Our Speakers

A Chartered Accountant by qualification with a flair for Technology; IT Business Partner, Digital Transformer and multiple Awards winner. Udit Pahwa helps organizations grow by bridging technology gaps, delivering quantified benefits to businesses, and generating customer satisfaction. He is a Subject-Matter-Expert on technology applications, enterprise architecture and business process solutions, I have created technology vision and strategy for organizations.

Krish oversees enterprise and strategic sales for Okta in India and is responsible for providing consultancy and solutions for enterprises to solve their challenges and grow their business across the country. Krish comes with over 19 years of experience in IT sales and Management consulting with a track record of building teams and territories and developing net new businesses for organizations in different regions across APAC.

Subhamoy Chakraborti is the Chief Technology Officer at ABP Pvt Ltd. He is responsible for the overall IT strategy including Digital, Analytics, SAP, Infrastructure, and Information Security. Immediately prior to ABP, Subhamoy worked with Magma Fincorp as Head of Digital and prior to that has worked in Fortune 100 product companies.
Subhamoy is an alumnus of Jadavpur University and Indian Statistical Institute and currently pursuing Global leadership program from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Ayush is a Partner with KPMG in India’s Digital consulting practice, where he anchors the Digital Strategy and Connected Platforms team. He is a tech evangelist, and has advised multiple CIOs, CEOs and Boards about their Digital and Emerging Tech agenda. He focuses on helping Tech leaders gain a seat at the table, and align their objectives to the organization’s focus areas.

With over 22 years of Tech Sales experience, Vishal Gupta is the Director Ecosystem Sales for India and SAARC at Picus Security ( A MasterCard funded company). His career highlights include establishing the Cloud Security Business at F5, spearheading the ecosystem business at BMC Software, and at IBM India.

Navaneethan carries a deep passion and love for the cybersecurity space, He is working as a Senior Vice President- Chief Information security Officer & Data Privacy Officer,
He has extensive 22 years of experience and expertise in areas such as CISO/CIO operation, Strategic Cybersecurity Account Management, Enterprise Security and Risk management, Cyber emerging technology, Cyber Threat Landscape, Hacking and countermeasures, Business development, Cyber security Business Operations, Program Management and People leadership,
He is Result oriented and effectual leader with proven ability in driving results to the benefit of clients.
He had demonstrated on Launching new services for the various niche cyber security areas.
Led a team distributed across global locations pertaining to Cyber Security. Achieving highest level of customer satisfaction, delivering cost effective industrialised delivery as well as quality.
Demonstrated on creating a cybersecurity Strategy and road map to achieve client’s business objective by thought leadership.
Key speaker in cybersecurity forum & leading university/colleges/ISACA/DSCI/Leading firm/forum in India & across the world.
Published several Cyber technical papers in international journals. He has done Diploma in electrical and electronics engineering, Engineering in Electronics and communication, Master in Information communication Engineering, Current pursuing Ph.D.( Cyber security).
He is holding 21 Cybersecurity Industry leading certification. Mentoring and coaching Students and employees across different university & Industry.
Awarded by DSCI & NASSCOM as Cyber security leader of the year.
Awarded , Featured and recognized by several forums and Organization body as best CISO & CIO.
He is SIG council Member of NASSCOM’s Cybersecurity Future skill – Govt. of india.
Mentoring Many start-up organization & Part of Board of studies across different university.
He played vital cyber security role in Xerox, Capgemini, Deloitte, PayU, Groww & TataPlay

Sunil David is an Independent Digital Technology Consultant with 30 years of experience in the IT and Telecom Industry . He is currently empanelled as an Independent Consultant in the Manufacturing and Process Control Practice Area with Frost and Sullivan India . He also Consults an IOT and AI based Technology solutions firm , Flamenco Technologies, in their Go to Market strategy , Branding initiatives and building of their partner ecosystem. . Sunil is also as a Mentor to T-Hub ( Telangana Hub ), one of the largest startup Incubators in India supporting some of the most innovative startups. Sunil spent almost 20 years with AT&T India in different roles . In his last stint with AT&T , Sunil was the Regional Director – IOT ( India and ASEAN ). Sunil has had extensive experience in Business Strategy , Sales , Business Development and Alliance & Partnership building during his AT&T stints . He is a very frequent speaker having spoken at more than 300 Industry forums both in India and abroad on topics related to IOT, AI, 5G, Digital Transformation , Industry 4.0, Gen AI, Metaverse, Future of Work , Cyber security etc. He has been a recipient of a number of Awards and Recognitions from various Industry bodies and Media conglomerates in recognition for his work in Digital Technology Advocacy , Digital Skilling initiatives for Women and Startup Corporate connect .

Business Leader and a dynamic technocrat with over 20 years of experience in Cyber Security, expertise in developing and streamlining Organization Cyber Security strategy driving the business risk & cyber risk
He is presently the CISO & Practice Head of Accel Group.

