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Ahuja
Ahuja is a surname, mainly in the Punjab region. It is held by Hindus and Sikhs of the Arora Khatri communities. It means "descendant of Ahu". Notable people Administration * Deepak Ahuja, former CFO at Tesla * Kiran Ahuja, American attorney serving as the director of the United States Office of Personnel Management * Sudhir Ahuja, vice president of joint ventures at Alcatel-Lucent * Sanjiv Ahuja, chairman and CEO of Tillman Global Holdings Armed Forces * Ajay Ahuja, Indian fighter pilot martyred during Kargil War Art * Ameena Ahmad Ahuja, Indian painter, calligrapher, writer and linguist * Mequitta Ahuja, contemporary painter * Naman Ahuja, art historian and curator * Sachin Ahuja, Indian music producer and music composer * Varun Ahuja, Indian composer, singer-songwriter and a multi-instrumentalist Athletics * Davinder Ahuja, badminton bronze medalist in 1974 Asian Games * Neha Ahuja, Indian alpine skier and first Indian woman to have qualified for the Winter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mequitta Ahuja
Mequitta Ahuja (born 1976) is a Contemporary art, contemporary American Feminism, feminist Painting, painter of African Americans, African American and South Asian descent who lives in Baltimore, Maryland. Ahuja creates works of self-portraiture that combine themes of myth and legend with personal identity. Early life Mequitta Ahuja was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan to Indian and African-American parents, hailing from New Delhi and Cincinnati respectively. Ahuja grew up in a largely white community in Connecticut, and had little contact with African American communities and culture. Her upbringing in this environment is a common subject in her work. Ahuja received her BA at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1998, and her MFA at University of Illinois at Chicago in 2003, where she was mentored by contemporary artist Kerry James Marshall. Career and Works In 2007, in Ahuja's debut exhibition in New York city, New York Times art critic Holland Cotter said of Ahuja's wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ajay Ahuja
Sqn Ldr Ajay Ahuja ( – ) was a fighter pilot of the Indian Air Force who was killed during the Kargil War between India and Pakistan in 1999. His MiG-21 was hit by a surface-to-air missile fired by the Pakistan Army near the town of Kargil in the Indian territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Ajay Ahuja ejected from the aircraft and parachuted to the ground. According to Indian claims, Ahuja was alive upon his landing before he was captured and subsequently killed by Pakistan troops; these claims have been rejected by Pakistan. A post-mortem report conducted on Ahuja's body after it was recovered and returned to India showed that he had a fractured knee alongside two fatal bullet wounds to his head and chest. Reports by the Indian media of Ahuja's capture and killing by Pakistani troops during the conflict sparked a major uproar within India. Early life and military career Ajay Ahuja was born on 22 May 1963 in Kota, Rajasthan, India. He did his schooling from Saint Paul's Senio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nita Ahuja
Nita Ahuja is a surgeon and the Chair of the Department of Surgery at Yale School of Medicine and Surgeon-in-Chief of Surgery at Yale New Haven Hospital. She is the first woman ever to serve as Chair of Surgery in Yale in its >200 year history. Before taking this position she was the first woman ever to be the Chief of Surgical Oncology at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, USA. Ahuja researches in the field of epigenetics and is a passionate advocate of clinician scientist. She also served as the director of Sarcoma and peritoneal surface malignancy program. She is a surgeon-scientist and her research has been cited more than 11,000 times in scientific literature. Early life and education Born in India, she migrated to the United States with her parents when she was 8 years old. Her journey into the world of science started as a laboratory technician in Dept. of Immunology, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda. She was awarded with "Outstanding College Students of A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shiney Ahuja
Shiney Ahuja (born 15 May 1973) is an Indian actor in Bollywood films. He won the Filmfare Best Male Debut Award for ''Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi'' in 2006 and then followed with several hit films like ''Gangster'', ''Woh Lamhe'', ''Life in a Metro'', ''Bhool Bhulaiyaa'', and ''Welcome Back''. Early life Ahuja was born on 15 May 1973 into a Punjabi family in New Delhi. Ahuja's father was in the Indian Army. He studied at St. Xavier's School, Ranchi, and Army Public School, Dhaula Kuan, and attended Hansraj College, Delhi University. Later, he joined the theatre group "TAG" where he met Barry John. Shortly thereafter, he joined John's acting school in Delhi. Career After completing college, Shiney secured his first commercial ad for Pepsi. This instantly brought him into consideration by the top ad agencies. Flooded with offers, Ahuja worked in over 40 ad films in that year, including Cadburys and Citibank. He also featured in the music video 'Pyar ho Gaya' for the British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiran Ahuja
Kiran Arjandas Ahuja (born June 17, 1971) is an American attorney and activist serving as the director of the United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM). She served as the chief of staff to the OPM director from 2015 to 2017. She assumed that position after serving for six years as the director of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. An Indian-born American, she has also been a lawyer with the United States Department of Justice and a founding director of a non-profit, the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum. In 2017, she became the CEO of Philanthropy Northwest. Ahuja's nomination was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 22, 2021, by a vote of 51–50, with Vice President Kamala Harris breaking the tie. She was sworn in on June 24, 2021. Early life and education Ahuja was raised in Savannah, Georgia and she and her family were immigrants from India. She started college at Emory University, but quickly transferred to Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deepak Ahuja
