Dr. N. M. Parthasarathy was the Chair of the combined Chapter of the Industrial Automation and Engineering Management Soceities of Madras Section. After his demise, two separate Chapters have been formed, one for Industrial Automation and the other for Engineering Management.

2006 The following officers have taken charge of the IEEE EMS Chapter of Madras Section Chair: K. V. Rupchand, Senior Member, Former Chief Engineer of TNEB Vice-Chair: R.T. Sakthidaran, Senior Member, Prof & Head of IT Dept, KLN College of Engg, Ex; MECON Treasurer: H.R. Mohan, Member, Associate VP (Systems), The Hindu

Secretary: Sivan Ramachandran, Manager-Design & Dev, Midas Comm. Tech Pvt Ltd.