AGENDA
- 10:00 - 10:20 am
Keynote - Powering India’s Strategic Decade
- 10:20 - 10:30 am
Keynote - India’s Tech Playbook: What Got Us Here Won’t Get Us There
- Manoj Kohli – International Growth Advisor to MNCs &
Funds; Business Transformation Coach to CEOs & Founders
- 10:30 - 11:15 am
India’s Tech Playbook: What Got Us Here Won’t Get Us There
- 11:15 am - 12:00 pm
AI Unlocked: Innovation, Scale & Competitiveness
- Goutam Kurumella – Head of Startup Solutions
Architecture, AWS India - Abhinav Sinha – Founder, Kluisz
- Raghav Aggarwal – Co-Founder, Fluid AI
- 12:00 - 12:30 pm
From Research to Unicorns: Blueprint for India’s Deeptech Ascent
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- Dr. Shivkumar Kalyanraman – CEO, Anusandhan National Research Foundation in conversation with
- Vikram Gupta – Founder & Managing Partner, IvyCap Ventures
- 12:30 - 1:00 pm
Keynote - How India Can Win the Global AI Race
- Abhishek Singh – Addl. Secretary, MeitY, India AI Mission
- 1:30 - 2:15 pm
Lunch with Charter Members
- 2:30 - 3:00 pm
Keynote Fireside - Quantum Leap: Accelerating India’s Tech Sovereignty
- Dr. Abhay Karandikar – Secretary, DST in conversation with
- Saurabh Srivastava – Chairman Emeritus, TiE Delhi – NCR
- 3:00 - 3:15 pm
Launch of TechSwaraj
- Abhay Karandikar – Secretary, DST
- Saurabh Srivastava – Chairman Emeritus, TiE Delhi – NCR
- Atul Dhawan – President, TiE Delhi-NCR; Independent
Director & Retired Partner, Deloitte India
- 3:15 - 3:30 pm
SPF 100 Desi Deeptech Launch
- Shweta Rajpal Kohli – Founder, SPF
- 3:30 - 4:15 pm
Opening Note - Scaling Deep Science Startups in India’s Bioeconomy
- 4:15 - 5:00 pm
Panel - Catalyzing a Healthier, Resilient Future
- Venkatasubramanian Narayanan, Co-Founder & CEOPeptris
- Ezhil Subbian, CEO – Stringbio
- Dr. Divya S – Co-Founder & CEO, DNome
- Dr. JItendra Kumar – MD BIRAC
- Kumar Bagrodia – Founder & CEO Arkni PhotoBioLife and NeuroLeap (Chair)
- 5:00 - 5:30 pm
Dialogue Hour - Gene, Planet
- 5:15 - 5:30 pm
TiE Report Launch - India a Startup Superpower@2035
- 7:00 - 10:00 pm
Gala Networking Dinner
- 10:00 pm onwards
Raat Baki: The TiEcon Delhi Afterparty
- 2:30 - 3:00 pm
Lab to Market: The Deeptech Commercialisation Playbook
- 3:00 - 5:30 pm
Lab2Scale
- 12:00 - 12:30 pm
Fueling Moonshots: Enterprise-Backed Innovation for DeepTech
- Suramya Choudhary – Chief Compliance LoB – Binary Semantics & Co-Founder – GSTrobo
- Vinod Sood – MD & Co-Founder – Hughes Systique
- 2:30 - 3:15 pm
AI Power Hour – Dialogue Hours with Speakers
- 3:30 to 5:00 pm
TiE - SPF 100 Desi Deeptech Round Table
- 7:00 - 10:00 pm
Moonshot Mixer: Investor-Founder After Hours
- 1:30 - 2:15 pm
Growth Capital Lunch
- Akshat Babbar – Chrys Capital
- Akash Khandelwal – B Capital
- Ashish Sharma – InnoVen Capital
- Imran Jafar – Gaja Capital
- Vivek Kotak – Multiples Private Equity
- Ashish Kumar – Fundamentum
- 8:30 - 9:30 am
Capital Sunrise - Breakfast with Investors
- Chinmaya Saxena – BEENEXT
- Sheetal Bahl – Merak Ventures
- Shashank Randev – 247VC
- Arpit Agarwal – Blume Ventures
- Karan Mittal – Caret Capital
- Manish Maheshwari – BAT VC
- Tej Kapoor – ICICI Venture
- Anisha Singh – She Capital
- Mohit Sadani – DeVC
- Vishesh Rajaram – Speciale Invest
- 10:30 - 11:10 am
Tech for Tactical Edge: Startups Powering India’s Defence & Dual-Use Deeptech
- Pranit Mehta – Co-Founder, Galaxeye
- Debendra Pradhan – Co-founder and CEO, Coratia Technologies
- Dr. N Ranjana – Secretary, Defence Science Forum DIT & CS Defence, DRDO
- 11:55 am - 12:30 pm
Emerging Finance Leader Awards
- 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Mentoring @ Lunch
