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WOMEN IN TECH GLOBAL CONFERENCE 2022
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"Scaling up your Carbon Expenses to (Net) Zero: Impactful Purpose for us, generations to come"

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Session: Scaling up your Carbon Expenses to (Net) Zero: Impactful Purpose for us, generations to come

Against the backdrop of turbulence in 2020 from pandemic, social and political unrest, and economic downturn, one field emerged stronger than before: sustainability. Sustainability is a blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all, and its high time we as Women Leaders have to strongly drive various innovations and Impactful implementation in our organizations, neighborhoods, communities, personal lives.


Key Takeaways

  • Not only Profit but; People, Planet, and Profit. Should I bother of Carbon Capture as an Individual or Organization?
  • What is our responsibility for future generations, is there a actual innovative way out? What are the real tools and action points?
  • Holistic eco system view on Sustainability, Purpose + Impact ! (a Better World)
  • No one should be left Behind ! No one. (Inclusion and Diversity in true sense).
  • R& D Perspective on Environment friendly Products (Aerospace Engines)


Bio

👩🏽‍💻 Dr. Shivani is currently Principal Technical Consultant at Hitachi Energy. Highly passionate and progressive professional significantly contributing for the innovative world’s energy system to be more sustainable, flexible and secure- for today’s generations and those to come.
A thorough passionate and eminent Professional working extensively >16 years in the Energy Industry, making outstanding Technical, Leadership contributions to Energy Transition, Professional Forums, Skill Building Academia and Women Empowerment.
Received PhD in the area of Electricity Regulations, Renewables, Data Mining; and Master’s in Electrical Power Systems.
👩🏽‍💻 Consistently making contributions towards the Energy Sector, few recent acknowledgments as below please:
• Received "Engineering Excellence Award" & special Citation for Contribution to Engineering and Power Sector by Society of Power Engineers, Vadodara Chapter.
• Honored as "Women Achiever in the Indian Industry", by Industrial Automation Magazine.
• "Engineering Leader of the year" Title at Women Leadership Award by Navi Mumbai Chamber of Business & Industries.
• Received special Appreciation letter for providing Expert Training on Renewable Integration to Global participants of developing nations, organized by National Power Training Institute (NPTI) and sponsored by Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India (GoI).
• Appreciation for Unique Collaboration Category, in Power Consulting Strategy Meet 2018, PGGI, ABB India Ltd.
• Industry Expert for @IndiaVision2047 Exercise; Session Chair for DIGIELEC BHARAT 2021 Conference on Sustainability Theme; Organizing Committee for Women in Power Chapter Launch; by IEEMA (Indian Electrical and Electronics Manufacturers' Association).
👩🏽‍💻 Professional Forum Expert Contributions:
• Patron, Advisory Board & Life Member, Society of Power Engineers, Vadodara Chapter
• Executive Committee Member, Society of Power Engineers, Delhi
• Executive Member of Skills Council of India, NSDC, Delhi, India
• Registered Expert for PhD Doctoral Progress Review Committee, Gujarat Technical University
• Technical Committee Core Member, Women in Power Chapter, IEEMA, Delhi
• Membership in CIGRE; IEEE Power & Energy Society and Women in Engineering; South Asia Women in Energy (SAWIE).
Active contribution in the Organization Sustainability Core Team activities, Support for review of Dipstick assessment of Carbon emissions (Impact is contributing to increased sustainability and reduced carbon emission planning, developing competency of upcoming Sustainability Audit area, value added representation of diverse candidates, further deliberating the same to relevant platforms eg, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), IEEE Malaysia Keynote, IEEMA, SPE, CBIP International conference on Hydrogen etc.)
Countries of Work Experience: India, USA, Singapore, Germany, UK, UAE.
Work Organizations: Hitachi Energy, ABB India Ltd., Samsung Engineering India Pvt Limited, and Reliance Industries Ltd.
Extensive Knowledge Sharing: Published/presented more than 45 research papers in international and national journals /conferences, including IEEE Keynote Expert Malaysia, IIT, NPTI, ISGF, GridTech, REI also received many Awards for best Technical Papers presented in the same.
Regular Progress Review of PhD Scholar, Lab / Syllabus Review, Industry Lecture Series for Academia, Motivational Sessions for NGO students.
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Dr. Sarah Qureshi is the CEO and co-founder of Aero Engine Craft Private Limited; Pakistan‘s first commercial engine and aircraft R & D company that is developing environmentally safe contrail-free aircraft engines for the global aviation industry. She has a PhD degree in Aerospace Engineering from Cranfield University, UK. Her area of specialization is Aerospace Propulsion whereby she worked on the development of a contrail-free aero-engine . During her PhD research, Sarah assisted the inventor with patenting the contrail-free aero-engine. The invention has been granted two international patents and has a tremendous potential in bringing about an environmental revolution in the context of aviation. Dr. Sarah Qureshi, along with the inventor of technology Mr. Masood Latif Qureshi has now set up Aero Engine Craft Private Limited, to convert this patented technology into a full-scale application ready to be used by modern civil transport aircraft. Sarah has also recently co-invented and patented a supersonic commercial aircraft engine.
Sarah is considered to be a trailblazer for women in STEM and an inspiration for women leaders in Aerospace around the globe. She was awarded the Distinguished Aerospace Alumni Award by Cranfield University in 2020 for her leadership role and dynamic professional contributions to her field. She is also a prominent voice on sustainable aviation in the media. Sarah has been listed among the Top 15 global aerospace professionals to follow on LinkedIn for her pioneering work on her revolutionary technology and is ranked among the top 10 most inspiring women of her country. She has recently been presented with a Recognition of Contribution and Nomination for Global Awards by Women Tech Network USA.
In addition, she serves in the capacity of a Visiting Academic at the school of Aerospace at Cranfield University, where she provides technical feedback on research on environmentally safe jet engines. Sarah holds a Private Pilot License (PPL) and has also learned acrobatic flying while at Cranfield.
She is also an ambassador at the Solar Impulse Foundation where she evaluates green solutions for the world as an expert at the World Alliance for Efficient Solutions. Sarah also volunteers occasionally to impart aviation lessons to school children.
Prior to this, Sarah completed her masters degree in the field of Aerospace Dynamics from Cranfield University, UK and also gained extensive experience of working in the local automotive and engineering industry after graduating as a Mechanical Engineer from College of EME, NUST Pakistan

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