Deputy Vice President (Global) and CEO (South Asia) – Deakin University Australia and President, AIBC (Victoria)
(TBC) Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science
Ravneet has over 28 years of experience in the international education, research, training, and upskilling sectors. She set up the Deakin University operation in India in 1994, the first ever international "University Office’ in India of any foreign education provider. She is the Vice President (Global Alliances) and the CEO (South Asia), works on strategic interventions for Deakin University across the globe, and advises the senior executive on innovative models of engagement across education, research, and re-skilling.
Ravneet has been awarded the prestigious Business Leader of the Year at the India-Australia Business and Community Awards 2018 and the Exceptional Woman of Excellence in the Women Economic Forum 2019. She has been awarded various Vice Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence for her outstanding contribution to building economic, social, and human capital. In 2021, Ravneet featured in the top 10 "Women of Indian Origin Making a Difference in Australia". She was awarded the Women Empowerment Entrepreneur Award by Asia One for 2020–21.
Mr. Ashok Mysore
Vice President, Regional Head - Delivery & Operations, Infosys Limited, Australia & New Zealand
Ashok Mysore has over 30 years of industry experience across Telecommunications, Financial Services,
Logistics, Energy, Utilities and Services industries.
Ashok joined Infosys in 2004 to lead the Telecommunications business and since has held numerous roles before
taking up the Regional COO role in 2014 responsible for Delivery & Operations. Ashok has broad experiences in
strategy, sales, general management and consulting across Australia, NZ, US, India and SEA. Ashok sits on
multiple advisory boards and is a regular speaker across industry, academia and partner ecosystem.
Ashok completed Executive Leadership Program from Stanford Graduate School of Management, an MBA in
Strategy & Leadership from University of Melbourne, and Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science & Engineering.
Advisory, Honours & Awards
IABCA Business Leader of the Year – 2019
Adjunct Professor (Honorary) – School of Information Technology, Deakin University
Member of School of IT Advisory Board, Deakin University
Member of Industry Advisory Board, IIT Kanpur & La Trobe University Research Academy
External Advisor to Australia India Institute (AII) – Education Body under University of Melbourne
Associate Vice Chair – Australia India Business Council (AIBC)
Co-Chair – Innovation & Science – India Australia Chamber of Commerce (IACC)
External Advisor & Member of Mental Health Foundation Australia (MHFA) Scientific Advisory
Committee
Mr. Suresh Raman
Southern India Chapter Chairperson and Vice President IACC
Suresh Raman is the Vice President and Region Head for Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Chennai.
He manages TCS’ largest delivery centre, with over 90,000 associates. His focus areas are to provide
right experience for customers and associates leveraging state-of-the-art digital technologies;
facilitate talent management; nurture innovation, promoting diversity and associate well-being;
provide agile and sustainable infrastructure; cost optimization; besides working closely with
stakeholders across Government, Industry Associations and Communities.
An alumnus of Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS) - Pilani, Suresh has over 3 decades of
experience in Management Consulting Services and Information Technology Industry.
During this period, he has held diverse leadership roles across Sales, Delivery, Operations and Client
relationships across multiple geographies as well as leading key strategic opportunities.
Having earlier spent a decade as a Management Consultant within TCS as well as briefly with
PriceWaterhouse, he had played an advisory role to MNCs as well as to Governments
He holds / has held key honorary positions and is an active member in industry bodies:
Board Member, Vice President (Southern Region) and Member of the Executive Committee
of the Indo-Australian Chamber of Commerce
Chairman of CONNECT (2019 / 2020), a premier ICT event of the Confederation of Indian
Industry (CII), hosted by Government of Tamil Nadu and co-hosted by STPI, Government of
India
President of the Madras Management Association (MMA)
Member of the Tamil Nadu State Planning Commission Working Group on Industrial Policy.
Member of the Tamil Nadu State Advisory Council to develop a Federal Fiscal Model.
CII Special Invitee to the Tamil Nadu State Council & General Committee member of Madras
Chamber of Commerce & Industry (MCCI)
Chair of Chennai Chapter of TATA Network Forum
Dr. Margaret Faux
Chair of IACC’s Governance and Ethics Committee
Dr Margaret Faux is a health system lawyer, senior executive, businesswoman, and academic with
deep experience and knowledge of health regulation both in Australia and internationally. She has
over four decades of experience in the health sector, having commenced her career with over a
decade practising as a registered nurse. Margaret has a PhD on the legal and administrative
operation of Australia’s blended public/private health system Medicare and is also the founder and
CEO of Synapse Medical, a leading global MedTech company offering digital health financing solutions
and consulting.
