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FOUNDED 2020
Introducing Vision 2020.
A batch of 1980 Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda technology friends came together for our 40th graduation anniversary in July 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, over Zoom. Many of us connected with each other after decades - from various cities in United States, Singapore, Africa, and India. During this time, the idea of Vision 2020 was born.
The Vision 2020 project is an alumni funded initiative that aims to benefit the current and future students of MSU Faculty of Technology and Engineering. Our global alumni organization leverages a robust and successful network of professionals worldwide who have benefited enormously from a rich tradition of creative and nurturing education from MSU. Our mission is to engage with the MSU Technology student body and serve them by sharing our professional and personal experiences and inspiring them to excel in their educational and professional careers. We welcome all MSU alumni, from any batch, to join our movement of making a difference to the student body of our alma mater.
The governance team behind Vision 2020.
We are all volunteers with a singular mission to make the Vision 2020 a “perpetual” effort that can someday blossom to a full-fledged multi-million dollar endowment fund for MSU.
Vision 2020 is a “social” enterprise. Professionalism is our fundamental philosophy as we implement our mission.
We are a “loosely” held group of equals with consensus-driven pragmatic decision making.
Our initial focus is on MSU Faculty of Technology and Engineering. We may later expand our scope to other MSU faculties.
We partner with MSU Alumni Office, MSU Technology Faculty members, and various MSU student bodies.
We will utilize one hundred-percentage of funds raised for Vision-2020 for its core missions.
We want to measure the impact of our giving campaigns and and make them more efficient each year.
We want to be agile and learn from our first year and then tune the programs.
We will share our reports periodically freely to all stakeholders, donors, and volunteers.
We invite all of you to join us.
Ajay Bhatt
Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Ajay Bhatt is a former Intel Fellow and recognized technologist and thought leader in platform and silicon level architectures. In his 38 years in the computer industry, Ajay has co-invented and spearheaded a number of notable technologies including; USB, Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP), PCI Express, Thunderbolt as well as the USB Type-C connector. Ajay has secured over 132 U.S. and international patents and has been honored for his technical contributions, including receiving the Light of India Award in 2012, The Asian Award in 2013, and the EU Inventor Award in 2013.
Haresh Kumbhani
Silicon Valley, California, U.S.
Haresh is a hands-on technical leader and a serial entrepreneur, and a venture investor with decades of product development for cloud infrastructure. Haresh has prior working experience at Cisco, Qualcomm, Novell, and various Silicon Valley startups. Currently, Haresh is the founder and CEO of Zymr, Inc. in Silicon Valley. Haresh invests his time mentoring entrepreneurs and is deeply committed to young engineers' holistic development. Haresh holds an M.S. Computer Science from New York University, an M.B.A. from Santa Clara University, and B.E. Electronics from M.S. University of Baroda, India.
Raj Joshi
Silicon Valley, California, U.S.
Raj is a co-founder and President/COO of Noodle.ai, an Enterprise AI technology company based in San Francisco. Prior to Noodle.ai, Raj played various leadership and entrepreneurial roles at Deloitte, Infosys Consulting and MicroStrategy. Throughout his career, Raj has worked with Fortune 1000 companies to drive technology enabled business transformation. Raj got his Bachelors degree in Chemical Engineering from M. S. University, India. He also has a Masters degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Akron and an MBA from the University of Texas at Arlington.
Rajesh Mathrani
Silicon Valley, California, U.S.
Rajesh has deep Industry experience (Intel/Xilinx) managing projects and teams that delivered M & A integrations (Engineering Infrastructure), Software development, IT services and Quality improvements. He has delivered 5 integrations with the largest one being Altera ($16B) for Intel. Delivered 4 for Xilinx valued at $1B. I have Rajesh also delivered $300M of Business value via using Business Intelligence based insights for product manufacturing at Intel. Resides in Silicon Valley, BSEE (1980) @MSU/Technology, MSCE (1983) @ Univ of Cincinnati, 35 yrs @ Intel Corp (IT Director), 1 yr @ Xilinx & currently @ Roche (IT). Married with 3 daughters. He is actively involved with charities (AIM for Seva). Pursuits - Tennis, Spiritual studies, Travelling, Music, Giving back.
Dinesh Sheth
Pensacola, Florida, U.S.
