Ninad Deshpande is a technology evangelist and heading marketing and corporate communication for B&R Industrial Automation (A member of the ABB group), India having over 11 years of experience in the automation industry. B&R Industrial Automation, A member of the ABB group, is an innovative automation company with headquarters in Austria. As a global leader in industrial automation, B&R combines state-of-the-art technology with advanced engineering to provide customers in virtually every industry with complete solutions for machine and factory automation, motion control, HMI and integrated safety technology.

He graduated in Electronics and Telecommunication engineering from University of Pune and later completed his MBA ? Executive from Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM). He has worked in different areas of automation industry such as application development, testing, R&D, technology marketing, marketing and corporate communication. He got nominated to becoming a member of the committee for Smart Infrastructure and Smart Manufacturing at the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). On account of his technology evangelism and speaking proficiency he became part of the speaker bureau of the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC). Within 5 years, he has been a consistent figure on stage for various talks and panel discussion with over 50+ talks and panel discussion at various events across the country. Some notable associations where he was a speaker several times are Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), International Society of Automation (ISA), ARC Advisory Group, ASSOCHAM amongst many others. In addition, he is also an editor and author for the company magazine automotion INDIA. He was also an expert speaker for a series of tech talks on YouTube channel ?TV GME?.

His work was recognized at the ?World Marketing Congress? where he was awarded as the ?Most Influential Global Marketing Leader? in 2019. Previously he was awarded for the ?Best Content in Offline Marketing Campaign? at the ?Future of Marketing Summit? in 2018.