Mr Sanjay Jayavarthanavelu Chairman, CII, Southern Region & SPEAKER Chairman and Managing Director PROFILE LMW Mr Sanjay Jayavarthanavelu, an MBA from Philadelphia University, USA, is the Chairman and Managing Director of Lakshmi Machine Works (LMW) Ltd, Coimbatore. LMW is one among the three leading Textile Machinery Manufacturers in the world, manufacturing the complete range textile spinning machinery. Mr Sanjay Jayavarthanavelu is a Trustee of the G.Kuppuswamy Naidu Charity Trust which runs a 600 bedded multi-specialty hospital, a higher secondary school and a feeder school in Coimbatore and an Arts College at Kovilpatti in Tamil Nadu. He is a Trustee of GKD Charity Trust, which runs a Management Study College (DJ Academy for Managerial Excellence & DJ Academy of Design) and an Industrial Training Institute (GKD Institute for Technological Resources). He is the Chairman and Managing Trustee of the Coimbatore Masonic Charity Trust which runs a children’s hospital and a working women’s hostel. www.ciiconnect.org Mr Suresh Raman Chairman, CII Connect SPEAKER Vice President & Regional Head PROFILE Tata Consultancy Services, Chennai Mr Suresh, as Vice President and Regional He has been associated with many large Head for Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), successful wins of about $3 Billion; as well Chennai, manages its largest delivery centre, as incubated and built several strategic with about 70,000 associates. accounts that have grown to generate $ 100 to $ 200 million per annum businesses. In his current role, his focus areas are to Having earlier spent a decade as a provide right experience for customers and Management Consultant within TCS as associates; facilitate talent transformation well as briefly with PriceWaterhouse, he into digital technologies; promoting had played an advisory role to MNCs as diversity; provide agile and sustainable well as to Governments. With his wide infrastructure; optimize costs through experience over the past three decades effective asset leverage; and work across continents, he has worked at the closely with region stakeholders across intersection of management consulting and Government, Industry and communities. IT, helping customers leverage technology effectively and efficiently. Mr Suresh has earlier held diverse leadership roles including, Regional Director & Head He is an alumnus of Birla Institute of for Central Europe; Global Head of Large Technology & Science (BITS), Pilani, India. Strategic Opportunities and P&L Owner in a He likes to focus equally on customer large Business unit; and Global Relationship experience and associate experience. He Head for key global customers. While holds key honorary positions and/or is a managing very large global clients, he has member in core committees in industry strategized with them in formulating their bodies as below: digital transformation journeys. • Till recently was Honorary Secretary and currently the Honorary Treasurer of the Madras Management Association (MMA) • Chairman of CII CONNECT 2019, a premier ICT event of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), hosted by the Government of Tamil Nadu and co-hosted by STPI • CII Southern Region’s Co-Chair for Working Group on International Relations • Co-opted Member of the Madras Chamber of Commerce & Industry (MCCI) www.ciiconnect.org www.ciiconnect.org Dr Sanjay Tyagi Director SPEAKER Software Technology Parks of India, PROFILE Chennai Dr Sanjay Tyagi is the Director of “Software Technology Parks of India, Chennai jurisdiction under Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India and responsible for catering the needs of IT/ITES/EHTP/ESDM units covering Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry & Andaman Nicobar Islands under the ambit. He is an Information & Communication Technology (ICT) professional with 25 years of experience, including consulting, strategy development, policy formulation, evaluation and performance measurement, budgeting & resource mobilization, project management, public outreach etc. in Mission Mode implementation of projects. He was the key person in setting up the dedicated Wideband High Speed Data Communications Network at Noida and Chandigarh Centres. Commendation certificate awarded by Govt. of Chandigarh Punjab for the Meritorious Services in making Chandigarh a favourite IT destination on Republic day function in 2005. Instrumental in supporting 663 software exporting units with a total exports worth Rs. 40710 Crores and creation of 3.5 lakhs direct employment opportunities. www.ciiconnect.org Dr Santosh Babu, IAS Principal Secretary – Information SPEAKER Technology PROFILE Government of Tamil Nadu Dr Santhosh Babu is a Medical Doctor turned Indian Administrative Service (IAS) Officer of the 1995 batch, of the Tamil Nadu cadre. He is an alumnus of the