With Fotedar Associates, Dr. Fotedar makes his expertise available to clients in the following areas:

Operational Excellence • Lean in Office • Lean Six Sigma
Total Quality Leadership • Quality/Supply Chain Management
Management Consulting & Assessments • Strategic Planning
Career Planning and Executive Coaching

Dr. Fotedar developed and deployed Eaton's Annual Business Excellence Assessment program to assess the deployment of the Eaton Business System. He has pioneered performance excellence initiatives such as Total Quality Leadership, Six Sigma, PROLaunch for new product development, Eaton Lean System and Best Practices Sharing companywide. These initiatives have contributed to placing Eaton in the top quartile of diversified industrial companies. Dr. Fotedar received Eaton?s Quality Pioneer Award in 1992 and the ECD- Quality Leadership Award in 1993. The American Society for Quality awarded him the Cecil C. Craig Award in 1987 and a Testimonial Award in 2001. Dr. Fotedar also received the 2004 Engineer of the Year Award from ASEI ( American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin).

• Excellence in Community Service (Key note speech at KOA Convention 2006)
  • http://www.kashmirgroup.com/foredar.htm
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• WINOC StafF & Advisors

  • http://www.winoc.org/staff.html#Dr.%20Hira%20Fotedar
• Pandits seek $200 m aid from US Cong , The Tribune, Nov 4,1999 
  • http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99nov05/world.htm#9

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2.Shri Jeevan Zutshi, CA

J eevan Zutshi has been a member of KOA since its inception and founding member of IAKF. He became the Director of KOA California Chapter in 1986. He served as an elected Director for three terms and served as Vice President of KOA from 1989-1991.

 

Jeevan Zutshi is founder of the Indo-American Community Federation, that has set an example for other Indo-Americans in California to become part and parcel of mainstream America, which has been the vision and the Mission of his historic IACF-USA. IACF was founded in early 1995 in Fremont, California. He convened 3 international symposiums on Kashmir in California under IAKF banner. 

 

See profile at: http://www.indocommunity.us/profile_jeevan2.html #

• 'UNITY DINNER' , a sellout event - India Abroad, April 7, 2006
  • http://indocommunity.us/news35.html
• Brown Discusses India-US N-Deal, Kashmir -INDIA-WEST,  June 16,  2006
  • http://indocommunity.us/news36.html
• Indian Americans voice Kashmir concerns in White House, Feb 25, 2000
  • http://www.indocommunity.us/press3.html
• Growing Influence, Big Plans Indo-American Group
  • http://www.indocommunity.us/press2.html

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3.Dr.Hari K. Bhat, NY

 

D r. Hari Bhat is an active member of KOA and he successfuly organised the KOA Annual camp in 2004. Dr. Bhat is Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences at Columbia University, NY. Dr. Bhat's research interests focus on the elucidation of biochemical and molecular mechanisms of hormonal carcinogenesis. Exogenous and endogenous exposure to estrogens is associated with the development of human cancers. Estrogen-mediated carcinogenesis is speculated to result from a cumulative effect of hormonal effects and oxidative damage resulting from the metabolic activation of estrogens. Environmental insult may also play a crucial role in this carcinogenic process. The mechanism of hormonal carcinogenesis is being investigated using animal models and relevant cell lines.

See profile at: http://www.mailman.hs.columbia.edu/ehs/hb.html

Publications:

• Bhat, H.K. and Epelboym, I. (2004) Suppression of calbindin D28K in estrogen-induced hamster renal tumors. J. Steroid Biochem. Mol. Biol. 92(5), 391-398.
• Bhat, H.K. and Epelboym, I. (2004) Quantitative analysis of total mitochondrial DNA: Competitive polymerase chain reaction vs. real-time polymerase chain reaction. J. Biochem. Mol. Toxicol. 18 , 180-186.
• Patel, M.M. and Bhat, H.K. (2004) Differential oxidant potential of carcinogenic and weakly carcinogenic estrogens: Involvement of metabolic activation and P450. J. Biochem. Mol. Toxicol. 18, 37-42.
• Rhambarose, H. and Bhat, H.K. (2003) Mechanistic considerations in chromium carcinogenicity. J. Appl. Env. Sci. Publ. Health , 1 , 45-53.
• Bhat, Hari K., Calaf, G., Hei, T.K., Loya, T. and Vadgama J.V. (2003) Critical role of oxidative stress in estrogen-induced carcinogenesis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 100, 3913-3918.
• Bhat, Hari K. (2002) Depletion of mitochondrial DNA and enzyme in estrogen-induced hamster kidney tumors: A rodent model of hormonal carcinogenesis. J. Biochem. Mol. Toxicol. 16 , 1-9.
• Bhat, Hari K. and Vadgama, J.V. (2002) Role of estrogen receptor in the regulation of estrogen induced amino acid transport of System A in breast cancer and other receptor positive tumor cells. Int. J. Mol. Med. 9, 271-279.
• Bhat, Hari K. and Vadgama, J.V. (2000) Hamster estrogen receptor cDNA: cloning and mRNA expression. J. Steroid Biochem. Mol. Biol. , 72 , 47-53.
• Bhat, Hari K., Hiatt, William R., Hoppel, Charles R., and Brass, Eric P. (1999) Skeletal muscle mitochondrial DNA injury in patients with unilateral peripheral arterial disease. Circulation 99, 807-812.