The Art of Manufacturing

Deshpande Ninad :

Ninad Deshpande graduated in E&Tc Engineering from the University of Pune and has around 15 years' experience in the automation industry. He completed his MBA – Executive from SIBM. He has worked in different areas of the automation industry such as application development, testing, R&D, technology marketing, marketing, corporate communication, Global product management, and market research. After heading Marketing and Corporate Communications for B&R India (A member of the ABB Group), he became the Global Product Manager – cybersecurity in B&R Austria. Presently he is working as a Co-Founder & CEO at Sceptertech Digital. In 2019, World Marketing Congress awarded him with the “Most influential Global Marketing Leader” award.Pothukuchi Sivaram :

P.V. Sivaram graduated in Electronics Engineering from IIT-Madras in 1976 and began his career at BARC. He moved to automation in fields like Power T&D, Communications, and Power Plants in an MNC. He was the founder CEO of B&R Industrial Automation from 1996 until his retirement in 2018. He has hands-on experience in Distributed Systems, SCADA, DCS, and microcontroller applications and supervised projects in all types of machines – plastic, textile, pharma, packaging. His current mission is to prepare people for living in a digital world. He is convinced that technologies need to be explored and driven into applications by youngsters. Sivaram conducts training courses including “Digital Transformation for every man” and Digital Champions.