36TH ANNUAL GALA SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2016 | GRAND HYATT AT GRAND CENTRAL, NYC GALA CHAIR: Shailesh Naik, PE GALA CO-CHAIR: Ketan Shah, PE ADVISORY BOARD: Mihir B. Patel, BE and Nayan Parikh, BE RECEPTION & COCKTAILS: 6:00 pm - Empire Ball Room Salon I and Foyer (3rd Floor) MAIN EVENT: 8:00 pm - Empire State Ballroom (3rd Floor) SOCIETY OF INDO-AMERICAN ENGINEERS AND ARCHITECTS PRESIDENT PRESIDENT-ELECT EXEC. V. PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT SECRETARY JOINT SECRETARY TREASURER ASST. TREASURER IMM. PAST PRESIDENT Vikrant S. Sampat, PE Shailesh Naik, PE Kenny Desai, BE, MS Sanjeev Agarwal, PE Nimesh Shah, PE Mitul Patel, PE Prakash Shah, PE Jaswant Mody Mihir B. Patel, BE DIRECTORS: Vinod Devgan, RA, Amar Malla, RA, Yogesh Mistry, RA, Amil Patel, PE, Ketan Shah, PE, Yatish Sharma, PE, Devjit Singh, RA, Kaushal Thakore, Meenakshi Varandani, AIA PAST PRESIDENTS: Nayan Parikh, BE and Ravi Shenoy, PE SPECIAL ADDRESS: Ambassador Riva Ganguly Das, Consul General Of India, New York KEY NOTE SPEAKER: Ms. Veronique Hakim, President, MTA New York City Transit GUEST OF HONOR: Gordon Tung, Vice President, Construction Management, New York City School Construction Authority INVITED GUESTS: Honorable Mayor Bill de Blasio Hon. Scott M. Stringer, New York City Comptroller Michael Jones-Bey , Director, Supplier Diversity, Consolidated Edison Mr. Robert Lemieux CUNYʼs Executive Director of the Department of Design Rebecca Fraley-Corrado, Vice President Administration, New York City School Construction Authority Thomas F. Prendergast, Chairman and CEO, Metropolitan Transportation Authority Craig F. Stewart, Senior Director Capital Programs, Metropolitan Transportation Authority HONOREES: Alok Saha, PE, Vice President & Deputy chief engineer, New York City Transit Bharat M. Kothari, PE, MBA, Program Manager II, New York City Transit Chetan Patel, President, CRC Associates Inc. Chirag Patel, Deputy Director, Capital Projects/Special Projects, NYCHA Gary Guleria PE, President, A.G. Consulting Engineering PC Jay Agarwal, PE, CEM, President, A&J Consulting Engineering Services PC Manik K. Arora, PE, President & CEO, Arora Engineers, Inc. Sid Raman, PE, CBCP, LEED AP, Principal, Raman & Oundjian Engineers & Architects, PC HONOREES UNDER 40: Mitul Patel, PE, President, KERI Engineering, PC