The Intelligent Enterprise – Accelerating What’s Next for Business Growth
27th February - 01st March, 2026
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About EmergeTech 2026
From Multi-City Roadshows to a Curated Residential Experience
For the past two years, The Mainstream has taken EmergeTech across India’s leading tech hubs and global innovation cities, convening CIOs, CTOs and enterprise leaders for discussions on AI, cloud, data, and digital transformation. These multi-city roadshows created dialogue, shared success stories and connected innovators across industries.
In 2026, EmergeTech evolves. For the first time, the summit becomes residential — an immersive, multi-day environment that allows leaders to: – Step away from the daily grind and engage without distractions – Participate in deep-dive boardroom discussions and peer dialogues – Explore real enterprise use cases that demonstrate measurable business outcomes – Network with decision-makers in a focused, curated setting
Speakers & Delegates
Khushbu Soni
Co-Founder & CEO
The Mainstream
Dr. Sanjeev Rastogi
CEO
Adani Group - GCC
Madhusudhana Rao Gollapudi
Former Managing Director- Digital Development Centre
Former Capita Plc
Chitti Babu
Group CIO
Aurobindo Pharma
Ranganathan Vaidyanathan Iyer
DPO & Group CIO
JBM Group
Dr. Srikanth Katuri
Global CIO
Omega Healthcare Management Services Private Limited
Diptesh Patel
President & CDIO
Cadila Pharmaceuticals Limited
Baiju Kuduvan
Governance Risk & Compliance Leader @ Adani GCC
Adani Group
Ankit Gupta
CTO
Policybazaar for Business
Avinash Shinde
CTO and Head Automation Technology
Century Enka Ltd (Aditya Birla Group)
Kamalkumar Ranjandoss B S
Global Head - IT & Infrastructure
Bahwan CyberTek
Rajneesh Garg
SVP & CIO
ALLCARGO LOGISTICS LIMITED
Jitendra Mishra
SVP & CIO
Alembic Pharmaceuticals Limited
Deepankar Srivastava
CIO
DLF LIMITED
Ramkumar Mohan
CIO
AirWorks Group
Saurabh Gupta
CDO & CIO
Gujarat Fluorochemicals Limited
Venkatesh PS
Director - Global Business Resiliance - Corporate Security
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Binit Jha
CDO
IDBI Bank
Sudeep Dey
CIO & CISO
Aster DM Healthcare
Mukesh Jain
CTO
Capgemini
Nareshkumar Bhati
CTO Data Technology
Force Motors
Tejas Shah
CTO
Carnelian Asset Management and Advisors Pvt Ltd
Pankaj Kumar
CTO & Head IT
Cent Bank home finance subsidiary of Central Bank of India
Shivendra Yadav
General Manager and CTO - NVIDIA Ecosystem
HCL Tech
Nikhil Bhushan
CTO
Starbucks India
Suresh Nadar
Group CIO,
Dr. Batra's Group
Sandeep Dewangan
President and Group CIO
Safexpress Private Limited
Kiran Padmakar Naik
CIO & CDO
JSW Infrastructure Ltd
Prasad Tripurari
CTO
Ramoji Group of Companies
Kishore Kumar
Founder Director & CTO
OSPYN TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED
Meheriar Patel
Group Chief Technology Officer and Director IT, Master Group
Arvind Prithvinath Singh
Chief Technology & Product Officer, Executive VP-IT, M3M India
Dillipa Kumar Khuntia
CTO
ANNAPURNA FINANCE PRIVATE LIMITED
Ayaskant Mohapatra
CIO
BOBCARD LIMITED
Vipin Rustagi
CIO
Aliaxis
Kunal Dikshit
CIO & CTO
Fedbank Financial Services Ltd
Dr. Avadhut Parab
CIO
Waaree Group
Manoj Kumar
CIO
Shyam Steel Industries Limited
Hemal Salva
CIO
Shalina Healthcare
Ashok Nayak
CIO
Ipca Labs
Dr. Randhir Padwal
CIO
RPG Life Sciences Ltd.
