CEG Connect

Program Details Ms. Janaki Akela, CEG 1982 ECE, Independent Director of companies including Fractal.AI, Salli Mae, avrerq.inc and Southern Company Janaki Akella is a distinguished Digital Transformation Leader, celebrated for her ability to seamlessly bridge the realms of technology and business. With a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, she has […]

Program Details Mr. Ajit Chordia CEG 1985, Mech. and Managing Director, Olympia Group, India, Mr. Ajit Kumar Chordia is the Managing Director of Olympia Group, a prominent real estate developer with significant presence across Chennai, Kolkata, and Bengaluru. A third-generation entrepreneur with over 40 years of experience, he has established himself as a pioneer in […]

Program Details Mr. Maruthi Prasad Tangirala, IAS, CEG 1985 Civil and Additional Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Govt of India Shri Maruthi Prasad Tangirala is a 1990 batch officer of the Indian P&T Accounts and Finance Service. He joined service after obtaining a BE in civil engineering from College of Engineering, Guindy, and a PGDM from […]

Program Details Dr. Kavitha Velusamy, CEG 1992 ECE and Senior Vice President at Robust.AI in Silicon Valley. Kavitha Velusamy, Ph.D., has over 20 years of experience building and shipping impactful products such as Amazon Echo, NVIDIA’s Computer Vision Libraries, Cisco's Telepresence, Bossa Nova and RobustAI’s autonomous mobile robots, and Leia’s 3D Light Field Display products. […]

Program Details Ms. Meena Balakrishnan, CEG 1985 Mech and Vice President, Finance Transformation at Danaher Life Sciences and Bio Technology, Washington DC, USA. Meena just completed 20 years with Danaher (DHR) in a variety of progressive finance roles and has been with the Life Science (LS)/Biotechnology (BTG) platform Opcos since the Pall acquisition. She joined […]

Program Details Mr. Ravi Radhakrishnan, CEG 1992 Mech and Chief Information Officer (CIO) at American Express, USA. Ravi Radhakrishnan is Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer (CIO) of American Express. In this role, he oversees the Technology organization, which partners with the business to enable, support, and drive the company’s business growth and innovation. […]

Program Details Mr, Srinath Ravichandran, CEG 2006 EEE & Co-founder and CEO, Agnikul Cosmos. Srinath Ravichandran is a space technology leader and AgniKul Cosmos team member in Chennai, passionate about advancing India's access to orbital space. With robust academic credentials from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign—specializing in orbital mechanics, spacecraft propulsion, electric propulsion, and […]

Program Details Mr. Uma Coppa, CEG 1997 EEE, SVP Engineering at Remitly. Uma Coppa is an executive in risk management and analytics with a career spanning over 25+ years across various companies including Capital One, PayPal, Groupon, Meta, Chime and currently at Remitly. Uma is an industry recognized leader and participates in various conferences and […]

Program Details  Mr. N. Raghavan, CEG 1987 Mech, President at Lucas Indian Services Ltd Raghavan is currently President of Lucas Indian Service Limited, an Aftermarket Solutions company from the Lucas TVS group. A Mechanical Engineer from the College of Engineering, Guindy (B.E. 1983–87), he is also an alumnus of IIM Calcutta (2004–05), Great Lakes (2014–16), […]

Program Details Mr. Siddharth Sridharan, CEG 2015 Mech, Co-Founder and CEO of Spendflo Siddharth is the co-founder and CEO of Spendflo. He was a former investment banker with Axis capital and worked in hyper-growth environments at companies like Volta Charging from seed to IPO. He graduated from CEG with a mechanical engineering degree in 2015 […]

Program Details Mr. Shan Shamugavel, CEG 2003 CSE Co-Founder and COO at Namma Yatri Co-founder & COO of Moving Tech Innovations, the company behind building Namma Yatri – India’s pioneering open mobility platform – and Chennai One, the all-in-one app for public transport. An alumnus of CEG (CSE) and IIM Bangalore, he played key roles […]

Program Details Mr. Alwyn Joseph, Proud CEGian – ECE, 2005 Batch President & COO, Sasken Technologies Ltd           I am a proud CEGian from the 2005 Electronics and Communication Engineering batch. Today, I serve as President & Chief Operating Officer of Sasken Technologies, a publicly listed engineering and digital solutions company, […]