Chairman's Message !

The recent pandemic has had a transformational impact on how we all look at our environment, our health & our safety. The impact on EHS has been significant where we saw EHS stakeholders playing a leading role in ensuring care for people even as organisaiton strived to maintain business continuity. Sustainability is a key agenda today and the expectations on this front, across the world and across stakeholders, is continuously rising. We are all also part of an industrial transformation that is being marked by new opportunities as a result of pervasive connectivity, industry-wide digitalization and a high demand for partnerships and collaboration. These trends are not only changing the nature of our workplaces, the way we work, but is throwing up a host of new opportunities that can make EHS practices even more robust, backed by organization-wide engagement & commitment. This thus places an even greater demand on all of us to keep abreast of the new development in the EHS arena, be self-aware, learn from best practices, be inspired & inspire others- in order to build workplaces. – that bring out the best from each individual as well as the organisaiton as a whole.

Co Chairman's Message !

It is evident that the benefits of EHS practices goes above and beyond merely preventing incidents such as injuries, Illnesses, and harmful environmental releases.... New technology and regulations, intense competition and changes in consumer attitudes have made EHS a vital and valuable initiative.
EHS makes employees feel safer and more valued, leading to a positive effect on employee morale, retention, productivity. When EHS is implemented with a focus on the best industry standards, environmental leadership, and providing their employees with a safe and healthy workplace, EHS initiative actually benefits the bottom line. The customer and society are more aware and conscious of sustainability and EHS-related issues, which presents an opportunity to promote your company's EHS efforts, protect and enhance reputation as well as mitigating risks.

V Alagu Selvam
Head of Corporate Safety Function
Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt Ltd
A Post graduate Engineer having 20 years of professional experience as fulltime EHS professional. Presently Heading the Corporate safety function of Toyota Kirloskar motor Private Limited & promoting safety activities for its supply chain 19 years comprehensive experience in Automobile industry in Strategy development & deployment of Occupational health, safety & environment activities and having expert ship in New plant establishment activity (Pre project Activity), Plant Construction & Commission of machinery, Startup volume production preparation, Plant operation & Plant Shutdown/restart operations. Certified lead auditor for Toyota’s OSHMS system, ISO 14001 & CII sustainability assessor. Basically, a Mechanical Engineer with Post graduation in Industrial Safety Engineering from NIT, Trichy

Aruna C Newton
Associate Vice President, Head - Diversity and Inclusion, Sustainability Governance & Reporting
Infosys Ltd
Aruna started her career as a Cost Accountant and has also worked extensively in the area of sales and marketing, quality processes and systems, leadership development and diversity consulting. Over the last 32 + years, she has traversed many fields gaining a rich experience and perspective across organizations, people and functions. She currently heads the Diversity & Inclusion portfolio at Infosys and under her leadership Infosys’s D&I efforts have received a huge fillip. She participated actively to introduce the Maternity Amendment Act in India to facilitate women’s return to work post maternity. She is working with NASSCOM on the Women Wizards Rule Technology (W2RT) program one of the largest capability building initiatives for industry focusing on skilling women in the new and emerging technologies for industry. She also leads Infosys’ Sustainability Governance and Reporting portfolio powering Infosys’ ESG ambitions. Under her leadership Infosys was one of the first companies to publish a Business Responsibility Report in India and the first GRI (G4) comprehensive report in the IT industry and occupy a leadership position in ESG assessments worldwide. A leader in the Executive Council at Infosys Bangalore Development Centre, she is also Founder Mentor of Green Connect, the Infosys environmental sustainability initiative powered by Infoscions. Leading the Elevated Road project on Hosur Road, Bangalore, secured her a seat in the executive committee of the Electronics City Industries Association (ELCIA). In her tenure as President of ELCIA (2013-2015), an industrial estate with over 180 member companies in Bangalore, she set up Asia’s largest IoT hub in partnership with CISCO to nurture the spirit of entrepreneurship in electronics manufacturing. She also created a common facility for MSME’s, the first of its kind in Karnataka for electronics manufacturing. She also served as the Chairperson of ELCIA Trust (2015 -2017). Under her leadership the Trust adopted 19 government schools (with over 4800 children) in the vicinity of Electronics City under the Model School initiative. As part of this project she set up the first Science Lab for these children to nurture ‘curiosity’ in mathematics and science through experiments and play. The lab continues to be a favorite with children of all ages in the community. She works with Bangalore City Police and the Government of Karnataka on projects concerning improvements to traffic and infrastructure and the prevention of crime in the city. In 2009, she was honored with the WILL Women’s Choice Award, a special recognition for Women in Leadership. She was also selected as The Most Happening Woman in Bangalore – 2011, by the Women’s Guild, a forum for talented women across fields and endeavors. A keen sports enthusiast, Aruna has represented Karnataka state in Women’s Hockey for many years including captaining the state team, school, college and university teams in a sports career spanning over 11 years. She is also an amateur athlete (marathon) at the district level, randonneur, motorcyclist, and rallyist. She serves on the Board of Studies at Mount Carmel College’s Commerce Department and is the President of the Citizens for Civic Action Residents Welfare Association where she is experimenting with larger citizen-led social change through building sustainable communities.

Paresh Thakkar
Sr VP and Group Health and Safety Head
JSW Group
Paresh Thakkar is currently Senior Vice President and Group Health and Safety Head at JSW Group. He is responsible for leading health and safety initiatives globally across all the business verticals of JSW, ie., Steel, Coated, Cement, Energy, Infrastructure and Paints. He has more than 30 years of experience in the field of Environment, health and safety. Prior to this, he has worked with MNCs like BP and GE at regional level and in different geographies across the world. He is also the recipient of Chevening Scholarship for higher studies at University of Manchester, UK. He has received Cotman’s Award at GE, an award given to individual global EHS professional for their outstanding achievement. He has been associated with CII EHS Excellence Award since 2016.

