Distinguished Professional Members

Soumya represents Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN) in India in the capacity to drive, executive and monitor MACN’s Collective Action work.  He supports engagement and recruitment of regional companies to participate in MACN Collective Action projects and plans and executes stakeholder engagement with the maritime industry, government representatives and civil society.

Soumya has more than 23 years’ experience in sales, market research, corporate marketing, IT consulting and social sector program design and management. He has also been actively involved with the social sector for profit start-up program called INVENT as Program Manager while working with Villgro Innovation Foundation. As Sustainability Program Manager at Hindalco, he has the credit of convergence of social sector programs with Govt. funded one and reported it. He has extensively worked with CSR and grant management sectors while working with Piramal Foundation in the areas of health, education, and water. He had worked with leading IT companies like Wipro, Infosys, and Capgemini as Business Analysts in the areas of banking and financial services. He also worked as a Market Analyst with IDC.

Soumya has done his BSc with Physics and MBA in Rural Marketing from Berhampur University, Odisha.

Dr. E. Carolin Praba is a successful Trichologist, who completed her certification in Trichology from International Association of Trichologists (IAT), Australia. She is the first certified Trichologist in South India and 6th in India from IAT, Sydney, Australia. She is a post graduate in Sociology. She started her career as a teacher in Pondicherry in 1991. Dr. E. CarolinPraba was awarded twice for being the Best Woman Entrepreneur in the years 2013 and 2015 and also Australian Alumni excellence award in 2015 by the Australian Alumni Association India.

Praba’sVcare Health Clinic Pvt. Ltd has been awarded IQS (International Quality Summit Award in New York, U.S) as a result of Research and Analysis carried out by BID to recognize the contribution of Praba’sVcare Health Clinic in terms of Leadership Quality and Excellence under the criteria of QC 100 in conjunction with BID’s Quality Mix Technology.

The European Business Assembly (EBA) UK and the European Medical Association Belgium has awarded Dr. E. CarolinPraba for her excellent service and chose Vcare Health Clinic Pvt Ltd as the best Health Care Clinic for the year 2016.

The International peace Council USA has Awarded Dr.E.CarolinPraba THE GRAND ACHIEVER 2016 AWARD for her outstanding contributions to Health and Wellness Sector.

Dr.E.CarolinPraba has been engaged in conducting training programs related to Wellness & Beauty through Vcare’s Global Institute of Health Sciences, an internationally recognized institute. V CARE GLOBAL INSTITUTE has been awarded City and Guilds, ITEC certification by London and has been accredited by International Accreditation Organization (USA), Australian University to provide quality training in Trichology and other Aesthetic and Cosmetology courses.

Dr. E. CarolinPraba is an aspiring entrepreneur who has firm belief on growth through continual improvement. This has made her pay more attention towards extensive research & development and implementation of quality systems. She has an aim of delivering quality and result oriented health & wellness products and services to the society.

Dr.E.CarolinPraba has delivered around 50 successful sessions titled “Ungalukaga” on Sun TV during 2003, which has won large viewership.

Her program “SoundaryaLahari” in Gemini TV successfully crossed 300 episodes. Many celebrities from the film industry have participated in this program.

Her program“EndrumEllamai” in Doordarshan (Podhigai) crossed around 250 episodes. (Phone – In Live Program)

Her Doordarshan program titled “AlagaeAlagu” in Podigai TV crossed 100 weeks successfully. She has presented a program “EndrumIlamai” in Jaya TV which has attracted a good viewership. More than 150 episodes have been telecasted.

Her Live program “EndrumIlamai” has crossed more than 100 episodes in Jaya Plus and has gained a wide viewership.

She was invited to participate as a Guest speaker to deliver about her specialization in Channels like Raj TV (Trichology), Sun TV (Santhipoma), Jaya TV (Kaalai Malar), etc. Besides this, she has participated in a lot of programs in local channels in almost all cities of Tamilnadu.

