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The Data Sessions Accelerating Business value through data and analytics

Overview

As businesses realise that questions around digital transformation are changing from “if” to “how fast can we can pivot?”, top executives have to plan out a new data-led strategy for operations as it can radically change product delivery, customer experience, bring down time to market, increase productivity and help expand to new markets.

Data at the centre

Data, undeniably, is everywhere – and day after day, as the digital world transforms more human actions into data-generating experiences, its volume continues to grow. In fact, by 2025, data-driven interactions will reach 4,785 per person per day, as the global “datasphere” grows to 163 zettabytes.
All that data represents a massive opportunity for financial services organizations. Intelligence. Optimization. Innovation. Revenue. Expansion. Risk Management. And competitive edge. So where do data-driven insights have the most impact? And what types of benefits can you expect to see?

Introducing The Data Sessions – Accelerating Business value through data and analytics

Forbes’ David Kirkpatrick famously claimed, “Now every company is a software company.” The same thing has become true of data: Every company is now a data company, too. That’s because insights from analytics have become an essential driver of innovation, optimization, and competitive edge.

Speakers

Armstrong Mejilla
Presales Manager
APAC, Qlik

Manoj Kumar
Lead Digital transformation and cluster head (Senior Vice President)- Oncology
Transplant and Plasma

Thiagaraja Manikandan
President & Global CTO
Olam International

Thompson P Gnanan
Chief Digital Business Officer
Conneqt Business Solutions

Vijay Aggarwal
CTO
BharatPe

Ankush Gadi
Director, Data Management & Analytics Growth, Innovation and Excellence Hub
CRISIL Limited

Moderator

Agenda

16:15 - 16:30

Registration

16:30 - 16:35

Opening Remarks by ET Edge/Moderator

16:35 - 17:20

Panel Discussion: Accelerating Business value through data and analytics

Everyone can agree that data is a strategic asset, containing tremendous potential value. Data is everywhere, always growing, always changing and nearly all companies can use it to their advantage.  How can your business keep up with it, and get the most value out of it? The point of analytics is to unlock that value by delivering the insights that drive transformation – and ultimately competitive edge.

This session, which will include five panellists and a moderator, will look at using data and analytics across sectors and why it is relevant. It will also focus on the impact of data & analytics in the areas of Customer intelligence, reimagining processes, identifying new business opportunities and balancing risk & rewards. Discussion points will include:

  1. Closing the gap between relevant data and actionable data
  2. Getting actionable insights from actionable data anytime, anywhere
  3. Using AI and machine learning for actionable insights
  4. Using data to improve customer experiences and drive increased lifetime value through customer intelligence
  5. Optimize every aspect of business for efficiency and productivity by reimagining processes
  6. Identifying New Business Opportunities - Develop new products, services, and revenue streams with insights gleaned from data – or monetize the data itself
  7. Get insight into internal and external factors to make faster, smarter decisions around risk

 

17.20 - 17.30

Closing remarks by Moderator
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Respond, Recover, and Innovate to Differentiate

Overview

The Indian automobile sector, which was already gasping for demand in FY20, saw business come to an absolute standstill when the country went under lockdown in the last week of March and continued for over a month.

The fourth largest automobile market in the world that sees sales of over 3.99 million units in the passenger and commercial vehicles categories was however one of the fastest sector to make its road to recovery driven by pent up demand and the need for personal mobility over public transportation as government started easing lockdown measures.

But a lot had changed in these months, the demand currently is being seen from tier-ii, tier-iii cities and rural-urban regions of the country. Other changes include the change in aftersales service and the demand for connected and electric cars. These changes are forcing automobile manufacturers and suppliers to change their supply-chain and in turn production cycle. Experts have said that the shortage in the availability of production staff has also forced grey clouds over the heads of first executives in several organisations.

And the only efficient and resilient way to surge out of this pandemic-driven crisis seems to be digitisation, especially in the face of changing consumer demands. Automotive OEMs and their suppliers will need to address current supply chain disruptions, production capacity issues and workforce constraints in the short, mid and longer term. All stakeholders in the sector need to take a critical look at strategies to increase operational efficiency and meet business continuity objectives, along with expanding digital tools and platforms.

Taking a different approach to digital transformation will be key to future success. This will require moving away from the traditional model of lengthy technology projects toward a more service-based approach that provides a quicker, smarter way to respond to changes in technology, the industry and the business.

Introducing the Reimagining Retail Round table – Respond, Recover and Innovate to Differentiate

Preparing for the ‘new normal’ will require a thorough review and reprioritization of current strategic roadmaps and investment efforts. The Economic Times Accelerating Automotive RT, powered by Itelligence, is an effort to understand and guide automotive industry stakeholders to identify challenges and opportunities during the new normal and showcase a roadmap that will lead to a new digital strategy with the aim of creating business resilience for the future.

The platform will look at key issues such as myriad challenges facing the auto sector today to discussing how present-day technologies can be used to unlock new opportunities. The discussion will also focus on building a secure yet simpler IT experience in order to form a mozette of its own.

Agenda

14:45 - 15:00

Registration

15:00 - 15:05

Opening Remarks by ET Edge/Moderator

15:05 - 15:50

Panel Discussion: Accelerating Auto in India – building resiliency through digital transformation  

This session, which will ideally have seven panellists along with a moderator, is going to be led by leaders who are going to apprise the audience of the possible challenges of attainting business resiliency and how to go about tackling them in a post-Covid world in the auto sector. The leaders are also going to shed light on how companies can look at moving to the growth track sustainably in a response to fight the economic despondency being led by the pandemic and also ensure that the organisation is protected against future shocks. Discussion points will include:

  1. Challenges in the auto sector in a post-Covid world
  2. Reading and understanding the new-age customers, demand
  3. Re-wiring supply chain visibility and out-bound logistics
  4. Redesigning processes to meet market demand (aftersales service)
  5. Re-engineering/Transforming products (quality management)
  6. The need for big data and analytics (business intelligence)
  7. Secure, agile yet simple IT architecture
  8. Creating new delightful experiences for consumers
  9. Rewiring internal processes

15:50 - 16:00

Question & Answer Session

16:05

Closing remarks by ET Edge
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Digital Transformation in Manufacturing Design & Vodcast

The growing brawl for a manufacturing push and the government’s efforts to charm the global investors. India’s manufactures have a golden chance to rise out of the shadow. Today’s fast paced economy, companies have no choice but to innovate and better effectively and efficiently. This is only and only possible if we bridge the gap between strategic planning and execution.

Usage of Digital and particularly Industry 4.0 led solutions is gathering pace in Manufacturing. This will create a fundamental shift from Spreadsheets, manual log books, retrospective day end reviews to on-stream, Real Time interventions which will enable continual optimization of your organizations performance, Process efficiencies to take avoidable costs out of the system. New Skills, Newer ways of working will drive this Digital mindset

After the onset of Industry 4.0 we are now moving speedily into digital 4.0 revolution. This revolution has begun transforming the way manufacturing industry works. This is a modern insurgency that is connecting people, process and machines. Digital 4.0 has given birth to IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things). This is an amalgamation of cyber- physical systems and artificial intelligence to make manufacturing seamless and ensuring minimal human intervention. A recent MPI study suggests that digital initiatives has now started showing returns in the form of improvements in product quality, product decision making, productivity and profitability.

With this in mind, we have organized The Economic Times Digital Transformation In Manufacturing & Design. This webinar is centred around the various innovations and disruptions in the manufacturing space. With an eclectic mix of industry experts on the panel discussions this webinar will predominantly answer how innovations across Manufacturing units will be the primary tool to achieve sustainable growth in the world’s second-fastest-growing economy and turn it into a global manufacturing hub.

Agenda

16.45 – 16.00

Registration

17.00 – 17.05

Opening Remarks by ET Edge

17.05 – 17.55

 India’s Manufacturing Roadmap to Converge, Collab & Automate

 

Digital transformation is no new baby to the manufacturing and design sector. However, in desperate times like we are in currently one must know how to innovate, reboot and be on top of the digital game. To do so developing digital capabilities is a must to gain an edge in this hyper competitive market.

This webinar will help us understand the desperate measures we need to action digitally towards making a progressive organization.

  • What is converge, collab & automate in todays times?
  • Product development with the help of digital
  • Right use of connected data and cloud platform
  • Working with digitization and strategy
  • Golden nuggets from expert panel

17.55 – 18.00

 Closing Remarks
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Power of Active Intelligence: Transcending collaboration beyond the last mile

“Information is the oil of the 21st century, and analytics is the combustion engine.” – Peter Sondergaard,

Companies looking to breach the veil of uncertainty and weaving resilience into their DNA for future shocks are focusing on gathering more data to unlock new revenue options.

This data has enormous potential for helping a firm thrive and for assisting executives in making real-time decisions. However, this can only happen if this data is used to its full potential in order to generate useful insights.

And business intelligence can prove to be more useful in these tumultuous times if it is relayed in a real-time manner. Active intelligence seems to be the answer. It provides analytics-ready data along with the most updated information in real-time. With an amalgamation of the data at rest and data in motion, it represents the pulse of the data, providing business insights and creating an intelligent data-to-analytics pipeline.

Prepare your business for unexpected situations in future by using Active Intelligence, as it can help you anticipate the upcoming trends. It provides more detailed insights, thanks to AI-powered analytics. Active Intelligence also represents the business moment by adding business logic to analytics-ready data, transforming it into business-ready data and enabling collaboration among all data personas.

About The Economic Times virtual round table

As we are in the midst of the epidemic, companies must cling to the most cutting-edge technology in order to prosper in these trying times. The Economic Times Power of Active Intelligence: Transcending collaboration beyond the last mile will unleash the power of using Active Intelligence in today’s data-driven demands. With real-time agility becoming the need of the hour, it is critical for businesses to adapt to demands as quickly as possible. Active Intelligence enables them to not only outperform the competition, but also to adapt and respond quickly to changing situations.

Speakers

Azain Ghany
Group CIO
Emjay International (Pvt) Ltd & Penguin Sportswear (Pvt) Ltd

Dr. Ajantha Ratnayake
Assistant General Manager – ICT
Regional Development Bank

Gaurav Jasoria
Group Director
Vallibel One PLC

Nidesh Fernando
Manager- Digital Banking
Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC

Charlie Farah
Director Solutions & Value Acceleration
Qlik
Moderator

Agenda

4:00 – 4:05

 Opening by ET Edge

4:05 – 4:55

Round Table Discussion: Active Intelligence: Accelerating informed decisions

Active Intelligence has raised the bar for technology, giving traditional methods a run for their money. With real-time and analytics-ready data, it has sped up business processes and is assisting them in making rapid and informed decisions. In this session we will discuss how this technology is rapidly evolving and will touch upon the following topics:

  • The status of adoption of Active Intelligence
  • How to tackle business problems using Active Intelligence
  • How data pipelines enable quick decisions
  • How can businesses begin to incorporate Active Intelligence
  • Business outcomes that Active Intelligence may help you accomplish
  • Helps in prompting immediate actions

4:55 – 5:00

 Closing Remarks by ET Edge
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BFSI Tech Leaders – Roundtable Series

In today’s Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous world, rising consumer expectations are disrupting every industry, especially those with a digital backbone. Leaders in the BFSI industry have been early adopters of leveraging technology to connect with their consumers and also to enable their employees to carry out operations remotely. In the last 12-18 months, this trend has seen an upward shift with users and consumers of banking and financial services leveraging digital channels almost exclusively, to conduct their financial transactions. With this surge in both consumers and employees relying on digital channels to conduct their day-to-day operations, Financial services organizations and institutions are faced with challenges related to balancing between upscaling, performance and security.

