Business IT Conclave 2020
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Opening Session
The Session will bring together policy makers, thought leaders and business leaders advocating "Tech For Good"
- 5:30 p.m.- 6:40 p.m
- 5.30 p.m. - 5.35 p.m.
- Welcome Address:
Mr. Deb A Mukherjee, President, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry
5.35 p.m. - 5.40 p.m.
- Setting the Agenda / Session Moderator:
Mr. Arnab Basu, Chairperson, IT Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Managing Partner - East; Technology Consulting Leader, PricewaterhouseCoopers Pvt. Ltd.
5.40 p.m. - 5.55 p.m.
- Technology for Human: Entrepreneur's Perspectives:
Mr. Sudhir Kothari, Founder and CEO, Director, Embee Software Pvt. Ltd.
5.55 p.m. - 6.10 p.m.
- Partner's Speech and Investors' Perspectives:
Mr. KV Kumar, President and CEO, Indian American International Chamber of Commerce, Inc and Chairman, KMF Investment Group, LLC
6.10 p.m. - 6.20 p.m.
- Promoting Start Ups and Accelerators:
Mr. Ravindra Chamaria, Group Chairman, Infinity Infotech Parks Limited
6.20 p.m. - 6.25 p.m.
- The Bengal Chamber - Infinity Collaboration on Acceleration:
An Audio-Visual Presentation
Mr. Deb A Mukherjee
Mr. Deb A Mukherjee, President, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Managing Director, Cenergist Energy Private Limited.
An entrepreneur, professionally qualified as a lawyer, with over 38 years work experience in diverse business domains, engineering systems, information technology solutions and later in energy services for the last 15 years.
▪ Executive Chairman of Eaga Energy India Pvt Ltd (subsidiary of Eaga plc UK FTSE250 company) until 2012. Currently is an Investor and Country Representative for Power Roll Ltd. UK and also Managing Director of Cenergist Energy Private Limited which is wholly owned subsidiary of Cenergist Ltd UK, which has operations in the UK, Spain, Germany, Italy and now India.
▪ Served on various Trade Committees in India and the UK and spoken at several international seminars on Sustainability Issues, Energy Efficiency, Renewables, Water Management and on Business Strategies.
Mr. Arnab Basu
Mr. Arnab Basu, Chairperson, IT Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Managing Partner - East; Technology Consulting Leader, PricewaterhouseCoopers Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Arnab Basu is the Managing Partner for PwC in Eastern India & Bangladesh and he also leads the Technology Consulting for PwC in India and also a part of the Global Technology Leadership team. Arnab also leads the Industrial Products sector within PwC Advisory. He has been with the firm for 18 years and specializes in large scale business transformations using variety of digital platforms and bringing to life integrated solutions around digital operations. He is also responsible for PwC's investments in Emerging Technology areas. He leads a few priority client relationships for PwC in the Industrial products sector.
▪ He has extensive domestic and international consulting experience in diverse fields like Digital Strategy, Performance Management, Removing Complexity, Smart Manufacturing, Process Automation, Digital Governance and building the Digital Enterprise using Technology as a Change agent.
▪ He is an alumnus of IIM Calcutta and has previously done his Electrical Engineering from Jadavpur University. He is closely associated with several Technology Forums and Chambers of Commerce and Industry. In his spare time he likes to travel, read fiction or play golf.
Mr. Sudhir Kothari
Mr. Sudhir Kothari, Founder and CEO, Embee Software Pvt Ltd.
An experienced and successful entrepreneur, dynamic leader, and believer of "always-on" business transformation, Mr. Sudhir Kothari is the Founder and CEO of Embee Software Pvt Ltd. For over 34 years, under his leadership, Embee has been driving successful digital transformations for thousands of organizations, including the likes of GEP, Icertis, Tata Steel, Wonder Cement, Pidilite and more. He stands out for his ability to manage the immediate business landscape while maintaining a long-term vision and thinking ahead of the curve.
▪ Mr. Kothari's style of leadership is best described as 'intrapreneurial', with him constantly inculcating in his team a culture of swift decision-making, ownership and customer-centricity.
Mr. K.V. Kumar
Mr. KV Kumar, President and CEO, Indian American International Chamber of Commerce, Inc and Chairman, KMF Investment Group, LLC.
Mr. KV Kumar is the President & CEO of Indian American International Chamber of Commerce (www.iaicc.world) and Chairman of KMF Investment Group (www.kmfinv.com). KV sits on the
board of several companies and organizations. He is a turnaround specialist, an expert on strategic planning, crisis management, connecting individuals, companies, Governments
and NGOs. KV was President & CEO of American Systems International in strategic partnership with NELCO of the TATA Group, India.
▪ Mr. Kumar has served in the administrations of all Presidents from Ronald Reagan to Donald Trump, many Governors and Mayors. KV was the First Indian origin to
be appointed to the Executive Committee of U.S. Small Business Administration, Chairman of U.S. Selective Service's State (Arizona) District Appeals Board and the District
Appeals Board in California.
▪ Mr. Kumar is the epitome of volunteerism and community service. For more than 50 years KV has been known and respected for his nearly 150,000 hours or more
than 16 years of volunteer work in business, community service and government. KV is an ardent supporter of small business and has mentored and served. He continues to serve
and mentor the small businesses, entrepreneurs, people with brain injury, youth and community organizations and individuals.
▪ One of KV's main contributions was his unwavering focus and support to the "Traumatic Brian Injury Act of 1996" passed by U.S. Congress which serves over
five million persons with brain injuries. He was recognized and honored by the U.S. Brain Injury Association for his Unheralded Advocacy and lauded by U.S. Senate & Congress.
California State Senate honored KV for his contributions and California Brain Injury Association thanked KV and highlighted the benefits of TBI Act. KV has helped many persons
with brain injury, who were suicidal and had many obstacles.
