Monte ahuja biography
Monte Ahuja came to the U.S. in as a student at Ohio State University..
Monte Ahuja
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Philanthropist. Entrepreneur.
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Born and raised in Punjab, India, Ahuja was one of nine children in a middle-class family that stressed the importance of education.
He attended Punjab Engineering College, earning a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering in 1967.
Philanthropist.
After working for a year, he set his sights on furthering his education in America, earning a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from The Ohio State University in 1970.
In time, he and his wife, Usha, decided to make Cleveland their home.
While working as an engineer for Lempco Industries in Maple Heights, Ahuja began thinking of a career change from engineering to business management. And CSU beckoned.
“Not many schools offered the opportunity to get an MBA while working full time,” he says.
“CSU had an accessible evening program. But going through the MBA program was definitely the hardest