Dr. Chitra Durai Category: Inventions An 18-year IBM veteran, Dr. Chitra Dorai is a big fan of mathematician Richard Hamming and credits his writing with shaping her career. When she was an undergraduate at the Indian Institute of Technology, she came upon a quote from Hamming: “If you do not work on an important problem,…

Rising Star : Mr. Arun Subramanian, Category: Law New York Partner Arun Subramanian has successfully represented both plaintiffs and defendants in a wide variety of high-stakes commercial cases. As one of the youngest partners at the firm, and one of the youngest partners elected to the Firm’s Executive Committee (2015-2017), Arun has amassed the litigation…

Dr. K. Sujata Category: Social Activism K. Sujata is a strong advocate for women and girls with broad experience in Chicago’s philanthropic, business and nonprofit communities. She has served as president and CEO of Chicago Foundation for Women since 2011, a grantmaking organization focused on basic rights and equal opportunities for women and girls in…

Dr. Arun Mohan Category: Medicine As President and Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Mohan works with members of ApolloMD’s clinical operations team to optimize the provision of Hospital Medicine & Population Health. He holds overall responsibility for providing leadership, direction and administration of medical management, as well as the integration, coordination, and improvement of clinical care…

Mr. Jay Vijayan Information Technology Jay (Jayaprakash) Vijayan is a Tamil entrepreneur, engineer, inventor and investor. He is the Founder and CEO of Tekion. He was the former Chief Information Officer (CIO) for Tesla Inc.. He was reporting to Elon Musk, Chairman, Product Architect and CEO of Tesla all through his tenure at Tesla. Prior…