Every financial organization, today, is part of an ecosystem of players that rely on each other to exchange business-critical data. With the growing usage of apps and API’s and the emergence of open banking platforms, today cyber security is one of the most important challenges that banking and financial services organizations must address. Traditionally, organizations have been implementing security measures on an adhoc basis and they are saddled with a patchwork security architecture that results in a high TCO. However, we see that more and more, data privacy and security are fundamental building blocks of organizations. This topic is no longer a regulatory tick box, or a product discussion, it is in fact a boardroom strategy. Companies recognize that lack of cybersecurity challenges the very foundation of any business that is growing digitally.

With this context, Economic Times is organizing two roundtables powered by Akamai, to bring together Financial services industry leaders and experts, who would share their points-of-view and their experience on how to strike the right balance between scale, experience and security. The first of the Roundtables would be focused on Banking and Insurance sectors and the second will host Fintech companies.

Register below to join in.

Banking & Insurance Round Table

25th August | 04:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Aseem Ahmed
Senior Product Manager – Cloud security
Asia Pacific at Akamai Technologies

Naseem Halder
CISO
ACKO General Insurance

Pawan Chawla
CISO
Future Generali India Life Insurance Company

Abhilash Balan
CISO
Go Digit

Kunal Pande
Partner
KPMG
Moderator

Fintech Round Table

26th August | 04:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Ashish Anantharaman
CTO & Co- Founder
Zest Money

Karan Mehta
CTO & CO-Founder
Kissht

Nischal
Founder
WazirX

Piyush Ranjan
CTO
Coverfox

Sidharth Pisharoti
RVP, India & SEA
Akamai Technologies

Shantanu
CTO
PayU

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Biswajit Das
Director– Lighthouse (Analytics, AI & Data)
KPMG in India
Moderator

Agenda

25th August

Banking & Insurance Round Table

4.00 PM – 5.00 PM

ROUND TABLE | Being Cyber Ready in the VUCA World

  •  Shifting priorities to support current needs: business continuity, remote work and planning for transition to the next normal
  • Unprecedented digital connections – upscaling, performance and security challenges
  • Unified and pre-emptive approach to cyber security measures
  • Securing apps and API’s – exposed interfaces and security challenges for Banking & Insurance companies
 

Speakers:

Naseem Halder, CISO, ACKO General Insurance
Pawan Chawla, CISO, Future Generali India Life Insurance Company
Aseem Ahmed, Senior Product Manager – Cloud security, Asia Pacific at Akamai Technologies
Abhilash Balan, CISO, Go Digit
Moderator : Kunal Pande, Partner, KPMG

26th August

Fintech Round Table

4.00 PM – 5.00 PM

ROUND TABLE | Striking the right balance between scale, experience and security

  •  Role of emerging technologies such as Cloud, Edge, IOT, 5G in providing scale and performance of services
  • Building digital trust in times of digital disruption
  • Delivering Superior UX as omni-channel consumption is more than ever before
  • Securing user and partner data by securing APIs
 

Speakers:

Ashish Anantharaman, CTO & Co- Founder, Zest Money
Shantanu, CTO, PayU
Piyush Ranjan, CTO, Coverfox
Karan Mehta, Co- Founder & CTO, Kissht
Nischal, Founder, WazirX
Sidharth Pisharoti, RVP, India & SEA, Akamai Technologies
Biswajit Das, Director– Lighthouse (Analytics, AI & Data), KPMG in India

Registration Form

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ETILC Global Outreach Program : India-Israel Business Collaboration Dialogue

As we appear on the cusp of the Fourth Industrial Revolution or Industry 4.0 enabled by the concurrent development and integration of digital and physical technologies, time is ripe to transform the Indian manufacturing ecosystem—and many other sectors and industries beyond.

To gain a better understanding of some of the pressing needs of manufacturers and various ways in which collaborations in general—and start-ups in particular—can provide value across multiple horizons of Industry 4.0 landscape, ETILC in association with Israel Economic and Commercial Mission, New Delhi is hosting a roundtable discussion(RT) (virtual) on Towards the Next Horizon of Industry 4.0 – Building Capabilities Through Innovative Collaborations and Start-ups on Wednesday, August 25th between 4:00 – 5:30 pm IST. The RT will have 12-14 experts from India and Israel who will discuss innovation in technologies (IoT, AI, 5G and Cyber Security systems), ways to build industry collaborations, technological transfer partnerships and the future roadmap to accelerate Smart Manufacturing in India.

 The key points of discussion will be around:

  • What will be the role of 5G in Industry 4.0 and how India & Israel can collaborate on this?
  • What are the challenges for 5G deployment in India and how can the Israel start-up ecosystem work with Indian companies to find a solution?
  • How can India quickly adopt and upgrade Smart manufacturing, analytics and IoT in its manufacturing sector?
  • Creating more COE-IOT(centre of excellence across India). How can we build a cohesive environment to build these centres for easy transfer of ideas and technology between Israel and India?
  • Boosting opportunities of technological collaborations between India and Israel

Moderators

Vinodkumar Ramachandran
Partner, India Head Automotive and Industrial Sector and Global Head Industry 4.0
KPMG in India

KG Purushothaman
Senior Lead, Telecom
KPMG in India, as a specialist on 5G technologies

Speakers

Agmon David Porat
SCo-Founder and Head
I4.0 Laboratory

Amit Kumar
Co-founder and COO
RobotAI

Amitabh Ray
Managing Director
Ericsson India

Avner Ben-Bassat
President & CEO
Platarine

Israel Koffman
Executive VP and Founder
RunEl

Jagannath V
Business Head
m2nxt Solutions – A BFW subsidiary

Lior Handelsman
General Partner
Grovevc

Lior Zadicario
Chief Revenue Officer
VisualFactories

Malka Nir
Vice President, Advanced Manufacturing Division
Israel Innovation Authority

Milan Sheth
Executive Vice President – IMEA
Automation Anywhere Software

Ravi Prayaga
Managing Director
JI Technovation

Roy Timor-Rousso
Chief Revenue Officer
JPU

Sumit Sood
Managing Director
GlobalLogic India

Vineet Majgaonkar
Chairman
Armstrong Machine Builders

Agenda

4:00 PM

 Welcome by ETILC
4:00 PM – 4:02 PM Opening address by Natsha Zhangin, Counsellor, Head of Economic & Commercial Mission – Embassy of Israel in India.

4:02 PM – 4:07 PM

 ‘Towards the Next Horizon of Industry 4.0’ * India-Israel Business Collaboration Dialogue – Introduction and context setting by Vinodkumar Ramachandran
4:10 PM – 4:25 PM

Theme 1: Building an innovation and start up eco system in  Israel and partnership opportunities with India

  • Malka Nir, Vice President, Advanced Manufacturing Division, Israel Innovation Authority – 7 mins
  • Agmon David Porat, Co-Founder and Head of I4.0 Laboratory
  • Lior Handelsman, General Partner, Grovevc

4:25 PM – 4:50 PM

Theme 2: Driving digital transformation through Industry 4.0 technology solutions

Israel Panellists: Speech/presentation for 3 minutes each providing a brief introduction of your company’s technology, global operations and India potential (if you have evaluated India potential):

  • Amit Kumar, Co-founder and COO, RobotAI
  • Avner Ben-Bassat, President & CEO, Plataine
  • Lior Zadicario, Chief Revenue Officer, VisualFactories

Indian Panellists: Brief self-introduction, Provide views on potential opportunities and challenges in India for industry 4.0, current maturity level, specific views on the technologies provided by Israel Panelist. Each speaker to speak for 3 minutes and try and cover aspects not covered by previous speaker

  • Vineet Majgaonkar, Chairman, Armstrong Machine Builders
  • Milan Sheth, Executive Vice President – IMEA, Automation Anywhere Software
  • Sumit Sood, Managing Director, GlobalLogic India
  • Ravi Prayaga, Managing Director, JI Technovation
  • Jagannath V, Business Head, m2nxt Solutions – A BFW subsidiary
4:50 PM – 5:10 PM

Theme 3: 5G opportunities in India

Setting the Context on overall 5 G opportunities and current status :

  • Amitabh Ray, Managing Director, Ericsson India: 5 minutes

Speech/presentation for 5 minutes each providing a brief introduction of your company’s technology, global operations and India potential (if you have evaluated India potential):

  • Roy Timor-Rousso, Chief Revenue Officer at JPU
  • Israel Koffman, Executive VP and Founder, RunEl

5:50 PM – 5:25 PM

 Open interaction and Q&A
5:25 PM – 5:30 PM Conclusive Notes and Next Steps

5:30 PM

 Thank you & Close

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India Energy Efficiency Dialogue

Today, the need for energy efficiency is more significant than ever as the world looks to de-carbonize industries and infrastructure. It has become an integral part of the manufacturing landscape, as companies strive to make efficient use of resources, while limiting their impact on the environment. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), industry accounts for 37% of global energy use and some 30% of global energy is consumed in buildings.

While mostly hidden from public view, electric motors and variable speed drives power a vast range of applications fundamental to our modern way of life, from heavy industries to facilities that produce food and beverages, water and wastewater facilities, and commercial buildings. By making the decision to use energy efficient motors, businesses can lower their energy costs and reduce their carbon footprint. Though there are significant efficiency gains to be reaped from upgrading a motor, still greater energy savings are achievable when a high-efficiency motor is used in combination with a variable-speed drive.

MEPS (Minimum Energy Performance Standards) for low voltage motors have played an important role in helping countries to meet their energy efficiency and carbon dioxide emissions targets.

Just as wind, water, steam and electricity allowed us to travel faster, build higher and fly further, there’s a new generation of energy efficient motors and drives, which could become the unsung heroes in the next phase of humanity’s journey.

Join us at The India Energy Efficiency Dialogue where the industry experts would deliberate on the current energy efficiency scenario and share insights on how greater efficiency will contribute to economic growth and environmental protection.

