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10th Innovative CIO Awards & Symposium 2025
Future-Focused CIOs: Navigating the Next Wave of Innovations
IN-PERSON: Feb 21-22, 2025 | Place: ITC Welcomhotel Kences Palm Beach Resort Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu
Dynamic changes in IT landscape besides the significant transformation in IT usages, organizations are facing multiple challenges to address to incorporate the changes. CIOs are under tremendous pressure to execute projects with limited resources within stipulated time-frame to enable organizations address targeted business growth. It is indeed a mammoth task for IT leaders to meet the expectations within such a constrained environment. This is indeed unwanted, an uncalled for situation, but at the same time this is opportunity to exhibit yourself.
YES, we strongly believe that a true leader comes out with strong leadership in such a situation only. This is the time; an innovative, bold and transformative decision can change the entire ballgame. Innovation is the only way which can pave a successful story, even in such a turmoil situation. Innovation is the only answer, which can overwrite all obstacles, even in such a restricted environment.
That’s why we are here out to find out those talented and innovative IT leaders, who have turned the table to all hindrances, who have incorporated a paradigm shift enabling multi-fold business growth with the help of creative and innovative IT thoughts. We want to bring them in the limelight and to present to nations, so that next generations IT leaders become inspired and energized. If you are the person we are looking for, feel free to share your thoughts and ink it in nomination form.
HIGHTLIGHTS
Discussion Topics
Cloud Computing
Data Analytics
Generative / Weak / Super AI
CX / ITSM / AIOps
Digital Transformation
AI / ML / RPA
Edge Computing
Remote / Hybrid Working
Enterprise Security
Digital & Zero Trust
IT Transformation
App Modernization
System / Object Storage
Digital Workflow
Datacenter
Mobile Technology
SPEAKER
Eminent Speakers

Anand Deodhar
Group CIO, Force Motors

Anand Sinha
CIO & Global Head IT, Birlasoft

Anna Surovova
Head of Global Sales and Partnerships, Axidian

Biren Parikh
Group CIO, Symphony Ltd

C Nageshwaran
Group Head - Cyber Security (IT, OT & Cloud), TVS Motor Company

Durgaprasad Swaminathan
CIO & EVP, Cholamandalam Investment & Finance Company

Gopal Krishna
Head – Corporate Sales, Barco

Hilal Lone
CIO & CISO, Razorpay

Ishtiyaq Shah
Principal Solutions Architect, Elastic

Krishnendu Majumdar
CTO, Yubi Group

Mukund Shastri
Group VP & Chief Data Science Officer, Comviva

Narrottam Sharma
CIO, Jubilant FoodWorks Ltd

Sudeep Dey
CIO & President IT, Healthcare Global Enterprises Limited

Sankalp Pandey
CTO, BinaryFlux

Suresh Kewalramani
EverestIMS Technologies Ltd.

Sourabh Tiwari
CDIO, Forbes Marshall

Venkata Rao Damera
CIDO / Sr VP IT, Adani Wilmar Limited

Jatin Thukral
EVP & Head of Data Science, Naukri.com

Jayanta Bhowmik
Sr. VP & CIO, Greenpanel Industries Ltd.

Kanishk Gaur
Founder & CEO , India Future Foundation

Kapil Mehrotra
Group CTO, Dhanuka Agritech Ltd.

Kaushal Menghaney
Regional Business Head, Freshworks India

Krishnamurthy Rajesh
Director IT (Global), GreyOrange

Kiran Komatla
Group CTO, Restaurant Brands Asia Ltd (Burger King)

Kumar Ravi
CISO, Teleperformance India

Manish Chandegara
CIO, Simpolo Ceramics

Manjunath Prasad
Head- IT, TVS Mobility Pvt Ltd

Manmeet Sain
Head IT and CISO, Indian Energy Exchange Pvt. Ltd.

Mohit Kalra
VP and CISO, ORIX India

Muneer H. KongaWani
CISO, J&K Bank Ltd

Narinder Sagar
CIO, Aculife Healthcare

Nirupam Srivastava
Vice President, Hero Corp

Pooja Bansal
Director - Information Security, Fareportal

Pradipta Patro
Global CISO, KEC International Limited (An RPG Group Company)

Prasad Chitta
Tata Consultancy Services Limited

Prasad Patil
Chief Technology Officer, NCDEX e Markets Ltd

Prince Joseph
Group Chief Information Officer, NeST Group , SFO Technologies

Puneet K Bhardwaj
IT Head and CISO , Cairn Oil and Gas

Pushkal Mishra
CISO, Dr Lal Pathlabs Ltd.

