Speakers
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Mr. B. SANTHANAM Managing Director, Saint - Gobain Glass India. Chairman – CII, Southern Region. Member - National Council of CII. Syndicate Member - Anna University, Government of Tamil Nadu. Founder Director - IIT Madras Research Park. Past President - Employers Federation of India (EFI). Past Chairman - CII’s Innovation Taskforce of Southern Region Committee. |
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H.E. Mr. GASTON STRONCK Ambassador of Luxembourg to India. Former Ambassador of Luxembourg to the Russian Federation. Former Ambassador of Luxembourg to Kazakhstan and Belarus (non-resident). Former Ambassador of Luxembourg to Denmark. Former Ambassador to Finland, Norway and Sweden (non-resident). |
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Guest of Honour |
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Mr. MIKE NITHAVRIANAKIS British Deputy High Commissioner to South India. |
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Padma Shri. M. RAFEEQUE AHMED Chairman & Managing Director - Farida Group of Companies. President - Federation of Indian Exports Organisations (FIEO), Footwear Design & Development Institute (FDDI) & All Indian Skin & Hide Tanners & Manufacturers Association (AISHTMA). Chairman - Tamil Nadu State Council - Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). Past Chairman - Council for Leather Exports, Advisory Council Member - Reserve Bank of India. Board Member - Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India Ltd. & Board of Trade constituted by Govt. of India. |
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Dr. T. S. ARTHANARI Associate Professor - Faculty of Business & Economics, University of Auckland, New Zealand. Auditor - Quality Systems. Editor - Open Journal of Disc. Maths. Author of Numerous Technology & Research Papers. Member - Australian Association of Engineering Education & Australian Conservation Foundation. Life Member - Operations Research Society of India, New Zealand & Production and Operations Management Society of America. |
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Special Guests |
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Mr. RAJIV BAJAJ Head - Manufacturing, Autodesk India & SAARC. |
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Mr. RAJAT MEHTA Director - HSBC Global Markets. Head - Foreign Exchange Sales Desk, HSBC India. |
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Conference Chairman |
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Dr. M. MANICKAM Vice Chairman & Managing Director - Sakthi Sugars Ltd. President - South Indian Sugar Mills Association (SISMA). Chairman - Governing Council, Sakthi Group of Educational Inst. Past President - Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) & Sugar Technologists Association of India (STAI). Member - State Level Info. & Tech. Task Force - Govt. of TN & Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) Society - Pune. |
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Panel Chairman |
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Mr. K. ILANGO Joint Managing Director – RSM Autokast Ltd., Vice Chairman, CII - Coimbatore. Past President - CODISSIA, Charter President - TiE, Coimbatore. Past Regional Chairman - Round Table International, Asia Pacific Region. Past Chairman - World Council of Service Clubs, Asia Pacific Region. |
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Panelists |
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Mr. PRABHU BALA Director - Precision Equipments. President - SIPCOT Irungattukottai Manufacturers Association (SIMA). Executive Committee Member - TANSTIA. Active Member - CII Yong Indian Forum, Chennai Chapter. Published many Research Papers in the acclaimed American Society of Mechanical Engineers Journal. |
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Mr. WALTER D' SOUZA Managing Partner - Fernandes Brothers. Chairman (Southern Reg.) - Federation of Indian Export Org. (FIEO). Chairman (Export / Import Comm.) - Kanara Chamber of Commerce & Industry. Past Chairman - The Cashew Export Promotion Council of India. Past National Convenor - Agro Exports & Agri Economic Zones, FIEO. Member - Monitoring Comm. on Agriculture, Min.of Agri - Govt. of India. Past President - Karnataka Cashew Manufacturers’ Association. Government of India Nominee (Trustee) - Board of New Mangalore Port Trust (1997-99). |
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Mr. THYAGU VALLIAPPA Director - Sree Valliappa Textiles Ltd., Sona Valliappa Text. Mills Pvt. Ltd., Valliappa Software Tech. Park Pvt. Ltd., & Vee Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Vice Chairman - Sona College of Technology & Thiagarajar Polytechnic, Chairman - Comm. of Young Enterprises of Southern India Mills Ass. & Employers Federation of Southern India, Karnataka. President – Employers Federation of Southern India ( EFSI). Mang. Comm. Member – Bangalore Chamber of Ind. & Commerce – BCIC, Confederation of Indian Textile Industry – CITI. The Associated Chambers of Commerce & Ind. of India – ASSOCHAM. |
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Rtn. K.R. PANDIAN C. E. O. - Sharp Tools Group. Director - ESWELD Corporation,Russia. Director - Sharp Shargh Kia Electrodes, Iran. Council Member - Sharp Industrial Training Institute Chairman- Machine Tools Panel, Eng. Export Promotion Council. Member - American Welding Society. Indian Institute of Welding & International Wire Machinery Association. |
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Panel Moderator |
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Ms. SHOBHANA KUMAR Writer & Poet. Specialist in Conceptualisation, Research, Compilation, Writing Books, Branding & Marketing Communication. Authored & Compiled : "Coimbatore the Emerging Indian Cosmopolis", "SIMA - A Journey Through 75 Years", "Lakshmi - An Inspiring Legacy". |
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Organisers |
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Mr. D. GANDHIKUMAR Chairman - INTEC 2013 Managing Partner - Gandhikumar Foundry. President - Federation of Indian Micro Small & Medium Enterprise (FISME). Past President - Tamilnadu Small and Tiny Industries Association (TANSTIA) & CODISSIA. |
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Mr. P. N. BALASUBRAMANIAN Vice Chairman - INTEC 2013 Managing Partner, COIMBATORE BRIGHT STEELS. Past President - Codissia. Treasurer - COINTEC. |
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Rtn. D. K. KARTHIKEYAN Project Director - GMCV 2020 Director - TEXAS VENTURES. |
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Mr. R. RAMACHANDRAN President - CODISSIA Managing Partner, VASANTHAM FOUNDRY. |
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Mr. M. V. RAMESH BABU Secretary - CODISSIA Managing Partner, PARAMOUNT PLATERS. |
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