Agenda

TRACK 1

09:00 AM - 09:20 AM

Opening Keynote

Shradha Sharma, Founder & CEO, YourStory

09:20 AM - 09:40 AM

FIRESIDE CHAT

Building a tech platform that is both simple to use and can handle a billion users

Rahul Chari, Co-founder & CTO, PhonePe
Moderator: Priya Sheth, Senior Anchor, YourStory

09:40 AM - 10:10 AM

FIRESIDE CHAT

Building the future of work

Kelly Waldher, Vice President, Marketing, Google Workspace
Moderator: Ramarko Sengupta, Senior Editor, YourStory

10:10 AM - 10:55 AM

MASTERCLASS

Building edtech for billions

Ranjit Radhakrishnan, Chief Product Officer, BYJU'S

10:55 AM - 11:20 AM

FIRESIDE

Building the tech team of the future

Viral Mehta, Vice President, Engineering, Pocket Aces
Moderator: Priya Sheth, Senior Anchor, YourStory

11:20 AM - 11:40 AM

KEYNOTE

Navigating into the future

Vandana Abraham, Head of Design, Atlassian

11:40 AM - 12:20 PM

MASTERCLASS

Fueling digital transformation with HPE Ezmeral

Ranganath Sadasiva, CTO, Hybrid IT, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Saurabh Godbole, Head Enterprise Business, Unique Solution

12:20 PM - 1:00 PM

MASTERCLASS

How SMEs can operate and innovate in the connected world of the future

Nabendu Das, Head of Engineering, Tally Solutions

LUNCH BREAK (1:00 PM- 2:00 PM)

2:00 PM - 2:20 PM

TALK

Ecommerce: scaling for the big billions

Prashant Parashar, VP & Head of Technology, Snapdeal

2:20 PM - 2:40 PM

TALK

Making of a CEO

Dr. Sandeep K. Krishnan, Director, People Business

2:40 PM - 3:20 PM

MASTERCLASS

How do you make engineering think business?

Kanav Arora, SVP – Engineering, Urban Company

3:20 PM - 4:00 PM

MASTERCLASS

The future of proptech

Akhil Gupta, Founder & CTO, NoBroker

4:00 PM - 4:40 PM

MASTERCLASS

How to build impactful VR/AR experiences on the web

Sahil Singh, Senior Developer & Project Manager, AutoVRse
Shreya Pidikiti, Environment Artist, AutoVRse
Pradyumna Panikker, Senior Designer, AutoVRse

4:40 PM - 5:20 PM

MASTERCLASS

Elements of designing products ahead of their time

Harish Sivaramakrishnan, Head of Design, CRED

5:20 PM - 6:00 PM

ROUNDTABLE

What’s the new normal for women in tech?

1. Shraddha Kandpal, Engineering Manager, PharmEasy
2. Jayalakshmi Manohar, Founder & CPO, Streak.AI
3. Aishwarya Kalakata, Head - Product Innovation, Flipkart
4. Gunjan Shukla, Market Partner - SEA and Australia, ThoughtWorks
5. Anuradha Balasubramaniam, VP - Global BPS Delivery, DXC Technology
6. Pooja Patel, Vice President - Product Delivery, LogiNext
Moderator: Vishakha Vaidya, Engineering Manager, Atlassian

TRACK 1

10:00 AM - 10:20 AM

KEYNOTE

Finding the balance between culture, management, morale, and remote working

Warren Harris, Chief Executive Officer, Tata Technologies

10:20 AM - 10:40 AM

KEYNOTE

Startup and Scaleup

Bhawna Agarwal, Country Head, India – Strategy & Growth, Enterprise Group
Hewlett-Packard Enterprise India

10:40 AM - 11:00 AM

FIRESIDE CHAT

Beyond payments: the future of neobanking in India

Shashank Kumar, Co-founder, Razorpay
Moderator: Vishal Krishna, Business Editor, YourStory