▪ Mr. Kumar is recipient of many prestigious awards:
"Ellis Island Medal of Honor", "Millennium Award" for his contributions to small business and volunteer work in the community, U.S. Brain Injury Association, for his unheralded
advocacy leading to the "Enactment of 1996 TBI Act" by the U.S. Congress; "Bronze Medal for Meritorious Service", U.S. Selective Service; One of 250 Notable Asian Americans, Asian
American Almanac; Distinguished Service for Diversity & Outreach Award, U.S. DoE; "2009 one of 100 Most Influential Multi-Cultural Business Leader"; President's Outstanding
Achievement Award of the Year" IBIA; "Distinguished Award for Small Business Advocacy", U.S. DoC; Multiple Awards, USHCC; "Extraordinary Leadership Award", HACU; Distinguished
Service Award, Asian American Leadership Council; "Outstanding Service to Chinese Americans", Organization of Chinese Americans; "Honored for Contributions to Business & Finance",
National Federation of Indian Associations; "Many Lifetime Achievement Awards".
Mr. Ravindra Chamaria
Mr. Ravindra Chamaria, Group Chairman, Infinity Infotech Parks Limited.
Armed with invaluable life experiences, a passion for enterprise and a desire to create winning collaborations, Ravindra Chamaria isn't your everyday de rigueur businessman.
As a first generation entrepreneur, he has scripted several highly successful businesses, with the Infinity Group being his banner for sustainable and green real estate.
Under his captaincy, Infinity has come to be known as a credible real estate firm that has several pioneering projects to its name: Infinity Think Tank, Infinity Benchmark,
Godrej Waterside, Infinity Heights, Infinity IT Lagoon & Adventz Infinity @ 5 are some marquee names.
▪ Mr. Ravindra Chamaria also dons the hat of the Vice Chairman on the advisory board of Akshaya Patra and serves as Chairman of the Board of
Trustees in Akshaya Patra UK, the world's largest NGO-run school meal programme which is now feeding approximately 1.4 million children studying in 10,000+
schools. Another pet project, Anant Education Initiative is a scholarship program that extends merit scholarship to students who are constrained financially
but are aspiring for higher education. Currently Anant is extending scholarship to more than 5,000 students.
▪ Krishna Bhumi at Vrindavan along with tallest Krishna Temple in the world, is an initiative straight from the heart and an opportunity to
be a part of an iconic residential development. He is also attached to several other social and philanthropic organizations and initiatives such as Institute
of Neurosciences - Kolkata, The Jaipur Foot, Udayan Care, India Autism Centre, Round Table India, etc. and aspires to continuously give back to society.
Session: Business Leaders' Forum - Tech For Good
- 6:25 p.m. - 7:50 p.m.
- Session Moderator: Mr. Chiranjib Bhattacharya Co-Chairperson, IT Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Chief Executive Officer, Wizertech Informatics Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Kinesh Doshi Founding CEO, Accion Labs, USA
Mr. Nicolas Quairel Partner, Head Technology and Digital Solution, Mazars Group
Mr. Sudhir Kothari Founder and CEO, Director, Embee Software Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Sujit Baksi President Corporate Affairs and Business Head Emerging Markets, Tech Mahindra
Mr. Ranjit Metrani Head of Sales and Solutions - Bangalore, NxtGen Infinite Datacentre
- 7:50 p.m.-7:55 p.m.
- Change Over
Mr. Chiranjib Bhattacharya
Mr. Chiranjib Bhattacharya, Co-Chairperson, IT Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Chief Executive Officer, Wizertech Informatics Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Chiranjib Bhattacharya has a unique blend of experience in leading IT systems Integration business, Software business as well as IT Services and Consulting for Global Corporations like HCL and Oracle and emerging organizations like Wizertech.
▪ He has initiated several new businesses, led profit centres consisting of multiple businesses, significantly improved return on Investments and Growth, created enablers for differentiated delivery and business models, expanded into new markets, hired and groomed the best of talent and built winning teams. Chiranjib remains focused on strategic transformation and growing Consulting / Advisory businesses. His areas of interest are business strategy, valuation of a firm, building practices to create sustainable business models, building teams capable of value creation at customer places through consulting based on transformational technologies, and raising capital.
▪ He is currently CEO of Wizertech Informatics Pvt Ltd. He has earlier served as Country Director at Oracle and Associate Vice President at HCL. A member of the Board at The Bengal Chamber of Commerce &Industry, he also is Co-Chairperson, IT Committee of BCC&I.
▪ He is an alumnus of the Wharton School; University of Pennsylvania; Indian School of Business (ISB); IIT Kharagpur and others.
Mr. Kinesh Doshi
Mr. Kinesh Doshi, Founding CEO, Accion Labs, USA.
Mr. Kinesh Doshi is the founding CEO of Accion Labs, an innovation-focused technology services firm headquartered in Pittsburgh PA.
▪ Accion was the fastest growing company out of Pittsburgh for 5 years in a row, has 2500+ employees and 20+ offices across US, Canada, UK, Singapore, India, Middle East and Malaysia. Accion recently raised over $100m backing from TA associates, a large PE fund out of Boston & London.
▪ Mr. Doshi has 25+ years of professional experience. Prior to founding Accion, Mr. Doshi founded two other venture-backed firms with 4000+ employees and global operations.
▪ Mr. Doshi has an undergrad degree in Electrical Engineering, a Masters degree in Electronics Engineering and an MBA in Marketing/Finance.
▪ He is a winner of the E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year and has chaired YPO (Young Presidents Organization)'s Orlando chapter.
Mr. Nicolas Quairel
Mr. Nicolas Quairel, Partner, Head Technology and Digital Solution Mazars Group.
Mr. Nicolas Quairel leads technology and digital solutions for Mazars group. With more than 22 years of experience with Mazars Group in France, in the US and in the UK, he has been providing IT consulting services across various industries and more specifically financial services.
▪ He has worked with global, commercial and investment banks, insurance companies, retail and manufacturing groups to deliver a wide range of technology related services. Nicolas' experience in digital transformation programs including RPA and digitization of processes. He also leads cyber security programs, technical testing teams. Nicolas is also involved in numerous system implementation project as well as programme assurance engagements.
▪ Nicolas was speaker for numerous events related to digital transformation in the UK and in the US.
▪ He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) and is Certified in Risk and Information System Control (CRISC). Graduated from university Lyon I in Mathematics and industrial technology as well as from University Lyon III in Finance.
Mr. Sudhir Kothari
Mr. Sudhir Kothari, Founder and CEO, Embee Software Pvt Ltd.
