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He is currently in charge of digital transformation, expanding new services, a global capability centre, sustainability, special initiatives, corporate strategy, and a holistic transformation of the entire business value stream. He has spearheaded various major digital initiatives across enterprises with extensive experience in digital transformation and flair for unconventional approach to inspire transformation in IT.

Chulanga Perera

Chief Transformation Officer & Head of Strategy,

Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Pvt. Ltd.

With over 25 years of experience in domestic and global organizations spanning Financial Services, Investment Management, and Manufacturing, he has been instrumental in establishing and improving the overall technology landscape, systems and processes, and risk management best practices. His portfolio includes startup, merger and acquisition, and the development of a robust and scalable operating model as well as capabilities to support organic and inorganic business growth.

Prashant Thakkar

COOT,

LIC Mutual Fund Asset Management Ltd

He is the Chief Information Officer of Airtel Payments Bank, where he is in charge of product design and delivery strategy and plans, as well as ensuring product and IT system operational stability. Pinak has more than two decades of engineering leadership and applied research experience in developing software products that provide end users with a frictionless, responsive, and personalised experience. In the fields of machine learning and natural language processing, he has fourteen patents granted by the US Patent Office.

PINAK CHAKRABORTY

Chief Information Officer ,

Airtel Payments Bank

Juhi Singh is the Head of Global Digital Center of Excellence at Marico Limited. She is a published author, award-winning, data-driven, digital consumer marketing and strategy professional with global experience in markets such as India, APAC (Vietnam, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Bangladesh), the United States, Canada, Europe, and Africa, as well as diverse sectors in start-up and large-scale formats in Beauty, Fashion, Ecommerce, Grocery, and EdTech businesses.

Juhi Singh

Head of Global Digital Center of Excellence,

Marico Limited

Ninad Raje is a visionary senior leadership specialist in Healthcare, Insurance, Information Technology, and Financial Services with extensive knowledge and 23+ years of experience in successfully leading large enterprises and developing organizations exponentially through radical innovation.

Ninad Raje

Director & CIO,

Health Assure

Souma has over 30 years of experience and has held various senior management and executive leadership roles in software and services companies in India. He is a transformational leader who has developed strong high-performance teams focusing on best practices and attaining hypergrowth, with a distinguished track record of driving sales success for several MNC IT firms.

Souma Das

Managing Director,

Alteryx India

Dr. Seema is the Chief Data Scientist/Technical Fellow at Boeing Research and Technology in India, and has been recognized as a member of the Boeing Technical Fellowship, becoming Boeing India's first 'Technical Fellow' for Artificial Intelligence and the first outside the United States. She has 18 patents, 8 trade secrets, over 35 publications in various International/National journals and conferences, and numerous awards for her leadership and technical expertise.

Dr. Seema Chopra

Chief Data Scientist,

Boeing

He has 14+ years of experience in Senior Data and Technology Leadership positions spanning multiple domains and geographies, with extensive expertise in Advanced Analytics and Product management, Strategy, Product development, and Marketing. In recognition of his scientific and industry contributions to the field of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, he was named one of the Top 40 under 40 Data Scientists in India and one of the Top 100 Analytics leaders in APAC.

Ritesh Srivastava

Chief Data Scientist ,

BharatPe

A technologist with more than 20 years of extensive experience, primarily in data management and analytics, his understanding of customers' business challenges and evangelizing cutting-edge technologies, individualized solutions, and innovative architecture approaches around these needs have resulted in successful implementations of enterprise solutions for his customers and growth for the organizations.

Shanmuga Sunthar

Director, Architecture & Chief Evangelist,

Denodo APAC

An innovation and technology leader with 16+ years of experience in digital and tech transformation across industries to deliver value at scale. Surbhi has vast experience in establishing solid tech, data, and digital foundations and has worked for prestigious companies like Cognizant, Unilever, ACC, and Ambuja.

