Speakers


Chief Guest & Key Note Address
 
KRISHNAMURTHI VENKATARAMANAN   Mr. KRISHNAMURTHI VENKATARAMANAN
Chairman - L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering Limited.
Former Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director - Larsen & Toubro.
Independent Non Executive Director – Vedanta Limited.
Past Chairman of the Board of Directors - Engineering & Construction Risk Institute Inc.,
USA. (First asian appointed for this Post)
Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Chemical Engineers (IChemE), UK.
Fellow of the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers.
Past Chairman - FICCI Capital Goods Committee & CII National Manufacturing Council.
Accoladed with ‘Davidson Frame Award’ Conferred by IPMA, Switzerland &
‘Chemtech - Business Leader of the Year’ award for Plant & Machinery.
Recipient of "CEPM - PMA Honorary Fellowship Award" & "ABCI - Global Business Communicator Award".
Bestowed with “Lala Shriram Award for Leadership in Chemical Industry” & “Dr. Burjor P Godrej Life Time Achievement Award” by Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE).
Received the title of IPMA Level ‘A’ assessor in December 2008.
(The second Indian to be honoured so).
Conferred with Honorary Doctorate in Project Management by the University of Petroleum & Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun. Distinguished Alumni Awardee of IIT, Delhi.
   
Chief Guest & Presidential Address
   
BART DE GROOF   Dr. BART DE GROOF
Consul General - Consulate General of the Kingdom of Belgium.
Recipient of “ Knight in the Order of the Crown - Belgium”.
Former Secretary and Deputy Head of Mission - Belgian Embassy in Caracas;
Abuja & Kuala Lumpur.
Former Chargé d’Affaires and Head of Mission - Belgian Mission in Kabul.
Former Councilor, Nato Desk - Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Brussels.
Authored and Edited Numerous Books on Belgian presence in Italy (17th Century),
The Spanish Empire (16th-17th Centuries),
History of the Belgian Expansion in the 19th Century.
   
Lighting of Lamp & Inaugural Address
 
RAJSHREE PATHY   Padma Shri. Mrs. RAJSHREE PATHY
Chairman & Managing Director - Rajshree Sugars and Chemicals Limited.
Founder - Indian Design Forum (IDF).
(India’s First Global Design Platform for Innovation & Design.)
Managing Trustee - G.V. Memorial Trust.
Past President - Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA).
(First Woman appointed for this Post)
Past President - South Indian Sugar Mills Association (SISMA).
Former Chairperson - CII (Southern Region).
Nominated as a “Global Leader for Tomorrow”
at the World Economic Forum (WEF), Davos,
Switzerland and has been awarded an Eisenhower Fellowship.
   
Guests of Honour
 
THYAGU VALLIAPPA   Mr. THYAGU VALLIAPPA
Executive Director - Sree Valliappa Textiles Ltd.,
Sona Valliappa Textile Mills Pvt. Ltd.,
Valliappa Software Tech. Park Pvt. Ltd., & Vee Technologies Pvt. Ltd.,
Founder & CEO - Sona Sports Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.,
Vice Chairman - Sona College of Technology & Thyagarajar Polytechnic College,
President - Bangalore Chamber of Industries & Commerce (BCIC).
Chairman, Textile Council – ASSOCHAM, India.
Sr. Mgt. Comm. Member - Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI).
Past Chairman - Committee of Young Directors,Southern India Mills Association (SIMA)
Past President – Employers Federation of Southern India (EFSI).
   
BALARAM MENON   Mr. BALARAM MENON
President & C.E.O. - World Trade Center, Kochi & Bengaluru.
Board Member - World Trade Center Associations, New York, USA.
Director - Brigade Hospitality Services Pvt. Ltd.
Mgt. Comm. Member - Bangalore Chamber of Industries & Commerce
Former Head (Business Development ) - Imperial Bank Ltd, Nairobi, Kenya.
Past Principal Aptivaa Consulting (Risk & Capital Adequacy) - Samba Bank,
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Former Head (Corporate Banking) - BNP Paribas India & Standard Chartered Bank.
   
Special Guests
   
JEAN- FRANCOIS AERNOUTS   Mr. JEAN- FRANCOIS AERNOUTS
Counsellor (Commercial ), Brussels Invest – Export, Ministry of Brussels.
Founder and CEO – UAVCO (Drone Manufacturers), Liège – BELGIUM.
Former International Project Manager - Techspace Aero, SAFRAN Group,
Liège - BELGIUM.
Former Product Manager - Techspace Aero, SAFRAN Group, Liège – BELGIUM.
 
JOYJEET BOSE   Mr. JOYJEET BOSE
Vice President & Head, SME Operations Enterprise South,
TATA Teleservices Ltd.
Alumnus - TATA Group Executive Leadership Program.
   
RAJESH KANNAN   Mr. RAJESH KANNAN
C.E.O. - Conquer Infotech India Pvt. Ltd.
Former Director - Sri Balaji Infosol Services.
Past Project & Delivery Manager (ERP) - 3i Infotech Ltd.
Former Business Development Manager (ERP) - Pentasoft Limited.
Past Sales & Marketing Head for TN - Greave Cotton & Co. Ltd.
   
ANTHONY RAJ   Mr. S.A. ANTHONY RAJ
Head - Supply Chain Operations - South, Gati Limited.
Bestowed with " Six Sigma Black Belt " from IIEM, Hyderabad.
Received Supply Chain Certificate from IIT, Kanpur.
   
Organisers
   
J. BALU   Mr. J. BALU
Chairman - INTEC 2017.
Managing Director - GKS ENGINEERING PVT. LTD.,
Past President - CODISSIA.
Secretary - COINTEC.
   
RAMACHANDRAN   Mr. R. RAMACHANDRAN
Vice Chairman - INTEC 2017.
Partner - VASANTHAM FOUNDRY.
Past President - CODISSIA.
   
D. K. KARTHIKEYAN   Rtn. D. K. KARTHIKEYAN
Project Director - GMCV 2030.
Jt. Secretary - SAE India, Cbe Chapter.
Director (Projects) - TEXAS VENTURES.
   
V. SUNDARAM   Mr. V. SUNDARAM
President - CODISSIA.
Managing Director - SUNDAR ENTERPRISES.
Governing Council Member - COINTEC.
   
A. KUMAR   Mr. A. KUMAR
Hon. Secretary - CODISSIA.
Managing Director - SRI BALAJI ENTERPRISES.
Governing Council Member - COINTEC.