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Sandeep Chandna
Chief Sustainability Officer, Tech Mahindra

As a CSO of Tech Mahindra, Sandeep is responsible for Understanding and predicting changes in the external sustainability environment and ensures that their business practices are economically, environmentally, and socially sustainable. He has been navigating, influencing, and cutting through organizational complexities to allow the organization to deliver on its ESG commitments.


He created a common vision for the company, identified opportunities to demonstrate how sustainability creates competitive advantages and provide with a more fulsome picture of the outcomes of a business decision.


He is a versatile, goal driven, result oriented executive leader with diverse background in multiple sectors with a proven track record of 25 + years in IT & IT Services, Oil & Gas and Infrastructure industry. With more than a decade's experience in the area of EHS and Corporate Sustainability, Sandeep has led the sustainability agenda from the initiation stage at Tech Mahindra to the Leadership position today. He has been instrumental in several key policy advocacy initiatives, leading a diverse stakeholder base and is being recognized by the national and international agencies.


Sandeep's leadership got Tech Mahindra various recognitions; few prominent ones are:



  • Only company from India to receive the Terra Carta Seal during COP26

  • Global IT Leader and Ranked No. 1 in Dow Jones Sustainability Index 2021 and 2022

  • Ranked Number 1 in the S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook 2023

  • Listed in the 2022 CDP Supplier Engagement Leaderboard


He has also been associated with CSO forums organized by TERI, Exponential Roadmap Initiative and others. He strongly advocates the FACT Methodology (Focus, Alignment, Communication and Trust) and believes in supporting the leadership to optimize projects that build solutions for sustainability and social innovation.


Sandeep is a Computer Engineer(B.E ) and holds an MBA degree from Pune University. Sandeep is also a pass out of Harvard Business School's Global Management Academy Program.

Sandeep Chandna is participating in the following session:

Green IT - exploring the role of technology in sustainability

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