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Accelerating

Climate Action with

Open Networks

October 25th & 26th 2024

Hyatt Centric, Hebbal, Bengaluru

Day 1: 9am - 5:30pm | Day 2: 9am - 2pm

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Accelerating

Climate Action with

Open Networks

October 25th & 26th 2024

Hyatt Centric, Hebbal, Bengaluru

Day 1: 9am - 5:30pm | Day 2: 9am - 2pm

Why Attend?

Join us at Beckn Node Zero 2024: a flagship event that aims to build open networks for unified action towards a more sustainable future.

India’s recent progress shows that open networks have succeeded in sectors such as payments, retail and mobility, and we believe they are poised to do the same in climate. Globally, as we veer closer to exceeding the 2-degree Celsius threshold, there is growing urgency to solve the mounting climate crisis. In this first edition of Beckn Node Zero we will focus on how open networks can catalyse the innovation and implementation of large-scale solutions in the climate ecosystem.

We invite participants to ask:

  1. What are the key coordination challenges in your domain – from sustainable water use, the electrification of transport and climate finance, to waste management, green energy production and more? 
  2. How do these challenges intersect with other sectors?
  3. How can open networks help address them?

Along with 120+ leaders and innovators at this invite-only event, you will share your domain-specific expertise, while we will offer insights into digital open networks and opportunities to form partnerships. 

Beckn Node Zero will be a gateway for each contributor to enter and become a part of a human network to lead a systemic shift that accelerates the global transition toward net zero.

The inaugural edition of Beckn Node Zero is being convened by The Foundation for Interoperability in Digital Economy (FIDE) with Sattva Knowledge Institute (SKI) as the knowledge partner.

Why Beckn Node Zero?

Meet and interact with experts and innovators from across the following organisations:

About Beckn

Beckn Protocol provides the foundational framework to create decentralized, peer-to-peer open networks as a scalable solution.

Beckn enables seamless, interoperable transactions by offering a common digital language, connecting disparate efforts into a unified, impactful movement. By facilitating cross-platform and cross-sector coordination, Beckn allows stakeholders from different domains to share information, align efforts, and optimize resources for maximum efficiency. This makes Beckn a powerful catalyst for global collaboration, allowing efforts to grow rapidly.

The protocol has already been used in various successful open network implementations, including retail (ONDC), mobility (Namma Yatri), skilling (ONEST), and energy (UEI), showcasing its versatility across sectors.

What sets Beckn apart is it has been designed for flexibility, inclusivity, scalability, and innovation. Whether it’s platforms, organizations, governments, or individuals, Beckn empowers them to unlock new potential in driving sustainable outcomes.

Learn more about Beckn

In this first edition of Beckn Node Zero, we will be exploring the potential for Beckn to unlock and leapfrog solutions for climate action, across the following key sustainability themes:

Reimagining discovery and utilization of renewable energy and distribution through efficient and responsive networks.

Energy

Building a regenerative future through circular practices in batteries.

 

Battery Circularity Economy

Exploring water data highways to solve conservation and utilization of water.

Water

Ideating how buildings can be enabled to be more climate-adaptive for green cities.

 

Climate Responsive Urbanisation

Revolutionising public transport through green mass e-mobility infrastructure.

Green Mobility

Scaling climate solutions through innovative capital for private sector participation on open networks.

Climate Finance

Transforming disaster response, and protecting communities with data and collaboration.

 

Disaster
Management

In this first edition of Beckn Node Zero, we will be exploring the potential for Beckn to unlock and leapfrog solutions for climate action, across the following key sustainability themes:

Energy

Reimagining discovery and utilization of renewable energy and distribution through efficient and responsive networks.

Battery Circularity Economy

Building a regenerative future through circular practices in batteries.

Water

Exploring water data highways to solve conservation and utilization of water.

Climate Responsive Urbanisation

Ideating how buildings can be enabled to be more climate-adaptive for green cities.

Green Mobility

Revolutionising public transport through green mass e-mobility infrastructure.

Climate Finance

Scaling climate solutions through innovative capital for private sector participation on open networks.

Disaster Management

Transforming disaster response, and protecting communities with data and collaboration.

