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CEG C-Level Connect Series #13 – Dr. Mouli Vaidyanathan, CEO Solarpod
2022-07-17 20:00 - 21:00 (Asia/Kolkata)
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Guest Speaker – Dr. Mouli Vaidyanathan, CEG 1985, Production Engineering, CEO of Solarpod
Dr. Mouli Vaidyanathan is a technology and engineering leader with 30 years of experience in engineering, materials science, mechanical engineering, data analytics, semiconductor, and renewable energy. Have led and worked with small to large diverse teams and was responsible for over $1B in revenue. He is currently serving as the president and CEO of SolarPod. He grew the company from a start-up to a sustainable business.
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Host – Mr. Vish Viswanathan, CEG 1985 Mech, CEO, Anikode Management Consultants
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Technical Support – Mr. Partha Sarathy, CEG IT, 2021
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CEG C-Level Connect Series #12 – Ms. Praveena Rai, COO, National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)
2022-06-05 20:00 - 21:00
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Guest Speaker – Ms. Praveena Rai, CEG 1990 ECE, COO, National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)
Ms. Praveena Rai is Chief Operating Officer of NPCI (National Payments Corporation of India). An ex-banker, she is now responsible for running the business, including products, operational and technical delivery. Passionate about payments and technology as drivers of economic value, she helps NPCI attain its strategic objectives of offering a simple, secure, and seamless digital payment experience to consumers and users across the ecosystem – that can lead to the rapid digitalization of India.
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Host – Mr. Vish Viswanathan, CEG 1985 Mech, CEO, Anikode Management Consultants
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Technical Support – Mr. Partha Sarathy, CEG IT, 2021
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CEGfi5: Engineering for a Sustainable Environment
2022-05-21 08:00 - 09:00
A Convenient Possibility: Engineering for a Sustainable Environment
Increasingly the world needs engineers to help create a sustainable environment. This requires efforts from engineers, business, and governments. G. Venugopal (CEG1984) has been working with many people on related initiatives. He will be our speaker on May 21st.
CEG Field Insights (CEGfi) is our effort to bring the insights from experienced people and share with CEG members
on: May 21st, 08:00 AM PST / 8:30PM IST
Zoom at: https://bit.ly/cegfi-5

CEGfi4: On EVs and Batteries (May 14th)
2022-05-14 08:00 - 09:00
Battery technology is key for the transformation to Electric Vehicles.
Manu Iyer is an invited speaker. Manu is the founder of Blue Hill Capital. He angel invests in startups. Plus he is the board member for PiBeam Electric, a pioneer in vertically integrated EVs.
CEG Field Insights (CEGfi) is our effort to bring the insights from experienced people and share with CEG members
on: May 14th, 08:00 AM PST / 8:30PM IST
Zoom at: https://bit.ly/cegfi4

CEG C-Level Connect Series #11 – Ms. Mythily Ramesh, CEO of NextWealth
2022-05-08 20:00 - 21:00 | Google Meet
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Guest Speaker – Ms. Mythily Ramesh, CEG 1986 CSE, CEO of NextWealth, Recipient of the AACEG Distinguished Alumni Award on 225th year
Mythily has more than 30 years of professional experience. She completed her BE in Computer Science from College of Engineering, Guindy, and MBA from IIM Ahmedabad. In her 20-year successful stint in Wipro, she grew from a Customer support executive to a Senior Vice President. Her career spans product management, marketing, business head, and quality.
As a certified Black Belt, she drove the Six Sigma initiative in Wipro, and in her last stint, she was the Senior VP for Wipro BPO and was responsible for pre-sales and solutioning, product management, and transition, platform BPO, BPO Consulting, and procurement BPO operations.
With a passion for entrepreneurship, she was the CEO of a start-up in Wipro called 01markets and built a successful business around e-procurement and was a pioneer in Reverse Auction in India.
In 2006 and 2007 she was adjudged one of the 25 most powerful women in India by India Today and Dataquest. She has been profiled many times in Business Today and Business World as a successful woman IT professional.
In 2010, she started a social entrepreneurship firm NextWealth with three other ex-Wipro colleagues, focusing on creating high-end IT jobs for graduates in small towns, thereby creating a positive social impact. Their mission is to create 10000 jobs in small towns. Currently, NextWealth has six delivery centers from small towns, creating 4000 direct jobs and impacting more than 40000 families.
She currently serves on the board of Karnataka Bank, Indian Institute of Management, Udaipur, and WEP Digital as an Independent Director. She is also a Steering committee member of IIMPACT, an NGO started by IIMA Alumni focusing on educating underprivileged girls children in India. She is also a member of the NASSCOM BPM Council and is heading a task force on “Expansion into Small Towns” to move the industry to operate more and more from small towns and thereby not only ensure talent expansion but also revenue growth.
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Host – Mr. Vish Viswanathan, CEG 1985 Mech, CEO, Anikode Management Consultants
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Technical Support – Mr. Partha Sarathy, CEG IT, 2021
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CEGfi3 : Bala on Weather Data
2022-04-23 08:00 - 09:15 | Zoom
In this session titled “Cloudy with the Chance of Data”, Bala will educate and entertain us. Some questions we will discuss include:
Bala Gopalakrishann, a CEG 1992 alumnus, will share his expertise on the Weather Data.
on: Apr 23th, 08:00 AM PST / 8:30PM IST
Zoom at: https://bit.ly/cegfi3
see more notes at: https://cegconnect.com/blog/cegfi3-weather-data/

