08:00 AM onwards

Registration

Courtyard
09:00 AM - 06:00 PM

Hackathon CTF

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Pride Plaza, Aerocity
09:30 AM - 09:00 PM

OT Security Hackathon - Industrial Control Room Defenders

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PBR 1
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM

Workshop by

Harnessing AI for Next-Generation Threat Detection: Opportunities and Challenges

  • Ajay Biyani, VP - APMEA, Securonix
  • Harshit Lohani, Senior Sales Engineer, Securonix
  • Dipesh Kaura, Country Director - India & SAARC, Securonix
PBR 2
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM

Workshop by

Securing the AI-First Enterprise: Practical Defenses for LLMs & Agents

  • Vikas Rajpal, Growth Technology Head, India, Check Point Software
  • Krishna Sai Marella, Solution Architect, Secure Access Service Edge, Check Point Software
  • Athar Karjikar, Sales Engineer Team Leader, Commercial and Channel, Check Point Software
PBR 3
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM

Workshop by

The New Era of SOC with Cortex Cloud

  • Abhishek Mahadik, Senior Domain Consultant, Cortex Cloud, Palo Alto Networks
  • Ketan Bhadra, Senior Domain Consultant, Cortex Cloud, Palo Alto Networks
PBR 1
11:30 AM - 12:45 PM

Workshop by

Mastering AI-Powered Threats in 2026

  • Adam Hall, VP, Strategic Product Marketing, SentinelOne
  • Aravind Vasudevan, AVP, Field and Channel Marketing-APJ, SentinelOne APJ
  • Shanker Sareen, Director, Field and Channel Marketing-India, SentinelOne
  • Diwakar Dayal, AVP and MD, SentinelOne
PBR 2
11:30 AM - 12:45 PM

Workshop by

DPDP Act Readiness in the Era of Hybrid Cloud, AI, and Quantum - Data Security and Privacy Blueprint with IBM Guardium

  • Tushar Haralkar, Principal Pre-sales Country Leader, Security Software, IBM Technology Sales, India-South Asia
  • Ameya Thorat, Brand Technical Specialist - Data Security, IBM
PBR 3
11:30 AM - 12:45 PM

Workshop by

AI Security - "Shielding the Smart"

  • Vikram Goda,Sr. Solution Consultant,Palo Alto Networks
  • Tarun Gehani,Solution Consultant,Palo Alto Networks
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM

Lunch

PBR 1
02:30 PM - 03:45 PM

Workshop by

Defending the AI-Driven Enterprise: A Workshop on Posture & Identity

  • Ben Mudie, Principal Security Engineer Identity & Cloud, Tenable
  • Kenneth Teo, Principal Security Engineer Identity & Cloud, Tenable
PBR 2
02:30 PM - 03:45 PM

Workshop by

Building a DPDP-Ready Enterprise: An Interactive Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Simulation

  • Debjyoti Guha, Senior Solutions Engineer, Trellix
  • Gourav Kumar, Regional Sales Manager, Trellix
  • Harvinder Singh Sangral, Architect, Professional Services, Trellix
  • Ajay Kannan, Senior Consultant, Professional Services, Trellix
PBR 3
02:30 PM - 03:45 PM

Workshop by

Future-Proofing Data Security Strategy

  • Ayush Mehan, SE Lead, Forcepoint
  • Tarun Pratap Singh, Head Presales, Hitachi Systems
  • Taral Shah, Sr. SE Manager, Forcepoint India
03:30 PM - 04:00 PM

Tea Break & Networking

Co-Meeting 3
05:30 PM onwards

Indian Cybersecurity Diaspora Meet

07:00 PM onwards

Networking Dinner

Co-Meeting 2
11:30 AM - 01:00 PM

Workshop by

All Things API: Securing the Nervous System of the Digital World

  • Sheldon Fernandes, Senior Solution Engineer, Akamai
  • Chinmay Dadheech, Senior Solutions Engineer, Akamai
  • Sukrit Ghosh, Director, DSCI
Co-Meeting 3
11:30 AM - 01:00 PM

Closed-door Session

Government Adoption Pathways for India's Emerging Technology Cybersecurity Products

Co-Meeting 2
02:15 PM - 04:00 PM

Workshop by

Cloud Cyber Recovery Roundtable: Zero Hour

... When a Cyberattack Strikes Your Cloud, Will You Be Ready?

Think you can not only survive, but also recover from a cyberattack? Let's put that to the test—without any of the risk. This tabletop simulation will help participants gauge their readiness and walk away with immediate strategies to fortify their cloud defenses.

  • Vikas Sharma, Global Solution Architect, Rubrik India
  • Uday Chaddha, Channel Sales Engineer, Rubrik India
  • Sukrit Ghosh, Director, DSCI
PBR 1
04:00 PM - 06:20 PM

NIC Engagement Powered by

Special Session on Future of Cybersecurity for Government (Closed-door, Invite-Only)

04:00 PM - 04:05 PM

Opening & Context Setting

04:05 PM - 04:10 PM

Inaugural Address

04:20 PM - 04:30 PM

Partner Address

04:30 PM - 05:00 PM

Panel: ZTNA & UEM - Building Secure Digital Government Infrastructure

05:00 PM - 05:30 PM

Panel: SOC, SIEM & SOAR - Next-Generation Security Operations

05:30 PM - 06:00 PM

Panel: Forensics, RCA, Incident Logging, Mitigation & Behavioral Analysis

06:00 PM - 06:15 PM

Cybersecurity & AI - Harnessing Opportunities, Mitigating Risks

06:15 PM - 06:20 PM

Closing & Call To Action

Co-Meeting 2
05:00 PM - 06:30 PM

Operationalising Privacy through PETs: From Concept to Use Case

  • Sh. Deepak Goel, DDG - NIC & Sr. Director, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology
  • Hirak Mukherjee, Co-founder & CEO, Xafe AI
  • Srinivas Poosarla, Vice President and Head (Global), Privacy & Data Protection, Infosys
  • Abilash Soundararajan, Founder & CEO, PrivaSapien
PBR 3
06:30 PM - 08:30 PM

CyberMixer 2.0

Innspark
Co-Meeting 4
10:00 AM - 04:30 PM

Quantum Edge Sub-Summit

10:00 AM - 10:05 AM

Welcome Address

  • Vinayak Godse, CEO, DSCI
10:05 AM - 10:20 AM

India's National Quantum Mission: Building a Globally Competitive Quantum Ecosystem

  • Dr. JBV Reddy, Mission Director - NQM, DST
10:20 AM - 10:30 AM

Deloitte x DSCI Report Launch

10:30 AM - 10:50 AM

From Quantum Threat to Quantum Resilience: The Post-Quantum Cryptography Algorithm Journey

  • Dustin Moody, Mathematician, NIST
10:50 AM - 11:15 AM

Operationalising Quantum Technologies: Journey & Learnings from Early Pioneers

  • Rebecca Krauthamer, CEO, QuSecure
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Readiness to Resilience: Insights from Quantum Implementors and Practitioners