Speaker Profiles

./Nandan_Nilekani

Orchestrator Node

./Nandan_Nilekani

Co-Founder and Chairman, Infosys Limited | Founding Chairman, UIDAI | Chairman, EkStep Foundation

./Anjali_Bansal

Capital Node

./Anjali_Bansal

Founding Partner, Avaana Climate and Sustainability Fund | Investor & Board member| Non-Exec Chairperson, Dena Bank of Baroda | TPG | McKinsey | Independent Board Director Tata Power, Nestle, ONDC, RMI Global

./Sanjay_Purohit

Visionary Node

./Sanjay_Purohit

CEO and Chief Curator of Centre for Exponential Change | Chief Curator, Societal Thinking

./Akshima_Ghate

Sustainability Node

./Akshima_Ghate

Managing Director, RMI India, Expert Advisory Group of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways of Government of India, Steering Committee on Zero Emission Trucks

./Pramod_Varma

Architect Node

./Pramod_Varma

Co-founder FIDE | Former Chief Architect Aadhaar, UPI & India Stack | CTO EkStep Foundation | Co-chair of CDPI.dev | Co-author Beckn Protocol

./Sujith_Nair

Genesis Node

./Sujith_Nair

CEO & Co-founder, FIDE | Genesis co-author and steward of Beckn Protocol

./Rathish_Balakrishnan

Knowledge Node

./Rathish_Balakrishnan

Co-founder and Managing Partner, Sattva Consulting

./Srikrishna_Sridhar_Murthy

Knowledge Node

./Srikrishna_Sridhar_Murthy

Co-Founder and CEO, Sattva Consulting

Agenda

Day 1: 25th October

Explore our innovative Demo Stalls throughout the Beckn Node Zero conclave.

Registrations Open with Tea and Coffee 9am - 10am

Set The Why?

10am - 10.50am

Why Beckn Node Zero?

Genesis Node Address

./Sujith_Nair

Inaugural Address

Architect Node Address

./Pramod_Varma

Special Address

Capital Node Address

./Anjali_Bansal

Showcase The Opportunity

10.50am - 11:30am

New enterprises, New challenges

Visionary Node Address

./Sanjay_Purohit

The Energy Opportunity

Sustainability Node
Address

./Akshima_Ghate

The Corporate Opportunity

Knowledge Node Address

./Srikrishna_Sridhar_Murthy

Experience

12pm - 1:30pm

Open Network Game

The open network game is designed to help contributors understand the complex abstract concepts of discovery, interoperability, coordination, and transactions in a real world analog setup. The player who does the most transactions wins!

Lunch 2pm - 2:45pm

Unlock Imagination

3pm - 5pm

Open Data Grid for Smarter Water Management

./Aarti Mohan & ./Debaranjan_Pujahari

Sattva Consulting

Electrifying Urban Mobility with a E-Bus Blueprint

./Avinash_Dubedi

WRI India

Sustainable Agri: Putting Farmers at the Centre

./Ketav_Mehta & ./Venky_Ramachandran

UAI

Circularity for Sustainable Batteries

./Puja_Jain

Element RE

Day 2: 26th October

Explore our innovative Demo Stalls throughout the Beckn Node Zero conclave.

