ISUW 2022 Speaker

Mr. Murali Krishna Gannamani is the Managing Director and CEO of Fluentgrid Limited, founded in the year 1998 with a mission to build innovative products and solutions that help transform power utilities into modern and efficient organizations. Mr. Murali is the recipient of many awards including the recent The Economic Times Inspiring CEO’s 2021, The Economic Times Most Promising Business Leaders of Asia 2020 & Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Award 2016. Fluentgrid is spearheading digital transformation of energy utilities and smart cities and has come a long way under his visionary leadership with 1000+ employees, serving more than 50 Utilities/Cities globally, and assessed at SEI CMMi Level 5 maturity. The CIS and MDMS products and the Actilligence platform are featured in analyst reports such as Gartner Magic Quadrants, Gartner Market Guide, Hype Cycle Reports and Guidehouse Insights. Fluentgrid under his leadership has won many Awards: ISGF Innovation Award 2021 for utility Operations Center, ISGF Innovation Award 2020 for the Best Smart Grid Project, IBM Beacon Finalist Award 2015 – Outstanding Smart Cities Solutions, Fierce Innovation Award 2015, NASSCOM Business Innovation Award 2013, IBM Beacon Award 2012 for Smarter Industry among others. Fluentgrid’s campus at Visakhapatnam serves as the company’s global delivery center and a living lab for research & innovation for the Smart Grids and Digital Infrastructure sectors, which he intends to transform into a zero-carbon footprint facility by 2027. He is undeterred by the challenges brought about by COVID-19 pandemic and strongly feels that this is an opportunity to invest in the future through innovation and capacity building across people, process and systems. https://www.linkedin.com/in/murali-krishna-gannamani-1681b82/