Dallas entrepreneur, a Padma Shri recipient, will serve for six years.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has appointed Dallas-based entrepreneur Ashok Kumar Mago to the University of North Texas System Board of Regents.
According to an official release from the governor’s office, his term will end on May 22, 2021.
“I feel honored to be asked by Hon. Greg Abbott, governor of Texas, to serve as a Regent for a prestigious institution like UNT,” Mago, chairman and CEO of the management consulting firm Mago and Associates, told The American Bazaar. “I look forward to work with other regents and chancellor to make UNT a premier institution in the nation.”
Mago, who received Padma Shri from the president of India, the fourth-highest civilian honor of the country, in 2014, is the first Indian American to be appointed to the UNT board.
Mago immigrated to the United States in 1974 after earning a bachelor’s degree from Delhi University. He received a Master of Business Administration from The University of Texas at Dallas.
A prominent Indian American community leader, Mago is the founding chairman of US-India Chamber, previously known as the Greater Dallas Indo American Chamber. He also serves on a number of boards including that of the Primary Care Clinic of North Texas, the Dallas Regional Chamber, the advisory board of BBVA Compass Bank in Dallas and the advisory board of Salvation Army of Dallas County.
The press release issued by Abbot’s office on November 9 also announced the reappointment of Brint Ryan and the appointment of Laura Wright to the UNT System Board of Regents.
Ryan is chairman and CEO of Ryan, LLC. Wright is a former chief financial officer of Southwest Airlines Co.
UNT, one of Texas’ largest universities, offers 99 bachelor’s, 83 master’s and 36 doctoral degree programs, according to the university.
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