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An invite-only evening celebrating India's top CXOs: keynotes, peer conversations, partner showcases, and recognition for leaders defining what's next.

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28
MAY
2026
6:00 PM Open Networking
6:30 PM Keynote
6:50 PM Global Workshops & Awards
9:00 PM Dinner ✦
Top 1% Awards
Top 1% Awards
Leaders Recognition Night
Trident, BKC · Mumbai
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✦ Seen in the Room

Leaders In the Room

CXOs seen in the room — India's top technology and business leaders, gathered for an evening of candid conversation.

SSai Krishna
Sai Krishna
IT Advisor
Govt of Telangana
✦ Chief Guest
SSukhvinder Kaur
Sukhvinder Kaur
Deputy Managing Director
State Bank of India
RRam Mohan Rao
Ram Mohan Rao
Executive Director - Market Intermediaries Regulation and Supervision Department
SEBI
LLudwig Heinzelmann
Ludwig Heinzelmann
Head of Deutsche Boerse India & Board Member
Deutsche Börse
RRitesh Pai
Ritesh Pai
CEO - International Payments
PhonePe
AAlok Aggarwal
Alok Aggarwal
Chief Executive Officer
Muthoot Homefin (India) Limited
JJude Gomes
Jude Gomes
Managing Director & CEO
Ageas Federal Life Insurance
PPriyam Alok
Priyam Alok
Deputy Managing Director
Saraswat Bank
VVishal Gupta
Vishal Gupta
CTO
National Securities Depository Limited
MMadhusudan Warrier
Madhusudan Warrier
CTO
Mirae Asset Sharekhan
NNishant Pradhan
Nishant Pradhan
Chief AI Officer
Mirae Asset Investment Managers
DDeepesh Gosavi
Deepesh Gosavi
CTO
Canara Robeco Asset Management Co. Ltd.
RRohit Kilam
Rohit Kilam
CTO
HDFC Life
HHardik Sanghavi
Hardik Sanghavi
CTO
IIFL Capital Services Limited
SSumeet Aggarwal
Sumeet Aggarwal
CTO
ManipalCigna Health Insurance
VVinodhkumar C
Vinodhkumar C
CTO
Muthoottu MCRED Limited
SSuresh Surendranathan
Suresh Surendranathan
CTO
Chola MS General Insurance
RRanjan Kumar Barua
Ranjan Kumar Barua
CTO
Monedo Financial Services Private Limited
NNikhil Bhushan
Nikhil Bhushan
CTO
Tata Starbucks
RRahul Tomar
Rahul Tomar
CTO
Shriram Life Insurance
JJagdish Narayanan
Jagdish Narayanan
CTO
Equifax India
PPankaj Kumar
Pankaj Kumar
CTO
Cent Bank Housing Finance (Central Bank Of India Subsidiary)
GGali Kishorebabu
Gali Kishorebabu
CTO
Hitachi Payment Services
AAtul Garg
Atul Garg
CTO
SIDBI
VVikram Jain
Vikram Jain
CTO
Universal Sompo General Insurance
SSrikant Appana
Srikant Appana
CTO and Digital
Bajaj Credit Limited
SShuchi Mahajan
Shuchi Mahajan
Senior Vice President II - Head Fraud Prevention Analytics & Customer Awareness
HDFC Bank
AAvinash Yadav
Avinash Yadav
CIO
Spandana Sphoorty Financial Limited
AAbhijeet Bhattacharjee
Abhijeet Bhattacharjee
CIO
Utkarsh Small Finance Bank
PPinaki Halder
Pinaki Halder
CIO
Bandhan Bank
HHemal Savla
Hemal Savla
CIO
Shalina Healthcare
DDipak Rout
Dipak Rout
CIO
Arihant Capital Markets
MMrinmoy Jana
Mrinmoy Jana
CISO
Zuno General Insurance Limited
MMahesh Khisti
Mahesh Khisti
CISO
United Overseas Bank
SSudhanshu Rana
Sudhanshu Rana
CISO
DEXIT Global Limited
PPadmabhushan Bahadure
Padmabhushan Bahadure
CISO
NUCFDC
SSameer Khakhar
Sameer Khakhar
CISO
Shriram Finance Ltd
SSuresh Sharma
Suresh Sharma