An experienced and successful entrepreneur, dynamic leader, and believer of "always-on" business transformation, Mr. Sudhir Kothari is the Founder and CEO of Embee Software Pvt Ltd. For over 34 years, under his leadership, Embee has been driving successful digital transformations for thousands of organizations, including the likes of GEP, Icertis, Tata steel, Wonder Cement, Pidilite and more. He stands out for his ability to manage the immediate business landscape while maintaining a long-term vision and thinking ahead of the curve.
▪ Mr. Kothari's style of leadership is best described as 'intrapreneurial', with him constantly inculcating in his team a culture of swift decision-making, ownership and customer-centricity.
Mr. Sujit Baksi
Mr. Sujit Baksi, President Corporate Affairs and Business Head Emerging Markets, Tech Mahindra.
An accomplished business leader in people management, operations management and corporate strategy, Mr. Sujit Baksi is President, Corporate Affairs and Business head of Emerging markets at Tech Mahindra.
▪ A visionary and a strategist with over 30 years of experience in the IT industry, Mr. Baksi has played a significant role in managing the rapid growth of the Organization and is a key member of the Executive Management team at Tech Mahindra.
▪ Prior to Tech Mahindra, Mr. Baksi was with Lehman Brothers (India) as Senior Vice-President, CAO and a member of the Lehman India Board. His highly impressive track record includes being President - Global Operations, Customer Services and CEO, HCL Technologies (BPO Solutions and Services). He was also EVP HR, HCL Technologies and has worked with TCS, Ranbaxy Laboratories, Bank of India and Union Carbide.
Mr. Ranjit Metrani
Mr. Ranjit Metrani, Head of Sales and Solutions - Bangalore, NxtGen Infinite Datacentre.
Mr. Ranjit Metrani has over 29 years of professional experience with last 10 years in leadership positions. Currently, leading the NxtGen large technology and techno-functional professionals across multiple locations with different cultures.
▪ He is an accomplished technology business leader with extensive experience in Sales, P&L, Business Alliances, Enterprise hardware, software, Cloud, DataCenter, Partner Management, and proven track record of driving high growth business.
ferent cultures.
▪ Ranjit has a successful track record in leading diverse teams and delivering unprecedented results, acknowledged for driving large teams and multimillion-dollar annual revenue/profit growth, having worked with Dell for over 17 years. An Aggressive business leader who delivers strong market growth and revenue performance and Fostered profitable business relationships and created a partner ecosystem to achieve goals.
ferent cultures.
▪ Ranjit's Specialties are P&L with end to end responsibility, C - Level leadership, New GTM strategy, Sales and Business Development, Business Composition and Analysis, Direct and Indirect Sales, Strategic planning, Market Positioning and Communication, High-Level Contract Negotiation.
Session: Insights on Karmo Bhumi
- 7.55 p.m. - 8.10 p.m.
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Insights on Karmo Bhumi - a Government of West Bengal initiative to collaborate between Job Seekers and Employers in IT/ITeS Sector:
Talk by:
Mr. Sanjay Das, Joint Secretary, IT&E Department, Government of West Bengal
- 8.10 p.m. - 8.15 p.m.
- Change Over
Mr. Sanjay Das
Mr. Sanjay Das, Joint Secretary, IT&E Department, Government of West Bengal.
Mr. Sanjay Kumar Das is a Socio-Development Administrator from 1996 batch of West Bengal Civil Service (Executive) cadre.
▪ Mr. Das presently as Joint Secretary at IT & Electronics Department, set up Cyber Security Centre of Excellence (https://cscoe.itewb.gov.in) in 2017; conducted first
Online Survey to assess Employment status in IT/ITeS sector; organized International conference on Blockchain (https://gbck.nltr.org); launched Karmo Bhumi (https://karmobhumi.nltr.org) - a
Skill Registry platform for IT/ITeS professionals; launched Self Scan (https://selfscan.nltr.org ) - a scanning app in android and IOS; Launched Cyber Assurance Programme to up-skill civilians,
academia, police and Government employees; as Administrator of Society for Natural Language Technology Research (https://nltr.itewb.gov.in)
, digitised Charyapad, oldest Bengali literature.
▪ He has held different administrative positions in General, Revenue, Executive & Election Administration in West Bengal; managed Asiatic Society, Kolkata as
Administrative Officer; as Administrative Officer in State Archives initiated large-scale digitization of archives; Launched online counselling system in engineering entrance
examinations for West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board while in Higher Education Department; As Additional District Magistrate, Land & Land Reforms, Coochbehar,
led 'Chitmahal transfer with Bangladesh' & as Project Director, District Rural Development Centre, Coochbehar,
designed and launched 'BIMA BHAROSA' - a general insurance policy
for members of Women Self Help Groups; Served as Joint Director of State Disaster Management wherein undertook process re-engineering of State Relief Supply Chain management
with Deloitte and UNICEF, Upgraded warehouses and created online inventory and organized scores of Disaster Response Mock Drills across the State
- reducing thereby 'Incident Response Time;' Supported IIT-Kharagpur, NIT-Durgapur and Government Engineering College, Kalyani to test-launch
'Information Drop Box' to support First Incident Responders.
Session: Technology in the Realm of Food Securityy
- 8:15 p.m.- 9:15 p.m.
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Session Moderator: Mr. Jayanta Chakraborty, Chairperson, Agriculture and Rural Development Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Senior General Manager, Indofil Industries Limited
Mr.Hemendra Mathur, Venture Partner, Bharat Innovation Fund
Ms. Vedika Kapoor, Head, Government & industry Affairs - India, Corteva Agriscience
Mr. Subrata Rana, Managing Director and CEO, EcoDev Solutions
Mr. Avner Barazani, V.P. Business Development & Strategy, Grace Breeding Ltd., Israel
Mr. Amit Avidov, CTO, Head-R&D, Grace Breeding Ltd., Israel
Mr. Jayanta Chakraborty
Mr. Jayanta Chakraborty, Chairperson, Agriculture and Rural Development Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Senior General Manager, Indofil Industries Limited.
Education::
▪ Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal- Master of Arts (Environment and Development), 2010.
▪ Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Nadia, West Bengal- Bachelor of Science (Agriculture) Hons., 1984
Experience:
▪ Senior General Manager, Indofil Industries Ltd, Kolkata, West Bengal - currently managing the Eastern and Central divisions of Indofil
operations as a Head of Profit Centre. Engaged in brand establishment and expansion, network management, team motivation, and creating better happiness
index of internal and external customers for better productivity. Focus has been on Rural India, particularly farmers, for making them more successful
by providing better solutions for their crop management.
