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Ahmedabad is the largest contributor to Gujarat’s GDP. The city’s industry was growing at 13.5% in the pre-pandemic times with major contributions from engineering, chemicals, textiles, pharma, cement and ceramic, drugs, gems and jewellery sectors.

The pandemic put a dent in this growth as numerous industries across Gujarat (and the country) faced acute liquidity crisis, resulting in closure of 3600+ chemical units and 1938 other companies.

Now that we’ve left the crisis behind us, Ahmedabad’s industry is back on its growth trajectory. Manufacturing is back in full throttle and output levels of sectors like textiles, engineering, chemicals, etc. have also bounced back. In fact, the pandemic has brought in a new work normal where automation, digitization, and hybrid work environments have become a part and parcel of every business strategy. Digital innovation enables enterprises to future proof their business and make them more sustainable against any crisis.

The challenge now is to understand how to incorporate digital into the growth strategy. Every sector has their own unique business challenges, which makes the road to digitization even more challenging.

Join this unique forum to understand, discuss, and deliberate how to drive
digital innovation to take your business to new heights.
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Program

Lead your Business Digitally

Automation and digital alignment are a must for every business in the post-pandemic world. Hear renowned speakers and business leaders discuss how to enable sustainable business growth in the new digital era.

  • 7:00 PM: Lamp lighting by Guest of Honour and Dignitaries
  • 7:05 PM: Enabling Gujarat’s Industry to be the Engine of Growth and Role of Technology:
    Keynote by Guest of Honour: Vijay Nehra, IAS, Secretary, Department of Science & Technology, Government of Gujarat
  • 7:30 PM: Enabling Business Growth in the new Post-Pandemic Era:
    Business Keynote: Ramesh M. Patel, ED, Meghmani Organics and President, GDMA
  • 8:00 PM: Digital Innovation Enabling Business Growth:
    Harish Laddha, CEO, Emerging Business, Airtel Business
  • 8:30 PM: Ensuring Sustainable Business Growth in the Post-Pandemic World:
    Panel Discussion:
    Divya Agarwal, Founding Managing Director, Radhey Impex Pvt. Ltd. and Executive Committee Member, AEMA
    Dr. V. D. Gotmare, Governing Council Member, TAI Mumbai
    Padmin Buch, Senior Advisor, Corporate Strategy, Projects and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), and Director of
    • Bhagwati Auto cast Ltd.
    • Troikaa Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
    • Shilp Gravures Ltd.
    Abhishek Sinha, Circle Business Head, Gujarat, Airtel
    Moderated by: Anil Chopra, VP – Research & Consulting, CMR
  • 9:15 PM: Networking over Dinner

Recognition

So many industrial units were shut down due to the pandemic. Many businesses fought hard against all the odds and managed to sustain themselves even during these troubled times to emerge stronger than ever before. Join us in felicitating these Covid Champions.

Speakers

Vijay Nehra, IAS

Secretary, Department of Science and Technology
Government of Gujarat

Ramesh Meghjibhai Patel

ED, Meghmani Organics and President, GDMA

Divya Agarwal

Founding Managing Director
Radhey Impex Pvt. Ltd. and Executive Committee Member, AEMA

Dr. V. D. Gotmare

Governing Council Member
TAI Mumbai

Padmin Buch

Senior Advisor,
Corporate Strategy, Projects and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR),
and Director of
• Bhagwati Auto cast Ltd.
• Troikaa Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
• Shilp Gravures Ltd.

Harish Laddha

CEO, Emerging Business
Airtel Business

Abhishek Sinha

Circle Business Head, Gujarat
Airtel

Anil Chopra

VP-Research and Consulting
CMR

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WordPress Dev.

Elizabeth Sofia

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Charlie Cooper

Front-End Dev

Lucy Evelyn

Ui/UX Designer

Registration

Who should attend:

Business owners, CEOs and CxOs of mid-sized enterprises

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    Vijay Nehra

    A civil servant from the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) having more than 20 years of diverse experience handling various assignments at city, district and state level.

    Graduated from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India; also holds a Master in Public Affairs from the Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley, USA.

    As Secretary, Department of Science & Technology (DST), he looks after the growth and development of new & emerging technology areas and is responsible for formulation and implementation of key policies in this sector in the State of Gujarat. Including IT & e-Governance, Biotechnology, Science & Technology, Remote Sensing and Space Application & Seismology areas of technology in the State.

    Ramesh Meghjibhai Patel

    Mr. Ramesh Patel is currently the Executive Director of Meghmani Organics Ltd. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Saurashtra University, 40 years in the Pigment Chemical industry and 30 years in the Agrochemicals industry as a skilled administrator. Due to his keen interest in Chemical Industry he is associated with Vatva Industries Association, Gujarat Dyestuff Manufacturers Association, Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Gujarat Chemical Association, Confederation of Indian Industries as well as other Trade/industries Association. He is very much involved in socio-educational as well as arts and culture too. He is also involved in resolving the issues faced by the Industries in the GIDC Estates of Ankleshwar, Panoli, Dahej, etc.

    He is closely associated with the Ladies Hostel run by the Umiya Khakhariya , Wadhiyar –Chunwal Education Trust in Umiya Campus giving priority to Girls Education.

    Mr. Rameshbhai, being a kind person, takes a keen interest in an organization “Kalpana Foundation” run by his wife Kalpanaben and helps poor and needy students with scholarships, school/college fees, textbooks, notebooks and financial help for higher education. He is always ready to help people with illness as well as financially backward poor people.

