Smart to Autonomous

Schneider Electric and Microsoft recently held a webinar on the topic of ‘Buildings of the future: Smart to autonomous’. The speakers were Anil Chaudhry, MD and Zone President, Schneider Electric, India, and Anant Maheshwari, President, Microsoft India

- Pradeep Chakraborty

Opening the session of the Schneider webinar, Anant Maheshwari, President, Microsoft India, said “Our priority is to ensure the safety of our employees. We are also very focused on providing the digital capability and infrastructure required for any customer. There are three aspects: respond, rebound and re-imagine. First, how do we empower the employee? We first need to have an inclusive and flexible environment that supports the employee. That empathy is the foundation. Microsoft has come together to support all the employees.”

He continued, “How are we supporting the frontline? We are also here to help the governments, especially, in the healthcare and education segments. We are helping them continue to do what they are doing, and enable them to fight back. Especially, how do you bring data, AI, and all the other capabilities, as well as the remote capability? The organisations are also doing good work in supporting them. It is not easy for everyone to get on the platform from day one itself. Even the schools and the teachers were never trained to do this. For the customers, how do you enable WFH was also key. Security, privacy and transparency is inbuilt into our platform. As we go along, these will be very critical.”

Agility at Forefront