Knowledge Partner

MADRAS MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION

Presents

One Day Workshop on

Digital Immersion Day: Touch, Try, Transform: Hands-on with Digital Tools

• Hands-on solution demos across multiple industries.
• Live exercises that will help create connected smart factories.
• Cross-industry use cases on AI, sustainability & analytics.
• Practical, interactive learning from real domain experts.

• Industry veteran with 40 years’ experience with proven track record of leading transformative initiatives, deep expertise in operational excellence and digital transformation.
• Led digital transformation initiatives in the manufacturing sector, demonstrating his ability to envision and execute comprehensive digital strategies. He led the LARGEST Oracle ERP transformation program in ASIA.
• Held leadership roles at renowned organizations such as Chief Digital and Information Officer at Hindalco, President and Corporate Head Business Excellence at Aditya Birla Management Group, Chief Quality Officer, Wipro Technologies etc

• • Technology & consumer-focused entrepreneur and investor with over 15 years of experience.
  • Involved in founding or leading several ventures such as TELiBrahma, Sensara, MonkeyBox, and consumer brands like JustBooks and Bonhomia.
  • Holds over 15 patents issued by USPTO.
  • Turnaround operations and supported underperforming startups.
  • CoCreate is a venture firm based in Bengaluru (Bangalore), focusing on idea-stage funding, especially for student entrepreneurs and early startups.

• • 14+ years of experience in automation, IoT systems, and digital transformation.
  • Founder & CEO of Optiex, a leading IoT and Industry 4.0 solutions company.
  • Delivered large-scale automation and utility integration projects.
  • Worked with top OEMs including Siemens, Rockwell, Honeywell, Yokogawa, and Schneider.
  • Expertise in integration layers for SCADA, PLC, and sensor data systems.
  • Digital sustainability tracking and AI/ML-based automation.

• • Founder & Director of Jayam SCM Consultants Pvt. Ltd. since January 2021.
  • A specialist and advisor in Logistics, SCM (Supply Chain Management), Technology, and Sustainability.
  • Served as Director, Globalcom - Procurement & Contracting based in London.
  • Holds an MBA from Loyola College, Chennai (1981-1984).
  • Certified by MIT-USA in Supply Chain Technologies, Supply Chain Analytics, Humanitarian Logistics, and Sustainability (2020 to 2024).
  • Certified to serve as an Independent Director on Boards by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, New Delhi.
  • Received the "Atmanirbhar Bharat" award in 2022 from the Indian Achievers Forum.

• • Professor of Practice at Anna University
  • Executive Board member in Indian Green Building Council
  • Senior Fellowship from Indian Green Building Council
  • Chairman – Green Education @ IGBC
  • Awarded with Professor of Eminence from Manonmaniam Sundaranar University
  • Professor of Practice at Anna University
  • Visiting Faculty at IIT Madras
  • CEO in CEEBROS Group and Professor of Practice at Anna University. Ph.D. research focused on "Sustainable Design of Green Buildings".
  • World Record Holder (2 Guinness + 1 World Records Union) for environmental education.

Madras Management Association (MMA)

The Madras Management Association (MMA) is India's largest and most awarded management body, recognized as a "fountainhead of worldclass management excellence" and having won the AIMA's Best Management Association honor for 15 consecutive years. It  boasts over 9,500 members and annually organizes over 800 development activities that  have reached more than 4,00,000 executives and entrepreneurs. India’s leading Supply Chain & Digital Transformation experts. Their expertise spans supply chain digitisation, lean transformation, sustainability, and AI-driven analytics.

Jayam SCM Consultants

India’s leading Supply Chain & Digital Transformation experts. Their expertise spans supply chain digitization, lean transformation, sustainability, and AI-driven analytics.