Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner – South Asia
Trade and Investment Queensland, Bengaluru
Mr. Abhinav Bhatia is currently the Senior Trade and Investment
Commissioner for South Asia for the Queensland Government,
Australia. An expert in International Trade and Investments, Abhinav
has worked with several foreign governments, corporates, and nonprofits.
Before joining Queensland Trade and Investment, Abhinav worked with
the Irish Government as a Director for South Asia. His expertise lies in
providing market intelligence and access to foreign companies looking
to expand in the South Asian markets.
He also worked with the Canadian Government as a Trade
Commissioner, advising companies on international expansion into
India, and also supported foreign direct investment-related initiatives.
He is active in the startup ecosystem and has made investments in
several early-stage tech companies.
Mr. Gagandeep Sing Arora
Founder & President
Vertex Group of Companies, Gurgaon
Mr. Gagan Arora is the Founder and President of Vertex Group, an accredited company, catering to the diverse needs of businesses for more than 7 years now. He is a visionary and ingenious leader with more than 21 years of industry experience and is known for his strategic thinking and ability to drive innovation.
Mr. Arora is also the Chairman of the Foreign Investors Council, a Member of the Forbes Technical Council, a Trade Commissioner of The Indian African Trade Council, a Senator for India at the World Business Angels Investment Forum, and more. He is known for his active participation in not only corporate industry but also government institutions as well.
He commenced his professional journey soon after his graduation, climbing up the corporate ladder, and getting insights into the industry which helped him grow and start his own company. Mr Arora can be seen as a self-starter and achiever who expanded Vertex Group in 7 countries within 6 years of inception with 5 different verticals of business.
He has been appreciated with several awards including the world’s greatest leader for 4 consecutive years by ET Now and Asia One and is also recognised as one of the top business tycoons and an innovative tech entrepreneur. Mr Arora is well known for his exceptional leadership style and dedication, swaying the corporates with his determination and business.
Mr. Jeyakumar Janakaraj
Country Head, Singapore
Adani Ports and SEZ Ltd, Singapore
Jeyakumar Janakaraj is the Country Head of Adani Singapore. Fondly known as JJ, he is a veteran leader who has successfully built and managed large-scale infrastructure projects and businesses spanning wide geographical locations from India, Africa, Australia and Singapore for over two decades.
A firm believer in harnessing phenomenal growth through harmonising a multicultural workforce, some of JJ’s notable achievements include leveraging on technology and people empowerment in accelerating project timelines as well as delivering innovative concepts to optimise operations. Through his expert guidance, JJ has led metals and technology companies through significant expansion, growth and financial performance
JJ has been awarded the Gold Medal by the Indian Institute of Metals for his significant contribution to the non-ferrous metallurgical industry, the DEMAG Gold medal for innovative leadership by the Indian Institute of Metals and has been listed in the prestigious International Who’s Who of Professionals. He was recently selected for 100 Inspirational Leaders of Asia 2022 from Singapore.
Before taking the helm at Adani Singapore, JJ led the Adani Group in Australia from 2013. Prior to that, he carved an 18-year career holding various senior-level management roles with Sterlite Industries since 1995. He also sits on the Accenture Global Mining Executive Council. JJ holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore.
Dr. Margaret Faux
Chair of IACC’s Governance and Ethics Committee
Dr Margaret Faux is a health system lawyer, senior executive, businesswoman, and academic with
deep experience and knowledge of health regulation both in Australia and internationally. She has
over four decades of experience in the health sector, having commenced her career with over a
decade practising as a registered nurse. Margaret has a PhD on the legal and administrative
operation of Australia’s blended public/private health system Medicare and is also the founder and
CEO of Synapse Medical, a leading global MedTech company offering digital health financing solutions
and consulting.
Margaret has published widely and is a regular contributor to the Australian health reform debate
and is considered one of Australia’s leading experts on the operation of the Australian health
system. Her research interests are in the areas of health system codes and classifications,
regulation, and digital enablement.