Keynote Speaker

Morten Wierod
President, Motion Business, Member of the Group Executive Committee, ABB Ltd Switzerland, Chairman of ABB India Board

Round Table Speakers

Anurag Saxena
Chief – Electrical Maintenance
Tata Steel

Charu Gupta
Director
Consulting, Deloitte India

Hemant Watve
Chairman and Managing Director
Wilo India

Maheep Jain
Managing Director
Eversource Capital

Prashant Gokhale
President (South Asia Region) and MD Buhler India

Sundaram Kannan
Senior Vice President (Electrical)
Reliance Industries Ltd.

A R Madhusudan
President – Drives Product, Motion Business
ABB India Ltd.

Sanjeev Arora
President & Lead Business Manager
Motion Business at ABB India Ltd.

Vineeta Kanwal
Director
BEE

Partners

Energy Efficiency Partner

Knowledge Partner

Agenda

15:00 – 15:05

 Opening Remarks

15:05 – 15:20

 Keynote Address: Energy Efficiency – A key towards sustainable future
  Morten Wierod, President Motion Business, Member of Group Executive Committee, ABB Ltd

15:20 – 16:20

 Panel Discussion: The Energy Efficiency Dialogue
 

Given its potential to impact the nation’s energy consumption and carbon footprint, energy efficient products play a vital role in paving the way for a sustainable future.

Improving energy efficiency is the most effective way to cut CO2 emissions. Today, there’s a new generation of energy efficient motors and drives, which could become the unsung heroes in the next phase of humanity’s journey.

Vineeta Kanwal – Director, Bureau of Energy Efficiency
Hemant Watve – Managing Director & CEO, WILO Mather and Platt Pumps Pvt. Ltd.
Prashant Gokhale – President (South Asia Region) & Managing Director, Buhler India
Maheep Jain – Managing Director – Eversource Capital
Sanjeev Arora – President & Lead Business Manager, Motion Business – ABB India Ltd
A R Madhusudan – President – Drives Product, Motion Business – ABB India Ltd
Sundaram Kannan – Senior Vice President (Electrical) – Reliance Industries Limited
Anurag Saxena – Chief Electrical Maintenance – Tata Steel

Session Chair: Charu Gupta, Director, Deloitte  

16:20 – 16:30

 Closing Remarks

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Harnessing supply chain management with the power of technology

In the past few years, we have seen massive disruptions become seeds for some of the biggest, most successful and innovative ways of meeting customer needs. The world is connected way better than ever before and here is the time and opportunity for organizations to reach, understand, analyze the needs of customers in the best possible ways and come up with innovative solutions to provide products and services to its potential and existing customers. Some of the major industries leading the economy like Ecommerce, Retail, , Pharmaceuticals, Food and Beverages, etc are all now very much reliant and dependent on structuring their business around the changing consumption patterns.

The changes in the performance of the retail market especially during the pandemic pose serious challenges to the retailers. Maintaining the balance between supply and demand is one of the ongoing challenges that have had a continuous impact on retail supply chain processes. However in the ever-changing disrupted environment, finding a viable solution seemed rather difficult. The big question is, how do you ensure seamless operational efficiency while overcoming changing market dynamics? It goes without saying that the retail market has its fair share of competition, however, how do you maintain the quality of service and deliver what you commit to the customer at the time of sales, makes a difference.

While the inventory and order management process are undergoing much-required transformation to achieve intelligent Omni channel, there are still multiple gaps within it that require utmost attention. In a fast-paced environment, even if currently disrupted, customer’s expectations from the retail sector are clearly increasing. The current circumstances call for having total control over your supply chain processes with the help of technology, further avoiding any hiccups and helping the business sustain.

The Economic Times Panel Discussion on Streamlining supply chain management with Technology, is a platform where we will have some of the top Technology C-Suite (CIO, CTO) from the industry, sharing their leadership views on the role of Technology in streamlining supply chain management for retail & E-commerce companies/ industry.

Speakers

Levine Naidoo
Frictionless Supply Chain SME
IBM

Rajiv Bhuta
Vice President Product Management
Walmart Global Tech India

Rajiv Dinesh
Head – Data Products
Delhivery

Ranjan Sharma
Chief Information Officer, Head of Supply Chain, Head of Captive eCommerce and Quality Assurance
Bestseller India

Sandeep Jabbal
Vice President
Jubilant Foodworks Limited

Sunny Nandwani
Founder & MD
Acuver Consulting

Akash Srivastava
Partner
Deloitte India
Moderator

Agenda

11:00 ‐ 11:10

 Opening Remarks by ET Edge/Moderator

11:10 – 11:50

Harnessing the power of Technology in streamlining supply chain management

In this session, we have some of the leading C Suite Technology Experts from our country, sharing their leadership perspective on the below points of discussion:

  1. Taking a deep dive to understand how retail companies are currently transforming their supply chain and what should be your next move?
  2. Learning points on how to effectively increase profit margins and create sustainable competitive advantage leveraging technology 
  3. Planning and building seamless customer experience strategies for effective business development
  4. Identifying solutions to the huge demand variation and changing customer pattern and behavior
  5. Tips on designing efficient processes and overcome uncertainty while ensuring that the cost is in line with the product segment

11:50 – 11:55

 Question & Answer Session

11:55 – 12:00

 Closing Remarks by ET Edge

Join us at The Economic Times Panel Discussion on Streamlining supply chain management with Technology, to learn from the brightest minds and most influential leaders talking about Transforming organizations to achieve resilience, authenticity, and helping you reach the stage of customer delight.


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Unlocking Business Growth Through Digital Workflows

Digital workplace came into existence a couple of decades back and has changed human lives beyond recognition. In today’s business environment it is nearly impossible to run a growing business without any technological support especially if your focus is improving process efficiency.

Staying ahead of the curve will seem daunting and this Roundtable discussion will focus on how to expand capabilities designed to provide a holistic approach to transforming digital workflows. You will understand the importance of setting up process groups to coordinate organization-wide efforts that can be instrumental in changing the game towards optimized processes and how keeping longevity is critical in achieving desired outcomes.

Unlocking Business Growth Through Digital Workflows

  • Digitization, digitalization or digital transformation – What is the next normal?
  • Identifying the top 3 challenges organizations face while embracing new technology and the adoption of different perspectives to overcome them
  • Cloud Transformation – Why should organizations adopt cloud technologies to fuel digital transformation?
  • How can intelligent automation help navigate digital workflows in the hybrid/distributed work environment?

Speakers

Amit Chopra
Managing Director – India and South Asia
Thermo Fisher Scientific

Anup Rau
MD & CEO
Future Generali India Insurance Co Ltd

Arjun Ramaraju
CEO
Conneqt Business Solutions

Ashish Khanna
President – Renewables
Tata Power

Rashmi Mohanty
CEO – Interim & Group CFO
Clix Capital Services Pvt Ltd

Shivashish Chatterjee
Co-Founder & Joint Managing Director
DMI Finance

Venugopal S Arcot
Senior Director Solution Consulting
ServiceNow

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Leveraging Customer Service as Competitive Advantage

With the globalization of the business world, competition is more fierce than ever before. Companies lose deals to competitors located half way around the world and are always looking for ways to win new business. One of the ways companies are looking to one-up their competition is by highlighting their excellent customer service. In fact, the customer service as a whole is not something many companies excel at, which makes companies that truly shine at the very end of the experience process more appealing to prospects or customers.

Discussion Points

  • Since the time Covid has hit the world, we hear from the Industry leaders that Customer Service is a big differentiator. How is Customer Service an integral part of your business strategy? Could you please share your thoughts.
  • When it comes to Customer Service, it’s important to be agile & innovative as the Competition is also evolving it’s own strategy. How does technology play a role in this process and what are your expectations from platform providers like ServiceNow?
  • Philip Kotler – widely regarded as the Father of Modern Marketing – popularized the idea of 4Ps – Product, Price, Place & Promotion. In this modern times, how does Customer Service compliment these 4Ps and bring in that “Wow” factor for your Customers. What are your views?
  • “Voice of the customer” or “Customer Feedback” is what the Industry leaders clearly call out as an effective tool to include the Customer in the entire Customer experience journey. What are some of the ways, you incorporate the Customer feedback in your product & solutions offering and how critical it is to the success of your organization.
  • Last question / Rapid fire – : Which company or brand according to you is the epitome of “Leveraging Customer Service as a competitive advantage” and why?

Speakers

A Balakrishnan
Managing Director
Geojit Technologies

Binod Hampapur
Executive Vice President
Infosys

Jolly Zachariah
Head of Service and Customer Experience
Ujjivan SFB

Kushagra Goswami
Senior Solutions Specialist – Customer Workflow
ServiceNow

Lakshmi Natarajan
Global Technology and Service Management Process Leader
Cargill business services

Sachin Srivastava
VP Customer Success & Managed Services
Mobileum India

Shashwat Singh
Digital Transformation Leader
Kimberly-Clark India

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Technology leader with 13+ years experience in the internet industry, all with high-energy startups.

Worked across diverse functions like engineering, product, marketing, etc., from germinal to mature stages. Keen on seeing the big picture, and deriving focus areas from it.

Experience across multiple sectors – social networking, gaming, telecom, education, SaaS, travel, e-commerce, finance.

Key traits: System thinking, Servant leadership, Hands-on execution, Output driven.

A high-tech mind with a simple lifestyle, Vijay loves spending time with his family. Apart from the undying passion for building products and teams that stand amongst the best in the world, he loves reading and watching NatGeo. From fiction, history, economics, politics, technology to mythology and business, he is a bookworm with a knack for systems thinking.

Building cutting edge fintech products for Indian merchants is what keeps him motivated every single day at work.

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At CRISIL, some key activities under Ankush’s purview include leading the Data and Analytics business, building data products (including tools and models), exploring market collaborations, and analysing & monitoring existing and emerging client needs. He has extensive experience in delivery of data and technology solutions across key areas including credit, equity, pricing and reference data, benchmark indexes and wealth management.

Prior to this, Ankush worked as Head of Business Operations in Thomson Reuters leading a team of sales operations specialist and project managers covering South Asia VP. He also served as a nonexecutive director of Thomson Reuters South Asia Private Limited. He has been the Vice President, Global Product Management for the index business of MSCI Inc. His experience also includes working with Reliance Capital Asset Management Ltd., the largest asset management company in India where he spent 9 years in various roles including heading the corporate planning and strategy function. He started his career in sales as relationship manager for ICRA Online Ltd.

Ankush holds a Post Graduate Business Management Diploma degree (MBA) from the University of Mumbai. He has also successfully completed one year in the business leadership and management program from IIM Calcutta and the Investment Foundations Program from CFA Institute (USA).

