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Tuesday, July 14
 

8:00am IST

Arrival and Registration at Hotel Conrad
Tuesday July 14, 2026 8:00am - 9:10am IST
Arrival and Registration at Conrad, Bengaluru.
Tuesday July 14, 2026 8:00am - 9:10am IST
Conrad, Bengaluru

9:10am IST

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

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
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....
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Speakers
avatar for Rajesh Nambiar

Rajesh Nambiar

President, Nasscom

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

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
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...
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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
Grand Ballroom

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
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
Grand Ballroom

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
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...
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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
Grand Ballroom

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
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...
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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
Grand Ballroom

10:35am IST

Grand Ballroom: Session V: Keynote - Governing the Second Workforce
Tuesday July 14, 2026 10:35am - 11:00am IST
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

11:00am IST

Networking Break: Coffee. Conversations. Connections.
Tuesday July 14, 2026 11:00am - 11:30am IST
Networking Break: Coffee. Conversations. Connections.
Tuesday July 14, 2026 11:00am - 11:30am IST
Networking Area

11:00am IST

Masterclass I: Beyond The Pilots: What It Really Takes to Scale AI
Tuesday July 14, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm IST
Most organizations are investing in AI, but far fewer are ready to scale it successfully. The gap is rarely about technology alone. It spans strategy, workforce, workflows, data, governance, and operations — all of which must evolve together for AI to deliver measurable business value. In this interactive working session, leaders will step back from pilots and hype to confront a more meaningful...
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Speakers
avatar for Swati Sharma

Swati Sharma

Chief Strategy & Growth Officer, Accenture LearnVantage
With 20+ years of experience driving strategic growth, innovation, and digital transformation across industries, Swati Sharma currently serves as Chief Strategy & Growth Officer at Accenture LearnVantage. She leads global expansion, ecosystem partnerships, and investment strategy... Read More →
Tuesday July 14, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm IST
Junior Ballroom 2

11:30am IST

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

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
Grand Ballroom

11:35am IST

Grand Ballroom: Session VI: Keynote - Fluid, Distributed, Augmented: The New Workforce Paradigm
Tuesday July 14, 2026 11:35am - 11:55am IST
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...
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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
Grand Ballroom

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
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...
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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
Grand Ballroom

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
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...
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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

12:30pm IST

Junior Ballroom: Special Session with Times Techies: Work Reimagined: Leading the Human + AI Workforce
Tuesday July 14, 2026 12:30pm - 1:00pm IST
AI is reshaping how work is designed, delivered, measured and led. As AI agents enter enterprise workflows, organisations are moving towards Human + AI workforce models where people and intelligent systems work together, each bringing distinct strengths.The discussion will explore how this shift is changing the definition of work, skills, roles and leadership. It will cover emerging job roles, new...
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Moderators
avatar for Sujit John

Sujit John

Deputy Resident Editor; Editor, Times Techies, The Times of India

Speakers
avatar for Sachin Khurana

Sachin Khurana

Chief People Officer, Happiest Minds

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 →
avatar for Dr. Abhilasha Gaur

Dr. Abhilasha Gaur

CEO, SSC Nasscom

avatar for Sushanth Tharappan

Sushanth Tharappan

EVP & Head-HR, Infosys Limited, Infosys

Tuesday July 14, 2026 12:30pm - 1:00pm IST
Junior Ballroom 2

12:55pm IST

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

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
Grand Ballroom

1:00pm IST

Networking Lunch
Tuesday July 14, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm IST

Tuesday July 14, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm IST
Networking Area

2:00pm IST

Grand Ballroom I & II: Deep Dive Track I: People, AI & Everything In Between: Session IXA: In Conversation - The Move Towards a Strategic Function: From Process Owner to Strategic Architect
Tuesday July 14, 2026 2:00pm - 2:20pm IST
AI is transforming HR from a process-driven function into a strategic driver of business growth. As leaders rethink operating models, talent, and organisational design, the opportunity is no longer just to reinvent HR, but to build more agile, AI-powered enterprises. This session brings together business and people leaders to explore how leadership, talent, and technology can shape the future of...
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Speakers
avatar for Lalitha Indrakanti

