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Andrea Jeremiah
Aravind Balagi Prasad
Playback Singer & Actress
Email
: [email protected]
Co Founder
Teach For India
No 52, 2 Floor
Abhiramapuram, Near RCSS Diagnostic Centre
Chennai 600 018
Tel
: +91 44 24990210
Email
: [email protected]
Website : www.teachforindia.org
Andrea Jeremiah is a popular Tamil playback singer, Voice Actor and a Film
and Theatre Actress. She began her career in playback singing, and has gone on to
appear in critically acclaimed films such as Pachaikili Muthucharam and Aayirathil
Oruvan, winning praise for her effective portrayals.
Aravind Balagi Prasad is the co-founder of Teach for India. It is basically a
nationwide movement of outstanding college graduates and young professionals
who teach full time in low income schools for two years. The Fellowship enables them
to become lifelong leaders advocating for the cause of educational equity.
From the age of 10, Andrea was part of a Jackson Five-style troupe called
Young Stars which formed the base of her early singing career. She was also a
theatre artist in her college and appeared in several stage plays organised by Madras
Players and EVAM. Andrea also launched a company named The Show Must Go On
(TSMGO Productions) to promote artistes and live art.
In June 2009, Teach for India placed its first cohort of Fellows in low-income
municipal and private schools in Pune and Mumbai.
She later ventured into playback singing in feature films. After rendering a
song in Gautham Menon's Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu, she got an offer by the director to
essay a lead female character in his next venture Pachaikili Muthucharam which she
took up. Pachaikili Muthucharam was a film adaptation of James Siegel's novel
Derailed, with Andrea portraying Kalyani, a homemaker.
She subsequently received more offers to star in films, but the only project
she eventually signed was Selvaraghavan's fantasy-adventure film Aayirathil
Oruvan, which released in early 2010. The following year, she agreed to play a minor
supporting role in Venkat Prabhu's multi-starrer Mankatha, which was released in
August 2011. Andrea will next be seen in a pivotal role alongside Kamal Haasan in
Vishwaroopam.
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Today, Teach For India is based in 5 cities - Mumbai, Pune, Delhi,
Hyderabad and Chennai comprising of 550 fellows and 196 alumni working towards
eliminating educational inequity. Aravind is a 2012 Fellow currently teaching a 4th
Standard class in Kottur CPS.
He has completed his B.Sc in Electrical Engineering, Purdue University. His
interests include Tennis, Badminton, Cricket, Short Stories, and TED talks. Aravind is
a regular speaker and a guest lecturer at various industry, business & academic
forums/institutions.
Aruna R Krishnan
Editor and Publisher
RITZ Magazine
7 Floor Sigma Wing
Raheja Towers
Anna Salai
Chennai 600 002
Tel
: +91 44 42113871
Email
: [email protected]
Website : www.ritzmagazine.in
Aruna R Krishnan runs two of the widest read magazines in South India.
She is the Editor and Publisher of RITZ, South India's premier Lifestyle magazine and
is also the co-owner of Southscope, India's leading south film magazine which is a
joint venture partnership with Allu Sirish of Geetha Arts - one of India's most reputed
and successful production houses. Southscope celebrates the life and work of the
most sought after A-list film stars of South Indian cinema. Her acquisition of a stake in
this immensely popular publication has redefined the magazine publishing industry
in South India.
Aruna started her first business when she was barely out of college. RITZ is
her brainchild and the magazine came as a roaring and refreshing success at a
crucial time when similar magazines launched in Chennai earlier had failed and
eventually folded up. Today, her magazine RITZ has completed 8 years of its
publication. In an effort to applaud young people for their determination and
pioneering efforts in their respective fields, Aruna has also instituted the prestigious
RITZ Icon Awards, recipients of which include an enviable cross-section of the
biggest stars, entrepreneurs, musicians, bureaucrats, social activists and others.
In a never-before initiative, the 4th edition of the RITZ Icon Awards
conducted recently in association with the nationally reputed news channel Times
Now honoured South Indian icons on a national platform. Aruna has won several
Awards for her entrepreneurship including the NDTV Hindu Award for Best Lifestyle
Journalist for her magazine RITZ.
Aruna R Krishnan is also the Executive Director of IBEX Products, an auto
components manufacturing company, allied to the renowned UCAL Group.
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David Appasamy
Management Consultant
DA Associates
Flat 1 A, Block 5, Prakruti Appartments
Tirumalai Nagar Annexe
2 Cross Street, Perungudi
Chennai 600 096
Tel
: +91 9884075784
Email
: [email protected]
David Appasamy is a Management Consultant advising clients in the areas
of business strategy, marketing, brand identity, brand and reputation management,
as well as digital strategies. He has over 30 years of experience in senior positions in
sales, marketing and advertising, hospitality services, internet, network and
ecommerce services, investor relations and financial services. Experience covers
diverse verticals with widely differing customer segments.
