Ranjan Kejriwal, president of AARIS LLC in Dayton, was appointed to the Wright State University Board of Trustees by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine.
Kejriwal, a resident of Springboro, was appointed for a nine-year term on the board ending on June 30, 2030. He replaces Michael Bridges, whose term expired on June 30, 2021.
In 2004, Kejriwal founded AARIS, which provides diverse tubular, pipe and bar products to leading North American and global manufacturers. The company specializes in supplying products for the mechanical, fluid power and pipeline markets.
Before launching AARIS, Kejriwal served as the general manager of sales and marketing and the manager of product development and market technical assistance at Copperweld Corporation; project engineer at ITT Automotive; and field engineer with the Oil and Natural Gas Commission.
Kejriwal received an MBA from Ohio University, a master’s degree in materials science and engineering from Case Western Reserve University and a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Bihar in India. He also studied at The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and Northwestern University.