Her vision is to create an extensive awareness about Trichology (A branch of medicine related to treatment of Hair related disorders), Beauty and Wellness among the public. She is more interested in updating the society about the latest innovations and trends in these fields.

She envisions on making use of the best media platform available today to facilitate her awareness campaign and this vision has made her approach your esteemed concern for the telecast of her awareness programs.

Dr. (h.c.) Sriram Mahadevan is the Commander-in-Chief, SM CONSORTIUM; Chairman, SM INFRATECH; CEO, Austral 3D Global and Other Group Companies & Entities, that are being formed and operated in the areas of Real Estate and Construction, Education and Manufacturing.

Coming from an entrepreneurial family, which having run successful businesses for over four decades , Sriram started his career in 2007 in their manufacturing company, M/s designs & prototypes, which was started by his father and used to produce Power Electronics equipment supplying to Indian Railways and Tamil Nadu Electricity Board since 1975. As a successful and dynamic businessman, having taken over from his father and expanded operations subsequently into multiple businesses at Chennai, he carries a captivating personality with realistic views and ambitious goals, yet with a simple, down to earth and positive approach towards life.

Sriram Mahadevan holds an impressive academic record and has graduated with a Masters in Engineering Management from The University of North Carolina Charlotte and Bachelors in Electrical Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology, USA. With over 12 years of focused experience in Manufacturing and Construction Technology, he has been the key factor in creating the boutique brand of SM and further plans to build a business model to establish niche infrastructure development in India.

Dr. (h.c.) Mahadevan’s current area of focus is developing office and commercial space catering to the IT/ITES sector as well as MNCs which require premium office space with amenities at affordable prices. Plans for providing warehousing space with good connectivity and facilities in the next step that he considering in the field of infrastructure.

An Open-air Convention Center with a seating capacity of over 1500 is being planned and corresponding work has been started with Sriram Mahadevan being the sole promoter of the entire project. Further expansion into the banquets space business is also a vertical that is being formulated.

As a new joint venture, Sriram has taken over as the CEO and Managing Partner of Austral 3d Global, an Australian manufacturing company, established since 2005 in MEPZ Chennai. The company is diversifying into the education field in alliance with Australian RTOs and Universities and Sriram is the primary individual behind the whole operation.

Also a new company is being floated (with a technological tie-up using patents and IPs held by the Australian counterpart) to manufacture 3D printers to be sold mainly in the US market.

Service to society and charity, especially in the field of education and healthcare, being one of uppermost in Sriram’s agenda, he was awarded with an honorary Doctor of Letters by the International Tamil University USA in recognition for his overwhelming contributions.

Core Areas: ＊ Infrastructure ＊ Education ＊ Manufacturing ＊ Technical & Management Consulting ＊ Industrial & Real Estate Development

Arun Venkata Subramanyam is a highly experienced Data and Analytics professional, with leadership roles in Banking, Telecommunications, Insurance, Analytics Software and as a Senior consulting Partner covering diverse industry sectors. His industry and consulting roles have helped him contribute to a wide range of organizations of varying sizes and nature such as Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Telstra, MetLife, Suncorp, Woolworths, ANZ Bank, Suncorp, Citibank, etc.

Arun has held executive-level roles and been part of regional leadership teams with focus on business outcomes. He has always maintained a key focus on client success, customer value creation, business performance, employee care across the globe and made strategic decisions around partnerships, joint ventures, and acquisitions.

As part of CDO initiatives, have driven extensive data transformational programs and worked with CDO functions across Banks, Insurance and Retail customers, adopting a data-driven and decision-driven approach. He has led large digital and business transformational programs in BFSI, Retail and Telecom space. Modernizing and transforming a complex and legacy data landscapes in customers like – ANZ bank, Suncorp, MetLife, State Bank of India, Westpac, Citibank Telstra, Optus amongst others.