▪ Extensively visited South East Asian countries, Australia, European and US for participating seminars, research institutions and local market visit.
Associated with:
▪ President, Ballygunge Society for Environment and Development (NGO), Kolkata, West Bengal - 2011-Present. Engaged in creating awareness
amongst stakeholders towards minimizing impact of different levels of pollution and degradation of ecology and ecosystem. Also, engaged in different
initiatives directing towards livelihood development of rural people.
& ▪ President, Eastern India Crop Care Association.
▪ Member, Sub-Committee of Integrated Rural Development and Management, Ramakrishna Mission Ashram, Narendrapur.
▪ Member, "Institutions Innovation Council (IICs)", Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University.
Mr. Hemendra Mathur
Mr. Hemendra Mathur, Venture Partner, Bharat Innovation Fund.
Mr. Hemendra Mathur has over 24 years of experience in venture capital, private equity, management consulting and investment banking.
▪ Hemendra in his career has invested in several early stage Agritech and mid-sized companies in the agricultural supply chain. He is a mentor, investor, board member and adviser in many food and Agritech start-ups working on innovations in areas such as Agri-inputs, market linkages, mechanization, food nutrition and value chain financing.
▪ He is currently working as Venture Partner with Bharat Innovation Fund - investing in early stage deep-tech start-ups across sectors. Hemendra is also co-founder of ThinkAg - a platform for accelerating the adoption of innovations in agriculture space. He also is the Chairman of FICCI Task Force on Agri Start-ups. He is also an advisor to a few Foundations, Multilaterals and Funds with interest in Indian food and agribusiness sector.
▪ He has authored many papers on the subject and speaks regularly at conferences pertaining to food and agribusiness sector as well as start-up ecosystem. He is a management graduate from IIM (Ahmedabad) and Agricultural Engineer from Rajasthan Agricultural University.
▪ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hemendra333
▪ Twitter: @hemendramathur
Ms. Vedika Kapoor
Ms. Vedika Kapoor, Head, Government & Industry Affairs - India, Corteva Agriscience.
Ms. Vedika Kapoor is Head Government & Industry Affairs - India for Corteva Agriscience. Corteva was formerly DowDuPont Agriculture division. She has a master's degree in economics with over 18 years of experience. She has worked with the government at the central as well as the state level and has been driving company's involvement in industry and business associations. She joined DuPont in 2009 and has worked on government and regulatory issues across diverse businesses of DuPont - Crop Protection, Seeds, chemicals, industrial biosciences, nutrition and health, Protection technologies.
▪ Prior to joining DuPont, Vedika was Senior Assistant Director, International division with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) looking after ASEAN, Australia & New Zealand, Israel & Multilaterals. The division analyzed business, economic and policy developments in the region and made recommendations to the government. It supported the government & industry with Trade agreements like the India ASEAN FTA, CECA, India - Thailand FTA.
Mr. Subrata Rana
Mr. Subrata Rana, Managing Director and CEO, EcoDev Solutions.
Nearly three decades of professional experiences equally spilt between engagement with multilateral agencies including World Bank and self driven entrepreneurship.
Involved in Food & Agriculture Industries. Associated with some marquee translational R&D projects through various Centre of Excellences of International Research
Centers, National Agriculture Research Systems and Private sector led research and implementation of research results with leading multilateral agencies and globally
acclaimed private sector organizations.
▪ Former Lead Resource Economist with three leading CGIAR centers (Consultative Group of International Agriculture Research - conglomeration of fifteen international
Food & Agriculture Research Institutes) viz., International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines, International Center for Research in Agroforestry in Kenya and International
Potato Research Center in Peru. Founder of EcoDev - a boutique knowledge advisory and product company. Specialized in Technology, Innovation and Design Thinking. Alumnus of Indian
Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and Stanford University. Specialization in Behavioral Economics & Aid Effectiveness.
Mr. Avner Barazani
Mr. Avner Barazani, Vice President, Business Development & Strategy, Grace Breeding Ltd., Israel.
Over 42 years of experience in the field of agriculture and plant protection (30 years at MAI). Last position at Makhteshim-Agan Industries (Adama), was the Chief Agronomist,
leading the Development Department of the firm and the Head of Innovative Division. One of his greatest achievements is leading the first proprietary product, Rimon (Novaluron),
from initiation step to registration and sales in over 70 countries worldwide. Countries as Japan and the far East, USA, EU, India, S. Korea, Australia, Canada, S. Africa,
Latin America including Brazil which we used to work there in parallel with 4 companies etc.
▪ As a Chief Agronomist leading the development at MAI-(Adama) he is familiar with the whole process of testing registering and positioning new products in the Agri Market on
a global basis, during the years he has worked in parallel with more than 120 different countries and have access to companies, researchers, authorities, cooperatives etc.
▪ In the past years he had the unique privilege to work with high motivated, group of people who worked day and night in the labyrinth and complexity of plant protection in
order to promote the business activity in the Agritech Market. He was blessed with being acquainted with some of the finest and noblest people I have ever met, both on the professional and personal levels.
Mr. Amit Avidov
Mr. Amit Avidov, CTO, Head-R&D, Grace Breeding Ltd.
World leading plant breeder and has over 600 registered varieties of vegetables hybrids, field crops hybrids, citruses varieties, sub-tropical rootstocks and more.
▪ Breeding and Seed Production Farm Manager, Zeraim Gedera Company (acquired by Syngenta), 1987-1991.
▪ Chief breeder and CEO, A B Seeds Company - DRS (acquired by Monsanto), 1991-2002.
▪ CTO of Kaiima and Top seeds, Executive Director of the board and one of the shareholders of the companies 2002-2014.
Session: Technologies for Future Capacity Building
- 5:00 p.m.- 6:00 p.m.
