Kanchipuram chapter m m a
Agenda
10.45 am Registration
11.25 am Arrival of dignitaries and take their place on the dias
11.30 am
11.40 am
Welcome & Introductory Remarks
Special Address on “Challenges in Entrepreneurship”
12.00 noon
Overview of MMA Chapter & Installation of Office-Bearers of MMA Kanchipuram Chapter 2025-26
Inaugural Address by the Chief Guest 12.20 pm
Q&A 12.45 pm
Vote of Thanks 12.55 pm
01.00 pm
Lunch
Chairperson
Dr Kalpana Sankar
Chairperson, MMA Kanchipuram Chapter & Co-founder and Chairperson, Hand in Hand India
Mr C Siva Kumar
Director, Roots Industries India Ltd & Chairman, MMA Board for Chapters
Introduction of Office-Bearers
Gp Capt R Vijayakumar (Retd), VSM
Executive Director, MMA
Mr K Mahalingam
Past President, MMA & Partner/Director, TSM Group of Companies
Mr S Chandrasekar
Co-Chairman, MMA Kanchipuram Chapter & Director, Hand In Hand Academy
Installation of Office Bearers: 2025-26
Dr Kalpana Sankar - Co-founder and Chairperson, Hand in Hand India
Co-Chair
Mr S Chandrasekar - Director, Hand In Hand Academy For Social Entrepreneurship
Mr Krishnan R - Director, Groupo Antolin
Dr Ravi Veeraraghavan - Officiating Director, XIME Chennai
Mr Karthik Balasubramanian - Executive Director, Precision Machine & Auto Components (P) Ltd
Mr S Vasanth Raj - Director, Pachaiyappas Silks Pvt Ltd
Diversified TSM’s interests into financial services, real estate, and angel investing.
Transformer
Transformed TS Mahalingam & Sons into a prominent brand, retailing 5000 cars annually in South India.
Accelerated TSM’s growth from a single-business, single-location operations into a multibusiness, multi-location organisation.
Pioneer
Pioneered the distribution of third-party loan products in partnership with Citi bank, revolutionizing financial services.
Co- developed brands like Autoline, Propshop, and Shelters along with Citi bank.
Entered the real estate space in 2003, is today a prominent player in residential, commercial, and leisure properties with 100+ projects delivered.
Impactor
President of the REC alumni (RECAL), leading impactful projects and massive fundraising in collaboration with NIT.
President of the IIM Calcutta Alumni Chennai, enhancing the IIM Calcutta brand. Launching unique initiatives focused on imparting practical knowledge to management students in TN & beyond.
President of the Madras Management Association (MMA), India’s top management association. Member of the Chennai Angels' Executive Committee, guiding operations and ensuring compliance & corporate governance.
Investor
Active angel investor, mentoring budding entrepreneurs and fostering entrepreneurship by growing the ecosystem.
Recognized as a go-to person for aspiring entrepreneurs seeking guidance, support & funding.
He is winner of various national and state awards which includes the “Inc India Award” for the top 100 people to be watched out for the “Excellence in HR Practices”.
Profile
Profile
Dr. Kalpana Sankar is a microfinance and gender expert with over two decades of experience. She holds doctorates in nuclear physics and gender studies respectively. Passionate about the empowerment of women, she co-founded Hand in Hand in 2004. She has been pivotal in replicating the model globally across 8 countries and across 16 states in India. She is also Managing Director of Belstar, one of India's top ten microfinance institutions.
For further details please contact
Mr S Chandrasekar - 9940631646 / chandrasekar.s@hihacademy.edu.in
Gp Capt (Dr) R Venkataraman - 9444700068 / gm@mmachennai.org
