Conference on

Innovation & Business Excellence in Automotive Industry

To present opportunity for participants to identify business

requirements, technology availability, market for products &

Theme: Connected Cars Concept to Consumer ICT Advantage

products for market etc

17th July 2013: 0900 Hrs: Hotel Le Royal Meridien, Chennai, India

To explore strategic advantages from their counterparts in the

focus areas through partnership, joint venture, investment,
technology transfer etc

To facilitate knowledge flow in research / technology by working

with international organizations through bi-lateral/multilateral
cooperation mechanism

To facilitate the training needs of the members through exchange

and relevant programs

As a key initiative towards Better integration between Industry and

projects in Industrial Equipment, we started involving our leadership
team in Industry trend conference to gather the latest trends and
how Information Technology can support the potential areas of
emerging technologies. Such initiative will certainly complement the
Business Services initiative we are focusing in FY13 and going
forward. One of our objectives going forward is to participate in such
conference and present our credentials supporting the topics covered
in the conference. This will enable our leadership layer to participate
in a strong platform like this where multitude of Industry
stakeholders come and participate.
One of the key focuses going forward is to get associated with

Facilitate the technology requirement and other related needs of

the members through national and international networking

Global visionaries like Mr. Vincent Cobee, Corporate Vice President,

Global Datsun Business Unit, Nissan Motor, Japan, and Mr. Richard D.
Spitzer, Founder and CEO, Spitzer Group LLC, Texas, have agreed to
participate and share their knowledge at the inaugural session of the
conference.
Some of the key speakers in the conference include

Industry bodies like CII and other associations to strengthen our

Industry integration and create a platform to establish close

proximity with Industry stakeholders.

The Tamil Nadu Technology Development & Promotion Center of CII
conducted a conference on Innovation & Business Excellence in
Automotive Industry in Chennai on July 17. With the increasing level
of information & communication technology (ICT) and electronics

going into an automotive, the conference, with its theme Connected

Cars Concept to Consumer ICT Advantage, is set to discuss the
next generation technologies for the automotive and allied sectors.
Key objectives of this conference:

To provide a platform for interaction for stakeholders from

Automotive, Auto-Component, Information and Communication
Technology, Service Providers, Electronic Industries etc

Mr. Rajan Anandan, Managing Director, Google India,

Mr. Narayan Sethuramon, Managing Director, WS Industries
Ltd.,
Dr. Chandan Chowdhury, Managing Director, Dassault
Systemes India Pvt. Ltd.,
Mr. Takayuki Ishida, Managing Director & Chief Executive
Officer, Nissan Motor India Pvt. Ltd.,
Mr. Regu Ayyaswamy, Vice President & Global Head (EIS), TCS
Ltd.,
Mr. Rao Chalasani, Director AVDC, General Motors Technical
Center India Ltd.,
Mr. Raghav Gulur, Head, Continental Technical Center India,
Mr. Ravi Chawla, President & CEO, Gulf Oil Corporation Ltd.,
Mr. Nagesh Basavanahalli, Managing Director, Chrysler India
Automotive Pvt. Ltd., and
Mr. Subodh Jindal, Executive Director Transportation
Business, 3M India Ltd.

Participants from Industrial Equipment:

Selvakumar Rajendran
Mani Prabhakaran
Suresh Raghuraman