Margaret is also passionate about education and technology and drives innovation in her business
using disruptive technologies such as by building Australia’s first medical billing app with Australia’s
only medical billing rules engine. Synapse’s training academy, the Australian Institute of Medical
Administration and Compliance offers short, online courses on everything from cybersecurity through
to the difference between generic and branded medications
Ms. Malini Dutt
Director – Trade & Investment
New South Wales Government, Mumbai
Malini Dutt has been active for close to two decades in international business, a major part of which has involved the India-Australia corridor. Malini keenly anticipates developing new opportunities arising from the Australia-India Economic Cooperation & Trade Agreement, helping Australian and Indian companies to open new markets.
Malini has previously represented the Australian Federal Government in roles with the Australian Consulate General and Austrade. She was also the first female International representative of one of the world's leading seaports, the Belgian Port of Antwerp.
Malini holds an MBA degree in Marketing and a Masters in International Business from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade.
Mr. Rajiv Surana
Managing Director
Surana and Surana International Consultants (P) Ltd., Chennai
He has years of hands-on business management experience (at various senior positions) in diversified product & service companies across different locations & with several business diversities.
He is a self-directed & driven corporate consultant with a comprehensive educational background (a student of engineering, management & legal studies), leading corporate & commercial negotiations, litigations & Intellectual property strategies, compliances, contracts management and managing cross-functional team to achieve goals.
He has also served clients from a wide variety of industries, including individual, public and private companies, local, national and international corporations. He is skilled in business management, strategic management & strategic negotiations.
Mr. Ravin Ajit Mirchandani
Chairman
Ador Powertron Limited, Pune
Ravin Mirchandani is a traveller, both professional and spiritual. He has spent his life on the road in many continents and his passions have ended up him being about the road as well,- sustainable carbon-free mobility & road safety.
Ravin believes he is fortunate that his job provides him the opportunity to work on both of his passions through a focus on lithium & hydrogen mobility for vehicles and technology to change and influence driver behaviour on roads. Ravin has been a jury member since 2018 for the CHARGE ENERGY awards held in Iceland each year which are focused on identifying the best legacy & emerging brands in the energy, clean energy and e-mobility space globally.
Ravin also has a private pilot’s license and believes that if one works in sectors that fire your passion, eventually one is bound to find the success that we all aspire towards.
Mr. Sudarshan G Chary
Director
Sattva Logistics, Chennai
Master’s in Business Administration from Latrobe University, Melbourne.
Post graduate diploma in Family Managed Business from SP Jain Institute of Management and
Research, Mumbai.
Work Experience: I have been associated with our Family business for over 18 years. I am a partner
in Padmanabh Packaging that is into manufacturing of Corrugated boxes and a Director in
Padmalaya Pulp Packs Pvt Ltd that manufacturers Paper moulded Egg trays. I am also Director in
Sattva CFS and Logistics Private Limited and Visakha CFS & Logistics Private Limited. We operate
Container Freight Stations and Inland container depots, 4 PL Logistics.
I am currently the Vice President 2 of the Association of Corrugated Case of Telangana (ACCT) and a
Managing Committee member of the Federation of Corrugated Box Manufacturers of India, (FCBM).
I have also been a Permanent resident of Australia that I got after my completion of my Masters in
early 2003 with a validity of 5 years. Half way through, I decided to join the Family Business and
hence got back to India.
I have been a complete outdoor person, playing various sports, representing my school and college.
The only difference now is, the interest lies in watching against actually playing them.
Mr. T.R. Kesavan
Group President (Corporate Relations and Alliances)
Tractors and Farm Equipment (TAFE), Limited, Chennai
Thekkepat Raman Kesavan – “TR Kesavan” or “K7” as he is better known, is an Engineering and Management professional with 50 years of national and international experience in both functional and management areas. His domain expertise covers agriculture, construction and mining, oil tools and material handling. He actively participates and continues as the governing council member of industrial and government associations.
Speaker and mentor in national and international fora, Kesavan has a track record of 30 years in areas of agriculture productivity and management, government industry interface and public private partnership. He has made several presentations and addressed professional gatherings across the globe. Kesavan is also an external faculty for leading management schools.
