Ven Parameswaran, Scarsdale, New York

Ven Parameswaran, born in Quilandy, Kerala has been in the USA for 54 years. He has a Masters degree in Business from Columbia Business School and has completed all courses for a Ph.D. in International Relations (New York University). Parameswaran associated with the Permanent Mission of India to the U.N. from 1954-64 in the capacity of Private Secretary to V.K.Krishna Menon and later as Economic Adviser. He represented India at the U.N.General Assembly. Later he worked for the UNIDO as Industrial Development Officer. Parameswaran had a successful career with Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley as an Investment Executive. He was CEO of First Asian Securities Corporation when his trading strategies during 1987 crash were highlighted by The Wall Street Journal. Parameswaran has been Adjunct Professor of International Business at Concordia College, Bronxville, NY. Parameswaran was the first Indian citizen to receive the "Outstanding Young Man of America" Award from the National Junior Chamber of Commerce in 1965. He came to the US in 1952 on Mrs.Vijayalkakshmi Pandit Scholarship to specialize in Advertising-Public Relations.