Until recently, he was the Executive Director of a micro-finance company that
transformed into a dynamic modern organization that provides cost efficient
microfinance coupled with knowledge and information services that raise human
capacity and organizational capability.
He was earlier the Executive Vice President at Sify Technologies. He served
as the Co-Chair of the International Chamber of Commerce's Task Force on the
Internet and Telecom Infrastructure & Services of the Commission on the Digital
Economy from 2006 to 2011 (formerly the e Business, IT & Telecoms Commission
(EBITT). As Co-Chair, he was leading the development of global business positions
and practical tools.
He was selected by the UN Secretary-General to serve on the Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) for the Internet Governance Forum (IGF); worked
to advocate business priorities to governments, the IGF and other forums, intergovernmental and international organizations, Internet technical community
organizations, as well as civil society.
He has a degree in hotel management and business management from the
IIM, Ahmedabad. An avid photographer, his other interests include traveling, reading,
blogging apart from being a social media enthusiast.
Dhruv Lakra
CEO & Managing Director
Mirakle Couriers
Industry House
Behind K C College, Church Gate
Mumbai 400 020
Tel
: +91 22 22483121
Email
: [email protected]
Website : www.miraklecouriers.com
Dhruv Lakra is the CEO / Founder of Mirakle Couriers which is an
innovative social enterprise that employs low-income deaf adults. Through its
business it generates employment for the deaf resulting in their empowerment and
financial independence. It works on the premise that delivery does not require verbal
communication. The entire operations are conducted in Indian Sign Language and
distance communication is done by texting which are both very efficient means of
communication for delivery of couriers. Logistics is a fast growing vertical in the
country and this particular marginalized section can take full advantage of the growth
potential that exists.
Dhruv has a strong background in the social and financial space. He started
his career in investment banking at Merrill Lynch and shifted to the social sector after
the devastating Asian tsunami of 2004. While living with the fishermen community for
four months he found his true calling and decided to work in the social sector. He has
helped a lot of social organizations scale their impact through these programs, and
strategic planning. After working for two years in this sector he went on to pursue his
MBA on a full scholarship from the University of Oxford. After completing MBA from
Oxford, Dhruv founded Mirakle Couriers in Mumbai which is for profit courier service
that employs low income deaf youth.
The deliveries are done by deaf men, and the back office is run by deaf
women. For his innovative work with the deaf at Mirakle Couriers, Dhruv has been
awarded the Helen Keller Award, CNN IBN Indian of the Year, the prestigious echoing
green fellowship based in New York, the national award from the President of India,
and more recently the Highest Civilian award from the Jammu and Kashmir
government.
Dhruv has completed his MBA from the University of Oxford, and B.Com
from HR College of Commerce and Economics. His personal interests include
swimming and reading.
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Gayathri Sriram
Managing Director
Ucal Products Pvt Ltd
SPP Complex, 324 Anna Salai
Nandana
Chennai 600 035
Tel
: +91 44 24314088
Fax
:+91 44 24346170
Email
: [email protected]
Website : www.ucalauto.com
Gayathri Sriram has a Master's degree in English from Carnegie Mellon
University, Pennsylvania, as well as a Master's in Reading and Language Arts from
Rider University, New Jersey. She is a reputed educationist from the US where she
headed several public sector educational programs, focusing on creating the
optional classroom and also on teacher development.
She returned to India in 2003 to join the UCAL group of companies. As
Managing Director she has worked successfully with her team to increase sales
turnover and expand the customer and product base, with a focus on optimizing her
companies' strengths in the global automotive marketplace.
Gayathri has been active as an elected member of the TN State Council of
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for the past 6 years. She has served as the
Past Chairperson of the Chennai zone comprising of about 500 plus members and
was also the Chairperson of the Women Empowerment Forum of CII Southern
Region for the year 2011-12.
She is also an invited member of the World Young Leaders Forum
associated with the BMW Herbert Quandt Foundation.
