The CII Knowledge Summit 2014 began on 21 February 2014 at The Taj West End, Bangalore. The theme
for this year’s summit chaired by Dr Ganesh Natarajan, Vice Chairman and CEO,
Zensar Technologies is Made in India -
Using KM to create a Product Revolution and Profitable Businesses.
CII
Mission on Knowledge was created to make a robust Indian ecosystem that
generates economic value through the effective harnessing of knowledge and
intellectual capital, within knowledge-based organizations and industries. The
intent is to create a better understanding of knowledge management practices,
research and practical applications. As better knowledge management practices
get instituted within India, the quality and quantity of knowledge being
generated and consumed will be enhanced, thereby allowing the accelerated
production of economic value stated the Chairman.
The
new ecosystem for all companies consists of connected flow of information and
knowledge within and across enterprise boundaries. Today, information available
to an organization is growing faster than organization's ability to use it
productively. Increased connectivity (through mobile and internet), social
media, cloud, and Internet of things (connected objects and places) are causing
a seismic shift in the digital ecosystem, including knowledge management.
With
all these developments enabling omni- channel access to the enterprise by all
its stakeholders, use of big data and connected knowledge from internal and
external sources to increase sensing and response will differentiate the
winners from the also-rans. Holistic knowledge management is a key driver to
ensure that both explicit and implicit knowledge is shared and used across the
entire organization stated BCG the Knowledge Partner of the Summit.
The
role of CXOs with respect to Knowledge Management in a Digital Enterprise is
changing to be more customer-centric (digital marketing, big data/ analytics,
mobile), more connected (digital collaboration, smart R&D) and more
inclusive (i.e., covering the extended enterprise). With the cloud enabling
access to best of breed software and infrastructure on a “pay per use” basis,
it is also conceivable that future information and knowledge models for
enterprises will consist of large systems integrators working with small and
large product and solution providers to improve knowledge management and
information access across the extended enterprise.
The
2014 version of KM India enabled all participants to understand the
opportunities and challenges of knowledge management in the era of the Digital
Enterprise and appreciate the plethora of solutions available to build
competitive advantage. CXOs, CKOs CIOs, practitioners, consultants and
academicians will all benefit from the wealth of knowledge that will be shared
in the summit.
Over
the years, this exclusive summit has been successful in delivering the
Knowledge agenda by bringing in top national and international speakers, to
deliberate and share information on significant issues concerning the
field.
Inaugural Speakers
included Hon’ble Minister R V Deshpande, Minister for Higher
Education and Tourism; Ludger Kuebel-Sorger, Global Leader- Knowledge Management Practice
and Partner, The Boston Consulting Group; Lakshmi
Pratury, Host, INK; Suhas Gopinath,
Founder, CEO and Chairman, Globals Inc, Anil
Menon, President, Smart+ Connected Communities & Deputy Chief
Globalisation Officer, CISCO and Ganesh
Natarajan, Vice Chairman and CEO, Zensar Technologies.
Ganesh Natarajan, Vice
Chairman and CEO, Zensar Technologies said “ The practice of Knowledge
Management has been greatly enhanced by the availability of Big Data, Business
Intelligence and Predictive Analytics technologies and frameworks which enables
firms to use knowledge from the entire eco-system of customers and supply chain
partners. The CII sessions will provide rich ideas to KM practitioners and
users of knowledge and data to build unprecedented value for their
enterprises.”
Hon’ble Minister
Deshpande highlighted Karnataka's achievements in IT and Biotech and exhorted
the participants to focus on brains and brands.
Anil Menon emphasized
about the next frontier of knowledge which is to build smart connected
communities and Knowledge powered cities
R Chandrasekaran, Exec
Vice Chairman, Cognizant led a CEOs panel that explored the role of leadership
in creating a sustainable knowledge culture in companies.
A
highly distinguished panel of speakers from across the Indian Industry and
abroad addressed the Summit. A C Chidanand, Head – IT & KM, Titan Company Ltd; A Srinivasan, Vice President & Head
Enterprise KM & Internal Process Audit, Delivery Excellence Group, Tata
Consultancy Services Ltd; Amitava Roy, Chief
Operating Officer, Tech Mahindra; C P
Rangachar, Managing Director, Yuken India Ltd ;
Hanuman Tripathi, Founder and Group Managing
Director, Infrasoft Technologies; Jayesh
Chakravarthi, Country Head – IT, Fidelity India; Jagdish Ramaswamy, President- Corporate World Class
Manufacturing Cell, Aditya Birla Management Corporation Pvt Ltd; Madan Mohan Rao, Editor, The KM
Chronicles; Nishchal Khorana, Head-
Consulting - Information & Communication Technology Practice, Frost &
Sullivan; Prakash Seshadri, Cross
Industry Unit Head, Mu Sigma; Pradeep
Desai, Technology Leader, Software Sciences & Analytics India, GE
Global Research; Rishikesha Krishnan,
Director, IIM Indore; R Chandrasekaran, Executive
Vice Chairman, Cognizant India; Ravi
Gururaj, Chairman and Co-Founder, Frictionless Ventures Pvt. Ltd; Ranjit Nair, Chief Executive Officer,
Germinait Solutions Private Limited; Ramesh
K Mirakhur, General Manager – Global Technology Services, LPS India
Solutions Pvt. Ltd; Rajen Padukone, Managing
Director & Chief Executive Officer, Manipal Health Enterprises Pvt. Ltd; Sharad Sharma, Co-Founder, iSPIRT
Foundation and Former CEO, Yahoo India;
Sumeet Anand, Founder and CEO, Kreeo; Sridhar
Dhulipala, Director, Bizosys
Technologies Pvt Ltd; Shamik Sharma, Chief
Product & Technology Officer, Myntra.com; Sandhya Vasudevan, Managing Director, DBOI Global Services Pvt
Ltd; S Raghunath, Dean- Admin and
Professor- Corporate Strategy & Policy, IIM Bangalore; Uma Ganesh, Chief Executive Officer, Global Talent Track ; Vishnu Bhat, Senior Vice President & Global Head,
Cloud Services, Infosys Ltd ; Ved Prakash, Head- Knowledge Management, CGI Inc.; Viros Sharma, Vice President – Global Practice Head - DWBI &
Analytics , ITC Infotech India Ltd
The annual Indian MAKE (Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise)
Awards, recognizing the best Indian organizations in Knowledge Management
was announced at the Inaugural Session of the Knowledge Summit. Overall Winner
is Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. Other Winners include Tata Steel Ltd, Larsen
& Toubro Hydrocarbon IC, Wipro Limited, Infosys Limited, eClerx Services
Ltd, The Titan Company, Eureka Forbes, Tech Mahindra and Aditya Birla Group
Other
highlights of the summit are Master Class and Round Table which were held on
the sidelines of the summit - Master
Class on Building Digital Enterprises by
The Boston Consulting Group & Zensar Technologies(0930-1300 Hrs) and Round Table on “Avoiding KM 2.0 = Failure 2.0 - Focus on
relevance and value” (1000-1300 Hrs).