Rajesh Kumar Srivastava
CDO, Trident Group

Rajiv Mishra
CIO & Head IT Security , HT Media Ltd

Rajiv Nandwani
Global Information Security Director, Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

Ramkumar Mohan
Chief Information Officer, Air Works India (Engineering Pvt. Ltd.)

Ramprakash Ramamoorthy
Director of AI Research, ManageEngine

Ranganathan Iyer
Group CIO & Sr. EVP-IT, JBM Group

Ranjeet Bellary
Partner, Ernst & Young

Samrat Bhatt
Sr. Director IS & IT, MatchMove India

Sandeep Pandita
CIO & Head IT , Hero Steels Limited

Sanjay Narang
DIRECTOR SALES (APAC), PATHLOCK INC.

Sanjiv Kumar Jain
Group CIO, Krishna Maruti Group

Satyen Vyas
President & CEO, SymphonyAI

Saurabh Gugnani
Vice President Enterprise Risk Management, Max Life Insurance Co. Ltd.

Shakti Goel
Chief Architect and Data Scientist, Yatra Online Ltd

Sharad Srivastava
Founder & CEO, Certus Software India

Shree Parthasarathy
Partner & National Leader Consulting, Mazars

Sourabh Tiwari
Chief Digital & Information Officer, Forbes Marshall

Sudipta Ghosh
Partner - Data and Analytics Leader, Industrial Products Leader, PwC

Veneet Sharma
APAC Sales Director (Identity & Access Management), Thales

Vikram Jeet Singh
Partner - Cyber Security, KPMG India

Vinay Kumar
CIO, McDonald's India - North and East

Swapnil Rajepawar
IT & Digital Pro. Head, ACG World

Vikas Gupta
Chief of Digital & Innovations, Hiranandani Energy

Vinit Sinha
Director - Cybersecurity SME (APAC Lead), Mastercard

Vinod Bhat
CIO & CEC, Vistara - Tata SIA Airlines Ltd.

Vishwas Pitre
VP - CISO & Data Privacy Officer (DPO), Zensar Technologies Ltd.