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Azain Ghany, Group CIO, Emjay- Penguin

Experience
Emjay – Penguin Group Chief Information Officer January 2019 – Present (2 years 9 months)
Magenta-LLC Chief Information Officer August 2018 – January 2019 (6 months) United Arab Emirates
Emjay – Penguin Chief Information Officer October 2017 – September 2018 (1 year) Sri Lanka
Emjay – Penguin 9 years Head of Information & Communication Technology 2013 – 2017 (4 years)
Manager Business Process 2011 – 2013 (2 years)
Project Manager ERP 2010 – 2011 (1 year)
Assistant Manager Business Process and Internal Controls 2008 – 2010 (2 years)
Brandix Assistant Accountant 2007 – 2008 (1 year)
Education Royal College Colombo
· (1996)
Australian Institute of Business Master of Business Administration – MBA
EXIN your ICT competence partner
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Ajantha Ratnayake, AGM - IT, RDB

Technology leader with over 30 years of experience and a solid reputation for meeting institutional technology growth objectives by providing direction, a strategic vision and strong leadership. Increases organizational efficiencies and improves sustainable technology innovation while reducing overall costs. Is a proven operations strategist with a track record in leading complex improvement initiatives by applying solid technical, research and analytical skills.

Core Competencies
• Technology Management
• Process Automation
• ICT Budgeting and Forecasting
• IoT & innovations
• Technical writing
• System Design
• Data Migration
• Corporate Governance
• Electronic Marketing
• Vendor Management
• IT Strategic Planning
• Data Science

EDUCATION

  • DOCTORAL OF PHYLOSOPHY (PhD.) – Aldersgate Collage, (Philippines), – 2020 (PhD research on the Digital Banking Adoption)
  • Master in Business Administration – Leeds Metropolitan University, (United Kingdom) – 2004
  • in management information systems – Dublin University (Ireland) – 2001
  • DIPLOMA IN SYSTEM DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT – NIBM (Sri Lanka) – 1989

WORK EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

  • ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER (ICT) – REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT BANK
  • HEAD OF IT AND HR – LANKAPUTHRA DEVELOPMENT BANK
  • EMIS MANAGER – WORLD BANK FUNDED HIGHER EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT PROJECT (IRQUE / HETC)
  • CONSULTANT BPR (PART TIME) – OWENS CORNING PLC, LEEDS UK.
  • HEAD OF IT – UNION APPARALS (PVT) LTD
  • SYSTEM INTEGRATION CONSULTANT – NATIONAL PANASONIC (SINGAPORE)
  • ASSISTANT MANAGER IT – CEYBANK UNIT TRUST –
  • ANALYST PROGRAMMER – INSTITUTE OF BANKERS OF SRI LANKA
  • PROGRAMMER – TEAMS CONSUTANTS (PVT) LTD

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Gaurav Jasoria, Group Director, Vallibel One

Seasoned C-level executive with a proven record of improving the top and bottom line by developing innovative businesses, optimizing processes and introducing digital technologies

Adviser to the Business Tycoon (Mr. Dhammika Perera) of Sri Lanka who controls both Hayleys and Vallibel One Conglomerates (Annual Turnover $ 1.6 Bn). A Go-To person for C Suite for providing cost-effective and practical solutions to complex situations by bridging the gap between people, process and technology. Developing successful business and philanthropic alliances/ partnerships with world-leading companies and foundations. Incubating start-up ecosystem by collaborating with successful Venture Builders to bring successful business models in Sri Lanka. Experienced business strategist and digital disruption pioneer across diversified industries, brands and teams from US, Canada, UK, Europe, ME, India & Sri Lanka

Areas of Expertise

  • Business Strategy & Execution
  • Digital Disruption
  • Deal Maker
  • New Business Development
  • JVs & Partnerships
  • Management & IT Consulting
  • Business Analytics & AI
  • Project/ Vendor Management

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Nidesh Fernando, Manager- Digital Banking, CBC

More than 18 years’ experience in Management
5 Years’ experience in Digital Banking
Education Qualification – MBA in Business Administration from University of Colombo
Batchelors Degree in Business Administration from University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Final stage in CIMA – UK
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Charlie Farah, Director Solutions & Value Acceleration, Qlik

Charlie Farah is a Senior Strategic Client Advisor (or you can call me ‘Director Solutions & Value Acceleration’ depending on what you feel suits best) for Qlik assisting organizations on their data and analytics transformation journeys providing support, solutions, and industry expertise for all their data, BI and analytics needs. Prior to this role, Charlie was Director, Industry Solutions for Qlik Asia Pacific covering private corporations as well as all Government agencies. Charlie draws on 14 years of experience working within the New South Wales public health system where he led the development of new business intelligence solutions to address challenges facing the industry and identify opportunities with data to innovate and redesign practices to deliver higher value.
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Aseem Ahmed, Senior Product Manager – Cloud security Asia Pacific, Akamai Technologies

Aseem Ahmed is Senior Product Manager – Cloud security, Asia Pacific at Akamai Technologies. In this role, he is responsible for identifying market opportunities in cloud security, translating ideas into product requirement, gathering and consolidating customer feedback, evangelizing product vision and strategy, as well as partnering with cross-functional teams on Go-to-Market activities. Overall, he has 13+ years of experience in cyber security architecture, threat monitoring and mitigation, cyber incident response, security consulting and services.
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Karan Mehta, CTO & CO-Founder, Kissht

As Co-founder and CTO, Karan Mehta brings almost a decade of technology-focused expertise to the dynamic ensemble at India’s leading digital lending platform, Kissht. A seasoned entrepreneur and an accomplished mind in the field of all things tech, Karan has a profound knowledge of AI, ML and deep tech, successfully leveraging them to substantially improve businesses across India’s fintech landscape.

Karan is a graduate from DJ Sanghvi College of Engineering with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and completed his Master’s degree in Information Networking from Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania.

He began his journey in corporate India in 2011 with the Chicago-based hedge fund Citadel Investment Group. Working out of the Manhattan office, he learned the tricks of the trade on building financial technologies by manoeuvring through the dynamic and fast-paced ecosystem to deliver products that were state-of-the-art and cutting edge. Equipped with this first-hand knowledge and understanding of the space, he came back to India in 2013 with the vision to start something of his own, a company that merged his two passions – finance and tech.

Fuelled by the belief that a corporate entity would never be able to match the rapid adaptability of a start-up, he set off on his entrepreneurial path with Swipe Payments, a mobile POS solution. From inception to manifestation, Karan worked on the development of the product for two years. Building on from his experience with Swipe Payments he then went on to co-found Kissht in 2015. Since then, he has built a fully digital and completely automated lending life cycle for consumer lending in India.

Over his many years as an entrepreneur, Karan believes that the key to success lies in a researched commitment to one’s ideas and vision.

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Nischal, Founder, WazirX

Nischal Shetty is the Founder, CEO of WazirX, India’s largest cryptocurrency exchange (recently acquired by Binance). He is a huge blockchain advocate and influencer with over 300,000 followers. He has also been featured in Forbes ‘30 under 30’ list in the past. Nischal has been active in the space for a long time with the mission to involve everyone in the blockchain revolution. He’s also been fighting for bringing positive crypto regulation in India with his Twitter campaign called #IndiaWantsCrypto for over 1000 days, and it’s been picked up by crypto advocates globally.
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Piyush Ranjan, CTO, Coverfox

Piyush has done his BTech from IIT Kanpur and has over 13 years of experience working as a techie majorly for internet businesses. He has been associated with large internet companies such as Ola, Cleartrip, Browserstack and has been the Founder and Head of Technology of Doormint. His last stint was with Ola as the Senior Director of
Technology.

In his own words, Piyush lives and breathes technology. He believes there are very few problems in the world which technology can’t solve. He firmly opines that selling Insurance online is ripe for disruption and technology would make it really easy for customers to buy insurance online.

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Sid Pisharoti, RVP, India & SEA, Akamai Technologies

Sidharth Pisharoti is Regional Vice President, APJ Sales at Akamai Technologies. He is responsible for leading sales and driving Akamai’s growth in India, South East Asia and for the Carrier division across APJ. He is responsible for the design and execution of Akamai’s go-to-market strategy in these regions. Sidharth has been with Akamai for 14 years. He has played an integral role in building the Media business at Akamai over the last five years in different roles across the APJ region.

He also held management roles in the Emerging Customers Group – International Markets and was instrumental in incubating the Emerging Customer Group expansion in Krakow in 2011 and building Akamai’s India business over the years. Prior to Akamai, Sidharth worked at Wipro Technologies. Sidharth holds a bachelor’s degree in Electronics & Communications from Madurai Kamaraj University.

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Shantanu, CTO, PayU

Shantanu Preetam leads technological innovation and engineering at PayU India. A seasoned technologist and engineering leader, Shantanu has more than 23 years of experience in building software products and driving digital transformation strategy. An expert in creating “customer-first” technology solutions, Shantanu has led and mentored global teams to build highly scalable cloud platforms such as omni-channel and e-commerce platforms, transportation systems and CRM systems for Fortune 100 companies.

Earlier Shantanu worked with Walmart Labs, India where he played an integral role in building core e-commerce systems, driving end-to-end cloud transformation and facilitating growth. He has also worked with Yahoo!, Dell and GE. He was instrumental in shaping Yahoo!’s shopping platform and at Dell he was responsible for evaluating and creating quick and feasible solutions for complex business problems, using effective architecture frameworks.

A Bachelor of Electronics Engineering from Pune University, Shantanu owns four filed patents. He is based out of Bangalore.

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Biswajit Das -Director– Lighthouse (Analytics, AI & Data), KPMG in India

Biswajit Das currently serves as a Director in the Light House practice that focuses on Analytics, AI & Data at KPMG in India. He has over 16 years of marketing and technology transformation experience in the Telecom, Financial Services and Strategy Consulting space. He started off as a marketer who transitioned to a techno-functional role and, in time, became a technology evangelist. Biswajit is a champion thought leader in large scale, multi-partner, multi-technology, multi geography transformation projects, specifically in the Big-Data (Data at Rest & Streaming Data) and Real Time Event Engines space. He is at the forefront of the charge towards making Data Analytics future ready, which is seeing a paradigm shift from being purely function driven to function & technology led.

  • Leads the Cloud Data Lakes & Big Data practice for KPMG-India
  • Led strategic transformation of the largest marketing insight + campaign management shop in the telecom world.
  • Leading the D&A COE design and transformation for one of the largest beverage manufacturers in APAC for their B2B and B2C retail strategy
  • Partnered the Design and Implementation of Cloud Data Ecosystem for multiple organizations in the Banking, FMCG and Telecom space
  • Program Head for design and set-up of Data and CVM infrastructure of a Digital Payment Bank launched across 23 geographies
  • Was the Global Head of CLM 2.0 Strategy and Operations for a multinational Telco with presence in 18 countries and a quad-play subscriber base of ~ 400 million.

