Dr Shankar Venugopal
VICE PRESIDENT-TECH INNOVATIONKMMTA
Mahindra Technical Academy (MTA)
| Day 1 | 11-Oct-19 | 09:00 – 10:30 |
Inauguration and Keynote Address
Dr Y Sreenivas Rao graduated in Mechanical Engineering from JNTU, Hyderabad with distinction. Further he has done his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Osmania University. He started his initial career with BHEL, Ramachandrapuram, Hyderabad as expert in the areas of manufacturing of Steam turbine, Centrifugal Compressors, Gas turbines.
Prof Amit RK
Professor- Department of Management Studies
IIT Madras
| Day 1 | 11-Oct-19 | 14:00 -15:00 |
Plenary Session – 1
Aiyappan Ramamurthi – Technical director of Siemens Industry Software, a business unit of Siemens Digital Industries Division.25+ years’ experience in the field of Digitalization including Product Lifecycle Management, Digital Manufacturing and Manufacturing Operations Management. Responsibilities included consulting on strategy and deployment of digital solutions for manufacturing organization.
Mr. S. Ramachandran
Principal Consultant
Infosys Knowledge Institute
| Day 1 | 11-Oct-19 | 17:30 – 19:00 |
Moderator – Panel Discussion
Dr Shankar leads technology innovation for the Automotive & Farm services business (AFS). He heads the intellectual property (Patents) and knowledge management functions. He is also the Dean of the Mahindra Technical Academy.Shankar is passionate about developing sustainable urban mobility solutions and his current interests span across electric vehicles, connected vehicles, autonomous vehicles and precision farming.
Dr. Arunkumar Sampath
Head Electric Vehicles
Tata Consultancy Services
| Day 1 | 11-Oct-19 | 17:30 – 19:00 |
Panel Speaker
Mr. Sundaresan has been an entrepreneur and a technology innovator. He finds the challenges of conceiving, nurturing and realizing products or processes or organizations fulfilling and enjoyable. A mechanical engineer by education, past experiences range from developing hermetic compressors, sheet metal engineering, plant and business digitalization…
Dr Hiran V
Business Fellow
Breakthrough Energy
| Day 1 | 11-Oct-19 | 17:30 – 19:00 |
Panel Speaker
Dr. R K Amit is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras. He completed his undergraduate studies at IIT Kanpur, and his doctoral studies at IISc, Bangalore. His research and teaching interests are game theory and decision theory, and their applications in operations management.
I Meenakshisundaram
Chief Technology Officer
Simpson & Co Ltd
| Day 1 | 11-Oct-19 | 17:30 – 19:00 |
Panel Speaker
Currently working with Frost & Sullivan, managing the Automotive & Transportation business unit for Middle East, North Africa and South Asia.Worked with Nissan Motor India Pvt. Ltd. [NMIPL] in Product Planning. Worked with a cross-functional team in charting out the passenger vehicle product / technology roadmap for Nissan and Datsun in India.