  • Angshuman Karmakar, Assistant Professor, IIT Kanpur
  • Gireesh Kumar N, Director, AvinyaSQ
  • Prof. Winfried Hensinger, Professor, Sussex
  • Raghu Ningthoujam, Associate Director, ISRO
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

The Emerging Landscape of Quantum Algorithms: Foundational Advances, Practical Limits, and the Road Ahead

  • Sreekuttan L S, CEO, Bloq Quantum
  • Prof. Alok Shukla, Assistant Professor, Ahmedabad University
  • SheshaShayee Raghunathan, Strategy Lead - India, IBM
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM

Lunch

02:00 PM - 02:45 PM

Strategic Roadmap for Quantum Safe Migration - India

  • Mr. Vinayak Godse, CEO, DSCI
  • Mr. Teja Chintalapati, Principal Manager - Cyber Innovation, DSCI
02:45 PM - 03:00 PM

The European Quantum Leap: Photonic Innovation, Long-Term Research Priorities & Technology Pathways

  • Xavier Pereira, CGO, Quandela
03:00 PM - 03:15 PM

The Age of Convergence: Accelerating Scientific Discovery with AI, Quantum and human Ingenuity

  • Julian van Velzen, Director of Quantum, Capgemini
03:15 PM - 03:45 PM

Quantum-Accelerated Engineering: Advancing Materials, Simulation, and Autonomy in Automotive and Aerospace

  • Akshat Tandon, Researcher, AIRBUS
  • Abhigyan Mishra, Co-Founder, Rune Tech
03:45 PM - 04:00 PM

Quantum & Finance: Catalysing Systemic Advantage through Policy, Platform and Practical Deployment

  • Javier Mancilla, CEO, Falcondale
04:00 PM - 04:30 PM

Building a Quantum Economy: Strategic Investments and Emerging Opportunities

  • Vishesh Rajaram, Managing Partner, Special Invest
  • Deepak Sharma, Co Founder, India Accelerator
Co-Meeting 3
02:00 PM onwards

DSCI-HIMSS Healthcare Sub-Summit

HIMSS

02:00 PM - 02:15 PM

Special Address: Towards a Secure, Resilient, and Inclusive Digital Health Ecosystem for Viksit Bharat

  • Arvind Sivaramakrishnan, CTO, Asia Healthcare Holdings
02:15 PM - 02:30 PM

Keynote by Palo Alto

02:30 PM - 02:40 PM

Keynote Address: Data Protection nuances imperatives in the Digital Health Ecosystem

02:40 PM - 02:55 PM

Special Address: State of India's Healthcare: How much has changed since 2024

  • Vinayak Godse, CEO, DSCI
02:55 PM - 03:00 PM

Unveiling of the DSCI-HIMSS Thought Leadership

03:00 PM - 03:15 PM

Presentation on Thought Leadership

  • Anuprita Singh, Senior Associate - Research, DSCI
03:15 PM - 04:00 PM

Panel Discussion: Cybersecurity: From locking out attackers, to unlocking trust in healthcare

  • Anand Krishnan, Centre for Community Medicine, AIIMS, New Delhi
  • Pushkal Mishra, CISO & Head of Data Privacy, Dr Lal PathLabs
  • Amit Verma, Country Manager, HIMSS
  • Neha Mishra, Lead - DSCI Insights & Research, DSCI
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM

Case Study/ Tabletop Exercise

07:00 AM onwards

Registration

PBR 1 & 2
09:15 AM - 09:30 AM

FAIR CRQ Fireside Chat

Reducing Business Risk by Prioritising Cyber Risk through Cyber Risk Quantification

  • Kapil Madaan, CISO & DPO, Max Healthcare
  • Rahul Tyagi, Technical Advisor, FAIR Institute
  • Sumeet Khokhani, CSVP & CISO - WNS | Co-Chair, India - FAIR Institute
PBR 1 & 2
09:45 AM - 10:30 AM

Inaugural Address

  • Vinayak Godse, CEO, DSCI
  • Pramod Bhasin, Chairman, ICRIER & Founder, Genpact Ltd & Chairman, Clix Capital
  • Vice Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan, AVSM, NM, Vice Chief of the Naval Staff
  • S Krishnan, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India
PBR 1 & 2
10:30 AM

Report Launch

  • Indian Cybersecurity Product Landscape Report 3.0 - A DSCI Research Study
  • State of AI Adoption for Cybersecurity in India - A DSCI Report supported by Palo Alto Networks
PBR 1 & 2
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM

Plenary 1: Resiliency, at a Nation Scale

... When the economy digitizes at speed, threats span domains, & geopolitics is contested

  • Rajesh Thapar, CISO, NSE India
  • Sujit Nair, Director Solutions Engineering - India, Wiz
  • Arvind Sivaramakrishnan, CTO, Asia Healthcare Holdings
  • Sameer Ratolikar, Senior Executive VP & CISO, HDFC Bank
PBR 1 & 2
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Keynote by

The New Geography of Security: From Cloud to Edge to Everywhere

  • Deepa Parikh, Head of Solution Engineering, Akamai
PBR 1 & 2
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Keynote by

Rethinking Threat Intelligence: A CISO's Guide to the Past, Present & Future

  • Ashish Pradhan, Chief Technology Officer, Seqrite
  • Dr. Lalit Mohan, Chief Product Officer, Quick Heal & Seqrite
PBR 1 & 2
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM

Keynote by

Cloud Security Maturity Framework: Best practices to operationalise cloud security

Cloud complexity continues to grow in organisations as cloud and AI development accelerate. In response, many organisations have transformed their cloud security operating model, with over 50% of Wiz customers achieving zero critical issues across their cloud environment. This session will cover the best practices and insights from those journeys, including how to democratise security, prioritise risks, and consolidate siloed tooling while bringing along developers, DevOps, SOC, and now AI teams on the cloud security journey.

  • Rishi Singh, Cloud Security Architect, Wiz
PBR 1 & 2
12:15 PM - 12:30 PM

Keynote by

Heroes Without Headlines: The CISOs Protecting What Matters

  • Keshav Murthy, CEO & Co-Founder, Matters.ai
PBR 1 & 2
12:30 PM - 12:45 PM

Keynote by

The Trust Trifecta: Resilience, Sovereignty and AI-Defense.

  • Jayesh Warier, VP Sales, APAC, Indusface
PBR 1 & 2
12:45 PM - 01:00 PM

Keynote by

The Great Shift: Moving from Perimeter Defence to Data-Centric Posture by Design

  • Ganesh Prasad, Sales Engineer Lead, Cybersecurity Products, India, Thales
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM

Lunch

Co-Meeting 3
02:00 PM - 02:45 PM

Securing mobile apps against the modern Attack Vectors

... Banking trojan, device malware, data exfiltration, advanced phishing, reverse engineering app, etc.

