eWIT Students Convention 2013

Empowering Women in IT cordially invites you for its Student Convention 2013 The Theme for this Year Tomorrow is (Y)ours Date: Friday, 6th September 2013 Time: 8.30am - 5pm Venue: Tag Auditorium, Anna University , Chennai Program Registration Inauguration Key Note Address by Chief Guest Panel Discussion - Tomorrow Is Yours About Paper contest & Winners talk Your Questions Answered Get Inspired Announcement of Prize winners for poster competition Valedictory & Prize Distribution Vote of Thanks For latest updates of the event: Check -  http://ewitstudentsconvention.blogspot.in.  Click here for program details Event Sponsors Registration Fee 1. Members: Free with allotted seats. eWIT admin will confirm the registration with no. of seats allotted to Members 2. Non-Members: A registration fee of Rs.200/- is applicable to each person / student

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Get Inspired - by Sridevi Raghavan, CEO - Amelio

GET INSPIRED - Speaker 

Sridevi Raghavan - CEO, Amelio

Sridevi Raghavan is co-founder and CEO of Amelio Child Care Pvt. Ltd. Sridevi returned to India upon her graduation with an MBA from Harvard Business School in 2008 to start Amelio along with her husband Raghavan.

Sridevi has a diverse work experience which enriched her exposure and thinking along businesses in India. Sridevi started her career in advertising with Ogilvy and Mather, and was part of the brand building of several national brands such as Brooke Bond Red Label, Club Mahindra Holidays and Reynolds. Thereafter, Sridevi shifted trajectory, and worked in a few non-profits such as CRY and CARE in India before her MBA.

Sridevi worked on the idea of creating daycares within Companies during her MBA at Harvard, and enrolled in the Business Plan Contest with her idea. Her idea greatly appealed to  a few HBS Alumni who are PE Investors in the United States, and with PE funding, she decided to return to India to start Amelio.

Today Amelio has seven centres across Chennai, most of which have been created in partnership with Companies and Institutions. Amelio is proud to be associated with leaders in various Industry leaders such as the Mahindra Group, Hiranandhani, HCL, Accenture and Arun Excello to name a few. Amelio plans to operate over 10 centers in Chennai by August 2013, and expand pan-India shortly afterward, through the owned and operated route.  Amelio has created a well-planned and researched early education curriculum and has the honor of having India’s best minds in early education on their advisory board. Amelio has been recognized by NASSCOM as a futuristic and international daycare provider, and Amelio has presented their study on the daycare market in India during the NASSCOM Gender Inclusivity Summit in Bangalore in December 2009.

Amelio was a finalist at the Business World Hottest Young Entrepreneurs feature in March 2013. In December 2012, Sridevi won the TiECon Chennai Award for entrepreneurship in recognition of the contribution of Amelio to the working women of Chennai. Sridevi is also the recipient of the Woman of the Year award for 2013 accorded by FICCI FLO.

A trained Bharatanatyam dancer,  Sridevi has performed in various cities in India and abroad. Sridevi also greatly enjoys travelling and reading.

MEET YOUR PROFESSIONAL PANEL - 'YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED' - contd.

Panelist

M. SWETHA DURGA   

Sales and Training Executive - Phaeros IT India Pvt. Ltd.

Swetha holds a BE degree from Meenakshi Sundararajan Engineering College, Anna University and has also completed her B2 level in French from the Alliance Francaise.

At present she works as a Sales and Training Executive at Phaeros IT India Pvt. Ltd. where she provides Software training to customers apart from a significant role in improving sales.

Before Phaeros, she had worked with Keane India as a software engineer, Allsec Technologies and IT Kids.

Swetha is a very dynamic person who is highly skilled in personal relationships. She has excellent verbal and written communication skills in French as well as English and has a passion for learning.

She is happily married and has one child whom she dotes on.

MEET YOUR PROFESSIONAL PANEL - 'YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED' - contd.

Panelist

SUMA MATHAI 

Sr. Manager – HR & Admin – Sanpra Infotech Pvt. Ltd.

Suma holds an MBA in Human Resource & Marketing from the Institute for Technology and Management, affiliated to New Hampshire University, USA and holds the distinction of being a Gold Medalist Winner for Best Outgoing Student of that batch.

She has rich experience in Strategic HRM, Recruitment, Resourcing & Development, Performance Management, Training, Compensation & Benefits, Welfare, Employee Engagement and general administration with well-known organizations.

