Ramnath S Mani

About Ramnath S Mani

A Serial entrepreneur and one of the pioneers in India in field of Industrial Automation including Power Electronics, Variable Speed Drives, PLC, Distributed Controls, Scada, Information Systems and MES, has been instrumental in introducing Automation in industry in India since early 1970’s. Played a pioneering role in bringing to India international Automation companies like CGEE Alsthom of France, Allen Bradley of USA (now Rockwell Automation), Stromberg of Finland (now part of ABB), Exide Electronics of USA and Control Techniques Emerson Industrial Automation of UK and USA, Inductive Automation of USA … Having a deep domain knowledge on the application of Automation in the manufacturing sector like Paper, Steel, Cement, Sugar, Textiles, Rubber & Plastics, Automobile, Material Handling etc, Has considerable experience in implementing the transition of Industrial Automation from Analog to Digital Technology. Experience in IT industry for couple of years has extended the knowledge from Manufacturing to Business Enterprise and use of Cloud, Mobility, Analytics and Social Platform leading to a comprehensive integration of “Shop Floor to Top Floor”. Now involved with the next revolution in the Manufacturing Industry with the Digitization of Plant Floor operation, integrating the Operations Technology (OT) to the Information Technology (IT) in Manufacturing and implementing Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT) and Industry 4.0 Technologies. Engaged passionately with a number of social initiatives with a view to \"give back to the society, community and institutions\"

Experience

1. Board Member

   Shooting Stars Foundation

   Jan 2025 — Present · San Jose, CA, US

Education

• Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

  B.Tech (Hons.), Electronics & Electrical Communication

  1964 — 1969

• St.Xavier"s School Kolkata

  Senior Cambridge

  1959 — 1964

Skills

• Plc
• Manufacturing
• Dc Drives
• Crm
• Team Management
• Outsourcing
• Strategy
• Contract Negotiation
• Start-Ups
• Social Entrepreneurship
• Management
• Team Building
• Business Development
• Marketing
• Project Planning
• Variable Frequency Drives
• Electronics
• Erp
• Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
• Strategic Planning
• Project Management
• Product Development
• Enterprise Software
• Business Strategy
• New Business Development
• Enterprise Resource Planning (Erp)
• Business Analysis
• Programmable Logic Controller (Plc)
• Management Consulting
• Automation
• Business Process Improvement
• Process Automation
• Change Management
• Business Intelligence
• Integration
• Mes
• Cloud Computing
• Vendor Management
• Program Management
• Ac Drives