Nasscom People Summit 2026: Full Schedule

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

Grand Ballroom

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

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 →

Rajesh Nambiar

President, Nasscom

Tuesday July 14, 2026 10:10am - 10:35am IST
Grand Ballroom

In Conversation

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

GBR 1 & GBR 2

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 work and drive long-term growth.

Speakers

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 →

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

In Conversation

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

GBR 1 & GBR 2

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 operational agility in the modern corporate landscape.

Moderators

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

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.
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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

In Conversation

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

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 →

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

In Conversation

10:10am IST

2:00pm IST

2:20pm IST

4:00pm IST

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