CIO Summit India

11 Mar – 13 Mar 2027 Jaipur, India
CIO Summit India

CIO Summit India

The CIO Shift 2027

Resilience, Risk, and Reinvention

11 Mar – 13 Mar 2027 Jaipur, India

India’s technology leaders are entering a defining phase of enterprise transformation. AI
is moving beyond experimentation into business operations, while cloud, data,
cybersecurity, and digital infrastructure are becoming the foundation for long-term
growth. As technology becomes central to business strategy, the CIO’s role is expanding
beyond IT to shape enterprise-wide transformation. IDC predicts that by 2027, 40% of
India’s IT leaders will emerge as business leaders, aligning people, operations, and
business models with digital technologies.​

Event Themes​

Reinventing with AI​

From GenAI-poweredcworkflows toagentic-ledcbusinessmodels​

 

Future Tech Frontiers​

How quantum, space tech,and physical AI willredefine industries​

 

Digital Sovereignty atScale​

Sovereign cloud, the DPDPAct, and the IndiaAIMission​

 

AI-Ready & SovereignInfra ​

Inference-ready compute,edge platforms, and AI-ready data centers​

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Trust and CyberResilience​

From risk governance tooperational resilience in theagentic enterprise​

 

Observability, AIOpsand FinOps​

Full-stack visibility, AIOps,and the true cost ofrunning agents.​

 

Data and AIGovernance​

Turning data and AIaccountability into acompetitive advantage​

 

Leadership and the Futureof Work​

AI-human collaboration,agentic workflows, and thenew leadership mandate forthe autonomous enterprise​

 

Get Ready to be Inspired: Announcing our Keynote Speaker

9:45 am

IDC Opening Keynote: The Rise of the Transformational CIO

By 2027, 40% of India’s IT leaders will step up as business leaders; IDC opens with the mandate, data, and playbook redefining the India CIO.

Sakshi Grover | IDC

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Sakshi Grover

IDC India Advisory Council 2026

Amal Krishna

Amal Krishna

Chief Digital and Technology Officer and CISO

ONGC

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Kayzad Hiramanek

Kayzad Hiramanek

Chief Operating Officer

Edelweiss Life Insurance

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Mansi Thapar

Mansi Thapar

Global Head-Cyber Security & Infra

Apollo Tyres Ltd

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Neeti Wahi

Neeti Wahi

Chief Digital & Information Officer

Indus Towers

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Gaurav Duggal

Gaurav Duggal

Senior Vice President – IT & Security

Jio Platforms Limited

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Avinash Tiwari

Avinash Tiwari

Chief Information Security officer

Pidilite Industries Limited

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Mehjabeen Taj Aalam

Mehjabeen Taj Aalam

Chief Digital & Information Officer

Raychem RPG

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Unique Kumar

Unique Kumar

Group Chief Information & Security Officer

CK Birla Group

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Yogendra Singh

Yogendra Singh

CIO/CTO/Head of IT/SAP

Barista Coffee Company Limited

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Basant Chaturvedi

Basant Chaturvedi

Regional Information Technology Director

Perfetti Van Melle

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Braj Panda

Braj Panda

CIO, Emerging Markets & Global Head of Digital

Dr Reddy's Laboratories

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Himanshu Pant

Himanshu Pant

Chief Digital Officer

Adani Group

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Chitti Babu

Chitti Babu

Group CIO

Aurobindo Pharma

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Dr. Jagannath Sahoo

Dr. Jagannath Sahoo

Chief Information Security Officer

Gujarat Fluorochemicals Limited

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Amit Pradhan

Amit Pradhan

Vice President – IT & CIO

Dixon Technologies India Limited

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Prasad Tripurari

Prasad Tripurari

Chief Technology Officer

Ramoji Group

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Ashok Tiwari

Ashok Tiwari

Chief Information Officer

Finolex Cables Ltd

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Diptesh Patel

Diptesh Patel

President, Chief Digital & Information Officer

Cadila Pharmaceuticals Limited

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Rucha Nanavati

Rucha Nanavati

Chief Digital Transformation Officer

Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd. Automotive

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Vivek Kumar Yadav

Vivek Kumar Yadav

Director of IT and Cybersecurity

Ministry of Defence, Government of India

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Pankaj Gupta

Pankaj Gupta

Chief Digital Officer

Karnataka Bank

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2026 Partners

Source: IDC FutureScape: APEJ CIO Agenda​ 2026

Event Highlights 2026

Knowledge Hub​

FutureScape 2026: Building Trust, Resilience, and Prosperity in the Agentic Future​

How organisations can embed trust, governance, and resilience into AI systems to ensure they operate reliably, transparently, and at scale in the agentic economy.​

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An IT tech leader’s guide through the agentic pivot​

As IT leaders move further into the agentic future, the focus must shift from adoption to purposeful application, using agents to transform operations, partnerships, and business models.​

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The $22.5 Trillion AI Opportunity​

We’re heading into what is projected to be a ‘second wave’ of AI-driven IT spending in 2027, whereby AI investment drives overall technology spend to levels last seen in the mid-1990s.​

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