Registrations Open with Breakfast 8.30am - 9.15am

Building Resilience

09:30am - 10:30am

Recap from Day 1

NodeSync

./Sujith_Nair & ./Rathish_Balakrishnan

Anti-Panel

Network Interrupted

./Sanjay_Purohit

Idea to action

Open data for ESG

./Jan_Künne &
./Ankit_Jain

Idea to action

Decarbonisation of Aviation with Green Fuels

./Jan_Künne &
./Kuntal_Shah

Setting the VISION

10:30am - 10:45am

Key-node Address

Orchestrator Node Address

./Nandan_Nilekani

Demonstrate Possibilities

11am - 12:30pm

Building Resillience through Coordinated Actions

./Manu_Gupta

SEEDs

Unlocking Grid Flexibility with Distributed Energy Resources

./Praphul_Chandra &
./Abhishek_Padmanabhan

Atria University

Powering Change with Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading

./Arshi_Chadha

Trillectric & KrypC

Demand Flexibility: The Untapped Potential

./Dhruvak_Aggarwal

CEEW

Drive Collective Action

12:30pm - 2pm

Scaling EV Charging for Seamless Mobility

./Akhil_Jayaprakash

Pluse Energy

Financing the Future: Capital and Sustainability

./Susmit_Patodia

Antier

Unlocking Green Fuel Markets to Decarbonise Industries

./Sumit_Chowdhury

GreenEarthX

Lunch 2pm - 2:45pm

Workshops

In expert-facilitated workshops, get hands-on by engaging with demonstrations of use cases, collectively working out solutions critical for catalysing definitive climate action through open networks and Beckn. Not sure which workshop room you have been assigned to? Reach out to Abhishek Modi (abhishek.modi@sattva.co.in) or Anirban Sinha (anirban@bnz.becknprotocol.io)

Interactive Zone

Explore engaging and interactive Demo Stalls from entrepreneurs and innovators who are building open network solutions for climate change and sustainability challenges:

Handcrafted Illustrations Capturing Key Moments

Media Kit

Beckn Node Zero Agenda (Click here to view)
About Beckn Node Zero (Click here to view)

Nandan Nilekani

Co-Founder and Chairman of Infosys and EkStep Foundation, and Founding Chairman of UIDAI, Co-founder, FIDE

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Anjali Bansal

Founding Partner of Avaana Capital

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Akshima Ghate

Managing Director, RMI India

Read Bio

Dr Pramod Varma

Co-founder FIDE | Former Chief Architect Aadhaar, UPI & India Stack | CTO EkStep Foundation | Co-chair of CDPI.dev | Co-author Beckn Protocol

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Sujith Nair

CEO & Co-founder, FIDE | Genesis co-author and steward of Beckn Protocol

Read Bio

Rathish Balakrishnan

Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Sattva Consulting

Read Bio

Sanjay Purohit

CEO and Chief Curator of Centre for Exponential Change | Chief Curator, Societal Thinking

Read Bio

Srikrishna Sridhar Murthy (Krishna)

CEO, Co-founder and CEO, Sattva Consulting

Read Bio
Beckn Node Zero 2024: A Catalyst for Climate Action Through Open Networks (Click here to view)
Beckn And Finternet Together For Global Climate Impact: Nandan Nilekani (Click here to view)
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Powering EVs with Peer Networks
Engage with the Pulse Energy and Trillectric teams to understand how an interoperable open network enables EV charging, where charging point operators can release demand notes for easy discovery, while also showcasing Peer-to-Peer (P2P) energy trading for EV charging and other retail use cases through open networks.

The Demonstrators for this stall are ./Akhil_Jayaprakash from Pulse Energy & ./Arushi_Chadha & ./Kushal_Likhi from Trillectric
Powering EVs with Peer Networks
Engage with the Pulse Energy and Trillectric teams to understand how an interoperable open network enables EV charging, where charging point operators can release demand notes for easy discovery, while also showcasing Peer-to-Peer (P2P) energy trading for EV charging and other retail use cases through open networks.

The Demonstrators for this stall are ./Akhil_Jayaprakash from Pulse Energy & ./Arushi_Chadha & ./Kushal_Likhi from Trillectric
Unified EV Charging Solution: One Network, Multiple Providers, Many Stations
The demo will showcase how EV charging interoperability, green energy integration, and fleet management can be facilitated through the Beckn-based Unified Energy Interface (UEI). This end-to-end simulation will highlight the seamless integration of various charging stations, service providers, and renewable energy sources within an open, decentralized network. Participants will experience the process of discovering available chargers, selecting one, and fulfilling the charging session, while also demonstrating the efficient utilization of green energy for charging and the management of electric vehicle fleets, showcasing real-world interactions in a unified, interoperable ecosystem.

The Demonstrators are ./Kazam, ./True Power and ./Pulse Energy
Unified EV Charging Solution: One Network, Multiple Providers, Many Stations
The demo will showcase how EV charging interoperability, green energy integration, and fleet management can be facilitated through the Beckn-based Unified Energy Interface (UEI). This end-to-end simulation will highlight the seamless integration of various charging stations, service providers, and renewable energy sources within an open, decentralized network. Participants will experience the process of discovering available chargers, selecting one, and fulfilling the charging session, while also demonstrating the efficient utilization of green energy for charging and the management of electric vehicle fleets, showcasing real-world interactions in a unified, interoperable ecosystem.