Dheeshjith V. G. (Jith) is a freelance Management Consultant in Leadership, entrepreneurship and new age Technology. From 2015 to 2018, Jith was the CIO of Infosys and was responsible for defining and implementing the IT strategy for the organization guided by Infosys’ business strategy to enable revenue growth, cost optimization and innovation at the workplace. His responsibility included management of the IT Infrastructure, Processes and Systems worldwide for the entire organization of 200,000+ employees and connectivity to client’s infrastructure.

Jith was a member of the board of two of Infosys’ subsidiaries – Infosys Technologies (Australia) Pty Limited (Nov 2007 to Apr 2018) and Infosys Technologies (China) Co. Limited (Jan 2008 to Mar 2015).

Prior to CIO role, till March 2015, Jith was the Head of “Growth Markets” business unit that provides Consulting, IT and BPO services to clients in Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa region. He was responsible for P&L, sales, marketing, delivery and client & employee satisfaction for this business and led a team of country and regional heads. Jith was the global head of the Life Sciences vertical from May 2011 to Sep 2013. He headed the business unit that focused on clients in Asia Pacific, Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Canada from November 2007 to May 2011 with additional responsibility for the incubation of Infosys’ Enterprise SaaS and Learning Services. From 2003 to 2007, Jith led the business unit that focused on Transportation, Media, Leisure and Business Service sectors for the North American region. From 1999 to 2003, He was the head of delivery for the Asian and Australian markets. He headed the Infosys’ Millennium Services unit during 1998-1999, which was designed as Infosys’ entry strategy into a larger client base.

Jith has received the Infosys Excellence Award five times for his contributions towards the Infosys Millennium Services unit, his role in enhancing client relationship management at Infosys, for delivering outstanding client value and for Best performing unit. He was honoured with “Chief Information Officer of the Year (Information Technology)” award at 2016 Leaders Awards (Enterprise Edition) by 24MRC network. Under his leadership, Infosys has been awarded as 2017 CIO 100 Honoree at 30th Annual CIO 100 Symposium and Awards Ceremony at Colorado Springs, USA by IDG. He was awarded the “Most Admired Leader for Information Technology of the Year” at 2017 Leaders Awards in New Delhi by 24MRC network.

Jith has a master’s degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore specialized in Signals & Systems and has done his Master’s project in Artificial Intelligence. He has undergone several executive training programs such as “Effective Negotiating” with Dr. Chester L Karrass in 1997, “Leading Professional Service Firms” at Harvard Business School in 2004, and “Media & Presentation Training” from TJ Walker in 2006. Jith has also completed a special Management program on leadership with Jack Welch, legendary CEO of General Electric, titled “Two days with Jack Welch” in 2008.

K.B. Radhakrishnan is presently the CEO of GreenTurn Global Logistics Pvt. Ltd. He has over 25years of experience in the logistics industry. He has been actively involved with a number of chambers of commerce in India.

GreeTurn Global Logistics Private Limited (GGL) is a rapidly growing company that has brought innovation to the logistics industry (Global Freight Forwarding) by offering cost-effective and modern technology-driven solutions. Today, their company provides integrated end-to-end logistics solutions in the areas of Project Logistics, Freight Forwarding and Contract Logistics solutions to our customers worldwide.

• International Air Freight (Import & Export)
• Project Logistics Services
• Value Added Services
• Ocean Freight Services (Import & Export)

Suresh is an Alumnus of The Wharton Business School, Pennsylvania. He is a Graduate in Instrumentation and Control Engineering with an MBA from Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning.

A Passionate Leader with an excellent track record of building India’s No.1 Jobsite from scratch to getting it listed in India & delivering consistent results through high performing teams. He serves on the boards of few Business Schools as an academic advisor and a speaker in many B-Schools and HR forums viz. NASSCOM, CII across India and GCC countries.