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- Session Moderator: Mr. Sanjoy Sen,, Co-Chairperson, IT Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Senior Vice President, ITC Infotech India Limited
- AI for Future Roadmap for Students: Mr. Akshay Chaturvedi, Founder & CEO, Leverage Edu
- How Technology has Transformed Research: Dr. Emmanuelle Savarit, User Research & Digital, Strategy Director Analyse-Concept Ltd, UK
- Ed Tech in Future Capacity Building: Mr. Simarpreet Singh, Director, JIS Group
- Session Moderator: Mr. Sanjoy Sen,, Co-Chairperson, IT Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Senior Vice President, ITC Infotech India Limited
- 6:00 p.m.-6:10 p.m.
- Change Over
Mr. Sanjoy Sen
Mr. Sanjoy Sen, Co-Chairperson, IT Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Senior Vice President, ITC Infotech India Limited.
Mr. Sanjoy Sen is the Senior Vice President of ITC Infotech and the Divisional Chief Information Officer of the ITC Group. He is responsible for providing strategic IT leadership to various divisions of ITC.
▪ As member of various technology groups in the industry, he drives the philosophy of enhancing business value through innovative application of Information Technology.
▪ He has extensive experience in large-scale enterprise applications and integration. His domains of interest are in the areas of Manufacturing, FMCG and Retail.
▪ He is an active Speaker in Institutes and Industry forums. He chairs IT Committees of various Chambers and other associations.
▪ Mr. Sen is an alumnus of IIT Kharagpur, and IIT Madras. He was a visiting faculty at XLRI Jamshedpur for more than 5 years.
Mr. Akshay Chaturvedi
Mr. Akshay Chaturvedi, Founder & CEO, LeverageEdu.
Mr. Akshay Chaturvedi is the creator and driving force behind one of India's fastest-growing startups LeverageEdu - which empowers students across India to choose the best-matched
career & higher education options, with one-touch access to personalized mentors and leading global universities.
▪ As Leverage Edu's Founder & CEO, Mr. Chaturvedi leads a spirited 150 people+ team spread across 5 cities Delhi, Bangalore, Bombay, Hyderabad & Ahmedabad, with its HQ
in Defence Colony, New Delhi.
▪ Fellow of Draper University in Silicon Valley, MBA from ISB Hyderabad & a commerce graduate from SGGSCC, Delhi University, he has worked across multiple spokes of
the business/tech ecosystem in the last decade. He has strong views on the democratization of education, careers, and mentorship, and is missionary about being able to transform millions of families'
lives by doing that.
▪ Leverage Edu & it's Founder Mr. Akshay Chaturvedi, identify with India's vision of democratizing access to learning and education for its 130 crore population. The
company counts marquee investors like DSG Consumer Partners, Blume Ventures, and prominent entrepreneurs & business builders from India & Silicon Valley amongst its backers.
Its work has been widely featured across top media outlets including BBC, WSJ, Forbes, CNBC, Business Insider, Voice Of America, Mint, Business Today, Economic Times,
Entrepreneur, Business Standard, Business World, Rajya Sabha TV, India Today, Financial Express, and others.
▪ Leverage Edu initially began as a higher education mentorship marketplace in Silicon Valley's Draper University's 2015 cohort, & formally launched in early 2017.
Leverage Edu's technology-powered higher education & career guidance ecosystem includes a full-stack service, using AI to help students work with best-matched mentors from around
the world in personalized career workshops. It's product suite includes the LeverageEdu information platform that gets over a million unique users every month (www.leverageedu.com),
Univalley - which helps Universities with a host of student engagement solutions (www.univalley.com) & gives students access to vetted programs, UniConnect - world's leading online
education fair platform that helps 100+ universities and students connect with each other to find best matched higher education options in a virtual setting (www.uniconnect.leverageedu.com),
& LeverageLive - which is democratising access to best teachers in a live classes format for GMAT, GRE, SAT, IELTS & TOEFL exams (www.live.leverageedu.com).
Dr. Emmanuelle Savarit
Dr. Emmanuelle Savarit, User Research & Digital, Strategy Director, Analyse-Concept Ltd, UK.
Proactive data and solutions-driven User research Leader with over 15 years' international experience in managing research initiatives and developing, motivating and leading multi-disciplinary teams to deliver qualitative and quantitative research programs and business strategies for a variety of prestigious organisations.
▪ Dr. Savarit has a strong academic background and worked with leaders in qualitative research methodology at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) She worked on a freelance basis with several companies in the silicon Valley area and worked at the University of Technology of Compiégne UTC France. One of the leading French engineering universities as well as the clinical safety Research unit at Imperial College, London.
▪ In 2010 Emmanuelle left academia and decided to focus exclusively on her consulting work through Analyse-Concept Ltd which specialised in User research. She has provided services in the private sector (finance, gaming and gambling, e-commerce, social media, travel and hospitality, recruitment, education) and in the British public sectors ( Home office, DWP, SFA, HM Land Registry, DfE, HSE) for the last 10 years.
▪ Emmanuelle spent 18 months writing her first book "Practical User Research" which presents the origin of User Research, how the discipline evolved over the years and how it is integrated through the different phases of the product development. Practical User Research reviews the most frequently used methodologies, how to recruit participants, collect, analyse, interpret and present findings Link to the book.
▪ Emmanuelle is frequently invited to speak at professional and academic conferences around the world. She also spent a lot of her time organising workshops and Master classes as well as mentoring the new generation.
Mr. Simarpreet Singh
Mr. Simarpreet Singh, Director, JIS Group.
Mr. Simarpreet Singh, Director, JIS Group is a young entrepreneur - heart and soul. Mr. Singh has acquired expertise in the arena of Finance and Accounting over the last few years through his experience in the industry.
▪ Mr. Singh has completed his schooling from La Martiniere for Boys, Calcutta in the year 2010, graduation from St. Xaviers College in the year 2013, Chartered Accountancy from Institute of Chartered Accounts of India in the year 2015, and after that he also has completed MBA from SP Jain School of Global Management in the year 2016.
▪ Other than his academic achievements, Mr. Singh has been professionally associated with industrial bodies such as The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Confederation of Indian Industry, Indian Chamber of Commerce, Indo-American Chamber of Commerce etc.
Session: Digital Economy and its Dynamics
- 6:10 p.m.- 7:50 p.m.
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Session Moderator: Mr. Arnab Basu, Chairperson, IT Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Managing Partner - East; Technology Consulting Leader, PricewaterhouseCoopers Pvt. Ltd.