Kesavan has worked closely with Clinton Foundation focusing on Africa and works closely with USIBC on the Agri-cooperation policy making. He also held the helm as the President of Indian Tractor and Mechanisation Association (TMA) over an extended period of five years. He was also the Technical Chair of TMA earlier.
Kesavan also had a distinguished academic career winning the Banko Award and Gold medal in his graduate studies in Engineering from the University of Madras and went on to be the first in the university and gold medalist in his management studies at the University of Bombay. He completed the sandwich course of University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Kesavan likes to spend his spare time mentoring students. He is additionally a prolific speaker and teacher in management and marketing and lectures at leading academic and training institutions. A master of Reiki healing, he also dabbles in spirituality, painting, writing and carpentry and is an avid reader. Happily married, the Kesavans have two grown up sons settled in Melbourne Australia.
I have been a complete outdoor person, playing various sports, representing my school and college.
The only difference now is, the interest lies in watching against actually playing them.
Director of TAFE Motors & Tractors Limited, TAFE Access Limited, TAFE Reach Limited and the Group President (Corporate Relations & Alliances) - TAFE Limited, the world’s third largest tractor manufacturer and India’s largest exporter of tractors, with a large portfolio of agricultural products and equipment consisting of MF, IMT, TAFE and Eicher brand of tractors, agricultural implements & equipment, and engines in both Indian and Overseas markets. He represents TAFE in various domestic and overseas industry bodies and government committees.
Member of the B20 India Task Force on Inclusive GVCs for Resilient Global Trade and Investment.
Chairman, Expert Committee on Agriculture, West Bengal
Chairman, Vision Group on Agriculture, Department of Industries & Commerce, Karnataka
Governing Council Member of the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI), Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH)
President of Madras Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI)
Chairman of National committee on Agriculture, FICCI
Co-Chairman of Africa Regional Council, FICCI
Executive Council Member and Co Chairman of 'F&B and Agribusiness' Leadership Forum, Indo-Australian Chamber of Commerce
Convener – Special initiatives under Food, Agriculture and Retail committee, USIBC
Mr. S V Venkataraman
Bengaluru Chapter Chairperson and Vice President IACC
Venkataraman SV (Venky) is the Managing Director for Bengaluru Service Centre in ANZ
Banking Group. In his current role, apart from leading the Service Centre operations, Venky
has been very closely involved in ANZ Banking group’s successful foray into Automation
starting with RPA over 5 years ago.
Further to the large scale implementation of human-action mimicking automation solutions,
Venky has driven the use of emergent technologies including AI / ML and OCR to
automate human judgment oriented processes in complex products of Trade Finance and
Home Lending.
He is a long-time banker and prior to this role he was the COO-Institutional Operations,
Service Centres in ANZ. In this role he managed the Operations for Institutional banking
division for ANZ across 30 plus countries being delivered through the Service Centres in
Bangalore, Manila and Chengdu. Earlier, he was the Chief Operating Officer for ANZ Banking
Group, Mumbai where he helped set ANZ Banking group presence in India and his
responsibilities included building and running the enablement functions of Operations,
Technology, Legal, Marketing and Communications for the bank.
Venky has also held leadership positions in various organizations including COO at Aditya Birla
Minacs and as Vice President, Banking and Financial Services, Perot Systems (now part of
NTT date). He started his banking career with ANZ Grindlays Bank holding various front office
positions in the Global Markets function.
Venky is passionate about diversity and has played a significant role in bringing this culture
to the workplace.
He is a B.Tech. (Hons) graduate from IIT Kharagpur and a Post-Graduate in Management
from IIM Ahmedabad.
Mr. Vineet Mehta
Group Head Data and Analytics
KAS Services India Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru
Vineet Mehta, General Manager Enterprise Technology for Kmart Group Australia. One of Australia’s largest retailers, Kmart operates 452 stores across Australia and New Zealand with 85% of Australian shoppers and a revenue amounting to 9 billion AUD. The Group is also recognized as a leader in retail Data, Analytics and AI. Vineet is also the Site Leader for the Group’s global capability center ANKO GCC at Bengaluru. He has been with the Kmart since June 2019 and has been responsible for spearheading Data, Analytics and AI for the Group including setting up the new capability in Bengaluru.