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Mr Vinodkumar Ramachandran, Partner, India Head Automotive and Industrial Sector and Global Head Industry 4.0, KPMG in India

Vinod is a recognized expert on Automotive and Industrial space with 25 years of consulting experience across Asia (India, South East Asia, China and Middle East).

Expertise in driving large scale topline and bottomline transformation, turnaround, digital and poste merger integration across Automotive and industrial space

Relevant experience

  • Led strategy development and implementation for one of the largest Automotive OEM in India continuously for the last 6 years, covering domestic and international business and all functions: Product Development, Strategic Sourcing, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Sales and Marketing and enabling functions
  • Drove the largest digital transformation in India in power sector for a large Generation, Transmission and Distribution company
  • Led product cost reduction (through technical and strategic sourcing), supply chain transformation for a German industrial goods manufacturer in India leading to 5% overall reduction in addressed spend
  • Led a 35% product and variant complexity reduction for a plastic manufacturer to improve market focus and operational efficiency
  • Led total cost transformation for a large consumer company in India. It led to 6% overall improvement in EBIDTA a clear leader in shareholder value increase
  • Led the development of Total Value Optimization (over a fifteen year life cycle of equipment and services) based pricing and sales strategy for a large engineering company to retain a price premium of 30% over competition
  • Digital focused sales and pricing transformation for a market leader in material handling covering Go to market strategy, Sales force effectiveness, Pricing strategy implementation. Tangible bottom line impact led to share-holder value improving four times over a period of 24 months
  • Lead digital transformation for one of the largest private utility company in India

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Mr KG Purushothaman, Senior Lead, Telecom, KPMG in India, as a specialist on 5G technologies.

Purushothaman KG (Puru) is a Partner in the Risk consulting practice of KPMG India. Puru has more than 20 years of experience in providing Business Risk Consulting to clients across various sectors in more than 22 countries. Puru’s prior experience includes working with A.F.Ferguson, Arthur Andersen, E&Y, Kinnevik Group in Scandinavia and Protiviti. In Protiviti, Puru last serviced clients in the capacity of a Managing Director. Puru leads the telecom practice for KPMG in India, CTO for Risk Consulting and also drives Global Innovation initiatives of the firm.

Puru heads the COE for Telecom in India focused on multiple solutions. India leads the solution for RAFM for KPMG worldwide.

Key Initiatives and projects:

Industry Initiatives

  • Co-authored whitepapers in collaboration with industry bodies like TM Forum, CII and FICCI in the areas of Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) infrastructure and the roadmap going forward, M-commerce and roadmap for mobile money, WiMax spectrum auctions etc.
  • Member of the CII working committee on various initiatives. Jointly released recommendations on digital infrastructure.
  • Conducted focused studies on packet losses on DSL and studies to improve customer experience

Transformation and Cost Reduction

  • Managed the entire transformation of a demerged mobile operation in France.  Puru has conducted contract compliance and transformation reviews across more than 8 countries for a large network provider for the managed services contracts
  • Conducted assignments relating to cost control. Highlighted areas for process improvements and process efficiencies resulting in cost reductions. Using techniques governed by “Activity Based Costing” (ABC), conducted cost reviews for large managed services contracts to support in their roadmap to achieve cost targets and efficiencies either through restructuring or renegotiating specific vendor contracts to make them manageable.
  • Puru has also led various engagements in Vodafone including the network optimization engagement. He has historically worked as part of the Idea-Spice merger and gap assessment and continued to serve has the lead on the internal audit engagement

Dispute Resolution

  • Expert in dispute resolution and have led multiple engagements with telecom service providers in the areas of billing disputes, system implementation disputes, contract management disputes etc in Africa, Middle East, Sweden.

Led several process review and risk management engagements

  • Led multiple projects in the enterprise space including ERM, Contract Management, Automation, Process consulting etc
  • Headed the Technology Track of engagements with Bharti Airtel and has also led the Risk assessment for India and Africa
  • Led the ERM for equipment manufacturers, passive infra and active infra vendors.
  • Idea Cellular Limited – Conducted risk assessment and development plans for 4 key circles and an overall framework and approach to be integrated with the internal audit plan for pan India.
  • Tele2 – Developed a Risk Management framework covering 13 countries and supported in roll out for more than 2 years across Europe and Africa

Tower and digital infrastructure:

  • Led multiple engagements across tower cos including: tower segregation, finance and MIS preparation, enterprise asset management, enterprise risk management, revenue assurance.
  • Built the fixed revenue model for towercos
  • Led engagements on digital maturity assessment, development of functional spec and implementation of emerging tech solutions in towercos including design of Smart towers.
  • Led engagements in Viom networks, American Tower Corporation, IHS Towers, Bharti Infratel, Indus towers

Revenue Assurance, Fraud Management

  • Heads the Revenue Assurance and Fraud Management Solution for Telecom for KPMG Worldwide.
  • Scope of assignments covered include extensive reviews of multiple billing systems, mediation devices, network elements in  Fixed line, DTH, ISP, Carrier Business and GSM operations.  Purushothaman has an in depth knowledge of processes, technology and systems in Telecom (Enterprise, retail, ISP) and DTH Business.
  • Purushothaman also has in-depth know ledge of FTTH, LTE, DTH operations and has led operational and financial diligences , revenue assurance formulation and roll out and internal audit engagements across 3 DTH operators in India.
  • Developed RA framework and led teams in implementation of RA framework for fixed line operations across 7 countries in Europe. Conceptualized the KPIs and the risks relating to revenue assurance for GSM operations in 3 countries in Europe and 4 locations across Russia.

Internal Audits

  • Led various engagements for infrastructure providers, telecom service providers in areas ranging from process audits to network and technology audits.

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Agmon David Porat, Co-Founder and Head of I4.0 Laboratory

Agmon David Porat has over 18 years’ experience in diverse roles at global hi-tech companies turning ideas into reality with creative development and bringing innovation and entrepreneurial leadership to traditional industries.

Agmon is leading the corporate open innovation strategy responsible for leap-frog product offerings and factory processes using innovation. Founded Israel’s top inudustry4.0 innovation lab and incubator. Experience in building an industry4.0 Eco-system, identifying, and evaluating startups/investment/collaboration opportunities.

Agmon holds 2 BSc in physics, a Master’s degree in biomedical engineering, and an MBA in which he graduated with honors.

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Amit Kumar, Co-founder and COO, RobotAI

Dr. Amit Kumar is the Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of RobotAI. RobotAI has built an AI-powered software that enables 3D vision using single 2D camera. This enables robot and automation integrators, to provide vision based solutions for much broader cases in manufacturing, warehouses, drug and food industries.

Amit holds a PhD in Neuroscience from Technion (Israel) and MS in physics. He has been an Israel-Asia leadership fellow.

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Amitabh Ray, Managing Director, Ericsson India

“A CEO; a passionate leader, a futurist; an author; a prolific blogger; presenter par excellence; a remarkable speaker; or even being labelled as the Most Promising Business Leader of Asia 2020-21, by The Economic Times, none of these quite describe Amitabh Ray. He is the undisputed Chief Motivational/Inspirational Officer of the technology industry. Amitabh currently heads the India, Mexico, Romania and China global service centers of Ericsson. His responsibility is to ensure the continued growth of these centers to deliver the right competency to Ericsson’s customers worldwide. He lives by the maxim that a company’s achievement is defined by the success of its customers, and focuses his entire energy in delivering customer delight. He skillfully balances stakeholder interests and his passion for caring for his people. The art of conflict management, and knowing how to coalesce diverse views, to achieve shared objectives for the larger good of the organization, is his native skill. Amitabh’s four-decade-long career has been an exciting journey of building teams, strategizing, leading and executing the transformation journeys of three centurion organizations, PwC, IBM and currently Ericsson.”
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Avner Ben-Bassat, President & CEO, Platarine

Avner Ben-Bassat is the President & CEO of Plataine, a leading provider of Industrial IoT and AI-based optimization solutions for complex manufacturing environments.

Avner leads Plataine’s product vision and global business strategy. Plataine’s solutions are used by leading manufacturers worldwide, from OEMs to Tier 2s – including Airbus, GE, Renault F1® Team, Stelia North America, Enercon, Muskogee Technology, IAI, Triumph, General Atomics, Alestis, Ethan Allen and Hengshi.

Plataine partners with SAP, Siemens PLM, Airborne, GE Digital, McKinsey & Company, the British NCC (National Composites Centre), the AMRC (University of Sheffield’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre) with Boeing, and CTC-Stade (an Airbus Company), to advance the ‘Factory of the Future’ worldwide. For this work, Plataine has received a Leadership Award from Frost & Sullivan and Innovation Awards from the JEC and CompositesUK organizations, as well as the Shanghai Society of Aeronautics (SSA).

Mr. Ben-Bassat has been invited to speak at over 40 major composites & aerospace related conferences globally in the past 5 years, among which are Airtec, CAMX, SAMPE, JEC World, AeroDef, China Composites Expo and SME. He holds an MBA with distinction from Duke University, and a BSc (Magna Cum Laude) in Mathematics and Computer Sciences from Tel-Aviv University.

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Israel Koffman, Executive VP and Founder, RunEl

Israel Koffman is a cofounder and Executive Vice President of RunEL, an Israeli company that develops End-to-End System for Private 5G Networks. Israel holds a Master Degree in Electrical Engineering from Drexel University in Philadelphia, USA and a BSc. Degree in Electrical Engineering from the Technion in Haifa, Israel.

Israel has more than 30 years of experience in Cellular Networks (5G/4G), PHY/MAC, Satellite Communication, Fixed Wireless Communications, RF Systems and Antennas from its professional career in companies like RunEL, Runcom, Gilat and Orbit.

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Jagannath V, Business Head, m2nxt Solutions – A BFW subsidiary

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Graduated in 1990 from Bangalore University in Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, Worked as Application Specialist at an German MNC for 5 years, followed by 23 years at FANUC India and attained Director & Senior Vice President. Since June 2019 serving as Business Head & Whole time Director at m2nxt solutions – A BFW Subsidiary.