P Rajmohan
DGM - Health, Safety & Environment (HSE)
Toshiba JSW Power Systems Pvt Ltd
Rajmohan holds bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering and pursued MBA in Production. He also did M-Tech in Industrial Safety Engineering from NIT, Trichy. Perusing Ph.D research in Reduction of Accidents in Indian Industries from Anna University. He worked as Corporate EHS in Pricol Ltd, Coimbatore and handled 9 plants and 27 captive vendor units. He was a Manager - EHS in Areva T&D India Ltd, Chennai. At Toshiba JSW Power Systems Pvt Ltd, he is managing EHS for Engineering Manufacturing Procurement & Construction & Service (EMPCS) for Thermal Power Plants in India. He is a Certified Toshiba Regional Auditor for Toshiba Corporation, Japan Tutor for National Educational Board of Occupational Health & Safety - UK International Certification course. He is a Secretary for National Safety Council, Tamil Nadu. He has also received several Awards:

• Significant contribution to the Safety Professionals in India from American Society of Safety Engineers in 2015.
• Green Apple Award from Parliamentary Affairs Minister, House of Parliament, West Minister Palace, London UK
• Appreciation Award from Mr Philip Guemo, Chairman & CEO (French Government Senate Member) Areva T&D Corporate Paris, France in the year 2009.
• Best Safety Officer Award 2016 from Directorate of Industrial Safety & Health, Government of Tamil Nadu in 2016.

Saravanan Ramalingam
Team Leader - EHS
Saint-Gobain India Pvt Ltd
Saravanan has rich expertise in spearheading EHS programmes and meeting group requirements in various corporate while adhering to Government regulations/norms. Played a key role in establishing green field project for distillery, confectionery products, mobile phone, tyre and glass manufacturing plants. Identifying EHS needs for new projects, ensured necessary resources required for implementing EHS management systems Insightful experience in investigating the near miss incidents, dangerous occurrences and accidents and reporting them to management with correcting and preventive action. Nurtured the development and realisation of a 'Zero Incident Culture' in a way that serious injuries are prevented and best in class EHS performance is achieved. Recognised for executive various globally appreciated projects based on EHS funcations and led instllation and commissioning of 'Zero Liquid Discharge' systems. Recognized for representing CII as a Core Jury Team Member for assessing the EHS Excellence Award since 2008 till this year for South India.

Sunil Kurian
Head – Operations
Maintenance and Sustainability
Mahindra Worldcity
Capt Sunil, is an armed forces veteran with over three decades of work experience in various facets of Operations and Project management (greenfield & brown field), Facility management, Administration, Safety, Security and Industrial Relations with corporates such as Godrej-Tyson foods, Asian Paints & MRF apart from the defence forces. He currently leads Operations, Maintenance and Sustainability functions for the Integrated Cities & Industrial Clusters businesses comprising of Mahindra World Cities (Integrated Cities) at Chennai, Jaipur and Origins (Industrial Clusters) at North Chennai & Ahmedabad, he is also responsible for identifying and streamlining synergy opportunities, optimising of cost across locations and to ensure continuous enhancement of service levels towards customer delight. He is the business Champion for Quality and Safety initiatives. He has jointly published a working paper along with Dr Ruth Kattumari, Co-Director of the Indian Observatory in London School of Economics titled “Sustainable Urban development in India: A tale of two Mahindra world cities".

C S Divakar
An Industrial Engineer by graduation & a Masters in Industrial Hygiene & Safety, presently Heads the country EHS function for Saint-Gobain group in India.
With Saint-Gobain for 27 years now. As industrial Engineer, the core areas and work domains included productivity enhancements, de-skilling of work tasks, methods, automation, Productivity linked incentive schemes.
In country EHS function since 2001, responsible for driving the company programs related to EHS and Sustainability drives across all Saint-Gobain group sites in India. Is also part of the Excellence in EHS committee of CII SR since 2010 & currently Co-Convenor for the Environment & Sustainability panel of CII Karnata
Saint-Gobain is a French multinational corporation, founded in 1665, headquartered in Paris with worldwide presence. Saint-Gobain designs, manufactures and distributes materials and solutions for the construction, mobility, healthcare and other industrial application markets. Developed through a continuous innovation process, Saint-Gobain materials can be found everywhere in our living places and daily life, providing wellbeing, performance and safety, while addressing the challenges of sustainable construction, resource efficiency and the fight against climate change.
The group has set itself ambitious goals for sustainability with the aim of achieving Carbon Neutrality by 2050.

Dr S Devarajan
Sr Vice President & Head of Advanced Manufacturing / Production Engineering
TVS Motor Company
BE-Mech Engineering; MBA-Industrial Engineering; MS – Engineering; and Doctorate in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from University of Warwick, UK. Working with TVS Group from past 38 years and presently as Head of Advanced Manufacturing / Production Engineering in TVS Motors. Worked in setting up facilities of press shop, welding shop, painting plants, heat treatment plant, machining of steel and aluminium engine parts, assembly lines, leading many projects in TVS Motors and TVS Electronics. Presently concentrating on New Process Technology, Lean Manufacturing Systems, Digital Manufacturing, TPM and JIT implementation in TVS Motors. Received prestigious “Rolls Royce Award" for Excellence in Manufacturing concepts and implementation in UK. Recognised with “Thought Leadership Award" by Automotive Manufacturing Solutions UK. Represented Karnataka State and Bangalore University in Table Tennis. Actively participated in NITIE, IMTMA, CII and Mentor of Manufacturing Committee of BCIC and in Board of Studies in Engineering and Management Institutes.