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(L-R) Dr. Aditya Gupta, Chief Operating Officer, Supply Chain Management Centre (SCMC), IIMB; Shridhar Rajappanavar, Founder & CEO, Key Sustainability Solutions Private Limited; Dr. S Devarajan, former President, BCIC and Sr VP, TVS Motors; Prof. Rajeev R. Tripathi, Chairperson, SCMC, IIMB; and Mahesh T, Director, Environmental Management and Policy Research Institute (EMPRI), Government of Karnataka, inaugurated the Sustainability & Material Compliance Conference, organized by the TCI-IIMB Supply Chain Sustainability Lab at IIMB, in partnership with Key Sustainability Solutions Private Limited, Bangalore Chamber of Industry and Commerce (BCIC), and EMPRI, with the lighting of the lamp, on 26 September 2025.
Prof. Rajeev R. Tripathi, Chairperson, SCMC, and faculty of Production & Operations Management (POM), positioned sustainability as an unavoidable agenda for businesses during his welcome address.
Dr. S. Devarajan, former President, BCIC and Sr VP, TVS Motors, delivered the keynote address, offering an industry perspective on regulatory design.
Dr. Aditya Gupta, COO, SCMC, moderated the fireside chat ‘Beyond Compliance: How MSMEs Can Turn Sustainability Reporting into Opportunity’, with Kanishk Negi, Director of Sustainable Procurement, Schneider Electric.
(L–R) N Muthukumar, Head - Regulatory Affairs and Product Homologation, Ashok Leyland;Amit Kumar Paladhi, Sr General Manager EHS & Sustainability, Bosch India;PGSEM ’08 alumnus Sridhar Pabbisetty, Public Policy and Urban Governance Specialist; Venugopal Bhat, Research Fellow - Global Product Owner - Supply Chain Data and Digital systems - Shell Energy; and Prathamesh Lambe, Manager - Sustainability, Mahindra & Mahindra, participated in a panel discussion on ‘From Policy to Practice: Navigating Global Decarbonization Regulations’.
(L–R) Rabindra Sah, Chief Technology Officer, Indian Register of Shipping; Asmita Sathaye, General Manager of Material Science, Tata Motors; Mr. Rajeev R. Tripathi, IIMB; Pournima Barve, Digital Product Manager, Volvo Construction Equipment; and Harshit Tyagi, Assistant Manager – Sustainability, Intertek, explored the deeper dimensions of circular supply chains during the session, ‘Beyond Recycling: Why True Circularity Requires Systemic Change’.