Senior management professional with 30 years of experience in catering to Machine Tool Builders, Auto OEMs(2W, 4W & HCV), Auto ancillary Manufacturers(Metal cutting & BIW for 4W), Robot Integrators, VMC turnkey(Fixture & Tooling), Industrial Polymer Manufacturers including Mobile Phones, Medical industry and Tool Rooms with Wire Cut EDMs. Industry 4.0 integrated over 3500 CNC machines in the last 3 years with successful installations up to Enterprise level. Robotic Automation Project including Machine Tool L/UL, Welding, Furnace, Ladling, Die Cast Extraction, 2W style Painting, Tyre Handling(End of Line), Electronic PCB Automation and so on.  AGV(Automatic Guided Vehicle) Design and Development. 3D Printing – Polymer with Polyjet, FDM and Metal composite

Domain & Product Expertise:

Computer Numerical Control (CNC), AC & DC Servo Motors and Spindle Motors, Amplifiers, Linear Motors, Pulse Coders, Resolvers, PLCs, HMI customization, Interface of Switching Devices, Field bus protocols, Industrial IoT(Industry 4.0) with Data Acquisition, Analysis, Reporting and productivity refinement on Metal Cutting and Metal Forming. Artificial Intelligence(AI) on Thermal behaviour and Contour Cutting. CE and UL standards. Application on Machine Tool and Deep Application understanding on Lathe, Turnmills, VMCs, HMCs, Grinding – Cylindrical and Surface, Gear hobbing, Laser – CO2 and Fibre Optics applications. Life Cycle and Market Knowledge of the Machine tool industry.  Industrial Robotic Application on Arc Welding, BIW, Machine Tool handling, Die cast extraction and Spraying, Ladling, Hot & Cold Forge, Electronics PCB manufacturing and Injection Moulding Extraction and so on. Project Engineering workout with ROI(Return on Investment) and viability of  Automation.  Machine Tools sales and turnkey on VMC, All Electric Plastic Injection Moulding and Wirecut EDM

Other Interests

Qualified Naturopath, Dorn Therapist, Pranayama Analyst and its benefits, Cosmic Healer. Undergoing Yoga Instructor course.

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Lior Handelsman, General Partner, Grovevc

Mr. Lior Handelsman is the second Partner at Grove Ventures who had established a billion-dollar company in Israel.

Before joining Grove Ventures, he was one of the founders of multi-billion dollar energy company SolarEdge (NASDAQ: SEDG). He began his career after he served for more than a decade in diverse roles in the technological unit of the Israeli Intelligence Corps. Soon after completing his service, he founded SolarEdge together with four other unit members. He was amongst the leaders of the company’s technology development and led the company’s global Sales and Marketing operations, managing hundreds of employees. After 14 years at the company, Handelsman joined Grove Ventures, bringing extensive business experience, rich multi-disciplinary technological understanding and product experience in various fields including hardware, chip and software development and cloud infrastructure.

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Lior Zadicario, Chief Revenue Officer, VisualFactories

Lior R. Zadicareo is the CRO of Visual Factories. Visual Factories is focused on introducing manufacturers to the benefits of Industry 4.0, creating a digital twin of the factory to enable increased efficiency, and raising productivity.

Lior has been in hi-tech for over 35 years, first as a software developer and development manager and later as a technology monetization expert. In previous roles, Lior has led various customer interaction and business units at Amdocs, StarVision, Traffix Systems, Mximo, and other leading technology companies.

Lior has a B.Sc. in Computer Science from the California State University, Fullerton and an MBA from Tel-Aviv University.

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Malka Nir, Vice President, Advanced Manufacturing Division, Israel Innovation Authority

As Head of Advanced Manufacturing Division, Malka drives programs that support and encourage Industrial companies in Israel to lead R&D and innovation plans, that extend their competitiveness globally.

Malka holds 20 years of experience in the industry in various roles: VP Engineering at Intel Israel, CEO in Metal industry; VP R&D in Israel Chemicals. She managed global teams in complex technological operations and led significant organizational processes while engaging people to success.

Malka holds a PhD in Chemistry from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She was elected to represent Israel in a leadership program for the new generation at the IWF International Women Forum.

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Milan Sheth, Executive Vice President - IMEA, Automation Anywhere Software

Milan is a seasoned professional with more than 20 years of experience in advising the boards of leading public companies in digital services, technology-enabled business transformation, and functional transformations. As an Executive Vice president – IMEA, he is responsible for strengthening of the world-class talent pool, expanding of partner ecosystem and delivering business outcomes for customers.

Before joining Automation Anywhere, Milan served as the Senior Partner and National Director for Technology Business at Ernst & Young (EY), for over 18 years. In his last role, he was managing partner of Technology, Media & Entertainment, and Telecommunications consulting business. He was also a global co-lead for the company’s Intelligent Automation Practice, and managed client service in the emerging markets geographies.

What you didn’t know: Milan has been practicing yoga for more than a decade and seeks to achieve inner peace without diluting ambitious life goals.

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Ravi Prayaga, Managing Director, JI Technovation

Ravi is the Managing Director of JI Technovation Pvt. Ltd., (A Japan India technology & innovation joint venture initiative).

Ravi is an engineer and a management professional. Ravi is alumni of BITS-Pilani and ISB-Hyderabad. His academics span through various management programs at Wharton & Kellogg School of management in the USA, Renewable energy and sustainable technologies at TERI besides a post graduate degree in Human rights.

JIT is focused on responsible manufacturing, JIT’’s Robotics, Automation and Industry 4.0 solutions are engineered around sustainable practices which spans across Manufacturing, Agriculture, mobility segments.

Ravi held several positions in manufacturing and engineering sectors in India and abroad before his current position. Ravi has contributed through his experience at national & international several seminars on Robotics, Autonomous manufacturing, Sustainable energy, Mobility etc.

Ravi has worked outside his native India for more than twelve years and travelled across the globe handling projects in Japan, SE Asia, UK and Europe. Ravi has helped setup advanced manufacturing facilities in his 25 years of career. His expertise is in modern manufacturing systems and sustainable manufacturing practice.

Ravi also holds several expert portfolios with various organizations promoting UN SDG through World alliance for efficient solutions and is on the expert panel of Solar Impulse Foundation, Switzerland. Besides work Ravi also mentors and invests in several innovative start-ups.

Ravi is an avid golfer. Ravi says playing Golf keeps him focused and also help him pursue several activities at the same time.

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Roy Timor-Rousso, Chief Revenue Officer at JPU

Roy is JpU CRO; with strong background in sales, business development, digital marketing, and go-to-market. Specializes in mobile enterprise solutions, & Telecommunication.

Prior to joining JpU, Roy served as IL General Manager & VP of Business Development at Mavenir, where he oversaw the company’s R&D and Ops sites in Israel.

Roy is s an experienced entrepreneur with strong connections to the Israeli eco- system, successfully envisioned and launched new product segments, crafted and implemented Go-To-Market strategies & transformed companies into industry leaders with worldwide adoption.

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Sumit Sood, Managing Director, GlobalLogic India

Milan is a seasoned professional with more than 20 years of experience in advising the boards of leading public companies in digital services, technology-enabled business transformation, and functional transformations. As an Executive Vice president – IMEA, he is responsible for strengthening of the world-class talent pool, expanding of partner ecosystem and delivering business outcomes for customers.

Before joining Automation Anywhere, Milan served as the Senior Partner and National Director for Technology Business at Ernst & Young (EY), for over 18 years. In his last role, he was managing partner of Technology, Media & Entertainment, and Telecommunications consulting business. He was also a global co-lead for the company’s Intelligent Automation Practice, and managed client service in the emerging markets geographies.

What you didn’t know: Milan has been practicing yoga for more than a decade and seeks to achieve inner peace without diluting ambitious life goals.

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Morten Wierod, President, Motion business, Member of the Group Executive Committee, ABB Ltd Switzerland

Education:

1997 Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway

Professional experience:

ABB

04.2019 to date President, Motion business Member of the Group Executive Committee, ABB Ltd, Switzerland

2015 – 03.2019 Managing Director Business Unit Drives Robotics and Motion Division, Switzerland

2011 – 2015 Managing Director Business Unit Control Products Low Voltage Products Division, Switzerland

2008 – 2011 Local Business Unit Manager for Breakers & Switches, Low Voltage Products Division, ABB (China) Ltd, China Global Product Group Manager for Fusegears and CDC in Low Voltage Products Division

2003 – 2008 Local Business Unit Manager Breakers & Switches, ABB Automation Products, Norway

2000 – 2003 Export Manager, ABB AS, Norway

1998 – 2000 Area Sales Manager, ABB AS, Norway

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Anurag Saxena, Chief Of Electrical Maintenance – Tata Steel Limited

Mr. Anurag Saxena currently holds the position of Chief of Electrical Maintenance TATA STEEL, Jamshedpur.

Tata Steel Limited, with revenues of US$ 19.7 billion in FY20, is a leading global steel company with an annual steel production capacity of 33 MnTPA. The company is today one of the world’s most geographically-diversified steel producers with operations and commercial presence across the world like Europe, South-East Asia. Tata Steel’s consolidated India crude steel production capacity stands at 18.6 MnTPA with manufacturing facilities in Jamshedpur in Jharkhand, Kalinganagar and Dhenkanal in Odisha, Sahibabad in Uttar Pradesh and Khopoli in Maharashtra.
Mr Anurag is a Graduate in Electrical Engineering from IIT, Roorkee 1987.

He is the Chairman of Institute of Engineer, Jamshedpur chapter.

He has visited around 15 countries across the Globe to Present Papers, Benchmarking & due deliberation for Technology Partnership & knowledge sharing.

Mr. Anurag’s career spanned over 34 years in many areas including Power Generation, Gas Based Power Generation, Transmission & Distribution, Steel Making, Iron Making Electrical equipment & execution of Projects of Raw Material Handling Plant.

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Charu Gupta, Director Consulting, Deloitte India

Qualifications:
Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical Engineering)
Certified Measurement & Verification Professional
Certified Energy Auditor (BEE, Ministry of Power)
Lead Auditor of ISO 50001

Charu works as a Director in Deloitte India’s Sustainability team, and has over 20 years of experiences in sustainability, climate change and energy efficiency services. He has advised varied clients including major Multilateral and Bilateral agencies, Ministries, MNCs, PSUs and Private sector players on sustainability and GHG mitigation projects. He has played a key role in development & Study of IPMV (International Protocol for Measurement & Verification) and other M&V protocols for private sector clients.

Select examples of assignments carried out:

  • UNIDO/EESL/GEF-5 project on Promoting Market Transformation for Energy Efficiency in MSMEs
  • Advisory support on climate change initiatives to BEE and Ministry of Power
  • Consultancy Services for finalization of Bid for “Implementation of Street Lighting Energy Efficiency and Automation Project” for GHMC. Involved technical and financial evaluation of the proposed bid for implementation.
  • Developing baseline specific energy consumption (SEC) for petrochemicals sub-sector
  • Environmental and energy audit of suppliers of a global furniture retail in India, Bangladesh and Vietnam
  • Technical Advisory towards clean and environment friendly production paper manufacturing industry at Paper cluster in Muzaffarnagar India
  • Assisted many clients in design of a GHG accounting framework aligned with ISO 14064/GHG Protocol, calculation of GHG inventory and facilitation in ISO14064 certification
  • Project Feasibility Studies and Financial Closure of energy efficiency projects in Industrial, Commercial and Residential Sectors
  • Prepared ESCO integrated baseline and monitoring methodology for municipal street lighting and water pumping projects using data from TN municipalities and electricity distribution losses reduction project.
  • GHG mitigation by renewable technologies using “Programme of Activities (PoA) CDM in Rural Energy Sector for British High Commission
  • Energy Efficiency Performance Contract Covering the Power and Steam Generation, Distribution and Utilization at a paper plant

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Hemant Watve, Chairman and Managing Director, Wilo India

Mr. Hemant Watve is the Chairman and Managing Director at Wilo Mather and Platt Pumps Pvt. Limited-India a subsidiary of Wilo SE, Germany; sixth largest manufacturer of pumps and pump systems for building services, water and industrial segments with headquarters in Dortmund, Germany.