Dr Hanne M de Bruin Rajagopal
Facilitator
Kattaikkuttu Sangam & Gurukulam
36 Punjarasantankal Village
Kanchipuram 631 502
Tel
: +91 44 2724 2044
Email
: [email protected]
Website : www.kattaikkuttu.org
Johanna (Hanne) Maria de Bruin is the Facilitator of Kattaikkuttu Sangam &
Gurukulam. She completed her MA in Indology (Indian languages and cultures,
including Sanskrit and Tamil) from the University of Leiden, The Netherlands followed
by a Ph.D published as Kattaikkuttu: The Flexibility of a South Indian Theatre
Tradition (1999); other academic publications include Karna Moksham, a translation
of an all-night Kattaikkuttu performance (1998) and Between Shame and Fame:
Performing Women & Women Performers in India (2011); presently visiting guest
lecturer as School of Arts & Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
The Kattaikkuttu Sangam was established in the year 1990 and is a
grassroots association of professional Kattaikkuttu performers. Its present Executive
Director and Artistic Leader is P Rajagopal (Kattaikkuttu actor, playwright, director,
teacher, social activist and Kalaimamani awardee) and its present Facilitator is Dr
Hanne M de Bruin - Rajagopal (theatre researcher and social activist). It promotes
Kattaikkuttu as a contemporary theatre attuned to today's reality and a repository of
intangible heritage and indigenous knowledge.
It promotes Kattaikkuttu as a contemporary theatre attuned to today's reality
and a repository of intangible heritage and indigenous knowledge. It explores
Kattaikkuttu's artistic scope and has presented traditional and ground-breaking new
artistic work at important cultural festivals across India and abroad. The Sangam
nurtures a new generation of talented, professionally trained, well-educated
Kattaikkuttu performers through the Kattaikkuttu Gurukulam.
She has received scholarships from the Government of India for study of the Tamil
language, various research grants of the Netherlands Organization of Scientific
Research, European Science Foundation and Fonds Catharina van Tussenbroek,
award of the Dutch government in recognition of her work for the Kattaikkuttu
Sangam, ATSA Fellowship in arts management.
Her personal interests include theatre, dance, visual arts, music – both popular and
classical, Indian & Western, all issues concerning access to quality education.
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H Harish Hande
Co Founder & Managing Director
SELCO Solar Light Pvt Ltd
No 742, 15 Cross
6 Phase, J P Nagar
Bangalore 560 078
Tel
: +91 80 26654509
Fax
: +91 80 65902906
Email
: [email protected]
Website : www.selco-india.com
H Harish Hande co-founded SELCO India in 1995, a social enterprise, to
eradicate poverty by promoting sustainable technologies in rural India. With its
headquarters in Bangalore, SELCO has at present 25 branches in Karnataka and
Gujarat.
SELCO India under the leadership of Hande had won the Ashden Award for
Sustainable Energy 2005 and the Accenture Economic Development Award in the
same year. In 2007, SELCO India again won the Ashden Award, this time for
"Outstanding Achievement" in the energy sector and was presented by Mr Al Gore,
Former Vice President of the USA. Hande was named the Social Entrepreneur of the
Year 2007 by the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship and the Nand &
Jeet Khemka Foundation. In the following year, he was chosen by Business Today as
one of the '21 young leaders of India's 21st century'. Later, in June 2008, India Today
named him as one of the 50 pioneers of change in the country.
And, he was awarded with the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award for
2011 - also sometimes referred to as Asia's Nobel Prize - for “his pragmatic efforts to
put solar power technology in the hands of the poor, through his social enterprise
SELCO India”. Harish Hande was also awarded the Karnataka Rajyotsava Prashasti
in 2011 by the Government of Karnataka.
C R Kesavan
Krishnamachari Srikkanth
Vice President
Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development
Chennai - Bangalore Highway, Beemanthangal
Sriperumbudur 602 105
Tel
: +091 44 27162741 / 27162705
Fax
: +91 44 - 27163227
Email
: [email protected]
Website : www.rgniyd.gov.in
Former Captain, Indian Cricket Team &
Founder Director
Sun Online Learning India Private Limited
19, Bhaktavachalam Nagar, 5 Street Adyar
Chennai 600 020
Tel
: +91 44 42658957
Fax
: +91 44 42658954
Email
: [email protected]
Website : www.krishcricket.com
C R Kesavan graduated with a Masters in Computer Science from the
Western Illinois University, USA following which he worked in the IT domain for five
years before returning to India in the year 2000. He then went on to reside in Gandhi
Ashram, Tiruchengode for a period of six months.
The following year, in 2001, he joined the Indian National Congress. Later
next year, he was appointed Chairman of the Science and Technology Department.
In 2003, he became a member of the National Council of the Indian Youth Congress,
and in the year 2005, he went on to become the first Vice President of the Rajiv
Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (RGNIYD), Sriperumbudur,
constituted by the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Government of India.
He has even authored a biography on Shri C. Rajagopalachari (fondly
referred to as Rajaji, and who happens to be C R Kesavan's great grandfather),
India's first Governor-General and also Chief Minister of Madras State.
