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The Economic Times CXO Sustainable Infrastructure Round Table

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As we look to move past the grave phase of COVID-19, the global economy is contending with understanding the atrociousness of the economic impact it leaves. A Cambridge study predicts that the global economy could face a loss of some US$26.8 trillion, or 5.3%, of global GDP in the coming five years and The World Economic forum points to prolonged economic recession, bankruptcies and sector consolidation, collapse of hardest hit sectors, high rates of unemployment, and restriction of movement of people and goods as the top five expected consequences of the crisis.

2020 has been a year of trying and testing the best business models. The COVID -19 crisis has highlighted the need to strengthen our resilience to future threats to humanity and climate change. The government of India has been engaging industries to create packages that will enable a green recovery. India is making great strides towards affordable, secure and reliable sustainable infrastructure.

This round table will help us understand on what CXO’s think of best models and set a roadmap in unity with technology to bring out the best in the sustainable infrastructure space.

This Round Table is a Deep Dive session on below talk points

1. The Green Infrastructure Opportunity
2. Attracting Capital Markets & The Right Investments
3. Creating Opportune Moment Through Technology
4. Why Building Sustainable Infrastructure Is Good for Business


Speakers

Chitranjan Kaushik
Chief Operating Officer
Ecofirst Services Limited

Heading, ECOFIRST, A Tata Enterprise, subsidiary of Tata Consulting Engineers (TCE) since last 8 years. Chitranjan has played an instrumental role in the growth of the company and in its regional and sectoral spread. Ecofirst has delivered more than 600 sustainable projects and has grown 5 times in revenue and employee strength in last 5 years only.

Chitranjan is an individual who make a difference by deepening self awareness in relation to the world around. In doing so, adopt new ways of seeing, thinking and interacting that result in innovative, sustainable solutions. His vision is to deliver superior quality sustainable products and services to the community through innovations, leadership and partnerships. Chitranjan is convinced that technology is the primary driver of change, however, the change may not be limited to technologies / newer (futuristic) technologies, but also largely attributes from human behaviour, new innovations, political, socio-cultural or economic activities, which all shall lead to sustainable future for all.

Chitranjan is an intrepid person who can take calculated risks, more focused on execution and ground realities, optimistically pursue new opportunities, little bit thick skinned but not insensitive. Always prefer to prepare for future in professional and personal life, pragmatically inclusive and comfortable with variety of people. Good at team building capabilities and managing multicultural teams. Chitranjan has won Prof Wil Segeren Award in UNESCO-IHE as recognition for international co-operation amongst representation of participants from sixty countries.
Chitranjan is a Civil Engineer and member of Institution of Engineers in India. He has done master’s in water resources (Hydroinformatics) from UNESCO-IHE. Chitranjan has widespread experience ranging from working with government for over 10 years, for land development and Knowledge outsourcing works for North America and India. He is the key person at the inception of Ecofirst, which is the firm established in 2008 to push clean tech and sustainable development. Ecofirst is founder member of Indian Green Building council and Chitranjan is member of the Executive Committee. Chitranjan cherish a dream of

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Jigar Deliwala
Head Sustainability & HES
EX – Adani Portz

Jigar has a professional career spanning over 19 years in the domain of sustainability, EHS and climate change

He has worked across diverse industry sectors, such as transportation, port operations, logistics, pharma, chemical, etc.

He has experience in varied skills in Environment management include (but not limited to) climate change and sustainability strategy, GHG monitoring and carbon accounting, EHS Risk/due diligence, sustainability risk assessment studies; reporting and assurance

He has strong grasp on Global guidelines and standards – UNFCCC, UNGC, GRI, SDG, CDP, IIRC, AA1000, GHG protocol, DJSI, TCFD and SBTi

His expertise also include sustainable development and implementation and policy advocacy, with industry and business associations and NGOs.
Key

Key Qualifications:

M.Sc. (Org Chemistry), B.Sc. Chemistry
PDIETM, TEB, Gandhinagar
PGDBM, Emeritus, Singapore

Relevant Work Experience:

