Nalli Kuppusamy Chetti honoured with Life Time Achievement Award at TiECON Chennai 2015

TiECON Chennai 2015,  the premier event to support, engage, nurture and honour entrepreneurs, today honoured and recognized the contributions of entrepreneurs from Tamil Nadu at its Awards Nite, held at the ITC Grand Chola. The prestigious, Life Time Award was presented to the successful textile industrialist and philanthropist, Dr. Nalli Kuppusamy Chetti, for his lifelong contribution to the business community, society, arts and culture.

Transporting the audience through the memory lane of Madras, Mr. Sriram Venkatakrishnan, Historian and Entrepreneur, acting as MC, was the highlight of this year’s TiECON Chennai 2015 Awards Nite.  Hosting the glittering awards ceremony, Mr. Sriram interspersed the stories of Madras from the East India Company days in between announcing the awards.

The event was attended by a veritable who's who of Chennai's business and entrepreneurial circles, including established business leaders, well-known first generation entrepreneurs, start-ups, C level executives,  6 Entrepreneurs were awarded across categories. With an aim to provide an interactive platform, the awards ceremony was organized by TiE Chennai to bring together the entrepreneurial community, VC’s, Angel Investors, Regulators, and Bankers.

TiECON Chennai 2015 Award winners are:

Lifetime Achievement Award – Dr. Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti
Entrepreneur of the Year – Bharath K.S. , Chairman, Aparajatha Corporate Services Pvt. Ltd and Nagaraj Krishnan, Managing Director, Aparajitha Corporate Services Pvt. Ltd.
Next Generation Entrepreneur of the Year – Vedant Jhaver, CEO, Prodapt

Startup of the Year – Krish Subramanian, Chargebee

Hidden Gem - SKM. Shree Shivkumar, Managing Director, SKM Egg Products

 TiE Chennai Associate Member of the Year – Siva Sivakumar, Nimble Wireless Pvt. Ltd.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Narayanan R, President, TiE Chennai said; “Throughout the years TiE Chennai has continuously proved to be a magnanimous platform that helps entrepreneurs not only to connect but to engage and excel. At TiE Chennai, our only aim is to build an entrepreneurial ecosystem that is based on a solid foundation. This year’s theme for TiECON Chennai is Entrepreneurship 360 and we have created a holistic platform for our participants. Each of the winners of TiECON Chennai 2015 is unique and successful in their own right and it gives me great pleasure in congratulating tonight’s awardees.”

K. Ramakrishnan, Chairman of TiECON Awards Jury, said, “TiE Chennai has repeatedly supported entrepreneurs both- aspiring and established to strengthen their footprint in the community.  My association with TiE Chennai as a part of the jury has been a real pleasure.  I am confident that with every year TiE Chennai’s reach will only see a steady growth. I wish all the winners of tonight’s awards all the very best in their endeavours.”

Members of the Jury:

·        Mr. K.  Ramakrishnan, Chairman of the Jury, Executive Director & Head of Investment Bank,  Spark Capital
·        Mr. Lakshmi Narayanan, Vice Chairman, Cognizant Technology Solutions
·        Ms. Sushila Ravindranath, Consulting Editor, Financial Express
·        Dr. Vidya Mahambare, Associate Professor, Economics & Finance, Great Lakes Institute of Management
·        Ms. Smita Nagaraj, Director, Entrepreneurship Development Institute of Tamil Nadu

About TiE Chennai
TiE is a not-for-profit organization that has its origin in Santa Clara, California, USA. Today it has 61 Chapters spread across 17 countries, with 13,000 members and over 2,500 charter members. TiE Chennai is a vibrant chapter with 165 charter members and more than 600 associate members. The chapter conducts many events throughout the year with focus on entrepreneurship development. TiE Chennai has won ‘The Best Chapter Award’ for the year 2014 among 61 chapters across 17 countries worldwide.  For more information log on to www.chennai.tie.org/


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