Group CISO
Motilal Oswal Financial Service
SShrikant Iyer
Shrikant Iyer
CISO
Aditya Birla Health Insurance Company
SSandesh Kapdekar
Sandesh Kapdekar
CISO
Bank Of Bahrain And Kuwait
DDinesh Kamble
Dinesh Kamble
CISO
RBL Bank
SSanjay Jaiswal
Sanjay Jaiswal
CISO
Nuvama Wealth Investment
BBhagwatiprasad Dubey
Bhagwatiprasad Dubey
CISO
Tata Capital Housing Finance Ltd
K
Kalpesh Doshi
CISO
HDFC LIFE
A
AMBARISH KUMAR SINGH
CISO
Godrej Enterprises Group
R
Rakesh Singh
Operating Partner - Financial Services
Paytm
VVinamra Vikram Vishen
Vinamra Vikram Vishen
CDO
Kotak AMC
SSushil Ostwal
Sushil Ostwal
CDO
BSE India
BBinit Jha
Binit Jha
CDO
IDBI Bank
SSuman Guha
Suman Guha
CDO
Croma
VVinod Bhat
Vinod Bhat
CDO
Tata AutoComp Systems Ltd.
RRitesh Patel
Ritesh Patel
CRO
Sharekhan Limited
VVijay Subramanian R
Vijay Subramanian R
CRO
Veritas Finance Ltd
SSunil Kapoor
Sunil Kapoor
CRO
Carnelian Asset Management And Advisors
VVijay Rajagopal
Vijay Rajagopal
Head - BFSI & Fintech GTM
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
DDivyesh Dagli
Divyesh Dagli
Head Central BI Data & Analytics
Mahindra Finance
JJasdeep Singh Kaler
Jasdeep Singh Kaler
Head - Innovation & Software Development
YES Bank
AAjay Kumar Kanth
Ajay Kumar Kanth
Head - Fraud Risk
Aditya Birla Capital Limited
DDr. A Shiju Rawther
Dr. A Shiju Rawther
CITO
Care Ratings Limited
S
Srikant Paripelley
VP IT
Stock Holding Corporation Of India Limited
N
Navratan Bohra
VP - Digital Initiatives
Anand Rathi Shares & Stock Brokers Ltd
DDr. Sameer Siyal
Dr. Sameer Siyal
Global Digital & Technology Head
Aramex India Pvt. Ltd.
SSuvayu K Chakraborty
Suvayu K Chakraborty
National Head - Business Transformation & Strategy
Tata Capital
S
Saugat Dutta
Director Technology
DP World
AAdv. Aditya Goenka
Adv. Aditya Goenka
Chief Legal and Compliance Officer
YES Bank
SSachindra Kumar Rai
Sachindra Kumar Rai
CCO & Chief Ethics Officer
NaBFID
P
Paraag G. Doshi
Head of IT
Polycab India
DDebashish Roy
Debashish Roy
Chief Digital Transformation Officer
CEAT Limited
RRohith Chintawar
Rohith Chintawar
Chief Digital & Information Officer
H & R Johnson (India) - Prism Johnson Limited
JJignesh Wara
Jignesh Wara
AVP
BOBCard
AAkanksha Garg
Akanksha Garg
Data Protection Officer & Head Digital Products PMO
HDFC Securities
AAkhil Sharma
Akhil Sharma
Engineering Leader
Entain India
NNaga Sandeep Grandhi
Naga Sandeep Grandhi
Product Leader
BigBasket
GGyanchand Khater
Gyanchand Khater
Associate Director – Engineering (AI Data & Analytics)
GEP Worldwide
LLester Fernandes
Lester Fernandes
Senior Vice President Information Technology
HDFC Bank
VVirat Sunil Diwanji
Virat Sunil Diwanji
National Head - Consumer Bank
Federal Bank
D
Dr. Shabbir Badra
VP - IT & Security
Apraava Energy
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✦ The room keeps filling — more names joining closer to the conversation
About The Conversation

An Evening Built for
People Who Lead

The Leadership Excellence Forum is not a conference. There are no endless panels, no badge-scanning booths, no hollow keynotes. It's a curated evening for the top 1% of India's technology and business leadership, where real conversations happen over dinner.