Jigar was the Business Sustainability Officer at APSEZ (Adani Group); Driving the Sustainability EHS and climate strategy including CSR. Significant achievements include preparing and disclosing four sustainability report and a Integrated report. ESG benchmarking, ESG dashboard & improve the ESG ratings, SDG alignment, CDP, DJSI, UNGC disclosure, sustainable sourcing strategy development, design of Sustainability Information Management System (SIMS) and application of impact assessment tools

Prior to APSEZ, Jigar has spent 10 years with Cnetre for Environment Education, one of the Centre of Excellence, MoEFCC. He was leading the Coordinator and Programme Manager of Industry Initiatives thrust. His significant achievement for preparing the HPMP toolkit for UNEP is acknowledged and used by 16 NOUs of SASEA

He has also developed and implemented sustainability and ESG framework for APSEZ. He has also developed online grievance redressal module, communications and assurance framework following global guidelines such as GRI, UNGC and AA1000AS standards

Key Areas:
Sustainability framework design and Implementation, ESG analysis, Stakeholder engagement, community engagement, Carbon footprint, GHG Monitoring, Environmental and Social Management Plan as per IFC of World Bank guidelines Environmental and Social Assessment.

Countries of Work Experience: India

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Jyotirmoy Ray
Head for New Initiatives
WIN Automation

Jyotirmoy Ray is Head for New Initiatives, WIN Automation. He is responsible for initiating and leading the adoption of new technologies and business models in the Industrial Automation group of Wipro. A Mechanical Engineer from IIT Delhi with a specialization in robotics, Jyotir has been involved in multiple functions of the business from its nascent stage including acquisitions, setting up partnerships and development of the group’s technology strategies and service offerings.
Jyotir has in-depth knowledge on technology and its current trends and integrates solutions combining robotics, IoT and machine learning to drive business goals.
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Manpreet Singh
Partner
KPMG India

Manpreet is a Partner at KPMG and leads the climate change and sustainability services. He is an expert in environmental finance and helps KPMG clients to assess the viability of climate-related projects and access funding for these projects. Manpreet has in-depth experience in guiding companies through the process of issuing green and social bonds to fund infrastructure projects including clean power, low-carbon transport, affordable housing and energy efficient buildings. Outside work, Manpreet is a member of the UNDP Roster of Experts for climate change mitigation. In this role he advises on the implementation of large-scale greenhouse gas reduction programs in developing countries.
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Dr Rajashekhar Malur
Vice President & Head – Power Business
Tata Consulting Engineers

A Ph D from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Dr. Malur has more than 25 years of experience in Product and Plant Engineering in the power industry. A strong believer in embracing change his penchant for new technologies coupled with strong process and people management skills has helped Dr. Malur, excel in various roles

Dr Rajashekhar Malur (Raj) is based in Bengaluru, India and Heads the Power Business at Tata Consulting Engineers (TCE). In this role he is responsible for sustainable growth and P&L of the Power business Unit covering both Generation (Thermal , Nuclear, Hydro, Renewable) and Transmission & Distribution. Raj is passionate about Energy Transition and is leading the business along those lines.

Earlier as the Chief Technology Officer, Raj was leading a team of senior Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) across Business Units and Disciplines. The team is responsible for the development of technology strategies and new service offerings aligned with the tech strategy and works closely with various business unit heads to ensure technology relevance in the organisation. Other responsibilities of the team include upkeep and development of standards and design guides, innovation and value additions, academia collaborations, automation, quality control and quality assurance, 3D integrated engineering, knowledge management, patents and publications.

Prior to this role, Raj has also performed various roles in TCE. He was the Head of Thermal Power from 2013 to 2016 and Global Delivery Head for the Energy Business from 2016 to 2018 responsible for project delivery across Generation (Thermal, Nuclear, Hydro, Renewable and Opex sectors) and Transmission & Distribution with 800+ resources. He was the Vertical Head of Overseas Projects for Power Business from 2008 to 2013.
Before joining TCE, Raj was working with GE John F Welch Technology Centre in 2000 and held various roles such as Project Lead for CF34 Engines in Aviation; Leader for Reliability team in Energy; Engineering Manager for Thermal Systems and Power Plant Engineering; and is a certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt from GE. Previously, Raj was with Electrowatt Engineering Oman from 1998 to 2000 handling Gas-fired power plants in Oman and Qatar and TCE from 1994 -1998 where he worked on Tarapur Atomic Power Plants Unit 3&4.

