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Follow the CIO Accelerator X Awards across India’s leading business hubs.
About the Event
CIO Accelerator X Awards X Awards
"CIO Accelerator X Awards 2026" is a reward and recognition initiative by Enterprise IT World celebrating the CIOs and IT leaders driving modernization and business transformation across 10 cities in India.
India is growing at 7%+ YoY and aims to touch a $7.3 trillion GDP by 2030. CIOs and IT heads need to stay updated about new technologies and solutions so they can implement them for the excellence of their organizations.
Our goal is to reach CIOs and IT decision makers across 10 cities including Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune, Ahmedabad, Kochi and Coimbatore — and touch base with at least 500 CIOs and IT heads.
Read MoreWhy Attend
- Peer-group discussions on business transformation strategy
- Insightful keynotes & panel discussions with industry leaders
- Recognition for outstanding CIOs and IT teams
- Networking with 500+ technology decision makers
- Showcase of next-gen technologies & solutions
10 Cities Agenda
Chennai Event Agenda
10th July 2026
02:00 PM
Registration and booth visit
02:30 PM
Networking High Tea
03:30 PM
Welcome by EMCEE and Lamp Lighting
04:00 PM
Keynote on "Digital Manufacturing & Industry 4.0: Chennai as India’s Smart Factory Hub" by Capt. Raghu Achat, VP IT, Thejo Engineering Ltd.
04:20 PM
Presentation by Precision IT
04:40 PM
Presentation by SNS
05:00 PM
Panel Discussion On Delivering Measurable Business Value from AI & Digital Investments
Moderated by : Sunil David, Digital Technology Consultant Ex Regional Director- IOT, AT&T India
Panellists:
- Vijay Anand, Chief Information Officer, TRUST
- Srinivasulu Thayam , CTO, Arvind Eye Care
- Dr. Ramkumar Dilli, Vice President & CIO, RCG Global Services
- Giri Babu, IT Head, Aricent Technologies
06:50 PM
Speech on Democratizing AI for B2B
07:05 PM
Panel Discussion On Balancing Cyber Resilience with Cost & Complexity
Moderated by : Dr. Aravind Gnanabaskaran, CISO and Global Head - Cybersecurity Services, X-Biz TechVentures
Panellists:
- Prabhakar Ramakrishnan, CISO, TNQ TECHNOLOGIES
- Gowdhaman Jothilingam, Global CISO and Head of IT, LatentView
- Gokulavan Jayaraman, Infosec Leader, M&M
- Srinivasan Balraj, Associate Director - Head of Corporate Information Security Company, Chargebee
07:45 PM
CIO Accelerator X Awards 2026
08:10 PM
Vote of Thanks by Sanjib Mohapatra, Publisher, Enterprise IT World
08:20 PM
Group Photo
08:30 PM
Cocktails & Dinner
Hyderabad Event Agenda
17th July 2026
03:00 PM
Networking High Tea and Registration
04:00 PM
Welcome by EMCEE
04:10 PM
Welcome by Sanjay Mohapatra, Editor, Enterprise IT World
04:20 PM
Keynote on 'Innovation at Speed, Security at Scale: Thriving in the Evolving Digital Landscape' by Anil Nama, CIO, CTRLs
05:00 PM
Panel Discussion On Delivering Measurable Business Value from AI & Digital Investments
Moderated by :
Panellists:
- Gaurav Duggal, CIO, Jio Platforms Ltd.
- Srinivas Muppaneni, COO/CIO, Marven Data Systems
06:00 PM
Panel Discussion On Balancing Cyber Resilience with Cost & Complexity
Moderated by :
Panellists:
- John J, Head Cybersecurity, Perceptive Inc.
