Sreenivassan Ramaprasad, the founder and enabler of Saamartya, is a Masters (M.Sc - Tech) graduate from BITS Pilani and a certified NLP practitioner. Ramaprasad started his career with Associated Instruments Manufacturers India P Ltd New Delhi, and consequently joined JK Tyres and CADD Centre in 1989.
At CADD Centre, he grew to become the Executive Director of the company in a span of 15 years. During his tenure in CADD Centre he was instrumental in establishing CADD Centre in Delhi and making CADD Centre a national brand. He developed the equipment business of CADD Centre in 1995. With virtually no employee and nil turnover he built the equipment business to Rs 50 crores in a span of 6 years and strengthened the company to 225 executives. Currently he is the Director in CADD Centre Training Services, Asia Pacific’s largest CAD training network with presence in 30 countries.
Ramaprasad served as COO in a new venture called iKix 3D prints which specialized in 3D services. As a Chief Operating Officer, he was able to successfully get across the concept of 3D printing services to Architectural Industry. He started another venture called Saamartya in 2016 that enables people to develop their people skills and business skills. He is actively engaged in streamlining sales processes of small and medium companies. He is an active Rotarian, having led Rotary club of Madras West as its 50th President, made the club more vibrant with his interpersonal skills. He also initiated a Dialysis Center for the Club’s Thiruverkadu Medical Centre. He is known for his anchoring skills and he is a regular invited speaker in Rotary circles. Ramaprasad is the current President of Professional Speakers association of India Chennai Chapter.
Ramaprasad was the Vice Chairman of Indo American Chamber of Commerce Tamil Nadu Chapter which is a chamber that promotes bilateral trade between India and USA. Ramaprasad got married to Geetha in 1993 and has a daughter by name Ananya who completed her Viscom( Visual Communications) and a professional actor.
Ms. Viji Hari is the founder of CecureUs. She has authored the book BCC: Behind Clos Cubicles and Break the Taboo. She is an Expert in Creating Safe and Inclusive workplaces.
Viji’s aim is to impact not just a brand but also productivity and work culture – the values of t organisation. She is on a mission to create 600+ inclusive and harassment workplaces by 202 And sensitise 5 Lakh employees across industries.
CEO, Co-Founder & Author She specialises in creating safe workplace by Preventing Sexu Harassment at the workplace.With 22+ years of industry experience in MNC’s in India & USA a is a serial Entrepreneur.
An active blogger and columnist on various online HR forums while also being third party on t POSH Internal Committee in many companies including ITC Group, IBIS/Novotel, nThrive, Vest Piaggio, Xiaomi etc. while has been conducting awareness workshops for brands like Infosys BP Franklin Templeton, Volvo, Thoughtworks, Societe Generale, HSBC and many more.
Viji Hari is a serial entrepreneur, she Co-founded KelpHR (www.kelphr.com) in 2013 and th moved on to be the founder for CecureUs in 2020.
With 20+ years of industry experience in MNC’s in India & USA, she has authored the bo BCC:Behind Closed Cubicles. She did her Gender Diversity programme from INSEAD and has hosted India’s first Online Diversity Summit (www.onlineDiversitySummit.com). Prior to CecureUs and KelpHR, Viji worked with Infosys for 13 years.
Viji’s aim is to impact not just a brand but also productivity and work culture – the values of the organisation.
Head – Global Regulatory Affairs, Pfizer Healthcare India Pvt. Ltd., A fully-owned subsidiary of Pfizer, Inc., U
KS Babu is the Head of Global Regulatory Affairs, at Pfizer Healthcare India Pvt. Ltd. and is based at Chenn
He is associated with the organization for the last 11+ years. Due to his strong passion for building wor regulatory teams, he has been instrumental in expanding Pfizer’s regulatory affairs team in India and ex the team from a dozen+ to a ~ 380-member workforce over the years. He helped set up several centralized regulatory teams in India which support different divisions of Pfizer across the globe, across various po including Sterile Injectables, Generics, Established Brands, Innovative Medicines, Biosimilars, Vaccines, and Regulatory Operations.
Pfizer Chennai has the largest Regulatory Affairs teams across pharma industry in India.
Babu has 25+ years of experience in pharma industry and has held leadership positions in Regulatory function in some of the industry’s largest pharmaceutical companies in India which include Watson/Actav Lupin, etc.
Prior to joining the Pharmaceutical Industry, Babu worked as a faculty member and as head of a academic institution. He has been a visiting faculty at various universities in India and has been a regular and resource person in various pharmaceutical conferences held by DIA, CPHI, Indian Pharmaceutical Asso Indian Drug Manufacturers Association, Indian Pharmaceutical Congress, etc.
Babu earned a bachelor's degree in pharmacy from BITS, Pilani, a premier educational institution in India and further pursued Master’s in Pharmacy with specialization in Pharmacology from Al-Ameen College of Pharmacy, Bangalore, and was the university topper in his batch across all branches. He also earned an MBA in Human Resources from IGNOU, New Delhi, India.
People Development, Leadership Development, Women Empowerment, Diversity & Inclusion, Coaching & Mentoring are some of his passions. Babu is a certified Coach and obtained his coach accreditation at ACC level from ICF (International Coaching Federation). As a pro-bono coach, Babu coached several working professionals and students in India and abroad and he continues to offer coaching and mentoring services out of his passion.
He is also passionate about writing articles on various management and leadership development topics and is an upcoming author with his book on leadership. Currently, he is also pursuing Ph.D. in Management from BITS-Pilani, Pilani campus, and is an off-campus faculty at BITS for Management students.
