DISTINGUISHED PANEL OF JURY & SPECIAL INVITEES -10th MMA-CAVINKARE CHINNIKRISHNAN INNOVATION AWARDS

PROFILE OF JURY & SPECIAL INVITEES

CavinKare-MMA ChinniKrishnan Innovation Awards 2021 10th Edition

2021

Mr. Alok B. Shriram Mr. Alok B. Shriram is the Sr. Managing Director and CEO of DCM Shriram Industries Ltd., a part of The Shriram Group, a 125-year-old Delhi based conglomerate started by Lala Shriram, a doyen of Indian Industry. The company has units namely Daurala Sugar Works, Daurala Organics, Shriram Rayons, and Daurala Food and Beverages, and DCM Hyundai Ltd. The Shriram Group has also been instrumental in setting up several educational institutions such as Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Shri Ram College of Commerce, The Shri Ram School, and I.P College for Women amongst others.

He was the former President of PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry-a 110-yearold National chamber based in Delhi having offices in 20 states and union territories.

PHDCCI has over 48,000 members directly and indirectly and serves the interest of the MSME sector. He is also a member of the prestigious Rotary Club of Delhi Premiere.

As a part of its CSR initiative, DSIL set up, funded, and is managing the Dr. Bansi Dhar School (DBDS), in Kota, Rajasthan under Sir Shriram Social Development Society.

DBDS is a progressive English medium senior secondary, co-educational day school affiliated to CBSE. DBDS currently caters to the educational needs of over 1000 children from in and around Kota. The majority of the student population hails from a rural and semi-urban background.

PROFILE

K SRINIVASAN K Srinivasan (63) Currently Managing Director at Kirloskar Pneumatic Company

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Compression systems for Air, Refrigeration and Gas. Earlier, was the Managing Director of Carborundum Universal Limited ( CUMI ) a Rs 2800 crore company with 28 manufacturing sites in 7 countries.

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Electrominerals and a part of the Murugappa Group.

Srinivasan began his career in 1980 with brief stints at Widia India Limited and Philips India Ltd. In 1983, he joined Wendt India Ltd where he was instrumental in turning around the company and finally bringing it into the Cumi fold. He has had stints of running the Industrial Ceramic business and Abrasive business of Cumi. Since taking over as Managing Director in 2005, he has grown Cumi from a leading Indian abrasive company to a global player with major operations in Russia, China, South Africa, Australia and Thailand. He was ranked as the Most Valuable CEO of mid-sized companies in India in 2012. Was in the Boards of Volzhsky Abrasives Ltd, Murugappa Morgan Thermal Ceramics, Wendt India Ltd, Sterling Abrasives Ltd, Foskor Zirconia Pte SA, Cumi Australia, China and the US. Currently also an Independent Director on the Board of Aspinwall & Company Ltd. Srinivasan is a Mechanical Engineer from REC Surathkal and has attended several Executive Development / Leadership Programmes at global institutions.

His hobbies include reading, cooking and gym-ing.

Manikandan Thangarathnam

Summary At Uber in my current role, we are driving / innovating / delivering world class features on Mobility and Marketplace.

At Amazon I was responsible for delivering core product and features for Amazon Appstore, Fire TV, Tablets, Fire OS, Alexa Communications, Kindle eReaders and cloud services. Prior to Amazon, I was at Microsoft for 7 years, where I worked on Microsoft Outlook, Windows server and Windows Mobile.

Interviewing is one of my passions (1500+ interviews), interacting with young talent and helping them mold their skills to be successful in the corporate environment. Driving Innovation is in my DNA and I have scored more than 15 patents during my journey so far.

Experience Uber, Senior Director - Mobility and Platforms @ Uber August 2020 - Present (1 year 2 months), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Enjoying a good Uber Ride Amazon, Director Of Engineering, 12 years 8 months July 2017 - May 2020 (2 years 11 months), Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Mithun Sundar

Summary Mithun Sundar currently leads Transformation for Microsoft India.

