R. Seshasayee

Seshasayee is a very well-respected senior business leader.He has held several leadership positions, including as executive vice chairmanand managing director of Ashok Leyland Ltd, chairman, Infosys Ltd, chairman,IndusInd Bank Ltd, etc. He is presently vice chairman, Hinduja Group andindependent director, Asian Paints Ltd.

He was president of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII),president of Society of Indian  Automobile Manufacturers ( SIAM) and hasserved on several committees of the Government of India, including the Board ofTrade. He was also the co-chair of World Economic Forum, Middle East.

Seshasayee is deeply committed to social causes, and is thefounder member of Krea University, chairman of Cancer Institute, Chennai,chairman of the executive committee of Hinduja National Hospital, Mumbai, andchairman of Schizophrenia Research Foundation of India. He was formerlychairman of National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli ( NITT) and othereducational institutions.

He served as chairman, Board of Trustees of SrirangamTemple. He has also received  formal training in classical music and was,till recently, the vice president of the Music Academy, Chennai.

The Dance of Faith is his debut novel. 

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