Kesavan was an editorial member for the publication on India Youth
Development Index-2010- -published by the RGNIYD (a scientific tool for policy
making and programme planning towards the economic and social development of
the country). He is also a member of the Mentor Group constituted by the Ministry of
Youth Affairs & Sports, Government of India to transform the Rajiv Gandhi National
Institute of Youth Development at Sriperumbudur, into an institute of national
importance by an Act of Parliament, in the year 2012.
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Krishnamachari Srikkanth is an Indian cricketer who was a former Captain
of the Indian cricket team. Until recently, he also served as the Chairman of the
selection committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Nicknamed
Cheeka, he was a right handed batsman who batted aggressively and a right arm
medium off spinner.
He made his Test debut on 27th November 1981 against England and ODI
debut on 25th November 1981 against England. His last Test match was on 1st
February 1992 against Australia and his last ODI was on 15th March 1992 against
South Africa. He has played 43 Test matches and scored 2062 runs with an average
of 29.88 with a top score of 123. He has played 146 ODIs and scored 4091 runs with a
batting average of 29.01 and top score of 123.
One of his strengths which stood out in his cricket were good hand-eye
coordination and super quick reflexes. He was a stylish opening batsman and
became an integral part of the Indian Squad that won the 1983 Prudential World Cup
and the Benson and Hedges World Championship of Cricket in 1985. He became the
captain of the Indian team in 1989 where he was the first Indian player to get 5 wickets
with a score of 50 runs in an ODI. He achieved this in the match against New Zealand
in Visakhapatnam in 1988. After his retirement, he became the coach of the India A
team.
Srikkanth also works as a commentator on various sports channels. He was
appointed as the Chief Selector of the Indian Cricket team on 27th September 2008,
and was made the brand ambassador for the Chennai Super Kings franchise of IPL.
His son Anirudha Srikkanth is also a cricketer and currently plays for the Tamil Nadu
Ranji Team.
Mahantesh G K
Narayan Sethuramon
Founder Managing Trustee
Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled
CA 39, 15 Cross
Sector - 4, HSR Layout
Bangalore 560 102
Tel
: +91 80 25721444
Email
: [email protected]
Website : www.samarthanam.org
Managing Director
W S Industries (India) Ltd
108, Mount Poonamallee Road
Chennai 600 116
Tel
: +91 44 66500893
Fax
: +91 44 66500894
Email
: [email protected]
Website : www.wsinsulators.com
G K Mahantesh was born in Neginhal in Belgaum district of Karnataka. He
did both his Pre-university and under graduation at Bangalore's National College,
and later went on to do his MA as well as M.Phil in English literature from the
University of Bangalore following which he took up a career in teaching English at the
Law College, Bangalore for three years.
Soon after, tired of the humdrum routine, he eventually decided to change
course giving in to his inner desire of wanting to do something for the benefit of the
visually challenged. Hence, teaming up with two of his friends - who shared the same
dream and passion - Samarthanam came into being and which was born out of
compassion and empathy; two ideals that have been its greatest strengths since its
inception.
And, he had the distinction of representing India at the World Blind Cricket
Councils' Conference held at Cape Town, South Africa, and was also instrumental in
organizing several cricket tournaments and other sporting events for the disabled.
Having presented many papers at various national and international conferences, he
has been a role model for persons with disabilities in general. He runs a hostel and
education-help centre for about 150 visually and physically challenged individuals,
has launched a computer training centre for the visually challenged where about 200
have benefited.
Founder of the Integrated Education of the Disabled (IED), it is a grassroots
project wherein Mahantesh and his team identify and reintegrate the 353 differentlyabled children with the mainstream. And among his other projects include an
integrated school for the locals at a suburb of Bangalore where 60 children are
currently being educated, and adoption of a government school for nutritional
supplement and education where 753 students in all have benefited.
He was bestowed with the “Governors Excellence Award” in the year 2002,
the National award for Child welfare in 2009, the Aryabhata International award for
services in the field of disability again in the same year, the Karamveer Pursaskar for
contributions to Civil Society in 2011, and the NDTV Spirit of Sports award for Lifetime
Achievement for contribution in the field of sports against all odds.
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Narayan Sethuramon holds a Bachelor's Degree in Production Engineering
from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, India and a Master of Science in
Industrial Administration from Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA.
He is presently CEO & Managing Director of WS Industries (India) Limited, a
leading manufacturer of Porcelain Insulators for Electrical High Voltage Transmission
and Distribution Applications.
