RACEx360 Season 2 - RACE

●25 September 2026
●Taj West End, Bengaluru

RACEx360 Season 2 — one day, one stage, four technology tracks that matter.
GenAI, Cybersecurity, Deep Tech and Cloud.

About RACEx360

One day. One stage.
Four tracks that matter.

RACEx360 is REVA Academy’s Emerging Technology Conference where 750+ builders, buyers and decision-makers converge on GenAI, Cybersecurity, Deep Tech and Cloud, in partnership with The Economic Times.

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Venue • All Day
25 September 2026 · At a Glance

One Day. Four Experiences
One Powerful Network.

RACEx360 brings together the Centre Stage, Solutions Lab, invite-only Leaders Exchange and the Top 10 Women Tech Leaders India Awards—creating a full day of thought leadership, live technology experiences, CXO conversations and curated networking.

Conclave Schedule

Hall A · Ideas that shape the future

9:30 AM – 6:00 PM
09:30 – 10:15 AM
Welcome & Conference Brief
Presidential Address: Dr. P. Shyama Raju, Chancellor, REVA University
10:20 – 10:50 AM
National Keynote
Building India’s AI-Native Enterprise: From Generative AI to Autonomous Intelligence
Mathangi Sri Ramachandran, CEO & Co Founder, YuVerse
10:50 – 11:10 AM
Vision Address I
Building the Autonomous Enterprise: From AI Adoption to Secure, Scalable Intelligence
Renil Komitla, Founder & CEO, Terralogic
11:10 – 11:30 AM
Vision Address II
Building Before the Curve: From NFC Payments to the Post-Quantum Enterprise
Jorge Fernandes, Chairman, CEO & Co-Founder, iBlades.ai
12:00 – 12:45 PM
Panel 1 · GenAI & Agentic AI
Beyond the Chatbot: Building AI Agents That Deliver Business Outcomes
Moderator: Soumik Ghosh (The Economic Times)
Panellists: Jagannath P. V. (LTIMindtree) | Shaista Lodi (Philips) | Smitha Mave (Google) | Pradeepta Mishra (Beghou) | Suvarcha Arora (FIS) | Kunal Ruvala (Palo Alto Networks)
02:00 – 02:05 PM
Book Launch
Digital Forensics Playbook
Nishant Krishna, Executive Director, Visiminds
02:05 – 02:50 PM
Panel 2 · Cloud & Platform Engineering
The AI-Native Cloud: Platforms for Agents, GPUs and Always-On Intelligence
Moderator: Vaishnavi Desai (The Economic Times)
Panellists: Sajan Liyon (Broadcom / VMware) | Sudarshan Balakrishna (Epsilon) | Naresh Choudhary (Infosys) | Punit Santani (Capgemini) | Channaveer B. Biradar (Syngene International)
02:55 – 03:25 PM
Fireside Chat · DeepTech
Beyond AI: Quantum, Space & the Next Security Frontier
Moderator: Vaishnavi Desai (The Economic Times)
Speakers: Rajiv Chetwani (ISRO) | Krishna Pandey (PropertyGuru Group) | Dr. Vishal Saraswat (Bosch)
03:30 – 04:15 PM
Panel 3 · Cybersecurity in the AI Era
AI versus AI: Defending the Autonomous Enterprise
Moderator: Soumik Ghosh (The Economic Times)
Panellists: Dr. Vishal Saraswat (Bosch) | Shashank Bajpai (Yotta Data Services) | Lakshminarayanan R. S. (Wipro) | Deepa Seshadri (Deloitte India) | Surendra Nemani (Hexaware)
04:35 – 05:05 PM
Fireside Chat · Sustainability
Sustainability Beyond Compliance: Building the Intelligent, Low-Carbon Enterprise
Moderator: Vaishnavi Desai (The Economic Times)
Speakers: Shreya Krishnan (AnitaB.org) | Shrutee Ganguly (Turner & Townsend) | Suba Lakshminarasimhan (Executive Alchemy 365) | Dr. J. B. Simha (REVA University)
05:10 – 05:30 PM
Closing Keynote
From Boardroom to Bharat: Delivering AI at Population Scale
Gautham Krishnamurthy, Head of Product, Consumer Platform, PhonePe
05:30 – 05:45 PM
Conference Synthesis
Key Insights, Audience Pulse & What Next
Dr. J. B. Simha, Chief Mentor, AI, REVA University
05:45 – 06:00 PM
Day Conference Close
Audience Winner Announcements · Recognition of Partners, Organising Team & Volunteers
Dr. Shinu Abhi, Director, Corporate Training, RACE, REVA University

