One name, two published forms
The public record uses two forms of his name. SRM Technologies’ leadership page lists him under the heading Manivannan Subramanian, while the biography beneath it — and the company’s press releases — refer to him as Manivannan S.1 The company’s LinkedIn announcement of his appointment as Chief Executive Officer used the full form.2 Both forms refer to the same person.
Names written with an initial in place of a spelled-out second name are common in Tamil Nadu. This archive uses the full form in headings and the published form, Manivannan S, when quoting or citing a source, so that every quotation matches its original.
Background
Details of Manivannan Subramanian’s early life — his date and place of birth, his family and his schooling — have not been published in the sources reviewed for this archive. Rather than rely on unverified profiles, this biography begins where the documented record begins: with his education and his professional work.
That choice is deliberate. An archive is only as useful as it is reliable, and each detail that follows can be traced to a named and dated publication, listed at the foot of this page.
Education in computing
Manivannan Subramanian holds a postgraduate degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Tiruchirappalli.1 The year in which he completed the degree is not stated in the published record.
The institution has a long history in technical education. It was founded in 1964 as Regional Engineering College, Tiruchirappalli, by the governments of India and Tamil Nadu, and became the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, when it was granted deemed-university status in 2003.34 Because his dates of study are not published, this archive does not say which name the institution carried while he studied there.
The subject he studied connects closely with the work of the company he now leads, whose publicly described expertise includes embedded systems, digital platforms and AI-driven innovation.5 The Education page sets out both institutions connected to his record in more detail.
A cross-functional formation
SRM Technologies credits him with more than 28 years of experience and with “cross-functional capabilities in Business Planning and Development, Operations and Customer Success across key sectors.”1 The organisations where that experience was gained before SRM Technologies are not named in the company’s biography or in its press releases, so they are not listed here.
Each of the three disciplines named in his biography describes a distinct part of how a technology services company works:
- Business planning & developmentSetting a company’s direction: which markets and sectors to pursue, which capabilities to build and how growth is organised.
- OperationsRunning delivery reliably: the people, processes and quality standards through which engineering and digital services reach clients.
- Customer successMaking sure clients achieve the outcomes they engaged a company for, and sustaining those relationships over time.
Taken together, the three span commercial, delivery and client responsibilities — the areas a chief executive of a services company must hold together.
From Managing Director to Chief Executive
Before becoming Chief Executive, Manivannan S served as Managing Director of SRM Technologies; the date he took up that role has not been published. On 7 August 2023, BW Businessworld reported the company’s announcement that he had been appointed Chief Executive Officer and that, “building on his extensive experience as the Managing Director, he will now take on additional responsibilities to lead the organization into an exciting new phase of growth and innovation.”6 The same article refers to him as “the MD & CEO”. SRM Technologies also shared the news on LinkedIn.2
The announcement set out the priorities the company would pursue under his leadership: drawing on the SRM Group’s combined strengths in digital, engineering, manufacturing and education; supporting the automotive, electric-vehicle and manufacturing industries; partnering with independent software vendors (ISVs) across the SaaS product lifecycle; and investing in employee culture, diversity and inclusion.6
We aim to strengthen our position as strategic partners to key enterprises, accelerating their product development processes, enhancing efficiency, adopting new technologies, and creating sophisticated embedded systems and connectivity solutions.
SRM Technologies’ leadership page currently lists him as Chief Executive Officer, alongside Dr. Sathya Narayanan P., President & Managing Director.1 The Leadership page examines the areas of his tenure documented since 2023.
Values, in his own words
Manivannan S has not published a personal statement of philosophy, and this archive does not construct one for him. His public statements as CEO do, however, return to recurring themes — people, partnership and engineering depth. Three are reproduced below exactly as published, followed by the way his company describes his approach.
We empower our employees to deliver the best services to our global customers by fostering an environment where they feel valued, supported, and motivated to achieve their full potential.
Through our partnership with SRM University, we are not just shaping future talent but are driving meaningful innovations that can make a global impact.
We continue to strengthen our engineering depth, build critical technology competencies, establish strategic partnerships, and uphold rigorous quality standards to support the next generation of mobility systems.
SRM Technologies, for its part, describes him as “a customer-centric leader driven by a strong commitment to operational excellence and fulfilling customer needs with utmost care and speed.”1 That is the company’s characterisation rather than his own statement, and it is presented here as such.
The organisation he leads
SRM Technologies was founded in 1998 and, as of April 2025, employed more than 1,200 professionals.9 Headquartered in Chennai, it lists offices in India, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, Australia and the United Arab Emirates.10 The company describes itself as a global engineering and digital solutions company serving the automotive, healthcare, manufacturing, retail and financial sectors,5 and says it has partnered with global automotive manufacturers and technology providers for more than two decades.8
It is part of the SRM Group. When his appointment as CEO was announced, the company said it aimed to harness the group’s combined strengths in digital, engineering, manufacturing and education to deliver solutions to the market.6
About this biography
What this biography does not include
His date and place of birth, family details, schooling, graduation year and the names of employers before SRM Technologies have not been published in reliable sources, so they are omitted. Some online data-aggregator profiles list earlier roles; because those listings could not be confirmed against primary sources, they are not used. Corrections supported by published sources are welcome through the contact page.