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Tuesday, July 14
 

9:10am IST

Welcome to Nasscom People Summit 2026
Tuesday July 14, 2026 9:10am - 9:20am IST
Grand Ballroom
Welcome to Nasscom People Summit 2026.
Tuesday July 14, 2026 9:10am - 9:20am IST
Grand Ballroom
  Welcome

9:20am IST

Grand Ballroom : Session I: President's Address - Leadership, Talent, and the New Realities of Work
Tuesday July 14, 2026 9:20am - 9:35am IST
Grand Ballroom
As the voice of India's $315 billion technology industry, Nasscom sits at the intersection of one of the most significant workforce transformations in history. While AI is reshaping how organisations operate, innovate, and compete, it is also raising important questions around jobs, skills, leadership, and human relevance. For the industry, it is about ensuring that people can evolve alongside it.
As intelligence becomes abundant, the value of distinctly human capabilities such as judgment, creativity, empathy, resilience, ethics, and trust may become even more critical.
Speakers
avatar for Rajesh Nambiar

Rajesh Nambiar

President, Nasscom

Tuesday July 14, 2026 9:20am - 9:35am IST
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  Address

9:35am IST

Grand Ballroom: Session II: Chair's Opening Address - The Rules Have Changed. Has Everyone Been Told?
Tuesday July 14, 2026 9:35am - 9:45am IST
Grand Ballroom
The talent models built over the last three decades were designed for a world that no longer exists, and the gap between knowing that and acting on it is where the real risk lives. Over the next two days, NPS 2026 will take on the questions that matter most right now: how AI is reshaping work, what happens to workforce models as traditional career structures evolve, how organisations build skills at scale, and what it means to lead teams that are increasingly both human and digital.
Speakers
avatar for Lakshmi Chandrasekharan

Lakshmi Chandrasekharan

Senior Managing Director & CHRO, Accenture, India
Lakshmi C is Senior Managing Director and Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) for Accenture in India. In this role, Lakshmi is responsible for leading the human capital strategy for Accenture in India focusing on enabling 350,000+ people in India to be successful, professionally... Read More →
Tuesday July 14, 2026 9:35am - 9:45am IST
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  Address

9:45am IST

Grand Ballroom: Report Launch – The State of AI-Native Talent in India: Decoding the Readiness of India's Early-Career Technology Workforce
Tuesday July 14, 2026 9:45am - 9:50am IST
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Discover India's first benchmark of AI-native talent, assessing AI readiness of India’s early-career technology workforce. The report offers unique insights into how this cohort is learning, building, and working with AI and what that means for enterprises and future capability building.
Tuesday July 14, 2026 9:45am - 9:50am IST
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  Report Launch

9:50am IST

Grand Ballroom: Session III: Keynote - The Great Employability Myth of Two Indias: The Tech Dream and The Reality
Tuesday July 14, 2026 9:50am - 10:10am IST
Grand Ballroom
India's technology sector is creating some of the world's most advanced AI, digital, and engineering capabilities, yet it continues to draw talent from a workforce where employability remains a persistent challenge. As AI reshapes skill requirements and the demand for specialised talent intensifies, the gap between the needs of the tech industry and the realities of the broader labour market is becoming harder to ignore. This session explores the weaknesses of India’s education/skills ecosystem; the implications for the continued growth in employment in the IT sector; and the precise roles government and  industry leaders must redefine for themselves for India’s talent and its tech industry to emerge a winner in an increasingly uncertain international environment.
Speakers
avatar for Santosh Mehrotra

Santosh Mehrotra

Lead Research Fellow, Institute of Education, Higher School of Economics, Moscow
Santosh Mehrotra, a human development economist, was a Prof of Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and Chairperson, Centre for Labour at JNU. He has lectured at the Universities of Florence, Italy; American University, Cairo; & the Higher School of Economics, Moscow... Read More →
Tuesday July 14, 2026 9:50am - 10:10am IST
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  Keynote

