Past Presidents
Dr. P. C. JAIN
President (1990-91)
- AIC Approved In Atlanta, Georgia, Feb. 15, 1990
- Grant Of Chapter Library In June 1991
V. K. WADHWA
President (1991-92)
NIRMAL C. GUPTA
President (1992-93)
- AIC Becomes Part Of Region X
V. SESHADRI
President (1993-94)
- J.C. Kapoor & U.R. Rao Awarded Life Membership Of Ashrae, Jan. 1994
ASHOK VIRMANI
President (1994-95)
- Dr. P. C. Jain Awarded Fellowship Of Ashrae At Chicago, Jan 28, 1995.
R.V. SIMHA
President (1995-96)
- Western India Chapter Chartered
ANIL MAHESHWARI
President (1996-97)
- Dr. P. C. Jain Attends l.C. Planning Comm. Meeting At Chicago (Nov. 7-8, 1996)
- M.M. Pande Awarded Fellowship Of Ashrae At Philadelphia On Jan 25-29, 1997
RAKESH WADHWA
President (1997-98)
ALOK C. TANDON
President (1999-00)
- AIC Tops In International Chapters In PAOE Points
N. SIVASANKARAN
President (1998-99)
- Weather Data Phase 1 Booklet Launched By Mr. Goodman, Nov. 27, 1999
DR. R. K. MALHOTRA
President (2000-01)
- AIC Reports 30, 688 PAOE Points
N.S. HUKMANI
President (2001-02)
- AIC Becomes Part Of International Region At-large
- Ashok Virmani Elected As Membernominating Committee Of Ashrae
UMASHANKAR
President (2002-03)
- AIC Receives The Best Chapter Award At RAL ARC. AIC Registers Highest PAOE Points Of 4822 In RAL
ALOK BHAR DWAJ
President (2003-04)
- Mr. M.M. Pande receives 2004 Lincoln Bouillon Award for membership promotion
G.C. MODGIL
President (2004-05)
- AIC Hosts The Third Ral Arc, Sept. 25-27, At New Delhi
- Mr. Deepak Pahwa Awarded Fellowship Of Ashrae
KAPIL N. MEHROTRA
President (2005-06)
- AIC Members Visit Lahore In March 2005 For HVAC Expo
- Dr. P.C. Jain Receives Louise & Bill Holladay Distinguished Fellow Award
- AIC Receives The Best Chapter Report Award At RAL ARC
RICHIE MITTAL
President (2006-07)
- AIC Received High Honor Roll Award, Highest Point For Cttc, Student Activities History And Special Citation Atcrc At Dubai On 3rd Nov. 2006
- First Tech mantra 2007 At Agra From 9-11 Feb. 2007
SUNIL GUPTA
President (2007-08)
- Welcome Dinner For Richard Rooley Past Ashrae President At Asiad Village
- Fellowhip Dinner At Asiad Village On 1st June 2007
SUSHIL K. CHOUDHURY
President (2008-09)
- Dr. P. C. Jain Receives John F. James International Award & Distinguished Fifty Year Membership Award
- Richie Mittal Nominated As Regional Vice Chair, Membership Promotion RAL
- Ashish Rakheja Nominated As Chair ECC of RAL
- East India Section Chartered At Kolkata On 17.01.2009
- Welcome Dinner For Ashrae President Mr. Bill Harrison & Exec. VP. Mr. Jeff Littleton On 22nd Aug. 2008 At Habitat World
ASHISH RAKHEJA
President (2009-10)
- Mr. Rajnish Joshi Receives 2010 Lincoln Builon Award For Membership Promotion
- Ashrae India Chapter Has Contributed US$8530 Towards Research Promotion In The Current Year
- Jaipur Section Chartered By Ashrae President-Elect Lynn Bellenger On 7th Sept. 2009 In Delhi
- Chandigarh Section Chartered By Ashrae President Gordon Holness On 13th Feb. 2010 In Delhi
- 5 Student Chapters chartered by President Mr. Gordon Holness On 13.02.2010 At Delhi
ANOOP BALLANEV
President (201 0-11)
- Welcome Dinner Held For Mr. Tom Watson, Ashrae Treasurer On 9th Oct. 2010
- Ashrae India Chapter Has Contributed US$8530 Towards Research Promotion In The Current Year
- Jaipur Section Chartered By Ashrae President-Elect Lynn Bellenger On 7th Sept. 2009 In Delhi
- Chandigarh Section Chartered By Ashrae President Gordon Holness On 13th Feb. 2010 In Delhi
- 5 Student Chapters chartered by President Mr. Gordon Holness On 13.02.2010 At Delhi
RAJNISH JOSHI
President (2011-12)
- Mr. Ashok Virmani Nominated As RAL DRC
- Mr. Ashish Rakheja Nominated As RAL RVC CTTC
DINESH GUPTA
President (2012-13)
- Held 15 Technical Programme In A Society Year.
