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Dr. Damodar Sahu

Founding Partner & Chief Growth Officer at Faceoff Technologies Inc.

Greater Detroit Area, Michigan, United States

Building Trust, Always. | CGO 2025 Awardee| Driving Growth, Partnerships & Digital Integrity

From a small town in Odisha, India to leading global conversations on AI-driven trust and privacy, my journey is grounded in curiosity, humility, and a relentless pursuit of secure, responsible technology.

As Founding Partner & CGO at Faceoff Technologies and Co-Founder & CGO at Data Safeguard, I drive strategy, GTM, partnerships, and innovation, while serving as CRO and Board Advisor across AI and digital trust initiatives.

Faceoff Technologies builds AI systems that verify authenticity and trust in digital interactions. Faceoff pioneers the future of digital trust through AI-powered multimodal verification. Powered by the proprietary Adaptive Cognito Engine (ACE), Faceoff combines behavioral intelligence, visual signals, voice sentiment, and contextual analysis to generate real-time Trust Scores from video interactions.

Faceoff enables organizations to:
• Detect deepfakes and synthetic fraud
• Verify digital identity authenticity
• Generate behavioral trust intelligence
• Secure video-based onboarding & interactions
• Strengthen digital integrity across ecosystems

Unlike legacy systems, Faceoff analyzes micro-expressions, gaze patterns, vocal cues, and emotional signals to establish authenticity with cryptographic precision. Cloud-agnostic and deployable across banking, telecom, defense, government, and digital platforms, Faceoff is building the foundational trust infrastructure for the age of synthetic intelligence.

Data Safeguard helps enterprises manage privacy and compliance through ID-PRIVACY®, the leading Unified Privacy Automation platform powered by Responsible & Ethical AI - CCE®. It enables global regulatory compliance while reducing risks, costs, and operational overhead.

With 29+ years of experience, including leadership at Wipro & in-house startups, I specialize in:
Co-innovation & Ecosystem Strategy | Strategic Partnerships & GTM | Scaling AI for Trust & Privacy

Giving Back
Founder, MuliaSmarak – empowering underserved youth through education.

Honors & Recognition
CGO Awardee ’25
Atal Odisha Icon Awardee ’25
Bhartiya Seva Ratna
Odia Asmita Samman
Marquis Who’s Who in America Listee
Thinkers360 Thought Leader | World Peace Ambassador
Dual PhDs | Exec Ed – IIM Calcutta & Harvard

Let’s connect to co-create a trusted, secure, and ethical digital world — from Odisha to the globe.

Available For: Authoring, Consulting, Influencing, Speaking
Travels From: Greater Detroit Area, Michigan
Speaking Topics: Intelligent Self Service, IoT to IoE (Internet of Everything), Industry 4.0

Dr. Damodar Sahu Points
Academic 85
Author 10
Influencer 196
Speaker 228
Entrepreneur 20
Total 539

Points based upon Thinkers360 patent-pending algorithm.

Thought Leader Profile

Portfolio Mix

Company Information

Company Type: Company
Business Unit: Growth Office
Theatre: North America
Minimum Project Size: $100,000+
Average Hourly Rate: $300+
Number of Employees: 11-50
Company Founded Date: 2025
Media Experience: 21
Last Media Training: 02/24/2020
Last Media Interview: 04/17/2020

Areas of Expertise

AI 30.64
AI Ethics
AI Governance
Analytics 30.04
AR/VR
Automotive
Autonomous Vehicles 32.33
Big Data
Blockchain 33.55
Business Continuity 31.19
Business Strategy 33.10
Cloud 30.03
COVID19 31.61
CRM
Customer Experience 30.04
Cybersecurity
Design Thinking 32.88
Digital Disruption 35.30
Digital Transformation 32.62
Diversity and Inclusion 30.83
Ecosystems
Emerging Technology 33.37
Entrepreneurship 31.25
FinTech
Future of Work 30.18
Health and Wellness
HealthTech
Innovation
IoT 31.89
IT Leadership
IT Operations
IT Strategy
Leadership 30.76
Manufacturing 30.26
Marketing 30.01
Mergers and Acquisitions
Privacy
Public Relations 30.39
Risk Management
Sales
Social 32.54
Startups 31.35
Supply Chain 30.45
Sustainability 30.39

Industry Experience

Aerospace & Defense
Agriculture & Mining
Automotive
Chemicals
Consumer Products
Engineering & Construction
Financial Services & Banking
Healthcare
High Tech & Electronics
Industrial Machinery & Components
Insurance
Manufacturing
Media
Oil & Gas
Pharmaceuticals
Retail
Telecommunications
Utilities
Wholesale Distribution