Mr. Raghu has around thirty years of work experience, in handling a wide spectrum of IT functions along with strong management and organizational capabilities.
Notable aspect is that he have handled IT both as a customer and as a service provider.
His exposure to IT has been spread across Software Development and Infrastructure in Manufacturing, Automobile and Financial Verticals. He has led multiple ERP rollouts engagements successfully. He has experienced in handing large complex global engagements. He is adept at transitioning services; managing large, geographically dispersed teams. His forte has been driving digital transformational initiatives.

Avi is a Deep Tech Futurist. A technology evangelist who studies and foresees changing trends in technology. He differentiates impactful cornerstone technologies from vapourware and helps institutions be disruption ready. He does this by developing business continuity and evolution plans, after analysing the impact and use case of such technologies.
Interdisciplinary Knowledge of both Hard and Soft Trends & his exposure to nebulous technologies, their trends and business impacts, enables Avi to help his partners achieve a competitive advantage by becoming industry innovators. He believes that, by changing their course of action now, by embracing new technologies, Businesses will be better equipped to fulfil the changing needs of the future.
Starting his career working with Google, Avi has a demonstrated history of working in Industry, having worked high-pedigree corporate powerhouses such as Samsung, HP, Panasonic, Schneider, JBM, MINDA Group, Havells, etc
At Twyn Avi is currently transforming the manufacturing industry with the Digital Smart Factories initiative. Under his leadership, the Innovation Team at Twyn has successfully developed their industry-acclaimed "LIICDT" Digital Twin Platform for making Industrial Metaverse a reality.

Currently CIO of Twyn , Enterprise Digital Leader 2017 and Digital Retail Leader 2018 by MIT Sloan Review plus CIO of the Year 2018 /2019/2020/2021, Kumar Prasoon is recognised as one of the Global Topmost CIOs in the Middle East and Africa (MEA), Asia and also at the international level. In this prominent role, he makes technology recommendations for the group’s executive management on the aspects of Fuzzy Analytics, Business Intelligence; BigData, IoT /IIoT, BlockChain, cloud computing, enterprise 2.0, integrated systems architecture and virtualization. Being the founder of Fuzzy Analytics Framework and Modern Industrial Complex Mathematical Calculus for Emerging Technologies, Kumar is also the global leading Industry Researcher, Scientist and Technology Evangelist for Smart Systems, Smart Retailing, Smart Cities, Smart Parking, Smart Engineering , Smart Instrumentation , Smart Metering and Industry Quantum Mechanics employing the Modern Emerging Technologies. He chairs as an advisory board member with numerous national and international consortiums in the capacity of consulting, research and bringing supreme Industry Innovations. Another strong facet is his contribution to the Academia Sector for the Global Universities from Far East to West where he has mentored , coached and executed successful projects with hundreds of incumbents in Bachelors , Masters and Doctorates in Engineering , IT , Business and Management in the areas of Emerging Technologies , Emerging Markets and Emerging Systems.

S Vaithialingam is a seasoned Information Technology and Delivery Head with 25 years of experience in TATA Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS) leading diverse, large transformation programs primarily in BFSI, Airline, Retail, and Telecom. During my tenure, I’ve led medium to large-sized IT transformation programs of value 20+ Million USD in the capacity of Program Director leading a team of 300+ consultants.
My role is to enable organizations to transform businesses through meaningful technology initiatives and achieve business value and growth

Mehjabeen is the CIO for Raychem RPG. In her current role, she is responsible for the overall IT strategy and operations of the company, overseeing all aspects of Information Technology and Information Security, while also charting the Strategic Technology roadmap for a digital-first organization.
Prior to joining Raychem RPG, Mehjabeen was the CIO for Tata Capital Housing Finance Ltd., having worked with Tata Capital Financial Services, Muthoot Homefin, Fullerton India Credit Co. Ltd. and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. in the past. Academically, she is an MBA in systems from NMIMS Mumbai, and a MA in Economics. Apart from being a technology enthusiast, Mehjabeen likes to read, write and travel.

N.Jagannathan, is a serial entrepreneur and a well-known face in the IT infrastructure industry. He has been able to successfully establish, Fourth Dimension Technologies Pvt Ltd, as one of the top IT Infrastructure service companies in South India. Fourth Dimension, today provides solutions in Cloud computing, Networking, Security, Storage and Computing Solutions, Virtualisation. Their services portfolio includes Infrastructure management, Cloud services and Managed Security Services. Over the years, Fourth Dimension has built a reputation for clean and ethical business practices and a team of skilled and competent professionals.
He has also cofounded a software product company, Fourth Dimension Software, focussing on the Hospitality Industry. This product has found wide acceptance in the Indian and APAC markets.
Jagannathan is an Electrical Engineering from the College of Engineering, Guindy and also a management graduate from IIM, Kolkata, a premier business school in India. Prior to starting Fourth Dimension, he was instrumental in setting up India’s first manufacturing plant for Dot matrix printers in 1987.
An active Rotarian, Jagannathan has been involved in a number of Community service Projects like Care for the Aged, Vocational service etc. projects activities, like Care for the aged, Polio eradication and Education scholarships for the needy.