The Demonstrators are ./Kazam, ./True Power and ./Pulse Energy
Demonstrator Organisation
Crop Advisory for Farmers
This demo showcases an interaction between two independent network participants discovering and accessing crop advisory information and navigating equipment rental decisions, among other transactions, over a Beckn-enabled network.

The Demonstrators for this stall are ./Bharath_Ganapathy and ./Kathirvel_T from the UAI team
Crop Advisory for Farmers
This demo showcases an interaction between two independent network participants discovering and accessing crop advisory information and navigating equipment rental decisions, among other transactions, over a Beckn-enabled network.

The Demonstrators for this stall are ./Bharath_Ganapathy and ./Kathirvel_T from the UAI team
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Nandan Nilekani
Co-Founder and Chairman of Infosys and EkStep Foundation, and Founding Chairman of UIDAI, Co-founder, FIDE
About Nandan
Nandan co-founded Infosys and is the non-executive chairman since 2017. He is the co-founder and chairman of EkStep foundation, a not-for-profit effort to create a learner centric platform to improve literacy and numeracy for millions of children. Nandan is the founding chairman of unique identification authority of India. Fortune magazine conferred with “Asia’s businessman of the year 2003”. In 2005 he received the prestigious Joseph Schumpeter prize for innovative services in economy, economic sciences and politics. Times magazine listed him as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2006 & 2009. Foreign policy magazine listed him as one of the top 100 global thinkers in 2010. Nandan is the author of “Imagining India” and co-author of “Rebooting India: realising a billion aspirations”.
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Nandan Nilekani
Co-Founder and Chairman of Infosys and EkStep Foundation, and Founding Chairman of UIDAI, Co-founder, FIDE
About Nandan
Nandan co-founded Infosys and is the non-executive chairman since 2017. He is the co-founder and chairman of EkStep foundation, a not-for-profit effort to create a learner centric platform to improve literacy and numeracy for millions of children. Nandan is the founding chairman of unique identification authority of India. Fortune magazine conferred with “Asia’s businessman of the year 2003”. In 2005 he received the prestigious Joseph Schumpeter prize for innovative services in economy, economic sciences and politics. Times magazine listed him as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2006 & 2009. Foreign policy magazine listed him as one of the top 100 global thinkers in 2010. Nandan is the author of “Imagining India” and co-author of “Rebooting India: realising a billion aspirations”.
Anjali Bansal
Founding Partner of Avaana Capital
About Anjali
Anjali has invested in and mentored various successful start-ups including Delhivery, Urban Company, Darwinbox, Nykaa, Lenskart and Coverstack. She also serves as an independent non-executive director on several leading boards including Tata Power (Chair, Sustainability Committee), Nestle (Member, CSR and Sustainability Committee), and Piramal Enterprises, and chairs the “Climate Special Interest Group” within Indian Venture Capital Association. She has previously chaired the India board of Women’s World Banking, a leading global livelihood-promoting institution, been a board member at GSK Pharma, Siemens, Voltas and Bata. Anjali is a Member of the Niti Aayog Evolution Review Committee, India’s premier policy think tank chaired by the Hon’ble Prime Minister. She has been appointed on the Expert Advisory Committee for the Start Up India Seed Fund Scheme announced by the Honourable Prime Minister. She is also a member of the Advisory Council for the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), the world’s first open access infrastructure for digital commerce and serves on the CII National Committee on Corporate Governance. She has previously served as President of the Bombay Chamber of Commerce, and has co-founded and chaired the FICCI Center for Corporate Governance program for Women on Corporate Boards. She is a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization and a charter member of TiE. She has been listed as one of the “Most Powerful Women in Indian Business” by India’s leading publications, Business Today, and by Fortune India.
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Anjali Bansal
Founding Partner of Avaana Capital
About Anjali
Anjali has invested in and mentored various successful start-ups including Delhivery, Urban Company, Darwinbox, Nykaa, Lenskart and Coverstack. She also serves as an independent non-executive director on several leading boards including Tata Power (Chair, Sustainability Committee), Nestle (Member, CSR and Sustainability Committee), and Piramal Enterprises, and chairs the “Climate Special Interest Group” within Indian Venture Capital Association. She has previously chaired the India board of Women’s World Banking, a leading global livelihood-promoting institution, been a board member at GSK Pharma, Siemens, Voltas and Bata. Anjali is a Member of the Niti Aayog Evolution Review Committee, India’s premier policy think tank chaired by the Hon’ble Prime Minister. She has been appointed on the Expert Advisory Committee for the Start Up India Seed Fund Scheme announced by the Honourable Prime Minister. She is also a member of the Advisory Council for the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), the world’s first open access infrastructure for digital commerce and serves on the CII National Committee on Corporate Governance. She has previously served as President of the Bombay Chamber of Commerce, and has co-founded and chaired the FICCI Center for Corporate Governance program for Women on Corporate Boards. She is a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization and a charter member of TiE. She has been listed as one of the “Most Powerful Women in Indian Business” by India’s leading publications, Business Today, and by Fortune India.
