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Tuesday, April 22
 

10:05am IST

Session III: Fireside Chat: The Big Shift: How Mature GCCs Are Reinventing for the Future
Tuesday April 22, 2025 10:05am - 10:35am IST
Hall 3
As industries evolve and disruption accelerates, established GCCs stand at a critical inflection point. Once built for efficiency, they are now expected to lead enterprise-wide reinvention, drive innovation at scale, and shape the future of global business. With AI, automation, and shifting industry dynamics redefining priorities, how are these GCCs evolving to stay ahead? This session unpacks the bold strategies, new operating models, and transformative shifts that will define the next era of GCC leadership.
Moderators
avatar for Rajesh Nambiar

Rajesh Nambiar

President, Nasscom
Rajesh Nambiar is the President of Nasscom since October 2024. With over three decades of rich experience in enterprise technologies, Mr. Nambiar is a veteran in the global technology landscape. He has played a pivotal role in driving digital transformations and building successful... Read More →
Speakers
avatar for Kalavathi G V

Kalavathi G V

Executive Director and Head - Global Development Center, Siemens Healthineers
Kala is the Executive Director and Head - Global Development Center (DC) of Siemens Healthineers. She spearheads DC, which is engaged in creating cutting-edge technology for precision health solutions. DC has operations in India and Slovakia, and DC India is the largest technology... Read More →
avatar for Vijayaraman J. Subramanian

Vijayaraman J. Subramanian

Vice President & Managing Director, Verizon India
Vijayaraman J. Subramanian (Vijay) is the Vice President & Managing Director for Verizon India, oneof the largest telecoms based Global Capability Centers (GCC) in the country. Vijay spearheads thecharter for transforming and evolving Verizon India as a strategic center, an innovation... Read More →
Tuesday April 22, 2025 10:05am - 10:35am IST
Hall 3
  Fireside Chat

10:35am IST

Session IV: Fireside Chat: Born in Disruption: How New-Age GCCs Are Redefining the Next Five Years
Tuesday April 22, 2025 10:35am - 11:05am IST
Hall 3
A new generation of GCCs is emerging - not as extensions, but as strategic nerve centres driving enterprise reinvention. Born in an era of AI acceleration, industry disruption, and shifting global priorities, these GCCs are moving beyond traditional mandates to lead high-value innovation, build next-gen capabilities, and influence core business strategy. This session explores how new-age GCCs are designing for agility, scaling impact faster, and setting the blueprint for the next five years of global enterprise evolution.
Moderators
avatar for Sindhu Gangadharan

Sindhu Gangadharan

SAP Labs India MD; Chairperson, Nasscom, SAP Labs India
Sindhu Gangadharan is among the leading voices in the world of technology today. Sindhu is widely regarded as the Technology Humanist – a title she earned for her deep-rooted belief in Technology and for leveraging Tech solutions for the benefit of the society at large.Sindhu holds... Read More →
Speakers
avatar for Akshay Sahni

Akshay Sahni

Country Head, Chevron India
avatar for Naveen Gullapalli

Naveen Gullapalli

Managing Director, Amgen India
Naveen Gullapalli is the Managing Director of Amgen India. He leads the Amgen India technology and innovation site in Hyderabad leveraging his extensive experience leading global operations and adjoining functions across the pharmaceutical, finance and technology industries. His deep... Read More →
Tuesday April 22, 2025 10:35am - 11:05am IST
Hall 3
  Fireside Chat

11:35am IST

Session V: Fireside Chat: Beyond $100 Billion: Will GCCs Redefine India’s Global Economic Leadership?
Tuesday April 22, 2025 11:35am - 12:00pm IST
Hall 3
As India aims for a $5 trillion economy, GCCs are set to play a pivotal role in reshaping its global economic leadership. Join us for an exclusive session on how GCCs can drive innovation, foster global partnerships, and push India beyond $100 billion in economic impact. The future of India's economic dominance starts here.
Moderators
avatar for Rajesh Nambiar

Rajesh Nambiar

President, Nasscom
Rajesh Nambiar is the President of Nasscom since October 2024. With over three decades of rich experience in enterprise technologies, Mr. Nambiar is a veteran in the global technology landscape. He has played a pivotal role in driving digital transformations and building successful... Read More →
Speakers
avatar for Prof V. Ramgopal Rao

