Living and giving to the fullest.
The Alumni Ambassadors.
We are all volunteers with a singular mission to make MSU Vision 2020 a “perpetual” giving. We have a strategic vision to raise a full-fledged endowment fund for MSU Baroda in the near future.
Our alumni ambassadors are active members in their careers as well as some who have retired and have taken a deep interest in bettering our alma mater and MSU Baroda student body. Many of the members have invested incredible energy by donating time, money, and influence to mobilize grassroots giving campaigns.
We invite all of you to join us.
The MSU Vision 2020 Alumni Ambassadors.
Meet the alumni who are active professionals, entrepreneurs, educators, and retired faculty members of The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda and come back together to volunteer to shore up and build our great alma mater - sans ego, personal glory, agenda, or politics.
Haresh Kumbhani
Chief Executive Officer
Board Member - U.S.
MSU Vision 2020
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. Haresh was innovated and managed multiple multi-billion dollar enterprise product lines. 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.
Rajesh Mathrani
Chief Operating Officer
Board Member - U.S.
MSU Vision 2020
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.
Raj Joshi
Chief Innovation Officer
Board Member - U.S.
MSU Vision 2020
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.
Dinesh Sheth
Chief Strategy Officer
Board Member - U.S.
MSU Vision 2020
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
Chief Marketing Officer
Board Member - U.S.
MSU Vision 2020
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.
Anoop Kothiala
VP Operations
India Exec Lead
MSU Vision 2020
Vadodara, 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.
Bharat Shah
Chief Financial Officer
Board Member - U.S.
MSU Vision 2020
San Diego, California
Bharat Shah is a Wireless & Telecommunication Industry veteran, having spent three decades at Qualcomm. He has deep domain knowledge in the leading 4G/5G wireless standards, edge computing, cloud computing, IoT, and other technologies. Bharat has strong entrepreneurial and management skills to penetrate the market with new technologies competitive product solutions, enabling new services to grow market share. Bharat strongly believes in giving back to the community and has built multiple Non-Profit organizations in the U.S. He loves to share his vast knowledge with young professionals and students.
Ramesh Nathani
VP of Alumni Relations
Executive Team
MSU Vision 2020
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
VP of Incubator Program
Executive Team
MSU Vision 2020
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.
Paritosh Pandya
Catalyst Program
Executive Team
MSU Vision 2020
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.
Pramod Mathur
Mentoring Program
Executive Team
MSU Vision 2020
Atlanta, Georgia
Pramod Mathur is an ERP software veteran based in Atlanta, USA. He leads a global team of architects and engineers developing analytics solutions on the AWS cloud platform for enterprises in multiple industry segments worldwide. In his executive leadership roles at Lawson Software, Ceridian and Infor, Inc., he has repeatedly challenged the status quo and passionately driven innovations to bring higher value to customers for their investments in software services. At the Faculty of Technology, he was a highly engaged leader in student and cultural affairs, holding elected positions of Class Representative, Faculty Representative, and VP of the MSU Students Union. At MSU, he earned his bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, and later an MBA from the Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi, India.
Vijya Rao Verma
Incubator Program
Executive Team
MSU Vision 2020
Bengaluru, India
Vijay Rao Verma is a serial entrepreneur and innovator who have accomplished background working as General Manager of Wipro as well as a serial founder of Alopa Networks and Yos Technologies with B.E Electronics from MSU Baroda and M.Tech from IIT Bombay. She takes passion in nurturing young engineers in their careers as entrepreneurs.
Dewang Kapadia
Catalyst Program
Executive Team
MSU Vision 2020
Mumbai, India
Dewang KAPADIA is a Mechanical Engineer from MSU Baroda and holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing Management from NMIMS, Mumbai. He is involved in introducing the latest Metal Forming and manufacturing technologies to the Indian Manufacturing industry. He is one of the pioneers in India for selling High-End Laser-Based Drilling, Cutting and Welding technologies, Robotic Welding Systems for Heavy fabrication, Sheet Metal FMS, Tube, Wire, Rod, and Plate Forming Machines, Plasma and EB Technologies, Additive Manufacturing/RPT, Industry 4.0 and 5.0 based Automation, AI, Leak testing, etc. Dewang is very active in the field of information sharing via organizing seminars, webinars, live demonstrations and exhibitions for all the above-mentioned technologies via leading industry associations and institutes like VMDA, IMTMA, IIW, IIT, MTMAI, CII, etc.
Parth Korde
Mentoring Program
Executive Team
MSU Vision 2020
Silicon Valley, California
Parth Korde joined Thornton Tomasetti in 2018 with a Bachelor's Degree from India and a Master's Degree from the University of Illinois, both of which are in Civil Engineering with an emphasis on Structural Engineering.
Since joining, he has been working on several San Francisco Bay Area projects in the healthcare, education, and commercial sector and on other projects in the US. His experience includes tenant improvement projects, design-build projects, and providing support for construction administration for structural steel, concrete, masonry, and wood structures. Parth has been a student leader in MSU Baroda, having organized Footprints on campus in 2014 and student mentoring programs. Parth has been one of the key architects of the MSU Vision 2020 mentoring program.
Bhargav Mehta
Mentoring Program
Executive Team
MSU Vision 2020
Toronto, Canada
Bhargav Mehta is currently working as a Product Manager at SSENSE in Toronto, Canada. Bhargav is an energetic professional with a unique combination of entrepreneurial and corporate experience. I am an MBA graduate from NMIMS, Mumbai, India (Ranked among the top 10 MBA courses in India) with a result-proven ability to apply new ideas, overcome roadblocks and innovate to solve complex business problems. He has B.E in Computer Science from MSU Baroda and M.B.A from NMIMS. In 2015, he was a co-founder of a startup with the goal to organize the parking sector of India. Winner at Startup Weekend organized by NASSCOM, Google for Entrepreneurs, Microsoft, and other leading industry organizations. Bhargav has been one of the key architects of the MSU Vision 2020 mentoring program.