He has 23+ years of proven experience in building high- performing teams and leading technology efforts that support enterprise digital transformation programs. He has also held diverse leadership roles working across various industries, functions & technologies within global teams.
With a strong background in Data, Analytics and AI, he has established new capabilities within GCC’s in India for leading global brands. He is passionate about working with the start-up ecosystem and promoting innovation. He enjoys mentoring teams to be high performing and believes in making a difference to the local communities. Vineet lives in Bengaluru with his wife and daughter and enjoys interests in travelling, movies & music.
Mr. Vinod Daniel
CEO
India Vision Institute, Chennai
Vinod Daniel is an internationally recognised museum specialist with over 30 years with the Australian Museum (Sydney) and the J Paul Getty Trust (Los Angeles), among other institutions, in museum-related roles. He has worked on museum planning, conservation, management, acquisition, repatriation, capacity-building and risk assessment initiatives in over 50 countries.
He has delivered over 200 workshops on museum-related aspects, published and presented some 100 papers, and has been interviewed by media, with over 300 media articles and press interviews.
Mr Daniel is CEO and Managing Trustee of the Indian registered NGO India Vision Institute (IVI) that works to provide underprivileged communities access to vision screenings and corrective glasses to the needy. IVI works in 22 states across India.
He is :
“Chairman of the Board” for AusHeritage, 2011-present
Advisory Committee, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya
CEO, India Vision Institute, Indian NGO working to provide the underprivileged a pair of glasses, 2010-present.
He was :
“Vice Chairman”, International Council of Museums (ICOM) -Committee for Conservation, 2008-14
ICOM’s “Board Member”, 2016-22.
Advisory Committee, Museum of Art and Photography (MAP), Bangalore, 2019-23.
“Head, Cultural Heritage and Science Initiatives Branch”, Australian Museum, 1995-2010.
He has :
Received several Awards, including ICOM Australia for International Relations 2011, ASTRA (Association of Soft Skills Trainers) Service Excellence Award for sustainable contribution to the field of Human Resource Development and Human Resource Management 2014, GEMCO Award for Lifetime Work in India for Heritage and Social Work 2019, India-Australia Community Awards (IABCA) for Community Service 2020, IABCA Social Impact Award 2022, and Order of Australia Medal (OAM) for outstanding contributions to conservation and the environment, 2023.
Education 1990: Texas Christian University. Master of Science (Chemistry) 1987: IIT Chennai, Master of Technology (Chemical Engineering) 1984: IIT Delhi, Bachelor of Technology (Chemical Engineering).
Mr. Dinesh Rao
EVP and Co-Head of Delivery
Infosys Limited, Bengaluru
Dinesh is the Executive Vice President and Co-head of Delivery for Infosys responsible for Enterprise Application Services (EAS), Independent Validation Services (IVS) , Engineering Services (ENGG), Consulting Services and Strategic Technology Group (STG). Additionally, Dinesh holds the Geography responsibility of Global Delivery for Europe.
In his incredible journey of 30+ years at Infosys, Dinesh has successfully built and managed business units generating multi-billion-dollar revenues, laid out their strategic direction, managed Global Delivery, navigated strategic client relationships and built a strong leadership team delivering sustainable growth and high profitability for these business units.
Dinesh Rao is on the Board of Fluido, a wholly owned subsidiary of Infosys – providing salesforce advisory and consulting services in Nordics region.
Dinesh Rao is also an active member of several non-profit/ voluntary organizations. He is a founder and managing trustee of “UDAYA”, the social support organization which is actively involved in the field of Education for under privileged & orphan children.
