Innovation with Alstom ft. Sapna Bhawnani

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CSR Partnerships for Innovation

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Sattva Knowledge Institute, in partnership with Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), presents to you a podcast series that explores CSR funding towards innovation. Host and CEO of Sattva Consulting, Srikrishna Sridhara Murthy, will interview leaders across the Indian CSR ecosystem to explore their strategies and experiences with innovation, identifying the challenges they face, and their key learnings. The aim is to share these insights to build a community of CSRs committed to funding and catalysing impact, enable widespread conversations, and potentially unlock capital towards innovation.

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Innovation with Alstom ft. Sapna Bhawnani

CSR Partnerships for Innovation

27 minutes 30 seconds

2 years ago

Innovation with Alstom ft. Sapna Bhawnani

When the very DNA of a company is imbued with purposeful community action and giving back to society, innovation thrives.

In this episode, Krishna speaks with Sapna Bhawnani from Alstom, an organisation at the forefront of driving innovation in India's sustainable mobility sector. Sapna has played a pivotal role in shaping Alstom's CSR strategy in India, and she shares her incredible journey to foster innovation, her personal learnings, as well as ideas for others looking to integrate innovation as part of CSR.

Sapna Bhawnani currently leads Communications & CSR of the Asia Pacific Region at Alstom. She has been associated with Alstom in various capacities in India and internationally since 2008.

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Contents

00:00-Podcast Introduction

01:38-Introduction to Sapna and Alstom's CSR approach

05:08-Introducing Innovation in CSR

09:08-What Outcomes should CSR Achieve?

13:38-Evolution of Alstom's Innovation Programme

17:04-New Leverages in CSR Partnerships

18:24-The Role of CSR Compliance in Innovation

19:57-Growing the Portfolio

21:32-Advice for CSRs looking to get into Innovation

23:51-Building an Ecosystem to Support Innovation

25:04-The Joy of Innovation

26:30-Summary and Outro --- Host: Srikrishna Sridhar Murthy | ⁠⁠LinkedIn

⁠Guest: Sapna Bhawnani | ⁠LinkedIn⁠

Producer: Meenakshi Iyer

Audio Engineer & Editor: Abhilash Raikar

Designer: Usha Sondhi Kundu

Music: "Welcome To India" by Steve Oxen