Publications & Experience

1 Academic Award
Wipro Learning Champion
Wipro Limited
October 17, 2012
Wipro Learning Champion

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Tags: Design Thinking, Future of Work, Leadership

4 Academic Certifications
Facilitating Design Thinking
Cooper Professional Education
February 25, 2020
Facilitating Design Thinking –

This will enable –
• Identify desired outcomes for collaboration sessions across the design thinking process.
• Lead an activity to help stakeholders align on the right problem to solve.
• Discover ways to normalize risk, incorporate play, and articulate the rules of engagement.
• Harness the power of my mind, body, and voice.
• Lead an ideation session to unleash fresh thinking from a diverse set of collaborators.
• Receive feedback on your facilitation skills from your peers and instructors.
• Lead discussion to invite participation from diverse groups.
• Adapt discussion for different time periods and situations, including remote participants.
• Lead a group prototyping session to clarify and evolve your thinking as a team.
• Receive more feedback on your facilitation skills from your peers and instructors.
• Turn learning into action: Plan my next workshop and incorporate learnings into a personalized checklist.
• Create an individual action plan to keep improving my facilitation skills.
Key Takeaways would be –
• Facilitate sessions to produce greater team alignment and creativity.
• Manage energy and create a safe space to encourage full-team participation.
• Guide your team to focus on reaching their desired outcomes.
• Invite curiosity to explore new ways of looking at the problem and potential solutions.
• Plan your facilitation using a framework that drives the discussion toward clarity and action.
• Improve your facilitation skills through practice, personalized feedback, and setting concrete goals.

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Tags: Agile, Design Thinking, Leadership

Leadership in the age of Digital Transformation at IIM Calcutta
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
June 24, 2016
Leadership in the age of Digital Transformation at IIM Calcutta

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Tags: Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology

Design Thinking
Wipro Limited
March 22, 2016
Design thinking refers to the cognitive, strategic and practical processes by which design concepts (proposals for new products, buildings, machines, etc.) are developed. Many of the key concepts and aspects of design thinking have been identified through studies, across different design domains, of design cognition and design activity in both laboratory and natural contexts.

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Tags: Design Thinking, Digital Disruption, Leadership

Power Messaging
corporate Visions Inc,
February 21, 2016
Mobilize Your Messaging Efforts
Be Strategic and Build Groundswell
Leaders Must Lead

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Tags: Business Strategy, Design Thinking, Entrepreneurship

1 Academic Fellow / Scholar
Research Scholar | PhD in Computer Science
SunRise University
January 15, 2018
Research Scholar | PhD in Computer Science

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Tags: Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation, IoT

1 Adjunct Professor
Top 8 TechTrends in 2020 and beyond at AVIT - Vinayaka Mission's Research Foundation
AVIT - Vinayaka Mission's Research Foundation
April 29, 2020
Top 8 TechTrends in 2020 and beyond at AVIT - Vinayaka Mission Research Foundation - April 2020

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Tags: Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology

1 Advisory Board Membership
Honorary Advisor
IncubeOdia Entrepreneurs LLP
June 12, 2017
Honorary Advisor @ IncubeOdia Entrepreneurs LLP

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Tags: Business Strategy, Social, Startups

10 Article/Blogs
How partnerships between manufacturers and technology companies are accelerating value to the customer
www.wipro.com
April 06, 2020
How partnerships between manufacturers and technology companies are accelerating value to the customer

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Tags: Digital Disruption, Startups, Business Strategy

Managing Supply Chain Complexities
ConnectedWorld
December 30, 2019
Managing Supply Chain Complexities
How companies are transforming and driving value in procurement and supply chain with the help of emerging technologies.

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Tags: Analytics, IoT, Supply Chain

The Disruptive Potential of Blockchain in Media and Entertainment
CIO Review
December 23, 2019
The Disruptive Potential of Blockchain in Media and Entertainment
https://media-entertainment.cioreviewindia.com/cxoinsight/the-disruptive-potential-of-blockchain-in-media-and-entertainment-nid-4056-cid-1.html

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Tags: Blockchain, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology

iNteract - Intelligent Service Assistance
linkedin
June 13, 2019
Customer Service is among the most tangible customer-facing activities offering manufacturers the opportunity to enhance the customer experience by automating the administration of terms and contracts. Warranty and Service management information are the important source of “on-the-ground” failure data, which is critical for future product designs. The cost of warranty management continues to rise. High-tech and consumer electronics companies are among the hardest hit - subject to escalating warranty management costs due in part to rapidly falling prices, increasing product complexity and rising demands from quality-focused customers.

