CU grads receive Ottawa Immigrant Entrepreneur Awards

Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson, BA/83, joined representatives of the Ottawa Local Immigration Partnership to announce the Ottawa Immigrant Entrepreneur Award winners on October 1, 2012. Recipients in the five business categories were acknowledged for their valuable contributions to the local economy and for their ability to inspire and encourage other immigrants in Ottawa to consider starting or operating businesses here.

Faculty of Engineering and Design graduates Dipak Roy, MEng/74, PhD/77, of D-TA Systems Inc. and Vinod Rajasekaran, BEng/05, of HUB Ottawa won in the categories of innovation-oriented enterprises and social enterprises, respectively. Carleton Science grad Obaid Ahmed, BMat/07 took the youth business entrepreneur award for his company OAK Computing.