He holds positions of eminence in various industrial bodies such as CII,
where he is very active. His current positions include, Vice Chairman, CII Tamilnadu
State Council, member of the National Council on Public Policy and also member of
the National Council on Membership.
Also, Narayan was one of the founding members of CII's Young Indians. He
was the National Vice Chairman between 2004–06 and subsequently the National
Chairman during 2006 – 07 where he continues to be active on the Core Committee of
the organisation.
He is also a member of the Board of Governors of the Institute for Financial
Management and Research (IFMR), and plays an active role in the development of a
new vision for the institute, and is leading the implementation of the same. Narayan is
also a member of the National Executive Council of Indian Electrical & Electronics
Manufacturers' Association (IEEMA).
R Natarajan
Former International Athlete
Superintendent (Customs) &
Director, India Sports Promotion Academy
No 11/1, Crescent Park Street,
T Nagar, Chennai 600 017
Tel
: +91 9444223535
Email
: [email protected]
Website : www.ispaindia.com
R Natarajan completed his Bachelors in Pharmacy and was a first class from
Annamalai University (1986-90); post graduate in yoga, first class from Annamalai
University; M.Sc. Yoga-first class in Tamil Nadu physical education & Sports
University, 2010. He also presented his doctorate degree (PhD) in track & fieldathletics, and is presently the Superintendent of Customs, Chennai.
Natarajan is the Director of India Sports Promotion Academy imparting
training in speed drills, specific fitness to children below 10 yrs of age, and in the age
group of 10 - 14yrs. For the past 11 years, he has trained students of the St. Montfort
School, Yercaud, Salem. He also presented papers on training in athletics / sports in
the World conference at Brazil in 2004, and took part in the countrywide training
program for 3 months and also presented various guest lectures on athletics, specific
fitness; training methods, talent identification and recovery methods in various
colleges, universities and national level UGC sponsored seminars all over the
country. He was the advisory board member for the University of Madras, 2004-2010
and was the executive committee member of the Good Shepherd School from 19982004. A member of the selection committee of Tamil Nadu Sports Development
Authority for athletics, he became the honorary treasurer of the Chennai District
Athletic Association. And, he was the senate member of the Manonmaniam
Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli from 2010-2013.
Natarajan was the national champion and national record holder in the 100
and 200 mts race for 9 consecutive years (1988-1996); South Asia's fastest man title
holder between 1989-1991, South Asian games record holder and Champion in 100
as well as 200 mts, 4x100 mts relay (1989,1991,1995); silver medal in 200 mts at the
World Indoor invitation athletic meet at Tehran, Iran,1990; qualified and ran with the
world legendary sprinter Carl Lewis in the world permit meet,1990; the second Indian
to run the 200 mts in less than 21 seconds i.e. 20.9 seconds and qualified to represent
India in the 200 mts dash at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, USA. He was awarded the
President of India Gold medal in the year 1991 by the President Late Shri R
Venkatraman, and also honoured by the Vice President of India, Shri Hamid Ansari,
for his meritorious services in sports and athletics, in November 2008.
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M Pallam Raju
Minister of State for Defence
Government of India
AB - 3, Pandara Road
New Delhi 110 003
Tel
: +91 11 23385112 / 23017116
Fax
: +91 11 23016255
Email
: [email protected]
Pallam Raju is a member of the 9th, 14th and 15th Lok Sabha of India. He
represents a the Kakinada constituency of Andhra Pradesh and is a member of the
Indian National Congress. He is the Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence. He
was first elected to the Indian Parliament in 1989 and was the youngest MP in the 9th
Lok Sabha. A successful entrepreneur in the field of Information Technology, he was
on the boards of successful Public Limited Companies until his induction into the
Union Council of Ministers. He has been a very active member of the Indian National
Congress (INC) and has held several important positions in the state unit and at the
National level, the most recent one as the Chairman of the Department of Policy
Planning and Coordination (DEPPCO) in the All India Congress Committee (AICC).
Between August 2004 and January 2006, he served as the Chairman of the
Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology which comprises the
Departments of Information Technology, Communications & Posts and Information &
Broadcasting.
In 2008, Pallam Raju visited Lebanon to meet the Indian peacekeepers who
were part of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). He has represented the
Country in the United Nations General Assembly at New York, USA in October 2004
and at the SAFMA Conference in Pakistan in May 2005. He was the leader of the MPs
delegation to Tokyo, Japan in November 2005 which was organized by CII and the
Sasakawa Peace Foundation and a member of the delegation to Beijing, China in
November 2005 for the Conference on Globalization which was jointly organized by
the Konrad Adeneur Foundation (KAF) of Germany and the Institute of Peace
Studies, India.