- Venkata Ramana Ratnakaram, Operational CEO/CISO, Candid Brains
- Ramesh Kumar Velugula, Head InfoSec, BirlaNu
- Rohit Ponnapalli, Chief Information Security Officer, Envoy Global
07:30 PM
CIO Accelerator X Awards 2026
08:40 PM
Vote of Thanks by Sanjib Mohapatra, Publisher, Enterprise IT World
08:55 PM
Cocktails & Dinner
Bangalore Event Agenda
24th July 2026
03:00 PM
Networking High Tea
04:10 PM
Welcome by EMCEE
04:30 PM
Welcome by Sanjay Mohapatra, Editor, Enterprise IT World
05:10 PM
Panel Discussion On Delivering Measurable Business Value from AI & Digital Investments
Moderated by : Prasanna Lohar, Founder, India Blockchain Forum
Panellists:
- Sudhakar Nagandla, SVP & Global Head - IT Infrastructure and Cloud, ECU Worldwide
- Sudeep Dey, CIO & CISO, Aster DM Healthcare
- Shailendra Singh Gothra, CDO, STL DIGITAL LIMITED
- Sandeep Bansal, Director and Consulting Partner, Miraki23, Fractional CIO- Aone Steels India Ltd. and Board Member, World AI Governance
06:20 PM
Panel Discussion On Balancing Cyber Resilience with Cost & Complexity
Moderated by :
Panellists:
- Ramkumari Iyer, CISO /CIO, Multinational
08:00 PM
CIO Accelerator X Awards 2026
08:30 PM
Vote of Thanks by Sanjib Mohapatra, Publisher, Enterprise IT World
08:40 PM
Cocktails & Dinner
Kolkata Event Agenda
07th Aug 2026
03:00 PM
Networking High Tea
04:00 PM
Welcome by EMCEE
04:15 PM
Keynote on "AI at Scale: Turning Enterprise AI from Experimentation to Business Value" by CTRL S
04:30 PM
Panel Discussion On Delivering Measurable Business Value from AI & Digital Investments
Moderated by : Nabik Bhattacharjee, Assistant Vice President, Genpact
Panellists:
- Sourav Das, Group - Chief of Digital & IT, Rupa & Co.
- Atanu Pramanic, VP-IT, CESC
- Subhakar Rudra, Chief Technology Officer, SPML Infra Limited
- Subrata Roy
- Subhamoy Chakraborti , CTO, ABP Group
05:30 PM
Panel Discussion On Balancing Cyber Resilience with Cost & Complexity
Moderated by :
Panellists:
- Narayan Basak, CISO & Head IT Operations at TCG Digital Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
- Abdur Rafi, CITO, RICE ADAMS Group
07:00 PM
CIO Accelerator X Awards 2026
07:40 PM
Vote of Thanks by Sanjib Mohapatra, Publisher, Enterprise IT World
07:50 PM
Cocktails & Dinner
Ahmedabad Event Agenda
14th Aug 2026
03:00 PM
Networking High Tea and Registration
03:30 PM
Welcome by EMCEE
03:50 PM
Keynote on "AI at Scale: Turning Enterprise AI from Experimentation to Business Value" by Biren Parikh, Group CIO, Symphony Ltd
04:15 PM
Panel Discussion On Delivering Measurable Business Value from AI & Digital Investments
06:55 PM
Panel Discussion On Balancing Cyber Resilience with Cost & Complexity
07:40 PM
CIO Accelerator X Awards 2026
08:30 PM
Vote of Thanks by Sanjib Mohapatra, Publisher, Enterprise IT World
08:45 PM
Cocktails & Dinner
Pune Event Agenda
19th Aug 2026
04:00 PM
Networking Tea
04:30 PM
Welcome by EMCEE
05:00 PM
Panel Discussion On Delivering Measurable Business Value from AI & Digital Investments
Moderated by : Pankaj Mittal, Founder & CEO, Digizen Consulting Pvt Ltd.
Panellists:
- Subhash Singh Punjabi, CISO & Head Enterprise Architecture, Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals Corp. Ltd.
- Dr. Bishwajit Mohapatra, VP & Head of Product and Solutions Engineering, Intuitive.ai
- Dr. Atul Anand, Director IT, Cencora
- Anand Kumar Sinha, Chief Digital & Information Officer, Tata Technologies
05:40 PM
Panel Discussion On Balancing Cyber Resilience with Cost & Complexity
Moderated by : Amey Subhash Lakeshri, Associate Partner - Digital Trust Cyber Defense and Incident Response, KPMG India
Panellists:
07:50 PM
CIO Accelerator X Awards 2026
08:30 PM
Vote of Thanks by Sanjib Mohapatra, Publisher, Enterprise IT World
08:40 PM
Cocktails & Dinner
Mumbai Event Agenda
21st Aug 2026
12:30 PM
Registration
01:00 PM
Networking Lunch
02:30 PM
Welcome by EMCEE
02:45 PM
Keynote by Krushna Sahoo, Executive Director - Information Technology, JM Financial Services Ltd.
03:15 PM
Panel Discussion On Delivering Measurable Business Value from AI & Digital Investments
Moderated by : Pankaj Mittal, Founder & CEO, Digizen Consulting Pvt Ltd.