10:10am IST

Grand Ballroom: Session IV: In-Conversation - How AI is Reshaping the Technology Industry: From Products to Platforms to Services
Tuesday July 14, 2026 10:10am - 10:35am IST
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AI is transforming every corner of the technology industry, from product companies and IT services firms to BPOs and digital businesses. As AI changes how solutions are built, delivered, and consumed, organisations are rethinking business models, operating structures, talent strategies, and customer expectations. This session explores the scale of this disruption and what it will take for companies to stay competitive in an AI-first world.
Speakers
avatar for Ajay Vij

Ajay Vij

Senior Country Managing Director, Accenture Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Ajay Vij is the Senior Country Managing Director of Accenture in India, responsible for leading the company’s strategy, operations, talent agenda, and growth in one of its most critical global markets. With deep, multi industry experience, he has played a key role in building India... Read More →
avatar for Rajesh Nambiar

Rajesh Nambiar

President, Nasscom

Tuesday July 14, 2026 10:10am - 10:35am IST
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  In Conversation

10:35am IST

Grand Ballroom: Session V: Keynote - Governing the Second Workforce
Tuesday July 14, 2026 10:35am - 11:00am IST
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AI agents, autonomous systems, hybrid teams. How do you set accountability, permissions, escalation, and quality standards for a workforce that isn't entirely human? The governance conversation most organisations are not having yet.
Speakers
avatar for Tanmay Bakshi

Tanmay Bakshi

AI & Software Architect, IBM
Tanmay Bakshi is an internationally recognized AI and Software Architect, educator, author, and keynote speaker whose work explores the future of intelligent systems, human capability, and emerging technologies. Recognized by The Toronto Star as Newsmaker of the Year after developing... Read More →
Tuesday July 14, 2026 10:35am - 11:00am IST
Grand Ballroom
  Keynote

11:30am IST

Grand Ballroom: Sutradhar's Introduction - Disruption: What is Breaking
Tuesday July 14, 2026 11:30am - 11:35am IST
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Speakers
avatar for Sarika Pradhan

Sarika Pradhan

CHRO & Vice President, Human Resources - CGI APAC, CGI Information Systems & Management Consultants
Sarika Pradhan is a distinguished Human Resources leader and Vice President at CGI, overseeing HR strategy and operations across the Asia-Pacific region. With over two decades of experience, Sarika has been at the forefront of transforming people practices driving business success... Read More →
Tuesday July 14, 2026 11:30am - 11:35am IST
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  Sutradhar

11:35am IST

Grand Ballroom: Session VI: Keynote - Fluid, Distributed, Augmented: The New Workforce Paradigm
Tuesday July 14, 2026 11:35am - 11:55am IST
Grand Ballroom
The workforce is not waiting for the future to arrive, it is already being reshaped. Fixed roles are giving way to skills-based work, distributed teams are becoming the norm, and AI is increasingly becoming a collaborator in how work gets done. As organisations rethink talent, productivity, and workforce models in real time, this session explores the shifts already underway and what leaders must do today to build organisations that can thrive in this new reality.
Speakers
avatar for Kathy Diaz

Kathy Diaz

Chief People Officer, Cognizant
Kathy leads all aspects of people strategy at Cognizant, guiding how the company attracts, develops, engages and rewards its diverse global workforce in the age of AI. She is focused on designing the future of work, providing an exceptional associate experience for talent at all career... Read More →
Tuesday July 14, 2026 11:35am - 11:55am IST
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  Keynote

11:55am IST

Grand Ballroom: Session VII: Fireside Chat - When Everyone Has Access to Expertise, What Makes You Valuable?
Tuesday July 14, 2026 11:55am - 12:20pm IST
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Today, AI can provide insights, recommendations, and expert guidance in seconds, fundamentally changing what creates value at work.
As technology amplifies individual capability and organisations invest heavily in reskilling and upskilling, a critical question emerges: how do we measure the real return on learning? Is it knowledge acquisition, productivity gains, career mobility, innovation, or something more?
This session explores how the nature of work is changing and what makes skilling investments truly impactful in an AI-enabled world, while helping employees develop the judgment, adaptability, creativity, and human skills that remain difficult to automate.




