Nayan Parikh
ASHNU International & NAMC New York Tri-State Chapter, President
Nayan Parikh is the owner of Ashnu International Corporation (AIC), an award winning, premier/MWBE Construction and Management provider to a host of Federal and state Agencies, Corporations and other industries. AIC was recognized by Crane magazine as the largest Union Minority company in the year 2022. For over fifteen years, he has continued hard to establish his name within the corridors of Government Agencies and has continued to build his reputation and his expertise in bringing excellent performance to the projects undertaken by his company. He has been the champion in leading many professional and community organizations, and continues to give back to society in many different ways. He has brought new ideas to fruition, both for profit and non-profit organizations. After graduation from college, Nayan began his carrier as a Civil Engineer in India, before migrating to the USA. In his new homeland, he began his carrier as an estimator in a small construction company, before quickly finding his own strength to become the founder and Managing Director of AIC, a construction and management company in New York.
Nayan's vision, entrepreneurial aptitude, civil engineering background and broad range of expertise have made AIC a name to be envied within the construction industry. His company has to its credit many well known projects, including Sandy Repair work at Coney Island, Rockaway Beach, New York City School Construction Authority; PS 154 Exterior Masonry and Roof Repairs; PS69- Exterior Masonry Repairs; PS-148 Masonry and Parapet Repairs and Metropolitan Transportation Authority; Signal Modification at 71st Continental Avenue; Department of Citywide Administrative Services- Manhattan Family Court at 80 Center Street; HPD Office Renovation at 100 Gold Street, Grand Central Terminal Employees Facility and Renovation of City Hall-Phase II General Construction, NYC; New York City Housing Authority- Exterior Masonry Repairs; and Roof Replacement and Lobby Entrance upgrade in Linden Houses, NY.
Serving the community comes naturally to Nayan. From his first days of being a new immigrant to this country till today, he has been involved and giving his time, knowledge and wisdom to non-profit organizations, and both within the community and professionally. The highlight of his community service has been when he became President of SIAEA (Society of Indo American Engineers and Architects), a tri-state professional organization with over 1000 members in 2011-2013. He has brought about several changes into the organization, bringing in new blood into the organization, and therefore, new members and executive leadership teams are increasingly coming from a younger generation of architects, engineers and technology specialists. He has created a foray into creating an outreach program for its members and having grass roots meetings in Philadelphia, Washington D.C. and Boston.
Nayan's vision, entrepreneurial aptitude, civil engineering background and broad range of expertise have made AIC a name to be envied within the construction industry. His company has to its credit many well known projects, including Sandy Repair work at Coney Island, Rockaway Beach, New York City School Construction Authority; PS 154 Exterior Masonry and Roof Repairs; PS69- Exterior Masonry Repairs; PS-148 Masonry and Parapet Repairs and Metropolitan Transportation Authority; Signal Modification at 71st Continental Avenue; Department of Citywide Administrative Services- Manhattan Family Court at 80 Center Street; HPD Office Renovation at 100 Gold Street, Grand Central Terminal Employees Facility and Renovation of City Hall-Phase II General Construction, NYC; New York City Housing Authority- Exterior Masonry Repairs; and Roof Replacement and Lobby Entrance upgrade in Linden Houses, NY.
Serving the community comes naturally to Nayan. From his first days of being a new immigrant to this country till today, he has been involved and giving his time, knowledge and wisdom to non-profit organizations, and both within the community and professionally. The highlight of his community service has been when he became President of SIAEA (Society of Indo American Engineers and Architects), a tri-state professional organization with over 1000 members in 2011-2013. He has brought about several changes into the organization, bringing in new blood into the organization, and therefore, new members and executive leadership teams are increasingly coming from a younger generation of architects, engineers and technology specialists. He has created a foray into creating an outreach program for its members and having grass roots meetings in Philadelphia, Washington D.C. and Boston.