Panellists:
04:25 PM
Panel Discussion On Balancing Cyber Resilience with Cost & Complexity
Moderated by : Amey Subhash Lakeshri, Associate Partner - Digital Trust Cyber Defense and Incident Response, KPMG India
Panellists:
08:10 PM
CIO Accelerator X Awards 2026
08:40 PM
Vote of Thanks by Sanjib Mohapatra, Publisher, Enterprise IT World
08:50 PM
Cocktails & Dinner
Kochi Event Agenda
16th Sep 2026
04:00 PM
Networking Tea
04:20 PM
Welcome by EMCEE
04:55 PM
Panel Discussion On Delivering Measurable Business Value from AI & Digital Investments
Moderated by :
Panellists:
- Sangeeth K Mohan, Associate VP IT (India & Sri Lanka), MANE
05:25 PM
Panel Discussion On Balancing Cyber Resilience with Cost & Complexity
07:10 PM
CIO Accelerator X Awards 2026
07:30 PM
Vote of Thanks by Sanjib Mohapatra, Publisher, Enterprise IT World
07:45 PM
Cocktails & Dinner
Coimbatore Event Agenda
18th Sep 2026
04:00 PM
Networking Tea
04:20 PM
Welcome by EMCEE
04:40 PM
Presentation by Sponsor
05:10 PM
Panel Discussion On Delivering Measurable Business Value from AI & Digital Investments
Moderated by :
Panellists:
- Srikanth JS, VP-IT, KPR MILL LIMITED
- Jidesh Gopinathan, Head of Information Technology, The Arya Vaidya Pharmacy Coimbatore Ltd
- Subodh Nair, Sr. Vice President - IT, Elgi Equipments Ltd
- Dr. Raveendran N, Vice President - Enterprise-wide solutions (CIO), Sakthi Finance Ltd. / ABT Industries ltd.
05:40 PM
Panel Discussion On Balancing Cyber Resilience with Cost & Complexity
07:30 PM
CIO Accelerator X Awards 2026
08:00 PM
Vote of Thanks by Sanjib Mohapatra, Publisher, Enterprise IT World
08:15 PM
Cocktails & Dinner
Delhi Event Agenda
25th Sep 2026
02:00 PM
Registration and booth visit
02:30 PM
Networking High Tea
03:30 PM
Welcome by EMCEE and Lamp Lighting
05:00 PM
Panel Discussion On Delivering Measurable Business Value from AI & Digital Investments
06:50 PM
Speech on
07:05 PM
Panel Discussion On Balancing Cyber Resilience with Cost & Complexity
07:45 PM
CIO Accelerator X Awards 2026
08:10 PM
Vote of Thanks by Sanjib Mohapatra, Publisher, Enterprise IT World
08:20 PM
Group Photo
08:30 PM
Cocktails & Dinner
10 Cities Speakers
All Speakers
Sharad Kumar Agarwal
CIO, CDIO, Jk Tyre & Industries Ltd.
Delhi View Profile →
Prabhakar Ramakrishnan
CISO & AVP - IT Infrastructure, TNQ TECH PVT LTD
Chennai 
Anil Nama
CIO, CTRLs
Hyderabad 
Sourav Das
Group - Chief of Digital & IT, Rupa & Co.
Kolkata 
Manik Paul
Chief Information Officer, Saatvik Solar
Delhi 
Saurabh Gupta
Group Chief Digital and Information officer, Gujarat Fluorochemicals Limited
Delhi View Profile →
Krushna Sahoo
Executive Director - Information Technology, JM Financial Services Ltd.
Mumbai 
Rajesh Garg
President & Group CIO, Yotta Data Services Private Limited
Sudhakar Nagandla
SVP & Global Head - IT Infrastructure and Cloud, ECU Worldwide
Bangalore 
Vinod Bhat
CDO, TATA AutoComp Systems Ltd
Sudeep Dey
CIO & CISO, Aster DM Healthcare
Bangalore 
Dr. Bishwajit Mohapatra
VP & Head of Product and Solutions Engineering, Intuitive.ai
Pune 
John J
Head Cybersecurity, Perceptive Inc.
Hyderabad View Profile →
Dr. Ramkumar Dilli
Vice President & CIO, RCG Global Services
Chennai View Profile →
Shailendra Singh Gothra
CDO, STL DIGITAL LIMITED
Bangalore View Profile →
Sonam Mallik
Head of Information Technology, Interarch Building Solutions Limited
Delhi View Profile →
Ramkumari Iyer
CISO /CIO, Multinational
Bangalore 
Gokulavan Jayaraman
Infosec Leader, M&M
Chennai View Profile →
Prasenjit Mukherjee
CIO & CDO, Jindal Water Infrastructure Ltd.
