Joshi named Lohmann winner

BY BRITTANY BELLI

Joshi had a distinguished career for the past 30 years with General Motors Corp. (16 years) and Delphi Corp. (14 years). Delphi is a $15 billion U.S. company that split from General Motors in 1999 and is engaged in the design and manufacturing of automotive systems and components.

Joshi holds 48 U.S. and international patents for his inventions and was a three-time recipient of the Kettering Award, the highest annual award for new product innovation in GM and Delphi. He is also the winner of the Delphi President’s Award and has been inducted into the Delphi Innovation Hall of Fame.

He received a GM corporate fellowship and pursued his MBA at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan School of Management) in 1992.

He is a life member of the OSU Alumni Association and has been supporting and guiding OSU alumni who are interested in careers in the automotive industry.

He also served as a member of the board of directors for the Niagara County Community College Foundation (Sanborn, N.Y.) for five years and helped students who could not afford a university education attend community college.