Lalitha Indrakanti

CEO, JLR TBSI
Lalitha is a transformational business leader with nearly three decades of cross-border experience. Her professional journey has been defined by strategic advisory, IT services, digital transformations and establishment of Global Capability Centers across the globe. She has catalysed... Read More →
avatar for Vivek Ranjan

Vivek Ranjan

CHRO, Zensar Technologies
Vivek Ranjan is Executive Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer at Zensar Technologies, part of the RPG Group, where he leads the global people agenda with a strong belief that organisations grow when people find purpose, opportunity, and belonging at work. With over 28 years... Read More →
Tuesday July 14, 2026 2:00pm - 2:20pm IST
GBR 1 & GBR 2

2:00pm IST

Grand Ballroom III: Deep Dive Track II: Culture, Inclusion & Wellbeing: Session IXB: Interactive Session - Ibasho – A Belonging Blueprint
Tuesday July 14, 2026 2:00pm - 2:45pm IST
Inspired by the Japanese philosophy of Ibasho—a place where people feel accepted, valued and safe, participants engage in a rapid design-thinking exercise to identify what makes people feel excluded versus valued and co-create a practical 12-Point Belonging Blueprint for an inclusive, psychologically safe and high-performing workplace culture.
Speakers
avatar for Siddhant Shah

Siddhant Shah

DEI & Access Enabler, Access For All
Siddhant Shah is a National Award-winning Disability Inclusion and Accessibility Leader, Universal Design Expert, and the Founder of Access For ALL, Asia's leading accessibility and DEI consultancy. Over the past decade, he has partnered with leading multinational corporations, financial... Read More →
Tuesday July 14, 2026 2:00pm - 2:45pm IST
GBR 3

2:20pm IST

Grand Ballroom I & II: Deep Dive Track I: People, AI & Everything In Between: Session XA: Fireside Chat - The New Reality of Work Needs a New Place: Reimagining the Corporate Workplace
Tuesday July 14, 2026 2:20pm - 2:40pm IST
The physical workplace is a critical driver of employer branding, collaboration, and employee well-being in a hybrid world. This conversation will showcase how curated, sustainable corporate spaces are helping enterprises bridge the physical-digital divide. This presentation breaks down how premium corporate infrastructure serves as a strategic catalyst for collaboration, talent retention, and...
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Moderators
avatar for Kritika Murugesan

Kritika Murugesan

Senior Director - GCC & Talent, Nasscom
Kritika Murugesan, Senior Director Nasscom, leads the GCC and talent Initiative. In her current role, Kritika is focused on aligning India’s tech talent supply with evolving industry needs and driving a National strategy on deep skilling, reskilling, and emerging technology capabilities... Read More →
Speakers
avatar for Priyadarshini Prabhu

Priyadarshini Prabhu

People Solutions Director, India, Baker Tilly One India
Priyadarshini Prabhu oversees talent strategy and manages employee lifecycle from hire to retire. Her role involves shaping exceptional experiences for a group of professionals in the accounting and professional services domain and developing an employee-led organizational brand.
... Read More →
avatar for MV Manikandan

MV Manikandan

Founder and CMD, Adissia Developers Pvt. Ltd.
M.V. Manikandan is a first-generation entrepreneur whose journey is a testament to perseverance, resilience, and the belief that success is built through consistent effort.

