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CEGFI6 - 4th Industrial revolution
2023-03-05 07:30 - 08:30 (Asia/Kolkata) | Zoom
Industry 4.0 is fast becoming the game changer in manufacturing. It changes the value chain in manufacturing. It brings in new opportunities for many sectors hitherto not a part of this value chain.
Mr. V. Venkataraman graduated from CEG in 87 (Mech). After a 8 year stint in L&T, he started a manufacturing unit and ran it for 25 years. In 2018, he then founded a startup Embridge Solutions to develop cost effective industry 4.0 solutions. The focus is to bring this technology to SMEs at a very affordable price and provide this as a service on cloud platform.
CEG Field Insights (CEGfi) is our effort to bring the insights from experienced people and share with CEG members.
Time: March 5, 2023 7:30 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada) / 9PM IST
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CEG C-Level Connect Series #20 – Mr. Jeyandran Venugopal, CEG 1998 Mech. and Chief Technology and CHief Product Officer (CPTO) of Flipkart.
2023-02-19 20:00 - 21:00 | Google Meet
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Guest Speaker – Mr. Jeyandran Venugopal, CEG 1998 Mech. and Chief Technology and Chief Product Officer (CPTO) of Flipkart.
Jeyandran Venugopal is CPTO at Flipkart.In this role, he is tasked to strengthen the team, tech investments and help implement new technologies with a specific focus on building future capabilities across product and engineering.
Prior to this, Jey was the CTO at Myntra. As CTO, he lead the Technology, IT and Infrastructure teams at Myntra. He focused on leading a highly talented engineering organization to deliver exciting innovation, execution and engineering excellence charter for Myntra. He was tasked with finding ways to constantly delight Myntra customers with break-through products. In addition to being the CTO, he had a brief stint as a CPO.
Prior to this, Jey has donned many roles in the consumer internet space as a technologist across both, startups and big companies, and in both US and India markets, for 17+ years. Jey started his career at Amazon.com in Seattle as a Software Engineer and built and managed several e-commerce backend systems. Later, he moved to India as a founding member of Amazon’s India Development Center at Bangalore. As part of the India leadership team, he helped setup and scale the India center for Amazon and worked in Amazon’s Web Services division building API products at this time. After this, Jey joined Yahoo’s India R&D center and helped establish the Search Engineering division and later led several platform products for Yahoo such as the content management platform, video platforms, Geolocation Services and others. As a Global/Corporate VP of Engineering and as a part of the core leadership team at Yahoo, Jey was part of the administrative leadership team for the India center. Post this, Jey was the Founder and CEO of a digital healthcare startup (EClinic 24/7) and raised funding and built a product that won industry accolades including as the Nasscom Emerge 50 Award.
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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 #19– Mr. Krishnakumar Natarajan, Co-Founder, Mindtree and Managing Partner, Mela Ventures
2023-01-22 20:00 - 21:00 | Google Meet
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Guest Speaker – Mr. Krishnakumar Natarajan, CEG 1979 Mech, Co-Founder, Mindtree & Managing Partner, Mela Ventures
A leading authority in the global IT sector, Krishnakumar Natarajan co-founded Mindtree in 1999 and
has played critical roles in building the company’s innovative approach to delivering IT services and
solutions to global 2000 enterprises. As Executive Chairman, he built a $1B revenue company with
Market Cap of over $2.5B. His critical skill is to help Enterprises navigate the ‘Digital transformation
agenda and help business transformations by which enterprises enhance customer experience and
deliver Industry-leading growth.
Krishnakumar ’s efforts as a business leader have been recognized worldwide, winning him several
laurels. Businessworld & Forbes ranked him among India’s most valuable CEOs in 2016. He
won Bloomberg UTV’s award as the CEO of the Year in 2010 and Business Today’s CEO of the year award
in 2014. Chief Executive Magazine recognized him as one of the twelve global leaders of
tomorrow. EY honored him with Entrepreneur of the year 2015 in Services. His efforts resulted in
Mindtree winning the “Most promising company of the Year” in 2013 by CNBC TV18.
A 40-year IT industry veteran, Krishnakumar served as Chairman of the National Association of
Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM), where he worked to strengthen the Indian IT industry
to build a globally competitive ecosystem. He now serves as the Chairman of the Nasscom Foundation.
Social enterprises and Philanthropy are other Key interests of Krishnakumar. Along with his wife Akila,
he runs their foundation, “Mela,” which is focused on helping high-potential rural girls to attain
professional qualifications and helping Senior Citizens age gracefully.
He is also a regular speaker at international IT industry conferences and a faculty member at
management schools worldwide. He is also on the Boards of a few well-known Organizations.
He has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the College of Engineering, Chennai,
India, and a master’s degree in Business Administration from the Xavier Institute, Jamshedpur, 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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CEG C-Level Connect Series #18– Mr. S Somasegar, Managing Director, Madrona Ventures Group, USA.
2022-12-21 20:30 - 21:30 | Google Meet
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Guest Speaker – Mr. S Somasegar, CEG 1986 ECE and Managing Director of Madrona Ventures Group, USA.
BSoma Somasegar is a Managing Director at Madrona Venture Group, joining Madrona in 2015 after nearly twenty-seven-years at Microsoft where he most recently was Corporate Vice President of the Developer Division. Additionally, Soma was the executive sponsor for global development at Microsoft and oversaw Microsoft’s Global Development Centers in China, India, and Israel. Soma has been an active angel investor both in the region and globally. With investments spanning across both enterprise and consumer segments, Soma has focused on early stage investments across a wide range of technology areas. At Madrona, he is focusing on machine learning / artificial intelligence, intelligent applications, developer centric next-generation cloud platforms and tools, and multi-sense user interfaces.
