Advisory Boards

Academic Advisory Board

Chuck Noble, Professor and former Chair, Political Science  

Elizabeth Philipose, Associate Professor, Women’s Studies

Forouzan Golshani, Dean, College of Engineering

Gerry Riposa, Dean, College of Liberal Arts

Hema Ramachandran, Engineering Librarian

Howard Fitzgerald, Director of Development, College of Liberal Arts

Jeet Joshee, Dean, College of Continuing and Professional Education

Jyotsna Pattnaik, Professor, Education

Ken Curtis, Assistant Vice President for International Education and Global Engagement  

Norbert Schurer, Associate Professor, English

Shireen Pavri, Professor and Associate Dean, College of Education

Tim Keirn, Lecturer, History

Vincent Del Casino, Professor and Chair, Geography

Community Advisory Board

Uka Solanki, President and CEO, Big Saver Foods, Chair
S. Balasubramaniam, President-Elect, American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin
M. L. Bhaumik, President, Heliotronics Inc
Hamilton Brewart, CEO, Hamilton Brewart Insurance
Matthew Chandy, Branch Manager (Artesia), State Bank of India
Narendra Chudasama, Community Leader
Navreet Chugh, Managing Partner, The Chugh Firm; Founding Member, TiE
Firoze Dordi, President, Maazda Travel
Navin Doshi, Businessman; Community Leader
Indra Gandhi, Attorney at Law
Yogesh Goradia, Businessman; Community Leader
Vikram Kamdar, Professor of Medicine, UCLA Medical Center; Community Leader
Ashok Madan, Director and Regional Vice President, National Federation of Indian Associations
Manilal Mehta, Jain Center of Southern California
B. U. Patel, Founder and Vice Chairman of the Board, Tarsadia Hotels
Chatur Patel, Community Leader
Ganpat Patel, Former CEO, Cherokee International
Kumar Patel, Professor of Physics; Former Vice Chancellor for Research, UCLA
Shela Patel, Former Graduate Advisor, Department of History, UCLA; Community Leader
Maqbool Qadri, President, Indian Muslim Association
Krishna Reddy, Founder and President, Indian-American Friendship Council
Shezad Rokerya, President, Interlink Equity Capital
Mohinder Sambhi, Emeritus Professor, UCLA School of Medicine
Bhanu SarDesai, Community Leader; Member, Sardar Patel Award Charter Member
D. R. SarDesai, Emeritus Professor of History, UCLA
Abdulgani Shaikh, Boeing (Long Beach); Community Leader
Inder Singh, President, Global Organization of Peoples of Indian Origin
Nalini Solanki, Vice President, Big Saver Foods
Arun Srivastava, Country Coordinator for India, Sister Cities International

Ex Officio:

Uka Solanki, Chair, Yadunandan Center for India Studies Community Advisory Board
Gerry Riposa, Dean, College of Liberal Arts, CSULB
Dorothy Abrahamse, Coordinator, CSU-India Project