Deepak Prabhu Ahuja is an Indian-American financial executive working in the life sciences industry who previously worked in the automotive manufacturing industry. He is best known for being the former CFO of Tesla, Inc., Tesla. Ahuja holds a bachelor's degree in ceramic engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi and a master's degree from Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science of Northwestern University. Ahuja enrolled at Northwestern University in 1985, with his first class being taught by Morris E. Fine. Ahuja spent six years working for Kennametal near Pittsburgh, and obtained a Master of Business Administration qualification from Carnegie Mellon University. In 1993 Ahuja moved to Woodhaven, Michigan to accept a job with the Ford Motor Company. He became Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the AutoAlliance International joint-venture between Ford and Mazda. Ahuja then moved to become CFO of Ford in Southern Africa. He then returned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neha Ahuja
Neha Ahuja (born September 27, 1981) is an Indian alpine skier who represented India in the 2006 Winter Olympics held in Torino, Italy. Ahuja was also the flag bearer in the opening and closing ceremonies. She has achieved several milestones in skiing for India. She is the first Indian woman to have qualified for the Winter Olympics. She is also the first woman to qualify for both the slalom and giant slalom events in the Olympics. Ahuja was one of the four Indians competing at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. She placed 51st. Her older sister Shefali Ahuja represented India in the 3rd Winter Asian games held in Harbin, China, and her younger sister Swati Ahuja participated in the fourth season of MTV Roadies. Early life Ahuja was born in New Delhi to Anita Ahuja (née Wadhwa) and Colonel S.P. Ahuja, an officer in the Indian Border Security force. Ahuja's father was also the director of winter sports in Gulmarg and was the principal of the Indian Institute of Skiing and Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maneet Ahuja
Maneet Ahuja (born 1984) is an American author, journalist, television news producer, and hedge fund specialist. She is a producer of CNBC's morning business news program, ''Squawk Box''. Her 2012 book, ''The Alpha Masters: Unlocking the Genius of the World's Top Hedge Funds'', was published by John Wiley & Sons and nominated for an FT / Goldman Sachs Book of the Year Award. ''Forbes'' named her to their "30 Under 30" list of media figures for 2012. Ahuja has also produced a number of business events including CNBC's Delivering Alpha conference, a hedge fund summit that she created and co-developed. Ahuja serves on the Council of Advocates for Mt. Sinai Hospital and is on the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. Her next book is The Techtonics. Career Finance and journalism Ahuja began her finance career at the age of 17 when she interned at Citigroup in 2002 as a credit risk analyst. After ten months, Ahuja became a full-time employee. She remained at Citigroup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunil Kumar Ahuja
Sunil Kumar Ahuja (born March 13, 1961) is a professor of Medicine, Microbiology, Immunology & Biochemistry at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and an expert on the role of immunogenetics on HIV pathogenesis. Ahuja is also the Director of the Veterans Administration Research Center for AIDS and HIV-1 Infection. His most recent work, first published in the 2005 issue of Science, involves the ethnic group-specific role of CCR5 haplotype and CCL3L1 gene copy number on the progression of HIV to AIDS. Education Sunil Ahuja received his medical degree from the Armed Forces Medical College India in 1983. Following work towards a M.Sc. degree from the University of Alberta in Canada, Ahuja had his internship and residency at the SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn. Publications Sunil Ahuja's research has been published in many peer-reviewed journals, including ''Science, The New England Journal of Medicine, Nature Medicine, Nature Immunology'' and ''Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arun Kumar Ahuja
Arun Kumar Ahuja (born Gulshan Singh Ahuja 17 January 1917 – 3 July 1998), popularly known as Aroon, was an Indian actor and producer who was active in Hindi cinema in the 1940s and early 1950s, appearing in over 30 films in both leading and supporting roles. He was perhaps best known for appearing in Mehboob Khan's 1940 film '' Aurat'' which was the predecessor of the Oscar nominated 1957 remake ''Mother India''. He was married to singer and actress Nirmala Devi and is the father of actor Govinda. Career Ahuja was discovered in Lahore when director Mehboob Khan was looking for new talent and Ahuja was among the people auditioning. Khan selected Ahuja and cast him in the leading role for his 1939 film '' Ek Hi Raasta'' for Sagar Movietone. He went on to act in over 30 films throughout the 1940s and early 1950s playing leading and supporting roles for film banners such as National Studios, Ranjit Studios and Sagar Movietone. He also sang in most of his films as was the tradi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanjiv Ahuja
Sanjiv Ahuja is a telecommunications executive, the chairman and CEO of Tillman Global Holdings. On 15 June 2016 his company, Apollo Towers Myanmar, began drawdowns on a $250 million loan from the United States Overseas Private Investment Corp. to build cell towers in Myanmar. The firm hopes to build 2,000 additional towers in the country; it has already worked with Telenor, an international provider of mobile connectivity, to construct 1,700 towers in Myanmar in 2014 and 2015. Education Ahuja has a degree in electrical engineering from Delhi College of Engineering, Delhi University (now Delhi Technological University), India, and a master's degree from Columbia University in New York. He lives in NYC. Early career Ahuja began his career at IBM in 1979 as a software engineer. From 1987 to 1990 he managed IBM's strategy for transaction processing, and from 1990 to 1994 he was responsible for IBM's distributed network and systems business, leading IBM into the telecommun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sudhir Ahuja
Sudhir R. “Sid” Ahuja is the senior vice president of product development at Caregility, a New Jersey-based Telehealth company, and a Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Stevens Institute of Technology. He is a Bell Labs Fellow holding 23 patents and a member of IEEE. Career Ahuja earned his bachelor's degree in technology, with an emphasis on electrical engineering, from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, in 1972. He subsequently attended Rice University in Houston, Texas, where in 1977 he obtained his Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science. Ahuja’s research has focused on multimedia communications, including voice recognition, VoIP, IP Multimedia Subsystem, IP multimedia subsystems), speech synthesis, text-to-speech, human-computer interaction, on-demand media, and speaker verification. After graduating, Ahuja found employment with Alcatel-Lucent, and worked with the global telecommunications equipment company fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
