National Chairman & CEO
Bharat Bhargava
President & CEO, Bankworld Inc.
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USIACC Chairman and CEO, Bharat Bhargava, holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School, and he is currently the Chairman and CEO of Bankworld Inc., an international consulting company headquartered in the Washington, DC Area.

Dubbed as a “thought leader” in the field of international development, Mr. Bhargava has successfully directed nearly a hundred engagements in over fifty countries during the last fifteen years. He has also personally advised national governments, central banks and financial institutions on economic development; banking, capital markets and private sector development; trade and investment expansion; infrastructure finance and poverty reduction in Asia, Eastern Europe, former Soviet Union, Middle East, Africa and the Americas – and has trained over a thousand central bankers and bankers in management, lending, marketing and project finance.

Mr. Bhargava was a senior executive at a one of the largest national banks in the US. He also held management roles at a Fortune-500 company.

Mr. Bhargava was the senior-most Indian-American appointee of President Bush (41) in his Administration. In 1977, he became the first Indian-American to be elected to a public office in US in over twenty years.

He was Chairman of the National Federation of Indian-American Associations, the nationwide umbrella organization of Indian-Americans, and was awarded Pride of India Gold Medal by Ambassador Abid Hussein on behalf of the NRI Institute.

As Vice President of Philadelphia Jaycees, he founded and oversaw programs for youth and for prisoners.

Mr. Bhargava has been widely published and has also been the keynote speaker at a number of conferences for business executives, bankers, government officials, in the US and abroad.

Mr. Bhargava has been biographed in Who’s Who in Finance & Industry, Who’s Who in the World, and the International Who’s Who of Professionals.

Before emigrating in 1962, Mr. Bhargava was the General Secretary of the Youth Wing of the Congress Party in Rajasthan. His father, late Prof. B. D. Bhargava was Dean at the University of Rajasthan. His mother, late Smt. Sharda Bhargava was a member and Vice Chairman of Rajya Sabha.

Mr. Bhargava and his wife, Yog Bhargava, have three children. They live in Great Falls, Virginia, suburb of Washington, DC.

Mr. Bhargava is fluent in Hindi and Urdu, and speaks basic French, Russian and Arabic.

National President & CEO
Ramachandra Suresh
President & CEO, Mayurtech Inc.

Founding Chairman Emeritus & Director
KV Kumar
President & CEO, Business & Strategic Consultants International, Inc.
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KV Kumar is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Business and Strategic Consultants International, Inc. His areas of expertise include strategic planning, policy analyses & review, liaison & negotiations, crisis management and business development. He has country experience in; India, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Ethiopia, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Chad, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Togo, Niger, Mexico, Brazil, Chile and Columbia.

KV has a Master’s Degree in Organization Development & Planning; Bachelor’s Degree in Economics; Diploma in Industrial & Production Engineering; and has participated in many professional courses and management training programs.

 

He sits on boards of several organizations including the following organizations:

• National Chairman & CEO, U.S. Indian American Chamber of Commerce.
• Executive Committee Member, National Advisory Council (NAC) U.S. Small Business Administration. KV is the first Indian American to be appointed to this position. NAC consists of senior business leaders from around the country, who provide expert advice, sound ideas and diverse opinions on current small business issues and on the effectiveness of SBA programs. As such, NAC is a continuing source of private sector advice to the President, U.S. Congress and SBA.
• Chairman, Arizona State District Appeals Board, U.S. Selective Service System.
• Chairman, International Trade Committee of the National Advisory Council, US Small Business administration.
• Small Business Advisory Committee, U.S. Department of Energy.
• Member, Executive Board, Red Means Stop Coalition.

Formerly:

• President & CEO of American Systems International, Inc. Provided management, negotiated contracts, and successfully signed the strategic alliance partnership with NELCO, of the Tata Group, India’s largest conglomerate (1990-1993).
• Management consultant to entrepreneurs, small businesses, corporations and non-profit organizations. (1986-1990).


• International organizations in the United States & Far East: Worked in the Budget, Personnel Management and Administration; Operations; and Post project evaluation departments: Carried out special studies on management and operational policy reviews; Project completion reports; and Post project evaluation of multi-million dollar development projects Prepared and / or participated in over 200 project reports on several sectors (1972-1986).

Member:

• Small Business Advisory Committee, U.S. Department of Energy (2003-2006).
• Economic Development Committee, District of Columbia (1992-1993).
• Round Table, U.S. Small Business Administration (1992-1993).
• MBDA Round Table, U.S. Department of Commerce (1992-1993).
• Franchise Alliance Committee, International Franchise Association (1992-1993).
• Arizona State Local Board, U.S. Selective Service System (1998-2003).
• Arizona State Rehabilitation Council (2000-2003).
• Arizona Governor’s Council on Spinal and Head Injuries (1998-2003).
• Volunteer Leader, Help the Senior Citizen Group (1973-78).
• Board of Governors, IBIA (1995-2003).
• Advisory Committee member, BIA, USA (1994-2003).
• Executive Board, Brain Injury Association of Arizona (1996-2001).
• Founding President, India Club of the World Bank & IMF (1985-1986).

