Padmanabhan Kannan

As a technology company, human capital is Mindtree’s most significant asset and brand, hence, the company continuously enhances workplace experience for the people. It identified workplace ergonomics and replaced over 16,000 desk seating based on Ergo survey and user feedback. Workplace task lighting was changed to LED with optimal lux level, created interactive indoor and outdoor garden spaces for the people to collaborate and bond.
The demographics of workplace and the complexity of workplace expectation with different stakeholders are changing rapidly, feels Kannan. Workplace technologies help address these challenges as well as enhance the way people interact and consume the services delivered. Kannan and his team automated the transport systems, café management system, carpooling, FM MIS dashboards, employee feedback system and critical systems actionable monitoring with IoT and energy sensors-based technology application to meet the ever-evolving demands of the workplace.

Over the last three years, Mindtree moved to over 60% of our energy demands to clean/renewable sources (solar) through Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs). This helped them bring down the GHG emissions by over 50% and cost per unit of power down by over 15%.