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INSIDE THIS
MEANT
ISSUE:
Our Mission 2
From Presi- 3
dent’s Desk
Board of Direc-
tors 207
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Our Mission
Program 5
The primary mission of cultural bonds among mem- friendly atmosphere that any
MEANT is to provide an bers and their families by Malayalee engineer would
Chief Guest 6 infrastructure for the profes- providing a forum for interac- take pride in being associated
sional and personal growth of tion. We envision our organi- with.
present and future Malayalee zation becoming a profes-
Key Note 7 Engineers. The secondary sional establishment in the
Speaker mission is to foster social and North Texas area with a
Award Winners 6
Board of Direc- 9
About Meant
tors 208
• The Malayalee Engineers We provide job place- assistance with visa is-
Club & Com- 11 ment advice and mentor- sues.
Association of North
mittee Chairs
Texas (MEANT) was ing to new engineers. • We have partnered with
founded in 1988. • MEANT has various other organizations and
10 years old? 13
• We are engineering pro- clubs and holds several conducted mentoring
A biased long
fessionals, working as social functions through seminars for the youth,
view of
scientists, CTO’s, suc- out the year. These in- Math Olympiad for chil-
MEANT
cessful entrepreneurs, clude picnics, camping, dren, career fairs, coun-
chip designers, VPs, uni- boating, indoor games seling with Venture firms
versity professors, soft- and the MEANT fest. etc.
ware engineers, globe- The MEANT music club • Our annual scholarship
trotting technology mar- holds music nights every program helps deserving
keters and more. A good quarter and often enjoys engineering students in
percentage of our mem- an attendance of more Kerala, India to pay for
bers hold a doctorate than 100 people. their studies.
and many hold technol- • MEANT has programs to • We have run technology
ogy patents and pub- help other members up
lished books. information booths for
their career ladder as community members and
• MEANT provide various well as mentoring on small businesses.
avenues for networking starting their own com-
and professional growth. panies. We also provide
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From The President’s Desk….
T he success of an
organization is a measure of
its members’ motivation and
perseverance, and, over the
last 10 years, MEANT has
grown steadily. Every year we
have come up with new ideas
ladder—encouraging innova- their competitive spirit).
and programs to help not
tion and entrepreneurship.
only those individual constitu-
We have also maintained our
ents, but also our greater Lastly and most importantly, I
agenda to aid students in In-
community. This year, we would like to thank the BOD,
dia and here in the US. All
reached out by taking on new committee chairs, and all our
these accomplishments, how-
initiatives to work together members and their families for
ever, were only possible be-
with likeminded associations contributing the time and effort
cause of the willingness of
both in the North Texas area to make this a memorable year
successful MEANT affiliates
and across the country. This for MEANT. With our cultural,
to extend a helping hand.
focus enabled us to introduce academic, and occupational
MEANT to a larger audience similarities, we are uniquely
while highlighting our range Furthermore, due to our rise positioned to overcome the
of expertise. in membership, we have en- barriers we face both here and
joyed increased participation in India. As MEANT celebrates
in our annual picnic, camping its 10th anniversary, we look
As a nonprofit organization,
trip, Onam Fest, and other forward to the many opportu-
MEANT is committed to
social events. MEANT families nities and challenges ahead of
meeting the social and cul-
showed off their artistic tal- us. Together, we can continue
tural needs of its members. In
ents through numerous ac- to make a difference
addition to providing a strong
tivities during Onam Fest and
professional network, we
the region-based
have recently begun new pro- Sincerely,
“Athapookalam” competition
jects to guide young engineer- George Manthuruthil
(which certainly brought out
ing employees up the career
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George Manthuruthil is currently
working as a Solutions Project Man-
ager for IBM. George holds a Masters
Board of Directors 2007 degree in computer science from
Texas A&M University at Commerce.
