Communication Congress 202

Communication Congress 2021: Datasur takes on Intercultural Communication 

On the 23rd of April 2021 the largest communication conference in the Caribbean took place for the third time. The online communication conference 2021 was entirely devoted to professional communication and how to get to the core of impactful communication in a multicultural society. The theme was: Who is your Father, Who is your Mother? Based on the communication book on How Surinamese communicate. Seminars, workshops and interactive sessions were provided online on professional communication, intercultural communication, populist communication and destination marketing.

Datasur also contributed and participated during this communication conference, since it acknowledged the multicultural facets of Suriname and its people, doing business in- and with such a community in order to realize Datasur company goals still within a competitive environment. Another reason for participating was the aspect of learning and sharing best practices on communication, marketing and team collaboration adapted by other participating companies from Suriname and other countries. The aim of the 2021 communication conference was to stimulate the exchange of knowledge within the field and to connect the communication sector in Suriname. 

Our CEO, Anvit Ramlakhan, held a presentation about intercultural communication: “Intercultural Communication in Suriname based on a Business context”, with specification of the definition of Intercultural Communication, elements of Intercultural Communication and how to recognize these in real life, bringing Intercultural Communication into practice within the work environment (business context), highlighting Intercultural Communication challenges and how to improve Intercultural Communication skills. 

Here under some snaps of the slides, for the full presentation click this link

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Commercial Affairs Manager with a passion for turning ideas into impact. With 7+ years of experience in business development and strategy, I’ve helped companies grow, built lasting partnerships, and driven initiatives that spark innovation and create new opportunities. I thrive on connecting people, shaping creative solutions, and building strategies that deliver real value.

Always curious, always learning, and always ready to create what’s next.

Jurgen Schmeltz has as a Bachelor's degree in Information and Communication Technology and several IT certifications. His IT career started in Johannesburg, South Africa at IBM where he gained international experience for 5 years. When he came back to Suriname, he worked for two IT companies and also gained experience in VOIP, Backup Solutions and Microsoft Products.

At the moment Jurgen is a Cloud and Datacenter Infrastructure Specialist with many years of experience in the field of Microsoft Virtualization, Workplace Automation, Backup, Replication and Data Center Infrastructure. He currently holds the position of Operations Manager and is responsible for managing the Datacenter Operations such as Cloud and Network infrastructure.

Furthermore, he is also responsible for managing daily Facility Operations of the Datasur Datacenters and Project Lead for Cloud and Datacenter expansion projects. In his free time he’s a parttime lecturer at the two technical Universities in Suriname.

On behalf of Datasur Jurgen Schmeltz is also chairman of SUR-IX. The Suriname Internet Exchange Point which will be operational before the end of 2022

Sheetal Ganput is a strategically strong and socially engaged professional with a Ph.D. in Leadership & Management and an M.Sc. in Business Management. She currently serves as the General Affairs Manager at Datasur, where she is responsible for HR, legal affairs, office management, supply chain, strategy, governance, risk & compliance (GRC), and contributes to organization-wide policy development.

In addition to her role at Datasur, Sheetal is active as a thesis supervisor, sharing her knowledge with future professionals. She also holds board positions at the American Chamber of Commerce in Suriname (AmCham) and the Center for Communication & PR (CCPR), further emphasizing her commitment to both the business sector and social development.

Her style is characterized by vision, decisiveness, and a strong dedication to growth—both on a personal, organizational, and national level.

Our CEO, Dr. Anvit Ramlakhan is a prolific strong inspiring inclusive young professional leader from Suriname, working in different fields to contribute for the betterment of humanity and the world. He is an experienced executive with a demonstrated history of working in the ICT industry for several years, with a widespread of skills in operations, quality, risk, project, business, strategy, product portfolio management (just to name a few). At Datasur Anvit oversees the total company performance on strategical level, with a strong focus on business growth, innovation, customer experience and financial profitability.

Furthermore, Anvit contributes to development of the Surinamese youth by lecturing and tutoring at four university study organizations in Suriname on undergraduate and postgraduate levels within study fields such as ICT, Electrical engineering, Organization management, Process management, Business intelligence, MBA, etc.

He has a strong professional background with a cum laude doctorate (Ph.D. in Management- Information and Technology) from the Akamai University in USA, Master of Science (M.Sc.) with merit in Information Systems from Anglia Ruskin University in London, UK and Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Telecommunications from Anton de Kom University in Paramaribo, Suriname. He currently is finishing up his MBA in Strategic Management and Leadership at the London School of International Business, London, UK.

Anvit has several prolific leadership and business certifications, ongoing humanity service, extensive spiritual drive and a personal theme which is as follows: “Continuous progressive successful excellence”. He is part of volunteer organization HSS for 20+ years, through which character molding, collaboration and way of living for the youth is created and augmented.

In January 2022 he has been elected for two years as Chairman of the ICT Association in Suriname, in order to help strategize the sustainable digital economic development of Suriname. Furthermore he also has been elected as Chairman for the Suriname Business Youth Association in June 2021 for a period of two years, whereby development and support of young entrepreneurs and professionals is one of the main goals. Anvit is also part of the presidential working groups on areas of e-Government and wage council.