Suresh has over 25 years of Work experience in B2B Business, Internet, Start-ups, Product and Business Management. Attended various Management Development Programs @The Indian School of Business, Hyderabad and Tata Management Training Centre, Pune. In the previous role as the “Chief Business Officer -Matrimony.com” leveraged data analytics, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning to digitise the US $ 55 B Match Making and Wedding Services Business Market in India. Managing a team of young, energetic, and high performing Tech, Product, Marketing and Sales Professionals in delivering world class products and services.

Suresh, started his career with Xerox Modi Corp and managed various portfolios viz, account and product management. As the Chief Sales Officer for Naukri.com & Naukrigulf.com, managed a team of over 900 plus young and dynamic professionals spread across India, Dubai, Bahrain, Qatar & Riyadh.

• Managed a business more than 120 million USD (8 billion INR).
• Have been instrumental in conceptualizing and driving new HR processes on talent acquisition, talent management, induction, training & leadership development.
• Captain of the Cricket and Ball-Badminton teams at School and College.
• Won the Impact Business Leader Award @ Info Edge.

Mohan Shankar is a highly result-driven Process Excellence and Quality Assurance and Information Security management professional with over 18 years of insightful experience in Information Security, Risk Management, process implementation, testing management. As an experienced executive with sound reasoning and analytical abilities, he has diversified skills covering delivery, release and project management.

Backed with an array of professional certifications including, but not limited to, Certified Ethical Hacking, Forensic Investigation, PRINCE2, ITIL, and ISO 27001 Lead implementer and Business continuity management, Qualified Auditor, he has served as a single Point of contact for all Quality Control and Quality Assurance related activities and achieved huge success in the implementation and delivery of project management initiatives.

He has worked on bridging processes when acquisitions happen and help them define a unified model for development and delivery.

He has rich experience and successful track record as an accomplished IT Project Management Professional with more than a decade of experience in delivering IT solutions leveraging the global delivery model.

He has championed various initiatives in organizations and help them come with up with automation initiatives to reduce the cycle time and also improve efficiency.

Trained in Capability Maturity Model Integration a unique model for software initiatives, with deep interests in the entire software development and project life cycle and a flair for communicating with people, peers and senior management.

Dr. C. K. Revi is an educationist, author, philanthropist, industrialist and the person behind the success of the acclaimed Chandrika Ayurvedic Soap. Though an eminent doctor by profession, his unambiguous ideas play a key role in vitalizing education to a new level.

Dr. Ravi is presently holding a number of prestigious positions including the Director, Lal Memorial Hospital, Irinjalakuda; Chairman, Asan Memorial Dental College; Member Board of Studies, in Malayalam, University of Madras; President, Asan Memorial Association & Institutions ; Managing Trustee, Sree Narayana Technical Education Society, Coimbatore; Director, S.N.Trust, Quilon; and Director, SNG Educational Society, Irinjalakuda, Squint Correction Surgery, Intra-occular Implant Surgery ( In Uk & Japan ).

He has held positions as the Honorary Asst Professor In Ophthalmology in Madras  Medical College (1968-1974), Director & Senier Ophthalmic Consltant, Lal Memorial Hospital, Irinjalakuda (1982-2014). Dr. Ravi has a close association with Kerala State Ophthalmological Society with his different honorary positions as Joint Secretary, General Secretary and President. He was also the Management Committee Member at All India Ophthalmological Society from 1994-1996. 

Dr. Ravi has authored the the Book “ Njan Enna Bhavam”, a study of Autobiographical Literature and has published various articles in Medical & Non Medical journals.

Beena Unnikrishnan is a high profiled professional, recognized as a serial entrepreneur through her career, pioneering some of the first in the industry. Beena contributes extensive experience of over 28 years across diverse multi-functional exposure ranging across sectors.

Beena Unnikrishnan started her career in 1992 as an academician and now an entrepreneur, a healing practitioner, and a filmmaker. But above all else, she is an artist by blessing who, inspired by the call of the mystic traditions, is in a continuous quest at giving manifestation to the hues of the ethereal energy that brings balance to this world through Masculine and Feminine energy. As an artist, she always worked towards reviving traditional art forms and fusion of arts. Career complemented with a passion for painting received appreciation and major accomplishments in the field of painting.

