Speakers 2026

Core Group

Mr Kamal Bali

Chairman India Innoverge 2026 &
Past Chairman CII Southern Region & President &
Managing Director
Volvo Group India

Mr Kris Gopalakrishnan

Mentor CII India Innoverge 2026 &
Past President CII &
Cofounder Infosys & Chairman Axilor Ventures

Mr Vijaykrishnan Venkatesan

Past Chairman CII Karnataka &
Managing Director Kennametal

Mr Guruprasad Mudlapur

Chairman, CII Karnataka &
President, Bosch Group in India & Managing Director Bosch Ltd

Mr Rabindra Srikantan

Past Chairman, CII Karnataka &
Managing Director
ASM Technologies

Mr Sam Cherain

Vice Chairman, CII Karnataka State Council &
Founder Chairman, Schevaran Group

Day 1 - Inaugural Session

Shri Piyush Goyal

Hon'ble Minister of Commerce and Industry
Government of India

Mr Kris Gopalakrishnan

Past President, CII; Mentor, CII India Innoverge 2026
Co-founder, Infosys & Chairman, Axilor Ventures

Dr (Mrs) Suchitra K Ella

President Designate, CII (2026-27) & Co-Founder & Managing Director
Bharat Biotech International Limited

Mr Kamal Bali

Chairman, CII India Innoverge 2026 & President & Managing Director
Volvo Group India

Mr Guruprasad Mudlapur

Chairman, CII Karnataka State Council 2026-27; President, Bosch Group in India & Managing Director
Bosch Ltd

Mr Sam Cherian

Vice Chairman, CII Karnataka & Founder Chairman
Schevaran Group

Mr Sudipto Paul

Partner
McKinsey & Co

Day 1 - Session 1: Automotive & Next-Generation Mobility

Mr Prashanth Doreswamy

President & Chief Executive Officer
Aumovio India

Mr Chetan Maini

Co-founder & Chairman
SUN Mobility

Mr Samarth Malhotra

Partner
McKinsey & Co

Mr Kishan Sreenath

Vice President and Head, Powertrain Technology, India
Volvo Group

Ms Anandi Iyer

Director
Fraunhofer India

Mr Sabarish Gurusubramanian

Chief Technology Officer
Virya Autonomous Technologies Pvt Ltd

Mr Alok Verma

Head - Corporate Strategy & Planning & ESG
Ashok Leyland

Dr CS Adishesha

Director - Technology & Innovation
Collins Aerospace

Mr Girish N Ramaswamy

Vice President - R&D E-Mobility Asia/Pacific
Schaeffler

Dr Selvakumar, IAS

Principal Secretary, Department of Commerce & Industries
Government of Karnataka

Day 1 - Session 2: Biotechnology, Pharma & Life Sciences

Mr D Sai Prasad

Executive Director
Bharat Biotech International Ltd

Dr. Sharan Patil

Chairman & Chief Orthopaedic Surgeon
SPARSH Hospital

Mr. Shreehas Tambe

Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director
Biocon Ltd.

Mr. Sharad Bajpai

General Manager - South Asia
Teleflex Medical Pvt Ltd

Dr. Ravi Rathod

Senior General Manager
Policy & Strategic Affairs
Innvolution Healthcare Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Shyam Doddavula

Vice President
Emerging Tech and Research Head
Infosys Ltd.

Day 1 - Session 3: Aerospace, Space & Defense

Mr Mallavarapu Apparao

Managing Director
ASM Technologies Ltd

Mr Girish Nair

Chief Operating Officer
Bengaluru International Airport Limited (BIAL)

Dr Naresh Palta

Principal Advisor
JK Maini Global Aerospace Ltd

Ms Khushboo Goel Chowdhary, IAS

Commissioner for Industrial Development and Director of Industries and Commerce
Government of Karnataka

Dr Jitendra Singh

India's first Commercial Astronaut Candidate
& Member Advisory Board
Sasmos Group