Mr. Saurabha is currently Group CIO with SAR Group which consists of some of the popular brands like Livguard, Livpure, Lectrix etc. He is an alumnus of IIT Delhi with 22+ years of experience in the area of Digital Transformation and IT Operations.

Partha has twenty-five years of dedicated and outstanding techno-functional expertise on Enterprise Oracle Applications and related technologies, Enterprise Solution Architecture, IT Infrastructure and Datacentre Management, Project Management & Leadership. A thought leader who understands the evolving changes in today’s IT world and focus es on the amalgamation of business with IT to bring out the best operational efficacy of the Organization with modern age technologies.
Partha has worked with many eminent IT consulting & manufacturing organizations like Tata Cummins, Satyam Computers, iGate Global Solution, CSC India, JSW Group, Sanmina Corporation, Atul Limited & Berger Paints and led many versatile implementations for almost last two and half decades.
A NIT scholar, Partha is the CIO at Berger Paints India Limited to envision IT Strategy for business and implement the same with optimal efforts culminating the best business efficiencies with a perfect blend of cutting-edge technologies and impeccable teamwork. Partha has a vision to empower the Organization with the best benefits of modern age technologies and setup an ecosystem orchestrated with enterprise ERP solution, security framework, mobility, business analytics, clouds, IoTs, LAMP based Open Sources, RPA, ‘GenAI’ and many more ‘NextGen’ technologies in manufacturing domain.
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/partha-protim-mondal-b9a52127/

An accomplished Business Transformation and Information Security Leader with over 23 years of experience. He started as an intern at ESSAR Group and gradually worked as the CIO for Essar Ports and Capital businesses and as Head of Information Security for Essar Group. He held many different roles in various verticals, as ESSAR owned several diversified assets across various industries including energy, infrastructure, logistics, metals and mining, as well as technology and retail.
He is now the Head of IT for Prince Pipes and Fittings Ltd., one the largest PVC pipe manufacturers in India and multi-polymer processors with manufacturing units spread across the country.

Manoj Gupta is a seasoned IT professional with over 20 years of experience in the industry. Currently, he is heading IT Infrastructure and Information Security at Indus Towers Limited.
Throughout his illustrious career, Manoj has demonstrated exceptional leadership and expertise in driving technological innovation, infrastructure development, and cybersecurity excellence.

Sendil Kumar is working as Chief Technology Officer in Shriram Capital Ltd, a 10 billion USD Shriram Group which is predominantly into Financial ( Vehicle,Retail & Housing Finance ) and Insurance (Life and General) sectors.
Handling group's Technologies like Datacenter, Disaster Recovery Centers, Cloud Management (public and Private), IT Security, Contact Center etc
He holds Computer Science degree with MBA and done Executive Programme in Business Management and Alumnus of IIM Calcutta.

Having 3 decades of proven cross functional expertise in the fields of Digital & Business Management with a penchant for knowledge, learning and market awareness. A grounded person with strong domain experience in Manufacturing covering the entire gamut of Production, Maintenance, Quality, Projects, Technical & Service functions. An effective communicator with excellent relationship management and team handling skills.
Mantra for success is to deliver technology led sustained results with effective change management.
Traits include quick decision making with a long-term perspective and openness for experimenting & adoption of new ideas.

Gokulavan Jayaraman is an award-winning information security professional with a proven track record in the cybersecurity field. He is also a speaker, mentor, coach & guest lecturer. Currently, he is heading the Information Security at Lumina Datamatics, where he is responsible for overseeing the company's information security strategy and operations. His expertise extends beyond his role, as evidenced by his continuous learning sprint with certifications like PMP | CISSP | CISM | CISO | CISA | CCSP | DPO | GRC Specialist | ISO LA 9K & 27K. He has been recognized by multiple agencies for the knowledge, professional service and socially responsible activities towards shaping up the younger generation towards a cybersecure future.

Dr. Bishwajit Mohapatra is Head of Customer Solutions, India and South Asia at Amazon Web Services. Bishwajit is an Alumnus of IIT, Mumbai, comes with 27 years of experience in serving Global customers and held leadership positions in TCS, Zensar, IBM and now in AWS. Bishwajit is a passionate technologist with deep CXO relationship in the industry, achieved all 12 AWS certifications, was also recognized as Globally Rank#1 AWS APN Ambassador. Bishwajit is recipient of 20+ CIO awards, 5 patents, 9 international journal publications and an eminent speaker at premier industry conferences. Bishwajit is Advisor to Asian African Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Member Board of Studies of Faculty of Computer Science at Symbiosis University and Governing Council Member of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) -Tata Comm Centre for Digital Transformation. Bishwajit loves creating compelling customer value propositions leveraging Cloud, Data, Security, Blockchain, AI/ML and Cognitive Automation.