Akshima Ghate
Managing Director, RMI India
About Akshima
Akshima Ghate is a well-known expert on sustainable mobility policy in India. Akshima has deep experience in leading research, analysis, and partner engagement for national- and sub-national-level initiatives. Akshima serves as a Member of the Expert Advisory Group of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways of Govt. of India on matters related to electric vehicles, alternative fuels and other energy and emissions-related topics in the road transport sector. She was selected as one of the fifteen women globally for her contribution in the field of electric mobility in the ‘2022 Remarkable Women in Transport publication’ by TUMI and the Women Mobilize Women Initiative. Akshima’s prior experience includes working as a Senior Fellow and Associate Director at the Transport and Urban Governance Division of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi. At TERI, Akshima led policy research studies focussing on promotion of sustainable and low-carbon development of transport systems for the Government of India, state governments, and multilateral and bilateral financing agencies. She has contributed to several important reports of the Government of India and the United Nations. She was a contributing author of the ‘India Transport Report: Moving India to 2032’ prepared by the National Transport Development Policy Committee of the Government of India. She also serves on several expert committees set up by the Government of India and international agencies.
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Akshima Ghate
Managing Director, RMI India
About Akshima
Akshima Ghate is a well-known expert on sustainable mobility policy in India. Akshima has deep experience in leading research, analysis, and partner engagement for national- and sub-national-level initiatives. Akshima serves as a Member of the Expert Advisory Group of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways of Govt. of India on matters related to electric vehicles, alternative fuels and other energy and emissions-related topics in the road transport sector. She was selected as one of the fifteen women globally for her contribution in the field of electric mobility in the ‘2022 Remarkable Women in Transport publication’ by TUMI and the Women Mobilize Women Initiative. Akshima’s prior experience includes working as a Senior Fellow and Associate Director at the Transport and Urban Governance Division of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi. At TERI, Akshima led policy research studies focussing on promotion of sustainable and low-carbon development of transport systems for the Government of India, state governments, and multilateral and bilateral financing agencies. She has contributed to several important reports of the Government of India and the United Nations. She was a contributing author of the ‘India Transport Report: Moving India to 2032’ prepared by the National Transport Development Policy Committee of the Government of India. She also serves on several expert committees set up by the Government of India and international agencies.
Dr Pramod Varma
Co-founder FIDE | Former Chief Architect Aadhaar, UPI & India Stack | CTO EkStep Foundation | Co-chair of CDPI.dev | Co-author Beckn Protocol
About Pramod
Pramod is the Chief Architect and Technology Advisor for India’s ID project, Aadhaar. He is also the architect behind UPI, Digital Locker, and other components of India Stack. Additionally, he serves on the technology advisory boards of several key government and regulatory organizations in India, including the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), the Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN), and the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). Currently, Pramod is the CTO of the EkStep Foundation. He holds a Master’s and Ph.D. in Computer Science, along with a second Master’s in Applied Mathematics. With over 25 years of experience, Pramod has explored architectures ranging from mainframes to web systems. His primary areas of interest include internet-scale distributed architectures and intelligent systems.
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Dr Pramod Varma
Co-founder FIDE | Former Chief Architect Aadhaar, UPI & India Stack | CTO EkStep Foundation | Co-chair of CDPI.dev | Co-author Beckn Protocol
About Pramod