Mr Sampathkumaran S T

Executive President - Defence
HFCL LTD

Mr Sendyl Venkatachalam

Managing Director
Hi-Q Electronics Pvt. Ltd

Mr R Sakthikumar

Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder
Orbitaid Aerospace Pvt Ltd

Mr Sharath Bachegowda

Hon'ble MLA & Chairman
KEONICS

Day 2 - Session 4: Advanced Manufacturing & Industrial AI

Mr Vijaykrishnan Venkatesan

Managing Director
Kennametal India

Mr Samarth Malhotra

Partner
McKinsey & Co

Mr B Santhanam

Former Chairman and CEO
Saint-Gobain Asia Pacific and India

Mr Rabindra Srikantan

Managing Director
ASM Technologies

Ms Gowri Kailasam

Chief Executive Officer
Rane (Madras) Ltd

Dr Hüseyin Özmeral

Executive Vice President
Bosch Limited

Mr Dilip Sawhney

Regional Vice President & Managing Director - India
Rockwell Automation

Mr Sangeet Kumar

Founder
Addverb

Day 2 - Session 5: Artificial Intelligence & Data Centers

Mr Guruprasad Mudlapur

Chairman, CII Karnataka State Council 2026-27; President, Bosch Group India & Managing Director
Bosch Limited

Mr Sunil Gupta

Co-founder, MD & CEO
Yotta Data

Mr Sandeep Saini

Head of Sovereign AI
HCLTech

Mr Nagendra Nagaraja

Founder & CEO
QpiAI

Mr Prasad Rajappan

Founder & CEO
Zing HR

Mr Shubham Arora

Head - Sales & Business Development
Sarvam AI

Mr Bala Natarajan

Vice President - Generative AI & Analytics
Capgemini

Dr Caleb Munigety

Head, Enterprise-AI
Bosch India

Day 2 - Special Plenary Session

Shri Priyank Kharge

Hon'ble Minister of Home, IT, Biotechnology & e-Governance
Government of Karnataka

Mr Kamal Bali

Chairman, CII India Innoverge 2026 & President & Managing Director
Volvo Group India

Mr Kris Gopalakrishnan

Past President, CII; Mentor, CII India Innoverge 2026
Co-founder, Infosys & Chairman, Axilor Ventures

Mr Sudipto Paul

Partner
McKinsey & Co

Mr Guruprasad Mudlapur

Chairman, CII Karnataka State Council 2026-27 & President, Bosch Group India & Managing Director
Bosch Limited

Day 2 - Session 6: Creative & Digital Content Industries (The Orange Economy)

Prof Githa Heggde

Dean & Principal
MICA - The School of Ideas

Mr Jaspreet Bindra

Founder, AI & Beyond
Tech Whisperer Ltd

Mr Girish Menon

Chief Strategy Officer
Jetsynthsys

Mr Goutham Dindukurthi

Founder
HolyCow Productions

Mr Anuj Sahani

Head of KIGI and Director of Publishing
KRAFTON India

Mr Priyank Pratap Singh Raghuvanshi

Game Director
Tentworks Interactive

Mr Ashish Daga

Founder and CEO
Psypher Interactive

Day 2 - Session 7: Energy & Sustainability

Mr N Venu

Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer India & APAC
Hitachi Energy

Mr Rachit Rana

Associate Partner
McKinsey & Co

Dr V K Maheshwari

Executive Director of Corporate R&D
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL)

Mr Akilur Rahman

CTO
Hitachi Energy

Mr Girish Sethi

Programme Director, Energy Programmes
TERI

Mr Srinivasa C K

General Manager, Sustainability (ESG) Promotion Division; Department Head (Concurrent), Plant, Corporate Environment & Sustainability
Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt. Ltd.

Mr Rajshri Banerjee

Head of Business Development
ABB

Ms Dhanya Rajeswaran

Global Vice President and Country Managing Director for India
Fluence

Dr Arun Krishnan, Ph.D

Chairman and Managing Director
Mysore Polymers Pvt. Ltd.