She played a key role in devising and implementing strategies that streamlined employee performance and organizational deliverables fostered an environment for increased business and reduced operational costs.

Suma is a thorough professional who has enjoyed success in implementing new HR techniques as an effective Change agent.

Before Sanpra Infotech, she had worked with Extel Consulting, Chennai, Synova Innovative Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore, Integra Software Services Pvt. Ltd., Puducherry, Melstar Information Technologies Ltd, Chennai, CoreTech Infosystems, Chennai

MEET YOUR PROFESSIONAL PANEL - 'YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED' - contd.

Panelist

VANIPRIYA JAYARAMAN

 Managing Partner & Director, Proyojana

Vanipriya Jayaraman is the Managing Partner & Director of Proyojana Business Consulting Private Limited, a product and SaaS start-up co-founded by herself.  She has experience in product development, process re-engineering and developing web & mobile strategies for enterprises , and of building ground-up applications for multiple industries like Media, Publishing, Financial Services, Engineering, Education etc. across functional domains like HR, Finance, Operations, etc.

Prior to starting Proyojana she worked as the Head – Technology / R&D with the US-based technology media company Arden Media and handled the all technology initiatives for the products Telecomcareers.com, RCRWireless.com.

She had worked in the Murugappa Group ITES company - Laserwords as a Product Manager for the Mobile / Web Products team and also headed the pre-sales team prior to Arden.

With a master’s degree in Computer Applications and  Bachelor’s degrees in mathematics and visual communication coupled with a keen business and functional acumen, she covers and front-ends all of Proyojana’s product initiatives in terms of technology architecture as well as the application’s UI/ UX. Vanipriya has also consulted various global companies to improve their web presence, and sales/marketing strategies. 

She takes special interest in interacting with students and ensuring the right training programs are provided to under privileged students and students in rural areas to make them employable in the IT industry. She is a regular in conducting seminars and guest lectures across various engineering colleges across the state. 

Recently Vanipriya was selected as one of the women entrepreneurs in India for a Business Education programme sponsored by Goldman-Sachs and conducted by ISB. 

Away from work, Vanipriya is also a classical Carnatic musician having performed at numerous venues in the city. 

MEET YOUR PROFESSIONAL PANEL - 'YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED' - contd.

Panelist 

ANUSHA DOMNIC

Manager, IT Security – Sundaram Clayton Limited

Anusha has over 14 years of IT experience in the areas of support, messaging platform, security, infrastructure management and networking.

She is a graduate in Electronics and Electrical Communication engineering from TCE, Madurai and holds multiple IT certifications from the US and India.

She started her career in Harita Infoserve Limited, TVS IT Company and then moved to various group companies within TVS.

Now she is with Sundaram Clayton Limited, Automotive production division as Manager – IT Security.

She is currently heading to manage group companies across India with 99.99% up time and to strengthen the security at all levels.

Anusha is a happy mother of an eight year old daughter and strength and backbone is her husband.

She likes traveling and trying out new dishes.

MEET YOUR PROFESSIONAL PANEL - 'YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED' - contd.

The Chair

NAMAGIRI RAMESH

Delivery Manager - Tech Mahindra.

Joint Secretary - eWIT

Namagiri Ramesh is a Post Graduate Engineer with 23 years of experience in the field of IT, primarily in the areas of delivery, operations, management, process and technical consulting. Experienced in product and services areas.

She has varied domain expertise such as BFSI, Manufacturing, Pharma, Telecom, Retail and TTL.

She has been an integral part of Change Management initiatives across the organization, including aspects of Mergers & Acquisitions.

She has been an Assessment Team Leader for CMMi reviews and a third party Quality Auditor for external organizations.

She has acted as visiting faculty for external institutions on soft skills as well as technology areas.

She headed resource management and SEPG functions and also served organizations of varied sizes from entrepreneurship to multi billion dollars.

She has presented papers in international conferences.

Currently she is heading the Testing Practice for Australia and New Zealand, Middle East, Africa and APAC regions in TechMahindra.

She is an accomplished performing vocal artist (Classical Music) and has specialized in thematic programs - published CDs and books.

She is also an executive committee member in a few musical organizations.

MEET YOUR PROFESSIONAL PANEL - 'YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED'

The Moderator

 SMITA VENKATARAMAN

Associate Director, Branding and Communications - AGS Health

Smita has over 13 years of HR leadership experience across BPO, KPO, Retail, Finance and Consulting sectors spanning recruitment, business partnering, talent management, branding and leadership development.

