Top students to present their ideas for a smarter and more sustainable future at Schneider Go Green global finals in September
- Top eight teams announced for Schneider Go Green 2020 Finals by Schneider Electric
- Out of 24,400 entries and 2,900 project submissions, the top 16 students have been selected
Schneider Electric, the leader in digital transformation of energy management and automation, hosts its global student competition, Schneider Go Green, every year. Students are invited to submit their innovative and bold ideas on energy management and automation for a smarter and more sustainable future from around the globe. The company announced the top eight teams on August 10, 2020. They will present their ideas and compete against each other during the finals on September 10th, 2020.
Schneider is deeply committed to diversity and inclusion, which is why the 2900 submitted projects are chosen from Asia Pacific, North America, South America, China, Europe, India, and the Middle East & Africa. Teams are also asked to include at least one female to encourage a balanced representation.
At Schneider, we are deeply committed to diversity and inclusivity, and as such, we encourage a balanced representation at the leadership level.
The winners are listed below:
- Women in Energy: Rainbow Leung and Yvonne So from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
- Asia Pacific: Felicia Shelly and Vincent Oktavian Kaulika from Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia
- North America: Nainika Sudheendra and Omeed Noorbakhsh, from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA
- South America: Jorge Polo and Angie Redondo from Universidade Nacional De Colombia, Colombia
- China: Yichen Yao and Yuxiao Lei from Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
- Europe: Kseniya Sherbakova and Batyr Ovezov from Sergo Ordzhonikidze Russian State University for Geological Prospecting, Russia
- India: Shalvi Shukla and Anirudh S Chakravarthy from BITS Pilani, India
- Middle East and Africa: Abdallah Mohamed from the German University in Cairo – GUC, Egypt, and Habiba Abdelwahed from The American University in Cairo, Egypt
“We want to build Schneider’s future with talents that are comfortable being empowered to use their best judgment. We truly believe that top talents continue to learn every day, dare to disrupt and be innovative,” comments Charise Le, Schneider Electric’s Chief Human Resources Officer. “With Schneider Go Green, we’re looking for high performing individuals who share our meaningful purpose and core values and work with us towards a more sustainable future.”
The finalists, supported by their Schneider Electric mentors, are now gearing up for the global digital finals, the ultimate stage of the competition. The teams will pitch their bold ideas in the form of business cases to an executive jury composed of eight Schneider Electric leaders from around the world. The teams will also participate in a pre-show event hosted digitally by Schneider Electric, where they will attend career talks, presentations on innovation and incubation, and a candid talk with the Group’s CHRO and other top management leaders.
All teams will be interviewed with the possibility of working at Schneider Electric. The winning team will be invited to an all-inclusive trip to Boston, USA, where they will visit the Schneider Innovation Hub. They will also be invited on a personalized tour of MIT and Greentown Labs, the largest climate tech start-up incubator in North America.
“I loved the whole experience end-to-end, right from participation to the global finals. The one thing I admired the most was the diversity I saw in this competition,” said Nimisha Varma, winner of Go Green 2019. “Schneider Electric is really working hard towards sustainability and I absolutely love to see that.”
Over the last 10 years, Schneider Go Green has grown exponentially and attracted over 137,000 students and received over 21,700 projects from all over the globe. This year alone, more than 24,400 students have registered for the competition from 172 countries and over 2,900 bold ideas have been submitted, setting a record for the competition.
The 2021 competition will launch in September 2020 at the time of the 2020 Global digital finals. Interested students can already pre-register at gogreen.se.com
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Charise LE
Executive Vice President, Global Human ResourcesCharise is Chief Human Resource Officer of Schneider Electric and member of the Executive Committee since April 1, 2020. In 2005 she was appointed Human Resources Manager China for Clipsal, an associated brand of Schneider Electric. Then, she joined Schneider Electric in 2007 as Human Resources Director for Schneider Asia Pacific region. In the last 15 years, Charise has held different HR positions within the Group. Since 2015 Charise has been leading the HR Strategy & Global Service of the Group. Charise started her career in 1995 and began at Siemens as an HR Specialist and continued to move through different HR positions in companies such as General Electric and Pillsbury China. Charise graduated from East China University of Science and Technology (Shanghai). LinkedIn ProfileRead more
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