Ramesh Datla

Ramesh Datla (రమేష్ దాట్ల) is an Indian Industrialist and Chairman of Elico Limited the first Analytical Instruments company in India established in 1960. He is also the Chairman of Elico Healthcare Services Ltd a leading player in the Healthcare IT & ITES Space. He is an active member of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and is the Chairman, CII National Committee on IPR, Immediate Past Chairman, CII National Committee on Water and Past Chairman, CII Southern Region and Past Chairperson, CII National Committee on Intellectual Property rights. He was also the past Chairman, CII National MSME Council. He has been actively associated with the industry chamber and held several advisory beneficial roles to the Government of India on behalf of the Industry. He represented India as a speaker in the OECD Conference - Tokyo, GTZ Conference - Berlin, Gulf Cooperation Council Meeting - Muscat, UKIBC Conference - Manchester,  USIBC Conference - Washington DC and B20 Working Group for G20 Summit, France. He also led several delegations to United States, Europe, Mexico, Japan, South East Asia, China, Africa & CIS countries.

Early life and education
Born on 25 October 1961. Ramesh Datla holds a Doctorate in Instrumentation from SK University, Graduate in Executive Management from MIT Sloan School of Management, Post Graduate Diploma in Electronics Design Technology from Indian Institute of Science, a Master’s in Electrical Engineering from Wichita State University.

Career
Ramesh started his career at Cirrus Logic Inc, a semiconductor company located in Milpitas, California, USA before moving to India. Later he joined ELICO Limited and held several positions before taking over as Managing Director.

Associations
He also actively participated with following associations in past.
 * Member B20 Working Group as part of G20 Heads of State & Governments Summit 2012, Mexico.
 * Member B20 Working Group as part of G20 Heads of State & Governments Summit 2011, France.
 * Chairman, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) – National MSME Council.
 * Member, National Board for MSME, Ministry of MSME, Govt. of India.
 * Member, National Instrumentation Development Board (NIDB), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India.
 * Board of Director, State Bank of Hyderabad.
 * Member, Advisory Board, Electronics & ICT Academy NIT Warangal
 * Member, Governing Board, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad and Kakinada & Osmania University.
 * Chairman, Bharatiya Yuva Shakti Trust (BYST) - Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad.
 * Chairman, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) - Southern Region
 * Chairman, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) – National IPR Committee, New Delhi
 * Chairman, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) – National Membership Committee, New Delhi
 * Chairman, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) – National MSME Council, New Delhi
 * Chairman, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) – Andhra Pradesh State Council.
 * Chairman, Employers" Federation of Southern India (EFSI) - AP, Hyderabad
 * Chairman, Indo-American Chamber of Commerce (IACC-AP).
 * President, ISA-The Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation Society, Hyderabad Section
 * President, Electronic Industries Association of A.P.