Over the next half decade, the most competitive Indian sectors will not be defined by what they build or operate, but by how efficiently they convert energy into value. India does not face an energy shortage problem. It faces an efficiency execution problem. Across large, energy-intensive operational environments, spanning public infrastructure, industrial operations, and commercial ecosystems—every unoptimized system represents silent capital leakage. Energy efficiency is no longer a sustainability aspiration; it is a profit recovery lever, a decarbonisation strategy, and a prerequisite for delivering the Viksit Bharat 2047 vision. The leaders of the next decade will be those who command energy, not merely monitor it, using automation, digital twins, IoT, and AI systems that can predict, decide, and act in real time across complex, always-on operations. This session brings together public-sector operators and industry practitioners to move the conversation decisively from policy intent to on-ground execution. At its core, the discussion explores how next-generation Enterprise Energy Management Systems (EEMS), integrating electrical, thermal, and digital infrastructure, are becoming mission-critical operating systems for India’s large-scale built environments and production ecosystems.

• Prasun Pandey
  Manager, CLASP
• Rajesh Nilkanth Shinde
  Executive Director (Technical), Airport Authority of India (AAI)
• Vikram Gandotra
  President, IEEMA