Prior to this he was the CEO of Lendingkart, the largest and fastest- growing small-trader fintech company in India. Lendingkart uses mobile technology, digital banking and AI to make working capital more affordable for millions of Indian MSMEs (medium, small & micro enterprises). His earlier experience includes leadership roles in E-commerce (Myntra), Consumer Packages Goods (Unilever, PepsiCo) and consulting (McKinsey & Co.).

In summary, Mithun is an experienced business leader with a demonstrated track record of leading growth, profitability and transformation in Fintech, Consumer Technology and Consumer Packaged Goods companies.

Lived and worked in several countries including the U.S.A., China, Brazil, Indonesia, Vietnam and India.

Experience Microsoft, Chief Transformation Officer, India, March 2021 - Present (7 months), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Lendingkart, Chief Executive Officer, December 2019 - February 2021 (1 year 3 months), Bangalore Led all aspects of people (~700) & business (~$500mn assets under management growing ~50% YOY) for fintech focused on financial inclusion of micro, small & medium enterprises in India.

He also worked with Myntra, PepsiCo, McKinsey & Co, Unilever and Procter & Gamble

Mridula Ramesh is the author of critically well-regarded, ‘The Climate Solution – India’s Climate Change Crisis and What We Can Do About It’. She is founder of the Sundaram Climate Institute, which focuses on waste and water solutions and education. She is an active angel investor in cleantech start-ups, with a portfolio of over a dozen start-ups. Mridula sits on several angel management groups, including the Indian Angels and the Chennai Angels, and is involved in several initiatives to spur entrepreneurship to build climate resilience.

A graduate with distinction of Cornell University (with majors in Chemistry and Microbiology), with an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, Mridula worked at McKinsey in Silicon Valley before returning to India. Leveraging on her two decades of management experience, she teaches a postgraduate class on climate change at the Great Lakes Institute of Management and is a regular columnist for Firstpost on Climate Change and has written for the Hindu, Live Mint, Bloomberg Quint and Conde Nast. She is the Executive Director of Sundaram Textiles and lives and experiments in Madurai in a net zero-waste house with her husband and two children.

G V Anand Bhushan

Summary Mr. G V Anand Bhushan has been Head for the Chennai Office and Partner at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. since July 01, 2016. In 2017, he was recognized as "Technology Lawyer of the Year" by the Indian National Bar Association. After managing Mr. Bhushan's own firm of Bhushan Rajaram for 4 years, he joined Cognizant Technology Solutions as general counsel responsible for legal, compliance, Government affairs and as a Member of the board of Cognizant APAC. He was honoured as the General Counsel of the Year 2014, as an innovation champion for introducing innovative leadership and processes by Cognizant. He was responsible for managing 70 lawyers over multiple verticals in APAC and North America. He was a Fulbright Scholar and was awarded for his exceptional contribution to the Case Law School international law program. After his graduation from Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College, Chennai, he completed his LLM in Global and US Legal Studies at the Case Western Reserve University, School of Law, Cleveland.

Experience Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, Partner, Chennai Head July 2016 - August 2021 (5 years 2 months).

Established SAMCO's Chennai office from July 1st, 2016. Our primary focus is on PE, M&A, General Corporate, Real Estate, Labour Law and Litigation.

He is currently the Director (Legal), Facebook

CK Ranganathan Chairman & Managing Director

Mr. CK Ranganathan was born in Cuddalore to parents with primary interest in education. He took up his Bachelors in Chemistry and after a short stint in the family business, he set up “Chik India”. The Company began its journey as Chik India and was renamed CavinKare Pvt. Ltd (CKPL) in 1998 with a starting investment of Rs. 15, 000/- The Company manufactures and markets many products under the brand of Chik, Spinz, Fairever, Meera, Nyle, Raaga Professional, Karthika, Indica, Cavin’s Ruchi, Chinnis, Maa, Bacto V, Saafoo and Garden etc both in domestic and international markets.

The Company has pioneered the concept of 'Unisex Salons' in India with country’s most popular organized beauty salon brands – Green Trends and Limelite under its salon division, which has a clear-cut focus on providing personal styling and beauty solutions to everyone in the family.

Mr. Ranganathan is the Chairman of CII Southern Region for the year 2021/22. He is the President of TiE – Chennai Chapter for the years 2019-21. He is also Vice President of All India Management Association for the year 2020/21.

