Key Strengths
- Over thirty years of experience in the technology industry in the areas of supply chain management, health care, AI & Neural network, retail, energy and offshore Financial Service Outsourcing
- Over thirty years of experience in the technology industry in the areas of supply chain management, health care, AI & Neural network, retail, energy and offshore Financial Service Outsourcing
- Pioneered the single windows selection process (1994) in Tamilnadu Medical Selection, later this was implemented across India
- Has worked with IBM Inc., HP, SAP and XEROX, on many mission critical projects in USA and Asia
- His work on Health Supply chain model in Tamil Nadu was the pioneering model in India, which got later replicated in many States in India and Central Governments and across globe. The model was widely appreciated by The World Bank and WHO. He was awarded the Prestigious Luther Terry Award in USA for his outstanding contribution in Public Drug Distribution in Africa
- Managed the off-shore facilities of Allianz SE, Germany successfully over five years in India
- Build the infrastructure and establishing the offshore facilities of CAPCO, a leading world-wide business and technology management consultancy firm in Pune
- Founded Broadline Technologies Private Limited (BTPL) and build into a premier player in domestic and International markets that currently employs over 300 professionals working from India, USA, and Middle East
- He was awarded the prestigious Indian Prime Minister’s E-Governance Award for successful innovation of the drug distribution system in the year 2000
- He was awarded the prestigious Indian Prime Minister’s E-Governance Award for successful innovation of the drug distribution system in the year 2000
- Working with University of Plymouth, UK offshoot company on various Robotic applications and neural networks
- Worked as SCM expert for Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanams (TTD) along with Indian Institute ofManagement for re- structuring their supply chain process. During the process of revamps many commendable changes has been introduced to save, cost and build efficiency in the systems
- Partnered with Siemens on Industrial 4.0 Centre of Excellence and established research and development facilities around India. Building applications for Siemens across the world
Patents in 2021
- Oxygen optimizer: Device that saves up to 50% oxygen for non-invasive patients. This device helped the hospitals to admit more patients with the available oxygen during the oxygen crisis. Used by hospitals around the county, now is being evaluated in the USA and middle east.
- Tea leaf quality system. : An unit that is able to inspect the tea leaf quality and its moisture content,weight and presence of foreign particles in leaves delivered to factories. The system extended to 27000 farmers in the Nilgiris District
- AI based inspection system: A system to inspect components on any manufacturing shop floor, the process is not light dependent and user configurable. Used by all automotive majors.
- Food preservation system: A replacement for cold storage for fruits and vegetables, which works on zero running cost and a very economical alternative over cold storage. This system will make our farmers preserve fresh produce at a fraction of the cost. The concept and the products are approved by NABARD and ICAR, which is widely being tested in various states of India by the farmers
Career:
- Commenced in L&T Limited, India
- Digital Equipment Corporation Inc., USA
- The World Bank
Education and Affiliation:
- M.Tech from IIT Madras, specialized in Electrical engineering
- MBA Systems
- PhD from University of Toronto in AI and neural science
- PhD in Supply chain management from Madras University
- Formerly Adjunct professor of supply chain at MIT-Zaragoza Logistics Center, Zaragoza, Spain
- Visiting Professor of Neural systems and Robotics, Centre for Robotics and Neural Science (CRNS)|Plymouth University, UK.
- Visiting Professor of Technologies Highland University, Inverness, Scotland, UK
- Member of the board of the Tamil Chair, Harvard University, USA
- Visiting professor of IIM Lucknow, India
- Member of Tamil chair board for the establishment of Tamil chair in University of Toronto, Canada
- Regular speaker across Global conferences in the areas of AI, Cyber security, SCM and E Governance
- Secretary of the N.K. Thirumalachariar Educational Society founded in 1945 which manages Two Schools and a college for women specialize in teaching in Triplicane, Chennai