George holds several patents and
authored over 25 technical publica-
tions. George lives in Coppell with his
George Manthuruthil wife Sheba and their two children,
Christine and James
President
Anoop Viswanath has been an active Sreenath Unnikrishnan has been a MEANT
member of MEANT since its inception member since 1998. He is currently a
and has taken up various roles. He is manager of analog circuit design at Texas
originally from Trichur but grew up in Instruments Inc. where he leads a team
Mysore. Since his marriage to Rashmi, designing audio amplifier chips. Sreenath
he calls himself a complete Malayalee has a PhD degree from the University of
(having made himself proficient in Mala- Texas and BTech degree from IIT Chennai
yalam). Anoop has a MS in Computer - both in Electrical Engineering. He lives in
Science from UTA and currently works Allen with his wife Rekha and six year old
as a Project Manager for AT&T. Sreenath Unnikrishnan daughter Rithu. When he is not working
Anoop Viswanath on audio amplifiers, he likes to spend
Secretary
President Elect time traveling with his family .
Mohan Kunnamkalath moved to US in Cynthia (Anu) Nair, currently works
1993 after graduating from Govt. En- at Comforce Information Technolo-
gineering college Trichur. He holds an gies as a Talent Acquaition Specialist.
MBA from UT Dallas. Mohan is cur- She graduated from UTD with a
rently working for Cisco Systems and Bachelors in Computer Science and is
lives in Carrollton with his wife currently pursuing a Masters in Busi-
Smitha and two kids Navina and Nav- ness at SMU Cox School of Business.
nit. Her interests include trying new cui-
Mohan Kunnamkalath
sine, health & fitness, decorating using
Cynthia (Anu) Nair elements of Feng Shui, and reading
Treasurer Communications fiction novels.
Manoj Krishnan is currently working Ani Gopalakrishnan is an Enterprise
as a Group Manager for Nokia Sie- Architect with IBM. Ani has a Masters
mens Networks. Manoj holds a bache- Degree in Computer Engineering from
lors degree in Electronics from TKM College of Engineering, Trivandrum.
college of Engineering, Kerala, India. Proven leadership charisma. Ani is
actively involved in Community and
Manoj lives in The Colony with his Groups. (Editor of FOKANA TODAY
loving wife Laxmy Raj and their chil- and Kairali, etc). Gifted with many talents
dren Rishab and Ishana. Manoj is an including the natural fluency of a writer
accomplished singer. and the visual strengths of an artist. He-
Manoj Krishnan Ani Gopalakrishnan
has a keen interest in literature, business,
Director Director current affairs and politics.
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Program
6:00 PM Networking, Registration and Cocktails
7:00 PM Welcome Message
Dr. Sreenath Unnikrishnan – Secretary MEANT
National Anthem (US and India)
Lamp Lighting (First Lady/Incoming First Lady)
7:20 PM President’s remarks
George Manthuruthil – President MEANT
7:30 PM Keynote Speech by Ms. Leann Priebe
Central Region President, AT&T Mobility
7:40 PM Speech by Chief Guest Hon. Sam Johnson
Congressman 3rd District of Texas
7:50 PM Award Ceremony
A.K. Mago- Community Leadership Award
Dr. George Sudharshan – Special Recognition award
Dr. Venu Menon – Outstanding Engineer award
8:15 PM Dinner - Cultural program (Indian Dance)
8:45 PM Introduction of Incoming Board
9:00 PM Vote of Thanks
9:10 - 10:30 PM Live Indian Music
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Sam Johnson, after graduating from SMU, started his 29-year career in the
U.S. Air Force at the young age of 20. Johnson served as director of the Air
Force Fighter Weapons School (Top Gun) and was one of two authors of the
air tactics manual revolutionizing military air dominance by incorporating
three-dimensional flight. He flew combat missions in both the Korean and
Vietnam Wars and was a Prisoner of War in Hanoi for nearly seven years.
Johnson’s autobiography, Captive Warriors describes his POW experience.
After his distinguished military career, Johnson started a home-building busi-
ness from scratch and served in the Texas legislature. In 1991, he embarked
on a new mission of service to his country - representing the people of
Texas’ Third District in the United States Congress.
A vocal advocate of less government and lower taxes, Johnson sits on the
prestigious Ways and Means Committee. Johnson serves as the Ranking
Member on the Social Security Subcommittee and is one of the few Members
of Congress to have his own plan to strengthen Social Security with personal
accounts.
A decorated combat veteran and war hero, Johnson was awarded two Silver
Stars, two Legions of Merit, the Distinguished Flying Cross, one Bronze Star
with Valor, two Purple Hearts, four Air Medals, and three Outstanding Unit
Awards.