Prominent works from her elaborate portfolio as an artist include the series of the ‘Chausat (64) Yoginis’ depicting the aura of Shakthi with her demi-goddesses in all her manifestations. Through this series, she is spreading the wisdom of the power of femininity within. The Nakshatra series, which is a set of 30 paintings, is yet another example of her experiments at amalgamating Tantra with art which encapsulates the correlation that exists between the journey of the moon and that of the soul; a visual representation of the ancient Indian science of astrology.

She is the founder of Srishty an organization which brought together artist from economically backward society and trained them on space, energy, and colors. Srishty conducted exhibitions in different parts of India and overseas. She has organized a painting exhibition on space and energy, based on Fengshui for the first time in India. All those artists are currently renowned and well established.

An Advocate (BBA LL.B), Shiven has been actively working with international cooperator groups helping them establish and enhance their presence in the country. He specializes in Indirect Tax Laws including Customs & Foreign Trade Policy. He has represented leading business houses of the country and assisted clients with their market development strategies.  He has also been involved in numerous research, market assessment and opportunity studies. He has earlier  worked with a leading legal firm of the country.

Mr. Shiven Khanna has been working with International clients including the USA Poultry & Egg Export Council (USAPEEC), the California Walnut Commission (CWC), the Southern United States Trade Association (SUSTA), the U.S Soybean Export Council (USSEC) , amongst others in India. He is actively involved and has developed excellent relations not only with the Trade but also the Government Agencies. Mr. Khanna has also been a part of the cold chain event ICE – which is much awaited by the industry every year, where the cold chain industry stakeholders and players are acknowledged and honoured for their contribution to the cold chain sector

A Chartered Accountants and Law firm based at Delhi, Prakash Sachin & Co. provides services on the Regulatory Support in India covering the practice of Tax law ( Including International Tax , Transfer pricing , GST & Customs ), Corporate law, Insolvency law, Foreign Exchange law, SEBI and other Fiscal laws , Environment law , IPR laws and other laws. The firm also provides the services in the Audit & Assurances.

Prakash Sinha (FCA) is the senior partner of the firm. He has post qualification experience of about 18 years. During the passage of time he has developed himself in the Taxation advisory and litigation services, Business Advisory Services, Management Consultancy services covering the whole Corporate & Commercial matters and regulatory issues. He has got the experience and expertise in the FEMA, Corporate law matter, Taxation matter including the International Tax and Transfer pricing matters.

He was a member of the Research Study Group constituted by Northern India Regional council of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India on the International Taxation and WTO matters. He has successfully completed the Certificate course of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India about International Taxation and Transfer Pricing, Diploma in Information System Audit (DISA). Further he has completed the course of IFA (International Fiscal Association) Delhi Chapter About International Taxation and Transfer Pricing. He has completed the LLB and advising the client in various legal and regulatory matters. He has handled various assignments successfully in the areas of firm practice.

An Executive Director with expertise and experience in banking & Finance. Possesses in-depth knowledge in Corporate affairs and Legal section with a flair to work independently and effectively.

• Hands on experience and expertise for 45 years in the field of corporate finance and banking operations in the capacity of senior management.
• Excelled in corporate sector serving reputed companies/MNC as a Director (Finance & Banking). Worked in the top management level for leading banks.
• Raised funding of millions of US dollars both in Indian Rupees from the domestic lenders and in Foreign currency from the overseas lenders.
• Generated Equity, Quasi equity, Mezzanine Equity, start up funds, venture capital funds from domestic & international sources.
• Procured debts in different forms and incentives from government agencies to various projects across the table.
• Possess intensive experience in international banking, forex currency management, import/export funding, forfaiting and currency/interest swaps.
• Well versed with the regulations governing imports/exports, debt management and various borrowable/project incentive schemes.
• Well connected with the top management of various banks in India and overseas, which includes top officials of various regulatory bodies like Reserve bank, Exim bank and ECGS.
• Well-knit with the state/central government bodies providing soft loans, seed capitals, incentives etc.
• Hands on experience in debt documentation, compliance of legal provisions and submission of returns to the statutory authorities. effective and gainful management of funds.