  • Dr. Uttam Kumar, CISO, Tata Digital
  • Rajan Arora, Chief Information Security Officer, Government eMarketplace (GeM)
  • Govindraj Basatwar, Managing Director, DoveRunner
  • V.V. Rao, Scientist 'E', CERT-In
  • Arunava Roy, CISO / Executive VP, 360 ONE
Co-Meeting 4
02:00 PM - 02:45 PM

Physical World becoming Intelligent

... AI in Physical world: security & privacy in models, architectures & compute

  • Dr. Yogesh Dadke, Global IT Leader, Avient Corporation
  • Srinivas Poosarla, Sr VP & Group Chief Privacy Officer, Infosys
  • Sundareshwar Krishnamurthy, Partner | India Cyber leader, PwC
  • Vattikonda Sivaji, Director (Projects, IT & HRD & Masterplan), TGSPDCL
  • Bimal Puri, Senior VP - IT, FCB and TTB, SRF
  • Huzefa Motiwala, Sr. Director, Technical Solutions, India & SAARC, Palo Alto Networks
Co-Meeting 5
02:00 PM - 02:45 PM

Secure Compute & Edge Hardware

... Confidentiality & Integrity in Hardware path: what it means for security & privacy

  • Dr. Chester Rebeiro, Associate Professor, IIT Madras
  • Rumit Shah, Founder & Director, JISA Softech
  • Suganya Annadurai, Scientist - G, Society for Electronic Transactions and Security (SETS)
  • Teja Chintalapati, Principal Manager - Cyber Innovation, DSCI
  • Rajesh Kumar D, Cybersecurity Consulting Partner, EY
Co-Meeting 3
02:45 PM - 03:30 PM

Passwordless now: Technology, Culture, & Liability

... Technology & data, lower administrative burden, and fair liability equation

  • Anand Pande, Senior VP & CISO, GSTN
  • Uma Shanker, VP - Global Information Security, Genpact
  • Ajay C Bhayani, Director Security, AmbiSure Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
  • Kaushal Mehta, Sr. Vice President, Iraje
  • Preeti Singh, Director - Information Security & GRC - Global Leader, OSTTRA
Co-Meeting 4
02:45 PM - 03:30 PM

Agentic AI: Can it Meet Security's Aspiration

... Cutting toil, delivering coverage, maintaining provenance, & ensuring compliance by default

  • Maninder Bharadwaj, Vice President | Cyber Security, Providence India
  • Ganesan Ramani, Senior VP - Head of Tech GRC | MGS - Digital GRC, Mashreq
  • Mihir Joshi, CISO, The Tata Power Company Limited
  • Avneesh Pandey, Executive Director, Securities and Exchange Board of India
Co-Meeting 5
02:45 PM - 03:30 PM

Zero Trust: A Progress Report

... Ways & methods, Tech progress, adoption, integrations, impact, & challenges

  • Praveen Mishra, CISO, Liberty General Insurance
  • Pooja Bansal, Cybersecurity Leader
  • Bhavesh Kumar, CISO & DPO, Cyber Security & IT Compliance, SK Finance Ltd
  • Awita Badonia, IT CSM Head APAC, Nokia
  • Manoj Dhingra, Director - India Business, Stellar
  • Tushar Haralkar, Principal Pre-sales Country Leader, Security Software, IBM Technology Sales, India-South Asia
Co-Meeting 3
03:30 PM - 04:15 PM

Minimal Ops, Maximum Protection

... Next generation SOC: AI powered, automated, extended, orchestrated

  • Harvinder Gill, Vice President - Cyber Engineering, StateStreet
  • Prakash Kumar Ranjan, CISO & DPO, Sammaan Capital Ltd
  • Prasad Ramchandra Deore, Vice President, DSCI
  • Makesh Chandramohan, Group CISO, Aditya Birla Capital Ltd
  • Kiran Vangaveti, Founder, CEO, BluSapphire Technologies
  • Ashish Ranjan, Director - Technical Support & Professional Services, Netwitness
Co-Meeting 4
03:30 PM - 04:15 PM

Shift Left on Privacy

... embedding Data Protection in Early DevSecOps Stages

  • Vinod Kumar Gupta, CISO & Data Protection Officer, Paytm Money
  • Jaspreet Singh, Partner & Cyber Advisory Leader, Grant Thornton Bharat
  • Akanksha Garg, Data Protection Officer & Head Digital Products PMO, HDFC Securities
  • Tanin Chakraborty, Sr. Director | Global DPO, Biocon Biologics
  • Niti Paul, Regional DPO | Asia Pacific, Capgemini
Co-Meeting 5
03:30 PM - 04:15 PM

Generative AI adoption and compliance

  • Jimit Gandhi, CISO, AkasaAir
  • Manoj Sharma, Chief Security Strategist, Broadcom
PBR 1 & 2
04:45 PM - 05:00 PM

Keynote by

From Security to Agility: Reimagining Enterprise Value with AI beyond what exists

  • Raghu Vamsi, Country Manager IMETA, Exabeam
PBR 1 & 2
05:00 PM - 05:15 PM

Keynote by

Exposure Management in the Realm of AI

  • Rajnish Gupta, Country Manager & MD - India & SAARC, Tenable
PBR 1 & 2
05:15 PM - 05:35 PM

Fireside Chat by

Reimagining Mobile Apps and Agentic AI Security in the Digital First Economy

  • Rajesh Thapar, CISO, NSE India
  • Vinay Tiwari, CISO, Axis Bank
  • Shivkumar Pandey, Group CISO, Adani Group
  • Manish Mimani, Founder & CEO, Protectt.ai Labs Pvt. Ltd.
PBR 1 & 2
05:35 AM - 05:50 PM

Keynote by

Transforming Cyber Defence Through Agentic AI

  • Aju Sebastian, Partner, IBM Consulting India & South Asia, IBM
PBR 1 & 2
05:50 PM - 06:35 PM

Plenary 2: Future of Global Cybersecurity Cooperation

... reflecting on key dimensions

  • Atul Kumar, Director | Government Initiatives & Global, DSCI
  • Filippa Sofia Braarud, Second Secretary | Oceans, Emerging Tech and Digital Public Goods | The Royal Norwegian Embassy
  • Melissa Anne M. Telan, Second Secretary and Consul | Political and Economic Section Head | The Embassy of Philippines
  • Aladin Legault d'Auteuil, Senior Trade Commissioner, Global Affairs Canada
PBR 1 & 2
06:35 PM - 06:55 PM

Fire-side Chat

Strengthening Cyber Security Posture & Preparedness of States

  • Ms. Padma Jaiswal IAS, Secretary to Govt.of UT/State Union Territory of Puducherry, India
  • Atul Kumar, Director | Government Initiatives & Global, DSCI
PBR 1 & 2
07:00 PM - 08:30 PM

DSCI INNOVATION BOX

08:30 PM onwards

Networking Dinner

Co-Meeting 4
11:00 AM - 01:00 PM

Threat Intel Corner 2.0: Threat Hunting using AI

The session will help attendees to explore how artificial intelligence can enhance modern threat hunting processes. The session will demonstrate how AI can assist analysts in identifying and investigating potential threats more efficiently.