Swapnil Rajepawar
IT & Digital Pro. Head, ACG World

Vivek Zakarde
GM – ITD, Chief Data & Analytics officer, Head-CRM IDBI
Schedule
Tentative Event Schedule
12:00 PM – 02:00 PM
Guest Arrival / Check-Ins / Luncheon
02:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Delegates Registration | Technology Showcase
03:00 PM – 3:15 PM
Welcome Address and Opening Remarks (Day-1)
By: Dr. Jatin Thukral
EVP & Head of Data Science, Naukri.com
03:15 PM – 3:45 PM
Opening Keynote: Future-Focused IT Leaders -- Navigating the Next Wave of Innovations with Cloud, AI and Cybersecurity
By: Kiran Komatla
Group CTO, Restaurant Brands Asia Ltd (Burger King)
03:45 PM – 4:30 PM
ThoughtExchange: From AI to ROI -- Measuring Success for CXOs
Moderator: Jaspreet Singh, Partner and Clients and Markets Leader – Advisory Services, Grant Thornton Bharat LLP
Panellists:
— Dipu KV, Senior President (COO), Bajaj Allianz General Insurance
— Anand Sinha, CIO & Global Head IT, Birlasoft
— Ninad Raje, Group CIO, Jaquar Group
— Prince Joseph, Group CIO, NeST Group, SFO Technologies
— Dominic Vijay Kumar, President & Head of Technology, Namdev Finvest Private Limited
— Durgaprasad Swaminathan, CIO & EVO, Cholamandalam Investment & Finance Company
— Rajeev Bhatia, CIO, CMS Infosystems Private Limited
— Aniket Shah, Senior Vice President – IT, Kotak Mahindra Bank
04:30 PM – 4:50 PM
Future-Proofing Your Business with Watsonx: Scaling AI across organization
By: Rohit Sood
IBM Quantum Ambassador and Principal Technical Manager, Data & AI, IBM Technology Sales, IBM India
04:50 PM – 5:40 PM
ThoughtExchange: How AI and GenAI are Changing the Cybersecurity Game -- A C-Suite Perspectives
Moderator: Amey Subhash Lakeshri, Director - Cyber & Privacy, EY
Panellists:
— Hilal Lone, CIO & CISO, Razorpay
— Navin Raju Roselin, CISO, CredAble
— Bhagwatiprasad Dubey, CISO, TATA Capital Housing Finance Limited
— Bhaskar Rao, CISO, The Bharat Co-operative Bank (Mumbai) Ltd.
— Samrat Bhatt, Sr. Vice President – IT Security, Axis Bank Ltd
— Gokulavan Jayaraman, CISO and DPO, Mahindra Home Finance
— Lalit Kumar Rout, CISO, Cent Bank Home Finance Ltd
— Fortinet
05:40 PM – 5:55 PM
The Future of Security is Searchable: Real-Time Threat Detection and Response with Elasticsearch Security AI Lake
By: Ishtiyaq Shah
Principal Solutions Architect, Elastic
05:55 PM – 6:25 PM
Tea-Coffee Break / Technology Showcase
By: Kiran Komatla
Group CTO, Restaurant Brands Asia Ltd (Burger King)
06:25 PM – 6:40 PM
Cyber Resiliency as a Service (CRaaS)
By: Shaikh J Ahmad
Head of Security Solutions - India, Lenovo Security Solutions
06:40 PM – 7:00 PM
AI-Driven Next-Gen SIEM + SOAR + UEBA + Incident Response = BinaryFlux
By: Chandrakant Sharma
CEO, BinaryFlux
7:00 PM – 7:45 PM
ThoughtExchange: Building Resilience in the Cloud Era: Preparing for the Next Outage
Moderator: Satish Kumar Dwibhashi, CISO, KreditBee
Panellists:
— Shweta Srivastava, Head IT, Matix Fertilisers and Chemicals Ltd
— Janakbhai Bhindora, CIO, Stelmec Limited
— Abhik Basak, Global Director & Head – Cybersecurity, LKQ Corporation
— Manjunath Prasad, Head – IT Operations, TVS Mobility Pvt Ltd
— Dinesh D, CTO, NOVAC Technology Solutions
7:45 PM – 8:30 PM
Distribution of 10th Innovative CIO Awards 2025 -- Part 1
By: Kaushal Menghaney
Regional Business Head, Freshworks India
8:30 PM Onwards
Entertainment Session | Networking Cocktails & Dinner
By: Veneet Sharma
APAC Sales Director (Identity & Access Management), Thales
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM
Power Breakfast Sessions
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM
Delegate Registrations
By: Aswim Panigrahi
Technical Consultant, ManageEngine
9:00 AM – 9:30 AM
Welcome Address and Opening Remarks (Day-2)
By: Aswim Panigrahi
Technical Consultant, ManageEngine
9:30 AM – 10:15 AM
ThoughtExchange: Leveraging Synergies Between Data, Analytics, and AI for Major Business Transformation
Moderator: Gowdhaman Jothilingam, Global CISO, Head of IT, LatentView
Panellists:
— Nikhil Bhushan, CTO, Starbucks
— Prasad Tripurari, CTO, Ramoji Group IT
— Manoj Chawla, CIO, Wisdom Finserv
— Sudeep Dey, CIO & President IT, Healthcare Global Enterprises Limited
— Vivek Shankar, CITO & VP-IT Services, Max Life Insurance
— Biren Parikh, Group CIO, Symphony Ltd
— Mukund Shastri, Group VP & Chief Data Science Officer, Comviva – Tech Mahindra
10:15 AM – 10:30 AM
Sigma AVIT - Crestron Presentation
By: Aswim Panigrahi
Technical Consultant, ManageEngine
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM
Identity Security: Secure Privileged Access and Prevent Threats
By: Anna Surovova
Head of Global Sales and Partnerships, Axidian
10:45 AM – 11:30 AM
