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Nasscom People Summit 2026

8:00am IST

Arrival and Registration at Hotel Conrad Conrad, Bengaluru

9:10am IST

Welcome to Nasscom People Summit 2026 Grand Ballroom

9:20am IST

Grand Ballroom : Session I: President's Address - Leadership, Talent, and the New Realities of Work Grand BallroomRajesh Nambiar

9:35am IST

Grand Ballroom: Session II: Chair's Opening Address - The Rules Have Changed. Has Everyone Been Told? Grand BallroomLakshmi Chandrasekharan

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 Grand Ballroom

9:50am IST

Grand Ballroom: Session III: Keynote - The Great Employability Myth of Two Indias: The Tech Dream and The Reality Grand BallroomSantosh Mehrotra

10:10am IST

Grand Ballroom: Session IV: In-Conversation - How AI is Reshaping the Technology Industry: From Products to Platforms to Services Grand BallroomAjay Vij • Rajesh Nambiar

10:35am IST

Grand Ballroom: Session V: Keynote - Governing the Second Workforce Grand BallroomTanmay Bakshi

11:00am IST

Networking Break: Coffee. Conversations. Connections. Networking Area Masterclass I: Beyond The Pilots: What It Really Takes to Scale AI Junior Ballroom 2Swati Sharma

11:30am IST

Grand Ballroom: Sutradhar's Introduction - Disruption: What is Breaking Grand BallroomSarika Pradhan

11:35am IST

Grand Ballroom: Session VI: Keynote - Fluid, Distributed, Augmented: The New Workforce Paradigm Grand BallroomKathy Diaz

11:55am IST

Grand Ballroom: Session VII: Fireside Chat - When Everyone Has Access to Expertise, What Makes You Valuable? Grand BallroomSarika Pradhan • Sudeep Kunnumal • Soumitra Saha

12:20pm IST

Grand Ballroom: Session VIII: Leaders' Discussion - Building Careers When the Learning Curve Itself Is Automated Grand BallroomRostow Ravanan • John Dawber • Nithya Balasubramanian • Dr. Madan A. Sendhil

12:30pm IST

Junior Ballroom: Special Session with Times Techies: Work Reimagined: Leading the Human + AI Workforce Junior Ballroom 2Sujit John • Sachin Khurana • Richard Lobo • Dr. Abhilasha Gaur • Sushanth Tharappan

12:55pm IST

Grand Ballroom: Sutradhar Wraps Up- Disruption: What is Breaking Grand BallroomSarika Pradhan

1:00pm IST

Networking Lunch 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 GBR 1 & GBR 2Lalitha Indrakanti • Vivek Ranjan Grand Ballroom III: Deep Dive Track II: Culture, Inclusion & Wellbeing: Session IXB: Interactive Session - Ibasho – A Belonging Blueprint GBR 3Siddhant Shah

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 GBR 1 & GBR 2Kritika Murugesan • Priyadarshini Prabhu • MV Manikandan

2:30pm IST

Masterclass II: The HR AI Sandbox: A Masterclass in Managing AI Agents Junior Ballroom 2M Chockalingam

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 GBR 1 & GBR 2Vidya Munirathnam • R S Subramanian

2:45pm IST

Grand Ballroom III: Deep Dive Track II: Culture, Inclusion & Wellbeing: Launch of Nasscom White Papers 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 GBR 3Ryan Fernando

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 GBR 1 & GBR 2Dr. Abhilasha Gaur • Isabelle Isnard • Sandhya Varanasi

3:30pm IST

Networking Break: Coffee. Conversations. Connections. Networking Area

3:55pm IST

Grand Ballroom: Sutradhar's Introduction - The Internal Alignment Grand BallroomSushanth Tharappan

4:00pm IST

Grand Ballroom: Session XIII: In-Conversation - The Skills Cliff: Reskilling at a Pace the Human Brain Wasn't Built For Grand BallroomSP Arun • Richard Lobo Masterclass III: Stress, Burnout & Nutrition: The Corporate Survival Blueprint Junior Ballroom 2Ryan Fernando