Surbhi Gupta

Head - Digital,

ACC

Mallika is a seasoned AI Leader and researcher who has vast experience in the field of AI across a variety of technologies such as Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Recommender Systems, and Conversational AI. She has 19+ years of experience working in Data Analytics, Data Science, and AI with Consulting, Technology, and Finance firms such as Citi, Accenture, Deloitte, PwC, and JP Morgan.

Mallika Haria

SVP - AI SME & Lead,

Citi

He has over 25 years of clinical, information technology, and data science experience in areas such as general surgery, clinical information systems, healthcare IT, and data analytics. His recent engagement has been at the interface of clinical domain with information systems design and machine learning techniques, with earlier stints spanning Bioscience & Health Informatics, Enterprise IT Management, Project Management and Surgical Practice.

Dr. Dinesh Jain

VP & Head Clinical Data Analytics,

Max Healthcare

An experienced Digital Transformation, Process Excellence, and Analytics Professional with extensive experience in the Service and Manufacturing industries, with a focus on customer-centric themes, process improvements, digitization programmes, and developing digital-led business models to drive customer engagement and revenue generation.

Ashwin Kalamkar

Head of Analytics - COE,

Biocon

Chiranjoy is a Data, Analytics, and AI practitioner with 13 years of experience assisting large corporations in making strategic, data-driven decisions for better business outcomes. He is currently the Chief of Data Science and Analytics at Pidilite Industries, where he is responsible for building and driving the organization's data, analytics, and AI agenda across all businesses and functions.

Chiranjoy Chowdhuri

Chief Data and Analytics Officer,

Pidilite Industries Limited

Seasoned IT professional with 19 years of experience in delivering successful engagements in Enterprise Applications, Cloud Computing, and Intelligent Automation, offering a balanced mix of technology consulting and end user development experience with insightful, result-driven notable success.

Sushil Pathak

Head - Intelligent Process Automation Global CoE,

Reckitt

Anand has over two decades of technology and AI leadership experience in a various industries including retail, e-commerce, automotive, medical devices, and manufacturing. He is passionate about addressing real-world challenges with scalable technology and AI.

Anand Das

Head of Digital & AI,

TVS Motors

Nilotpal Gupta is the Head of Data Science at ICICI Securities. With over 20 years of industry experience in Data Engineering, Data Management, Data Visualization, Retrospective/Predictive Analytics, and Consulting, he has led large scale Analytics/Data Transformation Projects in the BFSI sector and worked with customers in multiple geographies such as the United States, Europe, and Asia Pacific.

Nilotpal Gupta

Head of Data Science,

ICICI Securities

Samarendra has over 20 years of experience in building IT solutions for leading businesses with expertise in IT & Business IT strategy, Automation (RPA), AI/ML, Business Analytics, Cloud, IOT, SAAS, Operations, Project Management, Business Development, Entrepreneurship and IT infrastructure.

SAMARENDRA MOHANTY

Business Intelligence Head,

FedEx Express

Experienced Digital Business practitioner with large scale P&L management for Wealth / Mutual Fund businesses, cutting edge Product innovation, core strategy creation, and sales management in a career spanning 20 years across diverse industries like Telecom, Banking, and Pharmaceuticals.

Amit Purohit

VP & Head Of Digital,

Aditya Birla Mutual Funds Ltd

Currently, Bhargab is Colgate Palmolive India Ltd.'s Director of Digital and Analytics Center of Excellence. Prior to this, he played a significant role in developing and leading numerous Data Analytics programmes and initiatives in multinational corporations. In addition to receiving many awards, he has authored numerous technical publications.

Bhargab Dutta

Head of Digital and Analytics CoE,

Colgate Palmolive India Ltd

He has over a decade of experience in building large-scale high-performance systems and has worked in the e-commerce industry in various technology leadership roles across different domains such as comparison shopping, travel, and marketplaces, as well as managing teams in Website Operations, Security Operations, and Big Data. Piyush currently manages important strategic efforts in data services/products for personalization, customer segmentation, and effective customer engagement in his present capacity.

Piyush Kumar

VP & Head - Data Platform Engineering,

MakeMyTrip