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Opening Address

Protecting India's Digital Frontiers

Lt. Gen. Madhavan Unnikrishnan Nair

Chairman, 63SATS Cybertech

Keynote Address

Anuj Agarwal

Chairman, Supreme Court, Cyber, Data Privacy and AI BAR Association & Cybrotech Digiventure Private Limited

Panel Discussion

Digital Arrest & Cyber Extortion: Legal, Technical, and Social Engineering Perspectives

Moderator

Dr Shri Kulkarni

Sr. Advisor - Defense & Intelligence Affairs (Cybersecurity), Governments of USA & India

Participants

Sanjay Saxena

IPS, ex-DGP (Maharashtra Police)

Amey Lakeshri

Associate Partner- Digital Trust Cyber Defense and Incident Response, KPMG

Vijayant Gaur

Director General, Cyber Security Association of India

Rushda Khan

Advocate, Supreme Court

Upendra Upadhyay

Director-Analytics, MyGov

Fireside Chat

Securing India’s Critical Infrastructure: The Next Frontier for National Cyber Command

Lt Colonel Nishant Singh (Retd)

Chief Operating Officer, Gramax, GMR Group

Anil Tailor

CEO, TCS LLC

Special Focus

Securing the Identity Foundation: Strengthening Trust and Resilience in the Aadhaar Authentication - Led DPI Ecosystem

Akshay Yadava

Director, Unique Identification Authority Of India

Panel Discussion

Ransomware 3.0: How Criminal Syndicates Are Targeting Indian Enterprises

Moderator

Nitin Bhatnagar

Regional Director, PCI Security Standards Council

Participants

Pravinkumar Jha

Product and Cloud Security Leader, Property Guru Group

Kunal Punjabi

Vice President | Driving Digital & AI-led Transformation, Kotak Mahindra Bank

Jimit Gandhi

CISO, Akasa Air

Sumit Sharma

Director, KPMG

Special Guest Address

India’s Cybersecurity Legal Framework: Are We Ready for the Threats of 2026?

Dr. Pavan Duggal

Architect, Global AI Accountability | Supreme Court Advocate | Visionary of the Digital Legal Order

LUNCH

Expert Talk

The Rise of Cyber-Physical Attacks: OT/ICS Threats in India’s Manufacturing & Smart Infrastructure

Nageshwaran C

CISO, TVS Holdings

Panel Discussion

Preparing for the Quantum Era: Post-Quantum Cryptography Readiness Roadmap for India

Moderator

Shyamkumar

Chief Regional Security Officer, Mastercard

Participants

Prof. Ajay Singh

Professor of Practice/Author/Fellow Institute of Directors

Rahul Rao

Distinguished Engineer, ISDL, IBM

Vaishalii Mutalik

CEO, Shieldbyte Infosec Pvt. Ltd. and Member, ISC2 India Task Force

Rahul Bagchi

Associate Vice President – Product Engineering Services, Sasken

Expert Talk

Governing AI Access & Data: From Enterprise Control to DPDP and RBI Free AI compliance

Ashish Kumar

Principal PM Manager, Microsoft

Panel Discussion

Cyber Resilience by Design: How GRC Enables India’s Shift to Threat-Led Security

Moderator

Dr Lalit Gupta

President, Cybersecurity Council for India

Participants

Vijayakumar C

CISO, NSE Clearing Ltd

Bipin Lokegoankar

Cybersecurity Head - GM, Tata Communications

Lt Col Amitabh Bhardwaj ,Retd

Cybersecurity Expert

Manpreet Anand

Country Head, EC-Council

Vaibhav Pulekar

Senior General Manager-Cybersecurity, TÜV SÜD South Asia Pvt. Ltd

Presentation

From OTP to Intelligent Authentication

Cheng-Yi Lin

Founder, Lydsec Digital Technology | Keypasco International

Presentation

AI, Ownership & Accountability: From Training Data to Deepfakes – Can Law Keep Up?

Joerg Heidrich

Attorney at Law, General Counsel, Heise Medien

CyberSec India Awards Ceremony

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Panel Discussion

AI for Cyber Defense: Threat Hunting, SOC Automation & AI-Governed Detection at Scale

Moderator

Lt Colonel Nishant Singh (Retd)

Chief Operating Officer, Gramax, GMR Group

Participants

Sandeep Arora

Vice President, Cap Gemini

Mourtaza Fazlehoussen

CISO, Forteia

Pradipta Patro

Head of Cybersecurity & IT Platform, RPG Group

Srinivas L.

Joint MD & Joint CEO, 63SATS Cybertech

Rajeevan Kallumpuram

Secretary, ISC2 Mumbai Chapter VP And Head of Cyber Defense, National Stock Exchange of India

Presentation

Anirban Mukherji

Founder and CEO, MiniOrange

Panel Discussion

Securing the Financial Backbone: Advanced Fraud Intelligence for India’s BFSI Sector

Moderator

Apoorba Patranabish

Partner, Grant Thornton Bharat

Participants

N Ramesh

Deputy Director General (Technology), Department of Telecommunications

Kunal Punjabi

Vice President | Driving Digital & AI-led Transformation, Kotak Mahindra Bank

Sagar Pardeshi

Manager, Security Engineering, Check Point

Deepak Kumar

Sr Cyber Intelligence & Digital Forensics Expert

Panel Discussion

Ensuring Privacy in the Cloud: DPDP-Compliant Multi-Cloud Architectures

Moderator

Kriti Sharma

Director. Head of Regulatory Legal and Compliance | India & Southeast Asia, Dun & Bradstreet

Participants

Nirmesh Kumar

Founder, Bandiz Technoz Private Limited

Pratish Ray

Vice President Engineering, IDP Technology, miniOrange

Sukrit Ghosh

Director, DSCI

Sarita Padmini

Board Member - WiCyS India, Senior Director, Protiviti India Member Firm

Prashant Koranne

Mentor, Second Quadrant Consulting Solutions

LUNCH

Expert Talk

Incident Reporting Under India’s Legal Framework: Section 19 & Section 14 Explained

Ravi Subbiah

Managing Partner: Cybersecurity Consulting and Delivery, Tata Consultancy Services

Panel Discussion

Building Cybersecurity for India’s Expanding Smart Cities & IoT Ecosystem

Moderator

Bhanu Pratap Singh

Director - Non Kinetic Digital Warfare | Digital Trust | Cybersecurity & Privacy, PwC India

Participants

Gaurav Hirani

General Manager - Head Cloud DevSecOps, Jio

Nawal Kishore

Cybersecurity Practice Leader, Evolent Health

Dr. Ashok-Kumar Chandra-Sekaran

Country Director, India, Wibu Systems

Gaurav Ranade

Chief Technical Officer, Technocentric Advisory

Talent Discussion

Cyber Skills, Certifications & Career Pathways: Rewriting the Roadmap for India’s Next Generation Experts

Moderator

Dr Shri Kulkarni

Sr. Advisor - Defense & Intelligence Affairs (Cybersecurity), Governments of USA & India

Participants

Suresh Babu Lakshmanan

Associate Vice President, ICT Academy

Expert Talk

Regulatory Readiness in India: What CISOs and Boards Must Know

Rajarshi Dhar

Associate Director, Global Security Advisory, Frost & Sullivan

Presentation

Metrics and KPIs for Measuring the Success of Cybersecurity Audit Programs

Pooja Chandarana

VP, ANZEN Technologies

End of Conference