A graduate in English Literature, she holds post graduate qualifications in marketing and in general management from IIM Bangalore with numerous professional certifications from the US and UK.

She has worked in a range of senior leadership roles across companies such as Ajuba Solutions, McKinsey & Company, Tesco and RR Donnelley before joining AGS Health, where she is the Associate Director for Branding and Communications.

An avid reader and writer, Smita has also published articles in international journals and is a well-known speaker in colleges and corporates.

A happy mother of a three year old daughter, who she counts as her biggest motivator, she enjoys political thriller movies, writing fantasy fiction, traveling and gourmet food.

Block your Calendar for eWIT Students' Convention 2013

eWIT requests you to   Block Your Calendar for eWIT Student Convention – 2013 Theme : “Tomorrow Is (Y)ours” to be held on Friday, September 6, 2013 from 8 am to 5 pm at Tag Auditorium, Anna University, Guindy, Chennai 600032

STUDENTS' CONVENTION 2013 - TOMORROW IS (Y)OURS

'YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED' -  A QUICK PREVIEW

The session titled 'Your Questions Answered' would be conducted during the Students' Convention 2013, where there would be about 10 student representatives from colleges sitting on one side of the stage and 5-7 women managers representing Manufacturing, IT, ITES companies etc. on the other side.  

You, the students can ask a volley of questions about the industry, work and career.  The questions may be anything related to discrimination, performance evaluation, safety at workplace, type of jobs, handling bosses, gossip at work, timings, work ethic, work culture, discipline, etiquette etc.  

For the questions raised by students, the experienced young managers will answer the questions based on their experiences.

The women Managers will be able to spend time with you on the stage as well as off stage.

The criteria (for Student Representatives):

-            Preferably final year students

-            Must be able to articulate well

-            Must also be able to represent all relevant questions from their respective colleges

-            Fluency in English / Tamil

Represent your college by asking the right questions.

You could also send in your queries in advance.

Please input your questions in the form : Your Questions answered (click on this link)

Hope to see you all at the Convention on September 6^th at the TAG Auditorium, Anna University, Guindy, Chennai.

eWIT (Empowering Women in IT) presents the first Students' Convention – Tomorrow is (Y)ours

eWIT is proud to announce that it is conducting the first eWIT Students' Convention this year on September 6th at the TAG Auditorium in Anna University, Guindy, Chennai.

The Theme - Tomorrow is (Y)ours

It is a whole day event for women students from various colleges in Chennai and Tamil Nadu.

About eWIT eWIT (‘Empowering Women in IT/ITES’), is a professional forum for women in IT/ITES which was founded in 2006.  It was founded by senior women professionals from the IT/ITES industry with the objective to help the women to sustain and succeed in the industry. In order to achieve our objective, eWIT conducts various events that brings together the women from the industry for sharing their knowledge, network, and learn from like minded women from across the industry. Annual Student Convention Recently, our focus on helping the women students who are planning to enter into the IT/ITES industry has increased the academic institution membership by 300%.   Senior women of the forum are visiting the member colleges throughout Tamil Nadu and addressing the women students on various subjects and topics. This is the first year we are attempting to bring together women students from various colleges in Chennai as well as from other parts of Tamil Nadu including Kovai, Tiruchy, Madurai, Kanyakumari, Salem, Erode, Namakkal, and Sivakasi - both member colleges as well as non-member colleges. This whole day will be packed with various events that are both interesting and interactive.  Senior women professionals from different industries would be here to interact with you.  eWIT members from the companies would be at the venue for your students to connect with and make contacts. We are confident that the students who attend this program would have valuable takeaways which would greatly help them to succeed in their career.  Don’t Miss This Rare Opportunity – We will inform you with registration process soon. Get Ready To Learn and Have Fun!! Program Registration & Networking Invocation, Lighting the lamp Welcome address Key note address eWIT presentation Introduction to Student Initiative Power Panel  - Tomorrow is (Y)ours About paper contest & Paper Winners’ Presentation Your Questions Answered Get Inspired Announcement of Prize winners for Poster Competition Valedictory & Prize Distribution Vote of Thanks Please email admin@ewit.co.in or simply call Bhuvana at 044-42120706 for more information.

Welcome to the eWIT Students Convention 2013