Bosch transforming from industrial to tech major: CEO

Visakhapatnam: CEO, President and Managing Director, Bosch Global Software Technologies Dattatri Salagame has narrated how the industry is undergoing rapid changes and Bosch’s contribution in transforming itself from an industrial behemoth to a technology major.

He was interacting with the students of executive MBA programme of IIM Visakhapatnam here on Wednesday. The session was organised as part of the first campus immersion module for the EMBA batch 2023-25.

Dattatri’s talk on “Leading in Changing Times” focused on the changes that are happening primarily on geo-political, technology, consumers, societies, workforce and sustainability front. He spoke about the competencies and leadership approach that will be needed to lead in such changing times, and on the need for hypothesis-based decision making, shared value creation and multi-dimensional leadership.

Prof M Chandrasekhar, Director, IIMV, said that the institute is committed to provide high quality management education to the working professionals and will continue to design and deliver programmes to help corporate leaders create innovative solutions for business, government, and society.

Veera Reddy Dwarampudi, Head-Government and Corporate Relations, BGSW, Manoj Ekkundi, Manager Mobility Solutions, Office of President and MD, BGSW were present during the event along with Prof Happy Paul, Program Chairperson, Prof Preeti Virdi, Chairperson, Executive Education Programs, and other faculty and staff of IIMV.