Moderators
avatar for Sarika Pradhan

Sarika Pradhan

CHRO & Vice President, Human Resources - CGI APAC, CGI Information Systems & Management Consultants
Sarika Pradhan is a distinguished Human Resources leader and Vice President at CGI, overseeing HR strategy and operations across the Asia-Pacific region. With over two decades of experience, Sarika has been at the forefront of transforming people practices driving business success... Read More →
Speakers
avatar for Sudeep Kunnumal

Sudeep Kunnumal

Chief Human Resources Officer, Tata Consultancy Services
Sudeep Kunnumal is the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) at Tata Consultancy Services. He leads the company’s human resources strategy, prioritising progressive talent approaches and fostering an inclusive culture across a large workforce spanning 55 countries.

A seasoned HR professional, Sudeep holds a master’s degree in human resource management from Madurai Kamaraj University. He brings more than three decades of expertise in human resources and has held leadership roles across business units and strategic HR functions. He has managed... Read More →
avatar for Soumitra Saha

Soumitra Saha

Managing Director, Country Head, Lumen India
Soumitra Saha serves as the Managing Director and Country Head of Lumen Technologies, India, and is based in
Bangalore. As a key leader within the organization, Soumitra is spearheading a transformative initiative to
establish Lumen India as a premier technology hub for Lumen Tec... Read More →
Tuesday July 14, 2026 11:55am - 12:20pm IST
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  Fireside Chat

12:20pm IST

Grand Ballroom: Session VIII: Leaders' Discussion - Building Careers When the Learning Curve Itself Is Automated
Tuesday July 14, 2026 12:20pm - 12:50pm IST
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For decades, young graduates learned how a business works by doing basic, repetitive tasks. Today, software handles those entry-level responsibilities instantly. If we remove that manual foundation, how do freshers build business intuition? This session will look at how entry-level roles are evolving in an AI-led environment. It will also raise questions around how young talent will enter and navigate the workforce going forward.
Moderators
avatar for Rostow Ravanan

Rostow Ravanan

Chairman and CEO, Alfahive Inc.

Speakers
avatar for John Dawber

John Dawber

Vice President & Managing Director - Global Business Services,, Novo Nordisk
John Dawber, Vice President and Managing Director, has been heading the Global Business Service (GBS) centre at Novo Nordisk in Bangalore since September 2022. He leads an organisation of around 4000 employees where he leads cross-functional teams to promote  innovation, improve... Read More →
avatar for Nithya Balasubramanian

Nithya Balasubramanian

Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Inventurus Knowledge Solutions (IKS Health)
Nithya Balasubramanian is the Chief Financial Officer of our Company. She holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering in electrical and electronics engineering from the Birla University of Technology & Science, Rajasthan, and a post graduate diploma in management from the Indian Institute... Read More →
avatar for Dr. Madan A. Sendhil

Dr. Madan A. Sendhil

Chancellor, Rathinam Global Deemed to be University
Dr. Madan A. Sendhil is the Founder & Chairman of Rathinam Group and the Chancellor of Rathinam Global Deemed to be University. An innovation-driven entrepreneur, technopreneur, and infrastructure developer, he has played a significant role in building a future-ready ecosystem integrating... Read More →
Tuesday July 14, 2026 12:20pm - 12:50pm IST
Grand Ballroom
  Leaders' Discussion

12:55pm IST

Grand Ballroom: Sutradhar Wraps Up- Disruption: What is Breaking
Tuesday July 14, 2026 12:55pm - 1:00pm IST
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Speakers
avatar for Sarika Pradhan

