NED Alumni Conventions
NED Alumni convention is a platform for the connectivity between different alumni residing in Silicon Valley.
About Us
NEDAASV is the NED Alumni Network in Silicon Valley of NED University of Engineering and Technology. The NED Alumni still carry the mission embossed on NED's original logo, which is also the logo of this Alumni Association, true to its roots.
- The Plumb-Bob symbolizes to stand tall and Erect, Level and the Scale symbolizes to look straight, not to look down upon anyone nor cringe before a higher power and Hammers are the mere reminder to act, cause the skill without exertion is of no avail.
Staying true to its values has benefited its Alumni well globally and in Silicon Valley. There is not a field where NEDians has not excelled in, a new NEDian star rises every day in Silicon Valley, for a profit or not for profit venture. For a venture or social good NEDAASV remains a well-knit community.
They draw strength and energy from each other and collaborate in an exemplary symbiotic relationship. The strength of this community can be defined in the strength of its network, second to none.
Movement Of Reading Science
Monuments
Some of the silicon valley picturesque monuments.
Current Office Bearers
NEDians are meeting regularly every fourth Thursday of each month. Current NED Alumni Association board members are:
Contribution Towards Community
Online/Web-based talk on Technology
2010 Flood Relief Fundraiser ‘US and Now’
Portfolio
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It comprises of all the achievements of NEDAASV so far.
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Bets10
Watchseries
PayActiv
Diablo Ballet Company
Computers and structures Inc. CSi
Silicon Valley Builders
Vasona Systems
HEWT
HEWT
Founded and funded by NEDian Zulki Khan to provide microloans, like Mohammad Younus in Bangladesh, to spur the cottage industry of Pakistan, enables a mother to put bread on the table for the family.
https://www.hewt.org
KOSHISH FOUNDATION
KOSHISH FOUNDATION
Koshish Foundation, founded by a NEDian Muhammad Suhail is decades old. It has been serving the underprivileged students at NED who get admission at NED but cannot afford the fees.
https://www.koshish.org
PEHLA QADAM
PEHLA QADAM
Founded by NEDian Amer Haider to give the children with club foot a chance on life.
https://www.pehlaqadam.org
DETECTOVID
DETECTOVID
Founded by NEDian Mukhtar Zaidi a campaign to gather Cough data from Medical University hospitals and employ faculty and students from Engineering Universities to employ AI to solve the COVID problem by early Detection.
https://www.detectovid.org
EYE IN SILICON VALLEY
Alumni
Prestigious Alumni Network in Silicon Valley.
Ashraf Habibullah
Founder
Computers and Structures, Inc. (CSi), 1975
Diablo Ballet Company, 1993
Engineer’s Alliance for the Arts, 1998
Speaker on a variety of forums around the globe and a philanthropist whose giving does not stop, second to none in the Silicon Valley.
Idris Kothari
Founder and Entrepreneur
Co-Founded Vasona Systems International
Founded Vertical Systems Inc. and VPNet Technologies.
Founded VIA Technology and Semi-Custom Logic, Inc.
Founding member of Organization of Pakistani Entrepreneurs (OPEN) Silicon Valley Chapter, served on the first Global Board of The Indus Entrepreneur (TIE)
By finding so many enterprises Idris Kothari is truly is a serial Entreprenuer.
Zulki Khan
Founder
CEO at Nexlogic Technologies.
Electrical Engineering from N.E.D University, Karachi.
Panelist in dozens of conferences as a subject matter expert in circuit designs and PCB manufacturing.
Supporting micro financing with his own funds for the helpless and needy makes him the most warm hearted NEDian on books. His kindness to help a cause sees no bounds.
Saeed Kazmi
Founder
Electrical Engineering 1973,
Co Founded Vasona Systems International and Semi-Custom Logic, Inc.
Founded Vertical Systems Inc. (VSi), Founded VPNet Technologies, Founded VIA Technology.
In 2008 he was named to Oregon state university distinguished engineers.
Raghib Hussain
Founder
Computer Systems Engineering, NED University 1987.
Chief Strategy Officer and EVP at Marvell Semiconductor.
CTO and Founder Cavium Inc.
He is an icon in Silicon Valley, everyone wants to be like him. Early enough in his career he decided he did not want to be a serial Entrepreneur. He always wanted to do it once, do it right and he did.
Amer Haider
Founder
Founded Doctella.
Founded Phela Qadam.
Entrepreneur and early-stage investor.
A philanthropist you will find in fore front of every cause that serves humanity.
Rehan Jalil
Founder
Electrical Engineering, NED University
President and CEO SECURITI.ai
Venture Adivsor at Mayfield Fund.
With a razor sharp focus his success has never been an accident. He is a serial Entrepreneur but his most distinguished attribute yet is his love for his children.
Nisar Ali
Senior Manager and President
Electrical Engineering 1988
Sr Manager Software Juniper Network
President NEDAASV
He is the one who works in trenches when the lime light is gone, for the causes of NED.
