Drishti 2022: Sustainability in Tech - Panel discussion
IIM Bangalore PGPEM (2 Year MBA Programme for Working Executives)
PGPEM (previously PGSEM) is a postgraduate MBA program offered by IIM Bangalore for working professionals.
Introducing the Panel topics and the panelists of Drishti2022 #BiggestDrishtiEver?
The Tech Panel:??
Technology has had a big hand in helping businesses move towards a better tomorrow. There is no doubt that technology capability has become a game-changer for companies. However, a view of Technology from a Sustainability lens paints a different and worrying picture.?
According to a study, if Information and communication technology (ICT) industry continues at the current rate, the field will constitute 14% of global carbon emissions by 2040. (https://www.idgconnect.com/article/3639620/sustainability-in-the-tech-industry-the-hidden-problem-and-how-to-tackle-it.html)?
In the panel discussion, we discuss how the Technology industry is working towards sustainability.
The Panelists for the 'Sustainability in Tech' discussion are -?
Chethan Heads Digitalization and Technology Solutions at Siemens Advanta . A passionate technology leader, Chethan has worked in Digitalizating diverse technology fields such as Industrial IoT, Digital Twins, Industries 4.0, Data Analytics, and AI/ML.?
In his role at Siemens Advanta, he is responsible for building products and solutions for customers across different geographies.??
Uma Maheshwar is the Chief Consulting Engineer for 700+ member GE航空 India Engineering team in Bangalore. The team is involved in the design & development of Next Generation Aircraft Propulsion Systems, supporting aircraft engine fleets and developing customized digital and engineering software.?
Uma has 30 years of experience in setting up & leading large organizations in the Engineering, Research & Development sector.??
Dr Patil is a member of the AIM Leaders Council and a group leader at 飞利浦 .?
He has 14 years of experience in fundamental and applied research in algorithm prototyping and building AI models for the healthcare and non-healthcare domain.?
Currently, he leads Data and AI team for Personal Health Cluster as Group Leader at Philips Healthcare.?
Head-sustainability at Nurture & UPL
In his role as head of sustainability, Rohan is responsible for designing the Gigaton challenge to reduce one Billion tons of GHG emissions from the atmosphere by 2040. Under his leadership, Nurture is the first company to deliver & presell agriculture-related carbon credits in India. In his previous capacity as head of Sustainability and Infrastructure at Infosys, Rohan Designed & Implemented the Net Zero Strategy for Infosys. During his tenure, Infosys ltd was able to reduce the per capita electricity consumption by 45% and water consumption by 40% while saving the company $100 million in energy costs and an additional $ 100 million in material optimization.
Chethan Seegehalli Rohan Parikh Ravindra Patil, Ph.D. UMA Maheshwar D Karan Singh Adrenalin eSystems Ltd?Unibic Foods India Pvt Ltd?Ather Energy?Anthyesti Foundation?PAMS Engineering?Aniketh Mohan Rao?Shrikanth Kancherla?Shreyas Krishna Seethapathy?Dhananjay Gawali?Ashish Fatnani?Aalo Mukherjee?Sagar Raghunath?Mahalengam M H?Shruthi Reddy?Javed Ahmad?Saurav Kumar?Kuldeep Etane?Hemanth Venkatesh?Indian Institute of Management Bangalore?Sourav Mukherji?#iimbangalore?#iimb?#pgpem?#bangalore?#management??#mba?#weekend?#summit
Product Management | Data & Analytics | Data Strategy | MBA - IIM Bangalore
2 年Was wonderful moderating this session, and listening to the perspectives of the panelists from different backgrounds and industries! Thanks Chethan Seegehalli , Ravindra Patil, Ph.D. and UMA Maheshwar D and Rohan Parikh ! :)