Sambit Routray

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About Sambit Routray

Professionally and passionately, Sambit is an EHS (Environment, Health & Safety) Consultant who embraces more than 18 years of experience. His expertise includes Program Management, SAP S/4HANA EHS Consulting, Pre-Sales Consulting and Project Implementation. He provides consulting services to clients on their EHS & ESG/Sustainability Digital Transformation journey. He is also a Microsoft Azure Cloud certified consultant and keeps abreast of the latest SAP S/4HANA Cloud offerings. Endless possibilities of the modernistic technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) fascinate him. Academically, he is an MBA degree holder in Business Sustainability and Marketing from TERI University, New Delhi. He is an ultra-marathoner, green activist and writer. “Anybody Can Run” is his first book which is intended to inspire people to stay fit by running and work diligently towards solving societal issues. He takes various initiatives for the empowerment and education of the students. He also spends most of his personal time executing various projects towards tree plantation and climate change awareness activities. In 2014, Sambit started running as a weight loss exercise. However, he had no clue how running can jog someone to a new horizon of life. At that time, he didn’t know that millions of people across the world follow this sport. He heard the word “Marathon” for the first time in 2015. When he ran 2 km in 2014, he used to feel that he had reached his extreme limit. But slowly over the years, he has completed 99 half marathons (HM), 8 full marathons (FM) and one ultra-marathon of 50 KM. The positive frame of mind that blossomed due to regular running helped him in hatching new initiatives to address various challenges. Most of these ideas dropped anchor on his mind while Running. He leads a team of 70 volunteers. His team works on climate change mitigation activities and making education accessible for all. Government of Odisha felicitated his team with “Friend of Environment” award on 5th Jun 2022 on the occasion of World Environment Day. The team also got acknowledgement from current Deputy Chief Minister of Odisha for their work on Sustainability and Social Change. His life’s vision aims at ideating innovative solutions to mitigate climate change and making his village an ideal village of the state Odisha, India.