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SPECIAL REPORT

Vedant Matta, Director-Sales, Charnock L-R: Amber Chandratre, Director-Global Integrated Services-Facilities, Cummins India Region;
Equipments Pvt. Ltd Ralph Sunil, Sr. Vice President Administration, JSW Steel; Nilesh P Gokhale, Regional FM
Lead- Central AMEA (Africa, Middle East and Asia Pacific) Mondelez India Foods Private
Limited and Vishal Mhatre, Head Admin & Facilities, Serum Institute of India Pvt. Ltd

practices.” He emphasized safety about mechanized cleaning? Shaping the Future of
and accuracy, stating, “Though 2. Embrace SLAM – Simultaneous
it comes at a cost, automated Localisation and Mapping FM in Manufacturing
cleaning ensures safety and near- 3. Adopt adaptive cleaning – Facilities
100% accuracy.” machines that auto-calibrate One of the important sessions
Vedant Matta, Director-Sales, based on dirt levels, brush that defined the future of facility
Charnock Equipments Pvt. Ltd, pressure and chemical dilution management in industrial spaces,
added four key considerations for 4. Explore predictive cleaning – was discussed by Amber Chandratre,
mechanised cleaning: systems that anticipate and act Director–Global Integrated
1. Are you serious or just curious proactively. Services–Facilities, Cummins India
Region; Ralph Sunil, Senior VP–
Administration, JSW Steel; Vishal
Mhatre, Head–Admin & Facilities,
Serum Institute of India Pvt. Ltd
and Nilesh P Gokhale, Regional FM
Lead–Central AMEA, Mondelez
India Foods Pvt. Ltd.
FM professionals often gain
importance only during a crisis.
It is time to recognize janitors,
technicians and FM staff. Further
FM is a specialised job and has
a bright future with AI tools,
dashboards, sensors and robotics.
Speaking on ESG goals, Vishal
emphasized that “We do not just
want to be part of ESG; we want
to lead it. Leadership helps drive
L-R: Sahil Jain, Managing Director and Dheemanth CR, General Manager, columbus that change.” He underlined that
Cleaning Machines Pvt. Ltd investments in people and tools are
equally critical.
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