Jagdish Amin
37 Degrees, Inc.
San Francisco
 
AIESEC Bombay
1984-1988
 
President, AIESEC India 1988-1989

Jagdish is the Founder and CEO of 37 Degrees, Inc. His company focuses on management/ strategy consulting, helping companies with joint ventures and strategic partnerships in China and India. The Technology Consulting Division of 37 Degrees works with Fortune listed companies in the media and publishing Industry.
 
Jagdish has also worked with PeopleSoft, FTP Software, Autodesk in San Francisco and Sandoz in Switzerland.
 
Jagdish is available to the AAA membership to share his experience on entrepreneurship and global big picture thinking.
 
He envisions that AAA will be a global association providing compelling value-add services to its members.
 
He aspires that AAA will get invited to participate in the World Economic Forum and that it will establish a Global Village for its members.

Arjun Bhagat
Calibrated Logistics
Los Angeles
 
Founder and President, AIESEC India 1980-1982
 
Executive Envoy, AIESEC Thailand 1982-1983
 
AIESEC International, 1992-1993

Arjun has been a founding team member of four software companies, three of which were sold to institutional investors. 
 
Currently, his focus is on spiritual growth, figuring out how to help those that are less fortunate (children and animals) and how to make Indic values and culture a resurgent force in the world arena.
 
Arjun is available to help /mentor younger alumni who are interested in becoming entrepreneurs and/or building their own businesses. This could take the form of advice, being a bouncing board, and in extreme cases, getting involved as a Board member/ investor.

Jagsagar Chand
Real Opportunities
New Delhi
 
AIESEC Delhi IIT
1980-1982

Jagsagar graduated from IIT Delhi in 1984. He went on too start his own business and grew it into a mid-size export house, which he sold in 2005.
 
He now spends his time monitoring his investments.
 
Jagsagar is available to advise and help other AIESEC alumni set up/ expand their businesses.

Malvika Chandan
Freelance writer
New Delhi
 
AIESEC Delhi University 1990-1992

Malvika has 10 years experience in human resources and marketing in India and the US with Arthur Andersen, KPMG LLP and Accenture.
 
She is currently pursuing a Masters in English Literature from Lady Sri Ram College in New Delhi and working as a freelance writer. Malvika has a MBA degree from the University of San Francisco.
 
She aspires to continue to grow AAA membership by providing the members fulfilling development and growth opportunities in personal, professional and socially responsible areas.

Vikram Gandhi
Credit Suisse
New York
 
AIESEC Delhi IIT
1980-1982
 
President, AIESEC India 1983-1984
 
President, AIESEC International 1984-1985

Vikram is a Managing Director of Credit Suisse and Global Head of the Financial Institutions Group, based in New York. He has responsibility for the integration of the Bank's financial institutions' capabilities into the Global Financial Institutions Group.
 
Vikram also served as Co-Head of FIG, managing many of that firm's top client relationships in the U.S. and Europe. He has served in many capacities at Morgan Stanley, including President, India.
 
Vikram has a B.Com from the University of Bombay and an MBA from the Harvard Business School where he was designated a Baker Scholar. He is also a qualified Chartered Accountant.
 
His non-profit interests include Grameen (serves on their board) and Micro Credit Bank.

Vineet Gupta Parabolic Drugs Ltd. New Delhi
 
AIESEC Delhi IIT 1988-1991
 
Chairman of the Board AAA

Vineet is the Co-founder and Director of Parabolic Drugs Ltd., a pharmaceutical manufacturing company. He is also the Managing Director of Jamboree Education Pvt. Ltd., a company engaged in the test preparation business.
 
In AIESEC, Vineet was instrumental in organizing the AIESEC Global Seminar Series and was also part of the team which extended into AIESEC Chandigarh.
 
Now, through AAA, Vineet would like to form new friends and collaborate with colleagues in business. He is available to mentor younger alumni.
 
Vineet envisions that AAA be a platform for connecting AIESEC alumni globally. He aspires that it will be an organization where alumni are able to forge friendships, evolve in their careers and access AAA resources to learn continuously.

Sonjoy Jethmalani

Sonjoy is a seasoned entrepreneur in the software and services industry. He helped establish Aurora Software as the leading provider of front office debt trading systems on Wall Street and architected its recent merger with Ion Trading.
 
He founded Paradigm Systems Corporation, a leader in distributed systems management software and services. Paradigm was subsequently acquired by Computer Associates.
 
He also worked at IBM Corporation and was a principal at Trirex Systems, a pioneer in building object oriented applications for Wall Street firms. He earned a BS in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi.

Nihar Kothari Rajasthan Patrika Jaipur
 
AIESEC Jaipur 1997-1999
 
President, AIESEC India 1999-2000

Nihar is Managing Editor of the Hindi daily newspaper, Rajasthan Patrika. In the latest reporting period, Patrika entered the ranks of the top 10 dailies in circulation in India.
 
Rajasthan Patrika has embraced community involvement and social purpose as key strategies. Poverty and self-help programs advocated by the newspaper have helped build the brand of the newspaper.
 
Nihar attended the Media Management Center’s Advanced Executive Programs in 2005 and 2006.

