The new era of sustainability: With Senior Forrester Analyst Abhijit Sunil
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Tammy interviews Abhijit Sunil about his journey in sustainability research and the implications of AI on energy demands and access.
This week on Catalyst, Tammy is joined by Abhijit Sunil, Senior Analyst at Forrester Research, where he leads flagship research programs on IT sustainability, sustainability management, and climate risk. Abhijit traces his remarkable journey from designing robotics labs at IIT Bombay to consulting at Ericsson and McKinsey, before landing at Forrester where a flood of client questions about data center efficiency set him on the path to sustainability research. He shares how volunteering as a teacher in Mumbai's slums profoundly shaped his worldview—giving him a lens for seeing optimization and sustainability as deeply human issues, not just technical ones. Tammy and Abhijit also dig into the double-edged nature of AI, from its staggering energy demands to its extraordinary potential to democratize access, and why the answer to almost every big question in sustainability lives somewhere in the Goldilocks zone between extremes. Please note that the views expressed may not necessarily be those of NTT DATA. Links: Abhijit Sunil Learn more about Launch by NTT DATA See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at…
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