ISHRAE held the seventh edition of its annual national program Symposia in Mumbai on July 6 at The Leela. This year’s theme was ‘All about Data Centres – Convergence of all Stakeholders’. The event, organised by ISHRAE Mumbai Chapter and ASHRAE Mumbai Chapter, was supported by their associated societies IPA, IGBC, IAEMP, IFMA, FSAI, RATA, and awesome. Schneider Electric was the Platinum Partner; Stulz CHSPL (India) and Sterling & Wilson were the Gold Partners. The other partners were ZIEHL-ABEGG, armacell, HILTI, and AET Flexispaces. Over 290 delegates participated in the event.

The traditional lamp was lit at the commencement of the program by Chief Guests Murari Sinhal (Group Senior VP, Reliance Industries) and Prakash Lohia (Senior VP – Power & Utilities, Reliance Industries); ISHRAE National President C. Subramaniam; Venkatraman Swaminathan (Schneider Electric); and Program Chair and Convenor Sanjay Jadhav (Stulz). ISHRAE Mumbai Chapter President Sangita Jhangiani welcomed the delegates. Murari Sinhal and Prakash Lohia delivered the keynote addresses, followed by Venkatraman Swaminathan.

There were presentations on topics related to the Symposia theme by eminent speakers: Sanjeet S. Sandhu, VP – Data Centre Regional Application Centre, Schneider Electric; Maurizio Frizziero, Director – Data Centre Cooling Product Management, Schneider Electric; Suresh Balakrishnan, Stulz CHSPL (India); Sanjay Jadhav from Stulz CHSPL (India); Sudipta Sanyal from Sterling & Wilson; Shyam Surve from Sterling & Wilson; Manish Gokhale, Director – Business Development, Schneider Electric; and Tushar Wedhikar from i.d.a. International, Singapore.