Hall B · Technology you can experience

12:00 PM – 4:55 PM
12:00 – 12:30 PM
Unified Security Solution: FlyView, Identity, Data, AI & Cloud Security
Sandeep Vijayaraghavan, EVP - Cybersecurity and Cloud, Terralogic Inc.
12:30 – 01:00 PM
Live Enterprise Cyber Resilience: The NetTron Solution (GuardTron & ManoTron)
Jorge Fernandes & Ashok Kavichandran, Founders, iBlades.ai
02:10 – 02:30 PM
Governing Agentic AI at Enterprise Scale: Docker AI Governance & Software Supply-Chain Security
Sundar Vedaraman, Sr. Technical Account Manager, Docker
02:30 – 02:50 PM
Sovereign Cloud, AI Security: Cosol Cloud & Cosol AI Security
Kirankumar H B, Head – Alliances & Technology, Cosol
02:50 – 03:10 PM
Unified Security across VMs & Containers: Nutanix Flow
Amit Gupta, Sr. Product Manager, Nutanix
03:10 – 03:25 PM
See Everything, Fear Nothing: NetWitness SOC Platform
Sanyum Sharma, Senior SE India, NetWitness India
03:25 – 03:40 PM
Intelligence X Compounded: The Intelligence X Compound Suite
Vinay Tadimalla, Director Technology | Srividya Athresh, Head, CRM, TSMT
03:40 – 03:55 PM
Code Scanning & Vulnerability Assessment: Visiminds Ivy (Ivy Lens & Ivy Insight)
Nishant Krishna, Executive Director, Visiminds
03:55 – 04:10 PM
Build Secure Software in an AI Era: CleanStart Hardened Container Images
Dhanush VM, Solution Architect, CleanStart
04:10 – 04:25 PM
Astrikos AI Platform: SAP Platform, Industrial Intelligence
Ali Sadhik Shaik, Chief Product Officer, Astrikos AI
04:25 – 04:40 PM
Non-Human Identities Are Taking Over Your Enterprise
Jothiram Selvam & Fizer Khan, CEO & CTO, NamLabs Technologies
04:40 – 04:55 PM
Accelerating Enterprise AI with HPE Compute: HPE Compute + AI
Neha Khan, Business Development Executive, Care Point

Hall C · Conversations that create connections

2:10 PM – 4:30 PM
02:10 – 03:10 PM
Invitation-only Roundtables
Brief conversations that create lasting impact
Closed-door, invitation-only roundtables where senior leaders exchange candid, peer-to-peer perspectives on AI, cloud and security priorities.
03:30 – 04:30 PM
Pre-Book Required
Flash Mentoring
Short, focused one-on-one sessions with industry leaders and mentors. Mentees must pre-book their seats in advance.

Top 10 Women Tech Leaders India Awards 2026

Hall A · 6:30 PM onwards
07:00 – 07:40 PM
Presentation of the Top 10 Women Tech Leaders India Awards 2026 Awardees
How Sessions Run

Three session formats.
All day.

Inaugural Address

Building the Intelligent, Secure and Sustainable Enterprise

A leadership perspective on how organisations must prepare for AI-led transformation, cyber risk and the next generation of digital infrastructure.

Opening Keynote

From GenAI to the Autonomous Enterprise

How AI agents, digital coworkers and intelligent workflows will transform enterprise operations and decision-making.

Closing Keynote

From Ideas to Impact: The 90-Day Technology Action Plan

A practical roadmap for moving from emerging-technology discussions to measurable enterprise pilots.

Tracks
The Programme

Four technology tracks.

TRACK 01

GenAI & Agentic AI

Moving AI from experimentation to enterprise value
  • Enterprise AI agents and digital coworkers
  • Production-ready LLM and RAG systems
  • AI governance, evaluation and responsible deployment
Panel: Beyond the Chatbot: Building AI Agents That Deliver Business Outcomes
TRACK 02

Cloud & Platform Engineering

Building the infrastructure for AI-scale enterprises
  • AI-native cloud and platform engineering
  • GPU infrastructure, Kubernetes and FinOps
  • DevSecOps, resilience and observability
Panel: The AI-Native Cloud: Platforms for Agents, GPUs and Always-On Intelligence
TRACK 03

Cybersecurity in the AI Era

Defending enterprises against intelligent threats
  • AI-powered security operations and threat hunting
  • Identity, Zero Trust and autonomous-agent security
  • DPDP compliance and post-quantum readiness
Panel: AI versus AI: Defending the Autonomous Enterprise
TRACK 04

Deep Tech & Sustainability

Exploring technologies shaping the next decade
  • Quantum readiness and post-quantum security
  • Robotics, edge AI and digital twins
  • Sustainable computing and semiconductor innovation
Panel: From Research to Reality: Deep Technologies Ready for Enterprise Adoption

Experience, Not Just Discussions

Innovation Experience Zone
Experience live demonstrations across AI, robotics, cybersecurity, cloud, quantum and automation.
Live Build Sessions
Watch experts build, deploy and secure real-world technology solutions.
AI and Cyber Challenge
Teams solve practical enterprise challenges and present their solutions to an industry jury.
Voices of RACEx360

Featured Speakers

Keynote Speakers

Mathangi Sri Ramachandran

CEO & Co Founder,
YuVerse

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Renil Komitla

President & CEO Terralogic Inc. Co-Founder Blazeup

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Jorge Fernandes

Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder, iBlades.ai

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Gautham Krishnamurthy

Head of Product, Consumer Platform, PhonePe

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Speakers

Dr. J B Simha

Chief AI officer,
AdoptAI Technologies

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Sandeep Vijayaraghavan

Executive Vice President,
Terralogic Inc.

