INDIA FOCAL POINTS
CONVENOR
CONVENOR
CONVENOR
Ashish Acharjee
Ashish is a practicing architect based in Kolkata. His understanding of architecture and urban design has evolved over the last three and half decades through his associations with world renowned architects and engineers in large scale and landmark projects both government and private ,across the nation.
In practice, he emb
Ashish Acharjee
Ashish is a practicing architect based in Kolkata. His understanding of architecture and urban design has evolved over the last three and half decades through his associations with world renowned architects and engineers in large scale and landmark projects both government and private ,across the nation.
In practice, he embraces research, innovation and activism. His portfolio has a diverse spectrum of projects covering Housing, Institutions and facilities in hospitality located across Bengal and adjoining states. His clients include large Corporates and Private bodies, institutes and charitable trusts. He is a consultant to, the Govt. of West Bengal, National Museum of Denmark and other organisations advising in Heritage Conservation Urban Design and Tourism Development projects. He is the Convener of Aspiration Bengal Foundation
Ashish graduated in Architecture with Honors from IIT Kharagpur. He has received recognition and awards at regional and national levels and has several published articles in leading journals and magazines of the country. He has edited a book entitled 'Architecture of Bengal' and completed writing another entitled 'Zamindar Baris of Bengal' that is awaiting publication. He has been visting faculty at several universities and architecture colleges in West Bengal
DELHI
CONVENOR
CONVENOR
Dr. Partha S Banerjee
Partha has 30 years of experience working with national and provincial Governments, multilateral and bilateral institutions, multiple UN Agencies reputed State-Owned Enterprises, apex industry associations, and the private sector.
Professionally, he manages his entrepreneurial venture (DEX-DEFT Research and Consultin
Dr. Partha S Banerjee
Partha has 30 years of experience working with national and provincial Governments, multilateral and bilateral institutions, multiple UN Agencies reputed State-Owned Enterprises, apex industry associations, and the private sector.
Professionally, he manages his entrepreneurial venture (DEX-DEFT Research and Consulting, New Delhi), socio-economic policy research firm, wherein he works with multiple UN agencies, public institutions and governments in Asia and Africa. Earlier, as a Partner in Pricewaterhouse Coopers, and then in KPMG, he successfully delivered large, multidisciplinary, public projects; both in India and overseas. He is also a founding trustee of Aspiration Bengal Foundation.
Partha holds a Bachelor of Technology (Hons.) and Master of Business Management, both degrees from IIT Kharagpur and a Ph. D. from IIT Delhi. He is well-published internationally and a reviewer in Scopus-Indexed, reputed international Journals.
KOLKATA
CONVENOR
KOLKATA
Diptendu Bhattacharya
Diptendu is a Sales and Marketing professional with over 34 years of experience. After graduating from IIT Kharagpur with a B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering, he has done a PGDM at IIM Ahmedabad. He has served across several industries including FMCG, IT hardware and Services as well as in Consumer Durables. He has
Diptendu Bhattacharya
Diptendu is a Sales and Marketing professional with over 34 years of experience. After graduating from IIT Kharagpur with a B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering, he has done a PGDM at IIM Ahmedabad. He has served across several industries including FMCG, IT hardware and Services as well as in Consumer Durables. He has worked in markets across the country as well as overseas. He has experience in sales management for both B2B and B2C businesses and Modern Trade channels. He has also managed export markets in South Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
Some of the Corporate houses he has served include the TVS Group, Tatas and Godrej & Boyce at Mumbai where he has managed various roles in Sales. In his last role at Godrej, he has contributed to formulating corporate strategy in a multi-business organisation operating in India and overseas. He is currently an independent consultant in the fields he has served in.
INTERNATIONAL FOCAL POINTS
AMERICAS
ASIA-PACIFIC
AMERICAS
Partha S Chatterjee
Houston, Texas, USA
Partha Sarathi Chatterjee is a digital transformation and technology strategy leader with almost 30 years of experience in United States. He currently heads Data and Analytics for Shell Energy.
Partha holds a Bachelor of Technology (Honors) with first class in computer science and engineering from t
Partha S Chatterjee
Houston, Texas, USA
Partha Sarathi Chatterjee is a digital transformation and technology strategy leader with almost 30 years of experience in United States. He currently heads Data and Analytics for Shell Energy.
Partha holds a Bachelor of Technology (Honors) with first class in computer science and engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) (Kharagpur) in India. He came to United States for graduate studies on NASA-funded scholarship to work on Computer Vision. He has a master’s degree in computer science from the University of South Carolina and an MBA from Texas A&M University, specializing in Finance and Management Information Systems.
He was head of strategy for Product Management at OpenLink Financial, the global leader for financial products and technology. He was Managing Director at Capco Energy Solutions. Partha has held technology leadership positions at many companies, including Schlumberger, El Paso Energy (Previously Tenneco), Accenture, Sapient among others.
He compliments strategy and business vision with deep technical knowledge in enterprise architecture, digital transformation, data and analytics, AI and mathematical modeling, blockchain and emerging technologies. Partha brings strategic vision and leadership capabilities in driving solutions and roadmaps as technology executive.
Partha lives in Houston and enjoys sports and music with his wife, Arpita and children, Ishaan and Trisha.
AMERICAS
ASIA-PACIFIC
AMERICAS
Tapan Kumar (TK) Das
New York, USA
TK has 35 years of successful track record in developing and delivering major Energy and Energy Transition projects in the USA, Europe, Brazil, Asia, Australia, and West Africa. He worked for Engineers India, Brown & Root, ABB, McDermott, and Air Products. TK is a project development leader, an EPC deli
Tapan Kumar (TK) Das
New York, USA
TK has 35 years of successful track record in developing and delivering major Energy and Energy Transition projects in the USA, Europe, Brazil, Asia, Australia, and West Africa. He worked for Engineers India, Brown & Root, ABB, McDermott, and Air Products. TK is a project development leader, an EPC delivery expert, and a commercial strategy leader.
He has secured and delivered several multibillion-dollar projects and led a reputed EPC company for several years. Currently, he is developing several green hydrogen projects to accelerate the energy transition. He is a chemical engineering graduate from IIT Kharagpur and is based in the New York Metropolitan Area.
ASIA-PACIFIC
ASIA-PACIFIC
ASIA-PACIFIC
Debashis Tarafdar
Singapore
Experienced professional with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Skilled in Digital Business Transformation, Market Research, Management, Competitive Intelligence and Benchmarking. Strong research professional with a Master of Business Management focused in Fina
Debashis Tarafdar
Singapore
Experienced professional with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Skilled in Digital Business Transformation, Market Research, Management, Competitive Intelligence and Benchmarking. Strong research professional with a Master of Business Management focused in Finance and Financial Management from VGSOM, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.
EUROPE
ASIA-PACIFIC
ASIA-PACIFIC
Sukrit Bhattacharya
Geneva, Switzerland
Sukrit is based out of Geneva and divides his time between Switzerland, the Netherlands, and other countries. He is an international transformation expert with over 30 years of global experience; specializations include: (a) business transformation and change management, (b) 5PMs – Project, Product, P
Sukrit Bhattacharya
Geneva, Switzerland
Sukrit is based out of Geneva and divides his time between Switzerland, the Netherlands, and other countries. He is an international transformation expert with over 30 years of global experience; specializations include: (a) business transformation and change management, (b) 5PMs – Project, Product, Process, Program and Portfolio management and (c) Digital Transformation. Sukrit holds a B. Tech (Hons.) and M. Tech. from IIT Kharagpur, and is a founding member of Aspiration Bengal Foundation.