Top Industry Leaders to Discuss Business Transformation and Digital India at Frost & Sullivan's Growth Innovation & Leadership (GIL) Summit in Mumbai

Business Wire India
Leading multinational Growth Consulting company Frost & Sullivan will host its flagship event, the Growth Innovation & Leadership (GIL) Summit, on Oct 05, 2016 at Hyatt Regency, Mumbai. This year, the theme of the event, which is open to leadership executives across industry verticals, is “Digital Transformation: A Strategic Imperative”.
 
The summit will see top analysts from Frost & Sullivan as well as industry thought leaders from diverse verticals converge to discuss how trends like digitization, connectivity, and artificial intelligence are pushing enterprises to change their outlook and business models.
 
The event will include keynote perspectives, workshops, panel discussions, and think tanks on various topics related to digital and business transformation in diverse sectors such as the Government, energy, manufacturing, technology, banking, retail, IT services, automotive and transportation, and media and entertainment.
 
An interactive workshop on how to “Rethink and Realign for Digital Transformation Success” will be moderated by Manoj Menon, Senior Partner & Managing Director, Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific. The session will establish actionable insights for the right digital traction metrics and how to manage trade-offs between technology, strategy, and process.
 
With an elite set of speakers, the GIL India Summit will also provide insights on:
 

• Digital India
• The Impact of Smart Assembly Line for Manufacturing in India
• The Digital Transformation Agenda: How do Traditional Businesses Need to Approach It
• Business Innovation: New Business Models for the Digital Economy

 
The event brings together over 200 key decision makers with about 30 speakers including Dr. Ajay Kumar, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India, Dr. Shubhada M Rao, Group President and Chief Economist, YES Bank, Sharad Sanghi, CEO & MD, Netmagic Solutions, K. Ganesh, Serial Entrepreneur, Partner- GrowthStory.in and Chairman Portea Medical, Jagdish Mitra, Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer, Head Growth Factories, Tech Mahindra Limited, and Dilip Sawhney MD,  Rockwell Automation, among others.
 
The summit promises to be thought-provoking, unscripted, and will have candid industry think tanks, discussing pertinent issues driving India’s future. Frost & Sullivan’s industry experts will talk about market trends in Energy, Mobility and Transportation, Manufacturing, and Digital Media industries. A Q&A session will also be held with Growth Thought Leaders alongside industry stalwarts such as Lokesh Payik, General Manager & Chief of Business — Industry 4.0, Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions Private Limited, Nitin Bhate, CMO, GE, Rahul Oza, Head Pune Office, Associate Partner (Rechtsanwalt), Roedl & Partner Consulting Private Limited, Govindraj Ethiraj, Founder, PING Digital Broadcast Pvt Ltd, Sameer Nair, Group CEO, Balaji Telefilms, Aditya Gokarn, Managing Director and CEO, Triton Valves Ltd., etc.
 
The panel discussion on “Digital Transformation: How do Traditional Businesses Need to Approach It” will include Yogen Parikh, Environmental Consultant, Former Associate Director – Jacobs Engineering India Pvt. Limited, Avinash Velhal, Group CIO India, Middle East & Africa and VP IT & Process, Atos India, Pratap Gharge, Executive President and CIO Bajaj Electricals, Himanshu Patil, COO, Videocon d2h Ltd., and Ramesh Iyer, Managing Director, Concur Technologies India Pvt. Ltd.

Hosted by Patrick Nugent, Vice President, Frost & Sullivan, the summit will host a think tank on New Business Models for the Digital Economy with speakers including Delna Avari, Mentor, Consultant, Entrepreneur, Rajesh Ramachandran, Joint Managing Director — Global Products & Technology Solutions, Member of the Board, Rolta India Ltd, Siddharth Jain, CEO, Vaahika, and Ramashankar Pandey, Managing Director, Hella India Lighting Ltd.
 
Frost & Sullivan will also recognize India’s most innovative companies at the Excellence Awards Banquet, to be held in the evening. For the first time, this year, the Healthcare Awards Banquet will also be held under the GIL 2016 Best Practices Awards.
 
Media partners supporting the event include Automation Connect, Chronical Pharmabiz, Convergence Plus, CXO Today, Efficient Manufacturing, Health Biz Insight, Healthcare Executive, Hospital & Healthcare Management, Medical Buyer, Sustainability Next, The CEO magazine, and The Smart CEO.
 
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