Government of Tamil Nadu
Steering Committee 2021
Dr Neeraj Mittal, IAS
Principal Secretary - Information Technology
Mr Ajay Yadav, IAS
Managing Director
Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu
Dr Sanjay Tyagi
Director
Software Technology Parks of India
Mr Vijayendra Pandian, IAS
Director of e-Governance / CEO
TN e-Governance Agency, Government of Tamil Nadu
Dr R Gokula Krishnan
Joint Director
Software Technology Parks of India
Mr Josh Foulger
Chairman, CII Connect 2021, Managing Director
Foxconn India
Mr S Mahalingam
Past Chairman, CII (SR)
Tata Consultancy Services
Mr R Ramaraj
Senior Advisor
Elevar Advisors Pvt Ltd
Mr N Lakshmi Narayanan
ex-vice chairman and ex-CEO
Cognizant Technology Solutions India Pvt Ltd
Mr Suresh Raman
Vice President
Tata Consultancy Services
Mr Chandu Nair
Advisor Member Executive Board
The Chennai Angels
Mr Rajamanickam
Chief Executive Officer
Tata Electronics
Dr Aravind S Bharadwaj
Former CTO
Mahindra & Mahindra
Mr Rajendran Dhandapani
President
Zoho Schools of Learning
Dr.V Sumantran
Chairman
Celeris Technologies
Dr. Ashok Jhunjhunwala
Professor
IIT Madras
Mr Dilip Chari
Director – Markets & Strategy
KPMG
Mr Narayanan R
Partner
KPMG
Mr K K Raman
Executive Director
KPMG
Mr Subbaraman B
Vice President & Centre Head
HCL Technologies, Madurai
Mr C Velan
Chief Executive Officer
Capitaland
Mr M S Surya
Associate Vice President
Infosys Limited
Mr Ganesh Kalyanaraman
SVP & Global Delivery Head
Cognizant Technology Solutions India Pvt Ltd
Mr Satyakam Arya
Vice Chairman, CII, Tamil Nadu, Managing Director & CEO
Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Pvt. Ltd.
Mr Kumaran Mani
Chief Executive Officer
TenthPlanet Technologies
Mr Rajeshkumar Sitaraman
Vice President
Vodafone Idea
Mr N Krishnakumar
Managing Partner
Mela Ventures
Steering Committee 2020
Mr Suresh Raman
Chairman, CII Connect
Vice President & Regional Head Tata Consultancy Services, Chennai
Mr S Mahalingam
Past Chairman, CII(SR)
Tata Consultancy Services
Mr Santosh K Misra, IAS
Chief Executive Officer & Commissioner
TN e-Governance Agency
Mr K.P.Karthikeyan IAS.,
Executive Director,
Industrial Guidance and Export Promotion Bureau, Government of Tamil Nadu
Mr Hari Thiyagarajan
Chairman, CII, Tamil Nadu
Executive Director, Thiagarajar Mills Limited
Mr M Vijayakumar, IAS
Managing Director
ELCOT
Dr Sanjay Tyagi
Director
Software Technology Parks of India, Chennai
Dr Gokula Krishnan
Joint Director
Software Technology Parks of India
Mr B Evanesan
General Manager – IT Promotion & Devt
ELCOT
Mr R Ramaraj
Senior Advisor
Elevar Advisors Pvt Ltd
Mr S Murali
Business Head
Vodafone
Mr Josh Foulger
Co Chairman, CII Connect 2020 &
Country Head and MD- FIH India
Mr Manoj Murali
Chief Executive Officer, Kerala & Tamil Nadu
Bharti Airtel Limited
Mr Muthu Kumaran
Global Delivery Head - Digital Business Practice
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Mr Karthi Chandramouli
Global Practice Head
Tech Mahindra
Mr Kumaran Mani
Chief Executive Officer
TenthPlanet Technologies
Dr K K Raman
Executive Director
KPMG
Mr C Velan
City Head – Chennai Operations
Ascendas India
Mr Prajesh Kalathil
Head - Airtel Business
Bharti Airtel Limited
Mr S Sridharan
Managing Director
S10 Technologies Ltd