Pramod is the Chief Architect and Technology Advisor for India’s ID project, Aadhaar. He is also the architect behind UPI, Digital Locker, and other components of India Stack. Additionally, he serves on the technology advisory boards of several key government and regulatory organizations in India, including the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), the Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN), and the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). Currently, Pramod is the CTO of the EkStep Foundation. He holds a Master’s and Ph.D. in Computer Science, along with a second Master’s in Applied Mathematics. With over 25 years of experience, Pramod has explored architectures ranging from mainframes to web systems. His primary areas of interest include internet-scale distributed architectures and intelligent systems.
Dr Pramod Varma
CEO & Co-founder, FIDE | Genesis co-author and steward of Beckn Protocol
About Sujith
Sujith Nair is the CEO and Co-founder of FIDE (Foundation for Interoperability in Digital Economy), a not-for-profit organization that serves as the genesis author and angel donor for the open-source initiative known as the Beckn Protocol. Beckn facilitates the creation of decentralized digital economy ecosystems. Co-founded with Nandan Nilekani and Dr. Pramod Varma, FIDE has been instrumental in evolving the Beckn Protocol as an independent, large-scale open-source community effort, focusing on its adoption and sustainability as a digital public good. Sujith conceptualized and helped establish the world’s first decentralized open mobility network, the Kochi Open Mobility Network (KOMN), which was launched in July 2021 using the Beckn Protocol. He also co-conceptualized the idea of the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), onboarded its first market participants, co-authored the ONDC Strategy Paper, and played a key role in setting up ONDC Ltd in December 2021. Sujith continues to volunteer for KOMN, ONDC, and other open network initiatives and is a global advocate for interoperable and decentralized digital ecosystems. He contributed to several key interventions in the Aadhaar program between 2010 and 2012, and in 2014, he designed India's national transit open payments interoperability system (One Nation, One Card) to integrate ticketing and payments across the country's public transport systems.
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Sujith Nair
CEO & Co-founder, FIDE | Genesis co-author and steward of Beckn Protocol
About Sujith
Sujith Nair is the CEO and Co-founder of FIDE (Foundation for Interoperability in Digital Economy), a not-for-profit organization that serves as the genesis author and angel donor for the open-source initiative known as the Beckn Protocol. Beckn facilitates the creation of decentralized digital economy ecosystems. Co-founded with Nandan Nilekani and Dr. Pramod Varma, FIDE has been instrumental in evolving the Beckn Protocol as an independent, large-scale open-source community effort, focusing on its adoption and sustainability as a digital public good. Sujith conceptualized and helped establish the world’s first decentralized open mobility network, the Kochi Open Mobility Network (KOMN), which was launched in July 2021 using the Beckn Protocol. He also co-conceptualized the idea of the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), onboarded its first market participants, co-authored the ONDC Strategy Paper, and played a key role in setting up ONDC Ltd in December 2021. Sujith continues to volunteer for KOMN, ONDC, and other open network initiatives and is a global advocate for interoperable and decentralized digital ecosystems. He contributed to several key interventions in the Aadhaar program between 2010 and 2012, and in 2014, he designed India's national transit open payments interoperability system (One Nation, One Card) to integrate ticketing and payments across the country's public transport systems.
Rathish Balakrishnan
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Sattva Consulting
About Rathish
Rathish Balakrishnan brings over 20 years of experience spanning both the corporate and social sectors. As a Partner and Managing Partner at Sattva, he leverages his extensive background in conceptualizing and implementing large-scale solutions that unite leading foundations, corporations, civil society organizations, and government bodies. He has hands-on experience across sectors, including education, healthcare, skill development, livelihoods, women’s empowerment, forced labor, and child rights. Rathish has contributed to policy discussions at both the state and national levels, particularly in the areas of education and skill development. Before co-founding Sattva Consulting, he worked at SAP Labs, where his last role focused on driving cross-product management initiatives across SAP's Middleware Technology Platform. Rathish holds a Master of Science degree in Information Systems from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani.
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Rathish Balakrishnan
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Sattva Consulting
About Rathish
