Anand Laxshmivarahan R works as Group Chief Digital Officer (“CDO”) for Vedanta Limited. His current role entails driving digital led interventions across the business with a focus on achieving organization’s goals on enhanced reserves, improved recovery, enhanced Health, Safety, Security and Environment (“HSSE”), operational and people excellence.Anand is a Digital Transformation Leader with over 21 years of industry experience working with global multinationals in various key business and technical roles. He has two decades of exposure to systems and technologies within Oil & Gas and Manufacturing domains. His previous experiences include Oil & gas consulting working with global majors on Digital Transformation programs Prior to that he has had experiences working with industrial automation companies focusing on process control and automation systems within Manufacturing and Oil & gas. He has worked with companies like Wipro Technologies, Honeywell, General Electric and Siemens. Anand has completed his BE in Electronics and Telecommunication and MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.