Dr. Karthik Ramani

Dr. Ramani is a professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Purdue University and is the Director for PRECISE (Purdue Research and Education Center Information Systems in Engineering). Professor Ramani has numerous professional honors to his credit, some of which are: University Faculty Scholar, Purdue University, 2002; Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer, 1999; Ruth and Joel Spira award for outstanding contributions to the Mechanical Engineering curriculum, Purdue University, 1997; Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award, Society of Automotive Engineers, 1996; National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 1996; National Science Foundation Research Initiation Award, 1993; and Dupont Young Faculty Award, 1992. He is the author or co-author of 74 papers published in refereed journals and symposia, and he holds six patents. Professor Ramani received his Ph.D. from Stanford University, and holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (Madras) and Ohio State University, respectively.

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Dr. Parasuram (Bala) Balasubramanian

In 1995, Bala became part of the leadership team at Infosys Technologies and was instrumental in its growth from a $36M/year company to the multi-billion dollar entity it is today. He became an Infosys fellow in 2002 and a Director of the Infosys Leadership Institute in 2003. Prior to Infosys, Bala was a Group Leader at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) in Bombay and the Middle East as well as CEO and CIO of firms in Chennai, India and Kingston, Jamaica. Bala has engineering and management degrees from I.I.T. Madras and a doctoral degree from Purdue University. In 2001, he was recognized as an Outstanding Industrial Engineer by his alma mater, and he is a Fellow of the Indian Institute of Materials Management.

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