- Ashrae Technology Award – Dr. Prem C Jain Won A Special Recommendation From The Society
- Under It Sustainability Programme, Chapter Adopted A Village Mali Gabini, In District Chamoli, Uttarakhand And Distributed Solar Laterns To The Villagers.
K D SINGH
President (2013-14)
- ‘Pracrutitech 20141 A Interactive Panel Discussion Programme Held In Acrex 2014.
- 17 Workshops Held Including 3 Distinguished Lecturer Held. (Highest In A Society Year)
- One-day Conference Titled 11AIC TECH 11 Started
- Chapter Prints Three Publications
- Chapter Receives RAL PAOE Community Sustainability Project Award. Chapter Sustainability Activities Get Mention In Ashrae website www.ashrae.org
SUNIL KHER
President (2014-15)
- Seven Distinguished Lecturers Invited , This Is The Maximum DI Visit Till Date In A Society Year
- AIC Tech 201511 2nd Conference. Attended By A Record Number Of 180 Delegates
DR. RAJINDER SINGH
President (2015-16)
- Under Chapter CSR Activity Solar Cold Storage Two Cubic Meter Developed.
- Organized Job Fair Cum Industrial Training Fair For Student
- Organized Its First Student Chapters Quiz Contest
K K Mitra
President (2016-17)
- AIC Tech 2017 International Conference attended by 120 delegates
- Pracruti Tech 2017 inaugurated by Ashrae President Mr. Timothy G. Wentz
- Solar Cold Store developed by chapter was selected by RAL Chapter opportunity fund grant
- Project by Student branch -Poornima Engineering College selected for Society Grant
- 4 new student chapter installed.
Priyank S. Garg
President (2017-18)
- ASHRAE 2nd Developing Economies Conference organised, attended by over 250 delegates
- Conference on Tunnel Ventilation in Metro Systems held in association with DMRC
- Annual AIC Tech Conference organised, attended by over 125 participants.
- Organized Internship programme for the student members
- Best Student chapter Awards started.
lndrajit Bhattacharya
President (2018-19)
- Three projects submitted by Student chapters selected for receiving funds under RAL Chapter Opportunity Fund.
- Conference on Emerging Trends in Green & Efficient Rail Transit Systems held in association with Delhi Metro Rail Corporation was attended by over 500 delegates.
- The first edition of 1 Ref Tee 20191 conference with theme Problems associated with Cold Storage Construction and 1 VRF vs cws· was attended by over 130 participants.
- The 6th Edition flagship Annual International Conference “AIC TECH 2019” with theme “Sustainability in Practice – Building Sustainable Hospitals attended by over 200 delegates.
Dr. Varun Jain
President ( 2019-20)
- Make new 2 to 3 more chapters from ASHRAE India
- Increase number events to connect people with ASHRAE Mission and Vision.
- ASHRAE India Chapter organized 7th Edition of its flagship Annual International Conference “AIC TECH. The Conference theme was titled “Sustainability in Practice – Building Sustainable Hotels”
- ASHRAE India Chapter organized an annual event ‘ASHRAE NIGHT & Membership Promotion Night.
- Chapter-level fundraising of the RP Campaign for supporting research
- Gold Medal by PJMT for the best thesis of ASHRAE India student chapters
- Organized the First Student Chapter Cricket Tournament in Memory of Dr.PC Jain.
- More Activities in Ashrae India Student chapters with help of the Industry
Mr. Dharmendra Rathore
President ( 2020-21)
- Virtual Live Solar Cold Storage Visited.
- ASHRAE India Student Chapter Quiz competition
- ASH RAE India Student Chapter Three Virtual Industrial visited.