Featured in:

• Notable Asian Americans, one of the 250 individuals from about nine million Asian Americans (1995)
• Marquis’ Who’s Who in America (Diamond Edition, 2005)
• Marquis’ Who’s Who in the World (2005)
• Asian American Almanac, one of 650 plus Asian Americans (1995)
• Washington Times, Doer's Profile (August 1990)
• Numerous publications, magazines, newspaper articles, radio and TV shows

Recipient of:

• Meritorious Service Award with Bronze Medal by the U.S. Selective Service System (2004)
• Special Remarks Award, U.S. Department of Energy (2006)
• Honored Patriot Award, U.S. Selective Service System (2000)
• Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities for Extraordinary Leadership in support of Hispanic higher education success (2005)
• U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce for Dedication and Service to Minority Businesses (Dallas, TX 1992; Washington, DC 1993/996; Denver, CO 1997)
• IBIA President’s Award of the Year for Outstanding Achievement, City Hall, Stockholm, Sweden (2003)
• Congressional Record-commendation for service to the Chamber of Commerce (1992)
• National Indian American Forum for Political Education for dedicated service to the Indian American Community (1995)
• National Association of Americans of Asian Indian Descent, for Service to the Indian American community (1996)
• National Indian American Chamber of Commerce (1996)
• Millennium Award by the BIA, for Advocacy on behalf of individuals with brain injury and their families in Chicago, IL (2000)
• Organization of Chinese Americans for Service to the Chinese American community (1992)

Addressed and organized numerous major events, including:

• Vice Chairman, Program committee, Asian and Pacific Americans Honoring Men and Women Returning From Desert Storm (1991)
• Chairman, Memorial Service, Rajiv Gandhi at Washington Cathedral (1991)
• Member: Advisory Board, Cultural Festival of India held in New Jersey, which was visited by over one and a half million people (1991); and
• Special Guest speaker at the U.S. Department of Energy (2006)

KV lives in Scottsdale, Arizona with wife Vijaya and sons, Sanjay and Vishnu.

Treasurer
Satish P. Shah, CPA
President, Shah Associates, CPA, P.A.

Directors
Yognidra Bhargava
Chair, USIACC Women’s Wing
President & CEO, Saha Enterprises
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Yog Bhargava is the President of Saha Enterprises, a metropolitan Washington, DC-based US-based export and import company.

Yog has enjoyed a long and successful career as a Chartered Financial Consultant, first with a major U.S. financial institution, then as the owner of her own financial services company. A former Systems Analyst with the Honeywell Corporation, she was among the first batch of female programmers hired by the company in 1968.

Yog has been the recipient of numerous national awards in the field of financial services, and has been the featured speaker at numerous professional and business group conferences.

Throughout her career and while raising a family, Yog has been actively involved in numerous civic areas.

She has served as the President of the Association of Indians in America, Philadelphia Chapter, and as President of the Asian American Council of Greater Philadelphia.

Yog received the Asian American of the Year Award from the Asian American Council of Greater Philadelphia, in 1978.

She served as a delegate to the International Women’s Year Convention held in Houston in 1977, where she served as the only Asian delegate from Pennsylvania, and only Indian American delegate, convention-wide.

Yog was the Co-Chair of the Second Congress of Women of the Americas, held in Washington, D.C. in 1994.

She has most recently served as the Vice-Chair, Indian American Forum for Political Education for Virginia.

Yog currently serves as a member of the Council on the Status of Women for Common-wealth of Virginia, appointed by Governor Mark Warner. The Council oversees the special needs of women in the Commonwealth, and provides recommendations to the Governor.

A graduated of Maharani’s College in Jaipur, Yog is currently a Master Practitioner of Clinical Hypnotherapy and Neurolinguistic Programming, and a Ph.D. candidate in Clinical Hypnotherapy.

Born and raised in Rewari, Haryana, she moved to North America in 1963. Yog and her husband have three grown children and three grandchildren, and live in Great Falls, Virginia. Yog is an avid vocalist.

Assistant Secretary
Keshavan Nair

Assistant Treasurer
Ashok Kumar Sheth

Regional Chairs
T. Sukumaran, Region I
Sr.Vice President, Morgan Stanley

C.N. Madhusudan, Region II
President, NIIT Ventures

Ashok Thakker, PhD, Region III
CEO, Global Technology Connection

WASHINGTON, DC : Registered Office
Ronald Mutch, Executive Director

ARIZONA : USIACC State Chapter
Ranal Singh Siddhu, Chair
Vivek Gupta, Vice Chair

MARYLAND : USIACC State Chapter
Glenn Falcao, Chair

NEW YORK : USIACC State Chapter
T. Sukumaran , Chair
Rakesh Agarwal, Vice Chair

VIRGINIA : USIACC State Chapter
Rajiv Rastogi, Chair
Alex Barr, Vice Chair

GEORGIA : Indo-American Chamber of Commerce
USIACC Charter Member
Teri Simmons, President
Susan Stottlemyer, Executive Director

NEVADA : USIACC State Chapter
Ashok Sudhakar , Chair
Brenda Beggs, Vice Chair

Chairman
Mr. Frederick W. Schoenhut
Chairman, New York Board of Trade

Deepak Parekh
Chairman, Housing Development Finance Corporation

Charles H. Falk
President & CEO, NYBOT

V. Thulasidas
Chairman & Managing Director, Air India

Fayez Choudhury
Vice President & Controller, The World Bank

Krishnan (Kandy) Anand
Vice President, The Coca Cola Co.

Hemant Sonawala
Chairman, Hinditron Ltd.

Rudy M. Beserra
Vice President, The Coca Cola Co.

Terrence F. Martell, PhD
Prof. of Finance, Baruch College

Rajesh Kapadia
President, Indian Merchants’ Chamber