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Principals

Pradip Kamat (MS eng, MBA) is the President of Indus International. He is a former executive with Swagelok, Keithley and Allen-Bradley (Now Rockwell Automation). He founded Indus International, Inc. in 1992 to help his clients with business development and discovering and unleashing growth opportunities. Mr. Kamat brings over twenty years of sales, marketing, strategic thinking and general management experience. He is the chair of the program committee of India-Ohio Chamber of Commerce.

Alok Gupta (B.Tech, MBA) is the President of Indus International, India. He has over 16 years of experience with ICI plc & Swagelok. He has three successful startups for his employers to his credit. Through the various product lines handled by him with assignments across India, he has extensive knowledge of & contacts in the Indian Industry. He serves on various Industry bodies including the National Alternative Energy committee.

Michael Salkind (BS, PhD Eng) is a Principal of Indus International and President of BusinessTech Network. He is a former executive with United Technologies, NASA, The Air Force, and the Ohio Aerospace Institute. He founded BusinessTech Network in 2003 to help businesses harness knowledge and technology for competitive advantage and to secure funding. Dr Salkind brings over 40 years of experience in developing and facilitating collaborative teams, managing technology, funding R&D, research and teaching. He is the vice-chair of the program committee of India-Ohio Chamber of Commerce.

Sulekh Jain, Houston, USA (BS, MS, PhD Eng, MBA) is a Principal of Indus International and President of Materials and Manufacturing Technology Solutions (MMTS) Company. He is a former executive with GE, C-E Beaumont, and Wyman-Gordon. He founded MMTS in 1998 and JAINTECH Inc in 2003 to help manufacturers in metalworking process technology and management. Dr Jain brings over 44 years of experience in management, metals production and processing, and sourcing of metal parts. He has 9 Patents, over 40 technical papers, and has taught at MIT, Worcester Tech, and Laval University.

Howard Gudell (BS) is a Principal of Indus International. He is the President of the Ohio-Israel Chamber of Commerce, a statewide economic development organization located in Cleveland, which he helped found. Established in December 1996, the organization was created to facilitate bilateral business between Ohio and Israeli companies as well as to support the Governor’s Eastern Mediterranean Regional Trade office in Tel-Aviv. The chamber is an enterprise solutions provider, which serves to promote multi-national commerce between Ohio and the Middle East thru joint ventures, strategic partnerships, co-location of companies looking for US presence and the commercialization of technologies.