Rathish Balakrishnan brings over 20 years of experience spanning both the corporate and social sectors. As a Partner and Managing Partner at Sattva, he leverages his extensive background in conceptualizing and implementing large-scale solutions that unite leading foundations, corporations, civil society organizations, and government bodies. He has hands-on experience across sectors, including education, healthcare, skill development, livelihoods, women’s empowerment, forced labor, and child rights. Rathish has contributed to policy discussions at both the state and national levels, particularly in the areas of education and skill development. Before co-founding Sattva Consulting, he worked at SAP Labs, where his last role focused on driving cross-product management initiatives across SAP's Middleware Technology Platform. Rathish holds a Master of Science degree in Information Systems from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani.
Sanjay Purohit
CEO and Chief Curator of Centre for Exponential Change | Chief Curator, Societal Thinking
About Sanjay
Sanjay Purohit is the CEO and Chief Curator of the Centre for Exponential Change, bringing over 30 years of diverse experience across corporate and development sectors worldwide. Since 2016, he has been co-developing Societal Thinking, a framework designed to address complex societal challenges with speed, at scale, and sustainably. Through this approach, he has collaborated with more than 500 change leaders across 20 countries, addressing critical issues such as climate action, education, gender equity, healthcare, and livelihoods. The foundational concepts of Societal Thinking are explored in his book series: Think Scale, Think Speed, and Think Sustain. Sanjay is also a mentor and co-founder of apurva.ai, a platform that leverages AI to amplify the collective wisdom of communities. Additionally, he serves on the Board of Advisors for the Don Norman Design Award, which advocates for humanity-centered design, and on the advisory board of Fundamentum, a scale investment fund.
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Sanjay Purohit
CEO and Chief Curator of Centre for Exponential Change | Chief Curator, Societal Thinking
About Sanjay
Sanjay Purohit is the CEO and Chief Curator of the Centre for Exponential Change, bringing over 30 years of diverse experience across corporate and development sectors worldwide. Since 2016, he has been co-developing Societal Thinking, a framework designed to address complex societal challenges with speed, at scale, and sustainably. Through this approach, he has collaborated with more than 500 change leaders across 20 countries, addressing critical issues such as climate action, education, gender equity, healthcare, and livelihoods. The foundational concepts of Societal Thinking are explored in his book series: Think Scale, Think Speed, and Think Sustain. Sanjay is also a mentor and co-founder of apurva.ai, a platform that leverages AI to amplify the collective wisdom of communities. Additionally, he serves on the Board of Advisors for the Don Norman Design Award, which advocates for humanity-centered design, and on the advisory board of Fundamentum, a scale investment fund.
Srikrishna Sridhar Murthy (Krishna)
CEO, Co-founder and CEO, Sattva Consulting
About Krishna
Srikrishna Sridhar Murthy brings over a decade of work experience working with the leadership team of global foundations, social organisations and corporates to design and scale their social impact initiatives, across India, SE Asia, Africa and Europe. He is passionate about solving global social problems using economics, institutions and ecosystems as key tools. As the CEO at Sattva he is responsible for the overall strategic direction, growth and impact of the organisation. Srikrishna leads several collective impact initiatives across different themes like water, education and livelihoods. Before founding Sattva, Srikrishna was the Founding Partner of Longhouse Consulting, a boutique executive search firm focused on technology and emerging sectors in India. He started his career as an early member of Dell R&D in India. Currently, he serves on the Advisory Board of multiple social impact and technology start-ups as well. He holds a Bachelor’s in Engineering Degree (Hons) from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani. He also secured an MBA in Entrepreneurship from INSEAD.
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Srikrishna Sridhar Murthy (Krishna)
CEO, Co-founder and CEO, Sattva Consulting
About Krishna
Srikrishna Sridhar Murthy brings over a decade of work experience working with the leadership team of global foundations, social organisations and corporates to design and scale their social impact initiatives, across India, SE Asia, Africa and Europe. He is passionate about solving global social problems using economics, institutions and ecosystems as key tools. As the CEO at Sattva he is responsible for the overall strategic direction, growth and impact of the organisation. Srikrishna leads several collective impact initiatives across different themes like water, education and livelihoods. Before founding Sattva, Srikrishna was the Founding Partner of Longhouse Consulting, a boutique executive search firm focused on technology and emerging sectors in India. He started his career as an early member of Dell R&D in India. Currently, he serves on the Advisory Board of multiple social impact and technology start-ups as well. He holds a Bachelor’s in Engineering Degree (Hons) from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani. He also secured an MBA in Entrepreneurship from INSEAD.
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