Advisory Committee - Chairman

Chairman & Managing Director

Mahindra & Mahindra

Anand Mahindra started off at Mahindra in 1981 when he joined Mahindra Ugine Steel Co (MUSCO), a major producer of specialty steels, as Executive Assistant to the Finance Director. In 1989, he was appointed President and Deputy Managing Director of the company.

While at MUSCO, Anand spearheaded Mahindra’s growth and diversification into new business areas like real estate and hospitality management. In 1991, he was appointed Deputy Managing Director of Mahindra & Mahindra, the country’s leading producer of tractors and off-road vehicles. He initiated a comprehensive change program to make the company an efficient and aggressive competitor in the new liberalized economic environment in India. In 1997, he was promoted to Managing Director, and in 2003 he also became Vice Chairman.

A few of the boards and committees that Anand serves on are:Harvard Business School Association of India – Cofounder and Asia/Pacific Advisory BoardNational Sports Development Fund (NSDF), Government of India – Council and Executive CommitteeIndia Council for Sustainable Development

Anand has received a great many awards over the years. Some of these are:Knight of the Order of Merit from the President of the French RepublicHarvard Business School Alumni Achievement Award 2008Business Leader of the Year 2009 from the Economic TimesTop 25 Most Powerful Businesspeople in Asia from Fortune magazine, 2011

Advisory Committee - Member

Co-Chairman

Infosys Limited

S. Gopalakrishnan co-founded Infosys Technologies Ltd. and has been its Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director since June 22, 2007 and President since August 21, 2006. Mr. Gopalakrishnan served as the Chief Operating Officer of Infosys Technologies Ltd. until June 21, 2007 and its Joint Managing Director from August 21, 2006 to June 21, 2007. Mr. Gopalakrishnan served as a Deputy Managing Director ... and Head of Client Delivery and Technology of Infosys Technologies Ltd. from 1999 to 2002. From 1996 to 1999, he served as Infosys Technologies Ltd.'s Head of Customer Service and Technology. From 1994 to 1996, he served as the Head of Technical Support Services of Infosys Technologies. From 1987 to 1994, he served as the Technical Vice President and managed all projects of KSA/Infosys, a former joint venture between Infosys and Kurt Salmon Associates. Prior to that, he served as the Technical Director of Infosys. He serves as the Chairman of Infosys Consulting Inc., Infosys Technologies Ltd.'s wholly owned subsidiary. He serves as a Director of Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation, Ltd. Mr. Gopalakrishnan has been a Director of Infosys Technologies Ltd. since October 1994 and previously served as its Director from 1981 to 1987. Mr. Gopalakrishnan received an M.S. in Physics and an M.Tech. in Computer Science from IIT Madras.

Advisory Committee - Member

Chairman & Managing Director

Bharat Forge Limited

Mr. Kalyani is the Chairman of the Kalyani Group, a 2.4 Billion USD conglomerate whose flagship company is Bharat Forge, the world’s largest forgings manufacturer. Ranked by Forbes as one of the 50 richest Indians and under 500 richest people all over the world, he was awarded “CEO of the Year” by Business Standard in 2004 and “Entrepreneur of the Year” by Ernst & Young in 2005. In February 2006, The Jagatik Marathi Chamber Of Commerce and Industry honored him with their “Global Entrepreneur of the Year” Award. With a business experience of more than 27 years, Mr. Kalyani has set the group on its growth path and is credited with the extraordinary vision for its entry into the fast emerging infrastructure development arena in India.

Advisory Committee - Member

Ex-Chief Executive Officer

Tata BP Solar India Limited

Mr K Subramanya has the distinction of being the first employee of Tata BP Solar in 1985 and leading the company from scratch to its global reputation and scale today. Prior to being appointed the CEO in 2006, Mr K Subramanya has been at the forefront in conceptualising and setting up the company’s operations in 1989 and leading it over the next two decades from a sales history of modest Rs.16 million in 1991-92 to a phenomenal Rs.9,764 million in 2009-10 and building a strong presence all over India and South Asia and beyond.

Advisory Committee - Member

Senior Vice President – Business Region International

Volvo Bus Corporation

Akash Passey has steered Volvo Buses India to the top of the luxury segment in less than a decade. He has not only carved a niche for Volvo in the Indian market, but also made it a household word. He was employee number one (the company now has a staff strength of over 1,000) in 1997, when can came on board and was tasked with business development. He was involved in conceptualising Volvo’s India project in 1998-2000. He then took on the role of project manager. After launching Volvo buses commercially at the end of 2001, Passey was elevated to general manager.

