5:15 PM Registration & High Tea
6:00 PM Welcome Address
Ms Raji Raju Chairperson, FLO Chennai
Introductory Remarks
Gp Capt R Vijayakumar (Retd), VSM Executive Director
Madras Management Association
Discussion on the theme
"Women and Sustainability"
Distinguished Panelists:
Ms Deepa Sathiaram
Executive Director En3 Series & Technology Pvt Ltd
Ms Meera Nair
Management Consultant Independent Director, DBS Bank India Ltd
Ms Maithreyi Lakshmi Ratan
Founder, Wild Ideas Cooperative Trust
In conversation with
Ms Meenakshi Ramesh Executive Director United Way, Chennai
Q & A
7:30 PM
Vote of Thanks
En3Series&TechnologyPvtLtd
Deepa is a leading international green building, HVAC and building systemsdesignprofessional.Deepahasbeennamedasoneof"India'sTop 15 Nature's Keepers" for actively spearheading India's green building movement She is a USGBC LEED Fellow Class of 2013, IGBC Fellow and WELL Faculty. She has been conferred with several recognitions including the 2020 IWBI WELL Community Award, the Greenbuild India Leadership Award by USGBC in 2018, the IWBI Leadership Award in 2019, and the OutstandingLEEDProfessionalAwardbyRotary
She founded En3 which has operations in the U.S., India, the Middle East and Africa Her work includes 1000+ green buildings covering over 300 million squarefeetofgreenprojectsworldwide.Herworkincludesmanyindustryfirsts including one of India’s 1st Net-Zero Energy Buildings, 1st carbon-neutral organizationandIndia's1stcarbon-neutralconstructionproject En3isalsothe only consultant to have won 3 "LEED Earth Awards" from USGBC for implementingthefirstLEEDprojectinvariouscountriesincludingSouthSudan, Kenya,andAfghanistan.
SheisanexpertinhealthandindoorairqualityinbuildingsandisanWELL AP and works very closely with the International Well Building Institute (IWBI).Sheisalsopartofthe“BuildingsforHealth”Programajointinitiative of the USGBC and Harvard C.T. Chan School of Public Health to design buildings that enhance the health and well-being of occupants She also serves on the Sustainability Infrastructure Advisory Board at the Zofnass ProgramatHarvardUniversity.
Deepa serves on various international technical working groups including the committees for the International Code Council (ICC), International Accreditation Service Inc. (IAS), U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), Indian Green Building Council (IGBC), the EHS Department of the Ports, Customs and Free Zone authority of Dubai, and other technical committees.
Deepa is a trained expert in conformity assessment and product evaluations. She was the technical lead in setting up ICC’s green product evaluation program and involved in developing ICC’s Building Department Accreditationprogram Deepaisaninternationallyrecognizedassessorfor accreditation of testing and calibration laboratories, inspection agencies andcertifyingbodies.
Deepa is Past President of ASHRAE South India Chapter and Past National Environment Chair of Young Indians arm of the Confederation of Indian Industry(CII).
Independent Director, DBS Bank India Ltd
Business leader with 25+ years of diverse corporate and entrepreneurial experience. Has worked with and advised Governments & corporates on Food & Agriculture Businesses.
Was a key founding team member at NCDEX (National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange) that created products and markets for agricultural commodity derivatives in India, a pioneering concept then. She has also worked with EID Parry, ICICI Bank, Cyanamid India.
Currently works as
Management Consultant
Independent Director on the Board of DBS Bank India
Business Mentor for start- ups at Stanford seed India
&Crescent Innovation & Incubation council
Member, Board of Advisors for the MBA in Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Venture Development (MBA IEV) at the B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology (BSACIST)
Advisory Board Member (Chennai Region) for Teach for India
An accredited Executive coach who provides customized coaching for CXO’s and entrepreneurs
Panelist /speaker at forums on topics related to Sustainability, Agribusiness & Executive Coaching. Was the member of the Expert committee on Agri & food processing of CCI (Confederation of Indian Industries, 2020-21)
Academic credentials include a Master's degree in Agricultural Economics with a specialization in Agribusiness from Michigan State University, Master’s degree in Management studies from Mumbai University, and a degree in Agricultural Sciences from Kerala Agricultural University.
Maithreyi Lakshmi Ratan lives in Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. Her journey started in Bangalore where she finished her 12th and left for the US for further education She has multiple degrees in Computer Science, Cognitive Psychology and Business Management Her area of research started with AI and soon led her to work in a top IT company wearing various hats. Her love for solving technical problems ensured that she got many patents in her name. She founded and worked with several organizations that has women, children, culture and the environment as their focus Her life as an organic farmer started 14 years ago when she moved back to India. She currently lives with her two children Sattva and Muktha and her architect husband Ajay Nityananda on a farm in Tiruvannamalai where they grow their food, green the land and live a conscious, simple life apart from working in the villages driving the activities of their foundation - The Vilvam Foundation.
The Vilvam Foundation serves as a vehicle for transformation through a series of planned interventions providing rural families:
Economic independence through creation of jobs.
Knowledge and skill building
Better health and well-being
Stronger relationships with each other and the earth
Happiness and pride in our roots and culture
These interventions have impacted over:
20 villages
200+ direct impact on livelihoods
500+ indirect impact on livelihoods
125+ first generation learners
1000+ households
As part of the work around creating livelihoods, she helps run two self-sustaining, profitable rural enterprises: Wild Ideas and Work.Flow. These efforts help people in this district find meaningful work, become financially independent and live a life of dignity.
Meenakshi Ramesh is the Executive Director at United Way of Chennai, a not-for-profit and CSR implementation partner for corporates, in the areas of education, livelihoods and environment. She is also co-founder of Citizen Matters, an online magazine and knowledge platform for raising awareness on urban civic issues.
Meenakshi is an alumna of M S University Baroda and Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. She worked at Kotak Mahindra Finance and CRISIL, before accepting a role, in 2001, at Pratham, which is one of India’s largest NGOs, and works to ensure every children is in school and learning. She continues to work and volunteer with NGOs, including serving on the Board of four.
Meenakshi and her husband Ramesh enjoy traveling with their children Siddharth and Shivani. They also like to meet and support social entrepreneurs working for varied causes. She’s also an avid quizzer, wannabe musician and linguaphile.
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