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Congruent Services is a sole proprietorship founded by Aiyappan, a Mumbai, India, based digital enablement professional with over 30 years experience. The firm seeks to serve the need of organizations to seamlessly deliver projects across the Information and Communication Technology space (ICT) encompassing IT systems , telecom and enterprise networks.
Aiyappan spent a major part of his career transforming networks, organizations and IT/Network/Telecom systems to drive customer focus, profitability, effective and efficient operations.
Key deliveries include launch of the pan-India National Senior Citizen Help-line of the Government of India and implementation of Wi-Fi hot-spots for free Internet at over 3000 railway stations (mostly rural) across India. The latter project was delivered in a span of 4 months and is one of the largest such deployments in the world.
Besides successfully delivering many projects from concept to execution and operations, re-starting and executing stalled projects, finishing long-gestation projects is his specialty. The Centralised Network Management System (CNMS) also branded "Complex Needs Made Simple" is one of the legendary projects that was successfully implemented in VSNL from scratch, after 4 attempts by predecessors. This is an end-to-end Operations Support System/Business Support System (OSS/BSS) built to manage customer Fulfillment, Assurance and Billing across global IP, transport and voice networks.
In a stint of ~20 years at Tata Communications (formerly VSNL), he has led multiple functions such as Digital Transformation of the Business, IT, Project Implementation, Network Engineering, Network/Customer Services & Operations and Operational Planning. He was a member of the pioneering team that brought Internet and optical fibre submarine cable systems such as SEA ME WE-2, FLAG to India.
Presently, Aiyappan is a member of the Project Review and Steering Committee, set up by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, for Exam System & Wi-Fi projects of HP University and Patna University. Besides, he is a member of the External IT Advisory Group of Tata Memorial Centre.
Keen to bridge the gap between Industry and Academia, he is a member on the Board of Studies in SNDT Women's University and guest faculty for PG and UG Engineering. Aiyappan designed courses such as Advanced Communication Networks, Electronic Warfare systems, Network Planning and Design, Telecom Network & Service Management (OSS/BSS), Management for Information & Communication Professionals with a distinct Industry orientation.
In his commitment to the profession, he volunteers for IEEE (Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers), instrumental in driving programs for advancing technology for humanity. He is the immediate-past Chair of IEEE Communications Society. Aiyappan is Senior Member IEEE, Communications Society, Computer Society, Aerospace & Electronic Systems Society, SIGHT (Special Interest Group on Humanitarian Technologies). He is a Fellow of IETE (Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications Engineers, India) and member of Internet Society and ACM (Association of Computing Machinery).
An area of special interest is to leverage ICTs to drive inclusion by bridging the chasm caused by socio-economic conditions, literacy, gender, physical abilities, geography or a combination of any or all of the above factors.
Besides, Defence, Aerospace and Aviation is a passion that continues to grow since early childhood.
Aiyappan is a Chevening Scholar with a Post Graduate degree in Operational Telecommunications from Coventry University, U.K., and a B.Tech in Electronics and Communications from College of Engineering, Trivandrum.
Key deliveries include launch of the pan-India National Senior Citizen Help-line of the Government of India and implementation of Wi-Fi hot-spots for free Internet at over 3000 railway stations (mostly rural) across India. The latter project was delivered in a span of 4 months and is one of the largest such deployments in the world.
Besides successfully delivering many projects from concept to execution and operations, re-starting and executing stalled projects, finishing long-gestation projects is his specialty. The Centralised Network Management System (CNMS) also branded "Complex Needs Made Simple" is one of the legendary projects that was successfully implemented in VSNL from scratch, after 4 attempts by predecessors. This is an end-to-end Operations Support System/Business Support System (OSS/BSS) built to manage customer Fulfillment, Assurance and Billing across global IP, transport and voice networks.
In a stint of ~20 years at Tata Communications (formerly VSNL), he has led multiple functions such as Digital Transformation of the Business, IT, Project Implementation, Network Engineering, Network/Customer Services & Operations and Operational Planning. He was a member of the pioneering team that brought Internet and optical fibre submarine cable systems such as SEA ME WE-2, FLAG to India.
Presently, Aiyappan is a member of the Project Review and Steering Committee, set up by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, for Exam System & Wi-Fi projects of HP University and Patna University. Besides, he is a member of the External IT Advisory Group of Tata Memorial Centre.
Keen to bridge the gap between Industry and Academia, he is a member on the Board of Studies in SNDT Women's University and guest faculty for PG and UG Engineering. Aiyappan designed courses such as Advanced Communication Networks, Electronic Warfare systems, Network Planning and Design, Telecom Network & Service Management (OSS/BSS), Management for Information & Communication Professionals with a distinct Industry orientation.
In his commitment to the profession, he volunteers for IEEE (Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers), instrumental in driving programs for advancing technology for humanity. He is the immediate-past Chair of IEEE Communications Society. Aiyappan is Senior Member IEEE, Communications Society, Computer Society, Aerospace & Electronic Systems Society, SIGHT (Special Interest Group on Humanitarian Technologies). He is a Fellow of IETE (Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications Engineers, India) and member of Internet Society and ACM (Association of Computing Machinery).
An area of special interest is to leverage ICTs to drive inclusion by bridging the chasm caused by socio-economic conditions, literacy, gender, physical abilities, geography or a combination of any or all of the above factors.
Besides, Defence, Aerospace and Aviation is a passion that continues to grow since early childhood.
Aiyappan is a Chevening Scholar with a Post Graduate degree in Operational Telecommunications from Coventry University, U.K., and a B.Tech in Electronics and Communications from College of Engineering, Trivandrum.
Congruent Services is a registered MSME: UAM no. MH18D0208600 , Mumbai