Mr. Eli Bernstein is a global-trotting Perth-based entrepreneur, strategic consultant and blockchain advisor venture catalyst. He is the Founder of CryptIQ, a consulting group advising companies seeking to launch digital currencies and funds seeking to invest in them. He has a strong background in finance, innovation strategy and business development for emerging markets and technologies. He has previously consulted to companies in diverse sectors including energy, resources, finance, technology, and law.

Eli has contributed to the startups, change and innovation scene through CrowdedSpace and related enterprises. Beyond that, his strategic work included policy submissions to State and Federal agencies; board-level strategic reviews; mergers and acquisitions advice and business case preparation for infrastructure projects. Passionate about emerging markets and technologies, he is particularly interested in the intersection between finance, technology and the law.

In his spare time, Eli dabble with libertarian thought and amateur photography. He is the Founder and President of Liberty WA, a voice for civil and economic liberties in WA. In the past, Eli has served in the positions as the President of Australia India Business Council (WA Chapter) and as a Committee Member of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Western Australia (CCIWA).

A Corporate Leader, Entrepreneur, Civic Leader and a Cyclist, Santosh currently is the COO of Goquest Media Ventures. Santosh sits on Exec Board of Young Leaders Council of All India Management Association.

An alumnus of IIM Bangalore and an International Leadership Innovation Awardee, Santosh has won awards at Autonebula Global Automotive conference and London Innovation conference.

Santosh is on the HBR Advisory Council and certified by DST-Govt. of India on Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Blockchain Training Alliance certified professional.

Santosh comes with two decades of experience, including 11 years in the Corporate world managing global and 9 years of running 3 startups.

Santosh has been actively involved in mentoring Startups. He has worked closely with various Industry bodies in setting up internal Startup up verticals like AIMA-YLC.

Santosh was the Vice Chairman of Indo-French Chamber of Commerce (IFCCI) Startups Committee; Co-Convenor – Assocham Innovations Committee; Program Lead – Startup LeadershipProgram India; Advisory board – iLabhub incubator, mentor at SpringUp Capital & TieCon.

Santosh has invested in a few ventures – French Café, retail café; BizChamp (EdTech company founded by IIM B alumni) and Panache, a silver jewellery retail chain.

Former (First) Mission Director, Atal Innovation Mission & Additional Secretary, NITI Aayog Former Sr. Vice President, Tata Consultancy Services

Mr. R. Ramanan has served as the First Mission Director, of the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) Additional Secretary at NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India) between June 2017 – May 2021 – a flagship national Innovation and entrepreneurship initiative launched by the PMO Govt of India.

As the Mission Director of AIM, Mr. Ramanan has been instrumental in the launch and execution of several nationwide innovation and entrepreneurship initiatives resulting in:

• 10000+ Atal Tinkering Labs being established in schools nationwide with 8700+ currently operational in 650+ districts and 4 million+ students having access to innovative technologies like 3D printers, Robotics, IOT, electronics do it yourself kits.
• 75+ Atal Incubation Centers selected with 68+ Operational in Univ / industry with 2050+ Startups , 640+ women led Startups.
• 20 Atal Community Innovation Centers being established in Tier2, Tier-3 cities, Rural India.
• 56 Atal New India ARISE (applied Research and Innovation for small enterprises) challenge winners selected creating Make in India product / service innovations with Ministries of India.
• One of the largest Mentors of Change networks with over 5000+ mentors nationwide to mentor school students and Startups.
• 40+ Corporate, NGO, Public Sector and International Innovation Partnerships of AIM.

