Chairman & Managing Director - CavinKare P Ltd
8th Edition of CII Emerging Entrepreneurs Awards
16/02/2018, Chennai
About the Event
The Eighth Edition of Emerging Entrepreneurship Awards (EEA) is spearheaded by Mr C K Ranganath, Chairman, CII SR Emerging Entrepreneur Award 2016 & Past Chairman, CII Tamil Nadu State Council, Confederation of Indian Industry along with key representatives from various industries across the southern region (covering states Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Puduchery).
Objectives
- To provide a unique platform to these companies to gain local, regional and national visibility
- To generate interest from investors and partners
- A unique networking opportunity with industry and sector peers
- An opportunity for participants to showcase their success, exhibit how they are disrupting existing
- Markets and share innovative solutions that could support their larger industry peers
- Possible mentoring to emerging entrepreneurs by Industry veterans/CII Members
Target Audience
- Direct Nominations
- Industry Associations
- Referrals through EEA Alumni’s
- Referrals through CII Zonal/District Champions
- CII Members
Eligibility Criteria
- First Generation Entrepreneurs
- Truly innovative, scalable & sustainable business ideas
- Company be registered with operations in South India
- Company Turnover (2016-2017) minimum 3 Crores (INR) from 2 years to 4 years
- Company Turnover (2016-2017) minimum 5 Crores (INR) and above from 4 years up to 15 years
Partners
Team
Award Committee 2017

Mr C K Ranganathan
Chairman - CII SR Emerging Entrepreneur Awards 2016

Mr Abhijeet Pai
President - Puzzolana Machinery
Fabricators(Hyderabad) LLP

Mr JSRK Prasad
Vice Chairman - CII Andhra Pradesh State Council
Chief Executive Officer - Better Castings

Mr Srikanth Sivaraman
Chairman - CII Puduchery State Council
Director - Snam Alloys Pvt Ltd

DR S CHANDRAKUMAR
Past Chairman - CII Trichy Zone
Managing Director - Kauvery Medical Hospitals

Mr Sriram Subramanyam
Founder, Managing Director & CEO
Integra Software Solutions
Jury Committee 2017

Mr S GOPALAKRISHNAN
President, CII (2013-14) - Former Non-Executive
Vice Chairman - Infosys Limited

Mr R Ramaraj
Senior Advisor
Elevar Equity

MR K VENUGOPAL
Wholetime Director
Kasturi & Sons Limited
Awardees
Mr B Vijaya Ragavan, Managing Director, B S Apparel, Thiruppur
Mr Venkat Rajaraman, Founder & CEO, Cygni Energy P Ltd, Hyderabad
Mr Kushant Uppal, Founder, Managing Director and CEO , Intelizon Energy P Ltd, Hyderabad
Mr Ranjith Mukundan, CEO, Stellaps Technologies P Ltd, Bangalore
Mr Praveen Nale, CTO, Stellaps Technologies P Ltd, Bangalore
Mr Ravishankar Shiroor, BD Head, Stellaps Technologies P Ltd, Bangalore
Mr Ramakrishna Adukuri, Chief Architect: Cloud, Stellaps Technologies P Ltd, Bangalore
Mr Venkatesh Seshasayee, Chief Architect: Vertical Solutions, Stellaps Technologies P Ltd, Bangalore
Mr Raj Prakash, Cofounder & CEO, Zifo RnD Solutions, Chennai