Sam Johnson is married to the former Shirley L. Melton of Dallas. They are
proud parents of three children and grandparents to ten.
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MEANT AWARD WINNERS
Dr. Venu Menon, Vice Presi- manager of advanced CMOS patents. He serves on the
dent, Texas Instruments development. He led the Board of Directors of SE-
development of 130 nanome- MATECH Inc., and the Texas
ter and 65 nanometer proc- Instruments Foundation. He
Dr. Venu Menon received his ess technologies. These
undergraduate degree in is also on the University of
process technologies are California-Santa Cruz Indus-
Chemical Engineering from
used in the volume produc- trial Advisory Board and on
the University Institute of tion of DSPs, cell phone
Chemical Technology, the editorial advisory board
processors of SEMICONDUCTOR IN-
Mumbai, India and and ASICs
a PhD degree in
Chemical Engi-
Outstanding Engineer in multiple
TERNATIONAL.
factories
neering from Illi- and generate Venu is married to Manju
nois Institute of Technol- billions of dollars of revenue. Menon and has two children,
ogy, Chicago. Rohan and Remya. A little
In January 2007, Venu be-
came the Vice President for known fact is his passion for
After working 5 years for Analog Technology Develop- Indian music. In 2005, Sony
DR. VENU MENON SEMATECH, Dr. Venu Joined ment where he leads analog Music released an album of
Texas instruments n 1995 as research and development. his compositions in Hindi.
Vice President
Worldwide Manager for
Contamination and Yield He has keynoted several
Texas Instruments Inc.
Operations. In 2003 he was conferences, published over
elected TI Vice President and 30 papers and received 4
Dr.Ennackal Chandy University of Rochester, He also developed a quan-
George Sudarshan (E.C.G. New York. tum representation of co-
Sudarshan) is a prominent Sudarshan has made signifi- herent light, which is now
Indian American physicist, cant contributions to many known as the Sudarshan-
author, and professor at other fields of physics. He Glauber representation.
The University of Texas at was the first to propose the Dr. Sudarshan has been
Austin. Before joining UT existence of tachyons, par- nominated 6 times for the
Austin, Dr. Sudarshan ticles that travel Nobel prize.
taught at the faster than Dr. Sudarshan received
Tata Institute
of Fundamen-
Special Recognition light. He Padma Vibhushan second
developed highest civilian award from
tal Research, formalism Government of India, in
University of Rochester, called dynamical maps that 2007. He also received
Syracuse University, and is one of the most funda- several other awards and
Harvard University. Dr. mental formalism to study honors including Majorana
Sudarshan graduated with the theory of open quan- Prize in 2006 and First
Dr. E C G Sudarshan
honors from the Madras tum system. He was the Prize in Physics at the Third
Christian College in 1951. originator (with Robert World Academy of Sci-
He did his master's at the Marshak) of the V-A theory ences,
University of Madras, India of the weak force, which .
in 1952. In 1958, he re- eventually paved the way
ceived his Ph. D. from the for the electroweak theory.
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MEANT AWARD WINNERS
Ashok Kumar (A.K) Mago
is Chairman & Chief Execu- AK is the current chairman
tive Officer of Mago and of Urban League of Greater
Associates, Inc., a Dallas- Dallas Board of Directors
based strategy and invest- and a member of Salvation
ment advisory firm. A.K Army of Dallas County
holds a MBA degree from Advisory Board. AK is the
University of Texas at Dal- founding chairman of
las. Greater
As Chairman of the Dallas
US-India Forum,
Community Leadership Indo-
A.K was responsible Ameri-
for the creation of the can Chamber
Ashok Kumar (A.K) Mago Friends of India Caucus in of Commerce. AK also
the United States Senate. In served for 2 years as a
2004 Senator John Cornyn member of the Dallas/Fort
took a trip to India with Worth International Air-
A.K and on his return cre- port Board of Directors.
ated Friends of India Cau-
cus in the Senate.
Board of Directors 2008
President Anoop Viswanath
Secretary Karthika Unnikrishnan
Treasurer Bipin Ravi
Communications Radhika Sajith
Director Ani Gopalakrishnan
Director Paul Pathrose
President Elect Joseph Valiaveedu
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George Brody is the founder and Chief
Executive Officer for GlobeRanger Corpo-
MEANT Clubs &
ration. Prior to co-founding GlobeRanger
in 1999, Brody served as Vice President
and General Manager of Nortel Networks’
Wireless Network Solutions division.