- Painting competition on School Children’s
- Organized the 2nd Student Chapter Cricket Tournament in Memory of Dr. P C Jain.
Mr. Abid Husain
President ( 2021-22)
- Eight Distinguished Lecturers Invited.
- Increase in highest number of ASHRAE membership
- The Chapter Under its Sustainability Activity 50 solar lantern were distributed in Association with AIC & in Collaboration CRS & UPES Chapter Mechanical cluster Present Solar lantern at Village Sela Village Dehardun, on 24th May 22.
- Ashrae India Chapter organized an annual event ‘ASHRAE NIGHT, Membership Promotion & RP Night.
- ASHRAE India Chapter organized 8th Edition of its flagship Annual Conference “AIC TECH. The Conference theme was titled “Sustainability in Practice -Sustainable Residential Buildings”
- Organised the First Student Chapter Football Tournament in memory of N .C. Gupta
- Organized the 3rd Student Chapter Cricket Tournament in Memory of Dr. P C Jain
Mr. Kanagaraj Ganesan
President (2022-23)
- AIC Student Branch received nine projects grants worth USD 36,780
- Organized highest numbers of Student Activities: 20 activities
- Raised USD 3,425 for ASHRAE Research Promotion.
- Installed two new Student Branches
- ASHRAE India Chapter organized 9th Edition of its flagship Annual International Conference AIC TECH 2023. The conference theme was “Net-Zero Educational Campuses”.
- AIC organized an annual recreational event ASHRAE Night & Membership Promotion Night.
- Organized the 5th Student Chapter Cricket Tournament in the memory of Dr. P C Jain.
- Organised the 2nd Student Chapter Football Tournament in the memory of Mr. N .C. Gupta.
Mr. Rajesh Kr. Jain
President (2023-24)
- AIC Student Branches received Fifteen projects grants worth $74,547.
- AIC 6 students received scholarships worth $33,000.
- Added 57 AIC members and 184 student members.
- Raised $ 2,891 for ASHRAE Research Promotion.
- Installed one new Student Branch.
- ASHRAE India Chapter organized flagship event “India Decarbonization Conference”.
- AIC organized an annual recreational event ASHRAE Night & Membership Promotion Night.
- Organized the 5th Inter-college Cricket Tournament for student chapter in the memory of Dr. P. C. Jain.
- Organized the 3rd Inter-college Football Tournament for Student Chapter in the memory of Mr. N .C. Gupta.
- Organized 1st Corporate Box Cricket League.
- Organized sustainability program “Distribution of Earthen Pots (Matka)”.
Mrs. Arundhati S. Khanna
President (2024-25)
- AIC Hosted ASHRAE Region XV First Regional Chapters Conference (CRC) in Udaipur.
- AIC organized a half day conference “Blue is the New Green” during the CRC.
- AIC Student Branches received four Projects Grants worth USD 18,770.
- AIC Students won the all three prices 1st, 2nd and 3rd in ASHRAE RAL Quiz Competition worth USD 2,100.
- Installed 4 New student Branches.
- Raised USD 3,270 for ASHRAE Research Promotion.
- Organized the 6th Inter-college Cricket Tournament for student chapter in the memory of Dr. P. C. Jain.
- Organized the 4th Inter-college Football Tournament for Student Chapter in the memory of Mr. N .C. Gupta.
- Organized 2nd Corporate Box Cricket League.
- Organized sustainability program “Distribution of Earthen Pots (Matka)”.
- Organized first “Government Outreach Program”.
Mr. Sandeep Goel
President (2025-26)
- AIC organized ASHRAE’s 4th Developing Economies Conference.
- AIC organized a one-day conference on “Environment & Climate Change”
- AIC Student Branches received four Projects Grants worth USD 33,710.
- AIC Students received ASHRAE scholarships worth USD 5,450.
- AIC received 3rd position in 2026 High School Competition.
- Installed 1 New student Branch.
- Raised USD 3,052 for ASHRAE Research Promotion.
- Organized the 7th Inter-college Cricket Tournament for student chapter in the memory of Dr. P. C. Jain.
- Organized the 5th Inter-college Football Tournament for Student Chapter in the memory of Mr. N .C. Gupta.
- Organized 2 plantation drive in its sustainability initiative.