Soma holds a master’s degree in computer engineering from Louisiana State University and a B.S. in electronics and communication engineering from Guindy Engineering College, Anna University in Chennai, India. Soma also has an Honorary Doctorate from his alma mater, Anna University.
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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 #17– Ms. Sangeeta Banerjee, Co-Founder & CEO of Adda
2022-11-26 20:00 - 21:00
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Guest Speaker – Ms. Sangeeta Banerjee, CEG 1999 EEE and Co-Founder & CEO of Adda
Born in suburban Howrah (West Bengal), San did all her schooling in Kendriya Vidyalayas in Kolkata, Delhi, and Chennai. 1999 EEE CEGian she worked with TCS, completed MBA in Louisiana State University (LSU), worked with Capgemini in the USA, and got married to Venkat Kandaswamy – also CEG EEE (98). They decided to relocate from the USA to India in 2005. In 2008 Venkat took a sabbatical from Thoughtworks and started building ApartmentADDA. San continued in SAP for a year, doing customer demos on weekends. In 2010 San joined their startup full-time and has been serving as the co-founder and CEO. ADDA is a category creator for community mgmt SaaS in India and profitable with 1M+ paying users across 4 countries.
San loves 2 wheelers- rides superbikes and cycles to work three weeks per month. She is a Bharatnatyam student and lives in Bangalore with Venkat, their 14-year-old son, mother-in-law, 2 cats, and 1 dog.
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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 #16 – Mr. K Guruswamy MBE, CEO, Penlon Ltd (UK)
2022-10-29 20:00 - 21:00 | Google Meet
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Guest Speaker – Mr. K Guruswamy MBE, CEG 1992 ECE, CEO, Penlon Ltd in the UK
Around 30 years of experience and vast learning in various environments in the Medical devices industry- Large Multinational Corporation, Indian companies, Growth stage Global Companies, and Entrepreneurship. I have had a breadth of experience from growing Businesses for large companies to setting up a completely new Hitech business from scratch to revenue stage out of India for global markets and currently leading a Global organization based in the UK through a major transformation leading to a successful M&A.
I also have a Unique Experience of transitioning from a successful corporate employment career to Entrepreneurship and back to employment with a successful stint which has had a significant impact on the way I have led and managed businesses. I worked with GE Medical systems in India ( Wipro GE) for over 12 years at various leadership
positions across functions –Right from Sales, Distribution management to Global product management roles
Moved on to co-found a Med tech start-up called Perfint healthcare and a couple of senior colleagues from GE. We developed and took to the global market a unique and cutting-edge Robotic navigation and Treatment planning system for Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment. We created multiple IP’s in this process and won several awards within and outside of India, including the R&D award from DST, India, from Dr. Abdul Kalam. We also raised funds successfully from prominent PE funds.
After this, I joined BPL medical technologies in India ( Goldman Sachs Invested company)to head International business and Strategic initiatives, as a part of which I moved to the UK to head Penlon, which was owned by BPL thru a Goldman investment. I led the company thru a major transformation which included the most historic Ventilator Challenge project in March 2020 to produce and supply around 11,500 Ventilators to the UK govt in just about 12 weeks working with a Consortium of UK Automotive and Aerospace companies. This was considered the 2nd most successful healthcare project in the UK during the Pandemic and received several accolades. I personally have been awarded the most coveted MBE ( Member of the Excellent Order of British empire) title award from the Queen. I have also led the successful M&A process for Penlon to give a good exit to BPL & Goldman and led a smooth post-M&A integration with the new owners.
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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 #15 – Girish Ramdas, Co-founder and CEO, Magzter
2022-09-25 20:00 - 21:00 | Google Meet
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Guest Speaker – Girish Ramdas, CEG 1996, Mech, Co-founder and CEO, Magzter
Girish Ramdas is the Co-founder and CEO of Magzter, a New York-based startup that has been making waves in the global digital publishing business. In 9 years Magzter has crossed 70 million users from more than 150+ countries with 1,000s of magazines, newspapers, and books from more than 4,500 publishers worldwide.
He has more than 24 years of experience in cross-platform publishing, including print, mobile, and Web development. During this period, he has co-founded and run three successful start-up businesses. He has enabled magazine companies to go digital and helps them monetize their content across the digital world. Girish’s deep industry experience in online, mobile, and publishing ecosystems has made him an expert in acquisition, marketing and monetizing digital content across platforms globally.
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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 #14 – Ms. Shobana Radhakrishnan, Sr. Director of Engineering, Google TV
2022-08-14 20:00 - 21:00 | Google Meet
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Guest Speaker – Ms. Shobana Radhakrishnan, CEG 1996 EEE, Sr. Director of Engineering, Google TV
Shobana Radhakrishnan is a Senior Director of Engineering leading next-generation media personalization at Google. Prior to this, she has held various leadership roles at
Roku, Mindflash, Symantec, Netflix, and Yahoo working across a wide range of consumer products, including Geocities, Data Protection & Security, and Streaming
Media.
She has been invited to speak at various international conferences, including Amazon AWS Reinvent, QCon, Grace Hopper, and Streaming Media Connect.
She has been honored with the Distinguished Alumni Award from CEG in 2020, Silicon Valley Business Journal Women of Influence Award in 2022, and a Silicon Valley Best CIO Award finalist in 2015.
Shobana graduated at the top of her class from CEG, receiving a Bachelor’s degree in EEE in 1996, and has a master’s in Computer Science from the University.
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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 #13 – Dr. Mouli Vaidyanathan, CEO Solarpod
2022-07-17 20:00 - 21:00
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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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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
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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 CSE, 2022, Founder at SarathyWeb | Alibaba Cloud Most Valuable Professional
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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
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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 CSE, 2022, Founder at SarathyWeb | Alibaba Cloud Most Valuable Professional
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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
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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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