At the age of sixteen, he began working by delivering bus tickets across Coimbatore on a bicycle. What seemed like a simple responsibility at the time became the starting point of a much larger journey. Those early experiences taught him discipline, accountability, and the importance... Read More →
Tuesday July 14, 2026 2:20pm - 2:40pm IST
GBR 1 & GBR 2

2:30pm IST

Masterclass II: The HR AI Sandbox: A Masterclass in Managing AI Agents
Tuesday July 14, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm IST
The next member of your workforce may not be human. This immersive masterclass gives HR leaders a hands-on opportunity to experiment with AI agents, understand how they learn, collaborate, and execute work, and explore what it takes to integrate them into the enterprise. Participants will leave with a practical understanding of how agentic AI is reshaping jobs, teams, and organisational design,...
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Speakers
avatar for M Chockalingam

M Chockalingam

Director - Technology, Research and Responsible AI, Nasscom
With over 26 years of experience across content, data, and AI domains, M.Chockalingam, a Tech expert, brings deep expertise spanning multiple industries, including government and the legal sector.

A key milestone in his career was serving as Chief Architect – AI, where he led the establishment of the Center of Excellence for Emerging Technologies (AI) for the Government of Tamil Nadu over a span of four years. This included end-to-end leadership of AI strategy, use case identification... Read More →
Tuesday July 14, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm IST
Junior Ballroom 2

2:40pm IST

Grand Ballroom I & II: Deep Dive Track I: People, AI & Everything In Between: Session XI A:Fireside Chat - Beyond Prompting: Building an AI-Fluent Culture
Tuesday July 14, 2026 2:40pm - 3:00pm IST
We talk about reskilling for the automated era, but the conversation rarely moves past the surface level. That is an illusion of capability. True AI literacy is no longer a technical choice for engineers, it has become the mandatory alphabet for every single department in the enterprise. From the HR manager deploying automated evaluation engines to the operations head auditing workflow dashboards,...
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Moderators
avatar for Vidya Munirathnam

Vidya Munirathnam

Vice President – Human Resources, Lowe's India Private Limited
Vidya Munirathnam is Vice President, HR at Lowe’s India. In her role, Vidya leads the full range of human resources functions for Lowe’s India, including business partnering, total rewards, communications, talent acquisition, learning, culture and diversity. Additionally, Vidya... Read More →
Speakers
avatar for R S Subramanian

R S Subramanian

SVP - South Asia, DHL Express
Mr. R. S. Subramanian is currently the SVP for South Asia and Managing Director of DHL Express India. He is also a member of the DHL Express Asia Pacific Management Board. With over 30 years of experience in both product-led and service industries, Mr. Subramanian possesses extensive... Read More →
Tuesday July 14, 2026 2:40pm - 3:00pm IST
GBR 1 & GBR 2

2:45pm IST

Grand Ballroom III: Deep Dive Track II: Culture, Inclusion & Wellbeing: Launch of Nasscom White Papers
Tuesday July 14, 2026 2:45pm - 2:50pm IST
•    Culture: The Strategic Capability Behind Every Transformation, Including AI
•    Emotional and Mental Wellbeing: Best Practices in the IT Sector


Tuesday July 14, 2026 2:45pm - 2:50pm IST
GBR 3

2:50pm IST

Grand Ballroom III: Deep Dive Track II: Culture, Inclusion & Wellbeing: Session XIB: Keynote - The Desk Athlete: High Performance For The Human Body That Goes to Work
Tuesday July 14, 2026 2:50pm - 3:30pm IST
The body you bring to work is the instrument you think with.
Most of the people in this room sit for long hours a day. They make decisions that affect thousands of people. They are, in every meaningful sense, performance athletes, except nobody treats them like one. This session changes that.
Speakers
avatar for Ryan Fernando

Ryan Fernando

Founder, Qua Nutrition
With 20+ years of experience in the nutrition field, Ryan Fernando is considered among the elite thought leaders in the field of health and nutrition. Ryan's clientele includes prominent cricketers like Harbhajan Singh, Shikhar
Dhawan, Virat Kohli and famous Bollywood actors Aamir... Read More →
Tuesday July 14, 2026 2:50pm - 3:30pm IST
GBR 3

