For our first ever Aravanai Speaker Series of 2022, we had the pleasure of welcoming not 1 but 4 panelists for a session called Resiliency Through the Eyes of Innovators! On January 29th, we welcomed panelists Jayakrishnan Rajagopalasarma, Miller Alexander Rajendran, Sujatha Sivarajah, and Ruban Kanapathippillai. This session was moderated by BLUMEx founder, Ravi Ravindran where he talks to our amazing list of panelists.
Let's walk through our panelists. Jayakrishnan holds a computer science engineering degree from the University of Moratuwa, and co-founded and leads Arogya Life Systems. Arogya is a company specialized in developing smart hospital management platforms enhancing and transforming large scale hospital workflows with a long term vision of creating a patient centric health eco-system.
Miller Alexander is a computer science graduate from the University of Jaffna. He is a Tech enthusiast and a serial entrepreneur. Miller is a core member of SenzMate IoT intelligence - The pioneer IoT and AI startup in Sri Lanka. Since 2015, This YarlITHub born startup disrupt Sri Lankan mainstream industries with cutting-edge technologies. From Medtech to Manufacturing, Renewable Energy to Agriculture team senzmate changed the conventional way with locally harnessed technology.
Sujatha is the Head of Digital & the Portfolio Management Office for Sanofi Pasteur Toronto. In her current role, she is accountable to deliver on digital transformation projects within operations, site risk management & business continuity, helps define site strategy and oversees the project management office. She has a background in Operational Excellence, Manufacturing Engineering and Digital transformation. Sujatha has over 20 years of experience spanning the automotive, medical devices, lab diagnostics and pharmaceutical sectors.
Born in war ravaged Northern Sri Lanka, Ruban lived in many continents before migrating to the USA for his higher studies. Finally he settled down in the entrepreneurial capital Silicon Valley after completing his degrees in Computer Engineering at University of Minnesota and Stanford University. Ruban also holds more than thirty patents in the core of internet and communication technologies. In addition to being an Angel investor, Ruban spends time mentoring and advising youth in the USA, Canada, UK, Australia and Sri Lanka.
And finally, moderating this conversation, Ravi Ravindran. Ravi is a 3X founder, a former Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the University of Toronto, and a Social Capitalist. He believes business is more than the profits; it is about creating impacts in the world. He has a passion for solving big problems. Ravi co-founded BLUMEx to catalyze ventures with it's media. BLUMEx aims to capture the stories of innovators advancing their ideas through startups, research, or entrepreneurship. BLUMEx manages 7 podcasts with over 500+ episodes celebrating innovators across 57 industries.
Our diverse list of panelists will be discussing how resilience and adaptability has allowed them to grow their businesses despite the challenges brought on by the pandemic, and what predictions and trends they see within global industries for the 2022 year.
To view the full conversation, check out the video below:
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