Sarika Pradhan

CHRO & Vice President, Human Resources - CGI APAC, CGI Information Systems & Management Consultants
Sarika Pradhan is a distinguished Human Resources leader and Vice President at CGI, overseeing HR strategy and operations across the Asia-Pacific region. With over two decades of experience, Sarika has been at the forefront of transforming people practices driving business success... Read More →
Tuesday July 14, 2026 12:55pm - 1:00pm IST
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  Sutradhar

3:55pm IST

Grand Ballroom: Sutradhar's Introduction - The Internal Alignment
Tuesday July 14, 2026 3:55pm - 4:00pm IST
Grand Ballroom

Speakers
avatar for Sushanth Tharappan

Sushanth Tharappan

EVP & Head-HR, Infosys Limited, Infosys

Tuesday July 14, 2026 3:55pm - 4:00pm IST
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  Sutradhar

4:00pm IST

Grand Ballroom: Session XIII: In-Conversation - The Skills Cliff: Reskilling at a Pace the Human Brain Wasn't Built For
Tuesday July 14, 2026 4:00pm - 4:30pm IST
Grand Ballroom
The jobs of tomorrow require skills that don't yet have names. We are asking the biological brain to keep pace with an exponential machine. The corporate mandate is simple: reskill or redundant. But the human mind has a speed limit, a metabolic cost, and a threshold for change. We are standing at a skills cliff, and most organisations are still handing out maps of the old terrain. This session confronts the reskilling imperative honestly: what it costs, what it takes, what technology can and cannot do, and what happens to the people who can't make the jump in time.
Speakers
avatar for SP Arun

SP Arun

Professor, Centre for Neuroscience, IISc Bangalore
SP Arun received his B.Tech from IIT Bombay, and MS & PhD from Johns Hopkins University, all in Electrical Engineering. He completed his postdoctoral research at Carnegie Mellon University and since 2010, is a faculty at the Centre for Neuroscience at IISc. His lab, the Vision Lab@IISc... Read More →
avatar for Richard Lobo

Richard Lobo

Chief People Officer, Tech Mahindra
Richard Lobo is a globally respected HR leader, author, and strategic advisor with nearly three decades of experience in shaping high-performing, future-ready organizations. As Chief People Officer at Tech Mahindra, he leads the people and culture strategy for a global workforce of... Read More →
Tuesday July 14, 2026 4:00pm - 4:30pm IST
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  In Conversation

4:30pm IST

Grand Ballroom: Session XIV: Keynote - Measuring What Matters: Beyond Productivity, Performance, and Utilisation
Tuesday July 14, 2026 4:30pm - 4:50pm IST
Grand Ballroom
Quarterly targets, engagement scores, productivity metrics, utilisation rates, and thousands of other instruments of modern management have become so refined that we can measure almost anything. And yet, the central question often goes unasked: are we measuring genuine value, or simply rewarding what is most visible?
As AI begins to reshape how work is performed and how productivity is generated, many of the measures organisations rely on today are being put to the test. This session is a challenge to the measurement culture we have inherited, and an invitation to rethink whether the metrics that have long defined success remain fit for a rapidly changing world of work.
Speakers
avatar for Krish Shankar

Krish Shankar

Independent Director, Indira IVF Hospitals and Founding Mentor, Crossmentors
Krish Shankar is an HR professional with around four decades of experience and has led HR functions in organizations like Hindustan Unilever/Unilever, Bharti Airtel, Philips and Infosys, where he retired as Group Head of Human Resources. He is an Independent Director with Indira IVF... Read More →
Tuesday July 14, 2026 4:30pm - 4:50pm IST
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  Keynote

4:50pm IST

Grand Ballroom: Session XV: Fireside Chat - The AI Leader's Dilemma
Tuesday July 14, 2026 4:50pm - 5:15pm IST
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The AI era is creating challenges and opportunities that few leaders have encountered before. As traditional assumptions about work, skills, careers, and organisations are rewritten, leaders must navigate complexity, make consequential decisions with incomplete information, and prepare their organisations for futures that cannot be fully predicted. This session examines the leadership capabilities, decision-making approaches, and human qualities that will matter most in an age of unprecedented technological change.
Moderators
avatar for Nisha Gopinath