3:00pm IST

Grand Ballroom I & II: Deep Dive Track I: People, AI & Everything In Between: Session XIIA: Fireside Chat - Building India's Skill-First “Builder” Talent Pool
Tuesday July 14, 2026 3:00pm - 3:25pm IST
India's ambition to become a global product powerhouse hinges on one critical question: how do enterprises create more "builders," not just operators? This session explores how leading organisations are reimagining talent through skills-first models, internal builder frameworks, innovation ecosystems, and product-centric career pathways, empowering employees to become product thinkers, IP...
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Moderators
avatar for Dr. Abhilasha Gaur

Dr. Abhilasha Gaur

CEO, SSC Nasscom

Speakers
avatar for Isabelle Isnard

Isabelle Isnard

CHRO, AXA
Isabelle Isnard is the Chief Human Resources Officer at AXA Global Business Services (GBS) since 2023. She is at the helm of driving an inclusive and dynamic work culture that prioritizes both people and performance at AXA GBS. She is currently overseeing a strategic vision that encompasses... Read More →
avatar for Sandhya Varanasi

Sandhya Varanasi

VP, India Hub CTO & Chair of India R&D Council, Schneider Electric Pvt Ltd.
With 21 years of experience across R&D, innovation, and transformation, Sandhya has built a career on turning ambitious ideas into real-world results. From hands-on engineering to executive leadership, her journey is fueled by a passion for Innovation, Product Development, digitalisation... Read More →
Tuesday July 14, 2026 3:00pm - 3:25pm IST
GBR 1 & GBR 2

3:30pm IST

Networking Break: Coffee. Conversations. Connections.
Tuesday July 14, 2026 3:30pm - 3:55pm IST

Tuesday July 14, 2026 3:30pm - 3:55pm IST
Networking Area

3:55pm IST

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

Speakers
avatar for Sushanth Tharappan

Sushanth Tharappan

EVP & Head-HR, Infosys Limited, Infosys

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

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
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...
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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
Grand Ballroom

4:00pm IST

Masterclass III: Stress, Burnout & Nutrition: The Corporate Survival Blueprint
Tuesday July 14, 2026 4:00pm - 5:00pm IST
Stress and burnout are among the most significant challenges facing today’s workforce. This masterclass explores the powerful link between nutrition, stress management, and resilience, helping professionals understand how food impacts energy, focus, emotional regulation, and recovery. Participants will gain actionable strategies to manage cortisol, navigate demanding schedules and travel, and...
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Speakers
avatar for Ryan Fernando

Ryan Fernando

Founder, Qua Nutrition
With 20+ years of experience in the nutrition field, Ryan Fernando is considered among the elite thought leaders in the field of health and nutrition. Ryan's clientele includes prominent cricketers like Harbhajan Singh, Shikhar
Dhawan, Virat Kohli and famous Bollywood actors Aamir... Read More →
Tuesday July 14, 2026 4:00pm - 5:00pm IST
Junior Ballroom 2

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
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,...
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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
Grand Ballroom

4:50pm IST

Grand Ballroom: Session XV: Fireside Chat - The AI Leader's Dilemma
Tuesday July 14, 2026 4:50pm - 5:15pm IST
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...
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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
Grand Ballroom

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
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...
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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
Grand Ballroom

5:45pm IST

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

Speakers
avatar for Sushanth Tharappan

Sushanth Tharappan

EVP & Head-HR, Infosys Limited, Infosys

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

7:00pm IST

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

Tuesday July 14, 2026 7:00pm - 9:00pm IST
Grand Ballroom
 
Wednesday, July 15
 

8:00am IST

Arrival and Registration at Hotel Conrad
Wednesday July 15, 2026 8:00am - 9:10am IST
Wednesday July 15, 2026 8:00am - 9:10am IST
Conrad, Bengaluru

9:10am IST

Welcome to Nasscom People Summit 2026
Wednesday July 15, 2026 9:10am - 9:20am IST
Wednesday July 15, 2026 9:10am - 9:20am IST
Grand Ballroom

9:20am IST

Grand Ballroom: Sutradhar's Introduction - Rebuild - What Must Change
Wednesday July 15, 2026 9:20am - 9:25am IST

