The upcoming NextGen Chemical & Petrochemical Summit 2021 on October 7-8, 2021, will host a panel discussion on how the next generation of leaders are becoming the agents of change for achieving future growth.

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The speakers for NextGen leaders are: Kaushal Soparkar, Managing Director, Meghmani Finechem; Meghav Mehta, Director, Deepak Phenolics; Ankit Patel, Executive Director, Bodal Chemicals; Mirik Gogri, Head-Corporate Strategy, Aarti Industries; and Abhiraj Choksey, MD, Apcotex Industries Ltd. The session will be moderated by Pravin Prashant, Editor, Indian Chemical News.

The market size of the Chemicals & Petrochemicals sector in India is around US $178 billion and this is expected to grow to US $300 billion by 2025. Achieving the industry’s ambitious growth targets will require a combination of policy intervention, company level initiatives, industry academic partnerships, wise investments, greater international access, and Next Generation (NextGen) leaders.

The biggest challenge for today’s CEOs is the development of the next generation of leaders in the chemical sector. In future, NextGen leaders will increasingly be expected to work in a shared leadership environment, due to increasing complexities in the work environment making it more important to work in multidisciplinary groups.

In such a backdrop, the focus of the ninth session on the second day of the upcoming NextGen Chemical & Petrochemical Summit 2021, being organized by Indian Chemical News on October 7-8, 2021 will be on leadership and is appropriately titled as ‘NextGen Leaders: Agents of Change for Achieving Future Growth’. Click here to view the full program agenda.

NextGen leaders have to be capable of implementing a proper strategy to accelerate growth by prioritising the sectors and markets, strengthen clients and partnerships by investing in good talent, and lead with business solutions that enhance its portfolio.

The discussion points that will be deliberated by the panel include vision for future expansion and sustainable growth, increasing exports market share, creating leadership pool to drive future growth, working in multi-disciplinary groups, leading physical and virtual teams, staying ahead of customers’ fast changing needs, and preparing for disruptive change.

Rapid changes in digitalization are affecting the skill sets needed by NextGen leaders, which include technical and analytical skills, as well as interpersonal skills. Leaders also need to overcome old mindsets and adapt to rapid changes in the chemical sector. Apart from this, they also need to lead virtual or remote teams due to increased digitalization.

The NextGen of leaders in chemical businesses are committed and ambitious and they are qualified to be agents of change. Together, they can prepare for disruptive change and future-proof business. These new age leaders need to give a new direction, dimensions and shape to the Indian chemical sector.

The idea behind ‘NextGen Chemicals & Petrochemicals Summit 2021’ is to provide a premier forum for the high quality deliberations. Apart from offering insights from who’s who of the chemical and petrochemical industry, it will provide ample networking opportunities with industry experts and solution providers. With interactive branding opportunities available throughout the platform, partners can connect with their target audience from anywhere in the world. The participants can network with key decision makers from the chemical and petrochemical industry all under one roof with participation from CMDs, CEOs, MDs, and government officials.

The summit is supported by the leading names in the industry. Among the platinum partners are: AspenTech, Trend Miner, Elliot Group, and Tridiagonal Solutions. Featured as the gold partners of the Summit are: GPC, Ingenero, Durr, Evonik, Rieco, Premier Tech, and Agilent Technologies. Among the associate partners are Meghmani Finechem, Huntsman, Solvay, Aarti Industries, Sajjan India, Godavari Biorefineries, and Carbanio. The industry partners of the event include AMAI, PMFAI, and CCFI.

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