11:00 AM - 11:20 AM

TALK

Building ecommerce that connects a billion Indians

Jeyandran Venugopal, Chief Product and Technology Officer, Flipkart

11:20 AM - 11:40 AM

KEYNOTE

The unprecedented role of technology in business and its impact on our lives

Ketan Patel, Managing Director, HP

11:40 AM - 12:20 PM

PANEL

The future of content creation in a post-pandemic, Aatmanirbhar Bharat

Ronnie Screwvala, Chairman and Co-Founder, upGrad
Anirudh Pandita, Founder, Pocket Aces
Moderator: Vishal Krishna, Business Editor, YourStory

12:20 PM - 1:00 PM

PANEL

Decoding a startup’s innovation index

Debasis Goswami, General Manager, Shell E4 Startup Hub
Pritam Dutta, Director-Digital Transformation & Innovation Brewery, AB InBev
Moderator: Dr. Madanmohan Rao, Research Director, YourStory

LUNCH BREAK (1:00 PM- 2:00 PM)

02:00 PM - 02:20 PM

TALK

How one year of the pandemic created a ten-year tech leap globally?

Milind Borate, Co-Founder & CDO, Druva

02:20 PM - 02:40 PM

FIRESIDE CHAT

Powering inclusion with InsurTech: New ways tech is transforming the insurance landscape

Saurabh Tiwari, CTO, PolicyBazaar
Moderator: Shivani Muthanna, Associate Program Producer, YourStory

02:40 PM - 03:00 PM

TALK

VR/AR and the future of work

Ashwin Jaishanker, CEO, AutoVRse

03:00 PM - 03:40PM

PANEL DISCUSSION

Shaping the future of collaboration

1. Dinesh Ajmera, Head of Engineering & Site Lead, Atlassian
2. Ankit Maheshwari, President - Engineering & India Operations, Innovaccer
3. Ajeya Motaganahalli, Chief Technology Officer, Honeywell SPS India
4. Pravanjan Choudhury, CTO, Capillary Technologies
Moderator: Vishal Krishna, Business Editor, YourStory

03:40 PM - 04:00 PM

FIRESIDE CHAT

How tech is shaping the service industry

Raghav Chandra, Co-founder & CTO, Urban Company
Moderator: Priya Sheth, Senior Anchor, YourStory

04:00 PM - 04:20 PM

TALK

Ensuring lesser fatigue and faster retention in students as the K-12 segment shifts online

Vamsi Krishna, CEO & Co-Founder, Vedantu

04:20 PM - 05:00 PM

PANEL DISCUSSION

Solving for scale and complexity in gaming

Mitesh Agarwal, Director, Customer Engineering, Google Cloud India
Sandeep Agarwal, CTO, Games24x7
Arpit Chaudhary, CTO, GreedyGame
Shubh Malhotra, Co-Founder, MPL
Moderator: Priya Sheth, Senior Anchor, YourStory

05:00 PM - 5:40 PM

PANEL DISCUSSION

Building the foundations for robust and scalable SaaS platforms

Saravanan KP, Co-founder, Chargebee
Dinesh Varadharajan, Vice President of Product Management, Kissflow Inc
Vara Kumar Namburu, CPTO, Whatfix
Moderator: Vishal Krishna, Business Editor, YourStory

5:40 PM - 6:00 PM

TALK

Playing the long-term tech game

Arvind Neelakantan, Evangelist- India/ASEAN, Epic Games

TRACK 2 - PRODUCT, TECH & DESIGN

11:00 AM - 11:20 AM

FIRESIDE CHAT

A peek through into OYO’s tech and product arsenal that empowers small hotel and home operators

Abhinav Sinha, Global COO & Chief Product Officer, OYO
Moderator: Ramarko Sengupta, Senior Editor, YourStory

11:20 AM - 12:00 PM

PANEL

India’s fintech future

1. Manish Bhatia, President - Technology, Analytics & Capabilities, Lendingkart
2. Virender Bisht, Co-founder and CTO, Niyo
3. Anshu Prateek, Head of Engineering, GRAB
Moderator: Ramarko Sengupta, Senior Editor, YourStory