Speakers
avatar for Kritika Murugesan

Kritika Murugesan

Senior Director - GCC & Talent, Nasscom
Kritika Murugesan, Senior Director Nasscom, leads the GCC and talent Initiative. In her current role, Kritika is focused on aligning India’s tech talent supply with evolving industry needs and driving a National strategy on deep skilling, reskilling, and emerging technology capabilities... Read More →
Wednesday July 15, 2026 9:20am - 9:25am IST
Grand Ballroom

9:25am IST

Grand Ballroom:Session XVII: Keynote - Nothing Like This Has Happened Before. Except It Has.
Wednesday July 15, 2026 9:25am - 9:45am IST
Every era believes its disruptions are unprecedented. Yet history tells a more complicated story. It rarely offers clear lessons, instead, it is a record of competing narratives, contested outcomes, and unanswered questions. That is precisely what makes it useful. In this thought-provoking session, we look at the patterns of technological change that repeat across centuries, the assumptions we...
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Speakers
avatar for Anirudh Kanisetti

Anirudh Kanisetti

Historian, Author and Columnist, Independent
Anirudh Kanisetti is a public historian specialising in the political, commercial, and cultural history of ancient and early medieval South India. He is the author of Lords of Earth and Sea: A History of the Chola Empire (Juggernaut, 2025) and the award-winning Lords of the Deccan... Read More →
Wednesday July 15, 2026 9:25am - 9:45am IST
Grand Ballroom

9:45am IST

Grand Ballroom: Session XVIII: Fireside Chat- The Art of Seeing: Building Anti-Fragile Organisations in an Age of Disruption
Wednesday July 15, 2026 9:45am - 10:10am IST
In times of constant disruption, the most valuable leadership skill may be the ability to spot shifts in people, culture, and work before they become obvious. The organisations that emerge stronger are those that build adaptability into their DNA, empowering people to learn, experiment, challenge assumptions, and respond to change with confidence. This session explores how leaders can...
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Moderators
avatar for Pranjal Sharma

Pranjal Sharma

Author, India Innovates
Pranjal Sharma is a board advisor, columnist and author who focuses on the impact of technology on business, society and governance. He serves on boards of enterprises and non-profit entities which are leveraging emerging technologies for sustainable, equitable growth.

Pranjal leads public discourse at global and national platforms including World Economic Forum, St Gallen Symposium, Horasis Global Meeting and Raisina Dialogue. He served as a member of the Global Agenda Council at the WEF for eight years. He is a member of its expert network and... Read More →
Speakers
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Rakshit Hargave

Managing Director & CEO, Britannia Industries Limited

Rakshit Hargave is a veteran of the consumer industry with experience both in India and overseas. He has been the CEO of Birla Opus, the ambitious paint venture from Aditya Birla Group. He has also headed operations of BEIERSDORF (NIVEA) in India, Africa, ASEAN and ANZ regions.

He has worked with Hindustan Unilever as Chief Operating Officer at Lakme Lever. He was also with Jubilant Food Works, where he successfully launched the iconic Domino’s Pizza 30 minutes guarantee delivery model. Rakshit also worked with Nestle India, managing Maggi Noodles and... Read More →
Wednesday July 15, 2026 9:45am - 10:10am IST
Grand Ballroom

10:10am IST

Grand Ballroom: Report Launch: Reorganize or Fall Behind: The Real Race in the AI Decade
Wednesday July 15, 2026 10:10am - 10:15am IST

Wednesday July 15, 2026 10:10am - 10:15am IST
Grand Ballroom

10:15am IST

Grand Ballroom:Session XX: Keynote - Innovation Through Openness: Making India a Global Talent Magnet
Wednesday July 15, 2026 10:15am - 10:35am IST
As global innovation ecosystems decouple and redraw their lines, India faces a defining geoeconomic moment. This session will explore the critical policy, institutional, and regional shifts required to build a truly open innovation ecosystem and how streamlining immigration pathways, deepening regional academic corridors within South Asia, and strengthening institutional openness can unlock...
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Speakers
avatar for Constantino Xavier

