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Nasscom ER&D CxO Forum 2026
Tuesday, July 14
 

8:00am IST

Leadership Breakfast & Networking
Tuesday July 14, 2026 8:00am - 8:55am IST
Royal Ballroom, The Leela Palace, Bangalore
Arrival, registration and peer networking among CEOs and industry leaders.
Tuesday July 14, 2026 8:00am - 8:55am IST
Royal Ballroom, The Leela Palace, Bangalore

8:55am IST

Opening Remarks
Tuesday July 14, 2026 8:55am - 9:00am IST
Royal Ballroom, The Leela Palace, Bangalore
Setting the context and strategic priorities for the forum.
Tuesday July 14, 2026 8:55am - 9:00am IST
Royal Ballroom, The Leela Palace, Bangalore

9:00am IST

India ER&D: Built for More
Tuesday July 14, 2026 9:00am - 9:30am IST
Royal Ballroom, The Leela Palace, Bangalore
The next growth mandate for India’s ER&D sector—scale, innovation, IP and global leadership.
Speakers
avatar for Kishor Patil

Kishor Patil

Co-Founder, CEO & MD, KPIT Chair, Nasscom ER&D Council

Tuesday July 14, 2026 9:00am - 9:30am IST
Royal Ballroom, The Leela Palace, Bangalore

9:30am IST

The Energy–Compute Tension: A New Constraint on Industrial Growth
Tuesday July 14, 2026 9:30am - 10:00am IST
Royal Ballroom, The Leela Palace, Bangalore
A cross-sector perspective on how rising compute intensity and energy availability are becoming a strategic engineering challenge.
Speakers
avatar for Rinol Pereira

Rinol Pereira

VP & Global Head of Product & Technology Management, ABB
Tuesday July 14, 2026 9:30am - 10:00am IST
Royal Ballroom, The Leela Palace, Bangalore

10:00am IST

From SDLC to ADLC — Industrialising AI-Assisted Product Engineering
Tuesday July 14, 2026 10:00am - 10:45am IST
Royal Ballroom, The Leela Palace, Bangalore
A CEO dialogue on moving AI-assisted engineering from pilots to trusted, scalable deployment across the product lifecycle.
Moderators
avatar for Guru Mallikarjuna

Guru Mallikarjuna

CTO & Executive Board Member, Bosch Global Software Technologies
Tuesday July 14, 2026 10:00am - 10:45am IST
Royal Ballroom, The Leela Palace, Bangalore

10:45am IST

Networking Break
Tuesday July 14, 2026 10:45am - 11:15am IST
Royal Ballroom, The Leela Palace, Bangalore
Targeted peer exchange and early collaboration dialogues.

Tuesday July 14, 2026 10:45am - 11:15am IST
Royal Ballroom, The Leela Palace, Bangalore

11:15am IST

India Means Innovation: Reframing India's Global Innovation Narrative
Tuesday July 14, 2026 11:15am - 11:30am IST
Royal Ballroom, The Leela Palace, Bangalore
Key Findings: Campaign Highlights, Market Insights and Perception Shifts Among German and Japanese Industry Leaders.
Speakers
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Aditya Nath Jha

Brand Consultant, Nasscom ER&D
Tuesday July 14, 2026 11:15am - 11:30am IST
Royal Ballroom, The Leela Palace, Bangalore

11:30am IST

Nasscom Design & Engineering Summit: Briefing
Tuesday July 14, 2026 11:30am - 11:45am IST
Royal Ballroom, The Leela Palace, Bangalore
A briefing on the upcoming summit, its strategic themes and industry engagement plan.
Speakers
avatar for Bidisha Rudra

Bidisha Rudra

Sr Manager, Nasscom Events
Tuesday July 14, 2026 11:30am - 11:45am IST
Royal Ballroom, The Leela Palace, Bangalore

11:45am IST

Frontier Technologies: Peer-Deployed Use Cases for Industry-Wide Adoption
Tuesday July 14, 2026 11:45am - 12:15pm IST
Royal Ballroom, The Leela Palace, Bangalore
Scaling Peer-Deployed Frontier Use Cases
Peer-deployed use cases in Physical AI, robotics and advanced semiconductors, highlighting practical lessons and pathways for wider industry adoption.

1) Physical AI & Robotics
Bibin George
Managing Director – Industry X.0, Accenture Advanced Technology Centers

2) Advanced Semiconductors
Dr. Vijay Kumar
VLSI Practice Head, Wipro
Speakers
avatar for Dr. Vijay Kumar

Dr. Vijay Kumar

VLSI Practice Head, Wipro
avatar for Bibin George

Bibin George

Managing Director – Industry X.0, Accenture Advanced Technology Centers
Tuesday July 14, 2026 11:45am - 12:15pm IST
Royal Ballroom, The Leela Palace, Bangalore

12:15pm IST

DeepTech Collaboration Spotlight
Tuesday July 14, 2026 12:15pm - 12:45pm IST
Royal Ballroom, The Leela Palace, Bangalore
Co-Innovation at Scale
Selected deep-tech start-ups present their capabilities and potential collaboration opportunities for ER&D leaders.

1) Accelequant
Quantum computing technology for complex industrial optimisation challenges.

2) QpiVolta
Advanced-chemistry battery cells for mobility, aerospace, robotics and grid applications.
Speakers
avatar for Sampath Iyengar

Sampath Iyengar

COO, Accelequant
avatar for Shishir Jairam

Shishir Jairam

Director Lead, QpiVolta Technologies

Tuesday July 14, 2026 12:15pm - 12:45pm IST
Royal Ballroom, The Leela Palace, Bangalore

12:45pm IST

Closing Note
Tuesday July 14, 2026 12:45pm - 1:00pm IST
Royal Ballroom, The Leela Palace, Bangalore
Key takeaways and next steps for collective industry action.
Tuesday July 14, 2026 12:45pm - 1:00pm IST
Royal Ballroom, The Leela Palace, Bangalore

1:00pm IST

Leadership Networking Lunch
Tuesday July 14, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm IST
Royal Ballroom, The Leela Palace, Bangalore

Tuesday July 14, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm IST
Royal Ballroom, The Leela Palace, Bangalore
 

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