NHRDN Chennai Monthly Meeting – Wednesday, March 30th 2016
Sadhana Somasekhar, Managing Director, Platinum Infosystems Pvt Ltd., (an organization that focusses on People & Leadership). She has over 25 years in the IT& ITES industry and is an accredited, practicing CEO/Executive Coach. She is Director on the Board of Directors of Future Focus Infotech Pvt. Ltd. (FFI) & currently, Advisor to its Management, an organization whose business she was responsible for in an executive capacity, as well, over a decade.
She is currently on the NASSCOM National Council for Diversity & Inclusion, and was the Chair for its council in Tamil Nadu (2012-2015). She is also Chairperson- Bilateral Relations, India-Sri Lanka, India — USA (CPD), ALL Ladies League, and the Vice Chair, Coaching Foundation India Limited, Chennai.
She is a recipient of a number of awards including her latest “Best Woman Entrepreneur Across Sectors”- Dun & Bradstreet’s Leading SMEs of India & SME awards (2013-14) and “Woman Leader for Innovation”- 5th Annual Woman Leaders of India summit (2014)
Presents
“Career, Life & Leadership”
Speaker
Sadhana Somasekhar
Managing Director, Platinum Infosystems Pvt Ltd.,
At 07.00 pm, on Wednesday, 30 Mar, 2016
At Hotel Savera, Dr. Radhakrishnan Salai, Mylapore
P.S.
Registration Fee of Rs. 400/- will apply to Non-Members attending the program.
Networking over tea begins at 6.30 pm.



Ms. Lakshmi Kruti Vasan’s career spans over 30 years of work experience in varied fields and capacities. Her initial experience was in manufacturing before she moved into sales and marketing. She started her illustrious sales career with ITC Hotels before branching off into the Realty sector.
Mr.George Koshi George has over 19 years of experience in domains ranging from Manufacturing, Assessment Centers and Consulting (Organization Development). He is a chemistry graduate from Madras Christian College. He started his career with MRF Tyres and had moved to various organizations like Layam, Ma Foi, Paradigm Shift, CavinKare, DORMA. Currently he is with Infosys as Lead – Education Training and Assessment. His core expertise lies in Instructional Design, Sales and Behavioral Skills and has delivered programs for over 45 organizations. He had received the best lecturer award from IIT Madras. Apart from delivering programs he has undergone training in ‘Six thinking hats’ and `Train the Trainer’ by FORUM Australia. He is a certified Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) practitioner.
Dr. Kassim Saleem All (Retd. IPS) is the Chairman and Managing Director of Fourth Force – a unit of Agni Group of Companies. Prior to this he was in the Indian Police Service for more than 30 years donning various roles including Inspector General of Police, Indo Tibetan Border; Joint Director, Administration and Special Crime, CBI; Director General of Police; Special Director, CBI. He was instrumental in introducing the concept of Forensic Psychology in suicide cases, improving the e-procurement software of the Government of India, part of the investigation team of the Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case. He was also the Member of the National Disaster Management Authority of India supervising the disaster management related issues concerning cyclone, floods, landslides and avalanches all over the country.
Dr. Abdur Rub, Chief Technology Offices, Xcode Life Sciences. Abdur holds a Masters in Engineering from University of Cincinnati and a PhD in Biomedical Sciences from the University of South Florida (USF), USA. He has co-authored over 25 journal papers and has over 50 international conference proceedings in a variety of scientific disciplines. His main scientific contributions are in the areas of in vitro diagnostics, genetic sequencing and gene amplification technologies. He has been the recipient of a number of esteemed awards such as the A*STAR young Scientist Award in 2012 and several international competitive Grant Awards for scientific research. Prior to Xcode, Abdur has held various senior management positions in Academia and industry. His recent appointments are CEO of Cell Diagnostics, Singapore and Vice President of Research, Credo Biomedical, Singapore and Head of In Vitro Diagnostics, A*STAR, Singapore.
MR MUTHU KUMAR THANU A post-graduate from MSSW batch with a career graph moving from public sector BHEL, Whirlpool, Bharti, Murugappa Group and presently as Group Chief HR Officer for the merged entity of TAFE & Eicher. Has varied HR & TQ experience in Engineering, FMCG, Telecom and presently in Farm/Auto industry. Certified assessor in Malcolm Baldrige Award, CII Business Excellence Model and both Hays and Mercer models of Job Evaluation. Has attended the Advanced Human Resource Executive Program from Ross School of Business, Michigan. Has received recognition for best HR practices in Air-Tel and in Tube Investments of India and has been part of “Best Employer India Award” from Aon-Hewitt. Held the positions of Southern Regional Chairman for HR with CII & Vice President of HRD Network and presently with CII Tamilnadu as HR Panel Chairman His pastimes include travelling, heritage site visits and related history.
Annadurai, is 29 and plies a share auto on the Thiruvanmiyur-Sholinganallur route. His auto is equipped with wi-fi and mobile-charging point and he stocks a dozen-plus magazines and the newspapers of the day. He also has a tablet handy for Those who do not have smart phones.