Jury Members, Spirit of Manufacturing Awards 2015


AJAI CHOWDHRY

Mr. Ajai Chowdhry, one of the six founder members of HCL began an exciting journey more than three decades ago with a dream to give India its very own microcomputer. The sheer clarity of vision and hard work led to a revolution and laid the foundation for the Indian IT industry, taking India to the league of major economies of the world.

HCL, India's original IT garage start-up founded in 1976, today is an Rs 38,000 crores (US $6.5 bn) global enterprise and Mr. Ajai Chowdhry has been a key force in driving the growth of HCL. He led the foundation of HCL's overseasoperations, starting with Singapore in 1980s and later expanded to the other South Asian Markets. Mr. Chowdhry,son of an IAS officer, has also been a key force in driving the growth of HCL Infosystems, the flagship company of the group. He took over the reins of HCL Infosystems in early 90s and became the Ch...

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PRIYANK NARAYAN

An entrepreneur, academician, practitioner and student, Priyank has rich experience in organization building. Having worked in organisations like IBM, Priyank has been an entrepreneur for over 8 years. He is currently the Director of the Centre for Entrepreneurship at Ashoka University. He also teaches at IIT Delhi as a visiting faculty and mentors a number of startups.

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SUNIL BHALLA

Sunil Bhalla is a professional turned serial entrepreneur. He is a Co-founder and Director of Lava International Ltd. A Mechanical engineer & an MBA from IMT, he has worked with Maruti Udyog Limited in the past. At Lava International Limited, he contributes in Strategic Planning.

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SUDHA SARIN

Sudha is a seasoned communications professional with over  two decades of experience in managing strategic communications for organisations. She is responsible for lead generation, opportunity creation, corporate communications, customer marketing, creative services and marketing operations at Power2SME.

She recently left her role as Managing Director, Public Affairs–IPAN & Knowlton India to work independently with companies and entrepreneurs to lend them her learnings over the last 2 decades. Sudha has in the past held top management positions including as CEO at Good Relations India and COO/Senior Partner at Ketchum Sampark after merging her company Insight Communications in Dec 2006 with Sampark.

Sudha has a Masters degree in English Literature from Miranda House College, Delhi University and a diploma in Marketing and Strategic Planning. She...

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Jury Members, Spirit of Manufacturing Awards 2014


SUNIL KANT MUNJAL

Mr. Sunil Kant Munjal is a senior member of the ~$ 5.6 billion Hero Group and is responsible for developing growth strategy and implementation of new business plans for the Group. He was selected by 'India Today' – India's largest English newsmagazine, as one of the "Faces of the Millennium" for business. He has received GlobScot Award from the Scottish Government in Sept., 2012. His name has been inscribed on The Royal Society of Medicine's Wall of Honour at London in recognition of his contribution in Affordable Healthcare as President of DMCH, Ludhiana in February, 2013.

Management responsibilities : He is the Joint Managing Director of Hero MotoCorp Ltd., the world's largest motorcycle manufacturing company, and Cha...

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R. NARAYAN

Mr. R Narayan is the Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Power2SME. Mr. R. Narayan sets the overall direction for the business and responsible for all marketing, operational and business development efforts for Power2SME. His responsibilities include driving strategic partnerships and alliances with large Indian enterprises & global players with the focus on scalability and profitability of the company.

As a qualified Cost Accountant, Narayan brings on board more than 24 years of general management and sales & marketing experience. Having worked closely with over 2 lakh SMEs around the country for the last 10 years, he brings an excellent understanding of SMEs, their needs in an evolving economy, which will enable Power2SME reach new heights and greater succe...

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HARKESH KUMAR MITTAL

Shri Harkesh Kumar Mittal is the Adviser, Member Secretary at National Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEDB) and Secretary, Technology Development Board (TDB).

Achievements : An alumni of the National Dairy Research Institute (1981) and the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad (1984), Shri Harkesh Mittal has been instrumental in giving a new vibrancy to promoting the innovation and entrepreneurial acumen among a wide section of Indian entrepreneurs ranging from simple rural industries to high end technological enterprises.

His two decades long association with the Government has coincided with the beginning of India's economic liberalization initiatives. With his untiring efforts and personal initiative, Shri...

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ASHISH GUPTA

Ashish Gupta is the Global COO and Global Business Unit Head, Financial Services of Evalueserve. He is also the founder and trustee of Ashoka University. He has been with Evalueserve since its inception in December 2000 and has spearheaded Evalueserve successfully to create the largest pure-play KPO Company.

Prior to joining Evalueserve, Ashish was the founder and CEO of Ties2Family, a community building portal that provided various services to Indians in India and overseas, growing the company to 25 employees and 100,000 customers. Ashish has also worked at McKinsey & Co. in Delhi as an Engagement Manager. He spent five years at McKinsey, working with clients in India, the US, Europe and China; he was a core member of the firm's e-commerce practice.

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