Delhi 
Sunil David
Digital Technology Consultant Ex Regional Director- IOT, AT&T India
Chennai View Profile →
Dr. Prince Joseph
Group CIO, NeST Group, SFO Technologies
Kochi 
Atanu Pramanic
VP-IT, CESC
Kolkata 
Anand Aggarwal
Group CTO, Benett Coleman
Delhi 
Subhakar Rudra
Chief Technology Officer, SPML Infra Limited
Kolkata View Profile →
Nabik Bhattacharjee
Assistant Vice President, Genpact
Kolkata 
Gowdhaman Jothilingam
Global CISO and Head of IT, Latentview
Chennai View Profile →
Vijay Anand
Chief Information Officer, TRUST
Chennai 
Raghu Achat
VP IT, Thejo Engineering Limited
Chennai View Profile →
Srinivasulu Thayam
CTO - Aravind Eye Care System
Chennai 
Narayan Basak
CISO & Head IT Operations, TCG Digital Solutions Pvt.
Kolkata 
Dr. Aravind Gnanabaskaran
CISO and Global Head - Cybersecurity Services, X-Biz TechVentures
Chennai View Profile →
Srinivasan Balraj
Associate Director - Head of Corporate Information Security Company, Chargebee
Chennai 
Sandeep Bansal
Director and Consulting Partner, Miraki23, Fractional CIO- Aone Steels India Ltd. and Board Member, World AI Governance
Bangalore View Profile →
Prasanna Lohar
Founder, India Blockchain Forum
Bangalore 
Giri Babu
IT Head, Aricent Technologies
Chennai 
Venkata Ramana Ratnakaram
Operational CEO/CISO, Candid Brains
Hyderabad 
Bharat B Anand
CTIO, Contec Group Ltd.
Delhi 
Biren Parikh
Group CIO, Symphony Ltd.
Ahmedabad 
Dr. Atul Anand
Director IT, Cencora
Pune 
Pankaj Mittal
Founder & CEO, Digizen Consulting Pvt Ltd.
Pune, Mumbai 
Amey Subhash Lakeshri
Associate Partner - Digital Trust Cyber Defense and Incident Response, KPMG India
Ahmedabad, Pune, Mumbai 
Anand Kumar Sinha
Chief Digital & Information Officer, Tata Technologies
Pune 
Srinivas Muppaneni
COO/CIO, Marven Data Systems
Hyderabad View Profile →
Subhash Singh Punjabi
CISO & Head Enterprise Architecture, Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals Corp. Ltd.
Pune 
Gaurav Duggal
Senior Vice President, Jio Platforms Limited
Hyderabad 
Sangeeth K Mohan
Associate VP IT (India & Sri Lanka), MANE
Kochi 
Biju Velayudhan
Chief Information Officer, G.Kuppuswamy Naidu Memorial Hospital
Coimbatore View Profile →
Kannan Seshadri
VP of Cloud Business, Precision
Chennai 
Subrata Roy
Kolkata
Subhamoy Chakraborti
CTO, ABP Group
Kolkata 
Rohit Ponnapalli
Chief Information Security Officer, Envoy Global
Hyderabad 
Srikanth JS
VP-IT, KPR MILL LIMITED
Coimbatore 
Jidesh Gopinathan
Head of Information Technology, The Arya Vaidya Pharmacy Coimbatore Ltd
Coimbatore 
Subodh Nair
Sr. Vice President - IT, Elgi Equipments Ltd
Coimbatore 
Dr. Raveendran N
Vice President - Enterprise-wide solutions (CIO), Sakthi Finance Ltd. / ABT Industries ltd.
Coimbatore Chennai
Prabhakar Ramakrishnan
CISO & AVP - IT Infrastructure, TNQ TECH PVT LTD
Chennai
Dr. Ramkumar Dilli
Vice President & CIO, RCG Global Services
Chennai View Profile →
Gokulavan Jayaraman
Infosec Leader, M&M
Chennai View Profile →
Sunil David
Digital Technology Consultant Ex Regional Director- IOT, AT&T India
Chennai View Profile →
Gowdhaman Jothilingam
Global CISO and Head of IT, Latentview
Chennai View Profile →
Vijay Anand
Chief Information Officer, TRUST
Chennai
Raghu Achat
VP IT, Thejo Engineering Limited
Chennai View Profile →
Srinivasulu Thayam
CTO - Aravind Eye Care System
Chennai
Dr. Aravind Gnanabaskaran
CISO and Global Head - Cybersecurity Services, X-Biz TechVentures
Chennai View Profile →
Srinivasan Balraj
Associate Director - Head of Corporate Information Security Company, Chargebee
Chennai
Giri Babu
IT Head, Aricent Technologies
Chennai
Kannan Seshadri
VP of Cloud Business, Precision
Chennai Hyderabad
Anil Nama
CIO, CTRLs
Hyderabad
John J
Head Cybersecurity, Perceptive Inc.