Leveraging Mobile Apps, Wearable Devices, and Digital Technologies for Consumer Health: Dr. Anindya Ghose, Heinz Riehl Professor of Business, Professor-Information, Operations and Management Sciences and Professor of Marketing; Academic Director, MS in Business Analytics Programme, Co-Director, MS in Business Analytics Capstone Program, NYU Stern
Security for the Consumers in the Age of Data Explosion:
Mr. Charly Graf, Managing Partner, Defendeer - Data Centric Security, Switzerland
Mr. Konstantin Stassinakis, Senior Partner, Defendeer - Data Centric Security, Switzerland
Blockchain in Digital Economy: Mr. Fawaz Shakralla, Head of IT, BIPD and Founder, Btech Blockchain Group, Bahrain
Views as Investor in Digital Innovations: Mr. Sanjay Puri, Chairman and Founder, US-India Political Action Committee (USINPAC)
- 7:50 p.m.-8:00 p.m
- Change Over
Mr. Arnab Basu
Mr. Arnab Basu, Chairperson, IT Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Managing Partner - East; Technology Consulting Leader, PricewaterhouseCoopers Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Arnab Basu is the Managing Partner for PwC in Eastern India & Bangladesh and he also leads the Technology Consulting for PwC in India and also a part of the Global Technology Leadership team. Arnab also leads the Industrial Products sector within PwC Advisory. He has been with the firm for 18 years and specializes in large scale business transformations using variety of digital platforms and bringing to life integrated solutions around digital operations. He is also responsible for PwC's investments in Emerging Technology areas. He leads a few priority client relationships for PwC in the Industrial products sector.
▪ He has extensive domestic and international consulting experience in diverse fields like Digital Strategy, Performance Management, Removing Complexity, Smart Manufacturing, Process Automation, Digital Governance and building the Digital Enterprise using Technology as a Change agent.
▪ He is an alumnus of IIM Calcutta and has previously done his Electrical Engineering from Jadavpur University. He is closely associated with several Technology Forums and Chambers of Commerce and Industry. In his spare time he likes to travel, read fiction or play golf.
Dr. Anindya Ghose
Dr. Anindya Ghose, Heinz Riehl Professor of Business, Professor-Information, Operations and Management Sciences and Professor of Marketing; Academic Director, MS in Business Analytics Programme,
Co-Director, MS in Business Analytics Capstone Program, NYU Stern.
Dr. Anindya Ghose is the Heinz Riehl Chair Professor of Technology and Marketing at New York University's Leonard N. Stern School of Business where he holds a joint appointment
in the TOPS and Marketing departments. He is the author of TAP: Unlocking The Mobile Economy which is a double winner in the 2018 Axiom Business Book Awards and has been translated
into five languages (Korean, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Japanese and Taiwanese). He is the Director of the Masters of Business Analytics Program at NYU Stern. He is a Leonard Stern
Faculty Scholar with an MBA scholarship (the Ghose Scholarship) named after him. He has been a Visiting Professor at the Wharton School of Business. In 2014, he was named by
Poets & Quants as one of the Top 40 Professors under 40 Worldwide and by Analytics Week as one the "Top 200 Thought Leaders in Big Data and Business Analytics". He is the youngest
recipient of the prestigious INFORMS ISS Distinguished Fellow Award, given to recognize individuals who (i) have made outstanding intellectual contributions to the discipline with
publications that have made a significant impact on theory, research, and practice and (ii) intellectual stewardship of the field as reflected in the mentoring of doctoral students
and young researchers. In 2017 he was recognized by Thinkers50 as one of the Top 30 Management Thinkers globally most likely to shape the future of how organizations are managed
and led in the next generation. Thinkers50 also bestowed the 'Distinguished Achievement Award Nomination' for 'Digital Thinking' in 2017. His rise from assistant to full professor
in 8.5 years at NYU Stern is widely regarded as one of the fastest in the history of several disciplines in business schools globally.
▪ Dr. Ghose has consulted in various capacities for Alibaba, Apple, Berkeley Corporation, CBS, Dataxu, DFS Group, Facebook, Google, HR Ratings Mexico, Marico India,
Microsoft, NBC Universal, OneVest, Samsung, Showtime, Snapchat, Verizon, Yahoo, 1-800-Contacts, and 3TI World, and collaborated with Adobe, Alibaba, China Mobile, Google, IBM,
Indiegogo, Microsoft, Recobell, Telefonica, Travelocity, Via, and many other leading firms on realizing business value from IT investments, internet marketing, business analytics,
mobile marketing, digital analytics, social media, and other areas. He serves as an Advisor to many start-ups in the US, India, Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, and China including
Lucidity, Leverage Edu, Co-FoundersLab, Ibus Networks, ZeroWeb, Trippal, and EywaMedia amongst others.
▪ Dr. Ghose occasionally serves as an expert witness for information technology and consumer-related litigation and has provided expert testimony in multiple trials
and depositions. He has experience in securities, intellectual property, antitrust and competition, trademark and copyright infringement, and merger appraisal cases. He has provided
expert deposition or trial testimony in several high profile litigation matters, including the Facebook 2012 IPO matter, the Verizon-AOL merger appraisal matter, the Federal Trade
Commission's anti-trust case against 1-800-Contacts, the Snapchat patent violation case against Vaporstream, the counterfeit goods case against Amazon, the Yahoo privacy breach matter,
and the interactive music streaming royalty rate case between Apple, Amazon, Google, Spotify, and the Copyright Royalty Board. He is affiliated as a Scientific Expert with Compass Lexecon.
He is also an angel investor and a limited partner in several VC funds and has actively invested in B2C and B2B start-ups in Asia and USA.
Mr. Charly Graf
Mr. Charly Graf, Managing Partner, Defendeer - Data Centric Security, Switzerland.
Defining and implementing security architectures based on different security solutions. The main objectives are to create a secure and relatively framework of orchestrated security solutions. Charly is in charge of defining the process chains, defining the security logic and technical rulesets of the selected components.
▪ He's a holder of a MSc in HRM and has more than 25 years of professional experience as a Consultant in various projects and roles.
▪ Languages: German, English, French, Italian, Spanish
Mr. Konstantin Stassinakis
Mr. Konstantin Stassinakis, Senior Partner, Defendeer - Data Centric Security, Switzerland.
