Re: [Goanet] Goa Sudharop: New Board member - AJIT DESAI

2010-05-19 Thread Gabe Menezes
Congratulations, on recruiting an accomplished Ajit Desai to join the Board
of Goa Sudharop.



On 19 May 2010 01:52, George Pinto  wrote:

> We are very pleased to announce that Ajit Desai has joined the Board of Goa
> Sudharop. Ajit lives in San Francisco Bay Area, California, and frequently
> visits Goa.
>
> Ajit's educational Background:
> MBA (Gen’l and Fin’l Management)Harvard Business School
> MSE (Chem Engineering)  Princeton University
> B. Tech (Chem Engineering)  IITechnology, Bombay
>
> Ajit was born in Benaulim with his ancestral home in Narve, Bardez. His
> family moved to Mumbai when he was about 5. His father was a teacher. He
> writes "my parents gave us a great education and grounding in sound family
> values. All schooling in Bombay Scottish Orphanage Society High School. Got
> top honours in Indian School Certificate, the successor to Senior Cambridge.
> Then stood 2nd in IIT Entrance Exam and entered Chemical Eng Dept at IIT
> Bombay. Graduated second in class, got a scholarship to Princeton".
>
> Goa Sudharop
> www.goasudharop.org
>



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DEV BOREM KORUM

Gabe Menezes.


[Goanet] Goa Sudharop: New Board member - AJIT DESAI

2010-05-19 Thread George Pinto
We are very pleased to announce that Ajit Desai has joined the Board of Goa 
Sudharop. Ajit lives in San Francisco Bay Area, California, and frequently 
visits Goa.

Ajit's educational Background:
MBA (Gen’l and Fin’l Management)Harvard Business School   
MSE (Chem Engineering)  Princeton University
B. Tech (Chem Engineering)  IITechnology, Bombay

Ajit was born in Benaulim with his ancestral home in Narve, Bardez. His family 
moved to Mumbai when he was about 5. His father was a teacher. He writes "my 
parents gave us a great education and grounding in sound family values. All 
schooling in Bombay Scottish Orphanage Society High School. Got top honours in 
Indian School Certificate, the successor to Senior Cambridge. Then stood 2nd in 
IIT Entrance Exam and entered Chemical Eng Dept at IIT Bombay. Graduated second 
in class, got a scholarship to Princeton".

Ajit is married to Asha nee Kudchadker who was born and raised in Assolna. Her 
father is Dr. Shantadas Kudchadker who practiced in Assolna and has since moved 
to Curchorem. He has two daughters Shoma and Reena. Shoma is an Emergency 
Medicine Physician and Associate Professor at Los Angeles County Hospital - USC 
Medical School. Reena is a Deputy District Attorney in Los Angeles County. Ajit 
loves to travel and his wife Asha loves gardening.

Ajit's career accomplishments are impressive:
Mergers & Acquisitions: Acquired four companies worldwide within a 2 year 
period for MPBio doubling sales. Helped grow WSI from $3mm to $170mm in  Sales 
through 4 acquisitions and organic growth over a five year period.

Business Development: Licensed technology and products, Deal making, Strategic 
Alliances.

General Management: Managing for growth, P & L responsibilities, organization 
skills, people development. Built three organizations from ground up.

International:General Manager of Company in UK. Acquired company in France 
and integrated it with parent organization. Product and Technology marketing in 
Europe and Asia. Business Development in China, India and Singapore.

Industry Experience: 15 years in Medical Industry – Biotechnology, 
Pharmaceuticals, Devices and Diagnostics, Life Science Reagents. 5 years in 
Aerospace and Automotive industry.

Please join us in welcoming Ajit to the Goa Sudharop Board.

Goa Sudharop
www.goasudharop.org


[Goanet] Goa Sudharop: New Board member

2009-04-07 Thread George Pinto


 Remembering Aquino Braganca (b. 6 April 1924), who fought for freedom
 of the former Portuguese colonies in Africa. An online tribute
 http://aquinobraganca.wordpress.com/ (includes many historical
 references, some photographs and documents)





Dear all

We are pleased and honored to welcome Mr. Dinker Bir as a Board member. Dinker 
resides with his family in the San Francisco Bay Area. After an illustrious 
working career Dinker is enjoying his retirement which includes the now famous 
Jollywood group (senior dancers). A number of activities keep him busy and we 
are grateful he has added Goa Sudharop to his list. Dinker was of one of the 
key leaders in the super successful Goan Convention held in San Jose, 
California, in July 2008.

Many thanks to our Board member Shekhar Ambe for facilitating Dinker's addition 
to the Board.

Goa Sudharop
www.goasudharop.org


[Goanet] Goa Sudharop: New Board member

2008-08-04 Thread George Pinto
The management of Goa Sudharop is pleased to welcome Shekhar Ambe to its Board 
of Directors. We are honored by such an outstanding addition. 

Shekhar Ambe is an entrepreneur in Silicon valley, California working in the 
technology sector. He has over 20 years of experience and has played key 
leadership and management roles in high tech startup companies. 
Shekhar holds a bachelor's degree from Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, 
and a master's degree in Computer Science from Indian Institute of Technology, 
Chennai.

He was born and brought up in Goa and spent his childhood and teenage years in 
Cuncolim, Goa. His father, Dinker Ambe, was a freedom fighter and fought for 
Goa’s Independence. 

Currently Shekhar lives in San Jose, California with his wife Gauri. He has a 
son and a daughter. He is keen in using his experience and skills for a social 
cause and would like to focus on education and health care related issues 
pertaining to Goan society.  

Goa Sudharop
www.goasudharop.org