Mr. R Ramanan was previously Managing Director & CEO of CMC Ltd, a subsidiary of the globally acclaimed Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). Under his leadership CMC share price grew over 2100% between October 2001 to 2014, its operating profits over 1338%, leading to its successful amalgamation into TCS in 2015.

Mr. Ramanan joined TCS in 1981 graduating from IIT Mumbai in Electrical Engg and played an instrumental role in the growth of TCS. He is a Harvard Business School Alumni (HBS AMP187), accredited in Sustainability Leadership by Cambridge University and has an Hon Doctorate awarded by Gujarat Law Society. Mr. Ramanan was awarded the 2019 National Digitalist of the year by SAP-MINT, the 2020 Outstanding National Public Service Award by Confederation of MSME. He received most “Valueable CEO awards” from Businessworld India twice in a row, Asia Outstanding CEO award from CMO Asia, Singapore, Rajiv Gandhi Shiromani and Indira Gandhi Sadhbhavana awards.

Ramanan is Lifetime Chair of HBS AMP187, Board member of Israel India Innovation forum, eSamshiksa, Unnati GOI initiatives, Chair of New Zealand Trade Enterprises Beachheads, Board Member of Indo US Technology Trade forum (IUSTTF), Indo US AI Committee, & Fmr Member of Tata Group Innovation Forum.

Paul Adler is a creative professional with 10+ years of marketing experience, specializing in content writing, market research & analysis, and social media management. His skill set includes web content,  email marketing, teaching, and digital media communications. He also has experience in SEO and data mining, which has been demonstrated in marketing reports, guest posts, and longform articles. 

In terms of applications, he has experience with MS Office, Ubersuggest, SEMRush, Hootsuite, Google Analytics, WordPress, Mori, Canva, and operations for social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

As a Liberal Arts major at Villanova University, he concentrated on International Relations. While in college he became fluent in Hindi, which fostered his aptitude for cross-cultural communications and honed his skills forging connections between Indian and Western clients. During his studies abroad, he gained a great interest in the international market, and the way that it affected India’s economic growth. 

After graduation, Paul Adler interned in New Delhi at Octane Marketing, where he helped to write and edit their 2016 Annual Report on the digital marketing sector in India. Afterward, he acquired another international position in Chandigarh, India, with the IT firm Net Solutions. While there, he reformatted their social media presence, managed campaigns on social platforms, translated their company blog content, and wrote guest and longform posts for them in the digital and tech fields. He also collaborated with the design and sales departments, which helped streamline the working process and allow for more effective output. 

In addition, Paul Adler have over three years of experience working as a teacher and creating custom lesson plans for students. From September 2017 to December 2020, He worked as a teacher at the Tutoring Club in Cherry Hill, NJ, while also creating newsletters and posts for their socials. Samples are available on his online portfolio: https://paulwadler.journoportfolio.com. He also created and filmed a copywriting class for the teaching website Skillshare, which has more than 200 students and can be viewed at this link: https://www.skillshare.com/classes/Empathy-Based-Copywriting-Crafting-Content that-Engages Deeper/1957042482/classroom/discussions.

Recently, Paul Adler also did remote consulting work for the research wing of Octane Research, as well as admin their social media accounts to run a successful promotional campaign for their 10th annual report, #Digital2021. This report was quoted in news sources such as India’s Economic Times and Financial Express. He also created landing pages, did internal link building, and wrote web content for SEO and domain authority for the NJ company Sagapixel in 2021. These days, He is running his own market research firm, P.A. Research:https://www.paresearch.me. There, he do international research reports for individual, multi-industry clients for data analytics and brand expansion purposes.