Hyderabad View Profile →
Venkata Ramana Ratnakaram
Operational CEO/CISO, Candid Brains
Hyderabad
Srinivas Muppaneni
COO/CIO, Marven Data Systems
Hyderabad View Profile →
Gaurav Duggal
Senior Vice President, Jio Platforms Limited
Hyderabad
Rohit Ponnapalli
Chief Information Security Officer, Envoy Global
Hyderabad Bangalore
Sudhakar Nagandla
SVP & Global Head - IT Infrastructure and Cloud, ECU Worldwide
Bangalore
Sudeep Dey
CIO & CISO, Aster DM Healthcare
Bangalore
Shailendra Singh Gothra
CDO, STL DIGITAL LIMITED
Bangalore View Profile →
Ramkumari Iyer
CISO /CIO, Multinational
Bangalore
Sandeep Bansal
Director and Consulting Partner, Miraki23, Fractional CIO- Aone Steels India Ltd. and Board Member, World AI Governance
Bangalore View Profile →
Prasanna Lohar
Founder, India Blockchain Forum
Bangalore Kolkata
Sourav Das
Group - Chief of Digital & IT, Rupa & Co.
Kolkata
Atanu Pramanic
VP-IT, CESC
Kolkata
Subhakar Rudra
Chief Technology Officer, SPML Infra Limited
Kolkata View Profile →
Nabik Bhattacharjee
Assistant Vice President, Genpact
Kolkata
Narayan Basak
CISO & Head IT Operations, TCG Digital Solutions Pvt.
Kolkata
Subrata Roy
Kolkata
Subhamoy Chakraborti
CTO, ABP Group
Kolkata Ahmedabad
Biren Parikh
Group CIO, Symphony Ltd.
Ahmedabad
Amey Subhash Lakeshri
Associate Partner - Digital Trust Cyber Defense and Incident Response, KPMG India
Ahmedabad, Pune, Mumbai Pune
Dr. Bishwajit Mohapatra
VP & Head of Product and Solutions Engineering, Intuitive.ai
Pune
Dr. Atul Anand
Director IT, Cencora
Pune
Pankaj Mittal
Founder & CEO, Digizen Consulting Pvt Ltd.
Pune, Mumbai
Amey Subhash Lakeshri
Associate Partner - Digital Trust Cyber Defense and Incident Response, KPMG India
Ahmedabad, Pune, Mumbai
Anand Kumar Sinha
Chief Digital & Information Officer, Tata Technologies
Pune
Subhash Singh Punjabi
CISO & Head Enterprise Architecture, Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals Corp. Ltd.
Pune Mumbai
Krushna Sahoo
Executive Director - Information Technology, JM Financial Services Ltd.
Mumbai
Pankaj Mittal
Founder & CEO, Digizen Consulting Pvt Ltd.
Pune, Mumbai
Amey Subhash Lakeshri
Associate Partner - Digital Trust Cyber Defense and Incident Response, KPMG India
Ahmedabad, Pune, Mumbai Kochi
Dr. Prince Joseph
Group CIO, NeST Group, SFO Technologies
Kochi
Sangeeth K Mohan
Associate VP IT (India & Sri Lanka), MANE
Kochi Coimbatore
Biju Velayudhan
Chief Information Officer, G.Kuppuswamy Naidu Memorial Hospital
Coimbatore View Profile →
Srikanth JS
VP-IT, KPR MILL LIMITED
Coimbatore
Jidesh Gopinathan
Head of Information Technology, The Arya Vaidya Pharmacy Coimbatore Ltd
Coimbatore
Subodh Nair
Sr. Vice President - IT, Elgi Equipments Ltd
Coimbatore
Dr. Raveendran N
Vice President - Enterprise-wide solutions (CIO), Sakthi Finance Ltd. / ABT Industries ltd.
Coimbatore Delhi
Sharad Kumar Agarwal
CIO, CDIO, Jk Tyre & Industries Ltd.
Delhi View Profile →
Manik Paul
Chief Information Officer, Saatvik Solar
Delhi
Saurabh Gupta
Group Chief Digital and Information officer, Gujarat Fluorochemicals Limited
Delhi View Profile →
Sonam Mallik
Head of Information Technology, Interarch Building Solutions Limited
Delhi View Profile →
Prasenjit Mukherjee
CIO & CDO, Jindal Water Infrastructure Ltd.
Delhi
Anand Aggarwal
Group CTO, Benett Coleman
Delhi
Bharat B Anand
CTIO, Contec Group Ltd.
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