He was the Chairman of Confederation of Indian Industry, Tamil Nadu State Council for the year 2009/10. He was also the past President of Madras Management Association.

CK Ranganathan is one of the founder-members of the Ability Foundation – an NGO working towards the rehabilitation of the disabled. He instituted CAVINKARE ABILITY AWARDS to celebrate annually the exemplary spirit of rare breed of individuals who have risen above their physical limitations to display that attitude is everything.

He also instituted an annual CHINNIKRISHNAN INNOVATION AWARDS to encourage small entrepreneurs in memory of his father Shri. R Chinnikrishnan, the man who pioneered the sachet revolution.

C V Subba Rao graduated from Marine Engineering College, Kolkata, and spent ten years at sea, rising to the position of Chief Engineer on merchant ships. He is currently placed with the Chennai based multinational conglomerate, “The Sanmar Group” and heads its Shipping Business as its Managing Director.

Subba Rao completed an MBA from The Open University Business School, Milton Keynes, UK and is an Alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad Senior leadership program. He is on the Boards of Indian National Shipowners Association, Indian Register of Shipping, BIMCO and on the Advisory Committee of Lloyd's Register, Asia.

He is a Fellow of The Institute of Marine Engineers (India) and served two terms as its President.

Subba Rao is currently elected President Madras Management Association MMA Chennai for year 2021-22

Dr. L. S. Ganesh (Lsg)

Dr. L. S. Ganesh (Lsg) Graduated In 1977 In The Be (Hons.) Programme In Mechanical Engineering Of The Birla Institute Of Technology And Science (Bits) At Pilani, Rajasthan. In 1979, He Received The M. Tech Degree In Maintenance Engineering And Management And A Merit Prize From The Indian Institute Of Technology (Iit), Madras. During 1980-84, He Pursued The Doctoral

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Management Faculty At Iit Madras. His Research Work Involved The Application Of Time Series Forecasting Models And System Dynamics Concepts To Educational Planning In Tamilnadu Schools. He Received The Ph. D. Degree In 1986.

He Worked As An Assistant Professor In The Education Management Sector At The Indian Institute Of Management (Iim), Bangalore, During 1986-87.

Since 1987, He Worked In The Industrial Engineering And Management Faculty At Iit Madras, As Assistant Professor Till 1993, Then As Associate Professor Till December 1996, And Then As Professor Until April 2004, When The Department Of Management Studies Was Established In The Institute.

Later, He Served As The Head Of The Department Of Management Studies At Iit Madras From July 2004 Till July 2008. In This Role, He Coordinated The Location And Development Of The Complete Academic, Laboratory, Office And Utilities Infrastructure For The New Premises Of The Department. He Also Coordinated The Establishment Of Strategic Academic Relationships Through Mous Between Iit Madras And Leading National And Multinational Institutions (Indian School Of Business At Hyderabad; Universities Of Mannheim, Passau, And Bremen In Germany; Management Center At Innsbruck In Austria; State University Of New York, Binghamton) And Business Organizations (Caterpillar; Lic Of India; @Road Software; Scope International).

Dr. Ganesh Is Also An Accomplished Rock, Blues And Jazz Vocalist And Rhythm Guitarist. In His Student Days, He Won Many Prizes In Music Competitions, Debates And Sports. Dr. Ganesh Loves Work, Meditation, Philosophy, Music And Dreaming.

He Strongly Believes That India And Indians Have Exceptional Capabilities That Require Well Directed And Intensely Focused Organizational Efforts To Enable Them To Fully Flow And Result In Inspiring, Peerless And Timeless Achievements.

Krishna Chaitanya D Partner at Ernst & Young Leads the Risk Consulting practice for EY in Tamil Nadu and Kerala markets. Works closely with the global leadership on various initiatives and solutions.

Experienced Partner with a demonstrated history of working with leading multi-national and domestic organizations. His expertise includes a well developed focus on corporate governance, business process re-engineering, enterprise risk management, business strategy, organization design, technology risk, change management and leadership consulting.