Under the strong leadership of Mr. Watve, the Company soared year-on-year to double digits. His able guidance helped Wilo India bag the “Wilo Award of Excellence”, the “Professional Service Award” and Wilo Award of Excellence in Building services at Wilo’s annual conferences.

Introduction:
Mr. Hemant Watve is a highly distinguished administrator of eminence with a vast experience in various core activities in the Mechanical Industry. Mr. Watve firmly believes that people are greater assets and the prime movers in any organisation. Hence, HR is one core function, which is close to his heart.

Work Experience:
Mr. Watve started his career in 1988 with multinationals like Sandvik Asia Ltd., MICO – Bosch and Whirlpool India. He has a successful record of developing strategies and delivering results across regions and functions.

Academic Qualification:
Mr. Hemant Watve pursued his MS from BITS Pilani and Mechanical Engineering from Walchand College, Sangli. He also holds a Master’s in Business Management from Pune University.

Persona:
Mr. Watve supports social organisations working for tribal uplifting. He has participated in many social activities and CSR activities like Pavana river cleaning project, donation of computers in schools in rural areas, blood donation and many more activities. He also likes listening classical music, hiking and trekking.

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Maheep Jain, Managing Director, Eversource Capital

Maheep has over 14 years of infrastructure and private equity experience in build-out, buy-out and minority investments across resource efficiency, transport infra, e-mobility, renewable and conventional energy sectors. He is a Managing Director at EverSource Capital, the largest climate focussed private equity fund in India, where is leading the funds activities in key energy transition areas such as e-mobility, energy efficiency and energy storage.

Prior to EverSource Capital, he was an Investment Director in the infrastructure equity team at CDC in London where he led several investments across Asia and Africa, which include acquisition of majority stake in the largest Africa focused power generation platform, investment in and successful exit from one of the largest renewable energy players in India, and build-out of a South Asia renewable energy platform.

Prior to CDC, he was an Associate Director at CWC in London where he worked on cleantech and renewable energy deals in Western Europe. Prior to this, he was a senior engineer at Bechtel Corporation where he worked on multi-billion dollar oil and gas infrastructure projects. Maheep holds an MBA from London Business School and an engineering degree from Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati.

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Prashant Gokhale – President (South Asia Region) and MD Buhler India

Mr. Prashant Gokhale is the president of Buhler India South Region.

He has over 27 year of rich experience in various fields from R&D to sales.

Mr. Prashant is an engineering graduate from Pune University at IMD, Lausanne, Alliance Business, Bangalore.

Possesses a strong business and leadership record as president and has deep understanding of the consumers and business landscape in South Asia .

His strengths are innovation & foresight induce positive changes in an evolving corporate world.

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Sundaram Kannan, Senior Vice President (Electrical), Reliance Industries Ltd.

Sundaram Kannan, is an Electrical Engineer by profession. He has four decades of experience of specifying electrical equipment systems, and subsequent activities of

1. Basic design and sizing
2. Detailed Engineering
3. Project Management
4. Commissioning and Handover of completed projects and systems.

His experience is across synthetic fibers, petrochemicals, oil refineries, chemical manufacturing units and associated power generation units , as well as Internet Data Centers, Telecom infrastructure and Real Estate.
He is presently Senior Vice President (Electrical), Reliance Industries Limited, Mumbai and responsible for Group Manufacturing Services and Engineering.

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A R Madhusudan – President – Drives Product, Motion Business, ABB India Ltd.

ABB professional experience
2020 – Present President – Drive Products, ABB India Ltd.
Aug 2014 – Jan 2020 – Vice President, Local Product Group Manager, Low Power Drives, ABB India Ltd.
Aug 2011 – Jul 2014 – Local Business unit Manager – LV & MV Drives, ABB Vietnam
Aug 2008 – Dec 2011 Regional Sales Manager-LV DC Drives, South Asia , ABB Holdings Sdn Bhd, Malaysia
Feb 2002 – Aug 2008 – Various roles in Sales, Marketing and Channel function, ABB India

Education
BE – Electrical & Electronics – PES College of Engineering, Mysore University
1991 – 1995

MAB – Marketing – Indira Gandhi National Open University
1998 – 2002

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Sanjeev Arora, President & Lead Business Manager, Motion Business at ABB India Ltd.

Education

2013-2013   IMD Business School (Leadership Developmental Programme)

1988 -1992   Delhi College of Engineering (BE – Electrical)

ABB professional experience

2018- to date:  President, Motion BA and Division Head, MOIM

2010- 2018:     Sr. VP – Motors and Generators business unit,
Robotics and Motion division, ABB India Ltd.

Sanjeev has been associated with ABB for almost two decades. Starting with sales function and driving growth for the motor business of ABB in India, Sanjeev moved to management role soon to take up the overall responsibility of the Motors and Generators business unit. Under his leadership, the business expanded rapidly and won multiple industry awards for quality, innovation and contribution to the renewable energy space. He also developed the India motor manufacturing units to became global feeder factory to meet the growing demands of global markets. Over these years, Sanjeev has been a strong proponent of promoting energy efficiency and sustainable solutions for various industrial applications.

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Vineeta Kanwal, Director, BEE

Smt. Vineeta Kanwal is working as a Director in the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE). She has been graduated from Delhi University in Economics and has also obtained Post graduation in Economics and M. Phil (Economics) in Higher Education. She has been working in the Bureau of Energy Efficiency for more than ten years and at present handling BEE’s financing schemes as well as trading of ESCerts under PAT scheme. Before assuming office in the Bureau of Energy Efficiency, she had been working in a respected organizations like National Council of Applied Economic Research, National Institute of Public Administration, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Pricewater House Cooper for ten years. She is having experience of approx. 20 years in policy making, research and analysis in infrastructure areas such as power, telecom, aviation, urban transportation and energy efficiency.
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Levine Naidoo, Frictionless Supply Chain SME

World-wide frictionless business and supply chain evangelist and worked on multiple initiatives of economic significance across a number of geographies. Substantial experience introducing change or driving adoption in mass markets.

My passion is to reduce business friction through the use of disruptive technologies and international standards across traditional and information supply chains and ecosystems.

I am a member of several OASIS standards committees.

My opinions are my own!

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Sunny Nandwani, Founder & MD, Acuver Consulting

Experience in Retail, Supply Chain domain comprised of Distributed Order Management, Warehouse Management & Logistics management across different geographies

International experience in Consulting and IT Enablement of business solutions for retail, manufacturing and supply chain logistics industries across different regions in APAC, US

Exposure to Business Development and extensive experience on Project Management, Program Management

Combination of technology coupled with business/functional know-how of the critical supply chain back-end entities such as Order, Item, Global Inventory, Supply/Demand, Multi-Channel fulfillment.

Incubated and managed the Order management, Management Services Portfolio as part of previous organizations

Experience in program management, project management and delivery operations

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Amit Chopra, Managing Director - India and South Asia - Thermo Fisher Scientific

Amit joined Thermo Fisher Scientific India in May 2007 as Managing Director for their Laboratory Products Group in India, and was named Managing Director for Thermo Fisher’s India and South Asia operations in March 2011.

Amit started his career at ICI in India where he served for 18 years in a variety of commercial, M&A, manufacturing and General Management roles based in India as well as in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where he managed commercial and operations functions for ICI’s specialty chemicals business, Uniqema, for Asia Pacific.

Amit holds a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University, an MBA from XLRI India, and an Advanced Management certificate from Leeds University, UK.

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Anup Rau, MD & CEO - Future Generali India Insurance Co Ltd

Anup Rau is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Future Generali India Insurance Company Limited, a joint venture between the Future Group and Generali of Italy. Anup has done his MBA in Marketing from the University of Bombay and holds an Honours Degree in Economics from the University of Delhi.

An industry veteran, Anup has had a rich career spanning over 23 years of which the last 20 have been with India’s leading insurance companies. He started his career journey in the year 1995 as a Sales Engineer with Gilson Medical Electronics in Delhi, where he was responsible for sales and service of pipettes. Post which, he joined DCW Home products as a Sales Officer where he was responsible for selling to shopkeepers in Hooghly, West Bengal “Captain Cook” brand salt and flour.

Anup’s excursion to the corner office has experienced the salt godowns of Sasaram in Bihar and Renukut in Uttar Pradesh and selling tea for Duncan’s.

Post the stints at DCW Home products and Duncans Tea Limited in Mumbai as an Area Sales Manager, he joined ICICI Prudential Life Insurance, a career choice he made, after falling in love with the architectural design of the then ICICI Prudential building at Bandra-Kurla Complex, Mumbai. He worked with them for 10 years, starting as a front-line sales executive and rose through the ranks to become Head – Sales and Distribution. ICICI Prudential marked the beginning of his career in the insurance space. In the last 10 years, he has held unique positions to lead companies in both Life and Non-Life Insurance sector with companies like HDFC Life Insurance as a Chief Distribution Officer, and Reliance Nippon Life Insurance and Edelweiss General Insurance: both places as CEO. Though ICICI Prudential and HDFC Life were organizations that established the firm framework of his career, it was Reliance Nippon Life where he made an imprint. During his 4 year tenure, arguably the most difficult period for the Life Insurance Industry since privatisation, the revenue of the company grew in twofold digits on the individual weighted received premium basis, while the industry declined in double digits, year on year, in the same period. From being the 3rd largest non-bank promoted Life Insurance Company, Anup catapulted Reliance Life to the largest by far and 5th largest among all players. It was the only “non-banca” company among the top 8 in that period.

In the year 2019, Anup Rau took over as an MD and CEO of Future Generali India Insurance. Under his leadership, the company has delivered higher-than-industry growth, improved profitability, became a player of serious scale and consequence in the retail health space and showed an enhanced focus on customer-centricity. Under his watch, the company been certified as a “Great Place to Work” 2 years in a row, is the industry benchmark on NPS, and an ET “Best Brand”.

Anup, like most Indians, has a passion for cricket. Besides being a Pink Floyd fan, he is a prolific reader with his library of over 4000 books, and over 400 rare and unusual menu cards. He supports an orphanage on the outskirts of Mumbai. He is also involved in encouraging adoption of the Indian Pariah and indigenous dogs and has a Rajapalayam as a pet.