The Institution of Electronics & Telecommunications Engineers (IETE), New
Delhi, has recently conferred a ‘FELLOW’ on him. A keen sportsman, Pallam Raju
had represented his school and college in several athletic and football tournaments
in the Country. He is an alumnus of the Hyderabad Public School (HPS), Begumpet
(1971–1979), an Electronics & Communications Engineering graduate (BE) from
Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, AP (1979–1983) and an MBA from Temple
University, Philadelphia, USA (1983–1985). He worked in Philadelphia and Boston in
the USA and in Oslo, Norway, in the field of Computers and Information Technology.
C K Ranganathan
Sanobar Sultana
Chairman & Managing Director
CavinKare Pvt Ltd
'CavinVille' 12, Cenotaph Road
Chennai 600 018
Tel
: +91 44 24317899
Fax
: +91 44 24362879
Email
: [email protected]
Website : www.cavinkare.com
Senior Producer and Presenter (RJ)
Chennai Live 104.8 FM
Empee Tower, No 59, Harris Road
Puthupet, Chennai 600 002
Tel
: +91 44 42261000
Fax
: +91 44 42261001
Email
: [email protected]
Website : www.chennailive.fm
C K Ranganathan was born in Cuddalore to parents with a primary interest
in education. He took up his Bachelors in Chemistry and after a short stint in the family
business, he set up “Chik India”. The Company began its journey as Chik India and
was renamed CavinKare Pvt. Ltd (CKPL) in 1998 with a starting investment of
Rs.15000. The Company manufactures and markets many products under the brand
of Chik, Spinz, Fairever, Meera, Nyle, Raaga Professional, Karthika, Indica, Ruchi,
Chinnis, Maa, Garden and Cavins etc both in domestic and international markets
recording an annual group turnover of Rs.1100 crores in the financial year ended
2011/12.
The Company has pioneered the concept of 'Family Salons' in India with its
specialist brands - Limelite and Green Trends and hence started Trends In Vogue
Pvt. Ltd a Group Company which has a clear-cut focus providing personal styling and
beauty solutions to everyone in the family. He was conferred the prestigious
“Entrepreneur of the Year award” by the Economic Times in 2004. He was also
conferred the award of “CEO with HR Orientation” by the Employer Branding Institute
which recognizes Asia’s Best Employer Brands in Singapore.
Ranganathan was the Chairman of Confederation of Indian Industry, Tamil
Nadu State Council for the year 2009/10. He was also the past President of Madras
Management Association. He is one of the founder-members of the Ability Foundation
– an NGO working towards the rehabilitation of the disabled. He instituted Cavinkare
Ability Awards to celebrate annually the exemplary spirit of rare breed of individuals
who have risen above their physical limitations to display that attitude is everything.
He also instituted an annual Chinnikrishnan Innovation Awards to encourage small
and tiny entrepreneurs in memory of his father Shri. R Chinnikrishnan, the man who
pioneered the sachet revolution.
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Sanobar Sultana is a Senior Producer and Presenter (RJ) of Chennai Live
104.8 FM Radio hosting shows with Chennai's only English radio station & India's first
talk radio station involving interaction with professionals from various walks of life and
also the common man on the street. It also helped usher in a healthy relationship with
various public as well as private organizations.
Chennai Live 104.8FM is a locally involved radio station aimed at educating
and informing people about the city of Chennai. It focuses on local happenings,
information and issues relevant in the day-to-day life of Chennai and its residents.
The station hosts intelligent shows by way of discussions and debates with the Studio
guests and listeners calling in to the station. The objective behind such shows is to
bring together a wide range of opinions and viewpoints that exist across Chennai
onto a common platform and to share the story of a city that comes with a profound
history, a proud present and a bright outlook for the future.
Sanobar hosts the flagship morning show five days a week, liaising with and
interviewing prominent government officials, sportspersons, professionals, business
leaders, and also people from the fields of politics, event management and the
entertainment industry.
Chennai Live is involved in the production and presentation of shows like
The Breakfast Show - interviews with celebrities, discussion on current affairs,
debates on national and local issues and contests, Power Breakfast with the Boss Personal and business profiling of corporate leaders & entrepreneurs, Quiz Show Quiz on current affairs, general knowledge, sports and entertainment.
Sanobar completed her M.Sc. in Environmental Science from Anna
University, Chennai and graduated in Microbiology from Justice Basheer Ahmed
Syed College for Women (SIET), Chennai. Her interests include Reading, poetry &
people, and above all, listening to all kinds of music. She also has a penchant for
environment and social causes.
