Inspiring Story of a diplomat, working with United Nations
Er. Sharma was acting Head of ITU Regional Office for Asia-Pacific where he was responsible for use of ICTs for Sustainable development of 38 countries and over 70 private sector agencies in the region designing national digital strategies and roadmaps for countries to fast track digital development.Currently, he is part of Champions for Change in the UN System bringing change as a key element for organizational as well as personal transformation with agility. He is the first Indian citizen positioned as Head of United Nations (ITU) Regional Office for Asia-Pacific.
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From Deal Maker to Global Entrepreneur
Er. Ramesh Awtaney is an Indo-African business magnate, serial entrepreneur and philanthropist with deep business interests across Africa and Middle East (‘MEA’). He is the founder and Chairman of iSON group that comprises its customer experience services (www.isonxperiences.com), IT service (www.isontechnologies.com) and iSON Innovation and investments, which incubates early stage start ups and is Limited Partners ( LP ) in early stage funds. He is having 32 years of rich, diverse experience across technology products and innovation, market development and outsourcing across Telecom Providers, Banks and Financial Institutions.
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Dr. S.Divakaran – A Professor Par Excellence
In 1983, Prof. Divakaran took up a teaching assignment as Professor in the Military School of Engineering at Baghdad run by the then President Saddam Hussain, where he taught blast resistant structures. Conditions in Baghdad were also volatile. On one occasion his brother-in-law, who was also living there some miles away and working for a sewerage project in Baghdad, invited Dr. Divakaran’s family. There he met an elderly Arab gentleman who was introduced as the manager of that firm. Next week, Dr. Divakaran received summons from the Chief of Security of a deadly wing of Saddam Hussain accusing him of violating terms of his agreement by helping an Indian company. He sought all details of his brother-in-law before he was released. “However, Arab families there were quite cordial and hospitable” – he remembers.
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Story of a Civil Consultant, who is providing services in 48 countries across the globe…
Over the last 34 years , ICT has been achieving phenomenal growth and clocked a turnover of Rs 2.45 Billion in 2019-20 with a ~5.42% CAGR, over the last 10 years. ICT was one of the first to take up infrastructure projects in developing countries under difficult geographical and political conditions, e.g., Mongolia, Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, etc. The Company has achieved significant diversification on sectoral basis with highways being the core and a strong presence in other infrastructure sectors. It has undertaken 700+ consultancy assignments in 48 countries across the globe. The specialization of ICT includes, Roads & Highways, Structures, Airports, Urban & Regional Infrastructure Development, Water Supply, Water Resources Development and Management, Traffic and Transportation, Power, Ports, Metro, Railways, GIS, Institutional Strengthening & Capacity Building, and Socio-Economic and EIA, etc.
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An inspiring journey of a Civil Engineer, who won Rajasthan Sahitya Academy Award…
The 21-year long period in ICID gave Er. Sharma a unique opportunity of interacting with the top experts from all over the world in various fields like Irrigation & Drainage, Flood control, environment, capacity building, sustainable development, resource planning etc. He also interacted with technocrats, bureaucrats, planners, Ministers, and Prime Ministers in the governments of various countries regarding I&D projects, food security, drought, and environmental planning, etc. Er. Sharma worked in collaboration with several international organizations like FAO, UNESCO, IWMI, IWRA, UNDP, Global Water Partnership, International Water Association, IPTRID, etc. in various important Strategy Dialogues. He was also drafted for evaluation of the International Network on Irrigation and Drainage in countries of UK, The Netherlands, and France. He represented ICID in several international initiatives of GWP (in Sweden, Vietnam etc.); World Water Forum in Japan (Kyoto), Mexico (Mexico), and Turkey (Istanbul); WWF (Switzerland); World Agricultural Forum (St. Louise, USA); World Water Council (Montpellier, France), IPTRID (UK, The Hague,), etc.
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Fascinating Story of a Navy Commander turned CEO
The decade of sixty was one of the golden periods of MBM Engineering College. Dedication and discipline of academic stalwarts like Dr. M.L.Mathur, Prof. F.S.Mehta, Prof. B.C.Punmia, Prof. S.K. Kulsheshtra etc were legendry and they used to motivate students to excel in their life.“Our hostels were well managed and it was indeed a great pleasure to stay and study in the fabulous MBM atmosphere. All the teachers were experienced and expert in their subject domain and took keen interest in imparting knowledge to students. The labs and workshops were fully equipped and functional, a rare sights these days. Cultural and sports activities were encouraged” quips Cdr. Bhatia
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Walking down memory lane: Memoirs of the first MBM graduate, Class of 1954
Er. Agarwal has received a number of national and international awards. In 1973, He received the National Award (Railway Minister’s Vishishtha Seva Medal) for Track Modernization of Indian Railways. In 1993, he received the “Indira Gandhi Raj Bhasha Award” by the President of India for the best original book written in Rajbhasha for Professionals. His name was recommended for the Padma Shri award by Indian Railways for four continuous years.
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