Constantino Xavier

Senior Fellow, Centre for Social and Economic Progress
Dr Constantino Xavier is a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Social and Economic Progress (CSEP), New Delhi, where he directs the program in Foreign Policy and Security Studies. He is also a non-resident fellow in the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution, in Washington... Read More →
Wednesday July 15, 2026 10:15am - 10:35am IST
Grand Ballroom

10:35am IST

Grand Ballroom:Session XIX: Fireside Chat - Building in Motion: The Founder’s Mindset in an Age of Constant Change
Wednesday July 15, 2026 10:35am - 11:00am IST
In an environment of rapid technological shifts and constant disruption, founders rarely have the luxury of perfect clarity or complete information. They build while the system is still forming testing ideas, making decisions in motion, and iterating at speed. Behind every agile business model today isn't just a shift in mindset, but a highly sophisticated tech engine that makes that...
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Moderators
avatar for Madhur Tatwawadi

Madhur Tatwawadi

Head - Human Resources, M&G India
Madhur Tatwawadi is the Head - Human Resources, M&G India. A senior leader with over 22 years of experience with a proven track record of building and leading high performing teams. Madhur has extensive experience in managing significant change and transformation. Madhur comes with... Read More →
Speakers
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PC Musthafa

Global CEO & Co-Founder, iD Fresh Food
A school dropout, who went on to do his Engineering in Computer Science from NIT Calicut and MBA from IIM-Bangalore, Musthafa PC’s love for traditional Indian food complements his penchant for technology and innovation. In 2005, he joined hands with four of his cousins in Bengaluru... Read More →
Wednesday July 15, 2026 10:35am - 11:00am IST
Grand Ballroom

11:00am IST

Grand Ballroom: Sutradhar Wraps Up - Rebuild - What Must Change
Wednesday July 15, 2026 11:00am - 11:05am IST

Speakers
avatar for Kritika Murugesan

Kritika Murugesan

Senior Director - GCC & Talent, Nasscom
Kritika Murugesan, Senior Director Nasscom, leads the GCC and talent Initiative. In her current role, Kritika is focused on aligning India’s tech talent supply with evolving industry needs and driving a National strategy on deep skilling, reskilling, and emerging technology capabilities... Read More →
Wednesday July 15, 2026 11:00am - 11:05am IST
Grand Ballroom

11:05am IST

Networking Tea Break
Wednesday July 15, 2026 11:05am - 11:30am IST

Wednesday July 15, 2026 11:05am - 11:30am IST
Networking Area

11:35am IST

Grand Ballroom: Sutradhar's Introduction - The Next Frontier of Intelligent Evolution
Wednesday July 15, 2026 11:35am - 11:40am IST

Speakers
avatar for Rajesh Kumar

Rajesh Kumar

Co-founder & CEO, Kalvium
Rajesh Kumar brings 18 years of deep expertise in India's higher education and employability landscape. His ventures, Kalvium and FACE Prep, have enabled 7 million students and early-stage graduates across 2,000+ colleges and 1,000+ enterprises and startups to bridge the theory-practice... Read More →
Wednesday July 15, 2026 11:35am - 11:40am IST
Grand Ballroom

11:40am IST

Grand Ballroom: Session XXI: Leaders' Discussion - Designing Culture for the Long Haul
Wednesday July 15, 2026 11:40am - 12:15pm IST
Culture reveals itself in moments of pressure. As organisations navigate relentless change and rising expectations, people are being asked to adapt, deliver, and innovate at an unprecedented pace. The challenge for leaders is to build environments where diverse perspectives are valued, people feel a genuine sense of...
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Moderators
avatar for Rajesh Kumar

Rajesh Kumar

Co-founder & CEO, Kalvium
Rajesh Kumar brings 18 years of deep expertise in India's higher education and employability landscape. His ventures, Kalvium and FACE Prep, have enabled 7 million students and early-stage graduates across 2,000+ colleges and 1,000+ enterprises and startups to bridge the theory-practice... Read More →
Speakers
avatar for Pallavi Ramachandra

Pallavi Ramachandra

Control Management Executive, Wells Fargo
Pallavi is currently the leader for Technology Controls for I&P.