Manish Chandegara
CIO
Simpolo Ceramics
Rajiv R G
CIO
Bahwan CyberTek
Anil Menon
CIO
Lulu Group India
Kripadyuti Sarkar
Group CIO
AmbujaNeotia Group
Rajeev Singhania
Group CIO
BC Jindal Group
Venu Medicherla
Group CIO
MSPL LIMITED
Ajay Ajmera
Group CIO
Rockman Industries Limited
Saumil Purani
Vice President - IT
Axis Bank
Vivek Shankar
VP - Digital Technology & CITSO
Axis Max Life Insurance Limited
Hema R
Vice President - IT
Federal Bank
Arumugam Kannaiyan
Brand Ambassador of EBAIL GCC Leader VP & Head Digital AI
Mphasis
Navdeep Singh Jamwal
Senior Vice President
Aavas Financiers Limited
Pravinsinh Harisinh Chavda
VP & Head IT
Laxmi Organic Industries Ltd
Dr. Shibin Chulliparambil
Head IT
Malabar Group
Rahul Mergu
Vice President - IT
MarketsandMarkets
Manish Anand
Head IT
Pyramid Consulting
CA. Navratan Bohra
Vice President - Digital Initiatives
ANAND RATHI FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED
Ravi Kumar
Senior EVP & Head of Technology
Kotak Mahindra Bank
Sabyasachi Ghosh
EVP - Head of Technology
Aurionpro Solutions Ltd
Shijo Cherian
GM IT
Plant Lipids
Dr. Pardha Sai V
Chief Medical Information Officer
KIMS HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT LIMITED
Satyadev Gupta
Director of Technology
MakeMyTrip
Partner Speakers
Juned Kasmani
Director
Shivaami
Priyanka Khanna
Chief Revenue Officer
Shivaami
Johan Fantenberg
Director, Product and Solutions Marketing, Ping Identity
Adarsh Singh
Head of Cloud Service Provider (CSP) - India & SAARC, Commvault
Gaurav Mishra
Associate Director
Multivendor & Solutions
SoftwareOne (Crayon)
Vijay Jayaraman
Sales Engineering Leader, India & South Asia
CrowdStrike
Atul Gupta
Head of Sales & Partnerships
Scry AI
Previous Editions at a Glance
Over the past two years, EmergeTech has travelled across India’s leading tech hubs and global innovation cities, connecting CIOs, CTOs, and enterprise leaders through multi-city roadshows. Here’s what these editions delivered:
Engaged Leaders
500+ senior technology and transformation leaders convened across multiple cities
Cross-Industry Dialogue
Panels and boardrooms covering BFSI, Retail, Manufacturing, Technology, Telecom, Healthcare, and Logistics
Actionable Insights
Real-world case studies and success stories shared by practitioners
Networking That Matters
Curated peer-to-peer discussions enabling collaboration and partnerships
Media Amplification
Coverage and thought leadership pieces reaching thousands of enterprise professionals
These editions set the stage for EmergeTech Residential Summit 2026 — bringing the dialogue, insights, and networks into a single immersive experience.
Why a Residential Summit?
Residential summits create deeper, lasting impact!
Strategic Immersion
Sessions designed for uninterrupted dialogue and deep reflection.
Peer Collaboration
Curated opportunities for networking, debate, and shared learning.
Actionable Insights
Panels, boardrooms, and fireside chats focused on enterprise outcomes.
Professional Clarity
A space where leaders can think, question, and align, not just consume content.
Who’s leading the room?
80+ Senior Technology & Transformation Leaders from:
BFSI
NBFCs & Fintech
Retail - Manufacturing
Technology & Services
Healthcare & Pharma
Telecom
Logistics & Supply Chain
Summit Pillars
The Intelligent Enterprise – Accelerating What’s Next for Business Growth
360° Insights Across Enterprise Transformation
- AI — GenAI & Agentic AI
- Data Intelligence & Enterprise Data Ecosystems
- Cloud Transformation & Multi-Cloud Models
- Modern Infrastructure & Future-Ready Data Centres
- Customer Experience & Experience-Led Growth
- Leadership 2.0 — Mindsets That Move Organisations Forward
What to Expect?
