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Sahyadri is graced by the visit of Mr. Subramanian Sivakumar and Mr. M. Manjunath

08-Oct-2018
Sahyadri is graced by the visit of Mr. Subramanian Sivakumar and Mr. M. Manjunath

Mr. Subramanian Sivakumar, CEO, Pratian Group of Companies, a serial entrepreneur, startup adviser and a servant leader, and Mr. M. Manjunath, an IT industry expert for two decades, visited Sahyadri Campus. They interacted with Mr. Manjunath Bhandary, Chairman and Mr. Johnson, Head of Sahyadri Hub for Innovations and Entrepreneurship – SHINE. They discussed about planning on establishing Center of Excellence at Sahyadri.

Both guests were spellbound by the student-centric initiatives of Sahyadri. They expressed their thoughts and suggestions as to how things could be taken forward and scaled up in order to benefit the organization and the nation.

Mr Subramanian Sivakumar specializes in Systems Approach to Innovation, Strategy, Designing Best Total Solutions, Breakthrough Cost Innovation, Digital Transformation Strategy, Software Architecture, Design, and Innovative Learning Models. He has worked on large complex projects, leading with enthusiasm and working with people and customers from different geographies, cultures and time zones.

Some of the companies that have professionally engaged him are Microsoft, Cisco, HP, Oracle, IBM, Siemens, GE, Accenture, Sun Micro Systems, Philips, Cerner and Amadeus. He has:
• Designed and implemented the Digital Strategy for one of the largest ecosystems in US Healthcare, integrating Healthcare professionals with IT professionals in a complex multi-vendor, multi-location delivery model. This platform has generated offers from investors in US to the tune of US$ 100 Million.
• Successfully scaled the Healthcare IT vertical in 24 months by hand-picking 135 ‘super talented’ engineers, and inspired the team to build a suite of products for the US markets.
• Designed a scalable and robust Talent Acquisition Model for assessing over 100,000 tech talent globally.
• Has mentored over 3,000 senior professionals in leading IT Majors and Fortune 500 companies on Design, Patterns, Software Architecture, Estimation and High Performance Code.

Mr. Subramanian envisions an interconnected world of Global Innovation Hubs which allows people from diverse cultures and skill set to solve global and hyper local problems. He places hope on young talent for breakthrough innovation and aspires to incubate a 1,000 successful startups.

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