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Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian wins ASEI’s

prestigious Lifetime Achievement award at 35th

National convention ASEIcon2023

OUR BUREAU
Southfield, MI
he American Society of Engi-
neers of Indian Origin (ASEI),
Ta 501 c3 non-profit, successful-
ly hosted ASEIcon2023 -- its 35th
National Convention focusing on
NextGeneration Engineering Inno-
vations recently at Hotel Radisson,
Southfield, MI. One of the highlights
of ASEI National conventions is its
celebratory Awards gala dinner and
entertainment event that honors the
contribution of outstanding individu-
als to the engineering profession, the
society and community at large.
The annual ASEI awards were
presented as follows in different cat-
egories:

ASEI Lifetime Achievement:
Thomas Kurian, CEO, Goo-
gle Cloud; ASEI Entrepreneur
of the Year: Dheeraj Pandey,

Founder & CEO, DevRev; ASEI
Scientist of the Year : Dr Nina
Tandon, CEO, EpiBone; ASEI
ucts and GHD were recognized. als including scientists, engineers, en- Pari, Ashwini Balasubramanian of
Engineer of the Year- AI: Rama GMS Registrar honored the origi- trepreneurs, and corporate leaders Harley Davidson & Ankur Ganguli
Akkiraju, Vice President, NVID- nal founders of the CERP (Dr Ravi across the USA. ASEIcon2023 fea- of General Motors, were amongst
Rout, Jag Kottha and Mahesh Red- tured keynotes and multiple interac- 30+ CxO and engineering executives
IA; ASEI Engineer of the Year- dy) in addition to their Vice Presi- tive sessions with prominent business who spoke at the convention. Apart
Transportation & Sustainabil- dent Anjali Kottha. and technology leaders, scientists, from talks and panel discussions in
ASEI President Piyush Malik media personalities, educators, poli- parallel tracks covering Automotive,
ity: Dr Praveen Vayalamkuzhi, said, “On behalf of ASEI, I am very cy makers, and venture capitalists. Mobility, Infrastructure and Energy,
CEO Mobility Vision; ASEI Ser- pleased to recognize & congratulate ASEIcon 2023 featured a stel- there was a youth technology expo-
each awardee for their dedication, lar line-up of speakers. The open- sition (YTE) featuring projects by
vice Excellence Award : Surbhi hard work, and exemplary contribu- ing keynote to invigorate the audi- prize winning STEM students as well.
Kaul, Vice President, Juniper tion in their respective fields. For the ence was by Mamatha Chamarthi, A deep-dive on policy decisions
past 4 decades, ASEI has served the Chief Growth Officer at Stellantis. for the Mobility Industry by K. Ven-
Networks; Hari B. Bindal ASEI community well in Indo-US technol- She spoke about disruption and katesh Prasad, of CAR was the clos-
Founder’s Award : Muthu Siv- ogy relations and provided mentor- networked talent, encouraging at- ing keynote where he stressed that
ing, networking and learning oppor- tendees to have bolder planet-wide “Innovation today needs research
ananthan, Energy & Materials tunities for young technologists & vision to disrupt oneself as well as and investments from decades ago”.
Industry Solutions Leader, Das- engineers through our strategic ini- their organization. She emphasized He concluded that our future is
“Discover your authentic leadership
bright since the US is investing heav-
tiatives. We are now gearing up for
sault Systèmes. our future 40 years!” style and learn to exit your comfort ily in Mobility, AI, Space, Materials
The objective of this convention zone”. Mamatha lauded ASEI on its etc which will keep us relevant on the
The Corporate Excellence Rec- was to provide a forum to promote “School to University to Profession global stage.
ognition Program (CERP) was also and share advancements related to to Planet” vision that was articulated We heard “Rock That “ loud and
revived as part of ASEI Corporate latest cutting-edge innovations and by Piyush Malik in his “State of the clear from Shawn Lee of TEDx De-
Connect initiative and employees technologies across various engi- Union ASEI@40” address just be- troit who energized the awards ban-
nominated by sponsoring organi- neering disciplines. The convention fore her keynote. quet audience with his talk on DEI,
zations Detroit Engineering Prod- was attended by over 400 profession- Rophin Paul, CEO of Wipro people investment and selfless giving.

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