Ruyintan (Ron) E. Mehta has been a serial entrepreneur in the plastics industry in New Jersey, California, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Canada. He is a licensed professional Chemical Engineer in New Jersey and Pennsylvania and a Certified Volunteer Mentor of SCORE Central Jersey, a non-profit resource arm of the US Small Business Administration that provides free counselling and mentoring to small businesses and entrepreneurs.Mr. Mehta has led several impactful initiatives, including: Student Exchange Program between IIT Bombay and The Cooper Union, New York City.Erach and Meheroo Mehta Dakshana Memorial Scholarship Scheme and Student Innovation Program at IIT Gandhinagar.
Mr. Mehta graduated from IIT, Bombay in 1970 , with a B.Tech in Chemical Engineering and subsequently pursued an MS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Connecticut , and Engineering Administration from the University of Utah. Mr. Mehta was the past president of the IIT Bombay Heritage Foundation, the former president of IIT Bombay Alumni Association Greater New York, and the former president of the IIT Gandhinagar Foundation. He is the co-director of the Water Program for Wheels Global Foundation, a US-based non-profit started by IIT alumni in the US that involves using technology-based philanthropy for Clean Drinking water projects in rural and remote villages of India .
