Photo Gallery – February 2025

Dignitaries on dais during the Inaugural Session of MMA Annual Convention 2025 on the theme “Foundations for Building a Resilient India” held at Hotel Taj Coromandel, Chennai.

Mr Varun Prakash Partner, McKinsey & Company, Dr E M Sudarsana Natchiappan, Former Union Minister of State for Commerce & Industry, Dr Rukmini Banerji, CEO, Pratham Education Foundation and Mr P N Vasudevan MD & CEO Equitas Small Finance Bank during the Plenary Session of MMA Annual Convention 2025 on the theme “Social resilience: How rural India needs to transform.“

Amb Kanwal Sibal, IFS (Retd), Former Foreign Secretary of India, Amb T S Tirumurti, IFS (Retd), Former Ambassador/Permanent Representative of India to the UN and Lt Gen S L Narasimhan, PVSM, AVSM*, VSM, Former Member, NSAB & DG, Centre for Contemporary China Studies during the Special Session 1 of MMA Annual Convention 2025 on the theme “Geopolitical resilience: Preparing your businesses for geopolitical volatility.“

Mr A Balasubramanian, Managing Director & CEO, Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC Ltd, Dr Sandhya Shekhar, Advisor, Digital, Business Strategy and Innovation and Mr Mahesh Balasubramanian, Managing Director, Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance Company Ltd during the Special Session 2 of MMA Annual Convention 2025 on the theme “Growth resilience: Empowering MSME to be innovation engine of the future.“

Mr Manikandan Thangarathnam, Senior Director, Mobility and Platforms, Uber,
Mr Anurag Sharma, Associate Partner, McKinsey & Company, Prof Pankaj Setia, Founding Chairperson, Center for Digital Transformation, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA) and
Mr Somnath Chatterjee Founder & CEO, Prismforce during the Special Session 3 of MMA Annual Convention 2025 on the theme “Technology resilience: AI: Separating Hype from Reality.“

Ms Dorte Landwehr, Director of Operations, South India, McKinsey & Company, Dr Amit Bhattacharjee, Mentor (Olympic Gold Medalist), Sports Psychologist PGIMER, Chandigarh, Commando Praveen Kumar Teotia, Shaurya Chakra, Ex-Marine Commando (MARCOS) and Ms Gautami Tadimalla, Indian Actress and Social Worker during the Special Session 4 of MMA Annual Convention 2025 on the theme “Mental resilience: Leadership in times of volatility.“

Mr Deepak Jayaraman, Author & Leadership Coach in conversation with Special Invitees Ms Bama Balakrishnan, SVP Finance, Sundaram Finance and Dr Sathya Sriram, Independent Advisor during the discussion on the book “Play to Potential: Lead a full life, become the best you.”

Mr Gopal Ratnam, Technology & Policy Writer and Editor Washington, D.C, USA in conversation with Special Invitee Air Marshal M Matheswaran, AVSM, VM, Ph.D (Retd), Chairman & President, The Peninsula Foundation, Chennai during the discussion on “Trump 2.0: What does it mean for India & the world?.”

Ms Sangeeta Shankaran Sumesh, Business & Leadership Coach, Speaker & Author Independent Director on Corporate Boards in conversation with Mr Ganesh Balasubramanian, Head-HR & Admin (AP Plant), Apollo Tyres Ltd and Mr Shaji Antony, Country Head HR for India & Bangladesh Stahl India Private Ltd (Netherland MNC) during MMA-KAS Read & Grow series on the theme of the book “Coaching for Performance: The Principles and practice of coaching and leadership by Sir John Whitmore, Tiffany Gaskell.”

Mr Ganesh Chella, Author and Co-Founder & Chief Solution Architect, CFI, Mr Ajay Soni, Chief Learning and Leadership Development Officer, Aditya Birla Group and Ms Archana Edward Madhavan, Author and Director – Research & Insights during the discussion on the book “Coaching Your Leaders: A Roadmap For Organisations.”

The Chief Guest Mr Subra Subramanyam, Chief Executive Officer, Codenatives Inc. USA along with the participants during the talk on “The GenAI Revolution: Leveraging Technology for Enterprise Transformation” held at Chengalpattu.

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