Kamal Ahmad is the Founder of the Asian University for Women. He also serves as the President & CEO of the Asian University for Women Support Foundation based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and in that capacity spearheads a global effort to mobilize resources for the University. Nearly $100 million in cash and in-kind contributions have been contributed to AUW to date.
Please see the Founder page for Kamal Ahmad's full biography.
Dr. Ashok Keshari obtained his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the India Institute of Technology (IIT), in Kanpur, India. He did his postdoctoral studies at Korean National University in South Korea. He specializes in Water Resources & Environmental Engineering, Geoscience and Geoinformatics, and his areas of interest include hydrological and environmental modeling, groundwater flow and pollution modeling, groundwater recharge and sustainable development, remote sensing and GIS, optimization and FEM, waste management and sewerage system, and policy analysis and risk assessment. Prior to joining AUW, Dr. Keshari served as a professor at IIT Delhi for 17 years.
Please see the University Administration page for Dr. Keshari's full profile.
Jack R. Meyer, Chair of the Asian University for Women Support Foundation, is Senior Managing Partner at Convexity Capital Management L.P. located in Boston. He co-founded the firm with managing partners, Dave Mittelman and Maurice Samuels in July 2005. Before Convexity, Mr. Meyer was President and CEO of Harvard Management Company, which manages the University's endowment assets, pension funds, charitable trusts and pooled income funds totaling in excess of $31 billion by the end of his term.
Prior to HMC, Mr. Meyer was Treasurer and Chief Investment Officer of the Rockefeller Foundation where he managed the Foundation's endowment, valued at $2 billion. Before the Foundation, he was Deputy Controller of New York City, where he managed $20 billion in total assets, including the City's pension funds, sinking funds, and treasury funds. He also held various investment management positions with Lionel D. Edie, a New York City investment firm, and at Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
Mr. Meyer currently serves on the AUWSF Board of Directors as well as the Investment Committee of The Boston Foundation. Previously, he served as a Director of the Investment Responsibility Research Council, and on the investment committees of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Massachusetts State Pension Fund, and the Atlantic Foundation.
He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Denison University. In 2004 Denison awarded him an honorary doctorate degree. He received his Masters in Business Administration from Harvard Business School.