Mr. Gaven Standon
President
Gaven is an accomplished business leader with a professional journey spanning over 28 years. Gaven has demonstrated his ability to drive business success and develop enterprise-wide strategies. Throughout his career, Gaven has excelled in various areas including operations, sales, analytics, supply chain, sourcing, and particularly in the IT and ITES sectors. Gaven's experience extends to global operations, with a focus on Asia Pacific and the US. As an Executive with Telstra India, Gaven leads Telstra GBS's Partner Ecosystem, overseeing the development of partner delivery and driving Telstra's business transformation towards becoming a digital, agile, and innovative technology-led solutions company
During his tenure as the Director for Asia & Pacific Sales Operations at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Gaven managed pre-sales for a significant revenue-generating region. As the Director of Global Business Services, he established a global domain-centric practice in sales operations, centred in Bangalore, India, with market-facing contra revenue infrastructure capabilities. Gaven's strategic leadership skills were honed during his time as the global strategy leader for Hewlett Packard, where he established the global shoring and sourcing strategy for the consumer sector, based in Houston, Texas. Additionally, he played instrumental roles in developing IT infrastructure support services at General Electric Capital International Services and establishing greenfield canning and bottling operations at Coca-Cola International in Pune, Maharashtra.
Gaven's educational background includes a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management (MBA) from IMT, Ghaziabad, and a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from RV College of Engineering, Bangalore University. He is also a certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt from General Electric and has undergone accelerated executive leadership programs at NUS - the National University of Singapore and New York University Stern School of Business.
Mr. Soy Joseph
Director
SAS Partners Corporate Advisors Pvt.Ltd.,Chennai
Mr Soy Joseph has over 23 years of experience and as a founder member he spearheads the regulatory operations and client relations division in SAS Partners. He was associated with emerging corporates heading the corporate legal domain, for over 8 years, prior to commencing his practice in 2003. His areas of expertise include Company Law, Securities Law, Foreign Exchange Law, NBFC Regulations, M&A Advisory and IPR Laws.
He has been closely associated with several multinational companies in setting up their Indian operations and also has the privilege to be a member of their Board. He has been continuously advising and guiding Indian and foreign companies in business advisory, corporate structuring, regulatory audits and diligence and corporate governance. He is closely associated with the South India chapters of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) and has addressed various forums besides being an active committee member.
He is an associate member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI), Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators, UK and holds Bachelor degree in Law.
Mr. Sanjeev Nandwani
East India Chapter Chairperson and Vice President IACC
Sanjeev Nandwani is a former Civil Servant, and in a career spanning three decades as a member of the Indian Trade Service (1986 batch), he has worked inter alia, as Executive Director, CAPEXIL, Additional DGFT and Zonal Development Commissioner, SEZ’s for East and North-East India, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana under the Union Commerce Ministry.
He took an early separation from the Government in 2016 after thirty years of service, and thereafter had a stint of three years as President of a Steel and Mining Company based out of Mumbai and Odisha.
He then moved on to join Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC), under the Ministry of Textiles, as their Secretary General where he served till October, 2020
He was a ‘Chevening Gurukul Scholar’ at the London School of Economics and a ‘Mason Fellow’ at the Harvard Kennedy School where he did his Master’s in “Public Policy and Management”.
His strengths lie in people and process management and he also has a keen interest in teaching, as a regular visiting faculty at the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, and occasionally at the Indian Institute of Management and IIT’s.
He is currently a ’Strategic Advisor’ to multiple businesses, and focuses primarily on International Trade, as an Advisor at East India Trade Advisors (EITA), a boutique Consulting firm (https://www.eita.co.in).
Mr. Manoj Paul
General Manager - (India & South Asia)
Heat and Control (South Asia) Pvt. Ltd., Chennai
Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical engineering from Mysore University and a Post-Graduate in Foreign Trade from The Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi.
In 1987 joined Kudremukh Iron Ore Company (India’s First 100% EOU) Company as a Graduate engineer trainee and worked as a maintenance engineer in the Mines. Later in 1992, moved to the Export department as Deputy Manager and was one of the key members of the team that developed exports to Chinese steel plants.