Brody holds a bachelor’s degree in electri-
Committee Chairs cal engineering from the Indian Institute of
Science, Bangalore and master’s degrees in
electrical engineering and computer sci-
George Brody ence from the University of New Bruns-
Entrepreneurship wick, Canada and holds several patents.
Rajeev moved to US in 1997 after John Joseph is an IT professional, cur-
graduating from R.E.C Calicut. He is rently employed by Raytheon. He has
currently working as a Senior Man- a Master's degree in Management In-
ager at Quorum Business Solutions formation Systems. He lives in Cop-
Inc USA. He currently lives with his pell with his wife Maria and two
loving wife Roshni and two kids daughters, Tia and Bianca.
Shwetha and Siddarth.
Rajeev P Kulam John Joseph
Music Club Networking Club
Stanley Allen holds a bachelors degree Raj Chirayil is a marketing executive
in Computer Information System with more than 25 years of experi-
from University of North Texas and is ence at Texas Instruments, USA, in
working as an IT professional at Texas various capacities. Raj holds patents
Health resource. Stanley lives in Cop- in multiprocessor systems and com-
pell with his beautiful wife Shine and munications and has published several
their two children Ashwin and Ash- technical papers and articles. Cur-
wini rently Raj works as an independent
business consultant and is on the
board of IT and non-IT related com-
Stanley Allen Rajan Chirayil panies.
Outdoor Club Scholarship
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10 years old? A biased long view of MEANT
Dr. Suresh Damodaran, First MEANT Secretary and Life Member
It is no secret that George the support of some cul- faces to leadership as BoD
Brody has a passion for tural glue. But the forces of members every year.
Malayalam karaoke. And the times swung MEANT Working in a team to make
the rest of us got MEANT back and forth between things happen while re-
from this passion. It seems professional and socio- specting differing points of
like yesterday when a few cultural goals, with the gen- view is hard, and MEANT
of us got together at Plano eral result of either or both BoDs have survived many
Recreation Center to bring goals being in focus in a such hardships over its life-
forth MEANT. From that given year depending on time. I hope more mem-
meeting in 1997, I remem- the Board of Directors bers take advantage of this
ber AV hoping MEANT (BoD). With this much marvelous institute. As al-
doesn’t get afflicted with direction we have had eve- ways, you get back only in
“Arambha Surathwam,” rything from full fledged proportion to what you
which translates to “big conferences, tax seminars, give, and BoD participation
bang start with no follow professional talks, profes- is no exception.
On this frozen
through.” We all can say sional dances, music nights,
January night, as I with some certainty now camping trips, culture festi-
Over the years, MEANT
that we survived that test, vals, music nights (where
pen this in the seems to have developed a
and we can all sing together melody meets beasts like
taste in charity. The charity
frozen north east, – “good times, bad times.” me), to card game extrava-
initiative is a significant evo-
Moncy & AV have authored ganzas. Not bad, eh? Talk
many memories lutionary step for MEANT,
a great constitution for about being comfortable
which started out as an
flood my MEANT which may even be with ambiguity as a true
organization “just for fun
an improvement over that mark of leadershipJ
thoughts.. and self help.” After years
of Lions club. It is still serv-
of trying to make contact
ing its purpose despite our
That reminds me of with other similar organiza-
best effort at tinkering with
MEANT leadership insti- tions in the USA, it is inter-
it over the years.
tute. MEANT has produced esting to note that the
several directors, secretar- charity work is what even-
To tell the truth, I never ies, presidents, and such tually got us together!
really understood for a long dignitaries over the years. I
time the “Malayalee” part in can personally attest to the
On this frozen January
MEANT– after all many of quality of training MEANT
night, as I pen this in the
us do not even speak Mala- provided, which possibly
frozen north east, many
yalam fluently. Now I know, resulted in a some millime-
memories flood my
and I hope you will confirm, ters of additional skin thick-
thoughts. Archana and I
“Malayalee” ethnicity has ness (some say it is skull
have been fortunate to be
been just the seed for the thickness, hm…). MEANT
friends with so many of
friendships to flourish in has tried consciously from
you. Please join us in wish-
MEANT. The initial goal for the beginning to avoid per-
ing MEANT a long life! Oh,
MEANT was the profes- sonality based leadership
we miss the toast.