Nisha Gopinath

Vice President & Head of Human Resources (HR), IBM India & South Asia, IBM India Pvt Ltd.
Nisha Gopinath is the Vice President and Head of Human Resources (HR) for IBM India & South Asia. She is responsible for the people strategy, engagement, skilling & development of IBMers in the region.
Nisha has held strategic leadership positions in India and internationally, spanning various business units and functions. In her previous role, she served as the HR leader for all of IBM’s Global Delivery Centers,. In the course of her career, she has also spent many years at... Read More →
Speakers
avatar for Rahul Kothari

Rahul Kothari

COO, Razorpay
Rahul Kothari is the Chief Operating Officer at Razorpay. With over 21 years of experience in both consultancy and technology in leading companies, Rahul comes with a strategic and analytical mind that is geared towards delivering growth and agility for companies.

As a COO at Razorpay, Rahul is focused on further building the company as a customer-centric organisation, providing a more integrated and seamless customer experience to various customer segments and businesses. His role entails guiding the company’s business strategies to ach... Read More →
avatar for Kishor Patil

Kishor Patil

Co-founder, CEO and Managing Director, KPIT Technologies Limited
Mr. Kishor Patil is the Co-founder, CEO & Managing Director of KPIT, and is responsible for the overall management and strategic direction of the organization. He leads long-range planning, mergers and acquisitions, business performance reviews, and oversees all client-facing functions... Read More →
Tuesday July 14, 2026 4:50pm - 5:15pm IST
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  Fireside Chat

5:15pm IST

Grand Ballroom: Session XVI: Fireside Chat - They Didn't Break the Social Contract, They Were Born After It Did
Tuesday July 14, 2026 5:15pm - 5:40pm IST
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Gen Z and Gen Alpha have entered a world shaped by AI, uncertainty, side hustles, mental health conversations, and careers that no longer follow a straight line.
In this session, young voices and business leaders come together to tackle some uncomfortable questions: What does loyalty mean today? Is job-hopping the new career ladder? Does AI make experience less valuable? And what will it take to build workplaces that this generation actually wants to be part of?
Moderators
avatar for Sushanth Tharappan

Sushanth Tharappan

EVP & Head-HR, Infosys Limited, Infosys

Speakers
avatar for Deetya Aradhya

Deetya Aradhya

Editor-In-Chief and Founder, The Ivy Magazine
Deetya Aradhya is the Editor-In-Chief and founder of The Ivy Magazine, a digital literary magazine for youth writers, artists, and photographers. She is also the founding president of The Ishara Archives, a youth-led platform preserving and celebrating South Asian identity. A passionate... Read More →
avatar for Abhishek Pratap

Abhishek Pratap

Founder, Extrive Innovations
Abhishek Pratap is the Founder of Extrive Innovations, where he is building wearable robotics and AI-powered ergonomics solutions to make physically demanding work safer and more sustainable. He has never separated technology from business, believing that the best innovation is the... Read More →
Tuesday July 14, 2026 5:15pm - 5:40pm IST
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  Fireside Chat

5:45pm IST

Grand Ballroom: Sutradhar Wraps Up- The Internal Alignment
Tuesday July 14, 2026 5:45pm - 5:50pm IST
Grand Ballroom

Speakers
avatar for Sushanth Tharappan

Sushanth Tharappan

EVP & Head-HR, Infosys Limited, Infosys

Tuesday July 14, 2026 5:45pm - 5:50pm IST
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  Sutradhar

7:00pm IST

Networking, Band Performance & Dinner
Tuesday July 14, 2026 7:00pm - 9:00pm IST
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Tuesday July 14, 2026 7:00pm - 9:00pm IST
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  Networking
 

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