Mr Rajeshkumar Sitaraman
Vice President
Vodafone Idea
Mr D Arulselvan
Group CFO, President
Cholamandalam
Mr M S Surya
Associate Vice President
Infosys Limited
Mr Kandasamy Subramanian
Director, Global Manufacturing
Engineering, Ford Motor Pvt Ltd
Mr Rajat S. Chatterjee
Regional Marketing Head-South
Tata Tele Business Services
Mr Narayanan Ramaswamy
Partner & National Head-Education
KPMG
Mr Robin Bunker
Head - Strategy
Foxconn India Limited
Mr Dilip Chari
Director – Markets & Strategy
KPMG
Steering Committee 2019
Dr Santhosh Babu, IAS
Principal Secretary - IT
Government of Tamil Nadu
Mr Suresh Raman
Chairman, CII Connect
Vice President & Regional Head Tata Consultancy Services, Chennai
Mr S Chandramohan
Chairman, CII Tamil Nadu & Group President,
Finance & Investment Strategy, TAFE Ltd
Mr S Mahalingam
Past Chairman, CII(SR)
Tata Consultancy Services
Mr Santosh K Misra, IAS
Chief Executive Officer & Commissioner
TN e-Governance Agency
Mr M Vijayakumar, IAS
Managing Director
ELCOT
Dr Sanjay Tyagi
Director
Software Technology Parks of India, Chennai
Mr B Elangovan
Managing Director
Tidel Park
Dr Gokula Krishnan
Joint Director
Software Technology Parks of India
Mr B Evanesan
General Manager – IT Promotion & Devt
ELCOT
Mr R Ramaraj
Senior Advisor
Elevar Advisors Pvt Ltd
Mr R Ramkumar
Chairman & Managing Director
Cognizant Technology Solutions India
Mr Ravi Viswanathan
Chief Marketing Officer
Tata Consultancy Services
Mr S Murali
Business Head
Vodafone
Mr Josh Fougler
Managing Director
Foxconn Technology India (P) Limited
Mr Manoj Murali
Chief Executive Officer, Kerala & Tamil Nadu
Bharti Airtel Limited
Mr Muthu Kumaran
Global Delivery Head - Digital Business Practice
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Mr R Siddharthan
Managing Director
Accenture
Mr Karthi Chandramouli
Global Practice Head
Tech Mahindra
Mr Kumaran Mani
Chief Executive Officer
TenthPlanet Technologies
Dr K K Raman
Executive Director
KPMG
Mr C Velan
City Head – Chennai Operations
Ascendas India
Mr Prajesh Kalathil
Head - Airtel Business
Bharti Airtel Limited
Mr S Sridharan
Managing Director
S10 Technologies Ltd
Mr Rajeshkumar Sitaraman
Vice President
Vodafone Idea
Mr D Arulselvan
Group CFO, President
Cholamandalam
Mr M S Surya
Associate Vice President
Infosys Limited
Mr Kandasamy Subramanian
Director, Global Manufacturing
Engineering, Ford Motor Pvt Ltd
Mr Rajat S. Chatterjee
Regional Marketing Head-South
Tata Tele Business Services
Mr Narayanan Ramaswamy
Partner & National Head-Education
KPMG
Mr B C Datta
Convenor - CII TN Governance in Policy Advocacy: EoDB Panel & Vice President - Corporate Affairs
Hyundai Motor India Limited
Mr Robin Bunker
Head - Strategy
Foxconn India Limited
Mr Thillairajan
Professor
IIT Madras
Steering Committee 2018
Dr Santhosh Babu, IAS.,
Secretary - Information Technology
Government of Tamil Nadu
Mr R Siddartharthan
Managing Director - Technology,
Health & Public Service,
Accenture
Mr S Venkatrajan
Regional Business Manager,
Wipro Limited
Mr S Mahalingam
Past Chairman, CII(SR),
Tata Consultancy Services
Mr R Chandrasekaran
Executive Vice Chairman,
Cognizant India
Mr R Ramaraj
Senior Advisor,
Elevar Advisors Pvt Ltd
Mr Kumaran Mani
CEO
Tenth Planet Technologies
Pvt Ltd
