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.
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.
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