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Monday, 25 November 2024 (6 pm – 7.15 pm)
MMA MANAGEMENT
5:30 PM 6:00 PM
Registration & High Tea
Welcome Address
Gp Capt R Vijayakumar (Retd), VSM
Executive Director, MMA
Discussion on the theme of the book
Deep Work: Rules for focused success in a distracted world by Cal Newport
Ms Sangeeta Shankaran Sumesh
Business & Leadership Coach, Speaker & Author
Independent Director on Corporate Boards
In conversation with Special Invitees
Mr Raghunath Parthasarathy
Chief Financial Officer at Hinduja Tech.
Ms Priya Selvaraj
Vice President and Country Head of Power Electronics
Siemens Gamesa
7:15 PM Q&A Session
Vote of Thanks
Sangeeta Shankaran Sumesh
Sangeeta is a Chief financial Officer turned Business & Leadership Coach Contributing by maximizing potential, performance and profits.
An Independent Director on Corporate Boards, Sangeeta is on a mission to enable, empower and elevate business with a purpose to serve Corporate leaders and teams to shine and succeed. She brings along rich corporate experience of twenty-five years with multinationals.
Sangeeta is a Charted Accountant, Management Accountant & completed executive education from Harvard Business School, a credentialed Coach from International Coaching federation (PCC), TEDx & Global Professional Speaker and Bestselling Author of “What the Finance”,“GetHigh”&“Where’stheMoolah?”.
Raghunath Parthasarathy
Raghunath Parthasarathy (Raghu) is Chief Financial Officer at Hinduja Tech. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and a qualified Cost accountant with over two and a half decades of experience across the entire gambit of Finance function and a spectrum of Industries including Internet services, financial services, IT/ITES and Healthcare sector. Hehasworkedwith reputedcompaniesincludingAllsecTechnologies,Fortis,Sifyand StandardCharteredBank.
Priya Selvaraj
Priya Selvaraj is a seasoned senior executive with extensive international experience in the semiconductor, and renewable energy sectors. Currently serving as Vice President and Country Head of Power Electronics at Siemens Gamesa, Priya oversees P&L and operations for the business, including technology, sales, supply chain, quality, and sustainable manufacturing. She has held leadership roles at SunEdison, MoserBaer, and Altera (now Intel), driving strategic initiatives in photovoltaic (PV) technology in collaboration with global technologyleaders.
Priya has earned recognition as FICCI’s Best Women Leader in Energy (2023) and one of the Top 30 Women Leaders in Energy at India Energy Storage Week 2024. She has also contributed to the solar research lab that set a world record in solar cell efficiency and holds threeU.S.patentsinsemiconductortechnology.
A Six Sigma Master Black Belt, Priya holds a Master’s in Electrical Engineering from the University of South Florida, with research funded by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Passionate about education, she actively supports Nia – The Power of Choice,anNGOthatempowersgirlsin15Indianvillages,andmentorsengineeringstudentsat AnnaUniversity.Inherpersonaltime,Priyaenjoyspaintingandtrekking.
