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Avinash Ahuja

Avinash C. Ahuja is president of Magnum Producing, LP, an oil and gas exploration and production company based in Texas.

Prior to founding the company in 1987, Avinash held key management positions in two oil and gas companies located in Texas and Louisiana.

Avinash is very active in local, national and international organizations, including: The Art Museum of South Texas, Christus Spohn Health System, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Center of Corpus Christi, YWCA, American Heart Association, American Diabetes Association, American Cancer Society, MD Anderson Cancer Center, World Affairs Council of South Texas and Miracle Foundation. He also serves on the advisory board for Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi College of Business.

Avinash received a BS in petroleum engineering from Indian School of Mines and an MS from the University of Houston. He has two grown children (Ranika and Rajan), three grandchildren (Lia, Ellie and Avinash), and lives with his wife Peggy in Corpus Christi, Texas.