She joined Wells Fargo on November 8, 2021, as the Lead for the Control Quality Assurance Utility.
Her role later expanded to include Central Programs such as RCSA Transformation, SHRP Change,
and Quality Central. She... Read More →
avatar for Shamita Ghosh

Shamita Ghosh

Head - Human Resources, BookMyShow
Shamita Ghosh is the Head of Human Resources, leading people and culture at India’s leading entertainment destination, BookMyShow which offers, not just tickets for movies and beyond, but also experiences across music concerts, theatricals, live events, sports and more. Having spent... Read More →
avatar for Anuradha  Balasubramaniam

Anuradha Balasubramaniam

Chief Operating Officer – Agentic AI, Genpact
Anu is a global operations and technology transformation leader with over 25 years of experience building and scaling enterprise delivery across India, the US, Europe, and Southeast Asia. As SVP and Global Head of Agentic Operations at Genpact, she is leading the mandate to estab... Read More →
Wednesday July 15, 2026 11:40am - 12:15pm IST
Grand Ballroom

12:15pm IST

Grand Ballroom: Session XXII: Fireside Chat - The AI Learning Shift: What’s Working, What’s Fading, and What’s Next
Wednesday July 15, 2026 12:15pm - 12:45pm IST
Learning is undergoing a fundamental shift. As AI reshapes jobs and skill requirements evolve faster than ever, organisations are rethinking how capabilities are built, how learning is embedded into work, and how impact is measured. In this candid conversation, leaders will share what they are seeing on the ground, what skills are rising in importance, which learning interventions are delivering...
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Speakers
avatar for Ketaki Karnik

Ketaki Karnik

Head - Research and Insights, Nasscom
Ketaki Karnik heads Research and Insights at nasscom. With over two decades of leadership experience across global and Indian organisations, Ketaki brings strong expertise in strategy, policy research, new initiatives, and stakeholder engagement.
avatar for Rajendra Singh Pawar

Rajendra Singh Pawar

Chairman & Founder, NIIT Group & Founder, NIIT University
Rajendra Singh Pawar is the Executive Chairman and Co-Founder of NIIT Limited, a leading Global Talent Development Corporation, and founder of the NIIT University, established with a vision of being the role model of learning, research, innovation and sustainability for the Knowledge... Read More →
avatar for Ashutosh Gupta

Ashutosh Gupta

Managing Director, India and Asia Pacific, Coursera
Ashutosh Gupta is the Managing Director for India and Asia Pacific at Coursera, where he leads the enterprise business across the region, working with governments, campuses, and companies to equip learners with skills for the digital economy.

Ashutosh brings more than two decades of leadership experience across India and Southeast Asia, with a focus on business growth, digital innovation, and scaling operations. Before Coursera, he was an Operating Partner at Avataar Ventures, advising SaaS companies on go-to-market and... Read More →
Wednesday July 15, 2026 12:15pm - 12:45pm IST
Grand Ballroom

12:45pm IST

Grand Ballroom: Sutradhar Wraps Up - The Next Frontier of Intelligent Evolution
Wednesday July 15, 2026 12:45pm - 12:50pm IST

Speakers
avatar for Rajesh Kumar

Rajesh Kumar

Co-founder & CEO, Kalvium
Rajesh Kumar brings 18 years of deep expertise in India's higher education and employability landscape. His ventures, Kalvium and FACE Prep, have enabled 7 million students and early-stage graduates across 2,000+ colleges and 1,000+ enterprises and startups to bridge the theory-practice... Read More →
Wednesday July 15, 2026 12:45pm - 12:50pm IST
Grand Ballroom