Mukhtar Zaidi
Founder
Mechanical Engineering 1980
President Pascal Engineering 1998
Co-founded Pascal Group
Founded Pascal Tech, Silicon Valley Builders 2007
Non profit ventures such as Eye in Silicon Valley, Movement of Reading Science, Detectovid.org
Appointed judge at US Military Academy West Point.
Belief system: Intellectual enrichment and enlightenment ought to be the way of life.
Imran Qureshi
Technology Enthusiast and President
President NEDAASV 2011 -2013.
Batch of Electrical Engineering 1980-81.
Cisco Certified Internet Expert #1030.
Worked for Cisco Systems for 25 years.
He is one of the soft hearted NEDians you will find in frontlines when needed.
He helped donate huge amount of equipment from Cisco to NED.
Safwan Shah
Chief Executive Officer
Electrical Engineering, NED University.
CEO and Founder of PayActiv Inc.
Board of Directors, Techlogix.
He is an outspoken free thinker, not restrained by the popular truth. His heart rhymes with the causes of NED. When you think NED, his name is the first one that pops up in mind, a pinnicle position hard to hold for as long as he has.
Asif Habib
Leader and Entrepreneur
Computer Engineering, NED University
Sr. Technology and Software Architect at PayPal.
Co-Founder and CEO Gloopt Inc.
He is a scientist at heart who has incubated ideas after ideas yet no stopping in sight.
Saeed Yousuf
Founder
President Dryco
Civil Engineering 1985.
Entertain intellectual enrichment associations.
Dr. Misbah Azam
PhD, Anchorperson and Founder
Electrical Engineering
Vishay Siliconix
TV Anchor View Point
A freelance and relentless seeker of truth
Azmat Ameen Siddiqui
Chief Executive OfficerMechanical Engineering 1980 Corporate Director Applied Material Ex Senior VP First Solar. He is the most soft spoken NEDian in Silicon Valley. His consideration for others is endless and his hugs does not stop.
Baqar Hasan
Mechanical Engineer
Mechanical Engineering 1980
Director of Quality
C&H Enterprise
Agha Bakhtiar
Electrical Engineer and Entrepreneur
Electrical Engineering 1986
He is an engineer and entrepreneur at heart and have spent most of his life building, defining and selling embedded systems, chips & devices
Back End Dev • Hardware Engineer
Riaz Haq
Founder
Electrical Engineering 1974
Ex Technology Executive and blogger
Recognized as Person of the Year by PC Magazine for design of 80386, Intel's first 32-bit microprocessor.
Founded PESA, the first Silicon Valley organization of Pakistani-American Engineers and Scientists.
Muhammad Suhail
Entrepreneur
Electrical and Computer Engineering 1993
Experience in firms like Oracle and Cisco systems.
Founded Koshish Foundation.
Body of his work spans over decades. His single cause unwavering focus to serve the underprivileged students at NED gives commitment a new meaning.
Syed Sohail Abbas
Chief Executive Officer
Electrical Engineering
CEO Sahib Semiconductors
Ali Cemendtaur
Initiator and Entrepreneur
Mechanical Engineering NED University 1981-82
Word Traveler, Advocate & Voice of the Voiceless Planet Earth.
He writes fiction and travelogues in Urdu and English.
Cemendtaur is a freelance in every sense of the word.
Idrees Shah (Shahji)
Technology Enthusiast
Electrical Batch 1992 (EE).
SAP System and Business Operation at Genentech Inc.
Networking for Social Good.
Naveed Sherwani
Entrepreneur and Founder
Founded SiFive, entrepreneur who started 14 companies.
Dr. Sherwani worked at Intel for a decade and also served as a professor in western Michigan university earlier in his career.
He authored a book on electrical engineering, his most distinguished contribution and selfless giving, which will last long after he is gone.
Ahsan Hameed
Entrepreneur and Founder
Mechanical Engineering 1981
Masters Industrial and Systems Engineering 1986
He has been a serious Entrepreneur in his life who has provided job opportunities and livelihood to many NEDians. When you think of him there is one word comes to mind, “Friend”.
Muhammad Arsalan Ullah Khan
Mechanical Engineer
Mechanical Engineering 2014
Air Sheet Metal
Arsalan is always the first one to volunteer in any NED related work.
Batool Arhamna Haider
Petroleum Engineer
Petroleum Engineering 2012
MS petroleum Stanford 2015
Applied Scientist - Amazon AI
Data Scientist - United Healthcare
She is an author speaker Philanthrapist and an Entrepreneur a hard act to follow.
Ali Haider
Entrepreneur and Industrial Engineer
Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering 2014
Master’s Industrial Engineering ISU 2017
Master’s Operations Research, NCSU 2020
He is a professional student and an Entrepreneur
Contact
Contact us for more information regarding NED alumni network.
Email:
info@nedaasv.org