In the year 2000, moved to GEA Energy Systems in Chennai as Deputy General Manager (Exports) and was instrumental in developing the export market for the Air-cooled heat exchangers.
In 2006 Joined to Heat and Control (South Asia) in Chennai as Country Manager for India and South Asia. From a small organization having about 10 Employees and a turnover of 4 Million AUD in 2006 today Heat and Control has about 450 employees and has a sales turnover of AUD $ 50 Million.
Heat and Control (South Asia) in 2011 acquired M/s Flavorite technologies a leading supplier of Economical Food Processing equipment in India and today Heat and Control is also able to provide solutions for the small and medium size players in the food processing industry looking for economical equipment
Heat and Control invested a sum of Rs. 125 Crores and set up the largest manufacturing facility of Heat and Control worldwide in Mahindra World City, Chennai and today is one of the leading suppliers of Food processing and packaging machinery in India and exports equipment to more than 20 countries worldwide
Currently is a director of Indo- Australian Chamber of Commerce and the 1st Vice chairman of Indo-American Chamber of Commerce, Tamil Nadu Branch.
Mr. Abhishek Poddar
Country Head, Macquarie Infrastructure, Real Assets
Abhishek is India Country Head, Macquarie Group and Managing
Director at Macquarie Asset Management (MAM), based in Mumbai.
In this role, Abhishek is responsible for sourcing of investment,
executing transactions, asset management and external
stakeholder relationship management across renewables, energy
transition, infrastructure, and private equity funds.
Abhishek joined Macquarie in 2018 and has been leading the asset
management and exit initiatives across various MAM funds invested
in India. He has also been driving new investment opportunity in the
Energy Transition domain across India and Southeast Asia.
Prior to joining Macquarie, Abhishek spent more than 18 years in
management consulting industry in India and Asia-Pacific region,
wherein he advised large companies on a range of topics across
corporate strategy, value maximisation, digital transformation and
organisation set up. In his last role as a Senior Partner at A.T.
Kearney, he led the Energy and Process industry practice for the
firm in India.
Abhishek has authored several articles and publications and is a
frequent speaker at various industry forums and conferences. He
has been closely involved with various economic and industry policy
matters as Chairman of India Australia Chamber of Commerce
(Western Chapter) and a member of the CII National Committee on
Power, Renewables and Infrastructure.
Abhishek has a Master of Business Administration from IIM,
Ahmedabad, and has studied B.Sc. (Hons) in Mathematics from St.
Stephen’s College, New Delhi.
Mr. P.B. Santhanakrishnan
Senior Partner
P.B. Vijayaraghavan & Co., Chennai
Mr. P. B. Santhanakrishnan graduated in B.sc from A. M. Jain College, Chennai. P. B. Santhanakrishnan completed Chartered Accountancy in 1979 and became a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India in August 1984 (Associate member in August 1979). He joined as a partner of the firm in June 1980.
Some of his major milestones:
Director on the earlier Board of Oriental Bank of Commerce / CANFIN Homes Ltd.
Director on the current Board of Tamilnadu News Print and Papers Ltd and SBI Mutual Fund Trustee Company Pvt ltd.
Had been a member of the Southern India Regional Council for two terms during the period 1982-85 and 1985-88.
Had been a Former Member of the Reserve Bank of India Committee on
Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS).
Had been a Member of the Governing Board, Punjab National Bank Institute of Institute of Information Technology, New Delhi.
Has a vast experience in handling assurance engagements, audit of nationalised banks, income tax representations etc.
Held position as Director in Public Sector Bank(s) and subsidiaries of public sector bank(s)
Finalised audit of Apex Banks in India (Reserve Bank of India, State Bank of India, Punjab National Bank/ Oriental Bank of Commerce) and overseas and number of Public Sector Undertakings - NLC India Ltd.
Mr. Suresh Raman
Southern India Chapter Chairperson and Vice President IACC
Suresh Raman is the Vice President and Region Head for Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Chennai.