Dinesh oversees the business strategy, product direction, and organizational growth for the success of clients and employees. Dinesh is a serial entrepreneur who has successfully launched several companies. Previously, Dinesh co-founded uMonitor-Parsam Technologies, where he served as CEO. Dinesh led uMonitor’s growth for over ten years culminating in a successful exit. Dinesh holds a Master of Business Administration in Finance and Marketing from the Graduate School of Business at the University of Chicago, a master’s degree in computer science from the Illinois Institute of Technology and a bachelor’s degree in electronics engineering from the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda in Vadodara, Gujarat, India. He is an avid reader and enjoys his walks on Pensacola Beach.
Sunil Mehta
Washington D.C., U.S.
Sunil Mehta belongs to MSU Faculty of Technology (Class of 80, BE Electronics). He is Executive Vice President in Cornet Technology, a defence communications equipment manufacturer. He heads Finance, Marketing and Corporate Development departments. Prior to joining Cornet, Sunil was the Founder CEO of Optim Systems, as well as a Manager at GTE Spacenet and Dynatech Communications. In 1992, Sunil was a member of the four-person team that received the Leslie Warner Award, GTE’s highest award for technical achievement. Sunil also holds a Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University (’82). Sunil resides in Washington DC metro area since 1982.
Paritosh Pandya
Mumbai, India
Paritosh Pandya is a computer scientist whose areas of interest include logic, automata, mathematics of program construction and embedded systems. He was formerly a professor and the Dean of the School of Technology and Computer Science at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR). Currently, he is an adjunct professor in the computer science department at IIT Bombay. Paritosh Pandya did his B.E. in Electronics at M. S. University, Baroda, an M.Tech in Computer Science at IIT Kanpur and a PhD in Computer Science at TIFR. He has worked as a research officer in the Oxford University Computing Laboratory under Prof C.A.R. Hoare and also as a visiting scientist at the United Nation University's International Institute of Software Technology in Macau.
Ramesh Nathani
Vancouver, Canada
Professional Engineer license and Project Management Professional (P. Eng. /PMP) with 40 years’ experience in engineering manufacturing and 19 + years’ experience in Canada. Extensive knowledge and capability to create, implement, maintain, and control quality standards, manage documentation and audits for HACCP, CSA, ISO 9001 & 14001 and ASME / COR certification BC Safety Authority. Director at Flojet Engineers Pvt. Ltd since 1985 - manufacturing at India. Principal Engineer with SR Refined Approach Consulting Inc.
Mitesh Desai
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Mr. Desai has over 3 decades of experience in all aspects of enterprise software, including executive management roles in Fortune 100 companies, as well as successfully launched multiple startups with successful exits. His involvement included all aspects of enterprise software, including Product Management, Marketing, Business Development & Sales as well as Operations and Customer Service. Mitesh has worked in global companies, Siemens, Nortel Networks, Compaq, Hewlett Packard & Oracle to name a few. Currently he is the COO & President of Gigflex, a cloud based startup focused on innovative solutions in the healthcare. Mitesh has a MBA from Duke University, and Bachelor of Engineering from MS University.
Rajesh Shah
Baroda, India
After graduation in 1980 I was with GEB. Thereafter I joined my family business in '81 where I took care of marketing. Extensive travel gave me a deep understanding on market, cultures and people. I like exploring and learning new things. I have pursued several developmental and training courses. To understand wavelength of the new generation, at the age of 58, I got a degree in management from SP Jain, Mumbai. I am chiefly into engineering component manufacturing, exports, and real estate development and I lead a team of 300+ employees. I like to utilize my time and resources for social causes. I run low cost school where I give affordable education. I also actively offer matrimonial service.
Anoop Kothiala
Baroda, India
I am an entrepreneur based in Vadodara specializing in development of High Voltage Switchgear Components. I am a Director at M/s. Specialised Components Pvt. Ltd. We specialize in Import Substitution Components & Sub-Assemblies and are a part of ‘Make in India’ initiative. I did my graduation with B.E. in Mechanical Engineer from M.S.University, Vadodara in 1980 and completed my Masters in Management from Pune University in 1982. I worked at Bosch and Eicher. I have been keenly associated with Techo & Other Engineering Colleges and have mentored a number of Final Year Projects at these colleges. I have been extremely passionate in improving the Education Standard in these colleges. I have been an expert faculty at these colleges.