ASEI concluded a highly successful 28th national convention on September 28, 2013 at the beautiful University of Maryland campus in College Park, MD

ASEI Life Time Achievement Award  

Dr. Gajanan M. Sabnis, P.E. 
Professor

EDUC ATION AND LICENSES 

M. Tech. (1963), Structural Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

ASEI  Award for Excellence in Engineering, Science & Technology

Padmasree Warrior

Chief Technology & Strategy Officer (CTO) of Cisco Systems

B. Tech (1982), Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi  

ASEI Entrepreneur of the Year

Robert (Bob) Nathan

President/CEO of DataNet Systems Corp

B. Tech (1977) Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

The ASEI National Capital Chapter and ASEI-UMD student chapter co-hosted this convention. PanIIT WHEELS Global Foundation, Capital IIT chapter and Habitat for Humanity also actively partnered with ASEI during the technical sessions and the evening banquet.

ASEI is an organization of Indian-American engineers, scientists and technologists. The PanIIT members are heartily invited to join! Please visit us at www.asei-ncc.org.   

The theme of the convention was "Innovative Technologies: An Engine for Economic Growth" which parallels very much the vision outlined by President Obama for the country over the past five years. We believe that many of such innovative technologies can be extensive contributors to the economic growth in the country, be they in energy, healthcare, information technology, nanotechnology or space. The Indian-American community is very much at the forefront of these avenues having been pioneers and inventors of many such incipient and innovative technologies.

NASA Administrator General Charles Bolden gave the Keynote speech at the banquet where he spoke of the contributions the Indian-Americans are making at NASA and in space activities, and the cooperation between India and US following his recent trip to India. Dr. Loh, President of UMD, gave the welcoming speech. Several Indian-American elected officials from Maryland also addressed the audience as did many Administration officials from the White House and the Dept. of Commerce. All went away with a renewed perception of how the Indian-American community continues to contribute extensively to our adopted land.

Report prepared by Dr. Ajay P. Kothari

President, Astrox Corporation

 There's no community like the one provided by your extended alumni in a foreign land

Read full article in Outlook India at http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?287902

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