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Tags: Cloud, Customer Experience, IoT

The Future of Service Experience
linkedin
April 18, 2019
Customer service is a critical component of customer experience. Research shows that by 2020, 94 percent of websites will likely have a chatbot interacting with their customers on the website[1] & [2]. As artificial intelligence (AI) moves into this important domain, businesses need to understand the potential of technology and how to leverage it for enhanced customer experience. Most executives know that artificial intelligence has the power to change almost everything about the way they do business and could contribute up to $15.7 trillion to the global economy by 2030 per PWC[3], but what many business leaders don’t know is, how to deploy AI, not just in a pilot, but throughout the organization, where it can create maximum value.

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Tags: AI, Customer Experience

Applying design thinking to build foundations for B2B marketing success
linkedin
February 01, 2019
Business-to-business (B2B) digital marketers are increasingly taking a page out of the consumer marketing playbook by serving potential customers personalized experiences and targeted content. They’re adopting these tactics because their customers are behaving like consumers when it comes to making purchase decisions. About 74 percent of B2B buyers conduct half of their research online before making an offline purchase according to Forrester,1 while Gartner found that even in the late stages of the purchasing cycle, 83 percent of buyers continued their online research – for instance, validating information they get from sales reps.2

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Tags: Design Thinking, Marketing

Demystifying digital in the future of mobility and transport
IRU is the world’s road transport organisation
October 11, 2018
Demystifying digital in the future of mobility and transport @ IRU
Frictionless, automated, personalised travel on demand: that’s the dream of the future of mobility and transport. But how do we get there?
https://www.iru.org/resources/newsroom/demystifying-digital-future-mobility-and-transport

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Tags: IoT, Mobility, Public Relations

The Reinvention of Procurement through Internet of Things (IoT)
Wipro Digital
June 15, 2017
The Reinvention of Procurement through Internet of Things (IoT)
https://wiprodigital.com/2017/06/15/reinvention-procurement-internet-things-iot/

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Tags: Digital Transformation, Leadership, Procurement

The Pillars of Digital Economy - IoT, Mobility, Cloud and Analytics
CIO Review India
January 08, 2017
The Pillars of Digital Economy - IoT, Mobility, Cloud and Analytics

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Tags: Design Thinking, Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation

Customer Value Proposition for Connected Car
https://www.telematicswire.net/
April 11, 2016
Customer Value Proposition for Connected Car @ Telematics Wire

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Tags: Autonomous Vehicles, Customer Experience, IoT

3 Influencer Awards
Best Blockchain Application of the year 2018 - Wipro Limited
CNBC TV18 Supply Chain Award
March 17, 2018
Awarded the Best Blockchain Application of the year 2018 - Wipro Limited
By TATA Strategic Management Group in association with CNBC TV 18 @ Global Logistics Excellence Awards 2018

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Tags: Blockchain, Business Strategy, Supply Chain

#2018 #CNBCTV18 #SupplyChain #Award Global Logistics Excellence Awards 2018
#2018 #CNBCTV18 #SupplyChain #Award Global Logistics Excellence Awards 2018
March 17, 2018
#2018 #CNBCTV18 #SupplyChain #Award
Global Logistics Excellence Awards 2018

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Tags: Blockchain, Business Strategy, Supply Chain

Wipro Leaders' Program
Wipro Limited
July 27, 2013
Wipro Leaders' Program-
Wipro Leaders’ Program (WLP) is a flagship offering for middle managers. WLP provides experiences weaved around Wipro Leaders’ Qualities (WLQ’s) through perspective building sessions by Wipro’s top management, intended to appreciate the qualities and values expected of a Wipro Leader. The program also provides opportunities for self-awareness experiences with an aim of helping the participant attain peak personal-effectiveness. Moreover, the program equips the participants with basic takeaways necessary to build an effective team as well as to develop, coach and guide new managers/leaders. Past participants have rated WLP as one of the best programs they have attended in their career.

