An activist of the Indian independence movement he had participated in the Quit India Movement. He was appointed as the member of the Constituent Assembly and the provisional cabinet. He was elected to the Lok Sabha four times and served as Union Finance Minister and Defence Minister. In 1984, he was elected as the seventh Vice President of India and served as President of India from 1987 to 1992.

An Indian Administrative Service Officer of 1948 batch, served as the Governor of Tamil Nadu from 1988 to 1990 and as the Governor of Maharashtra from 1993 to 2002.

J. L. Kellogg Distinguished Professor of Accounting and Information Management at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University is the Founder & Dean, Great Lakes Institute of Management Chennai, India.

Known by his pen name Nakulan, he was an Indian poet, novelist, translator and short fiction writer, who wrote both in Tamil and English, and is noted for his surrealism and experimentation as well as free verse. He served as Professor of English, Mar Ivanios College, Thiruvananthapuram for four decades.

Appointed as Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India in April 2014. During the three years in office as Deputy Governor, Gandhi held charge of almost every area of the Central Bank; initially he held the portfolio of banking, non-banking and cooperative banking regulation, risk management (financial and operational risk management, internal control, and financial stability) and currency management.

An Indian Police Service Officer from Tamil Nadu, he served as a Special Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation and Director General, National Human Rights Commission.

A prominent green crusader, agricultural scientist, environmental activist, philosopher and organic farming expert, he is celebrated for his works on spreading ecological farming and organic farming.

An algebraic number theorist known for her work on Iwasawa theory, is a professor of mathematics and Canada Research Chair at University of British Columbia, Canada. She was previously a professor at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research.

An Indian Condensed Matter Physicist and a Distinguished Professor at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, he is known for his research on the thermal and transport behaviour of magnetic systems. He is an elected fellow of all the three major Indian Science Academies namely, the Indian Academy of Sciences, Indian National Science Academy and National Academy of Sciences, India as well as the World Academy of Sciences. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, for his contributions to Physical Sciences in 1999.

A forensic expert, writer and a formerly director of the Department of Forensics Sciences of the Government of Tamil Nadu was best known for his contributions in the investigations in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.

An Aeronautical Engineer and the Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), known for his pioneering work in rocket science. He also served as the director of Satish Dhawan Space Centre and assisted A. P. J. Abdul Kalam in the SLV3 Mission as its deputy director.He was an elected Fellow of the Aeronautical Society of India and the Indian National Academy of Engineering. The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 2000, for his contributions to Indian space program.

Formerly Vice-Chancellor University of Madras.

email:Sathikh.dr.s@gmail.com

Formerly Chancellor. SMVTCU, Kanchipuram and formerly Vice-Chancellor, Annamalai University.

Chief Secretary to Government, Government of Tamil Nadu. Chennai.

Chairman Thriveni Earthmovers Pvt. Ltd., Salem

Chairman, Super Auto Forge Private Ltd., Chennai.

Outstanding Scientist & formerly Director, Heavy Water Board, Department of Atomic Energy, Mumbai

Managing Director, Cetex Petrochemicals Ltd., Chennai.

Founder and President Transglobal Technologies Inc., 145 South Fig Street, Escondido, CA 92025.

Managing Director Cholan Paper and Board Mills Pvt. Ltd., Chengalpattu.

Managing Director Ritechoice Foundations and Engineering (P) Ltd. Chennai.

Co-Founder and President, Tessolve Semiconductor Private Ltd., Bengaluru.

Managing Director Sri Kausalya Constructions Limited Chennai.

Managing Director, URC Constructions Pvt. Ltd., Chennai.

Program Director, SAP Asia Pte Ltd., Singapore.

Managing Partner-Venbro Polymers, Vice-Chairman-Ulavan Producer Company Ltd., Erode.

Managing Director & CEO, Euroaqua Plumtek PVT Ltd.

Formerly Vice-Chancellor of Pondicherry University and Bharathidasan University and University of Madras. Also headed the National Assessment and Accreditation Council.

Starting from a modest career as a Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering, he rose to the highest position of Vice-Chancellor of Anna University.

Vice Chancellor at Chettinad Academy of Research and Education Chennai and formerly Chairman - SEAC Tamilnadu, Govt. of India formerly Director & Dean - CAS in Marine Biology, Annamalai University.

Vice President – Service Execution.