Mr Muthu Kumaran
Global Delivery Head - Digital
Business practice,
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Mr Ravi Viswanathan
Event Chairman Connect 2017 &
Global Chief Marketing Officer,
Tata Consultancy Services
Mr Krishnakumar Natarajan
Chairman Connect 2018 &
Executive Chairman,
Mindtree Limited
Mr Karthi Chandramouli
Global Practice Head,
Tech Mahindra
Mr Suresh Raman
Chennai Head, TCS
Mr R Ramkumar
Executive Director,
Cognizant Technology Solutions,
India Pvt Ltd
Mr K K Raman
Executive Director,
KPMG
Mr Thothadri Vishwanathan
VP and Delivery Head,
Infosys Technologies Ltd
Mr Athma Raj
VP Corporatte Services,
Tech Mahindra
Mr Gangadhar
Regional Manager- Public Sector,
Microsoft
Mr Kris Gopalakrishnan
Co-founder,
Infosys
Mr M Vijayakumar, I.A.S.,
Managing Director,
ELCOT
Mr C Velan
Executive director and Chief Executive,
Tata Realty and Infrastructure Ltd
Mr Subbaraman B
Vice President & Centre Head-Madurai,
HCL Technologies
Mr Rajagopal Krishnaswamy
Managing Director,
Honeywell Technologies
Mr B Elangovan
Managing Director,
Tidel Park
Mr Baskar Ramamurthy
Director
IIT Madras
Mr Raghavendra Tripathi
COO
Ramco Systems
Mr Raghuram Devarakonda
Managing Director,
Accenture
Mr Muthukumar Ramalingam
Managing Director & CEO,
Dextrasys Technologies (P) Limited
Dr Sanjay Tyagi
Director,
Software Technology Parks of India
Mr Lakshmi Narayanan
Vice Chairman,
Cognizant Technology Solutions India Pvt Ltd
Mr Madhavan Parthasarathy
EVP (S & M),
TVS SriChakra
Mr Arun Jain
Chairman and Managing Director,
Intellect Design Arena Ltd
Mr Kandasamy Subramanian
Chief Technology Officer,
Ford
Mr M Ponnuswami
CMD
Ponpure Chemicals
Mr Koushik Ramani
Business Head
Mindtree
Steering Committee 2017
Mr R Ramraj
Chairman
CONNECT Awards 2017,
Senior Advisor,
Elevar Advisors Pvt Ltd
Mr T K Ramachandran, IAS
Principal Secretary
IT Department
Government of Tamil Nadu
Mr R Sudalaikannan, IAS
Managing Director
ELCOT
Mr Ravi Viswanathan
Chairman
Connect 2017,
Chief Marketing Officer,
Tata Consultancy Services
Mr P Ravichandran
Chairman CII TN,
President,
Danfoss Industries (P) Limited
Dr Sanjay Tyagi
Director
Software Technology Parks of India - Chennai
Mr Thothadri Vishwanathan
VP and Delivery Head
Infosys Technologies Ltd
Dr Ashwin Mahalingam
Assistant Professor
IIT Madras
Mr S Sridharan
Managing Director
S10 Technologies
Mr K K Raman
Executive Director
KPMG
Steering Committee 2016
MR T K Ramachandran, IAS
Principal Secretary
Government of Tamilnadu
MR Ravi Viswanathan
Chairman, Connect 2016, &
President – Growth Markets,
Tata Consultancy Services
MR S Mahalingam
Joint Director, Software Technology
Parks of India
MR R Chandrasekaran
President & Managing Director
Cognizant Technology Solutions
India Pvt. Ltd
MR Lakshmi Narayanan
Vice Chairman Cognizant
Technology Solutions
MR Thothathri Visvanathan
Vice President, Delivery Head &
Development Centre Head
Infosys Limited
MR Srinivas Tadigadapa
Director,
Enterprise Solutions Intel South Asia
MR Velan Chidambaranathan
Executive Director &
Chief Executive Officer
TRIL Infopark Ltd
MR R Ramaraj
Senior Advisor Elevar Equity
MR S Sridharan
Founder & Chairman
S10 Healthcare Solutions Pvt. Ltd
MR Dr Sanjay Tyagi
Director,
Software Technology Parks of India