 19th, 2022

Stay tuned as we bring together a multi-campus simulcast of an exciting career fair preparedness event for university students in different campuses across California and beyond as part of our University Connect program.

Engineering Tales on June 18th, 2022 and July 16th, 2022

Stay tuned as we bring our next set of Engineering tales episodes with ASEI achievers and awardees. Any guesses who are going to be the next featured guests?

Youth Corner

“Living on the Moon: Musings" by Isha Jagadish

At the ASEI Aerospace Symposium in January 2022, “Living on the Moon” panel, featuring Dr. Ajay Kothari, Dr. David Livingston, Dr. Bhavya Lal, and Dr. Haym Benaroya, was very fascinating to me and here are my impressions from that.

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Moonpreneur celebrates one year of partnership with ASEI with Big Discounts and internship offers for student members

At ASEI, we stand for youth empowerment and career progression. It is with this intention of matching corporates' internship needs with our undergraduate and postgraduate student members as a free service to our community, that we partnered with Moonpreneur. To mark one year of the relationship, CEO Alok Jain announced in a video message that they are giving huge discounts and a chance to get a paid internship to ASEI family.

Click here to apply for internships -

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.

Social Media Spotlight

Asha Saxena who spoke at the CEO masterclass at ASEI last year is being recognized in the list of top 30 Influential Leaders in HR Tech. Hearty Congratulations!! We are proud of your accomplishments!
May the force be with you! A stalwart of Indian IT and Communications Industry and Government, ASEI wishes Sam Pitroda on his 80th birthday
Heartiest congratulation to ASEI 33rd Convention Speaker IBM Fellow Dr Rama Akkiraju for being recognized as ‘AI Innovator of the Year’ by “Women in AI Awards North America 2022”.
Moonpreneur celebrates one year of partnership with ASEI
Launching Dallas ASEI chapter
Excited to welcome the 2022 Board of #ASEI's chapter in Southern California
Inspiring #SocialEntrepreneurship keynote at TiEcon22 with ASEI Lifetime Award winner Dr Desh Deshpande in conversation with MilindTambe and Shubho Biswas

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Attention Readers: Do you have any feedback for this Newsletter? Do you wish to contribute articles and demonstrate your professional thought leadership? If so, do reach out to anyone on the editorial team: Sunita Dublish, Vatsala Upadhyay, Puneet Dixit or Piyush Malik