We bring together CXOs from India's most important enterprises alongside the technology companies building the infrastructure of the next decade, for an evening of candid exchange, peer recognition, and connection that actually matters.

100+
CXO Attendees
8
Partner Brands
3h
Curated Evening
🎤
Keynote Conversation
🏆
Leader Recognition
🥂
Dinner & Drinks
🤝
Partner Showcases
Partners

Presented by Industry Leaders

"Securing Every Line of Software You Ship"

Sonatype is the software supply chain security company helping engineering and security leaders find and fix open source risk before it becomes a breach. Trusted by 2,000+ of the world's most demanding organizations.

12M+
OSS components scanned daily
2,000+
Enterprise customers
Sonatype leadership on stage for the keynote.

"AI-Native Database Built For Mission Critical Apps"

YugabyteDB is the distributed SQL database powering mission-critical applications at global scale 100% PostgreSQL-compatible, cloud-native, and designed for the resilience modern enterprises demand.

4x
Faster than legacy DBs
99.999%
Uptime SLA
Yugabyte Leadership Joining.

"Resolution Intelligence for the Modern SOC"

Netenrich is an operations intelligence platform that transforms raw security and operational data into actionable resolution intelligence — helping security and IT leaders reduce MTTR, eliminate alert fatigue, and build resilient, AI-driven SOCs.

1,000+
Enterprise customers
10B+
Events processed daily
Netenrich leadership in the room for security and SOC conversations.

"Resilience, Intelligence & Scale Where It Matters Most"

Technoidentity is a Durable Product Engineering™ company building mission-critical AI and software systems for enterprises in banking, insurance, and capital markets. As Temporal's largest capability partner, Technoidentity helps regulated enterprises modernize the workflows their businesses depend on — payments, claims, settlements, KYC, and the agentic AI that increasingly orchestrates them. The firm is pioneering Durable Agents: AI agents engineered to survive crashes, restarts, and tool failures, so enterprises can trust them in production, not just demos.

Durable
Product Engineering™
5D
Digital Twin solutions
TechnoIdentity leadership in the room for enterprise engineering and AI conversations.

"Autonomous AI Agents for Enterprise Support"

SearchUnify is an enterprise agentic AI platform that deploys autonomous AI agents to transform customer support operations — resolving issues, optimizing workflows, and delivering measurable CX outcomes. With proprietary SearchUnifyFRAG™ technology and a suite of specialized agents, they help enterprises unify fragmented data and accelerate resolution while cutting operational costs. Recognized by IDC, Forrester, and G2 as a leader for six consecutive years.

98%
Self-service resolution rate
G2
Leader 6 years running
SearchUnify leadership in the room for AI-driven support and knowledge management conversations.

"The Data Activation Layer for the AI Era"

DataOS by The Modern Data Company is a data management platform that layers over existing infrastructure to activate enterprise data at scale — enabling AI-ready data products with built-in governance, context, and semantic meaning, without ripping and replacing what you have.

8x
Faster data activation
50%
Lower data costs
The Modern Data Company team in the room for data strategy conversations.

"Cloud. Software. Built to Scale."

AppSquadz is a globally recognized IT consulting and software development company and AWS Advanced Consulting Partner. With 12+ years of experience across 30+ countries, they help enterprises migrate to cloud, build custom software, and embed cybersecurity and AI into their digital transformation journey.

1,200+
Projects delivered
92%
Client retention rate
AppSquadz leadership in the room for cloud and digital transformation conversations.

"India's Voice of Business & Technology Leadership"

Financial Express is India's premier financial and technology media brand bringing editorial credibility, executive reach, and 150+ years of journalism authority to the conversation around enterprise leadership.

20M+
Monthly readers
150+
Years of authority
Attendees featured in Financial Express post-forum coverage.
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