12:00 PM - 12:20 PM

FIRESIDE CHAT

Reimaging and rebuilding travel products for the new normal

Kapil Verma, CPO - Hotels, MakeMyTrip
Moderator: Vishal Krishna, Business Editor, YourStory

12:20 PM - 12:40 PM

FIRESIDE CHAT

Product-market fit at scale for consumer tech

Anuj Rathi, VP - Product, Revenue and Growth, Swiggy
Moderator: Priya Sheth, Senior Anchor, YourStory

12:40 PM - 01:00 PM

TALK

Creating market-leading innovations and consumer engagement

Lalitha Ramani, Chief Product Officer, Myntra

LUNCH BREAK (1:00 PM- 2:00 PM)

02:00 PM- 02:20 PM

TALK

How SMEs can be more efficient and increase revenues

Ravish Naresh, Founder & CEO, Khatabook

02:20 PM - 02:40 PM

TALK

Reimagining the future of procurement

Sandeep Goel, SVP - Technology, Moglix

02:40 PM - 03:00 PM

TALK

Future of work: Supporting the work from anywhere employee

Krunal Patel, Director, TeamViewer India

03:00 PM- 03:40 PM

PANEL DISCUSSION

The future of supply chains: Frictionless logistics with collaboration

1. R Raghuraman, Head of Supply Chain Strategies, ITC
2. Vishal Sharma, CEO, India & Sub-Continent, DB Schenker
3. Vikram Janakiraman, Partner & Managing Director, BCG
4. Swapnil Shah, Founder & CEO, Freight Tiger
Moderator: Vishal Krishna, Business Editor, YourStory

03:40 PM- 04:00 PM

TALK

Product lessons from billion-dollar disbursals

Jatin Bhasin, Vice President, Product Management, Capital Float

TRACK 3 - HR & JOBS

11:00 AM - 11:40 AM

PANEL DISCUSSION

The future of work is hybrid

1. Vikram Kumar Yerram, Country Manager – GreenLake Cloud Services, HPE
2. Mahesh Vandi Chalil, CTO/SVP - Head of Technology, BookMyShow
3. Ranjan Sakalley, Head of Engineering, Vedantu
4. Rahul Bhargava, Chief Product and Technology Officer, InCred
Moderator: Shivani Muthanna, Associate Program Producer, YourStory

11:40 AM - 12:00 PM

TALK

Driving personalisation at scale with Machine Learning

Yashwanth Kumar, Head - Analytics & Insights, Titan Company

12:00 PM - 12:20 PM

TALK

Tech innovators: hiring maturity model in a remote world

Harishankaran K, Co-founder & CTO, HackerRank

12:20 PM - 12:40 PM

FIRESIDE CHAT

Tech hiring: from India for the world

Vishpala Reddy, Head of Human Resources Indian Subcontinent, Philips
Moderator: Ramarko Sengupta, Senior Editor, YourStory

12:40 PM - 01:00 PM

TALK

Need for D&I in the context of the Indian startup ecosystem

Manmeet Sandhu, Head of HR, PhonePe

LUNCH BREAK (1:00 PM- 2:00 PM)

02:00 PM - 02:20 PM

FIRESIDE CHAT

Becoming an employer of choice for tech talent in India

Gopinath Pullaihgari, Director - Human Resources, Verizon India
Moderator: Ramarko Sengupta, Senior Editor, YourStory

02:20 PM - 02:40 PM

TALK

Reimagining the workplace of the future

Priyanka Anand, Vice President and Head of HR, South East Asia, Oceania & India, Ericsson

02:40 PM - 03:00 PM

FIRESIDE CHAT

Embracing the new way of work with HR tech

Chaitanya Peddi, Co-founder, Darwinbox
Moderator: Vishal Krishna, Business Editor, YourStory

03:00 PM - 03:40 PM

MASTERCLASS

Organizational Culture

Akhilesh Mandal, Managing Director, Hofstede Insights India
Subramanian Kalptathi, Principal Consultant, People Business

03:40 PM - 04:20 PM

MASTERCLASS

Employer Branding

Mervyn Raphael, Founding member, People Business in South Asia, MEA, Australia and SEA