Co-Meeting 3
11:30 AM - 01:00 PM

Closed-door Session

Cyber Workforce Readiness: Enterprise Capability Gaps & Skilling Pathways for India

Co-Meeting 2
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

RTC by

Guarding the Enterprise AI Stack: From Prompt Attacks to Safe Automation

  • Vikas Rajpal, Head of Cloud & Harmony business, India & SAARC, Check Point
  • Athar Karjikar, Solutions Architect, Check Point
  • Sukrit Ghosh, Director, DSCI
Co-Meeting 5
11:30 AM - 01:00 PM

NCoE Investor Meet

11:30 AM - 11:35 AM

Welcome Address

11:35 AM - 12:00 PM

Where the Next Five Years Are Headed: Cyber, AI & the Opportunity Map

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

Startup Pitch Showcase

12:45 PM - 01:00 PM

Startup-Investor Networking

Honk
12:30 PM - 02:00 PM

CISO Experience Lunch by

Secure AI by Design

  • Swapna Bapat, Vice President & Managing Director - India & SAARC, Palo Alto Networks
Co-Meeting 5
04:30 PM - 06:00 PM

Experiential Engagement by

The Board Lens: AI, Cyber Risk & the Art of Staying Ahead

  • Diwakar Dayal, Managing Director & Area Vice President - India & SAARC, SentinelOne
  • Sukrit Ghosh, Director, DSCI
Co-Meeting 4
06:00 PM - 07:00 PM

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Cyber Resilience and Zero Trust Data Protection

  • Vikas Sharma, Global Solution Architect, Rubrik India
  • Uday Chaddha, Channel Sales Engineer, Rubrik India
  • Mayur Pathak, Security Account Lead, Accenture in India
  • Amit Sharma, Sales Lead- Cybersecurity, Accenture in India
  • Sukrit Ghosh, Director, DSCI
Honk
07:30 PM onwards

Exclusive CISO Dinner by

  • Chirag Jethwaney, Illusionist and Mentalist
Hotel Pride Plaza, Aerocity, Delhi
09:30 AM - 06:00 PM

Digital Forensics Sub-Summit

09:45 AM - 10:45 AM

AISS Inauguration

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Panel Discussion

NextGen DFIR: Automating the hunt for digital evidence

  • Dr Arjun Chetry, Assistant Director (IT), North Eastern Police Academy, MHA, GoI
  • Sumedh Bombatkar, Country Manager, Oxygen Forensics
  • Gurpreet Singh, Solutions Architect, Chainalysis
  • Mr. Sachin Yadav, Partner - Forensic & Financial Crime, Deloitte, India
  • Krishna Sastry Pendyala, Former Scientist, DFSS, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India
11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

Digital Forensics Sub-Summit Inauguration

  • Pramod Bhasin, Chairman, ICRIER & Founder, Genpact Ltd & Chairman, Clix Capital
  • Vinayak Godse, CEO, DSCI
  • Rajesh Kumar IPS, CEO, I4C, MHA, Govt. of India
12:30 PM - 01:00 PM

̨Masterclass

Forensic Fails in Law Enforcement & Corporate Environment

  • Improper collection and handling of Digital Evidence
  • Broken Chain of Custody
  • Learning from Mistakes
  • Krishna Sastry Pendyala, Former Scientist, DFSS, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India
01:00 PM - 01:45 PM

Lunch Break

02:00 PM - 02:30 PM

̨Masterclass

Open Source Intelligence

  • OSINT, GEOSINT, SOCMINT & Transport INT
  • Artificial Intelligence & OSINT
  • Combating AI based disinformation warfare
  • Rohit Srivastava, Founder & MD, KAS Cyber Ventures
02:30 PM - 04:15 PM

Digital Forensics Paata Shaala

Short lectures on contemporary topics related to cybercrimes and digital forensics

  • K Venkatesh Murthy, Vice President, DSCI
02:30 PM - 02:45 PM

Digital Forensics Paata Shaala

Adoption of AI In DFIR

  • Raj Sivaraju, President APJ, Arete IR
02:45 PM - 03:00 PM

Digital Forensics Paata Shaala

Building Trust at Scale- Global Compliance Principles

  • Praveen Kumar Subramani, Regulatory Compliance Lead, India, Google
03:00 PM - 03:15 PM

Digital Forensics Paata Shaala

Cyber Slavery: The "High-Paying Job Abroad" Trap - Cybercrime Scam Compounds of Southeast Asia

  • Rushi Mehta, Senior Program Manager, I4C, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)
03:15 PM - 03:45 PM

Digital Forensics Paata Shaala

Vehicle & Embedded Forensics

  • Darshan Wadikar, Director-Technical, 3rd Eye Techno Solutions
03:45 PM - 04:15 PM

Digital Forensics Paata Shaala

Code, Coins, and Criminals: Inside Cryptocurrency Forensics

  • Manjesh P Shetty, Senior Consultant, DSCI
04:15 PM - 04:45 PM

Special feature

DFIR Certification Preparation Workshop

04:45 PM - 06:00 PM

Table Top Exercise and Court Room Simulation

Step inside a realistic crime scene packed with digital devices and their potential sources of evidence. Guided by a narrator, the audience follows the unfolding case background, investigation, and the critical search-and-seizure phase. As the Investigating Officer, IO Assistant, and Forensic Expert enact the operation, they intentionally make common mistakes, revealing how errors can compromise evidence. The scene progresses through the discovery, collection, and initial analysis of digital artefacts. This illustrates the frequent pitfalls and best practices required for successful modern cybercrime investigations.

  • Shri. Talwant Singh, Hon'ble Justice (Retd), Delhi High Court
  • Vakul Sharma, Advocate, Supreme Court, India
  • Krishna Sastry Pendyala, Former Scientist, DFSS, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India
  • Dr. Atul Kumar Pandey, Dean, NLIU, Bhopal
  • Yashavantha Kumar K N, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Cyber Crime Division, Bengaluru
PBR 3
10:30 AM - 05:40 PM

OT Security Summit 2025

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Inaugural & Keynote Session

  • Vinayak Godse, CEO, DSCI
  • Dr. Sanjay Bahl, DG CERT-In
  • Pramesh Maheshwari, President - Lifecycle Solutions, Services and Cyber, Honeywell
11:30 AM - 12:45 PM

Protecting the Energy Backbone - Generation to Downstream

  • Dr. Sanjay Bahl, DG CERT-In
  • AB Sengupta, DGM & Alt. CISO, Grid Controller
  • AK Patel, CISO, NTPC
  • Sanjeev Bhumbuck, GM, ONGC
  • Shaleen Khetarpaul, CISO, BSES
  • Pranav Bhopatkar, Director of Cyber Security, Honeywell
12:45 PM - 01:00 PM

Making manufacturing resilient using Zero Trust Architecture and robust Vulnerability management

  • Sameet Saraf, Head Sales Specialist- Data Integration & Cybersecurity, Digital Industries, SIEMENS
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM

Networking Lunch

02:15 PM - 03:00 PM

From Assembly Lines to Secure Lines, Building Cyber Defense for Industry 4.0

  • Bhudev Kumar Das, CISO, NRL
  • Dr. Jagannath Sahoo, CISO, GFL
  • Akanksha Yadav, DGM, Maruti
  • Anuj Kumar, Head Information Security and Data Privacy, Tata Steel
  • Shashank Devlekar, Business Development Industrial Cybersecurity Lead (India), Digital Industries, SIEMENS
  • Gautam Kapoor, MD and Lead Cybersecurity, Accenture
03:00 PM - 03:15 PM

Self-Reliance in India through Integrated Security Ecosystem

  • Kaushik Ray, Co-founder, Whizhack
03:15 PM - 03:30 PM

Building OT Cyber Resilience for the Converged Enterprise: Visibility, Prioritization & Response Across IT, IoT & OT

  • Subramaniyam Iyer, Sr. Regional Director, India and SAARC, Forescout
03:30 PM - 03:45 PM

Governing the shadow OT risk: bringing the invisible factory into the boardroom

  • Kiran Zachariah, CEO, Shieldworks
03:45 PM - 04:30 PM

Supply Chain & Operational Trust in Consumer-Centric Sectors

  • Amit Ghodekar, Group CISO, Aramex
  • Nageshwaran C, CISO, TVS  Group
  • Aditya Vardhan, CISO, JSPL
  • Ritwik Rath, ED - IS, HPCL
  • George Joseph, Regional Sales Manager, Exabeam
  • Suraj Padmanabhan, Business Development Manager APAC, Keysight
04:30 PM - 04:45 PM

Networking Tea Break

04:45 PM - 05:30 PM

Engineering Defensible OT Systems for the Real World

  • Robert M. Lee, CEO, Co-founder, Dragos
05:30 PM - 05:40 PM

Reflections by DSCI & Industry Thought Leaders

Co-Meeting 11
02:00 PM - 06:30 PM

Privacy & Policy

02:00 PM - 03:30 PM

Advancing Responsible AI in India: Where Innovation meets cybersecurity and governance

  • Ashish Aggarwal, VP & Head - Public Policy, nasscom
  • Rama Vedashree, Former CEO, DSCI
  • Deepak Annamalai, Head of Sales, APAC, Skyflow
  • Prasad Ramchandra Deore, Vice President, DSCI
  • Varun Kharbanda, Global Director, Office of Responsible AI & Governance, CTO Ecosystem - Gen AI, HCL Tech
  • Sahil Bakshi, Senior Information Security Manager, Salesforce
  • Vikram Kishore Bhattacharya, Principal, Public Policy, AWS
  • Saikat Datta, Co-Founder & CEO, DeepStrat & RiskStrat
  • Sandeep Khanna, Ex-CISO, UIDAI
03:30 PM - 03:45 PM

Break / Networking

03:45 PM - 04:45 PM

Digital Sovereignty - Paving the Way for India's Strategic Autonomy

  • Vivek Abraham, Head, Public Policy & Gov Affairs, Salesforce
  • Sh. Vikash Chourasia, Scientist, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology
  • Kriti Trehan, Founder/Public Policy Expert, Data Co. - Law & Policy Advisors
  • Arun Teja Polcumpally, JSW Research Fellow, Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI)
04:45 PM - 05:00 PM

Break / Networking

05:00 PM - 06:30 PM

DPR 2025

  • Manish Sehgal, Partner, Deloitte India
  • Mayuran Palanisamy, Partner, Deloitte India
06:30 PM onwards

Dinner

Co-Meeting 2
02:00 PM - 04:00 PM

Payments Security Sub-Summit

02:00 PM - 02:05 PM

Welcome Note & Meeting Overview and Objectives

02:05 PM - 02:20 PM

Regulator Keynote Address

02:20 PM - 02:35 PM

Industry Keynote

02:35 PM - 02:50 PM

Industry Keynote

02:50 PM - 03:15 PM

Regional Market Update and PCI SSC Focus in India for 2025/2026

03:15 PM - 04:00 PM

An Open Roundtable Discussion with Stakeholders—We want to hear from you!

07:00 AM onwards

Registration

PBR 1 & 2
08:30 AM - 09:15 AM

Breakfast Session

Quantum, AI & Philosophy

  • Vinayak Godse, CEO, DSCI
Co-Meeting 3
09:15 AM - 10:00 AM

Threat Exposure, Continuous Management

... Knowing, prioritizing, validating, & remediating continuously and at a speed

  • Vaithi Subramanian, Sr. Director - Enterprise Risk Management, Nium
  • Amit Kaushik, Chief Information Officer, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd
  • Rashmi Iyer, Sr. Manager - Supplier Security, NXP India Pvt Ltd
  • Richard K. LaTulip, Field Chief Information Officer, Recorded Future
  • Gaurav Mahendru, Director, Technology Workflows, ServiceNow
Co-Meeting 4
09:15 AM - 10:00 AM

Fortifying Trust

... Building India's Cybersecurity Resilience in the Generative AI Age

  • Mayur Pathak, Security Account Lead, Accenture in India
  • Vinay Tiwari, CISO, Axis Bank
  • Ambuj Bhalla, CISO, BharatPe
  • Sandeep Khanna, Director, SJP Tech
Co-Meeting 5
09:15 AM - 10:00 AM

Next Gen CSR & Cyber

... Technology Driving Social Impact

  • Sapna Moudgil, CEO, NIIT Foundation
  • Geetanjali Gaur, Social Impact Leader - CSR, Kyndryl India
  • Kausar Kidwai, CSR Head, Medanta
  • Shubhi Takkar, Lead, CSR & Sustainability, Spark Minda
  • Robin Sarkar, Project Director, Shiv Nadar Foundation
Co-Meeting 3
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

Hit by Ransomware?

... Operate While Blind: What you would do for business resiliency

  • Dr. Aditya Khullar, CISO & DPO, Adani Enterprises (Adani Digital labs, Adani AI Labs/Sirius Digitech limited & NDTV)
  • Kush Wadhwa, Partner, Grant Thornton Bharat
  • Gigi Joseph, Outstanding Scientist (OS) CISO, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
  • Sachin Khalap, Cybersecurity Head - India, Public Services (RoW) & Education, TCS
  • Ranjeet Mishra, Centre Head, CySecK
Co-Meeting 4
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

Strengthening Global ties in Cyber

... Building bridges between India and allies

  • Jayakumar Mohanachandran, CEO, F9 Infotech
  • Abhinav Kumar, AVP - Information Security, NMC Group Services LTD
  • Atul Kumar, Director, DSCI
  • Floyd DCosta, Co-founder, Space Armour
Co-Meeting 5
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

Agents, Autonomy, & Swarms

... Machine generates 90% of traffic: what is means to threat topologies, kill-switches, & guardrails

  • Mubin Shaikh, Partner, Cybersecurity Consulting, EY India
  • Rajesh Kumar, Sr. VP & CISO, EXL
  • Priya Gangwani, CISO, Fractal
  • Nageshwaran C, Divisional Manager - Group Head Cyber Security, TVS Holdings (TVS Group)
  • Nitin Kant, Group Development Leader, Finance, Legal and Privacy Tech
PBR 1 & 2
10:40 AM - 11:00 AM