He manages TCS’ largest delivery centre, with over 90,000 associates. His focus areas are to provide
right experience for customers and associates leveraging state-of-the-art digital technologies;
facilitate talent management; nurture innovation, promoting diversity and associate well-being;
provide agile and sustainable infrastructure; cost optimization; besides working closely with
stakeholders across Government, Industry Associations and Communities.
An alumnus of Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS) - Pilani, Suresh has over 3 decades of
experience in Management Consulting Services and Information Technology Industry.
During this period, he has held diverse leadership roles across Sales, Delivery, Operations and Client
relationships across multiple geographies as well as leading key strategic opportunities.
Having earlier spent a decade as a Management Consultant within TCS as well as briefly with
PriceWaterhouse, he had played an advisory role to MNCs as well as to Governments
He holds / has held key honorary positions and is an active member in industry bodies :
Board Member, Vice President (Southern Region) and Member of the Executive Committee
of the Indo-Australian Chamber of Commerce
Chairman of CONNECT (2019 / 2020), a premier ICT event of the Confederation of Indian
Industry (CII), hosted by Government of Tamil Nadu and co-hosted by STPI, Government of
India
President of the Madras Management Association (MMA)
Member of the Tamil Nadu State Planning Commission Working Group on Industrial Policy.
Member of the Tamil Nadu State Advisory Council to develop a Federal Fiscal Model.
CII Special Invitee to the Tamil Nadu State Council & General Committee member of Madras
Chamber of Commerce & Industry (MCCI)
Chair of Chennai Chapter of TATA Network Forum
Mr. Gaven Standon
Executive Partner Ecosystem, Telstra
Ambassador Anil Wadhwa
Northern India Chapter Chair, AustCham India
Mr. Abhishek Poddar
Country Head, Macquarie Infrastructure, Real Assets
Mr. Ravin Mirchandani
Chairman, Ador Powertron Limited
Mr. Ajay Rattan
Vice President, TATA BlueScope Steel
Mr. Abizer Merchant
Director India & Sri Lanka, Macquarie International, Sydney
Mr. Mayank Manish
Founder and Executive Director, OpEzee
Mr. Sachit Rajan
Charter BPO Solutions Pvt
Mr. Vinod Daniel
CEO, India Vision Institute
Mr. Santhanakrishnan
Senior Partner, P.B. Vijayaraghavan & Co
Dr. TR Kesavan
Group President, TAFE
Mr. Soy Joseph
Director, SAS Partners
Mr. Sudarshan G Chary
Director, Sattva Logistics
Mr. Sanjeev Nandwani
Mentor and Advisor, East India Trade Advisors
Mr. Siddharth Jairaj
Chief Executive Officer, TVS SCS Global Solutions
Ms. Vijayalakshmi
Head of Scaleup Business, TCS
Ms. Janice Pais
Head, Research and Analysis, ANZ Mumbai
Ms. Parinitaa Rajgarhiaa
Managing Partner, Leaddz Entertainments
Mr. Samarjeet Singh
Director, Incubit Global Business Services, New Delhi
Mr. Nitish Sairam
Director, Illumine Industries
Mr. Ankur Munjal
Country Director, Dezan Shira
Mr. Kunal Vora
SHRM, Biotechnologies
Ms. Preeti Dang
Country Head, CPA Australia India Liaison
SPECIAL INVITEES
Mr. John Southwell
Senior Trade Investment Commissioner
Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) , New Delhi
Dr. Monica Kennedy
Head of Austrade
Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) , New Delhi
Ms. Sonia Gandhi
Founder
India Australia Business & Community Alliance , Australia
Mr. Abhinav Bhatia
Senior Trade & Investment Commissioner
Trade and Investment Queensland (TIQ) , Bengaluru
Mr. Vidyanand Sagaram
Director - Strategic Projects
Victorian Government Trade and Investment , Bengaluru
Ms. Savitha Kesav Jagadeesan
Senior Resident Partner, Kochhar & Co. and
Honorary Legal Advisor, IACC, Chennai
Mr. Saurabh Ranadive
Partner – Deal Advisory, M&A Consulting, KPMG India Services LLP