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Tags: Design Thinking, Leadership, Sustainability

21 Keynotes
Blockchain Investment - Q&A
Blockchain Expo North America
November 28, 2018
Blockchain NA

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Tags: Blockchain, Entrepreneurship, IoT

Digital Transformation of India - Powered by AI & IoT
AI & IoT Summit 2018
June 07, 2018
AI & IoT Summit 2018
‘Empowering Governance, Development & Businesses through Future Generation Technologies’
June 6 & 7, 2018| Le Meridien, New Delhi, INDIA

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Tags: AI, Blockchain, IoT

Blockchain in Modern Era
Unicom Learning
April 12, 2018
Blockchain Delhi - a blockchain conference

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Tags: Blockchain, Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation

Transforming Manufacturing -
CII
March 23, 2018
Made in South India -

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Tags: Business Strategy, Digital Transformation, IoT

Keynote on Industry 4.0 at CII Event, Chennai
Confederation of Indian Industry - CII
March 05, 2018
Keynote on Industry 4.0 at CII Event, Chennai

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Tags: Business Strategy, Design Thinking, IoT

How IoT is disrupting with BlockChain
Bangalore Chamber of Industry & Commerce
January 24, 2018
How IoT is disrupting with BlockChain @ BCIC IoT Day
Bangalore Chamber of Industry & Commerce

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Tags: Blockchain, Emerging Technology, IoT

Industrial IoT Opportunites
Alumni Association IIT Kanpur Pune Chapter
December 16, 2017
Alumni Association IIT Kanpur Pune Chapter

Speaker at Startup Master Class (2nd edition) - Pune Chapter – a PAN IIT
event on 16th September 2017

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Tags: Emerging Technology, IoT, Leadership

Blockchain in BPS
Businessx Media
November 29, 2017
Blockchain in BPS
http://www.businessxmedia.com/

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Tags: Blockchain, Business Strategy, Digital Transformation

Digital Transformation
AVIT
November 19, 2017
AVIT Graduation Day 2017

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Tags: Digital Transformation, Diversity and Inclusion, Emerging Technology

Keynote on IIOTat India Manufacuring Show -IMS 2017
India Manufacturing Show
November 08, 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg3oglzilTY

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Tags: Digital Transformation, IoT, Leadership

Cutting-Edge Manufacturing - Advanced Robotics & Flexible Automation
CII
September 27, 2017
Cutting-Edge Manufacturing - Advanced Robotics & Flexible Automation at CII Conference

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Tags: AI, Autonomous Vehicles, Digital Transformation

Industrial IoT: Rewriting the rules of Industry 4.0 and supply chain through IoT
CII
September 22, 2017
Industrial IoT: Rewriting the rules of Industry 4.0 and supply chain through IoT by CII

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Tags: AI, Digital Transformation, IoT

Disruptive Technologies Transforming Manufacturing in a Digitally Integrated World
CII
September 06, 2017
at CII - Disruptive Technologies Transforming Manufacturing in a Digitally Integrated World

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Tags: Business Strategy, Design Thinking, Digital Transformation

Keynote on "Disruptive Technologies for Transforming Manufacturing in a Digitally Integrated World"
manufacturing CIO Summit
August 11, 2017
Keynote on "Disruptive Technologies for Transforming Manufacturing in a Digitally Integrated World" at Manufacturing CIO Summit 2017

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Tags: Design Thinking, Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation

Building Next Generation of Manufacturing
Automation Expo
August 10, 2017
Automation Expo

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Tags: Business Strategy, Digital Transformation, IoT

IoT Solutions - The growth strategy for BPOs
BusinessX Media
August 05, 2017
IoT Solutions - The growth strategy for BPOs

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Tags: Business Continuity, Digital Transformation, IoT

Digital transformation and quality assurance
Bengal Global Business Summit 2017
January 21, 2017
Bengal Global Business Summit 2017

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Tags: Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology

How to LEAP- The Way Forward - Smart Manufacturing
CII
October 21, 2016
The impact of pillars of Industry 4.0 is elaborated in previous two sessions. However, to get maximum advantage of adoption, the next step is to integrate these pillars across the vertical and horizontal chains of the organization and across the various processes to enable real integration of physical and cyber world.

This session will set a forward looking agenda on various aspects such as change reluctance at the organizational level, building rights skills, putting right infrastructure in place, setting priorities for adoption, and many others for effective implementation.

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Tags: Business Strategy, Digital Transformation, IoT

Industry 4.0 | Smart Manufacturing
ASSOCHAM
October 07, 2016
Industry 4.0 by ASSOCHAM

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Tags: Digital Transformation, IoT, Supply Chain

New-age Technologies to aid in Governance
CII
September 14, 2014
New-age Technologies to aid in Governance by Govt. of Bihar

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Tags: AI, Blockchain, Digital Disruption

Digital Food Safety Management using IoT & Blockchain
Knowledgehut
December 15, 2007
Digital Food Safety Management using IoT & Blockchain by Knowledgehut

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Tags: Blockchain, Digital Transformation, IoT