Future of Cyber Security in an AI-driven world

  • Vinayak Godse, CEO, DSCI
  • Huzefa Motiwala, Sr. Director, Technical Solutions, India & SAARC, Palo Alto Networks
  • Vinay Tiwari, CISO, Axis Bank
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM

Tea Break

PBR 1 & 2
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Plenary 3: From Burden to Balance

... Optimizing National Security and Compliance Requirements

  • Ashish Tandon, Founder & CEO, Indusface
  • Sai K Gumma, MD, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
  • Dr. Lalit Mohan, Chief Product Officer, Quick Heal & Seqrite
  • Satyanandan Atyam, Chief Risk Officer, Tata AIG General Insurance Co. Ltd.
  • Dr. Abhishek Kumar Thakur, Assistant Professor & Chief Technology Officer (CTO), IDRBT
PBR 1 & 2
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Keynote by

Digital Resilience in the Age of AI

  • Prashant Chaudhary, Area Vice President - India and SAARC, Splunk
PBR 1 & 2
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM

Keynote by

From Endpoint to Everything: Integrated Security for a Borderless Enterprise

  • Arun Gantayat, Head of Presales, Kaspersky India
PBR 1 & 2
12:15 PM - 12:30 PM

Keynote by

Achieving Cyber Resilience using Pervasive, Simplified Microsegmentation

  • Raja Ukil, Senior Vice President, Head of APJ Sales and Global Alliances, ColorTokens
PBR 1 & 2
12:30 PM - 12:45 PM

Keynote by

Cognitive and Autonomous Risk Management

  • Aadesh Gawde, CEO and Chief Product Officer, OPTIMAS
PBR 1 & 2
12:45 PM - 01:00 PM

Keynote by

The Three Megatrends Reshaping Cybersecurity in 2025… and Beyond

  • Sean Duca, ief Technology Officer, CX (APJC), CISCO
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM

Lunch

Co-Meeting 3
02:00 PM - 02:45 PM

Network Going Dark

... Challenges for detection and response due to encrypted traffic & protocols

  • Rishi Rajpal, Global VP - Global Security, Concentrix
  • Amlesh Sane, Director Information Security, Amadeus Labs
  • Manish Sinha, Director, Sales Engineering, Trellix
  • Simarjeet Singh, Principal Consultant, Vehere
Co-Meeting 4
02:00 PM - 02:45 PM

Advances in Mobile App Security

... Edge AI, Runtime Security and Compliance Automation

  • Ashutosh Tiwari, VP - Business Evangelist, Protectt.ai
  • Pawan Chawla, Senior Management, CISO & Data Privacy and Protection Officer, Tata AIA
  • Amit Malhotra, SVP & Group CISO, Paytm
  • Muneer H Wani, AGM & CISO, J&K Bank
  • Anil Kuril, CGM - CISO & Head of DPO, Union Bank of India
Co-Meeting 5
02:00 PM - 02:45 PM

Unifying Signals, Speeding up Response

... Multi-vector attacks at machine speed challenges detection, enrichment, correlation, and response

  • Ramesh Gurram, CISO, BSE Limited
  • Ishtiyaq Shah, Principal Solutions Architect, Elastic
  • Pravesh Sharma, Head of Information Security, India, Synchrony Financial
  • Prashant Mehendru, Partner and Leader, Cybersecurity Managed Services, PwC
  • Col (Dr) Dinesh Kumar, Indian Army Veteran
Co-Meeting 3
02:45 PM - 03:30 PM

Resiliency Engineering & Cloud

... Resilience by math, scaled simulation, high fidelity emulation, dependency graph, competence envelop, and so on

  • Anil Nama, CIO, CtrlS Datacenters
  • Satyavrat Mishra, Head - Corporate IT & Group CISO, Godrej Industries Group
  • Beenu Arora, Co-Founder and CEO, Cyble
  • Dr. K P S Sandhu, Global Head - Strategic Initiatives at TCS Cybersecurity Business Group, TCS
Co-Meeting 4
02:45 PM - 03:30 PM

Supply Chain Security: Tools & Instruments

... BOMs, Provenance, Signing, VEX Attestations, Watermarking, etc.

  • Dr. S D Sudarsan, Executive Director, CDAC
  • Avdhish Verma, Head of IT Security Assurance - TPRM, Ericsson
  • VS Purohit, CISO, Infosys Limited
  • Sanjay Kumar Das, Additional Secretary, Science & Technology & BioTechnology Dept & State Information Security Officer, Government of West Bengal
  • SS Sarma, Scientist 'F', Director, CERT-In
Co-Meeting 5
02:45 PM - 03:30 PM

Beyond Compliance

... Building Adaptive Data Security for Financial Services

  • Krishna Bagadia, CTO, Aurva
  • Srihari Kotni, CISO, Jio Financial Services
  • Vasudha Gupta, Global Privacy Manager, Unlimit
  • Dr. Bharat Saraf, Group Head - Data Privacy, Data Governance and Data Ethics, PhonePe Ltd
  • Praveen Kamat, General Manager & CISO, IFSCA
Co-Meeting 3
03:30 PM - 04:15 PM

Digital Trust & Identity Governance

... From identities and entitlements to enforceable policy, provable evidence, and measurable risk reduction

  • Ajit Hatti, Founder, PureID
  • Pushkar Deshpande, Senior Vice President -II- (Risk and Compliance), Easebuzz Pvt Ltd
  • Dr. Sriram Birudavolu, CEO - Cyber Security, CoE, DSCI
  • Akanksha Singh, Director Information Security, S&P Global
  • Dr. Nitin Singh Chauhan, VP & Head - Architecture, Engineering & Innovation (Cybersecurity), Reliance Industries Limited
Co-Meeting 4
03:30 PM - 04:15 PM

Dark Web to Actionable Defense

... Intel to action, seeing before boom, faster containment, & defense operations

  • Bhupender Bhardwaj, Head Cyber Security, Risk & Compliance, TechOps, Network18 Media & Investments Ltd
  • Sridhar Sidhu, CVP - Cybersecurity, AT&T
  • Rajesh Jain, Global Practice Head, Product Security Engineering, Wipro Engineering - Wipro Technologies
  • Sudheer Kanumalli, CTO, CyberMindr
  • Harsha Reddy, Head of IT Security, Veterinary Emergency Group
Co-Meeting 5
03:30 PM - 04:15 PM

DevSecOps 2.0: Securing the Future of Autonomous Development

  • Harshit Agarwal, MD & Co-founder, Appknox
  • Samrat Kishor, Practice Head - Digital Infrastructure and Cybersecurity, National e-Governance Division, MeitY
  • Umesh Mehta, President, Governing Body, CIO Association
  • Vikas Gaur, VP - Audit, Risk & Controls (Cybersecurity), Moody's Corporation
  • Rajesh K Singhal, CISO, HDFC Securities Limited
PBR 1 & 2
04:15 PM - 04:45 PM