Real Enterprise Use Cases
Learn how India’s leading enterprises are applying AI, cloud, and data to create measurable outcomes.
Challenges & Practical Solutions
Candid conversations on barriers to adoption and how to overcome them.
Boardroom Dialogues & Panels
Structured, insight-led sessions designed for clarity and action.
Cross-Industry Collaboration
Gain perspective on how AI, cloud, and data are applied differently across sectors.
Curated Networking
Opportunities to connect with peers and thought leaders, meaningfully.
Immersive Leadership Experience
A professional environment designed to stimulate reflection, insight, and action.
Summit Highlights: From Strategy to Immersion
Day 1
February 27th, 2026
Strategy, Intelligence & What Comes Next
As leaders arrive, the day eases into conversations that set the summit’s intent — sharpening strategic priorities, understanding the new face of intelligence, and framing what the next decade demands. The evening brings everyone together in an atmosphere designed for genuine connection.
Cloud Scale, The Customer Frontier & Leadership Clarity
Day 2 moves deeper into the realities of modern enterprise growth — cloud at scale, the shifting customer horizon, and the leadership clarity needed to navigate both. As the day unfolds, it opens into explorations and cultural experiences that offer perspective beyond the boardroom, culminating in curated roundtables and a gala evening.
Day 2
February 28th, 2026
Day 3
March 01st, 2026
Immersion, Connection & A Reflective Close
The final day takes a gentler pace. Cultural immersions, unhurried conversations, and one-of-a-kind networking create space for reflection and alignment. The summit concludes with quiet clarity, followed by departures.
What Your Partnership Unlocks?
- Deciders, Not Delegates: Engage directly with the leaders who shape enterprise strategy and budgets.
- A Narrative, Not a Logo Drop: Your brand becomes part of the story — integrated into panels, sessions, and insights.
- Curated 1:1 Engagements: Precision-matched meetings aligned with live enterprise transformation priorities.
- Thought Leadership That Resonates: Position your organisation as a strategic partner at the forefront of change.
- Visibility That Endures: A 12-month content and media presence amplified through The Mainstream.
What’s in it for leaders?
- Clarity without the clutter: A rare pause from the operational whirlwind to think expansively about what truly matters next.
- Intelligence in its real form: Grounded, experience-led insights from leaders who’ve solved complexity, not just talked about it.
- Conversations that convert to decisions: Boardroom dialogues that turn AI, cloud, data, and CX into next-week priorities.
- A circle of peers, not just titles: Connect with leaders navigating the same crossroads, ambitions, and pressures.
- A head start on 2026: Walk away with sharper direction, renewed clarity and relationships that outlast the summit itself.
Contact Us
At The Mainstream, we take pride in creating experiences that stay with you and Jaipur offers the perfect canvas. This city of colour, character, and calm gives leaders the space to think, the room to breathe, and the backdrop to turn strategy into genuine experience. Heritage slows the pace, culture sparks conversation, and even the walls seem to whisper, “Think bigger.” A one-of-a-kind summit deserves a one-of-a-kind destination and Jaipur delivers it with charm, wit, and zero boardroom beige.
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Glimpse of Previous Edition
What started as CIO News in June 2020 grew rapidly into a trusted resource for CIOs, CISOs, and tech leaders, focusing on cybersecurity and emerging technologies. With 70,000+ subscribers and 500+ podcasts, the platform recognized tech’s expanding role across all industries. In November 2024, it rebranded to The Mainstream to reflect the wider influence of technology. Now, with a global reach across the Middle East, ASEAN, USA, and UK, The Mainstream continues to provide insightful content that keeps professionals ahead of the curve.