A recipient of the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award and a fellow with the American Society of Civil Engineers, Niranjan Shah holds a master of science in civil engineering from the University of Mississippi in Oxford. He also completed the Executive Education Program through the Harvard Business School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Niranjan Shah has served as the chief executive officer of Globetrotters Engineering Corporation for more than 40 years.
Shortly after founding this Chicago, Illinois-based company, Niranjan Shah led Globetrotters in a number of federally-sponsored public works programs through the U.S. Small Business Administration and the U.S. Minority Business Development Agency. Working with these organizations and others, Mr. Shah established Globetrotters as a role model for minority-owned businesses throughout the American Midwest. In addition to his extensive work in the greater Chicago area, he has provided management and technical advice to minority and small business centers in Indianapolis, Indiana, and Minneapolis, Minnesota.