2 Media Interviews
MuliaSmarak - Mulia Sahu Memorial Scholarship
MuliaSmarak
May 17, 2020
MuliaSmarak - Mulia Sahu Memorial Scholarship
MuliaSmarak is a Personal Social Responsibility (PSR) initiative by his younger son Damodar Sahu to support on Education to the underprivileged students of his village -Bellaguntha (Belaguntha Wiki)

To know more about it, please visit - (facebook page) or write to muliasmarak@gmail.com

About Late Shree Mulia Sahu -
Late Shree Mulia Sahu was a small time businessman of Gopinath Street of Bellaguntha, Dist. Ganjam, Odisha - 761119 (Ghumusar Area of Odisha). Though he was not doing well in his business but he was always helpful to others and society. He was often fondly called as "MAMU" - Uncle in his village.

What Damodar Sahu says about MuliaSmarak -
Being the youngest child of my family, I used to get the best attention of my parents. Though my parents are not very well educated, their support on education had inspired me a lot. I am very grateful to my village those who supported me during my student life as my family was not doing well on finance. MuliaSmarak is set-up on a personal level to help the needy students of my village Bellaguntha.

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Tags: Public Relations, Social, Sustainability

E m i n e n t S c i e n t i f i c C o m m i t t e e M e m b e r ( S C M )
HILARIS CONFERENCES
June 07, 2019
Roles and Responsibilities of SCMs:
To make changes/modifications in the tracks and sessions of the conference
To guide us to deliver a successful conference
To review the Abstracts of tracks of your interest
To suggest potential Speakers/Delegates both from academia and industry
To give suggestions to increasing participation in poster presentation
session/workshops and enhance the scope of the conference.

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Tags: AI, Design Thinking, IoT

1 Panel
Interactive Panel Discussion : Planning for Tomorrow’s Car & City
AMTEL
June 15, 2017
AMTEL 2017
Automotive Mobility, Telematics and Beyond
AMTEL 2017, is India's premier conference on Automotive Mobility, Telematics & Connected Vehicles.
This forum is a convergence of the automotive industry, comprising of experts and practitioners, with
the latest innovations and advances on connected vehicles & telematics, sharing experiences and
insights, forecasting the trends and opportunities, with discussions on the policies, economics and
social implications.

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Tags: Autonomous Vehicles, Digital Disruption, IoT

1 Speaker Award
Shaping the Future of Industry 4.0: Building Indian Smart factories to drive new age manufacturing
CeBIT
December 09, 2016
Smart Manufacturing is no longer just a concept, it’s the new standard among manufacturing companies. Today, interconnected machines, integrated with adaptive technological systems can think, communicate and simulate key technological breakthroughs in large scale manufacturing, industrial automation and Industrial Internet of Things, which are fast becoming the basics of building state-of-the-art production facilities expanding the scope of technology backed smart manufacturing.

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Tags: Digital Disruption, IoT, Manufacturing

2 Speaking Engagements
Speaking on Current Pandemic - COVID-19 in TV
Nandighosha TV
April 17, 2020
Speaking on Current Pandemic - COVID-19 in TV during April 2020

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Tags: Climate Change, COVID19, Future of Work

Internet of Things - Leading the Change in Industry
Akamai
December 07, 2016
Internet of Things - Leading the Change in Industry @ Akamai

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Tags: AI, IoT, Leadership

2 Webinars
The Future World of Things
Professional Lovely University
June 04, 2020
The Future World of Things - Webinar at Professional Lovely University

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Tags: AI, Digital Disruption, IoT

Top 10 Emerging Technologies in 2020 & beyond
IIT
May 10, 2020
Top 10 Emerging Technologies in 2020 & beyond @ IIT

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Tags: COVID19, Emerging Technology, Future of Work

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4 Online Events
Sustainable Life Post COVID-19

Location: Online    Date : June 12, 2020 - June 22, 2020     Organizer: Loyola-ICAM College of Engineering and Technology

Webinar Series on "Sustainable Life Post COVID-19" at Loyola-ICAM College of Engineering and Technology

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Webinar on "The Future World of Things - IoT to IoE"

Location: online    Date : June 11, 2020 - June 11, 2020     Organizer: MITS

Webinar on "The Future World of Things - IoT to IoE" at Madanpalle Institute of Technology & Science

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The Future World of Things

Location: India    Date : June 04, 2020 - June 04, 2020     Organizer: Professional Lovely University

The Future World of Things @ Professional Lovely University

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Webinar Series @ SunRise University on ML & AI in the brave new world

Location: Global    Date : June 08, 2020 - June 08, 2020     Organizer: SunRise University

Webinar Series @ SunRise University on ML & AI in the brave new world on June 8,2020

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