12:50pm IST

Networking Lunch
Wednesday July 15, 2026 12:50pm - 2:00pm IST

Wednesday July 15, 2026 12:50pm - 2:00pm IST
Networking Area

2:00pm IST

Grand Ballroom: Session XXIII: Lightning Talk - AI and Us: Between the Algorithm and the Soul
Wednesday July 15, 2026 2:00pm - 2:20pm IST
We are the first generation to interface with machines that can mimic our expressions, anticipate our choices, and simulate our creativity. This session offers a welcoming space to reflect on the interplay between technological acceleration and being human. Sitting at the intersection of frontier technology and creativity, this keynote looks past technical metrics to explore where the code ends...
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Speakers
avatar for Jahnavi Phalkey

Jahnavi Phalkey

Founding Director, Science Gallery Bengaluru
Jahnavi Phalkey is founding director, Science Gallery Bengaluru. Phalkey was faculty at Kings College London before taking on her current role. She has also been a Fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin. She is the author of Atomic State: Big Science in Twentieth Century India... Read More →
Wednesday July 15, 2026 2:00pm - 2:20pm IST
Grand Ballroom

2:20pm IST

Grand Ballroom: Session XXIV: Keynote - Failure Made Me
Wednesday July 15, 2026 2:20pm - 2:40pm IST
We're taught to avoid failure, fix mistakes, and chase perfection. Yet the moments that shape us most rarely arrive that way. They come disguised as setbacks, detours, disappointments, and impossible odds. This is the story of how life's glitches can become its greatest gifts. Through a remarkable personal journey, this session explores why resilience often matters more than certainty, why growth...
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Speakers
avatar for Dr. Sreedhar Bevara

Dr. Sreedhar Bevara

Author & CEO, BMR Innovations
Dr. Sreedhar Bevara is an internationally recognised leadership author, TEDx speaker, entrepreneur, innovation adviser, and former senior corporate leader. From humble beginnings as a street vendor and waiter to contributing in corporate boardrooms and global innovation ecosystems... Read More →
Wednesday July 15, 2026 2:20pm - 2:40pm IST
Grand Ballroom

2:40pm IST

Grand Ballroom: Session XXV: Lightning Talk - I Fired My AI Assistant. Here's What That Taught Me About Humans.
Wednesday July 15, 2026 2:40pm - 3:00pm IST
Where AI fell short, and what that failure revealed about what remains irreplaceable in people.
Speakers
avatar for Vishal Prannath Gondal

Vishal Prannath Gondal

CEO & Founder, GOQii Technologies Private Limited
Vishal Gondal is a leading figure in healthcare, gaming, and entrepreneurship. As the founder of GOQii, he has transformed preventive healthcare by integrating technology and gamification. GOQii operates in the UK, Middle East, and India and is expanding globally, with a focus on... Read More →
Wednesday July 15, 2026 2:40pm - 3:00pm IST
Grand Ballroom

3:00pm IST

Grand Ballroom: Session XXVI: Keynote - Your New Manager Doesn't Sleep
Wednesday July 15, 2026 3:00pm - 3:45pm IST
Real stories of AI as an everyday collaborator. The new colleague who quietly changes everything about how work gets done. 
What happens to accountability, team design, and culture when the team is no longer entirely human? 

Speakers
avatar for Akhilesh Tuteja

Akhilesh Tuteja

 Partner & National Leader, Clients and Markets, KPMG, India
Akhilesh Tuteja is a senior Partner and the National Leader for Clients & Markets at KPMG in India. As a key member of the India Leadership Team and with nearly three decades of professional experience, he spearheads the firm’s market-facing strategy, strengthening client relationships... Read More →
Wednesday July 15, 2026 3:00pm - 3:45pm IST
Grand Ballroom

3:45pm IST

Closing Remarks & Future Directions
Wednesday July 15, 2026 3:45pm - 4:00pm IST

Wednesday July 15, 2026 3:45pm - 4:00pm IST
Grand Ballroom
 
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