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GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

Centre for Business Ethics and CSR (CBECSR)

Report on GTU Lecture hosted by Adani Institute of Infrastructure Engineering

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Charles M. Savage,

Honorary Director, GTU-CBECSR,

Author of Fifth Generation Management and

President, Knowledge Era Enterprising (KEE) International, Munich,

Germany

15 March 2016, AIIE

Adani Institute of Infrastructure Engineering (AIIE) hosted GTU lecture titled

Infrastructure: Outer and Inner. How do we best put them together in the

Low Carbon Era? This lecture was delivered by Dr. Charles M Savage, Author

of Fifth Generation Management and President, Knowledge Era Enterprising

(KEE), International, Munich, Germany. Dr. Charles M Savage is Honorary

Director of GTU Post Graduate Centre for Business Ethics and CSR

(CBECSR).

Dr. Savage works with and coaches company presidents, division managers and

other senior executives committed to improving their knowledge strategy,

organizational culture, market responsiveness and customer focus. He has

pioneered the discussion of Fifth Generation Management as a way to tap and

team the creative capabilities of professionals within and between companies.

The title of his talk was Infrastructure: Outer and Inner. How do we best put

them together in the Low Carbon Era?

Other dignitaries present at the event included Dr. Pankaj Rai Patel, Director,

Gujarat Technological University (GTU), Mr. J.C.Shukla, CEO and Managing

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Director, Nahak Overseas Ltd, and Mrs Krutika Raval, Assistant Professor,

GTU. The event commenced with a floral felicitation of Guest of Honour and

dignitaries.

Image 1: Prof (Dr.) K N Sheth, Director (Operations), AIIE felicitating Dr.

Charles M. Savage

Image 2: Prof. V. M. Patel, Head of Civil Engineering, AIIE, felicitating

Dr. Pankaj Rai Patel, Director, GTU and Mrs. Krutika Raval, Assistant

Professor, CBECSR, GTU

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Image 3: Dignitaries and Guests at Lecture by Dr. Savage.

This was followed by the welcome address which was delivered by Prof (Dr.)

K.N.Sheth, Director (Operations), AIIE. Dr. Sheth in his address welcomed Dr.

Savage and other dignitaries and guests to the event. Dr. Sheth said that at AIIE,

efforts are made to take the students’ learning experience beyond the confines

of the classroom. The opportunity to learn from experience and expertise of

distinguished experts in different fields complement and enhance the learning

experience of students at AIIE, stimulate scholarly, intellectual and professional

discourse, and provide exposure and insights to students on issues of global

significance. Dr. Sheth said that organizing this lecture by Dr. Charles Savage

was an extension of these efforts and he is positive that students will gain a

global perspective from this talk today.

Image 4: Prof. (Dr) K N Sheth delivering the welcome address at the event.

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Prof. Sheth then invited Dr. Savage to give the Inaugural Lecture. Dr. Savage’s

talk was titled: Infrastructure: Outer and Inner. How do we best put them

together in the Low Carbon Era? In this insightful and inspiring address, Dr.

Savage highlighted the crucial anvil at which our planet stands today in face of

an impending low carbon era. He also emphasized the monumental challenge

that infrastructure experts face. Dr. Savage said: “It is now not enough to just

build infrastructure for convenience, but there is an urgency to build a low

carbon infrastructure”.

Image 5: Dr. Charles M Savage delivering the Inaugural Lecture

Dr. Savage’s address also highlighted the gravity and import of this crisis and

how it has compelled the human society to redesign our global economy and

redefine education, business and economy. He said that in wake of a global

world, geography is now history and the crisis does not confine itself to country

borders.

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Images 6&7: Dr. Charles M. Savage during an interactive session with the

students and faculty members

Dr. Savage lecture was followed by an interactive session with the students and

faculty members where students got an opportunity to ask questions.

This was followed by a closing address by Mr. J.C.Shukla, CEO and Managing

Director, Nahak Overseas Ltd. Mr. Shukla carried forward Dr. Savage’s idea

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that the responsibility and sustainability of our planet’s future is in our hands

and how technology is power. He emphasised that the common excuse that

money is a problem for carrying out most projects can be solved by using

innovative methods such as crowd funding. He illustrated this with several

successful examples and case studies.

Image 8 & 9: Mr. J.C.Shukla giving the closing address.

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Following this, as a token of extending appreciation and gratitude, Prof (Dr.) K

N Sheth presented Dr. Charles Savage with a momento.

Image 10: Prof. K N Sheth presenting a momento to Dr. Charles Savage

The event came to a close with a vote of thanks extended by Prof. V.M.Patel,

Head of Department, Civil Engineering.

Image 11: Prof. V.M.Patel extending the vote of thanks.

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Image Gallery:

Image 12: Dr. Charles M Savage, Keynote Speaker with faculty members

and students of AIIE.

Image 13: Dr. Charles M Savage, Keynote Speaker with faculty members

AIIE and GTU.

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