4:30pm IST

Grand Ballroom: Session XIV: Keynote - Measuring What Matters: Beyond Productivity, Performance, and Utilisation Grand BallroomKrish Shankar

4:50pm IST

Grand Ballroom: Session XV: Fireside Chat - The AI Leader's Dilemma Grand BallroomNisha Gopinath • Rahul Kothari • Kishor Patil

5:15pm IST

Grand Ballroom: Session XVI: Fireside Chat - They Didn't Break the Social Contract, They Were Born After It Did Grand BallroomSushanth Tharappan • Deetya Aradhya • Abhishek Pratap

5:45pm IST

Grand Ballroom: Sutradhar Wraps Up- The Internal Alignment Grand BallroomSushanth Tharappan

7:00pm IST

Networking, Band Performance & Dinner Grand Ballroom

8:00am IST

Arrival and Registration at Hotel Conrad Conrad, Bengaluru

9:10am IST

Welcome to Nasscom People Summit 2026 Grand Ballroom

9:20am IST

Grand Ballroom: Sutradhar's Introduction - Rebuild - What Must Change Grand BallroomKritika Murugesan

9:25am IST

Grand Ballroom:Session XVII: Keynote - Nothing Like This Has Happened Before. Except It Has. Grand BallroomAnirudh Kanisetti

9:45am IST

Grand Ballroom: Session XVIII: Fireside Chat- The Art of Seeing: Building Anti-Fragile Organisations in an Age of Disruption Grand BallroomPranjal Sharma • Rakshit Hargave

10:10am IST

Grand Ballroom: Report Launch: Reorganize or Fall Behind: The Real Race in the AI Decade Grand Ballroom

10:15am IST

Grand Ballroom:Session XX: Keynote - Innovation Through Openness: Making India a Global Talent Magnet Grand BallroomConstantino Xavier

10:35am IST

Grand Ballroom:Session XIX: Fireside Chat - Building in Motion: The Founder’s Mindset in an Age of Constant Change Grand BallroomMadhur Tatwawadi • PC Musthafa

11:00am IST

Grand Ballroom: Sutradhar Wraps Up - Rebuild - What Must Change Grand BallroomKritika Murugesan

11:05am IST

Networking Tea Break Networking Area

11:35am IST

Grand Ballroom: Sutradhar's Introduction - The Next Frontier of Intelligent Evolution Grand BallroomRajesh Kumar

11:40am IST

Grand Ballroom: Session XXI: Leaders' Discussion - Designing Culture for the Long Haul Grand BallroomRajesh Kumar • Pallavi Ramachandra • Shamita Ghosh • Anuradha Balasubramaniam

12:15pm IST

Grand Ballroom: Session XXII: Fireside Chat - The AI Learning Shift: What’s Working, What’s Fading, and What’s Next Grand BallroomKetaki Karnik • Rajendra Singh Pawar • Ashutosh Gupta

12:45pm IST

Grand Ballroom: Sutradhar Wraps Up - The Next Frontier of Intelligent Evolution Grand BallroomRajesh Kumar

12:50pm IST

Networking Lunch Networking Area

2:00pm IST

Grand Ballroom: Session XXIII: Lightning Talk - AI and Us: Between the Algorithm and the Soul Grand BallroomJahnavi Phalkey

2:20pm IST

Grand Ballroom: Session XXIV: Keynote - Failure Made Me Grand BallroomDr. Sreedhar Bevara

2:40pm IST

Grand Ballroom: Session XXV: Lightning Talk - I Fired My AI Assistant. Here's What That Taught Me About Humans. Grand BallroomVishal Prannath Gondal

3:00pm IST

Grand Ballroom: Session XXVI: Keynote - Your New Manager Doesn't Sleep Grand BallroomAkhilesh Tuteja

3:45pm IST

Closing Remarks & Future Directions Grand Ballroom