In today's rapidly evolving business landscape driven by technologically advanced dynamics, digital transformation has become an integral part of every forward-thinking business strategy. To stay competitive, businesses of all sizes must adapt and evolve with the changing technological landscape. With constant change in business landscape, organizations are in the reality of choosing digital transformation to keep up with the pace or taking the risk of ceasing to exist. In today’s world, digital transformation is the answer to overall business resilience and being future ready. 

In this context, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in association with Oracle, presented an exclusive CXO Roundtable on Accelerating Business Transformation with Digital and Cloud, on 2nd February 2024 at JW Marriott Kolkata. 

The Forum provided a platform to connect with product and solution experts at Oracle, network with industry practitioners and leaders in the eastern region and hear from the consulting partners- some case study discussions and best practices around transformation projects.

The Opening Session was graced by : 

• Mr. Kaushik Mitra, Senior Director, SaaS Applications - East and South, Oracle
• Mr. Gautam Ray, President, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry and President – Corporate, RPSG Group
• Mr. Arnab Basu, President Designate & Chairperson of IT Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industry & Advisory Leader, Pricewaterhouse Coopers Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Kaushik Mitra delivered the Opening Remarks on “Enterprise Transformation through Innovations in Cloud”.

Mr. Gautam Ray delivered the Industry Keynote on “Harnessing the Advantages of Cloud & Digital for Organization Growth”.  He mentioned that Technology in an organization should make it easier for teams to continually develop and release digital innovations to users. Organizations need to build a distributed technology environment where every team can access the data, applications, and software development tools they need. Digital transformation is the new way of life. With right framework, the objective should be to create an equitable, inclusive and sustainable pathway. 

The forum featured a Panel discussion on Adoption of Digital Transformation - Our Experience and learnings, moderated by Dr. Chiranjib Bhattacharya, Chairperson, IT Entrepreneurs & eCommerce (National Committee), Co-Chairperson, IT Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industry & Chief Executive Officer & Director, Wizertech Informatics Pvt. Ltd.

The Panelists: 

• Mr. Ratan Kumar Kesh, Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer, Bandhan Bank
• Mr.Partha Protim Mondal , Chief Information Officer , Berger Paints India Ltd.
• Mr. Atanu Pramanic, COO & VP (IT), CESC Limited
• Ms. Sonia Kudchadkar, Partner, Deloitte 
• Mr. Kaushik Mitra, Senior Director, SaaS Applications - East and South, Oracle
• Mr Sabyasachi Biswas, Chief Digital Officer, Vikram Solar 

A special session on Next Gen Cloud applications for Connected Enterprise to execute strategies at Pace and Scale, was presented by Oracle :

• Mr. Rajesh Goel, Director - Solution Engineering, Cloud Applications, India, Oracle 
• Ms. Devi Thulasiram, HCM Sales Specialist (South & East), Bengaluru, Oracle India 

Mr. Dnyanesh Nadkarni, Director, SaaS Applications – East & South, Oracle delivered the formal Vote of Thanks. 
We had overwhelming participation of 40 CXOs in this Roundtable Meet. The Session was very engaging, followed by networking cocktail and dinner.