sional growth in the early cliques, and to establish a
Internet boom time with tradition of bringing in new
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Prince Alex 972-403-4139 Sony Sebastian
Spouse: Sonia Rajiv Vellore Nokia Spouse: Manju
Allen, TX Spouse: Madhavi Garland, TX
214-547-9356 Allen, TX Sanjay Cheeran 972-303-9636
Texas Instruments 972-747-1690 Spouse: Raji GlobeRanger Corporation
INET Technologies Plano, TX
Radhakrishnan Panicker 972-208-0069 Sophia George
Spouse: Mallika Ramakrishnan Kanhiroten Sterling Commerce, Inc Spouse: Varghese
Colony, TX Spouse: Asha Richardson, TX
Lawrence & Associates Allen, TX Sash George 972-671-6533
Radhakrishnan Kaimal 972-727-3782 Spouse: Mary
Spouse: Radha TI Lewisville, TX Dr. Sreenath Unnikrishnan
Carrollton, TX 469-362-1524 Spouse: Rekha
972-395-3106 Ranjith Nair Microsoft 972-359-7147
Spouse: Resmi Texas Instruments
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Spouse: Sara 972-668-2553 Spouse: Uma Stanley Allen
Plano, TX Crossmark The Colony, TX Spouse: Shine
972-267-0015 972-625-3787 Coppell, TX
Texas Instruments Inc. Rijo George WiQuest 972-315-8451
Spouse: Ciji Teaxas Health Resources
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Spouse: Roshni 972-245-7161 Spouse: Maya Steven Chacko
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Plano, TX Texas Instruments
Rajeev Mathew 972-491-0777 Siby Mathew
Spouse: Alice IBM Spouse: Maria Subil Abraham
Flower Mound, TX Allen, TX Spouse:
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AE Resources Group Inc Spouse: Radhika At Home Dinners IBM
Colony, TX
972-668-8178
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Plano, TX Suresh Kainur Plano, TX Richardson, TX
972-612-9331 Spouse: Jaya 214-474-0178 972-234-8585
SBC Communications Plano, TX Kestle, LLC Vartec Telecom
972-881-3733
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Spouse: Raji Spouse: Sudha Spouse: Radha
972-479-1952 Sween Ambat Plano, TX Plano, TX
SMU Spouse: Shobha 972-612-9331 972-396-8747
Frisco, TX Cisco Systems Cadence
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Spouse: Josni Ericsson Dr. Venu Menon* Vinod Sukumaran
Coppell, TX Spouse: Manju Spouse: Saritha
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Akamai Technologies Spouse: Bhasy 972-378-0470 214-403-4139
Plano, TX Texas Instruments Oracle
Sunil Thomas 972-985-4234
Spouse: Pearl SBC Communications Vicas Nedumpillil
Richardson, TX Spouse: Resmi
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Texas Instruments Spouse: Sasikumar 972-378-0470
The Colony, TX I2 Technologies
Sunil Nair 972-625-3787
Spouse: Deepa Working on her Ph. D
Plano, TX
972-867-6869
aircom
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Spouse: T.Lakshmi Our Past Presidents
Dallas, TX
Surendran Nair 972-587-8390
1998 - DR. VENU MENON
Spouse: Shailaja Univ. Of Texas At Dallas
Plano, TX 1999- MR. A.V. THOMAS
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2000- MS LAURA MANI
Concentra Spouse: Sophia
Richardson, TX 2001 - MR. ALIAS PATHROSE
Dr. Suresh Damodaran* 972-671-6533
2002- MS. MANJU MENON
Spouse: Archana Verizon
Acton, MA 2003 - DR. NEELAKANTAN KARTHA
978-274-5704 Dr. Varghese Jacob
2004- DR. JOHN MATHEW
Sterling Commerce, Inc. Spouse: Sunu
McKinney, TX 2005- MR. VIJAY DAMODARAN
Suresh George 972-529-1443
2006- MR. KESH NAIR
Spouse: Shiny Univ. Of Texas At Dallas
Richardson, TX
972-907-0718
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