Government Medical College, Trivandrum. He is also a CheveningGurukul Scholar from the London School of Economics and Political Science and an LKY Fellow and MPM Degree holder from the National University of Singapore and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. His abiding passion has been to transform governance within his jurisdiction to world-class levels, using modern management practices and tools that information technology provides. He has about 150 plus transformational initiatives and innovations to his credit, including installing ERP driven “anytime, anywhere” Government offices, developing and implementing numerous web based application softwares, establishing India’s first Rural BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) units etc. A few recognitions have come his way, like (1) The Best Collector Award of the Government of Tamil Nadu for child labour eradication (2) Dataquest Magazine e-Governance Champion Award, South India, 2008, (3) Being recognized as “The Pride of Tamil Nadu” by the Indian Express in its annual publication 2007 “The Pride of Tamil Nadu”, as one of five persons who has made a difference in various aspects of public life, (4) being recognized by the reputed Tamil Magazine Ananda Vikatan, as one of the “Top Ten People in Tamil Nadu” in 2008 etc. In 2017, Poompuhar won the National e-Governance Award and the Skoch Smart Governance Platinum Award under his leadership. Rotary Club, Madras Metro presented him with the “Changemaker” award on 24.03.17. To be Continued... www.ciiconnect.org www.ciiconnect.org Dr Santosh Babu, IAS Principal Secretary – Information SPEAKER Technology PROFILE Government of Tamil Nadu He has served the Government of Tamil Nadu in various capacities; as Sub- Collector, Additional Collector, Special Officer to Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Executive Director of Tamil Nadu Corporation for Development of Women Ltd, Joint Secretary–Department of Rural Development, District Collector of Sivaganga and Krishnagiri, Managing Director of ELCOT & Director e-Governance, Commissioner of Horticulture & Plantation Crops, Commissioner of Indian Medicine & Homeopathy and as Secretary to Government, Information Technology Department (2011), Chairman & Managing Director of Tamil Nadu Handicrafts Development Corporation, and is currently serving as the Secretary to Government, Information Technology Department, and also serving as 1) Officer on Special Duty, Chief Ministers Special Cell in charge of the “Amma Call Centre”, 2) Prabhari Officer for Aspirational District Virudhunagar, 3) Regional Coordinator for the campaign again one time use and throw plastics, 4) Nodal Officer for flood mitigation in Zone 3 (Madhavaram) Chennai Corporation. www.ciiconnect.org Mr R B Udayakumar Hon’ble Minister for Revenue, SPEAKER Disaster Management & Information Technology PROFILE Government of Tamil Nadu Mr R B Udhaya Kumar is an Indian politician and incumbent Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu from Tirumangalam constituency. He is the Minister for Revenue and Disaster Management and Information Technology, Government of Tamil Nadu. www.ciiconnect.org www.ciiconnect.org Mr S Chandramohan Chairman, CII Tamil Nadu SPEAKER Group President, Finance & Investment Strategy PROFILE TAFE Ltd Chandramohan, Group President – Finance & Investment Strategy, and Director of TAFE Motors and Tractors Limited (TMTL) a 100% subsidiary of TAFE Ltd, is a professional Fellow Chartered Accountant. He has been associated with TAFE since 1999, the second largest tractor company in the country . In addition to his role of Group President, he is overseeing the operations of Engineering Plastic Division and Power Source Division (Battery) in TAFE. He started his career with WIDIA India Limited a Multi-National Company in Bangalore as Head of Finance and after 15 years, moved to Chennai as General Manager (Finance), looking after Finance, Systems, Secretarial and Legal with Tube Investment of India Ltd., before Joining TAFE. In TAFE, he actively involved in the acquisition of Tractor, Engines and Gears Divisions of Eicher in 2005. Post-acquisition, played a key role in the integration of both the Companies.( TAFE AND TMTL). He contributes articles on Finance, Economics, Forex, Agriculture etc., in leading newspapers and Journals. www.ciiconnect.org Mr R Ramkumar Chairman & Managing Director SPEAKER Cognizant Technology Solutions PROFILE Mr Ramkumar is Chairman and Managing Director, India at Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH) and is responsible for the company’s India operations spanning 13 cities with over 200,000 employees. With global revenues exceeding $16 billion, Cognizant is a Fortune 200, NASDAQ-100 and S&P 500 Company. Mr Ramkumar has about 28 years of experience in the information technology