Margaret has published widely and is a regular contributor to the Australian health reform debate
and is considered one of Australia’s leading experts on the operation of the Australian health
system. Her research interests are in the areas of health system codes and classifications,
regulation, and digital enablement.
Margaret is also passionate about education and technology and drives innovation in her business
using disruptive technologies such as by building Australia’s first medical billing app with Australia’s
only medical billing rules engine. Synapse’s training academy, the Australian Institute of Medical
Administration and Compliance offers short, online courses on everything from cybersecurity through
to the difference between generic and branded medications
Mr. Ravin Ajit Mirchandani
Chairman
Ador Powertron Limited, Pune
Ravin Mirchandani is a traveller, both professional and spiritual. He has spent his life on the road in many continents and his passions have ended up him being about the road as well,- sustainable carbon-free mobility & road safety.
Ravin believes he is fortunate that his job provides him the opportunity to work on both of his passions through a focus on lithium & hydrogen mobility for vehicles and technology to change and influence driver behaviour on roads. Ravin has been a jury member since 2018 for the CHARGE ENERGY awards held in Iceland each year which are focused on identifying the best legacy & emerging brands in the energy, clean energy and e-mobility space globally.
Ravin also has a private pilot’s license and believes that if one works in sectors that fire your passion, eventually one is bound to find the success that we all aspire towards.
Mr. Manoj Paul
General Manager - (India & South Asia)
Heat and Control (South Asia) Pvt. Ltd., Chennai
Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical engineering from Mysore University and a Post-Graduate in Foreign Trade from The Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi.
In 1987 joined Kudremukh Iron Ore Company (India’s First 100% EOU) Company as a Graduate engineer trainee and worked as a maintenance engineer in the Mines. Later in 1992, moved to the Export department as Deputy Manager and was one of the key members of the team that developed exports to Chinese steel plants.
In the year 2000, moved to GEA Energy Systems in Chennai as Deputy General Manager (Exports) and was instrumental in developing the export market for the Air-cooled heat exchangers.
In 2006 Joined to Heat and Control (South Asia) in Chennai as Country Manager for India and South Asia. From a small organization having about 10 Employees and a turnover of 4 Million AUD in 2006 today Heat and Control has about 450 employees and has a sales turnover of AUD $ 50 Million.
Heat and Control (South Asia) in 2011 acquired M/s Flavorite technologies a leading supplier of Economical Food Processing equipment in India and today Heat and Control is also able to provide solutions for the small and medium size players in the food processing industry looking for economical equipment
Heat and Control invested a sum of Rs. 125 Crores and set up the largest manufacturing facility of Heat and Control worldwide in Mahindra World City, Chennai and today is one of the leading suppliers of Food processing and packaging machinery in India and exports equipment to more than 20 countries worldwide
Currently is a director of Indo- Australian Chamber of Commerce and the 1st Vice chairman of Indo-American Chamber of Commerce, Tamil Nadu Branch.
Mr. T.R. Kesavan
Group President (Corporate Relations and Alliances)
Tractors and Farm Equipment (TAFE), Limited, Chennai
Thekkepat Raman Kesavan – “TR Kesavan” or “K7” as he is better known, is an Engineering and Management professional with 50 years of national and international experience in both functional and management areas. His domain expertise covers agriculture, construction and mining, oil tools and material handling. He actively participates and continues as the governing council member of industrial and government associations.
Speaker and mentor in national and international fora, Kesavan has a track record of 30 years in areas of agriculture productivity and management, government industry interface and public private partnership. He has made several presentations and addressed professional gatherings across the globe. Kesavan is also an external faculty for leading management schools.
Kesavan has worked closely with Clinton Foundation focusing on Africa and works closely with USIBC on the Agri-cooperation policy making. He also held the helm as the President of Indian Tractor and Mechanisation Association (TMA) over an extended period of five years. He was also the Technical Chair of TMA earlier.