ThoughtExchange: Digital Transformation Strategy in the Era of AI & Automation
Moderator: Shree Parthasarathy, Partner - Consulting, Mazars
Panellists:
- Ranganathan Iyer, Gr. CIO & Sr. EVP-IT, JBM Group
- Vinay Kumar, CIO, McDonald’s India – North and East
- Janakbhai Bhindora, Director – Digital Transformation, Cars24
- Anand Sinha, CIO & Global Head IT, Birlasoft
- Mohit Kalra, CISO, ORIX Leasing and Financial Services India Limited
- Amit Pradhan, CIO, Dixon Technologies (India) Ltd.
- Gaurav Prakash, Regional Business Head, Freshworks India
11:30 AM – 12:15 PM
Tea-Coffee Break / Technology Showcase / Check-outs
By: Satyen Vyas, President & CEO, SymphonyAI
12:15 PM – 12:30 PM
Employee Experience Priorities 2025
By: Mohit Patle
Senior Director of India Business, Freshworks
12:30 PM – 12:45 PM
Fortinet Presentation
By: Romanus Prabhu
Director of Product Support, ManageEngine
12:45 PM – 1:00 PM
ManageEngine Presentation
By: Romanus Prabhu
Director of Product Support, ManageEngine
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Networking Lunch / Technology Showcase
2:00 PM – 2:20 PM
Distribution of 10th Innovative CIO Awards 2025 -- Part 2
2:20 PM – 03:00 PM
IAM and Zero Trust: Modernizing to a Zero Trust Architecture
Moderator: Vikram Jeet Singh, Partner - Digital Trust & National Leader Data Security, KPMG
Panellists:
- Pradipta Patro, Global CISO, KEC International Limited (An RPG Group Company)
- Abhishek Bansal, CISO and Head – Non Financial Risk, Max Life Insurance Co. Ltd.
- Rajiv Mishra, CIO & Head IT Security, HT Media Ltd
- Dr. Yusuf Hashmi, Group CISO, Jubilant Bhartia Group
- Kumar Ravi, CISO, Teleperformance India
- Krishnamurthy Rajesh, Director IT (Global), GreyOrange
- Sanjay Narang, Director Sales (APAC), Pathlock Inc.
03.00 PM – 03.15 PM
eSecForte + Neskope Presentation
V. Ramakrishnan, CEO, Assisto Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
3:15 PM – 03:30 PM
AI Driven Automation for Smarter ITSM and ITOM
By: Suresh Kewalramani
Director, Enterprise Sales, EverestIMS Technologies Limited
- Rajesh Malhotra, Data & Analytics Leader, IBM India South Asia
- V Ranganathan Iyer, Group CIO & Sr EVP, JBM Group
- Dominic Vijay Kumar, Sr VP & CTO, ART Housing Finance (India) Limited
03.30 PM – 03.45 PM
Hybrid Meeting Technology: Selecting the Right Tools to Enable Seamless Virtual Collaboration
By: Gopal Krishna
Head – Corporate Sales, Barco
03.45 PM – 04.00 PM
Partner Presentation
Sanjay Narang, Director Sales (APAC), Pathlock Inc.
04:00 PM – 04:45 PM
ThoughtExchange: Can AI Bridge the Gap Between Cyber-Resilient and Non-Resilient Organizations?
Moderator:Amey S Lakeshri, Director - Cyber Security, Privacy, Ernst & Young
Participants:
- Dominic Vijay Kumar, Senior VP & CTO, ART Housing Finance (India) Ltd
- Pooja Bansal, Director – Information Security, Fareportal India Pvt Ltd
- Deependra Singh, VP & Head of Data Science & Insights, Network18 Media & Investments Limited
- Shakti Goel, Chief Architect and Data Scientist, Yatra Online Ltd
- Vivek Zakarde, GM – ITD, Chief Data & Analytics Officer, IDBI Bank Ltd
- Prince Joseph, Group CIO, NeST Group (SFO Technologies)
- Nirupam Srivastava, Vice President, Hero Corp
04.45 PM – 05.15 PM
Distribution of 10th Innovative CIO Awards 2025 -- Part 3
Sharad Srivastava, Founder & CEO, Certus Software India
05.15 PM – 05.20 PM
Closing Remarks / Vote of Thanks
- Prakash Bharath, Director, Freshworks India
05.20 PM onwards
Hi-Tea / Departures
- Prakash Bharath, Director, Freshworks India
05:30 PM – 06:20 PM
Panel Discussion:Decoding the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDP) 2023
Moderator:Jaspreet Singh, Partner, Clients & Markets Leader - Advisory Services, GT Bharat LLP
Participants:
- Vinit Sinha, Director – Cybersecurity SME (APAC Lead), Mastercard
- Baidyanath Kumar, CISO & DPO, JK Lakshmi Cement Ltd. (JK Organisation)
- Vishwas Pitre, CISO & DPO, Zensar Technologies Ltd.
- Vikas Gupta, Chief of Digital & Innovations, Hiranandani Energy
- Samrat Bhatt, Sr. Director – IS & IT, MatchMove India
- Pushkal Mishra, CISO, Dr. Lal PathLabs Ltd.
- Swapnil Rajepawar, IT & Digital Pro. Head, ACG World
06:20 PM – 06:40 PM
Lead with Generative AI & NLP
Amey S Lakeshri, Director - Cyber Security & Privacy, Ernst & Young
V. Ramakrishnan, CEO, Assisto Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
06:40 PM – 07:15 PM
9th Innovative CIO Awards 2024 (Part-2)
07:15 PM – 07:30 PM
Mega Lucky Draw / Thank You Note
07.30 PM onwards
Entertainment-- The Laughters... By: Nil Tiwari
Cocktails & Dinner
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Head - IT / Security / Operations Dept / AI-ML
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