    Shri Rameshbhai Patel Immediate Past President of well known Association amongst all the Trade and Industry viz The Gujarat Dyestuff Manufacturers Association (GDMA) which is an Association of Industries manufacturing and exporting Dyes and Dye Intermediates in Gujarat which contributes 80% of total India’s production and contributes 60% of export of India which is mainly from MSME units.

    Divya Agarwal

    Mr. Divya Agarwal is the founding Managing Director of Radhey Impex Pvt. Ltd. – a company engaged in manufacturing premium quality Mild Steel, Stainless Steel, Cast Iron, Hard Facing, Cutting and Gouging Welding Electrodes and TIG Filler wire.

    Mr. Divya has done his Master of Science in Industrial Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University, USA, after graduating in Construction Technology and Management from Nirma University, Ahmedabad. 

    Prior to running Radhey Impex, Mr. Divya was a Director of Alpha Industries Ltd., a 120 TPD Wheat Flour Milling Industry. He has also served as President of The Roller Flour Millers’ Federation of India, New Delhi.

    Divya is a member of the prestigious American Welding Society and Radhey Impex is member of various business associations like CII, Association of Welding Products Manufacturers, The Ahmedabad Engineering Manufacturers’ Association, Welding Merchants’ Association, Ahmedabad, etc. Divya is an Executive Committee member of The Ahmedabad Engineering Manufacturers’ Association.

    DR. V. D. GOTMARE

    • Former HOD, Textile Manufactures Dept. VJTI, Mumbai Chairman, JTA Editorial Board, TAI-India

    • Chairman, CKMC, KVIC, Min. MSME, Gol

    • Governing Council Member, TAIMumbai.

    • Member, BoS, Textile Institutions.

    • More than 70 research papers and a Patent.

    • Expert member on various Research committees of Universities and Institutions such as DoB, Min.Science &Technology. ICAR, Min. Agriculture, Gol. 8:59 AM

    Padmin Buch

    Mr. Padmin Buch is a Senior Advisor – Corporate Strategy, Projects and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). He holds about 30 years combined experience of Industry (both MSMEs & Large), Entrepreneurship and IPR.

    Mr. Buch was the Managing Director of Gujarat Industrial & Technical Consultancy Organisation (GITCO), Ahmedabad – A professionally managed and self sustaining organisation with strong linkages with the Government. During this tenure he worked closely with MSMEs – private sector enterprises, financial institutions and Government (both central and State). He also has been part of State Industrial Policy formulation process.

    Presently he is attached with private sector business / industry groups as Senior Advisor – Corporate Strategy, Projects and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR).

    He shares his domain expertise in academic field as Senior Visiting Faculty to EDII, Ahmedabad University, Gujarat Technological University (GTU), Charusat University, NIRMA University and AMA among others.

    He is attached as Mentor with CRADLE-EDII and i-Hub – Govt. of Gujarat.

    He is Director on the Board of

    • Bhagwati Auto cast Ltd.,
    • Troikaa Pharmaceuticals Ltd and
    • Shilp Gravures Ltd.

    Mr. Buch is Member-Governing Council of Ahmedabad Management Association (AMA), Member, MSME Committee & Research Committee, GCCI and ConvenerInnovation & Start up Focus Group – Confederation of Indian Industries (CII).

    His academic background: B.Pharm; MBA, CMC and P G Diploma in Patents Law.

    Traveled widely on official assignments including to USA, Japan France, China, Indonesia, Guyana ,South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, etc. and All India.

    Harish Laddha

    Harish is CEO of Airtel’s SMB Business and is responsible for spearheading the SMB business for Airtel across different product lines such as IOT, Cloud, Connectivity, Mobility and more. He is also responsible for designing and executing the “Digital First” business strategy to strengthen Airtel’s leadership in this customer segment.

    He is a dynamic and seasoned leader, with over 25 years of deep and varied expertise in the tech industry. Before joining Airtel, Harish was associated with Ingram micro where he was responsible for growth of multiple Business Units and channels such as Cloud, Enterprise and Global Business.

    Harish has been responsible for P&L, building, strategizing and executing long-term strategic plans and thinking critically about driving value across organisations and people. He also has strong operational and executional experience, and has demonstrated success in maximizing growth opportunities throughout his career.

    Harish has a Master’s degree in Marketing from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) and Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from IT, Pune.

    Anil Chopra

    Anil Chopra is the Vice President – Research and Consulting at CMR and in this role drives special projects at CMR.

    Anil has over 24 years of experience in the ICT media industry, and now drives the strategic initiatives at CMR as well as the group’s go to market practice.

    Anil has a knack for spotting the latest technology trends and has conducted many path-breaking market studies, technology priorities and technology implementations across enterprises in India. He closely tracks the AI space, has done many studies and written expert blogs around the technology.

    Anil has worked with CyberMedia in various capacities, with his last role being the Group Editor-Technology for all CyberMedia publications, including PCQuest, Dataquest, Voice and Data, and CIOL.com. He has also benchmarked and tested a wide variety of IT products and services, during his stint with CyberMedia Labs, the country’s first vendor-neutral product testing facility.

    Anil is a sought after speaker, and has delivered sessions and moderated panel discussions at various prestigious CIO forums on topics relevant for IT decision makers across SMBs and large enterprises. He also gets invited regularly by leading enterprises (like Indian Oil, PSU Banks,
    etc.) to deliver expert talks to their internal IT teams.

    An engineer and MBA by training, Anil has a passion for analyzing technology and delivering insights. A multi-channel content specialist, he also writes regularly about the latest enterprise technologies and trends.