CEG C-Level Connect Series #10 – Dr. Raj Echambadi, President of Illinois Institute of Technology
2022-04-02 20:00 - 21:00
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Guest Speaker – Dr. Raj Echambadi, CEG 1989 Mech, President of Illinois Institute of Technology.
Raj Echambadi became the 10th president of Illinois Institute of Technology in August 2021.
From 2017 to 2021 Echambadi served as the Dunton Family Dean of D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University. Under his leadership, D’Amore-McKim has become widely recognized for moving beyond traditional business silos and for embracing cross-disciplinary perspectives in both research and teaching. Programmatic innovations include the “MBA x” program, “MS x” program, combined undergraduate majors, and work-integrated degrees with business partners; each of these help students and learners develop multidisciplinary perspectives by blending their business studies with non-business areas of expertise, such as computer science or experiential design. During his tenure, Echambadi created an Office of Student Engagement, Affinity, and Inclusion at D’Amore-McKim to foster better on-campus experiences for students and launched several programs—Building Belonging Fellows, Pathfinders, Peer Affinity Cohorts—in order to build an inclusive community and cultivate a culture of belonging at the school.
Prior to joining Northeastern in August 2017, Echambadi served for eight years in various roles, including as the Alan J. and Joyce D. Baltz Professor and the senior associate dean of strategic innovation, at Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Echambadi was a driving force behind the scaled online M.B.A. (iMBA) program at the University of Illinois, which has been lauded as one of the best breakthrough, disruptive educational innovations in the past decade.
Echambadi received his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from College of Engineering, Guindy in India and a doctorate in marketing from the University of Houston. His academic research focuses on strategic innovation within organizations and how firms should balance current and future opportunities. He has won numerous teaching and research accolades including the prestigious Academy of Management Journal Best Paper Award for his work on employee entrepreneurship.
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Host – Mr. Vish Viswanathan, CEG 1985 Mech, CEO, Anikode Management Consultants
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Technical Support – Mr. Partha Sarathy, CEG IT, 2021
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CEG C-Level Connect Series #9 – Ms. Mini Suri, CEG 1990 CSE, CEO of Velmeni
2022-03-08 20:00 - 21:00 | Google Meet
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Guest Speaker – Ms. Mini Suri, CEG 1990 CSE, CEO of Velmeni, an AI Health care startup in California.
Mini Suri, a brilliant contributor to the tech industry, is an innovative trailblazer in
AI/ML/NLP Automation and an advocate for the betterment of others. Mini’s
deep experience and creative inspiration have led VELMENI to the forefront of AI
healthcare through predictive and analytical artificial intelligence in dentistry.
VELMENI’s platform is evolving as the standard-bearer for dental practices.
Mini has acted as Chief Customer Officer at KORE.ai, head of IA for Uber, and
Senior Vice President at Citi. With an MBA from MIT’s Sloan School, she provides
VELMENI with deep-tech strategy, financial skills, and hands-on operational
management. A doer and problem-solver, Mini leads product development, raises
capital, fosters a high-performance culture, and is building the most talented
team in the industry.
As a Board Member at TiE Silicon Valley and throughout her career, Mini has
brought big-picture thinking to foster technology entrepreneurship, youth
engagement, and women’s leadership initiatives—including The Hunger Project to
eradicate world hunger and establish women as a force for change-making. This
includes establishing first robotics and STEM education for girls
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Host – Mr. Vish Viswanathan, CEG 1985 Mech, CEO, Anikode Management Consultants
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Technical Support – Mr. Partha Sarathy, CEG IT, 2021
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CEG C-Level Connect Series #8 – Dr. M.K. Surappa, Former VC of Anna University
2022-02-13 20:00 - 21:00 | Google Meet
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Guest Speaker – Dr. M.K. Surappa, Former VC of Anna University (2018 – 2021)
Mr. Surappa, who completed his engineering education at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, has held the post of Director of the Indian Institute of Technology — Ropar, for six years between June 20, 2009, and June 20, 2015.
From June 2015, he served as honorary professor, Department of Materials Engineering, IISC Bengaluru.
He is a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering and has 150 research publications and four patents to his credit.
As a doctorate in Metallurgical Engineering, he enjoys rich teaching experience of more than 30 years, of which 24 years were spent at the Indian Institute of Science, which is No. 1 in the country as per the NIRF (National Institutional Ranking Framework) rankings