- Brand Building – Diksha Pande – Co-Founder, Samosa Party
- Hiring Right: Building strong, values-driven teams – Rishu Garg – Chief People Officer, DeHaat
- Leader’s Journey: From operator to CEO – Neha Bagaria – Founder & CEO, Herey
- Governance Ready: Compliance & boardroom basics – Kalpana Jain – Partner, Deloitte India
- The Future of Edtech – Swati Vasudevan – Managing Director, Khan Academy
- The Power of Networks: Leveraging Communities for Startup Success – Tripti Shinghal Somani – Founder, Womennovator
- Startup Policy & Advocacy: Navigating regulations for startups – Shweta Rajpal Kohli – President & CEO, Startup Policy Forum
- Global Growth Strategies: Lessons from Leading a Legacy Brand – Sangeeta Sharma – General Manager Sales , South Asia, Lufthansa
- 2:00 - 2:15 pm
Welcome Address
- Vani Kola – Founder and Managing Director, Kalaari
- 2:15 - 2:40 pm
Fireside Chat - The Reality of Moonshot Ideas
- Dr. Annapurni Subramanian – Director, Indian Institute of Astrophysics in conversation with
- Vani Kola – Founder and Managing Director, Kalaari Capital
- 2:40 - 3:05 pm
Fireside Chat
- Vikram Chopra – Founder CarDekho in conversation with
- Pragya Mishra Mehrishi – OpenAI
- 3:05 - 3: 30 pm
Proliferation of AI Across Startup Applications
- Samhita R – Founding CEO, Resilience AI
- Nikkita Shankar – Co Founder & CEO, Superbryn
- Rimjhim Agrawal – Co Founder & CTO, Brainsight in conversation with
- Radha Basu – Founder & CEO, iMerit
- 3:30 - 4:00 pm
CXXO Women Disruptors 2025
- Swati Bhargava – Co-Founder, Cashkaro
- 4:30 - 4:55 pm
Fireside Chat - Mind the Divide - Buildng AI that Works for Everyone
- Kanika Bali – Senior Principal Researcher, Microsoft India in conversation with
- Niyati Chhaya – Co Founder & CTO, Hyperbots
- 4:30 - 4:45 pm
Fireside Chat - Accelerating Enterprising Technology Adoption: Startups, Scale and Sovereigntyin India's Techade
- Rucha Nanavati – Chief Digital Transformation Officer, Mahindra Group in conversation with
- Rajashree R – Chief Growth Officer, America Strategic Verticals, Tech Mahindra
- 4:45 - 5:00 pm
Women in Ai Report Launch
- 5:00 - 5:15 pm
Closing Remarks
- 9:30 - 10:30 am
POWER PANEL - Patient Capital, Bold Bets: The Future of Deeptech Investing
- Vishesh Rajaram – Managing
Partner, Speciale Invest - Anjali Bansal – Founding
Partner, Avaana Capital
Elevation
- 10:30 - 11:15 pm
TiE Institute - CXXO Masterclass - How to Make Your Workforce AI-Ready
- Monisha Banerjee – CEO, Anudip Foundation
- 11:15 am - 12:00 pm
TiE Institute - CXXO Masterclass - Role of Policy Management in Startup Scaling
- Pragya Mishra – Lead Public Policy & Partnerships-India, Open AI
- 11:55 - 1:00 pm
Tactical Exchange: Defence-Tech Power Hour
- 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Lunch with Charter Members
- 2:00 - 2:30 pm
Next-Gen Semiconductor Innovation
Shashwath TR – Co-Founder & CEO
- 2:30 - 3:00 pm
Manufacturing 4.0 Beyond Steel & Silicon
- Divanshu Kumar – CEO & Co-Founder, Solinas
- 3:00 - 3:45 pm
Panel - Electrifying the Future: EVs, Energy, and India’s Strategic Edge
- Rajat Verma – Co-Founder, Lohum
- 3:45 - 4:30 pm
Orbit Shift: Fuelling India’s Space & Aeronautics Revolution
- Chiranjeevi Phanindra – Founder & CEO, Cosmoserve
- Tanveer Ahmed – CTO & Co-Founder, Digantara
- Maruthi Amardeep Sri Vatsavaya – Co Founder, BluJ Areo
- Pranav Koshal – VP, Kalaari Capital (Chair)
- 5:00 - 5:45 pm
Frontiertech Power Hour - Dialogue Hours with Speakers
- 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Lunch with Charter Members
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