Mandar Sahasrabudhe, Group Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Kirloskar Management Services

Speaker in this video:
Mandar Sahasrabudhe, Group Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Kirloskar Management Services

Topic: Lessons from Running Technology Across a Diversified Industrial Group

Key Highlights:
[1] The foundational IT systems should be common and standardised, while business-specific applications need the flexibility to address individual business requirements.

[2] The biggest challenge in adopting new technology is changing people’s mindsets and getting them to embrace it.

[3] Instead of push, it should be pull. The real secret is to ensure that demand for technology comes from the business itself.

[4] We have transformed our IT function from a shared services model into a Centre of Excellence. If you want to enable your business with new technologies, join hands with us.

[5] Neither IT nor the business should operate in the shadows. Both need to work together transparently.

[6] Ingersoll Rand drives business-led technology adoption by balancing standardisation with flexibility, positioning IT as a Centre of Excellence and fostering shared ownership between IT and business teams.