Photovoltaic manufacturing and Plasma process development consultant. Contracts established for PV production lines start-up and optimisation, training and process development with bp solar AUSTRALIA, bp solar USA; Roth & Rau and Schmid, Germany; DelSolar, Big Sun, Taiwan; Solland, Netherlands and Germany; Israeli start-up company. Indirect consulting via Schmid and Roth & Rau contracts in SUNTECH, TRINA SOLAR, JA SOLAR, MOSERBAER, X-CELLS, GINTECH, BIG SUN, Q-CELLS, REC, ISOFOTON and many others in USA, Germany, Spain, Italy, France, Greece, Norway, Austria, Russia, India, China, Japan,  South Korea, and Taiwan.

Research activities :

• ARC linkages project “Overcoming performance limitations in multicrystalline silicon solar cells” with ANU (Australian National University) from 2003-2008.
• ASI (Australian Solar Institute) projects as industry consultant.
  • UNSW on developments for their LDSE
  • ANU on passivation of boron doped surfaces
• ARENA 2018 collaborative project with UNSW on “Accelerating industrial solar cells efficiency by development of PECVD-based metal oxides, UNSW (Sydney) Increasing efficiency of silicon solar cells by novel passivated contact structures”

Sudheer, an ever curious and a “Go-to” guy for any new ideas, believes in leading by walking in the front line. A wildlife conservationist and an adventure seeker by heart, has a healthy appetite for risk in every aspect of life. He believes in setting right examples by achieving the impossible through strategic thinking and sustained efforts and is the first one to jump in the ring when the action begins.

As a Cluster head for Karnataka digital economy mission (KDEM) He is working to develop enabling environment and ecosystem for mysuru’s future and to pave way for a flourishing digital economy by working closely with Government – Industry – Academia to help soft-land new ventures in mysuru and attract new investments to the region.

Sudheer also runs a NGO for wildlife called Voice for Wildlife trust, which is a forum of legal practitioners who dedicate their time to the cause of wildlife conservation and has involved in helping officers in hundreds of wildlife crime detection and investigation efforts to ensure that the culprits who are involved in such wildlife crime cases are apprehended and brought to justice. His stint with wildlife legal domain has made him to be recognised by the Karnataka forest department, the wildlife crime control bureau and wildlife trust of India.

Dr. Paul Wilson assumed office as XVII Principal of Madras Christian College, Chennai in June 2020. He is a unique blend of researcher, academician, writer, trained musician and theologian. 

Education:

• M.Sc 1991 (Loyola College, Chennai), Ph.D (Indian Institute Of Technology, Madras, 2002).
• Post-Doctoral Research (Ben Gurion University of The Negev, Beersheva, Israel 2003).

Professional Activities:

• Principal investigator for Projects funded by UGC, DST –SERB and UBCHEA. Serving as reviewer for journals published by Elsevier, Springer, Wiley and American Chemical Society (ACS).
• Life Member of the Catalysis Society of India; Life Member of the Association of Chemistry Teachers, India; Life Member of the Society for Advancement of Chemical Sciences and Education, IGCAR, Kalpakkam.
• Published more than 30 research articles in peer-reviewed journals of international repute.

Ramya Swaminathan is a highly skilled professional, well versed in Project/service delivery and strongly equipped with Program management skills, specializing in Security and Compliance. Ramya comes with close to 16 years of IT expertise coupled with strong leadership qualities and excellent cross-functional leadership skills resulting in uncompromised quality. She has been instrumental in orchestrating complex IT solutions across various domains including Banking and Financial Services.

As a Program Manager and a Prince2 Practitioner, She has consistently orchestrated intricate projects, seamlessly weaving in Agile methodologies as substantiated by her CSM and SAFe Agilist certifications. These accolades symbolize her commitment to agile practices, fostering adaptability, collaboration, and efficiency within cross-functional teams. Her proficiency extends beyond individual programs; it encompasses a larger vision of organizational agility.

She is a certified ISO27001 Lead Auditor which emphasises her understanding of Information security management systems that craft meticulous security strategies aligned with global standards. This proficiency ensures that organizations not only comply with regulatory requisites but also establish an atmosphere of invincible security.