25th Annual CIO & Leader Conference

Dr. A.S. Prasad

Vice President – Product Management Vertiv India

GM Product Management & Marketing since 2014 to 2023 – Vertiv Energy Pvt. Ltd.
Director - Solutions Business from 2005 to 2014 - Emerson Automation Solutions
Was Project Manager and later left as Head of Engineering Exports - In ABB Limited India & UK from 1995 to 2005

MBA from IIT Bombay & Olin Business School at Washington University in St Louis​
PhD from University of Petroleum & Energy Studies Dehradun​

Shrirang Deshpande

Country Manager – Strategic Program

Mr.Shrirang have been responsible for Vertiv’s Data Center Business handling designing & building turn-key Data Centres, Smart Solutions & Integrated Modular Solution with a focus on Energy Efficiency and Adaptive Architecture. His thorough understanding of India’s Data Center market has been instrumental in transforming organisation into an end-to-end Data Center solutions company.

An advocate of energy efficiency and adaptive solutions, Shrirang is currently overseeing promotion of Datacenter solution thru Strategic Program and Global Alliances for India’s rapidly increasing high density Data Center environment. Shrirang has over 20 years of experience spanning in the Infrastructure gamut. He is an Electronics and Telecommunications Engineer, and holds a Masters Program in Business Administration from the Institute of Management Education, Pune. He has also completed a Management Development Program from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.

Santosh Kulkarni

Country Manager – Business Development

Mr. Santosh Kulkarni is currently Country Manager-Data Centre Business for Vertiv in India. He spearheads the Data Centre business with Smart Solutions offering in India and SAARC. He is part of Vertiv, erstwhile Emerson Network Power, for the past 20 years. Santosh is passionate about Energy conservation and involved in Green offerings which help customers save operational costs and save carbon footprint.

He is currently responsible for developing and executing strategic sales plans for ITEI. Before this, Mr. Santosh Kulkarni was part of Channel and Vertical Business team at Emerson. Mr Santosh Kulkarni is a Mechanical Engineer and has done MBA from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management, Mumbai.

Nitin Gavade

Director – Offering management Global Edge / ITMS

Mr. Nitin is responsible for Vertiv’s Offering Management - Global Edge Solution (ASI) + Racks & ITMS (India and SAARC).Handling Product Development/Engineering & developing solutions with a focus on Energy Efficiency and Adaptive Architecture. An advocate of energy efficiency, Nitin is currently overseeing the development of integrated modular Data Center business solutions and promoting Smart Solution systems for rapidly increasing high density Edge Infrastructure market of ASI (Australia, New Zealand, South East Asia & India).Nitin has over 18 years of experience spanning in the Power Electronics and Infrastructure gamut. Before taking over Smart Solution Business in 2013, he served as Product Manager for Telecom Solutions of Emerson Network Power (now Vertiv) for 5 years and was instrumental in Positioning the company as No.1 in its domain. Mr. Nitin is a Mechanical Engineer and holds a Masters Program in Business Administration from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management, Mumbai.