He is an industry thought leader, an impactful CEO and the recipient of multiple accolades, including The Economic Times – Most Promising Business Leader in Asia award in the year 2020 and the Best Young CEOs (India’s Hottest Executive list) by Business Today conferred in the year 2014.

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Arjun Ramaraju, CEO - Conneqt Business Solutions

Arjun Ramaraju is the Chief Executive Officer of Conneqt Business Solutions Ltd. with more than 26 years of rich and diverse experience in IT & ITeS fields. Prior to this, Arjun served as Senior Vice President and Global Head at Wipro where he built several new businesses in Energy, Utilities, Mining, Engineering, Construction and Operations, working closely with Fortune 100 companies in their Digital, Outsourcing and Business Transformation agendas across 30 countries. Arjun holds an Engineering degree from B.M.S. College of Engineering and had participated in several leadership programs in IIM Bangalore and Harvard Business School. He is passionate about driving growth and mentoring leaders
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Ashish Khanna, President - Renewables - Tata Power

Ashish Khanna is currently the President – Renewables, Tata Power. He joined Tata Power in 2007. Mr. Khanna has more than three decades of rich experience in areas of renewables, utility, infrastructure, project management & contracts in both India and abroad. Mr. Khanna is an authority in the Renewable industry. Due of his vast knowledge & industry insights, he provides inputs to the government & regulatory bodies which help in formulating progressive policies for the Renewable industry. He is admired for his strategic thinking and commitment for execution excellence.

He has been instrumental in streamlining the business for increased efficiency and profitability by focusing on building state-of-the-art technology, engineering and strengthening employee engagement. His relentless passion for customer delight & pursuit of excellence has helped Tata Power Solar build strong competencies leveraging technology and innovation. After an excellent turnaround of Tata Power Solar by growing the revenue 4 times in the last 4 years which has made it a market leader in the solar segment, Mr. Khanna is now vested with the responsibility of growing renewables business for the Tata Power Group. Prior to Tata Power, Mr. Khanna has been associated with some reputed organizations like Bechtel and Engineering India Limited. He is a firm believer of optimistic approach for growth, teamwork, and positivity.

Mr. Khanna has been a dynamic member of various important forums like CII, FICCI, ICC to name a few. Being an influencer, Mr. Khanna shares his industry experiences with various government authorities which enables the officials to carveout policies or amendments benefiting the industry and consumers.

Besides being an Engineering graduate, he holds a Master’s degree in Management & Systems from IIT Delhi.

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Rashmi Mohanty, CEO – Interim & Group CFO - Clix Capital Services Pvt Ltd

Rashmi Mohanty is the CEO – Interim and Group CFO for Clix. She has over 25 years of experience in the financial markets and has deep exposure across treasury, investor relations, corporate finance and derivatives. Prior to joining Clix, she has worked for Vedanta Limited, GE Capital, Deutsche Bank and Religare and has been instrumental in setting up and leading large treasury and investor relation function.

In her various assignments, she has worked on diversifying the funding sources, digitizing treasury operations, implementing efficient processes and policies in finance functions. Her initial stint with Deutsche Bank around the time when Indian financial markets were opening up, helped her build her financial acumen. As a corporate treasurer for large organizations such as GE Capital and Vedanta she has handled large balance sheets, responsible for managing the liability book and mitigating risks through structuring solutions, efficient use of financial products and leveraging relationships.

She is a Computer Science engineer from Delhi Institute of Technology (now NSIT) and a post graduate from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.

Rashmi has been a speaker at various industry forums and conferences covering varied topics on financial markets, NBFC sector, women in industry. She has also taken guest lectures on financial markets, derivatives and merger & valuations in MBA schools.

She is a fitness enthusiast, is passionate about long distance running and have participated in various marathon and ultra-marathon races.

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Shivashish Chatterjee, Co-Founder & Joint Managing Director - DMI Finance

Shiv is the Co-Founder of DMI Group where he is a driving force behind the group’s vision and strategy.

DMI Finance, an NBFC which is the flagship of the group, is a leading player in consumer lending through digital channels. It is a B2B platform that partners with demand aggregators and fintechs to provide fast and efficient credit access to the entire spectrum of Bureau-thick, Bureau-thin and NTC. DMI aims to be the non-bank balance sheet and credit partner of choice for the rapidly growing ecosystem. The company forms symbiotic partnerships with technology-enabled players across the entire credit chain in order to provide the best customer experience.

In addition to consumer lending, DMI’s operations span housing finance, corporate lending and asset management.

A 25-year veteran of international financial markets, Shiv brings a wealth of experience in Global Fixed-Income trading and analytics that complements and informs DMI’s activities. He spent the vast majority of his Wall Street days at Salomon Brothers, a storied fixed-income powerhouse that was eventually acquired by Citigroup Inc. Shiv became Co-Head of all securitized products trading in North America in 2004 before leaving in 2008 to start DMI.

He graduated from Harvard University in 1995 with a Bachelor of Arts degree, Magna Cum Laude in Applied Mathematics. Shiv is very passionate about technology and is an active angel investor in technology start-ups.

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A Balakrishnan, Managing Director, Geojit Technologies

Joined as IT Head and CTO in 1998. Served as Managing Director of Geojit Technologies – a Subsidiary of Geojit Financial Services Ltd. for 6 years. Became Executive Director of Geojit Financial Services Ltd in 2018.
Board Member of Barjeel Geojit Financial Services LLC – UAE – a Joint Venture with Al Saud Group

After post graduation, joined in National Informatics Center, New Delhi and then moved to private sector in 1996.
Recognitions:-
Twice obtained IDG Media CIO-100 award. Manager of the Year 2009 from Kerala Management Association.
BNP Paribas Innovation Award.

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Binod Hampapur, Executive Vice President, Infosys

Binod Hampapur Rangadore is an Executive Vice President and the Global Head of Talent and Technology Operations & Quality. Binod is responsible for the following functions in Infosys:

• Recruitment
• Global Immigration
• Quality
• Government Relations
• India Business Unit
• Computer & Communications Division
• Information Systems
• Information Security Group
• Procurement

He is a “Trustee” of the Infosys Foundation & Infosys Employee Welfare Trust.

Binod has over 35 years of industry experience and has held several leadership positions at Infosys. He joined the company in 1993 as the Head of Manpower Planning. From 1996 to 1998, he was Head of the Customer Support Group for the Banking business unit. Subsequently, he was Senior Vice President and Global Head of Commercial and Facilities functions. Binod took on the role of the Global Head of Commercial and Corporate Relations functions in 2010.

As a responsible corporate citizen, Binod has funded the establishment of a 150-bed hospital for Sri Sringeri Mutt. In an honorary role, he is the Chairman of the Board of Governors at Rangadore Memorial Hospital, which is named after his father, the late H.S. Rangadore.
Binod started his career in MICO BOSCH as a technical sales engineer. He has a bachelor’s degree in industrial and production engineering from the BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore, India.

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Jolly Zachariah, Head of Service and Customer Experience, Ujjivan SFB

PFB the profile of Mr Zachariah. Please note that his designation is ‘Head of Customer Service & Customer Experience’. Attached is his picture for your reference.

Jolly Zachariah, Head of Customer Service & Customer Experience joined Ujjivan inspired by its mission. He has over 22 years of banking experience with Citigroup, specialising in retail banking where he managed Consumer Banking and Cards businesses of diverse scope and scale across geographies of India, Middle East, Africa, Europe and North America. He has played an important role in establishing Ujjivan’s presence in urban Maharashtra and Gujarat as the Chief Operating Officer – West. Thereafter, as Head of Channels he was instrumental in setting up customer Channels at the bank, including Digital channels when Ujjivan became a SFB in 2017, before taking over his current responsibility.

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Kushagra Goswami, Senior Solutions Specialist – Customer Workflow, ServiceNow

Management graduate with experience of growing businesses from near scratch in
South East Asia, India subcontinent, ANZ in the past nine years.
o Driving Solutioning for Large, Medium Enterprise B2B Sales, Sales thru and with strategic Partners for global delivery.
o Helped the setup of three SAAS companies in the digital transformation space in the last decade across various industries and verticals.
o Expertise in driving conversations at CFO,CIO, CEO levels.
o Passion for driving Customer experience, Social Media, Digital, Business Intelligence solutions.
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Lakshmi Natarajan, Global Technology and Service Management Process Leader, Cargill business services

Lakshmi Natarajan is a seasoned Information Technology and Svc Management Leader, with career spanning in several large scale organizations in the field. She has vast experience in leading strategic and key initiatives in the IT and Service management space, and enjoys her career with industries of global set-up, with a common perspective of creatively applying technology and associated processes to drive business value.
Tata Consultancy Services, Price water house Coopers, Saxo Bank A/S, Walmart India, General Electric, EATON Corp, Ministry of Environment and Forests (Govt of India), Cargill Incorporated are the companies she has been associated with during her career.

Lakshmi is currently associated with Cargill Business Services, and operates from Gurgaon facilities. In her present global role, she is accountable for “Design and deployment of the Service Management Processes”, “Customer Experience Enrichment Initiatives”, and Other Operational Excellence Programs such as Knowledge Management etc, for the CBS Functions across the globe (7 centers with 6 business functions)
Lakshmi is also Leadership Coach associated with International Coach Federation (ICF), and currently pursuing her journey to attain ICF certification.

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Sachin Srivastava, VP Customer Success & Managed Services, Mobileum India

20+ years of global experience in the Telecom Industry. Career span of varying responsibilities across different geographies; right from sales/pre-sales, bid management, business development to software development, project deliveries, project/program management, professional services, product management, bid management and customer success.

Worked in different industry verticals like automotive, mobile technology, M2M IOT, RISK, Network Security, testing and across different functions. Bring to the table a unique perspective due to the different roles – including – Head of Global support, Head of Delivery (OEM), Head of Business line allowing me to have a 360 degree view.

As head of Global support – supporting Customer success and managed services across different business verticals globally.

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Shashwat Singh, Digital Transformation Leader, Kimberly-Clark India

Shashwat has 14 years’ experience being at the helm of digital transformation for FMCG majors. He is currently working as Digital Transformation Lead with Kimberly-Clark, in his latest role he is working on the logistics and supply chain control tower vertical of multimillion-dollar business transformation program that KC has embarked upon powered by S4 HANA. Prior to KC he has worked as IT Head for Supply Chain for Unilever South Asia and has partnered the Chief Supply Chain Officer and his SCLT (supply chain leadership team) and delivered the digital agenda for the function, he has also briefly partnered the CFO and his FLT (finance leadership team). He has also worked with Asian Paints and briefly with Infosys.

Shashwat is a passionate leader with extensive experience in spearheading multiple transformation programs. He is a SC strategist with proven track record of delivering business value with deep subject matter expertise in core business processes. He firmly believes in leading by example & inspiring people to deliver performance improvement & positive top & bottom line impact.

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