Host – Mr. Vish Viswanathan, CEG 1985 Mech, CEO, Anikode Management Consultants
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Technical Support – Mr. Partha Sarathy, CEG IT, 2021
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CEG Field Insights #1: Air Travel Industry By Vish Viswanathan, CEG 1985
2022-01-29 21:00 - 22:00 | Zoom
CEG Field Insights (CEGfi) is our effort to bring the industry insights from experienced senior executives and share with CEG members (current and past students).
We organize CEGfi as a web seminar series with topics ranging across industries. This is a collaborative effort between Guindy Alumni Angels, CEG Connect, and Guindy Engineers Forum.

In this seesion our alumnus Vish Viswanathan, CEG 1985will share his expertise about the Air Travel Industry. He is CEO of a consulting firm working with 50+ airlines around the world. He also held executive positions at American Airlines, Sabre Decision Technologies Sabre Airline Solutions, Amadeus and UBICS.
About CEGfi
Our misssion is to bring the industry insights from experienced senior executives and share with CEG members. This event is sponsored by Sponsored By Guindy Alumni Angels, CEG Connect and Guindy Engineers Forum
Benefits
For Alumni

Broaden your knowledge
Learn about industry dynamics
Learn about other industries
Expand your network
Areas for careers and investments

For Students

Areas for career growth
Learn about industries
Learn from experienced alumni
Expand you

Upcoming Sessions

Airlines / Aerospace / Automobiles
Buildings and Bridges
Banking and Finance Tech
Chemicals / Chemical Engineering
Data Science / AI / ML
Energy, Electrical Power
eCommerce
Entertainment
Farms Technology
Fashion Technology
Geospatial
Healthcare / IT
and many more …

To suggest speakers and areas. end email to muralirk@gmail.com
Contacts

Murali Krishnan

Cofounder & CCOP, RapL Inc.
Investment Chair, Guindy Alumni Angels
Founder, Zanavu Ventures.
CEG 1992

Vish Viswanathan

CEO of Anikode Management Consultants
Founder of CEG Connect
Former CEO, UBICS Inc
CEG 1985

Dr Mahalakshmi G S

Guindy Engineers Forum (GEF)
Deputy Director, Centre for Entrepreneurship Development, Anna University
Associate Professor, Dept. of CSE
CEG 2003