In 2004, he completed the Volvo group’s top management programme called The Edge, held in conjunction with the UK’s University of Ashridge. Passey now oversees business development, sales and marketing for Volvo in South Asia. He is also actively involved as a member of the management committee for Volvo India.

Volvo today has over 75 per cent market share in the luxury inter-city air-conditioned coach segment and over 50 per cent of air-conditioned diesel low-floor city buses, which ply in 12 cities across the country. Some 3,500 Volvo buses currently operate in India.

Advisory Committee - Member

Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director

JSW Steel Limited

Dr. Vinod K. Nowal has been Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director of JSW Steel Limited. He served as Chief Executive Officer - Vijayanagar Works, Executive Director of the Company. He has been associated with the Group since 1984. He has joined Jindal Iron & Steel Co. Ltd (JISCO) as Works Manager and was gradually elevated to the position of Executive Director, looking after Operations of Vasind & Tarapur Units and Commercial. In 2004, he was sifted to the Company’s Vijayanagar Works as Executive Director (Commercial). Before his association with the Group, he was working with VSL Limited, Faziabad in the capacity of Works Manager and prior to that with KM Sugar Mills Ltd., Faridabad as Factory Manager. He has also held commendable positions like : President of Tarapur Industrial Manufacturers Associations, which represents 1200 Industries of Tarapur MIDC, President – Lions Club of Tarapur in 1990- 91, Membership of International Association of Lions Club, Zone Chairman in 1998-99, Region V, Patron of Chinmaya Mission School, Tarapur, Vice Chairman of TIMA Hospital, Tarapur. He holds Masters Degree in Business Administration and Doctorate in Inventory Management.

Dr. Sanak Mishra

Advisory Committee - Member

Vice President - ArcelorMittal & Chairperson,

International Organisation of Materials, Metals and Minerals Societies (IOMMMS)

Before joining Arcelormittal, Dr. Mishra was Managing Director of the Rourkela Steel Plant and Member of the Board of Directors of the Steel Authority of India Limited. He has also served as President of the Indian Institute of Metals.

He holds a PhD degree in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA and was awarded Alexander von Humboldt International Fellowship from Germany.

He is also a Visiting Scientist at Aachen Technical University and University of Pittsburgh.

He is also recipient of numerous honours such as the National Metallurgist Award from the Government of India, Centenary Year Distinguished Alumni Award from the Indian Institute of Science, Distinguished Merit Alumni Award from the University of Illinois; Platinum Medal, JRD Tata Gold Medal, GD Birla Gold Medal; Bharat Shiromani Award; Udyog Ratna Award, etc.

Dr. Mishra is also a Fellow at the Indian National Academy of Engineering, National Academy of Sciences, All India Management Association, Institution of Engineers, Indian Institute of Metals, the Computer Society of India and the Institute of Directors.

Advisory Committee - Member

Head, Aircraft Prototype Manufacturing Facility,

Centre for Civil Aircraft Design & Development

CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories

Mr. S. Ravishankar

Head of Advanced Prototype Manufacturing Facility in the Centre for Civil Aircraft Design and Development

National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL)

Mr. Ravishankar, Scientist F, joined NAL in 1990 as Scientist in the erstwhile Aerodynamics Division. He also is a highly talented mechanical engineer with a very deep understanding of the science and application CAD / CAM. In the initial years of his stay at NAL, he participated in the LCA wind tunnel model design and fabrication. His responsibilities included modeling, NC programme preparation and validation and supervision of manufacturing and final inspection. Since NAL did not have all the facilities required, Ravi used to go to ADA for modeling and NC programme development and validation and to a variety of small and medium scale industries for NC machining and to NTAF model shop for final assembly and inspection. This experience from modeling to inspection stood Ravi in good stead at CAU to which he was moved from the Aerodynamics Division in 1993. Every single machined part of the SARAS has gone through Ravi’s hand at some stage or the other. It is entirely through his dedication and quest for perfection that out of about 5000 parts manufactured, rejection was less than 1% - an extremely laudable performance indeed. Recognizing his talent he was appointed as the Head, Engineering Services Division in 2009 when that position fell vacant on superannuation of the then incumbent. Now that Ravi has additional responsibilities in C-CADD, ESD has been merged with C-CADD for effective management.

Advisory Committee - Member

President SIATI & Ex-CMD

HAL

Dr C. G. Krishnadas Nair was the first professional engineer to become Managing Director & Chairman of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. He transformed HAL into a globally competent aerospace industry through a long-term strategic plan with strong R&D, diversification, export, and industry academy interaction. He instituted a work culture based on ethics and teamwork, resulting in a 10-fold increase in business and substantial profits.

