Sivaram PothukuchiP.V. Sivaram graduated in Electronics Engineering from IIT-Madras in 1976 and began his career at BARC. He moved to automation in fields like Power T&D, Communications, and Power Plants in an MNC. He was the founder CEO of B&R Industrial Automation fom 1996 until his retirement in 2018. He has hands-on experience in Distributed Systems, SCADA, DCS, and microcontroller applications and supervised projects in all types of machines - plastic, textile, pharma, packaging. His current mission is to prepare people for living in a digital world. He is convinced that technologies need to be explored and driven into applications by youngsters. Sivaram conducts training courses including "Digital Transformation for every man" and Digital Champions. Read More Read Less