Jayakumar received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Zoology (1971-1976) from Annamalai University and then pursued his Ph.D. in Membrane Biochemistry (1976-1979) in the School of Sciences (1976-1980), Jawaharlal Nehru University, India. Jayakumar was awarded a Visiting Fellowship from NIH, USA and received his post-doctoral training in the Laboratory of Molecular Aging from 1980-1982. In 2007, Jayakumar accepted a Research Scientist position in the Department of Experimental Therapeutics at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and currently serve as a part-time worker in the same department.

A Professional Engineer, joined University of Texas is a Charter Member of the Society of Piping Engineers & Designers and Advisory Board Member, Asia Society, Texas Center. Texas Governor Rick Perry appointed Kannappan to the Texas Professional Engineers Board from 2012 to 2017. He serves as Enforcement Committee Chairman. He was elected as the Secretary and Treasurer, US National PE Board (NCEES) Southern zone. Houston Mayor Brown declared December 27, 2003 as Sam Kannappan day in Houston to mark his 60th birthday celebration.

Formerly Vice Chancellor of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, and also a Member of State Planning Commission (agriculture and irrigation) of Tamil Nadu. He has served as Member in National Policy Planning of Agriculture Biotechnology, Ferti-irrigation and Biogas Development. He was formerly the Vice Chancellor of Karpagam University, Coimbatore and Dean School of Biosciences and Bioengineering at SRM Institute of Science and Technology. Prior to these positions, he had served as the Director of Centre for Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology at Tamil Nadu.

Presently the Vice-Chancellor of Periyar Maniammai Institute of Science & Technology, Thanjavur, and formerly Dean, Faculty of Engineering & Technology, Annamalai University.

Formerly Vice-Chancellor, University of Madras

Formerly Vice-Chancellor, Tamil Nadu Physical Education and Sports University, Chennai.

Formerly Vice-Chancellor of Tamilnadu Teachers Education University, Chennai.

Senior Research Fellow / Head of Capacity Strengthening At IFPRI, he has been involved in institutional and human capacity strengthening for higher education and research in many countries for the past 23 years. He leads IFPRI program on Learning and Capacity Strengthening. He was also the program coordinator for the Agricultural Open Curriculum and Learning Initiative (AGROCURI) a consortium of 40 partners from CGIAR centers, universities in developing and developed countries and international organizations.

CEO and Co-Founder, ECSite, USA, Subbu Meiyappan is a leader in wireless telecom with over 25 years of entrepreneurial and technology development experience. Subbu previously co-founded NextNav in 2007 – an indoor location company. The technology (a terrestrial based network of highly-synchronized beacons that emit GPS-like signals on a licensed spectrum) he helped to develop at NextNav has been adopted by NASA and is finding its way into public-safety, E-911 and myriad of location applications where GPS does not work.

Managing Director, Aurobindo Pharma, Mr. N.Govindarajan has more than 20 years of experience across a variety of domains such as Bulk Drugs, CRAMS, Finished Dosages and Biotechnology.He joined Aurobindo Pharma Limited as Chief Executive Officer (API and CRAMS) in late, 2010. Mr. N.Govindarajan oversees the Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) Operations and CRAMS business of the company.Prior to joining Aurobindo Pharma, Mr. N.Govindarajan served as the Managing Director and CEO of Shasun Pharmaceuticals Limited.

Formerly Vice-Chancellor, Madurai Kamaraj University.

Associate Managing Director Accenture, India

Sr. Vice-President Citibank, Chennai

Managing Director - REUTTER Innovative Closure Technologies Pvt. Ltd, Chennai

Formerly Vice-Chancellor, Tamilnadu Teachers Education University, Chennai

Prof.M.Selvam,Vice-Chancellor,Bharatidasan University, Thiruchirappalli.

Founder Vice-Chancellor, Tamil University, Thanjavur

Formerly Vice-Chancellor, Tamil University, Thanjavur

Formerly Vice- Chancellor, Tamil University, Thanjavur

Formerly Vice-Chancellor, Manonmaniyam Sundaranar University

Indian Classical Bharathanatyam Dancer, Receipent of Padmashree and Padmabhushan

Vice-Chancellor, Tamil Nadu Teachers Education University

Former Director, Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samithi, New Delhi Leading Gandhian Philosopher, Peace Activist and Educationist

Formerly Vice-Chancellor, Hindustan University

Former Director, Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore

Vice-Chancellor, Anna University

Executive Director, Royal Enfield &
Whole time Director, Eicher Motors Ltd.

Former Vice-Chancellor & Chancellor i/c, Gandhigram Rural University