Partha Sarathy T

Founder, SarathyWeb
Tech Director, CEG Connect
CEG 2021

CEG C-Level Connect Series #7 - Satyan Parameswaran, President, Information Technology at UPS
2022-01-09 20:00 - 21:00 | Google Meet
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Guest Speaker – Satyan Parameswaran, CEG 1992 ECE, President, Information Technology at UPS
Satyan is responsible for all the technology used in the UPS package centers, hubs, scanning, automation, retail access points, international regulatory compliance, aviation security, automotive, telematics, preload and on-road technology. He is responsible for the technology that helps UPS deliver ~24 million packages every day.
Satyan began his UPS career in 2003 as Lead Application Developer and progressed through a variety of roles to Vice President, in the Information Technology Customer and Billing Group. In this role, Satyan was responsible for billing, revenue management, revenue analytics, profit planning, and the data exchange suite of applications that handle approximately $1.2 billion each week across several countries and business units. He also served on the UPS Architecture Board for solution architecture governance.
He is also responsible for leading work with the industry recognized ORION (On-Road Integrated Optimization and Navigation) and HEAT (Harmonized Enterprise Analytics Tool) programs. HEAT recently was recognized with a CIO100 award for 2021.
Prior to joining UPS, Satyan gained I.T. experience with leading consulting firms working for clients in the U.S., Latin America and Europe covering logistics, credit cards, retail merchandising and insurance domains. He led an I.T. team that helped launch revolving credit cards by a major U.S. credit card provider in Latin American countries.
Earlier in his career, Satyan worked for Indchem-ATL, a biomedical engineering company specializing in ultra sound scanners, CT scanners, Defibrillators and intensive cardiac care monitoring instruments.
Satyan is a recognized innovator with patents in the field of fraud detection, mobile fund exchange and statistical anomaly detection.
Satyan is a distinguished architect who serves as a board member for the Architect Certification Panel for The Open Group, an independent architecture practice organization.
Satyan has an undergrad degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from College of Engineering, Guindy, India. He has a graduate degree in computer science from National Institute of Technology, Trichy. Satyan also has an MBA in Finance and Strategy from Rutgers University, New Jersey.
Satyan played cricket for College of Engineering Guindy and was the captain of the Anna University ball-badminton team.
Satyan is from Karur, a textile town in central Tamil Nadu.
He is a die-hard fan of Rajnikanth and often a first day first show attendee provided his calendar co-operates. He likes to listen to Tamil movie songs and has 10,000 songs loaded in his car.
He serves as a member of Executive Board of Trustees in Sanatan Mandir, NJ. He is also serving as a Board of Director for The American Red Cross, Northern New Jersey.
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Host – Mr. Vish Viswanathan, CEG 1985 Mech, CEO, Anikode Management Consultants
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Technical Support – Mr. Partha Sarathy, CEG IT, 2021
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CEG C-Level Connect Series #6 - Mr. Karthee Madasamy, Founder and Managing Partner, MFV Ventures
2021-12-05 20:00 - 21:00 | Google Meet
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Guest Speaker – Mr. Karthee Madasamy, CEG 1994 ECE, Founder and Managing Partner, MFV Ventures
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kartheemfv/

Host – Mr. Vish Viswanathan, CEG 1985 Mech, CEO, Anikode Management Consultants
https://www.linkedin.com/in/vishaviswanathan/

Technical Support – Mr. Partha Sarathy, CEG CSE, 2022, Founder at SarathyWeb | Alibaba Cloud Most Valuable Professional
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarathywebindia/

CEG C-Level Connect Series #5 with Mr. Vetri Vellore, Founder & CEO of Ally.io
2021-11-07 20:00 | Google Meet
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Guest Speaker – Mr. Vetri Vellore, CEG CSE 1991, Founder & CEO, Ally.io
https://www.linkedin.com/in/vetri-vellore/

Host – Mr. Vish Viswanathan, CEG 1985 Mech, CEO, Anikode Management Consultants
https://www.linkedin.com/in/vishaviswanathan/

Technical Support – Mr. Partha Sarathy, CEG CSE, 2022, Founder at SarathyWeb | Alibaba Cloud Most Valuable Professional
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarathywebindia/

CEG C-Level Connect #4 - Ms. Anuradha Shultes, CEO, LendUp Global
2021-10-10 20:00 - 21:00 | Google Meet
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Guest Speaker – Ms. Anuradha Shultes, CEG CSE 1990, CEO, LendUp Global
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Host – Mr. Vish Viswanathan, CEG 1985 Mech, CEO, Anikode Management Consultants
https://www.linkedin.com/in/vishaviswanathan/

Technical Support – Mr. Partha Sarathy, CEG CSE, 2022, Founder at SarathyWeb | Alibaba Cloud Most Valuable Professional
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Session #3 Guest Speaker Ms. Radha Ramaswami Basu
2021-09-19 20:00 - 21:00 | Google Meet
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Guest Speaker – Ms. Radha Ramaswami Basu, CEG 1971 EEE
CEO, iMerit Technology Services, USA
About Ms. Radha Ramaswami Basu
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Host – Vish Viswanathan CEG 1985 Mech
CEO, Anikode Management Consultants, USA
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Co-Host – Ms. Nithyakala Subramanian CEG 2014 ECE
Founding Team, Build Metrix
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Technical Host – Mr. Partha Sarathy T CEG 2021 IT
Founder, SarathyWeb, Alibaba Cloud Most Valuable Professional
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