Prof V. Ramgopal Rao

Vice Chancellor, BITS Pilani
Prof. V. Ramgopal Rao is the Group Vice-Chancellor of BITS Pilani, overseeing its campuses in Pilani, Hyderabad, Goa, Dubai, and Mumbai. Before joining BITS in 2023, he served as Director of IIT Delhi (2016-2021) and was a Chair Professor at both IIT Delhi and IIT Bombay.An internationally... Read More →
Tuesday April 22, 2025 11:35am - 12:00pm IST
Hall 3
  Fireside Chat

12:25pm IST

Session VII: Fireside Chat: From Execution to Influence: Can India Drive Global Decision-Making?
Tuesday April 22, 2025 12:25pm - 12:55pm IST
Hall 3
Global enterprises aren’t just expanding in India - they’re recalibrating around it. As industries navigate disruption, India’s GCCs, engineering hubs, and strategic talent are shifting from operational engines to the nerve centres of critical decision-making. This session deciphers how India is shaping high-impact strategies, driving enterprise reinvention, and positioning itself as the command centre of global business transformation.
Moderators
avatar for Anahita Tiwari

Anahita Tiwari

Managing Director, Morgan Stanley
Anahita Tiwari joined Morgan Stanley in September 2021 as Managing Director and Head of India Global Centers. She has a seat at the Global Wellbeing Board and is also on the Asia Diversity Council. She has championed diversity and inclusion initiatives in the region. Anahita has 29... Read More →
Speakers
avatar for Jay Doshi

Jay Doshi

MD, Corporate Units, Digital & India, BT Group
Jay is responsible for strategy, delivery and operations for BT Group’s Enterprise & Technology as well as transforming the Digital experience for 100,000+ colleagues. Jay plays a global role for BT based out of Bangalore. In addition to his role as MD, Jay leads BT’s Technology... Read More →
avatar for Sachin Kulkarni

Sachin Kulkarni

President, Global Services, Fiserv
Sachin is responsible for Global Services, the engineering and innovation center for Fiserv, which provides financial technology solutions to clients globally. As the Delivery Head for the Financial Institution Group at Global Services, Sachin focuses across the portfolio including... Read More →
Tuesday April 22, 2025 12:25pm - 12:55pm IST
Hall 3
  Fireside Chat

2:00pm IST

Track 1 | Technology (Hall 3) | Session 1A: Fireside Chat: The Great BFSI Rebuild: Can Cloud, AI & Data Reinvent Financial Services?
Tuesday April 22, 2025 2:00pm - 2:30pm IST
Hall 3
The BFSI sector is at a crossroads, legacy systems can’t keep pace with the demands of a digital-first economy. As cloud, AI, and data converge, financial services are being reimagined for speed, security, and hyper-personalization. But can enterprises move beyond incremental change to full-scale reinvention? This session decodes how BFSI leaders are leveraging technology to drive resilience, unlock new revenue streams, and redefine the future of finance.
Moderators
avatar for Shyam Gopalkrishnan

Shyam Gopalkrishnan

Global Head of Corporate Risk Strategy & Transformation And Head of Corporate Risk - India and the Philippines Region, Wells Fargo & Company
Shyam leads Global Corporate Risk Strategy & Transformation and is the head of Corporate Risk for India and the Philippines region. He joined Wells Fargo in 2020. With extensive financial industry experience, Shyam has held leadership roles at Deutsche Bank and Bank of America. At... Read More →
Speakers
avatar for Oindrila Majumdar

Oindrila Majumdar

CEO, TIAA Global Capabilities
Oindrila Majumdar is the Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer at TIAA Global Capabilities (TIAA GC). She joined the firm in 2018. Oindrila played an instrumental role in setting up and leading key Client Services and Technology capabilities across Retirement Services... Read More →
avatar for Sudish Panicker

Sudish Panicker

Global Head of Accounting, Operations and Site Executive, BNY India
Tuesday April 22, 2025 2:00pm - 2:30pm IST
Hall 3
  Fireside Chat

2:30pm IST

Track 1 | Technology (Hall 3) | Session 2A: Fireside Chat: AI in Action: What’s Working, What’s Not, and What’s Next?
Tuesday April 22, 2025 2:30pm - 3:10pm IST
Hall 3
As AI becomes the backbone of enterprise strategy, GCCs are the architects of AI-driven transformation. But while some are shaping the future with scalable AI solutions, others remain stuck in pilot mode. What sets them apart? This session unpacks the most impactful AI use cases, the roadblocks to scaling, and the blueprint for GCCs to lead the next wave of AI-powered innovation, driving not just efficiency, but global competitive advantage.
Moderators
avatar for Ankit Bose

