Ravi Bhatia (President)
Ravi is a B. Tech in Electrical Engineering from IIT Delhi in 1970. He is currently the CEO of Primus Australia, one of the largest telecommunications companies in Australia. He was previously the President of Primus USA and of Lingo Inc., a leader in the VoIP telephony space. Ravi is regarded as one of the pioneers of telecommunications competition in Australia. He is member of Board of Directors of Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman and national Vice Chairman of AIBC. |
Arun Kumar (Committee Member) |
Arun obtained his B Tech in Civil Engineering from IIT Delhi in 1968, MSCE and PhD in Highways from Purdue University in the USA in 1973 and 1976 respectively. He has over 40 years experience as a civil engineer in construction, consulting, research and academia. Among other things Arun is a consultant to the World Bank on infrastructure management, institutional strengthening and capacity building; and is Emeritus Professor, RMIT University. |
Abaran Deep (Secretary) |
Abaran completed his B. Tech from IIT Delhi in 1990. He has been in working as a Management Consultant in Australia since 1995. He currently shares the responsibility of running a consulting firm which helps large businesses transform existing processes or develop new capabilities. Abaran enjoys cycling, woodwork and occasionally listening to the rock groups from the IIT days. |
Surinder Lamba (Committee Member) |
Surinder Lamba gained B.Tech. (1972) and M.Tech. (1976) degrees in Chemical Engineering from IIT/ Kanpur and IIT/ Delhi respectively. He also holds post graduate qualifications in Business Management and Industrial Relations. He is currently managing an internet and phone banking integration program at the Bendigo and Adelaide Bank. Surinder is a Judge of the Australian Business Excellence Awards Foundation. He enjoys Yoga, reading and music. |
Radhey Shyam Gupta (Committee Member) |
Radhey holds B Tech in Textile Technology from IIT Delhi (1971), MBA from University of Mumbai (1978) and M Tech in Internet & Web Technology from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University (2001). and now holds position of Sr. Business Analyst at Department of Justice, Government of Victoria. Radhey is Sangeet Visharad in Indian Classical Music. He plays and teaches Sitar and Vocal as a hobby. |
Ravi Singh (Committee Member) |
Ravi holds a B. Tech in Electrical Engineering from IIT Roorkee (1983), an M. Tech from IIT Delhi (1988) and also earned his Executive MBA degree from AGSM. Ravi has over 27 years of business development and general management experience in the electrical power and industrial automation industry. He held various senior leadership roles both in India and Australia with a large multinational company and focused on Energy Management and sustainability in his current role. |
Nalin Sharda (Committee Member) |
Nalin Sharda gained B.Tech. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from IIT Delhi, in 1974 and 1984 respectively. Presently he teaches and leads research in innovative applications of computer technologies at the School of Engineering and Science, Victoria University, Australia. Nalin has been invited to present in the Distinguished Lecture series of the European Union’s Prolearn program, and IEEE Education Society. Nalin also indulges in fiction reading and writing stories, film scripts and poetry. |
Saby Bhattacharya (Committee Member) |
Saby finished his Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT Delhi in 1993. He currently works with Kmart and is responsible for E-commerce, Business Intelligence, HR and Marketing Systems. Saby is also a professional sarod player who follows the style of Ustad Amjad Ali Khan. He teaches and performs regularly and is working on making information about this difficult instrument publicly available on his website www.sarod.com.au |
rani said on 12 June, 2019
What is MC – Interim about?