Anup graduated from VSSUT (UCE) in 1986 with a BSc Engineering  in Electronics and Telecomm. He started his professional career as a scientist at Integrated Test Range, a newly established test range for DRDO’s burgeoning integrated guided missile development program headed by Late Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam. He moved to the USA in 1991.   He currently works as a Vice President of engineering at Enphase Energy, a renewable energy technology company headquartered at Fremont CA. Prior to that he served as the Vice President of systems engineering at Cypress Semiconductor, now part of Infineon Technologies, where he spent over 20 years, starting as an integrated circuit design engineer.  He has a Masters in Computer Engineering from University of Louisiana and a MBA from Santa Clara University. Anup has authored over 30 US and international patents. Besides advanced technology, Anup’s interests include photography and music.

Anup currently lives in Fremont CA with his wife Vandana and sons Akaash and Arnav.

Email:anupnayak@yahoo.com

Badri Subudhi, graduated from UCE in 1995 majoring in Mechanical Engineering. He has a Master’s in Industrial System Engineering from IIT, Roorke. Started his career in Tata Consultancy Services, India. Now leading the Planning and Performance Management Transformation Team at Cisco, US. Responsible for management reporting, business insights, planning and forecasting. Badri resides in Fremont, California with his wife and two daughters. 

Padmaja Dash has been in  Bay Area California for 7 years. Senior Data Analyst with Accenture with 13 years of IT experience. Primary area of focus is Business Intelligence and Data Architecture. Passionate about Community Work. Enjoys spending time with her toddler.

Satchi has 25+ years of experience in the Medtech industry and has held various director level roles at Siemens and GE in product development and marketing. He has been instrumental in bringing many disruptive medical imaging technologies to the market. Satchi also serves as a member and advisor for Wharton Alumni Angels of Silicon Valley. Satchi lives in the SF Bay area with his wife and two daughters. His passion is to hunt for good food, spend time with friends, and to jump on a car or plane to visit someplace new. 

Dhirendra graduated from VSSUT (UCE) in 2001 majoring in Computer Science and Engineering. He has a master’s in computer science from the University of Hyderabad. He started his professional career working at a startup in Hyderabad, where he worked building firewall and router software. Then joined Microsoft in the year 2005 and has been with Microsoft ever since, working on multiple products in various roles and capabilities. He moved with his family to the USA in the year 2010. Dhirendra is currently working as a Principal Program Manager driving a team of highly motivated and talented engineers building large-scale cloud solutions catering to the needs of major enterprise customers across the globe. Dhirendra has a few patents on his name. He resides in Sammamish, Washington with his wife, Smruti, and son Purab.

When he has some free time, he likes to go on long drives and short road trips with his family. And he makes time to coach and teaches kids Lego, Robotics, and Coding.

Email: dhirenb@live.com