Kesavan also had a distinguished academic career winning the Banko Award and Gold medal in his graduate studies in Engineering from the University of Madras and went on to be the first in the university and gold medalist in his management studies at the University of Bombay. He completed the sandwich course of University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Kesavan likes to spend his spare time mentoring students. He is additionally a prolific speaker and teacher in management and marketing and lectures at leading academic and training institutions. A master of Reiki healing, he also dabbles in spirituality, painting, writing and carpentry and is an avid reader. Happily married, the Kesavans have two grown up sons settled in Melbourne Australia.
I have been a complete outdoor person, playing various sports, representing my school and college.
The only difference now is, the interest lies in watching against actually playing them.
Director of TAFE Motors & Tractors Limited, TAFE Access Limited, TAFE Reach Limited and the Group President (Corporate Relations & Alliances) - TAFE Limited, the world’s third largest tractor manufacturer and India’s largest exporter of tractors, with a large portfolio of agricultural products and equipment consisting of MF, IMT, TAFE and Eicher brand of tractors, agricultural implements & equipment, and engines in both Indian and Overseas markets. He represents TAFE in various domestic and overseas industry bodies and government committees.
Member of the B20 India Task Force on Inclusive GVCs for Resilient Global Trade and Investment.
Chairman, Expert Committee on Agriculture, West Bengal
Chairman, Vision Group on Agriculture, Department of Industries & Commerce, Karnataka
Governing Council Member of the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI), Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH)
President of Madras Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI)
Chairman of National committee on Agriculture, FICCI
Co-Chairman of Africa Regional Council, FICCI
Executive Council Member and Co Chairman of 'F&B and Agribusiness' Leadership Forum, Indo-Australian Chamber of Commerce
Convener – Special initiatives under Food, Agriculture and Retail committee, USIBC
Pawan Parikh
Chief Executive Officer of Safeway Concessions
Mr. Pawan Parikh, has 30+ years of rich international experience across infrastructure, energy, metals & minerals sectors. Mr. Parikh joined Safeway Concessions (platform floated by Macquarie (MAIF 2) for the nine (9) toll roads under TOT-1 bundle) as the CEO since May 2022.
Prior to joining Safeway, he was working with eminent organizations like Shapoorji Pallonji & Co. Pvt Ltd and Siemens Ltd and heading their EPC and Energy Power Transmission businesses respectively.
At Shapoorji Pallonji, where he worked for almost 9 years, he was credited for growing the business internationally and substantially improving business performance
Prior to Shapoorji Pallonji, he worked with Siemens for more than 21 years and was last heading their Energy Power Transmission Division for South Asia with 5 manufacturing units and more than 120 EPC construction sites. He was instrumental in bringing to India various advanced technologies in the space of Power Transmission leading to multi-fold growth in the field of Gas Insulated Substations (GIS), High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) Systems, Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS) and Ultra High Voltage (UHV) systems.
In his illustrious career and under his able leadership, the organizations won several awards like “Safety and Continuous Improvement” from Guinea Alumina Corporation & Fluor, “Rashid” award from Emirates Global Aluminium for Best Contractor in the area of safety and many more prestigious awards.
INDUSTRY SECTOR LEADERSHIP FORUM CO-CHAIRS
Resources and METS
Mr. Jasmeet Singh Kalsi
Director, Manikaran Power Ltd.
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Mr. Glen D’Costa
Regional Manager – India, MD Mineral Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
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Science & Innovation
Mr. Ashok Mysore
Vice President, Regional Head - Delivery & Operations, Infosys Limited, Australia & New Zealand
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Mr. Suresh Raman
Vice President and Regional Head, Tata Consultancy Services, Chennai
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Dr. GSK Velu
Chairman and Managing Director at Trivitron Group of Companies | Chairman of Neuberg Diagnostics | Chairman of FICCI Tamilnadu State Council.
Health
Dr. Margaret Faux
Founder & CEO, Synapse Medical Services
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Dr. GSK Velu
Chairman and Managing Director at Trivitron Group of Companies
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F & B and Agribusiness
Mr. Manoj Paul
Director and General Manager, Heat and Control (South Asia) Pvt. Ltd., Director – Flavorite Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Indore
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Mr. T.R. Kesavan
Group President – Corporate Relations & Alliances, Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited
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Infrastructure
Pawan Parikh
Chief Executive Officer of Safeway Concessions
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Mr. Ravin Ajit Mirchandani
Chairman, Ador Powertron Limited
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Education & Research
Ms. Ravneet Pawha
Deputy Vice President (Global) and CEO (South Asia) – Deakin University Australia and President, AIBC (Victoria)