Dataquest leadership Concalve

India is a top global market offering many opportunities with 1.3 billion citizens, a rising middle class, and an economic growth rate of over 7 percent.

Dataquest is coming up with 30th edition ICT Business Awards & Conference. The aim of the conference is to focus on the government policy framework, enterprises focus, ICT market focus and the technology adoption with-respect-to the current market scenarios and their strategies towards the consumer market, B2B and B2C. The discussion will also focus on the India’s cybersecurity market, e-Commerce and digital payments, Healthcare IT, especially cloud-based solutions and remote diagnostics and telemedicine solutions, Emerging technologies like AI, Blockchain, Industrial automation including IoT and Industry 4.0.

Also, to highlight, Dataquest will be celebrating its 40 Years from December 2022 – November 2023. It will be mega celebration at the ICT Business Awards & Conference, where-in the industry leaders, visionaries, leading CXO’s will be sharing their valuable insights, their tech journey and their forecast for the India’s tech-led industry. They will also discuss how India will neutralize the much-touted recession; much hyped word coined by the capitalist world. They will showcase the world the ways and methods to control the recession.

Speakers

Lt Gen. (Dr) Rajesh Pant

National Cyber Security Coordinator
Prime Minister’s Office
Government of India

Salil Parekh

CEO, Infosys

Dilip Asbe

CEO & MD, NPCI

Harish Mehta

Fmr Chairman, NASSCOM

Sanjay Nayak

CEO & MD, Tejas Networks

Sanjeev Bikhchandani

Founder & Executive, Vice Chairman, Info Edge

Ashank Desai

Principal Founder & Former Chairman, Mastek

Ajai Chowdhry

Founder HCL, Chairman, EPIC Foundation

CP Gurnani

MD & CEO, Tech Mahindra

Saurabh Srivastava

Co-Founder, NASSCOM

Arun Seth

Board Member, Jubilant Pharmova

Sharad Sharma

Co-Founder, iSPIRT Foundation

V Srinivasa Rao (VSR)

Chairman & MD, BT&BT

Shashank Srivastava

Executive Director, Maruti Suzuki

Sharad Kumar Agarwal

CDIO, JK Tyre

Arun Karna

Managing Director & CEO
AT&T Global Network Services India

Vivek Upman

Enterprise Lead - South Asia
Seagate Technologies

Prof. Ranjan Bose

Director, IIIT-Delhi

Dr Chander Shekhar Devra

CIO, SRF

Anil Kuril

CIO, Union Bank of India

Gokulavan Jayaraman

Information Security Head,Lumina Datamatics

Shajy Thomas

CIO, Technicolour

Sunil David

Independent Consultant – Manufacturing and Process Control Practice, Frost and Sullivan India

Vishal Kanvaty

CTO, NPCI

Amit Kumar Anand

CTO Enterprise Solution, Nokia India

Deepali Naair

Group CMO, CK Birla Group.

Sandeep Jamdagni

Head IT&IS, Ashiana Housing Limited

Badar Afaq

VP & Head IT, Antara Senior Living Ltd (Max group)