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Shreya Krishnan

Managing Director – India, AnitaB.Org

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Pradeepta Mishra

Vice President of AI,
Beghou Consulting

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Shashank Bajpai

Chief Information Security Officer
Yotta Data Services Pvt. Ltd.

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Dr. Vishal Saraswat

Head - Research & Innovation
Bosch Global Software Tech

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Shrutee Ganguly

Director - Net Zero Sustainability, Turner & Townsend

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Jagannath PV

Global Data Privacy Head LTIMindtree

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Naresh Choudhary

Senior Vice President
Infosys

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Sudarshan Balakrishna

Vice President Infra & SRE
Epsilon India

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Sajan Liyon

Product Management Leader VMware by Broadcom

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Shaista Lodi

Director, Digital & AI | MR Service Innovation, Philips

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Smitha Mave

Engineering Leader
Google

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Kunal Ruvala

SVP and GM, India
Palo Alto Networks

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Lakshminarayanan RS

GM & Regional CISO (Americas)
Wipro

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Deepa Seshadri

Partner, Deloitte India

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Surendra Nemani

VP & Head of Cybersecurity Hexaware Technologies

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Channaveer B. Biradar

AVP Head Digital Transformation Strategy, Syngene International

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Suba Lakshminarasimhan

CEO, Executive Alchemy 365

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Krishna Pandey

Chief Information Security Officer PropertyGuru Group

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Punit Santani

Vice President - Insights & Data - India, Capgemini

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Suvarcha Arora

VP, Product Strategy and Operations, FIS

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Rajiv R Chetwani

Director, ISRO Headquarters

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Part 2 — Evening · 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM

Top 10 Women Tech Leaders India Awards 2026.

India’s only annual awards programme dedicated to women technology leaders — now in its 4th edition. Each awardee is profiled in a curated coffee table book, a permanent editorial record of their contribution.
The 2026 ceremony moves to Taj West End as part of RACEx360 Season 2 — same venue, same day, a seamlessly connected evening.

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Jury Panel

Meet the distinguished industry leaders and technology experts evaluating Top 10 Women Tech Leaders India Awards 2026

Deepa Seshadri

Deepa Seshadri

Partner,
Deloitte India

Rama Kini

Rama Kini

EVP, Software Services,
Terralogic Inc.

Latha Chembrakalam

Latha Chembrakalam

Founder and CEO,
AutoAscend Pvt Ltd

Dr. Ram Kumar G

Dr. Ram Kumar G

Cyber Security and Risk Leader,
Global Automotive Major

Sandeep Vijayaraghavan

Sandeep Vijayaraghavan

EVP, Cybersecurity,
Terralogic Inc.

Dr. Shinu Abhi

Dr. Shinu Abhi

Director, Corporate Training,
RACE, REVA University

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Who’s in the Room

Your peers, not just an audience.

C-suite & VP 35%
Director / Sr. Manager 40%
Engineers & Architects 25%

Delegates have come from organisations including:

TCS · Infosys · Wipro · IBM · SAP
AWS · Google Cloud · Azure
Accenture · Deloitte · PwC · KPMG
RACEx360 Patrons & Organising Team
RACEx360 Season 2

Patrons

The guiding leadership behind RACEx360 Season 2.

Dr. P. Shyama Raju

Dr. P. Shyama Raju

Founder and Chancellor,
REVA University

Dr. M. Dhanamjaya

Dr. M. Dhanamjaya

Registrar,
REVA University

The People Behind The Event

Organising Team

Meet the team driving RACEx360 Season 2 from concept to stage.

Dr. Shinu Abhi

Dr. Shinu Abhi

Professor and Director, Corporate Training, RACE, REVA University

Dr. J B Simha

Dr. J B Simha

Chief AI Officer, AdoptAI Technologies and Professor and Chief Mentor, RACE

Sandeep Vijayaraghavan K

Sandeep Vijayaraghavan K

Chief Mentor - Cyber & Cloud Security - RACE | EVP - Terralogic Inc.

Dr. Ram Kumar G

Dr. Ram Kumar G

Cyber Security and Risk Leader, Global Automotive Major

Pradeep Rao

Pradeep Rao

Director, Kyndryl

Praveen Kumar Motupalli

Praveen Kumar Motupalli

Cybersecurity & Privacy Leader, MNC

Chetan Niloor

Chetan Niloor

Cloud DBA Architect - Technical Manager, LTM

Priyanka Umarji

Priyanka Umarji

Senior Manager, Corporate Partnership & Solutions, RACE, REVA University

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Date
25 September 2026
Time
09:30 AM IST onwards
Venue
Taj West End, Bengaluru
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