Sandeep Manchanda
Zurich Financial Services New York
 
AIESEC Delhi IIT
1984-1985
 
Exchange Controller, AIESEC India 1986-1987

Sandeep recently joined Zurich Financial Services after heading Information and Technology Management for General Insurance. Prior to that, he had been with Marsh & McLennan Companies since 1989.
 
He has successfully started a non-profit organization called Canine Magic that produces service dogs for kids with autism.
 
Sandeep was awarded an MBA with Distinction in Finance and Management, from the Stern School of Business, New York University. He is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi.
 
Sandeep aspires to establish a foundation program that connects AAA membership, effects global change, and makes AAA a sustainable organization.

Abhijeet Mehta
International Youth Foundation
Bangalore
 
AIESEC Bangalore
1999-2001
 
Vice President External Relations, AIESEC India 2002-2003
 
Global Partnerships Manager, AIESEC International 2003-2004

Abhijeet is the Partnership Director at the International Youth Foundation.
 
AIESEC has been a defining influence in his life, having spent 5 years in the organization and another 6 months on an AIESEC traineeship.
 
He happens to have worked with AIESEC alumni in all his professional engagements.

Mihir Mehta
Zyme Solutions
Bangalore
 
AIESEC Mumbai
1988
 
President, AIESEC India 1989-1990
 
Director Asia Pacific, AIESEC International, 1990-1991

Mihir is Director of Client Services & Channel Operations at Zyme Solutions where he manages the channel management services for high-tech companies. Prior to Zyme, he spent several years in various managerial roles in finance and operations at Genentech, Cisco Systems, the General Electric Company and Arthur Andersen.
 
Mihir will be in Bangalore until August 2008 after which he will move back to San Francisco where he has been based for the past 10 years.
 
He has a Masters degree in International Business from the University of South Carolina where he was the J. Fred Hamblen Scholar.
 
He envisions that AAA will make the vast, diverse and rich network of AIESEC alums “real and live”, comparable to other educational, corporate and commercial alumni networks. 

Ripun Jai Mehta
Technology Holdings New York
 
AIESEC Delhi University 1998-2001
 
President, AIESEC India 2001-2002
 
Vice President External Relations, AIESEC International 2002-2003

Ripun is a Director at Technology Holdings, a New York based M&A advisory group focused on cross border deals in the India-US corridor. He manages the firm's Healthcare and Financial Services outsourcing practices and leads initiatives with private equity funds.
 
Ripun envisions the AIESEC alumni association to be a platform that will connect AIESEC India alumni of all generations and help forge strong personal and professional relationships.

Jehangir Pocha
BusinessWorld
New Delhi
 
AIESEC Mumbai
1987-1989
 
President, AIESEC India 1989-1990

Jehangir is editor of BusinessWorld, Indias most sold, most read business magazine.
 
Previously, he was the Boston Globe’s China correspondent and spent a decade in the IT world, working for both start ups and fortune 500 companies.
 
He has an MBA from Bombay University and an MPA from Harvard.

Prithvi Shergill
Accenture
Singapore
 
AIESEC Bombay
1986-1988
 
National Committee, AIESEC India 1988-1989

Prithvi currently leads Accenture’s human capital strategy offering and works to enhance client talent & organizational performance. Prior to this he has worked with AT&T, SingTel, Vsource in various geographies.
 
Prithvi valued the AIESEC leadership experience. It taught him to add value to organizations by leveraging personal capabilities to facilitate delivery of effective services to the community. He is honored to continue to participate in this agenda.
 
Prithvi envisions the AIESEC Alumni Association as a global network of people committed to impacting their communities by taking risks, building bridges and breaking new ground.
 
He is available to offer career advice and organizational strategy consulting to his peers and younger alumni.

Sumita Vasudeva
Omni Wellness Bangalore
 
AIESEC Delhi IIT
1989-1991
 
Vice President Programs, AIESEC India 1991-1992
 
Vice President Programs, AIESEC International 1993-1995
 
Executive Director, AAA

Sumita is a certified yoga instructor from the Sivananda Yoga School. A clinical ayurvedic specialist, she also offers educational workshops on yoga and ayurveda.
 
Her other endeavors include managing volunteers and projects at the non-profit Arts and Business Council in Sacramento, California; organizing the 1996 Asia Pacific Economic Council (APEC) Business Forum in Manila, Philippines; and researching and writing for the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris, France.
 
Sumita envisions that the AIESEC Alumni Association will provide its membership a ground for ‘life-long learning’. She aspires that the membership will use the strength of their global network to build enterprises and communities that exemplify corporate social responsibility and sustainable development.

Anupam Yog
Mirabilis Advisory
New Delhi
 
AIESEC Delhi IIT
1997-2000
 
President, AIESEC India 2000-2001

Anupam is the Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Mirabilis Advisory - a strategic consulting firm that facilitates global exchange between cities, regions and countries by building partnerships across the public and private sectors.
 
He previously helped establish India Brand Equity Foundation, a public-private partnership between Ministry of Commerce and Industry and CII.
 
Anupam’s interests include travel, Hindustani classical music, promoting sports, education, and art and culture as vocations for young people in India.