Main focus area is to define and prepare the required infrastructure components with the customer to get a reliable and scalable security infrastructure. Additional Konstantin is in charge of the basic installation and system configuration of the security solutions provided by Defendeer.
▪ He's a holder of a BBA and MBA and has more than 25 years of professional experience in management positions in national and international enterprises.
▪ Languages: German, English, French, Greek.
Mr. Fawaz Shakralla
Mr. Fawaz Shakralla, Head of IT, BIPD and Founder, Btech Blockchain Group, Bahrain.
Head of IT at BIPD and Founder of Btech Blockchain Group with over seventeen years experience in IT, covering Saudi Arabia, and South Africa. He has successfully completed projects for cloud services, telecom, banking and the government sector.
▪ Fawaz started the Blockchain journey in 2016 after reading Blockchain Revolutions by Alex Tapscott. Astonished by what Blockchain has to offer, Btech Blockchain Group was founded with the main purpose to conduct awareness sessions and training in blockchain development.
▪ Fawaz is currently a certified Blockchain trainer with Thinksmart Bahrain, as well as consulting companies on how to benefit from Blockchain technology.
Mr. Sanjay Puri
Mr. Sanjay Puri, Chairman and Founder , US-India Political Action Committee (USINPAC).
Mr. Sanjay Puri is a business leader, entrepreneur and advocate who has successfully built and exited information technology (IT) companies.
▪ Mr. Puri is the founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of 1) Autonebula, a connected vehicle accelerator and investment fund that catalyzes the best and brightest startups for the advancement of mobility worldwide; 2) Wellisen, a break-through nutraceuticals and personal care company that is committed to ameliorating world hunger and redefining health and beauty for people of all ages everywhere; and 3) ACEL360, a multi-module accelerator that teaches small and medium sized businesses how to navigate federal processes, create pipelines of high-value prospects, and build and sustain competitive advantage with cross-functional, forward-looking strategies. Puri recently acquired Battlespace Flight Services, LLC, a Defense company specializing in technologies and operational support associated with Remotely Piloted Aircraft, or Unmanned Aircraft Systems.
▪ Mr. Puri is the Vice-Chairman of the Board of Advisors for the Connected Vehicle Trade Association (CVTA). He is a highly sought-after speaker and media contributor. He has presented at leading conferences and institutions including the China Telematics and Connected Vehicles Summit, the Connected Vehicle Trade Association, TIE, FoT, Wharton, Harvard, the National War College, and the Kellogg School of Management. He has been featured by Forbes, PBS, CNN, National Public Radio (NPR), The Washington Times, The New York Times, The Hindu, The Times of India, and by other global outlets.
▪ In 2002, Mr. Puri established the United States India Political Action Committee (USINPAC), a non-profit, bipartisan organization. In 2005, he founded the Alliance for U.S. India Business (AUSIB). In 2019, he established the Ambassadors Cup at Congressional Country Club to foster further US-Asia engagement. Puri has organized over 25 business delegations to and from India, and continues to host Federal events in close cooperation with the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives. Puri played a key role in the passage of the U.S. India Civil Nuclear agreement. He has welcomed PM Manmohan Singh, Minister of Finance Arun Jaitley, BJP President Amit Shah, and other Indian notables to Washington. He was instrumental in Prime Minister Narendra Modi receiving an invitation to speak before a Joint Meeting of Congress. Puri has testified before the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and his statements on US-India relations are included in Committee records. Puri has worked to put Indian Americans on the courts and remains actively engaged in U.S. Presidential, Senatorial and Congressional campaigns. Puri has been recognized in the U.S. Congressional Record for his advocacy and achievements.
▪ Mr. Puri began his entrepreneurial journey in 1994 through a grant from NIH where he led a team that used artificial intelligence techniques to diagnose patients with Alzheimer's. His clients have included the U.S. Mint, Library of Congress, Federal Reserve Bank, National Labor Relations Board, the National Institute of Health (NIH), etc. Puri holds an MBA in Finance & Investments from George Washington University.
Session: Health Tech
- 8.00 p.m. - 8.55 p.m
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Session to be chaired by: Dr. Alok Roy, Past President, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Chairman, Medica Group of Hospitals
PharmaTech - Disruptions and Future: Mr. Mukesh Rathi, Chief Digital and Information Officer, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Limited
Technologies in Clinical Research - Next Opportunities: Ms. Anita Tripathy, Head of Data Sciences, Safety & Regulatory, Asia, IQVIA
Strategies for Patient-Centric Innovation in the Biosimilar Industry: Dr. Jamie Unwin, Vice President and Head, Global Business Intelligence and Analytics, Biocon Biologics
Start Up Story in Non Invasive Diagnosis: Mr. Partha Pratim Das Mahapatra, Founder & CEO, EzeRx Health Tech Pvt. Ltd
- 8:55 p.m.-9:00 p.m
- Change Over
Dr. Alok Roy
Dr. Alok Roy, Past President, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Chairman, Medica Group of Hospitals.
Dr. Alok Roy, Chairman, Medica Group of Hospitals is a health entrepreneur. He has played many important roles in multiple healthcare chains across India.
▪ Dr. Roy was responsible for conceptualizing Narayana Health story along with Dr. Devi Shetty and had built initial few hospitals at Bengal and Karnataka.
▪ As Vice President of Fortis, Dr. Roy saw through Fortis expansion in national capital region in early 2000.
▪ Dr. Roy conceptualized and built Medica brand along with few trusted and capable colleagues across eastern India, which is now present in Bengal, Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand and Assam.
▪ Dr. Roy believes that health needs different outlook and different management styles, health institutions have more of social overtone and social expectation then industrial relevance.
▪ He believes that we must amalgamate social responsibility with industrial norms, we need to build social responsibilities in a manner which is not detrimental to industrial survival. At the end society must sustain along with industry as both are interdependent.
Mr. Mukesh Rathi
Mr. Mukesh Rathi, Chief Digital and Information Officer, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.
Mr. Mukesh Rathi is currently working as the Chief Digital and Information Officer for Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. He has global responsibility for Digital Transformation, Process Excellence and Information Technology Management for the organization.
▪ Mr. Rathi has more than 22 years of experience doing various roles across industries - Business Process Consulting, Digital Innovation, Digital Strategy and execution.