R Seshasayee
K S Sripathi
Executive Vice Chairman
Ashok Leyland
No 1 Sardar Patel Road
Guindy
Chennai 600 032
Tel
: +91 44 22206000
Fax
: +91 44 22206001
Email
: [email protected]
Website : www.ashokleyland.com
Chief Information Commissioner
Tamil Nadu Information Commission
No 2 Sarthyagaraya Road
Teynampet
Chennai 600 0018
Tel
: +91 44 24357581
Fax
: +91 44 24357583
Email
: [email protected]
Website : www.tnsic.gov.in
R Seshasayee is the Executive Vice Chairman of Ashok Leyland after
having been its Managing Director for 13 years until last year. He has led the
Company's transformation into a globally competitive technology leader seeking
growth through globalization and diversification, via global acquisitions and joint
ventures with Nissan Motor Company, John Deere, Continental AG and the Alteams
Group, to name a few.
He is also the Chairman of IndusInd Bank Limited. Seshasayee was the
Chairman of Southern Region Council of CII, in the year 1994. Having served as the
President of CII during 2006-07, he was also the President of Society of Indian
Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), the apex body representing the Indian
automobile industry during 2001-03.
As a member of the Government of India delegations, he was a participant at
the Doha Ministerial Round of WTO in 2001 and the Hong Kong Ministerial at Hong
Kong in 2005. Seshasayee was also the Co-chair of the World Economic Forum Middle East during 2007. Apart from the above, he serves as Chairman of the
Executive Council of the Cancer Institute, President of Schizophrenia Research
Foundation (SCARF), and also Vice President of the Music Academy.
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K S Sripathi is the State Chief Information Commissioner. He is an Indian
Administrative Service Officer from the 1975 batch and retired in the year 2010 as the
Chief Secretary to the Government of Tamil Nadu. His career span has seen him in
important positions with both the Government of India and the Government of Tamil
Nadu. Some of these positions include Joint Secretary to the Government of India
and Ministry of Urban Development when he was handling the subject of Urban
Transport, Urban Housing and Urban Environment. He was also a Director on the
Board of lnternational Building Centre which is headquartered at Rotterdam, The
Netherlands.
With respect to the State, he has been the Secretary to the Government of
Tamil Nadu in many Departments which include the Department of Environment and
Forests, Youth Welfare and Sports, Higher Education, Highways, Minor Ports and so
on.
He has also held the position of Chairman and Chief Executive of some of
the Public Sector Undertakings like the Tamil Nadu Minerals Ltd. as also TANSI.
Sripathi has several achievements to his credit. He was State Vigilance
Commissioner before taking on the role of Chief Secretary where he has contributed
immensely to the overall development of the State during his tenure.
Suhas Gopinath
Syed Sultan Ahmed
CEO & President
Globals ITeS Pvt Ltd
No 10, 2nd Floor, Next to ISRO HQ
Off New BEL Road, Bangalore 560 094
Tel
: +91 80 43303666
Fax
: +91 80 23515253
Email
: [email protected]
Website : www.globalsinc.com
Managing Director
Edumedia India Pvt Ltd
No 175, 2 Cross
Lower Palace Orchards
Banglore 560 003
Tel
: +91 80 23342105
Email
: [email protected]
Website : www.sultanspeaks.com
Suhas Gopinath aged 26 was recognized as the world's youngest Certified
Professional Web Developer through his project coolhindustan.com. Suhas had an
assertive mindset and wanted to be an entrepreneur, and in order to encourage the
youth, he setup Globals in the year 2000 from an internet shop which has been a huge
success. It is one of the fastest growing Technology companies focusing on
Education, according to the Economist.
At 16, he was recognized as the world's youngest entrepreneur by CNBC
and e-Business, Canada. And in the following year, he was recognized as the World's
Youngest CEO by leading media across the globe including BBC, Washington Times,
The Age, and also the Limca Book of Records. In the year 2005, he became the
youngest recipient of the prestigious Rajyotsava Award conferred on him by the
Government of Karnataka. Along with his professional activities, he volunteers as
Brand Ambassador of the People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).
In December 2007, The European Parliament and the International
Association for Human Values conferred the “Young Achiever Award” to Suhas at the
EU Parliament, Brussels where he was also invited to address the Parliament in the
presence of various business dignitaries. In 2008, the World Economic Forum
announced him as one of the 'Young Global Leaders' and he became one of the
youngest members ever in its history. In July of the same year, his detailed biography
was featured in the renowned Current Biography Book published in New York along
with George Clooney, Robert Zoellick, Governor of New York David Paterson, and
other eminent personalities.
A recipient of the Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini Award last year, Suhas was
recently invited to be a Member of the National Expert Advisory Committee of the
Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India.