Raj has in-depth knowledge on technology, innovations and technology trends. As a thought leader, he has spoken at various India and International forums and regularly interacts with the industry bodies

EDUCATION
PhD IIT Kanpur Visiting Scholar at the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland USA Bachelor and Master of Engineering, Bengaluru

AFFILIATIONS
Fellow, Institution of Engineers, India Member, Indian Society for Earthquake Technology E-Affiliate Member, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, Berkeley

DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE
Reliability Engineering Power Plant Engineering Finite Element Analysis Earthquake Engineering Dynamics & Vibrations

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Sanjay Mishra
CIO
L&T Construction

Sunil M K
Country Manager – AEC
Autodesk India

S Nandan
VP & Head Engineering – SBG Urban Infra
TΛTΛ Projects Limited

Somnath Nandan heads the urban infrastructure engineering and design department of Tata Projects Limited in Mumbai. Somnath is a post graduate civil engineer having 27 years of rich experience including 7 years in the UK in civil and structural design engineering and project management with specialisation in bridges and structures for major infrastructure projects like bridges (rail & road), elevated & underground metro (MRTS) rail – tunnel, viaduct & stations. Somnath is a Chartered Engineer from the Institution of Civil Engineer UK and members of various engineering institutes including ASCE, IE(I), IGS and European Engineer (FEANI, Brussels). Somnath has worked in various national and international infrastructure projects in India, UK, Ireland, Scotland and Canada.
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Tapan Mazumder
Engineering Director (ED), Vice President
GS Engineering & Construction

I am Director, Engineering and VP at GS Engineering & Construction Delhi Pvt. Ltd.
(GS, Delhi is a 100% subsidiary Company of South Korean EPC Company GS E&C Head Qtr., Seoul).
I am a Mechanical Engineer (BE) by profession having 35+ yrs of Industry experience in Oil & Gas Sector
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Agenda

16.45 – 16.00

Registration for the Sustainable Infrastructure Round Table

17.00 – 17.05 

Opening Remarks by ET Edge

17.05 – 17.55

India’s Roadmap for An Efficient and Sustainable Infrastructure Ecosystem 

 2020 has been a year of trying and testing the best business models. The COVID -19 crisis has highlighted the need to strengthen our resilience to future threats to humanity and climate change. The government of India has been engaging industries to create packages that will enable a green recovery
This round table will help us understand on what CXO’s think of best models and set a roadmap in unity with technology to bring out the best in the sustainable infrastructure space.

  • The green infrastructure opportunity 
  • Investing in the emerging markets
  • Attracting capital markets for these opportunities
  • The Resilient & Sustainable infrastructure opportunity
  • Detailed discussion on the sustainable infrastructure and investment opportunities
  • Creating the opportune moment for the organization through technology powered business models.
  • The role technology is playing/can play in building sustainable infrastructure
  • Why building sustainable infrastructure is good for business and not just a good thing

MK Sunil, Sales Head, Autodesk
Chitranjan Kaushik, Chief Operating Officer, Ecofirst Services Limited
Dr Rajashekhar Malur, Vice President & Head – Power Business, Tata Consulting Engineers
Jyotirmay Ray, Head Initiatives, WIN Automation
Somnath Nandan, VP & Head Civil Engineering & Design, Tata projects
Tapan Mazumder, Engineering Director & VP, GS Engineering & Construction
Sanjay Mishra, CIO, L&T Construction
Jigar Deliwala, Business Sustainability Officer, Ex - Adani Portz
Session Chair: Manpreet Singh, Partner, KPMG India

17.55 – 18.00

Closing Remarks

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