Dataquest Digital Leadership Conclave

Program

Time

Session

08:30 – 09:30 AM

Welcome & Registration

09:30 – 10:30 AM

Lamp Lighting

Welcome Note

Pradeep Gupta, Chairman, CyberMedia Group

Opening Address: AI as a disruptor

Jaspreet Bindra, AI Expert & Thought Leader

Opening Note: AI & Economy

Jaspreet Singh, Partner and Leader- Cyber Security, GCCs, Grant Thornton Bharat LLP

10:30 – 11:00 AM

Panel Discussion :How Indian IT Services Can Lead in the AI Revolution

The application of GenAI continues to go deeper in creative fields, retail, finance, healthcare... How can IT services leverage this to its advantage?

Niraj Kumar, VP & Head of IT, Sinch
Faizul Mufti, VP - Information Security, Genpact
Baidyanath Kumar, CISO & Data protection officer, J K Lakshmi Cement
Moderator: Dhaval Gupta, Director, CyberMedia

11:00 – 11:30 AM

Panel Discussion: Impact of the AI revolution on the Data Ecosystem

AI has taken the data ecosystem by storm. How can India use its enormous data stores to make sense of it all and emerge as a data superpower?

Nitendra Rajput, SVP & Head - AI Garage, Mastercard
Sanjeev Gupta, Head of GST Technology, Wayfair
Nishu Jain, Executive Director - Data & Analytics- PWC India
Moderator : Prasanto Kumar Roy, Senior Adviser & former MD, FTI Consulting; Former President, CyberMedia; and Former VP, Nasscom

11:30 – 11:50 AM

Industry Keynote : Better, Faster, Cheaper, Safer: Talent Development in the Age of AI

Udai Singh, President - GenAI Initiatives, NIIT Ltd

11:40 – 12:20 PM

Panel Discussion : Reimaging resilience in AI-led enterprises

The pandemic showed us the importance of resilience across industries. Can AI, with its adaptability and ability to predict, become the key going forward.

Dr. Yusuf Hashmi, Group CISO, Jubilant Bhartia Group
Sujoy Brahmachari, CIO and CISO -Smart Card Business, Rosmerta Technologies
Jaspreet Singh, Partner & Leader – Cyber Security & GCCs, Grant Thornton Bharat
Moderator - Sameer Mathur, Manging Partner, SM Consulting

12:20 – 12:45 PM

Panel Discussion : Women & AI

Reimagining AI through the lens of women leaders — driving innovation, equity, and impact for all.

Rajeshwari Krishnamurthy, Professor, Great Lakes Institute of Management
Mitali Nikore, Economist and Public Policy specialist, Nikore Associates
Sugandha Srivastava, Senior Analyst, CMR
Moderator - Minu Sirsalewala, Executive Editor, CyberMedia

12:45 – 12:55 PM

Industry Keynote :Blockchain maturity in enterprise decision science

Atul Patel, Co-founder and VP, #dltledgers

12:55 – 01:25 PM

Panel Discussion : How can a CIO leverage a changing AI ecosystem?

With ChatGPT-DeepSeek coming in quick order, how can a CIO leverage these tools to make their firms more profitable in a changing, AI-influenced world?

Prajakt Deolasee, CTO, Turtlemint
Rahul Monie, Fractional C-Suite Technology Consultant & Certified Independent Director
Faisal Masood Khan, Head of Operations Transformation, Sun Life Global Solutions – India
Moderator - Ibrahim Ahmed, Consulting Group Editor, CyberMedia

01:25 – 02:15 PM

Networking Lunch

02:15 – 02:25 PM

Panel Discussion : The Government in the AI revolution

The government has to regulate AI to ensure there’s no chaos, but how can it adapt itself to AI to make Digital Governance meaningful?

Golok Kumar Simli, CTO, Passport Seva Program 2.0, Ministry of External Affairs
Siddharth Sharma, Head of IT Operations - Digi Yatra Foundation
Moderator :Sugandha Srivastava, Senior Analyst, CMR

02:55 – 03:15 PM

Dataquest Digital Leader Awards (CIO Awards) (Awards for the best CIO implementations)

Time

Evening session: DQ ICT Awards Show

03:15 – 03:20 PM	Introduction of Dataquest Awards Jury
03:20 PM – 03:30 PM	Address by Jury Chair & Dataquest Awards Process Brief Raman Roy, CMD, Quatrro BPO Solutions
03:30 – 03:40 PM	Awards Presentation: Pathbreaker of the Year 2024 Agnishwar Jayaprakash, Founder CEO, Garuda Aerospace
03:40 – 03:50 PM	Awards Presentation: Lifetime Achievement Award for 2024 Dr. Sridhar Mitta, Founder & MD, NextWealth Entrepreneurs
03:50 – 04:00 PM	Awards Presentation: Lifetime Achievement Award for 2024 Prof. S. Sadagopan, Founder Director, IIIT-Bangalore
04:00 – 04:10 PM	Awards Presentation: IT Person of the Year Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, Hon'ble Minister of Railways; Information & Broadcasting; and Electronics & Information Technology, GoI
04:10 – 04:30 PM	Dataquest Industry Dialogue: Can India be an AI Superpower by 2047? While the US and China have chosen differing paths to achieving AI supremacy, how can India approach AI to meet its Mission 2047 goals? Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, Hon'ble Minister of Railways; Information & Broadcasting; and Electronics & Information Technology, GoI Shri Vinod Dham, Entrepreneur & Father of the Pentium Chip Prof. S. Sadagopan, Founder Director, IIIT-Bangalore Dr. Sridhar Mitta, Founder & MD, NextWealth Entrepreneurs Shri Raman Roy, CMD, Quatrro BPO Solutions MODERATOR :Pradeep Gupta, Chairman, CyberMedia Group
04:30 – 04:50 PM	Address by Guest of Honour Vinod Dham, Entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist, & Father of the Pentium Chip