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26 - 27 October 2012: Chennai
Syed Sultan Ahmed is the Managing Director of EDUMEDIA India. He is a
consultant to several TV channels, children's brands and educational institutions
globally on issues related to psychosocial development of teenagers. He had done his
Bachelors in Chemical Engineering from Bangalore University, and went on to
become a specialist in Psychosocial Development of Teenagers, Master Trainer Dale Carnegie Institute USA, Post Graduate Diploma in Human Relations, Speech
Therapy, Training & Development, and is a Certified NLP Practitioner.
A First generation entrepreneur, he initiated and set up EduMedia; a
conglomerate of 3 companies. Krayon, School Cinema, Mentor & Activity are brands
that hold aloft the vision of EduMedia by creating, inspiring and innovative media
ventures for schools, colleges and corporate. From films to events to training to
publishing, EduMedia is constantly creating avenues to add value to the educational
segment. As Managing Director, it is Sultan's versatility and verve apart from his high
levels of motivation and inspiration that drives the company to bring about a positive
change in the educational system.
MENTOR is the first magazine of its kind in India that caters to principals and
education and is promoted by Edumedia India. Sultan was clear in the objective
behind the debut of this magazine today revered as a journal that MENTOR would
seek to understand the world of learning from all hierarchical levels.
Activity Training is Sultan's penchant that helps channelise his passion for life into
training people. A brilliant speaker and a motivational trainer he inspires and
encourages several thousand individuals of schools, colleges and corporate across
India. His experience and understanding of the psychosocial development of
teenagers makes his teachers and principal's workshops very insightful. His
workshops on communication skills, public speaking, teaching with fun,
understanding teenagers, entrepreneurship and career are highly sought after.
Vandana Gopikumar
C P Viswanath
Co-Founder
The Banyan Adaikalam
6 Main Road, Mugappair Eri Scheme
Mugappair West
Chennai 600 037
Tel
: +91 44 26530504
Fax
: +91 44 26530105
Email
: [email protected]
Website : www.thebanyan.org
Chief Executive Officer / Managing Director
Karadi Tales Company Pvt Ltd
3A Dev Regency, 11, First Main Road
Gandhinagar, Adyar
Chennai 600 020
Tel
: +91 44 2442 1775
Fax
: +91 44 2440 3728
Email
: [email protected]
Website : www.karaditales.com
Vandana Gopikumar is a renowned mental health activist with various
achievements to her credit. She holds a Masters degree in the area of Medical and
Psychiatric Social Work from the Madras School of Social Work, Chennai, and is a
well known name in the domain of social services.
Soon after completing her degree, she established and co-founded The
Banyan with her colleague, Vaishnavi Jayakumar in the year 1993. The organization
focuses on providing comprehensive mental health services for persons affected by
homelessness, poverty and mental health issues in community and institutional
settings.
The Banyan initially began as a centre for crisis intervention, and treatment
and rehabilitation of homeless women with mental health issues. Over the past two
decades however, this outreach has grown from overseeing rescue, recovery and
family reunions of those on the streets to delivering community based curative,
preventive and social care services that address the treatment gap and symptomatic
incidences of homelessness due to mental illness.
Vandana Gopikumar and Vaishnavi Jayakumar had both been nominated
as one of the 50 most influential persons in the social sector by The Week as well as
India Today. They also received the 'Outstanding achievement in the field of Mental
Health Care' award from the Swiss Foundation for World Health in collaboration with
the World Health Organization in the year 2012, apart from bagging the 'Stree
Shakthi Puraskar Award' in 2003 which was instituted by the Ministry of Women and
Child Development, Government of India.
Vandana is now engaged in the strategic expansion and direction of The
Banyan & BALM to improve the quality of services in the mental health sector in India.
She is an advisor to the special commission appointed by the Supreme Court on
homelessness related issues and is also a member of the Mental Health Policy
Group constituted by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.
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26 - 27 October 2012: Chennai
C P Viswanath is the Chief Executive Officer / Managing Director of Karadi
Tales Company Pvt Ltd . He holds a Bachelors degree in Science in Information
Technology from Mumbai and is a trained professional Carnatic Classical Vocalist.
He is engaged in imparting English Language learning programmes known
as “Karadi Path Programme” to classes 2 to 4 in schools across Tamil Nadu, Kerala,
Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. The programme has been well accepted both by the
students and the schools where it is introduced. The programme is a result of 9 years
of research on language pedagogy based on mother tongue acquisition processes
and the unique Indian experience of multi-lingualism.
Viswanath has given more than 1000 performances across India and the
USA. He is also a trained Mridangam (a percussion instrument) artist.