Automation Expo is mentored and guided by a Board of Governors. The members are stalwarts in the field of Instrumentation and Automation with rich experience in their industry being awarded several accolades from International and National Institutions.

Their expertise and experience in their respective fields have been instrumental in driving the businesses of our partners to success.

It is our honour for Automation Expo to be associated with the Who’s Who in the Automation & Instrumentation Industry.

The Board of Governors for Automation ExpoSouth 2025 comprises of 23 esteemed members, 5 of whom for the Steering Committee.

Steering Committee – Automation ExpoSouth 2025

1. Dr B R Mehta, Director Projects, Waaree Group; Former Sr VP, Reliance Industries Ltd;

Chairman of Board of Governors for Automation Expo 2024

2. Dr Keyur Vora, Vice President/HoD (C&I) Adani – Petrochemical Business

3. Dr Kirti Shah, Vice President, Projects, Waaree Group

4. Dr Thampy Mathew, CEO, Agate Advisory

5. Dr VP Raman, Engineering Consultant and Former VP – Operations, TECTON Engineering and Construction LLC

Board of Governors – Automation ExpoSouth

1. Mr Anuj Bihani, Managing Director, Alstrut India Pvt Ltd

2. Mr Jerome Gnanaprakasam, Global Head – Projects & Engineering, Dr Reddy's Laboratories

3. Dr J Prakash, Dean, Madras Institute of Technology

4. Mr Philipose Jacob, India Country Director, Global Energy Infrastructure Solutions, Eaton MTL Instruments Pvt Ltd

5. Mr Srinath K, Vice President – Smart Manufacturing Solutions, Multivista Global Pvt Ltd

6. Mr B Sai Ramesh, Sr VP, Tecnip (Retd)/DVP, International Society of Automation (ISA), Chennai

7. Mr B Sudarshan, Executive Director, Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd

8. Mr V B Srikar, Co-Chairman, Nagman Instruments & Electronics Pvt Ltd

9. Mr Sudarsan Surendran, GM Projects – Process Automation, Schneider Electric India

10. Mr Ramesh Rajamani, Executive Director, Janatics India Pvt Ltd

11. Mr Jayaharan C J (CeeJay), Senior Director – IIoT and Industry 4.0 Solutions – iNxT, LTIMindtree 

12. Mr Senthil Kumar, Managing Director – Asia, Control Techniques

13. Mr Shivkumar Srinivasan, Chief Operating Officer, MEL Systems and Services Ltd

14. Mr R Ramesh Babu, Managing Director, Velan Valves India Pvt Ltd

15. Mr Sriram Sankaranarayanan, General

Manager (Procurement), Technip Energies (Chennai Operating Centre)

16. Mr Jayasekar Anandraj, Managing Director, MEASURECON Instruments Pvt

Ltd

17. Dr K Ravichandran, Dean,

Madras Institute of Technology Campus

18. Mr N RamaKrishnan, Managing Director, Precia Molen India Pvt Ltd