Susheel served as the Secretary and retired in December 2008. He was also a Co-Founder of the COEP Charitable Foundation and one of the prime movers of this enterprise. He tirelessly dedicated 6 years to put together a sustainable structure that will continually work towards making COEP a center of excellence in the coming years. We, as alumni, owe him many thanks and our sincere gratitude for his selfless service.

His efforts in the initial years were towards creating a core team that would execute on our vision. Susheel worked with the other Founding members to set the vision and goals for the Association, framed Constitution/Bylaws and built a team of Board of Directors/volunteers to get the organization moving in the initial years. It led to the creation of local chapters across the country, a Foundation website to reach out to students and alumni and a Student-Alumni coordination cell in COEP. He along with Dr. Narendra Dahotre and Dr, Anjali Nandedkar was instrumental in creating the first endowment in the Metallurgy Department. He initiated an engagement with COEP administration and the Board of Governors which led to a better alignment of our goals.He organized COEP Director visits to US which helped with establishment of direct communication between alumni and institute and led to deeper outreach of COEP Foundation activities across US. He was also involved in Robotics Club fundraising drive, WebGruru lectures etc. Susheel works with the local chapter in Phoenix and will work with the current board in an Advisory role. Susheel is a Senior Process Engineer and works for Intel in Arizona.

Sandeep served as the Chairman of the Board and retired in December 2008. During his tenure, the first alumni endowment was established in the Metallurgy Department. He was instrumental in the fundraising drive to raise ~$200K for additional endowments. Aarti Johri ('87 E&TC) and her family have made a significant financial contribution and a personal commitment towards these endowments.

Sandeep took the initiative to design, organize and streamline the information flow for all of the Foundation's activities. This brought a focus and clarity to our endeavors. He also worked with Hitesh Merchant ('83 E&TC) to coordinate the Foundation's finances and ensured that all regulatory requirements were met and was instrumental in securing permanent tax exemption for the Foundation. Sandeep continues to be involved with the Silicon Valley Chapter and has been a pillar of support to the group. His constant encouragement and backing resulted in a lot of projects and activities being initiated by the chapter. He will remain engaged with the Foundation in an Advisory role. Sandeep is Vice President of Strategy and Business Development for HP Software.