Ankit Bose

Head of AI, Nasscom
Speakers
avatar for Paranth Thiruvengadam

Paranth Thiruvengadam

Head of Engineering & India Site Leader, Atlassian
Paranth is a distinguished figure in the tech industry, currently serving as Site Leader and Head of Technology at Atlassian India. In this role, he oversees critical responsibilities for managing the IT Service management product suite globally. Prior to this, Paranth excelled as... Read More →
avatar for Praveen Maddali

Praveen Maddali

Head of Content Systems Development, Enterprise Data Organization, S&P Global
Praveen Maddali is an accomplished IT professional with over 25 years of extensive experience in the fintech industry, specializing in designing and developing cutting-edge products.In his current role, Praveen focuses on developing nextvgeneration data extraction systems that utilize... Read More →
Tuesday April 22, 2025 2:30pm - 3:10pm IST
Hall 3
  Fireside Chat

4:30pm IST

Session IX: Fireside Chat: The Great Mobility Convergence: When AI, 5G, and IoT Redefine Transportation
Tuesday April 22, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm IST
Hall 3
The roads are thinking, vehicles are deciding, and mobility is evolving beyond human intervention. As AI orchestrates real-time decisions, 5G enables instantaneous communication, and IoT turns infrastructure into a living network, transportation is transforming from a system of movement to an ecosystem of intelligence. This session unpacks how this convergence is rewriting the rules of speed, safety, and sustainability - driving us toward a future where mobility is not just smart, but sentient.
Moderators
avatar for Lalitha Indrakanti

Lalitha Indrakanti

CEO, Jaguar Land Rover Technology & Business Services India
An accomplished business leader with global experience spanning ~28 years, Lalitha’s professional career has centered on strategic delivery of Consulting, Advisory, IT services, Digital Transformations and Global Capability Centers, having worked at companies like IBM and SAP. Her... Read More →
Speakers
avatar for Ashish Dugar

Ashish Dugar

Managing Director, MAN Truck & Bus India Pvt. Ltd.
Ashish Dugar is master's in automotive engineering from RWTH Aachen University, Germany and EMBA from Quantic School of Business. He is in the Automotive domain from last 14+ years with extensive experience in Product Development and Management. He has international experience of... Read More →
avatar for Manikandan Thangarathnam

Manikandan Thangarathnam

Senior Director, Engineering, Uber
Manikandan has more than 25 years of experience in the tech industry. He started his Software career at Microsoft (7 yrs), spent the last 14 years at Amazon and last 5 yrs at Uber. At Microsoft, he worked on Outlook, Windows Server, and SQL Server. At Amazon, he worked on a diverse... Read More →
Tuesday April 22, 2025 4:30pm - 4:55pm IST
Hall 3
  Fireside Chat

5:20pm IST

Session XI: Fireside Chat: Rewriting the Rules: What If Leadership Meant Breaking Everything That Works?
Tuesday April 22, 2025 5:20pm - 5:45pm IST
Hall 3
What if the biggest threat to your success is what’s already working? In a world where disruption moves faster than strategy, great leaders don’t just adapt, they dismantle, rethink, and rebuild before they’re forced to. This session dives into the bold, uncomfortable, and game-changing choices that separate leaders from followers. Are you ready to break what’s working today to build what’s unstoppable tomorrow?
Moderators
avatar for Amit Kalra

Amit Kalra

Head GBS, Swiss Re Global Business Solutions India Private Limited
As Managing Director at Swiss Re group, Amit Kalra has more than 20 years of global leadership experience in financial services industry. He leads Swiss Re's Global Business Solutions division, which offers groupwide capabilities of Global Procurement, Digital Services for employees... Read More →
Speakers
avatar for Praveen Kumar

Praveen Kumar

CEO, Barclays Global Service Centre India
avatar for Rajat Raheja

Rajat Raheja

Division President, Amdocs
Rajat leads the Global Operations of Amdocs consisting of 80+ sites across geographies. He is responsible for driving organization’s global site strategy and ensuring seamless operations of workplaces. Additionally, Rajat is the Division President of Amdocs India. In his role, he... Read More →
Tuesday April 22, 2025 5:20pm - 5:45pm IST
Hall 3
  Fireside Chat
 
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