▪ Mr. Rathi has worked across FMCG, Automotive, IT and Pharma Industries.
▪ Mr. Rathi is a Industrial Engineer from IIT Kharagpur and MBA from IIM Lucknow.
Ms. Anita Tripathy
Ms. Anita Tripathy, Head of Data Science, Safety & Regulatory, APAC at IQVIA, India.
Ms. Anita Tripathy is a strategic and innovative thinker with deep insight and vast experience in turning around, building and managing large global business units, long-term client relationships and highly motivated, large, multi-country teams for leading organizations including Fortune 1000's. She has proven ability to oversee all aspects of the business unit, including corporate transformation, strategic planning, international business operations, and merger & acquisition integration strategy, sales and operations. She has cultivated consultative relationships with Fortune 500 client base, envisioning cutting-edge business process and technology solutions for clients across U.S.A, UK, Europe and Asia.
▪ In her current role with IQVIA she heads the Data Sciences, Safety and Regulatory (DSSR) operations for APAC, providing oversight to the local and offshore businesses. She plays a key role in shaping the future of the DSSR functions keeping the "Future of Work" models in mind and spearheading the optimization and technology led innovation initiatives.
▪ In her last role with inVentiv Health Clinical as their Head and President of the India business she provided oversight to their local and offshore businesses.
▪ https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-tripathy-b844071ab/
Dr. Jamie Unwin
Dr. Jamie Unwin, Vice President and Head, Global Business Intelligence and Analytics, Biocon Biologics.
Dr. Jamie Unwin, PhD in Molecular Biology from the University of Warwick, United Kingdom, has over 16 years of experience in the Pharmaceutical and Healthcare sector.
▪ Having worked on analytics and data strategy with pharmaceutical majors like GSK, Johnson and Johnson and now Biocon Biologics, Jamie is well versed with the digital needs of the pharmaceutical industry.
▪ Besides data analytics, Jamie also has a keen interest in managing change and has a success story up his sleeve during his stint at Johnson and Johnson.
Mr. Partha Pratim Das Mahapatra
Mr. Partha Pratim Das Mahapatra, Founder and CEO, EzeRx Health Tech Pvt. Ltd.
Technocrat, working on a portable non-invasive, non-contact device which can detect anemia, oral cancer, urinal bladder cancer and predict liver and lungs problem with in less then 5 second with out taking a single drop of blood from human body.
▪ As an information technology consultant he works closely with some of the fortune 500 clients to provide technology based solutions. Extensive experience in architect, design, develop and deliver complex data warehouse and business intelligence projects with large teams across shores.
▪ He has worked in multiple region gives a unique perspective of working with diverse set of clients and teams across globe. Also has worked on multiple DWBI technologies and successful execution of full life cycle projects is the sign of my ability and adaptability.
Session: Technologies for Power: to make it more abundant, efficient, and eco-friendly
- 9.00 p.m. - 9.30 p.m
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Session Moderator: Mr. Gautam Ray, Executive Director (HR & Admin.) - CESC Limited & President (HR) - Power Group, RPSG; Chairperson, Energy and Environment Committee and Vice President, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Mr. Robert Baldwin, PwC US Energy, Utilities, and Mining Leader
Mr. Nubeel Ansari, Director and Industry Value Advisor, SAP India Pvt Ltd
Mr. Gautam Ray
Mr. Gautam Ray, Executive Director (HR & Admin.) - CESC Limited & President (HR) - Power Group, RPSG; Chairperson, Energy and Environment Committee and Vice President, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Mr. Gautam Ray, 59, Engineer by profession, graduated from Calcutta University (Bengal Engineering College, Shibpur - presently IIEST) and completed Post Graduation in Electrical
Power System, from the same Institute in 1983. Presently, he is Executive Director (HR & Admn) of CESC Limited and also heading HR function for Power sector companies of RP-Sanjiv
Goenka Group as President (HR), Power Group.
▪ Mr. Ray has an experience of 36 years, of working in Power System operations and load dispatch, before he migrated to HR & Admn. He is responsible for HR and Administration
for CESC, along with the entire HR process for the new initiatives under CESC, which includes, new power projects, training initiatives, collaborative efforts etc.
▪ He is the Chairman of National Safety Council, West Bengal, Former President, Calcutta Management Association, Managing Committee member of Bengal Chamber of Commerce &
Industries, Chairman, Administrative Committee, State Productivity Council, Executive Committee Member, ICC, past Chairman Electrical Engineering Divisional Subcommittee and past Hony. Secretary,
The Institution of Engineers (India), West Bengal State Centre, Past Council Member, IE(I). Chairman (HR & IR) Committee, CII Eastern Regional Committee, Member – National HR Committee,
CII, Member, National IR Committee, CII. Vice Chairman, Alumni Cell, IIEST. Director, Woodlands, Dierctor, ATK Mohunbagan. Member, Employee Relations Committee, Tollygunge Club
Mr. Robert Baldwin
Mr. Robert Baldwin, Energy, Utilities, and Mining Leader, PwC US.
Mr. Robert Baldwin is PwC US Energy, Utilities, and Mining Leader.
Relevant Expertise
▪ Strategy - Tax and Operations
▪ Mergers and Acquisitions
▪ Legislative / Regulatory
Prior Experience
▪ PwC US National MLP Practice Leader
▪ PwC US Tax Technology and Development Leader
▪ PwC Global and US Data Analytics Leader
▪ Vice President of Tax - Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP and Kinder Morgan Management LLC
Education
▪ Bachelors in Business Administration, McNeese State University
▪ CPA (Licensed in Texas)
Mr. Nubeel Ansari
Mr. Nubeel Ansari, Director and Industry Value Advisor, SAP India Pvt Ltd.
Mr. Nubeel Ansari works as an Industry Business Architect in the Digital Transformation Office of SAP India. He is responsible for leading large and complex engagements with SAP's strategic clients in India across the Energy and Natural Resources Sector (E&NR). He has more than 18 years of professional experience and is passionate about transforming businesses through deployment of technology and digital.
▪ His core expertise lies in supporting digital led business transformation initiatives, industry thought leadership, IT strategy and c-level engagements. Overall, he has more than 18 years of experience, which also include 5 years with a leading O&G PSU in India. He has done his post graduate diploma in management and is an engineering graduate from IIT Kanpur.