Plenary 4: Large scale Digitization of Public Services: state of Security & Privacy

... assessing preparedness, institutional capabilities and developmental policies

  • Atul Kumar, Director, DSCI
  • Shri Choudhary Mohammed Yasin, I.A.S., Secretary IT, Ponducherry
PBR 1 & 2
04:45 PM - 05:00 PM

Keynote by

Fighting Fraud - A Retailer Perspective

  • Visagan Subburayalu, VP - Infrastructure & Cyber Security, Target
PBR 1 & 2
05:00 PM - 05:15 PM

Keynote by

Closing the Visibility Gap: Moving from Reactive Data Protection to Proactive DSPM

  • Anirudh Chand, Director, Solutions Engineering- APJ, Fortra
PBR 1 & 2
05:15 PM - 05:30 PM

Keynote by

Into The Storm- Identity As New Attack Surface

  • Abbas Kudrati, Regional Chief Identity & Security Advisor, Silverfort
PBR 1 & 2
05:30 PM - 05:50 PM

Fireside Chat by

AI vs AI: How Attackers and Defenders are using Artificial Intelligence

PBR 1 & 2
05:50 PM - 06:15 PM

Cyber Awareness Design Challenge - Awards Ceremony

PBR 1 & 2
06:15 PM - 06:45 PM

MPs Panel

Securing Digital Governance: Readiness, Resilience, and Policy Pathways

  • Dr. Rabindra Narayan Behera, MP (Lok Sabha), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Jajpur (SC), Odisha
  • Shri Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, MP (Lok Sabha), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Mysore, Karnataka
  • Vinayak Godse, CEO, DSCI
PBR 1 & 2
07:00 PM - 08:30 PM

EXCELLENCE AWARDS

08:30 PM onwards

Networking Dinner & Cocktails

Honk
08:30 AM - 10:30 AM

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Bridging Gaps in SAP Security and Compliance

  • Manoj Kumar, Cybersecurity Account Lead, Accenture in India
  • Amit Sharma, Sales Lead- Cybersecurity, Accenture in India
  • Rajeev Reddy, SAP Security & Pre-Sales Consultant, Security Bridge
  • Sukrit Ghosh, Director, DSCI
Co-Meeting 5
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Technology Forecasting & Strategic Resilience - A Leadership Roundtable

Register Interest

This strategic dialogue will convene select CIOs, CTOs, CDOs, and CISOs to explore how leadership can stay ahead of the accelerating wave of technological transformation and position security as a proactive driver of innovation and enterprise resilience.

Co-Meeting 3
11:30 AM - 01:00 PM

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Thriving in the AI Era: How Innovation Powers Cyber Resilience

  • Sheldon Fernandes, Senior Solutions Engineer, Akamai
  • Sukrit Ghosh, Director, DSCI
Co-Meeting 4
11:30 AM - 01:00 PM

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Fighting Frauds Together

  • Gaurav Agnihotri, Vice President - Digital Products, Airtel
  • Pratap Reddy, Former Commissioner of Police, Bengaluru City & Director General of Police
  • Sujata Dusi, Risk and Compliance Lead, Google Cloud
  • Tom Sheffield, Senior Director, Cybersecurity, Target
Honk
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM

RTC by

The Autonomous SOC: Is India Ready for AI-Driven Security Operations?

  • Huzefa Motiwala, Sr. Director - India & SAARC, Palo Alto Networks
  • Sukrit Ghosh, Director, DSCI
PBR 3
09:30 AM - 05:20 PM

OT Security Summit 2025

09:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Inaugural & Keynote Session

  • Vinayak Godse, CEO, DSCI
  • Lt Gen PJS Pannu, Advisor, SIA
  • Rear Admiral Sanjay Mishra, Indian Navy
  • Dilip Sawhney, MD, India, Rockwell Automation
  • Lt. Gen Anil kumar Bhatt, DG, ISpA
  • Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria, Former Chief of Air Staff
  • Sandeep Saini, Sr. VP, HCL Tech
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM

National Security at the Intersection of Operational Technology & Cyber

  • Former Lt Gen PJS Pannu, Advisor, SIA
  • Air Marshal Anil Chopra, Advisor, SIDM
  • Lt. Gen Anil Kumar Bhat, Director General, ISpA
  • Abhishek Jha, CISO, Tata Technologies
  • Dr. Vinod Kumar, Director, Promotion Directorate, IN-SPACe
11:15 AM - 11:35 AM

Challenges and roadmap for OT Security Environment

  • Vishal Mohanani, Regional Director, Armis
  • Shiv Kumar Pandey, Group CISO, Adani
11:35 AM - 12:20 PM

Securing Telecom Networks, Smart Grids & Smart Cities

  • Lt. Gen Rajesh Pant, Former National Cyber security Coordinator
  • Bipin Lokegaonkar, Head Cyber Security, Tata Communication
  • Somenath Kundu, CISO, Schneider Electric
  • Dr. Sajal Sarkar, Power Grid Corporation Limited
  • Saurabh Nigam, President & Chief AI Officer, Istreet
  • Agnelo Dsouza, CISO, Adani Airports
12:20 PM - 12:40 PM

Building an OT - capable security operations center(SOC): Key considerations for People, Process and Technology

  • Ashdin Bharucha, India Sales Manager - Cyber Solutions, Honeywell
12:40 PM - 01:00 PM

Achieving Cyber Resilience for Industrial and Critical Infrastructure

  • Kirill Naboyshchikov, Industrial Cybersecurity Product Marketing Director, Kaspersky
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM

Networking Lunch

02:30 PM - 03:15 PM

Cyber-Physical Resilience in India's Maritime Ecosystem

  • Cmde. Atul Deswal, Deputy Director General, Navy Cyber Group & Chief Information Security Officer, Indian Navy
  • Amal Krishna, CISO, ONGC
  • Navil Joijode, Growth Leader, Microsec
  • Bithal Bhardwaj, CEO, GRAMAX
03:15 PM - 04:00 PM

Securing the New Energy Transition - Renewables & Distributed Assets

  • Aseem Mukhi, Head Cyber Security, RENEW
  • Rohit Sharma, CISO, Adani Power
  • Gurdeep Kaur, Former CISO, PSEG
  • Mihir Joshi, CISO, Tata Power
  • Dr. Milan Patnaik, Co-Founder, Whizhack
  • Nitin Jhunjhunwala, Partner, Deloitte
04:00 PM - 04:15 PM

Rewriting the Playbook to Modernize OT Governance & Compliance

  • Bhupesh Janoti, Sr. Manager - Business Transformation & Security, DSCI
  • Ashish Sharma, Partner - Enterprise Security, Deloitte
04:15 PM - 04:45 PM

Strengthening Cyber-Physical Resilience for India's Critical Enterprises

  • Vinayak Godse, CEO, DSCI
  • Shiv Kumar Pandey, Group CISO, Adani
  • Dr. Durga Prasad Dube, Group CISO, Reliance
04:45 PM onwards