He also led the design and development of the Advanced Light Helicopter, new Jet Trainer and Light Armed Helicopter, and initiated the design of High Altitude Helicopter, Multi Role Transport Aircraft, advanced aerospace equipments.

Dr Nair founded the Society of Indian Aerospace Technologies & Industries (SIATI) and stimulated small medium and large private sector industries to indigenously develop aerospace equipment.

He also served as Vice-Chancellor of MATS University and Chairman/Member Governing Council of number of engineering colleges and visiting professor including, INAE-AICTE distinguished visiting professor at IIT, Chennai.

Since May 2008 onwards, he has taken over as Managing Director, Cochin International Airport.

He has received numerous awards, including Padmashree, Scope Award for best Chief Executive and Gold Plaque, Birla Gold Medal, Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini Award, National Aeronautical Prize, Vasvik Research Award, Omprakash Bhasin Award, Dr.Ambedkar Bharath Shree Award, Rashtriya Ratna Award, National Metallurgist Award, IIM Platinum Award, Swadeshi Science Puraskara, Enterprise Excellence Award, National Award for R&D, FIE Foundation Award and National Award for Best Employer of Physically Handicapped, and a Life Time Achievement Award in the field of Engineering from the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE).

Advisory Committee - Member

President MAIT

Chairman, CII - Office Automation & Imaging Division

& Sr. VP,

Canon India

Dr. Alok Bharadwaj is the Senior Vice President of Canon India. He is the force behind the sales, marketing, PR, Corporate planning & brand building activities of Canon which have led to the company’s exponential growth in India.

Dr. Alok joined Canon in 2001 to take charge of Printer Products Division. Over the last 8 years, Dr. Alok assumed responsibilities of 5 Business Divisions in Canon. Under his leadership, Canon India recorded its best growth of 38% in 2007 & 35% in 2008. An industry veteran with over 24 years of experience, Dr. Alok has led sales & marketing initiatives across diverse businesses and industries like consumer durables, Telecom & IT. In his current role as the Senior Vice President, Canon India, Dr. Alok has been the driving force in leading the company to the No 1 position across various product categories.

Dr. Alok has been awarded “The most influential person in photography for the year 2008” by the leading photography publication Asian Photography.. His excellence in the industry was recognised earlier by the same journal which awarded him with “Corporate Executive of the year 2005” award. Dr. Alok has also been rated as the ‘Most favourite country manager’ by IT channel magazine 360 two years in a row in 2005 & 2006. Dr. Alok is a charter member of TiE, a global non profit organization focused on building entrepreneurship. Dr. Alok has contributed a chapter on ‘Technologies for Core development’ in book on Financial inclusion released by Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Govt of India. Recently, Dr. Alok was chosen for the “Canon Executive Development Program” conducted by IMD Laussane, Switzerland. The program, initiated by Canon Inc Tokyo, is to develop 'Top Management' global leaders within Canon.

Under Dr. Alok’s leadership, Canon India was awarded the ‘President’s award’ for highest growth in Asia in Digital Camera segment in 2005 & highest growth in Digital Copiers segment in 2007 from Asia HQ. A Marketing Guru, Dr. Alok’s leadership has been significant in the strengthening of the Canon’s visibility, market penetration, strong sales force & a rising brand appeal. His recognition of the major challenges faced by the company and the move from the ‘channels of distribution of today’ to ‘channels of distribution of tomorrow’ has made canon a force to reckon with.

Prior to joining Canon, Dr. Alok has worked with Motorola, Usha International & Voltas

In the last 8 years at Canon, Dr. Alok has been a member of the jury in industry level recognitions for channels & speaker at various national industry level events. Dr. Alok has a first degree in mechanical engineer, which he followed up with an MBA (Marketing) from the Faculty of Management Studies – New Delhi in 1985.

