Marathwada’s first @Scale AI Summit witnesses strong industry participation

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar | February 14

Marathwada’s first @Scale AI Summit was jointly hosted by Nath School of Business and Technology (NSBT) and Findability Sciences at the ICAI Hall in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, on February 14. More than 350 industrialists and business leaders participated.

The event commenced with a *introduction to the summit and theme by prof Neepa Mehta. Followed by the welcome address delivered by director & prof. of practice Harshvardhan Jajoo of NSBT, who emphasised the growing relevance of enterprise AI and its transformative potential across industries.

In the keynote session, founder & ceo Anand Mahurkar of Findability Sciences highlighted the need to integrate machine learning capabilities with human judgment for effective enterprise AI deployment.

The programme featured expert sessions by central council member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, CA Umesh Sharma; ceo of RS11 Inc. USA ,Art Norins; senior vice president of Findability Sciences USA, Radhika Krishnaswamy ; partner of PwC Pune, Deepak Mahurkar; chairman of the board of Ducere Global Business School, USA, Rakesh Bhatia ; Zilla Parishad, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar ceo Ankit; prof. of practice of NSBT , Naina Sahni ; ML platform engineer of CARS24, New Delhi, Atul Anand Jha ; general manager of Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation, Mumbai, Chandrashekhar Jaiswal ; co-founder & managing director of EcoSattva Environmental Solutions, Natasha Zarine; vice president and general manager (coe) of Findability Sciences Mandar Kulkarni; vp of Findability Sciences, Jaiprakash Prasad; assistant vice president of Findability Sciences, Prajakta Kulkarni ; gm of Findability Sciences, Rohit Raut ; and sr. qa engineer of Findability Sciences, Nilesh Kulkarni.

Panel discussions were conducted on diverse themes including enterprise AI applications in MSMEs, generative AI in enterprises, agriculture intelligence, banking and finance, and AI-driven regional development opportunities for Marathwada.

Among the dignitaries present were industrialist Nandkishor Kagliwal,, and Satish Kagliwal MD Nath bio genes pvt . ltd, ceo of Kamalnayan bajaj hospital George Neol Fernandes, young entreprenueurs of te city Kunal Sikchi, Rohit Dashrathi , Chaitanya Peety among others.

The summit reinforced a shared vision of enabling responsible AI adoption by combining research-driven insights with practical enterprise applications across sectors.