Atul Bansal

Group Head, CIO/VP IT,Gateway Distriparks

Pradeep Gupta

Chairman, CyberMedia Group

Shubhendu Parth

Editor, Voice&Data

Sunil Rajguru

Editor, Dataquest, PCQuest, CiOL

Minu Sirsalewala

Executive editor, CyberMedia Group

Prabhu Ram

Head – Industry Intelligence Group, CyberMedia Research

Program

Time	Sessions
09:30 – 10:00 AM	Registrations & Welcome Tea
10:00 – 10:05 AM	Welcome Note Sunil Rajguru, Editor, Dataquest, PCQuest & CiOL Watch on Demand
10:05 – 10:10 AM	Opening Note Pradeep Gupta, Chairman, CyberMedia Group Watch on Demand
10:10 – 10:20 AM	Bharat 2047: Picturing a Future as a Superpower V Srinivasa Rao (VSR), Chairman & MD, BT&BT Watch on Demand
10:20 – 10:40 AM Fireside Chat	India2047 Agenda: Transforming the Tech World Saurabh Srivastava, Co-Founder, NASSCOM, Founder Indian Angel Network Ajai Chowdhry, Founder HCL & EPIC Foundation Moderated by Pradeep Gupta, Chairman, CyberMedia Group
10:40 – 11:25 AM Panel discussion	Building the next-gen AI powered enterprise Dr Chander Shekhar Devra, CIO, SRF Shri Anil Kuril, CIO, Union Bank of India V Srinivasa Rao (VSR), Chairman & MD, BT&BT Gokulavan Jayaraman, Information Security Head, Lumina Datamatics Moderated by Sunil Rajguru, Editor, Dataquest, PCQuest & CiOL
11:25 – 11:50 AM Fireside Chat	India: Transformers for the world Sharad Sharma, Co-Founder iSPIRT Foundation Arun Seth, Board Member, Jubilant Pharmova Limited
11:50 – 12:35 PM Panel Discussion	Discover, digitize, transform and grow your business. Deepali Naair,Group CMO, CK Birla Group. Arun Karna, MD & CEO, AT&T Global Network Services India Private Ltd Moderated by Prabhu Ram, AVP - IRG, CyberMedia
12:35 – 01:15 PM	Industry Keynote: Building Petabytes of Storage - Secure, Scalable & Economical Vivek Upman, Enterprise Lead - South Asia, Seagate Technologies Panel Discussion: Transform your enterprise with Smart Cloud strategies. Shajy Thomas, CIO, Technicolour Sandeep Jamdagni, Head IT&IS, Ashiana Housing Limited Badar Afaq, VP & Head Information Technology, Antara Senior Living Ltd - Max group Atul Bansal Group Head, CIO/VP IT - Gateway Distriparks Moderated by Minu Sirsalewala, Executive editor, CyberMedia Group
01:15 – 02:15 PM	Networking Lunch
02:15 – 03:00 PM Panel Discussion	Industry 4.0: Changing the landscape with Deep Tech Amit Kumar Anand, CTO Enterprise Solution, Nokia India Sharad Kumar Agarwal, CDIO, JK Tyre Sunil David, Independent Consultant – Manufacturing and Process Control Practice, Frost and Sullivan India Moderated by Shubhendu Parth, Editor, Voice&Data
03:00 – 03:30 PM	Dataquest Digital Leader Awards
03:30 – 04:15 PM Panel Discussion	Revolutionising Indian Banking & Fintech Ecosystem Ambuj Bhalla, CISO, Bharat Pe Vishal Kanvaty, CTO, NPCI Moderated by Sunil Rajguru, Editor, Dataquest, PCQuest and CiOL
04:15 – 05:00 PM Fireside Chat	: India 2047 – Next 25 Years of Indian ICT industry Sanjeev Bikhchandani, Founder & Executive Vice Chairman, Info Edge CP Gurnani, MD & CEO, Tech Mahindra Moderated by Ibrahim Ahmad, Consulting Editor, CyberMedia
05:00 – 05:30 PM	Thank you note followed by Networking tea.

ICT Business Awards Evening – Agenda

Time	Sessions
05:00 – 05:30 PM	Welcome & Networking tea
05:30 – 06:20 PM	Dataquest 40years milestones Pradeep Gupta, Chairman, CyberMedia Group Felicitation of Jury members Jury Chair Address Ashank Desai, Founder & Former Chairman, Mastek [Jury Chair] Unveiling of the Vision Document Lt General (Dr) Rajesh Pant, National Cyber Security Coordinator, Prime Minister’s Office, Government of India Guest of Honor Address Lt General (Dr) Rajesh Pant, National Cyber Security Coordinator, Prime Minister’s Office, Government of India
06:20 – 07:00 PM Fireside Chat	India Stack and Skill India making India a tech powerhouse. Salil Parekh, CEO, Infosys Dilip Asbe, CEO-MD, NPCI Harish Mehta, ex-Chairman NASSCOM Sanjay Nayak, MD, Tejas Networks Moderated by Pradeep Gupta, Chairman, CyberMedia Group
07:00 – 07:30 PM	30th edition Dataquest Jury Awards Lifetime Achievement Award - Harish Mehta, ex-Chairman, NASSCOM IT Person of the Year - Salil Parekh, CEO, Infosys Pathbreaker of the year – Tejas Network AtamaNirbhar Bharat Champion – National Payments Corporation of India
07:30 – 07:40 PM	Thank you note and Closing remark. Rachna Garga, Sr. VP & Group Head, CyberMedia Group
07:40 PM Onwards	Onwards Networking over Cocktail Dinner