Advisory Committee - Member

Mangaging Director,

TATA Steel Ltd

Mr. Hemant Madhusudan Nerurkar has been Managing Director of Tata Steel Limited since October 10, 2009 and also its an Executive Director of India and South East Asia since April 9, 2009. Mr. Nerurkar served as Vice President of Kalinganagar Project, Orissa of Tata Steel Limited. He served as Chief Operating Officer of Tata Steel Limited (Formerly Tata Iron & Steel Co. Ltd.) since September 1, 2007 He served as an Executive-In-Charge (Flat Products) and Vice President of Flat Products of Tata Steel Limited. He served as Assistant Research Engineer for 5 years and U.M.I. Ltd. Manager (QC) for 5 years. Mr. Nerurkar joined Tata Steel on February 1, 1982 and has held various positions including Chief Metallurgist, Senior Deputy Manager (LD-2 Projects), Deputy General Manager (Steel & Primary Mills), General Manager (Marketing), Senior General Manager(Supply Chain) and Chief Operating Officer (Steel). He has over 35 years of experience in steel industry in various functions. He has officiated in several positions and has been actively associated with various academic and professional bodies and clubs in different capacities like Indian Institute of Metals, ULSAC / ULSAS / ULSAB of IISI Brussels, INSDAG, AIMA Governing Council, XIM, Bhubaneshwar Governing Council, Institute of Environmental. Management Studies, Tata Steel Rural Development Society, Jamshedpur Kennel Club, Indian Cancer Society, Jamshedpur Branch.

Advisory Committee - Member

Director,

IIIT-Bangalore

Professor Sadagopan, Director of IIIT-Bangalore, is a product of Madras University, India and Purdue University, USA. He taught for 25+ years at IIT Kanpur, IIM Bangalore, IIT Madras and IIIT-Bangalore in addition to short teaching assignments at RUTGERS, USA and AIT, Bangkok. He has wide research interests that include Operations Research, Multi-criteria optimization Decision Theory, Simulation, Enterprise Computing, Programming Languages, Databases, Multimedia and e-Governance.

He has authored seven books, several book chapters and papers. He is also a Fellow of IEE (UK) and Computer Society of India. He is a Senior Member of IEEE, ACM and AIS.

Prof. Sadagopan consults widely across different industry segments (Auto, Manufacturing, Banking, IT and Social Sector) and lectures extensively at corporations, industry events and Universities in North America, South America, Europe, Middle East, Asia, Australia and New Zealand on all aspects of IT.

He serves on the boards of Bharat Electronics, Neyveli Lignite Corporation and Indian Renewable Energy Agency and IIIT-Bhubaneshwar, IIIT-Delhi and IBAB; earlier he was also on the Board of Bank of India, NMDC, VisualSoft, Megasoft, Informatics and Shawman Software. Prof. Sadagopan is a Member of Karnataka Knowledge Commission, Chief Minister's Vision Group on IT, NASSCOM Regional Council and ISA Executive Council. He is the Chair of IEEE Computer Society, Bangalore Chapter and a Member of ACM India Council. Currently (till 2011) he is also a Member of WWW Conference Committee (W3CC).

Advisory Committee - Member

CMD,

HMT Ltd

Mr. S. G. Sridhar was Director (Operations) of HMT Limited prior to his posting as the Chairman and Managing Director.

Mr. Sridhar, a Mechanical Engineering Graduate with MBA in Marketing , joined HMT as an Engineer Trainee in 1977 after a brief stint at Kirloskar Electric Ltd. He also has completed specialized Marketing Management Course from IIM, Ahmedabad.

He has rich experience in Manufacturing, Sales & Marketing Management, Business Planning and Development as well as in the development of Corporate Strategies, Business Alliances and formation of Joint Ventures. He has held several functional responsibilities and rose to the level of General Manager heading the Machine Tool manufacturing Units at Bangalore and Pinjore. Just before taking over as CEO of the Company, he held the post of Director, Operations, responsible for overall business operations of the Company including strategic planning, implementation, management, supervision and evaluation of all the subsidiary companies operations as well as functional control over all the activities of Corporate Planning & Implementation, Strategic Alliance and Joint Ventures, Projects and Technology, Marketing policy, Systems and MIS. He has also served in HLL Lifecare Limited as General Manager (Marketing).

Mr. Sridhar has attended number of Advanced Management Programs in the areas of Marketing and General Management in various institutes of repute in India and abroad. He has widely travelled on business to USA, Europe and South Asia.

Advisory Committee - Member

Mentor at IEEMA

Mr. Sunil More, is currently mentoring the IEEMA organisation for continuation of its policies.

Before releaving the duties as Director General at IEEMA, Mr. More was responsible for overall responsibility of mananging the Association initiatives and activities. Mr. More was spearheaded world's largest exhibition in electrical transmission and distribution sector, ELECRAMA. He was also an Editor of mouthpiece of the Associastion, the only ABC certified monthly trade publication, IEEMA Journal.

Mr. More, has compelted his B. E. Electrical from Maulana Azad National Institute of technology in the year 1974 and has almost 4 decades of rich experience.