Closing Address

Co-Meeting 11
10:45 AM - 03:00 PM

PULSE 2025 - Preparing & Upskilling Leaders in Security Education

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM

Welcome Address

Building India's Next-Generation Cybersecurity Capabilities: Advancing Niche Technology Skills for a Secure Digital Future

  • Rama Vedashree, Former CEO, DSCI
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM

Keynote Address

AI augmented skills driving talent capability in India's digital future

  • Dr. Abhilasha Gaur, CEO SSC, nasscom
11:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Keynote Address

Shaping National Cyber Workforce Readiness in the Age of Generative AI

  • Dr. R.S. Mani, Distingueshed Scientist CSIR
11:30 AM - 11:50 AM

Plenary Talk

Leadership in Action: How Tech Leaders Inspire, Influence, and Deliver

  • Saurabh Mittal, Co-Founder, QYON
11:50 AM - 12:20 PM

Fireside Chat

From Classrooms to Cyber Excellence: Strengthening Academia-Industry Collaboration with Global Insights and Policy Convergence

  • Prof Anil Sahasrabudhe, Chairman, NETF
  • Prof. Sandeep Shukla, Director, IIIT - Hyderabad
  • Dr. Lata Suresh, Head - Institutional Partnership & Corporate Communications, IICA, MCA
12:20 PM - 01:00 PM

Panel Discussion

National Workforce Readiness: Building a Cyber-Skilled India by 2030

  • Arindam Roy, Country Director - South Asia, SANS
  • Tara Wisniewski, EVP, Advocacy and Strategic Engagement, ISC2
  • Deepak Rana - Global CISO, EvalueServe
  • Isha Sachdeva, DGM HR, ACPL
  • Natasa Perucica, Lead Capacity Building, World Economic Forum
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM

Lunch

02:00 PM - 02:45 PM

Panel Discussion

Cyber Skilling for the Quantum Transition: Advancing India's Technical and Industry Readiness

  • Sreedhar CV, Head, Academic COIN & India Strategic Initiatives, TCS
  • Dr. Krishnashree Achuthan, Dean PG Programs, Amrita University
  • Prabh Nair, Program Director, Azpirantz Technologies LLP
  • Anurag Mishra, Scientist, DST
  • Dr. Vishal Saraswat, Head - Research & Innovation, Cybersecurity Practice, Bosch Global Software Technologies
02:45 PM - 03:00 PM

MoA Signing

Honk
04:30 PM - 05:30 PM

Round Table Conference

Building a unified, industry-aligned cybersecurity curriculum framework for India that standardises education, strengthens faculty and hands-on learning, and ensures a future-ready talent pipeline.

  • Prabh Nair, Program Director, Azpirantz Technologies LLP
  • Prof. Sandeep Shukla, Director, IIIT - Hyderabad
  • Dr. Chester Rebeiro, Associate Professor, IIT Madras
  • Vishal Kumar, Co-Founder, FutureEdge
  • Dr. Krishnashree Achuthan, Dean PG Programs, Amrita University
  • Prof. Amita Dev, Advisor, AKGEC
  • Ranjeet Mishra, Center Head, CySeck
  • Gaurav Deshpande, Sr. Director - Cyber Security, NTT Data Inc
  • Prashant Mohan, Cyber Security Architect, Fidelity International
  • Prof. Shabana Mehfuz, Professor, Jamia Milia Islamia
  • Tulika Pandey, Scientist 'G' and Group Coordinator (R&D in Cybersecurity), MeitY
  • Rajesh Hemrajani, CISO, Paytm Payments Bank
  • Prof. Sambuddho Chakravarty, Associate Professor, IIIT Delhi
  • Prof Vireshwar, Assistant Professor, IIT Delhi
  • Dr. Shalini Kesar, Professor & Director of MS-Cybersecurity, Southern Utah University
  • Anirban Mukherji, Founder - CEO, MiniOrange
  • Prof T. G. Sitharam, Chairman, AICTE
Co-Meeting 2
11:00 AM - 04:30 PM

Women In Security

Bsides W3-CS WiCys

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

CXO Panel - Nurturing Future Women Tech Leaders in Cyber

  • Aarti Bindra, Managing Director, ACPL Systems Pvt. Ltd.
  • Anshuma Dogra Singh, IT Head, Applied Materials
  • Leenika Khattar, Director of Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging - Charter, Nasscom
  • Smriti Bali, Senior Director - Finance, DSCI
11:45 AM - 01:00 PM

Passkeys Under the Microscope: Breaking the Illusion of Perfect Authentication

  • Mayank Dhawan, Senior Product Security Engineer, Rippling
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM

Lunch

02:00 PM - 03:15 PM

Career Pathways in Cyber & Privacy

  • Priya Muku Gora, GRC Head, Global DPO and leading AI compliance, Axtria
  • Uma Ramani, Head of Cyber Security GRC, IDFC First Bank
  • Joyce Rodriguez, Head of Digital Cybersecurity, Airbus
  • Khushbu Jain, Managing Partner, ARK Legal
  • Dinesh Purushothaman, Head - Digital Forensics & Corporate Investigations, GMR Group
  • Jaslein Sawhney, Director, EY
  • Rajesh T R, Director - Security & Resiliency, Kyndryl
03:15 PM - 04:30 PM

Flash Mentoring

  • Mohit Srivastava, CISO, DPO, Perfios
  • Vandana Nagpal, Director, Security Architecture, Kyndryl
  • Visagan Subburayalu, VP - Infrastructure & Cyber Security, Target
  • Tom Sheffield, Senior Director of Cybersecurity, Target
  • Sarita Padmini, Senior Director-Protiviti & AVP - WiCyS, Protiviti, WiCys
  • Reetwika Banerjee, Cyber Strategy Senior Consultant, Accenture
  • Awita Badonia, IT CSM Head APAC, Nokia
Co-Meeting 11
03:30 PM - 06:00 PM

Insurance Sub-Summit

General Insurance Council IRDAI Life Insurance Council

A Cybersecurity & Data Protection Sub-Summit with a three-hour agenda regulatory leadership and CXOs of insurance sector.

04:00 PM - 04:05 PM

Welcome Note

04:05 PM - 04:10 PM

Inaugural Address

04:10 PM - 04:15 PM

Keynote Address

04:15 PM - 04:20 PM

Keynote Address

04:20 PM - 04:25 PM

Keynote Address

04:25 PM - 04:30 PM

Special Address: Regulatory Imperatives for Digital Trust in Insurance

04:30 PM - 05:30 PM

Discussion on DPDP Act Implementation - Building Industry Consensus

05:30 PM - 05:50 PM

Tea/Coffee Break

05:50 PM - 06:20 PM

Operationalizing DPDP Compliance

06:20 PM - 06:40 PM

AI Governance in Insurance

06:40 PM - 07:00 PM

Ransomware Readiness & Cyber Resilience

07:00 PM - 07:05 PM

Closing Remarks & Vote of Thanks