Madras Management Association’s (MMA) Annual Convention 2009 was held on the 20-21 February at Hotel Taj Coromandel, Chennai. The theme for this year was “Navigating Uncertain Times”.
The Sanmar Group actively participates in the convention with senior management personnel involving themselves with the management of the association and the conduct of the convention. Sanmar was an associate sponsor for the event.
The 2-day business sessions had distinguished speakers who shared their thoughts on how India would be riding out the recession.The speakers represented industry verticals such as automobile, engineering, banking and financial institutions, HR consultancy, etc., and also covered representation from MNCs, small manufacturing businesses, NGOs and large corporates. S Gopal, Past President MMA and MD, Chemplast Sanmar Ltd.,
chaired the business session, “Anatomy of Uncertain Environment”. The speakers for this session were Kevin Thieneman, Chairman, Caterpillar India and R Sarabeswar, Chairman & CEO, Consolidated Construction Consortium Ltd and M S Unnikrishnan, Managing Director, Thermax Ltd.
M S Sekhar, Director, Chemplast Sanmar & MD, Three D Management Services Pvt. Ltd.
was a panelist at the session “ How Can Better Corporate Governance Help in Managing Uncertainty?”
Left to right: M S Unnikrishnan, Managing Director, Thermax Ltd., Kevin Thieneman, Chairman Caterpillar India, S Gopal, MD, Chemplast Sanmar Ltd and Mr R Sarabeswar Chairman & CEO, Consolidated Construction Consortium Ltd.