The World CIO 200 Summit 2023 India Edition, held at ITC Maratha-Mumbai, on 1st September 2023 concluded with resounding success and widespread acclaim. The event brought together some of the most influential and forward-thinking IT leaders from across India and around the world, fostering insightful discussions, networking opportunities, and knowledge sharing.
This prestigious gathering of CIOs and technology leaders aimed to explore the latest trends, challenges, and opportunities in the ever-evolving world of information technology. The event followed the theme of ‘Rise of the power’. The World CIO 200 2023 roadshow is designed to help IT leaders develop and enhance the qualities of leadership, power, vision and focus.
Renowned industry experts and thought leaders delivered captivating keynote presentations, sharing their visions and insights on the future of technology and digital transformation. The summit was welcomed by Sundip Sibal, Executive Director, GEC Media Group & Co-Founder, Business Transformation – Asia. Dr Akhil Shahani, Managing Director, The Shahani Group kicked off the event with his Country Inaugural Keynote.
Gaurav Singh, Founder, Futuristic Wealth Creation Network spoke about ‘OM JANAH: A Xanadu of Augmented Evolution and Prosperity in a Post-COVID AI-Enabled Automated New World Order of INDIA LED – HYPER TECH ECONOMY’. NC Venkatachari -Director – Strategic Alliances – QUANTUM shared his vision on the topic ‘Elevating Business Agility: Empowering Innovation through Quantum’s Comprehensive Unstructured Data Management Solution’.
Venkatesh Mahadevan, Founding Member, CAAS, addressed the delegates at the India edition of the World CIO 200 Summit 2023 and spoke about the amazing journey and vision of CAAS, since its launch in Bangkok in 2022. Jayakumar Mohanachandran, Chief Research Officer, Research-as-a-Service, CAAS spoke about the Research-as-a-service arm of CaaS and how it is all set to disrupt the research and market study landscape.
Engaging panel discussions covered a wide array of topics:
CIO Leadership Panel – The Rise of Power
- Moderated By: Pratap Pat Joshi-EVP IT & Chief Evangelist-Yotta Infrastructure Solutions
- Binita Prasad-Head IT & Digital, Saint Gobain Grindwell Norton
- Rahul Mergu, Vice President IT MarketsandMarkets Research Pvt Ltd
- Vikas Gupta-Chief Technology Officer-Hiranandani Energy
- Ravindra Kumar Srivastava, State IT Head Maharashtra and Goa-Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd
CIO Leadership Panel – Eliminating Data Debt and Replacing Legacies
- Moderated By: Ganesh Joshi-CIO-Nilons Enterprises Pvt.Ltd.
- Prince Joseph-Group Chief Information Officer-Nest Group
- Lakshmana Vadaga-Head of IT-Imagicaaworld Entertainment Limited
- Shabbir Badra, Head of IT, Apraava Energy
- Siddharth Saxena, Senior Vice President-Information Technology Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd
CIO Leadership Panel – Rapid Fire session on Leadership DO’S and DONT’S
- Moderated By: Vivek Zakarde-Senior Vice President IT-IndusInd Bank Ltd
- Allauddin Mohamad, Global Head – Information Technology
- Ajay Awale-Head of IT-Aquapharm Chemicals
- Rajesh Kulkarni-DGM-IT-Piaggio Vehicles Private Limited
- Satyanarayana, Kasturi-Vice President Group IT-Ashok Piramal Group
The summit recognized the outstanding contributions of CIOs and IT leaders with the prestigious World CIO 200 Awards, celebrating excellence in leadership, innovation, and digital transformation.
| Name | Organization |
| Amrut Urkude | Reliance Polyester Limited |
| Abhijit, Bhalerao | Raymond Ltd |
| Ajay Awale | Aquapharm Chemicals |
| Allauddin Mohamad | CAMLIN FINE SCIENCES LTD. |
| Amit Kapoor | Pristine Group |
| Amit Waghmare | DB Corp Ltd |
| Amit Jahagirdar | Tata Autocomp |
| Anand Mangalam | ARJAS STEEL GROUP |
| Anand Sinha | Birlasoft |
| Anand Aggarwal | ACRE ltd |
| Anil Kamble | LGT Wealth India Pvt. Ltd |
| Arindam Singha Roy | Adaa Group |
| Avneesh Vats | EESL and CESL |
| Aniruddha Mehta | Prince Pipes & Fittings Ltd. |
| Dhaval, Pandya | Piramal Enterprises Limited |
| Bhaskar Rao | BHARAT CO-OPERATIVE BANK (MUMBAI) LTD. |
| Gaurav Gupta | Edelweiss Global Markets |
| Gaurav Vij |
HOOLIV.COM (STAYCAY ABODE SOLUTIONS PVT LTD)
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| Bohitesh Misra | Avexa Systems Pvt Ltd |
| Deepak Bhosale | ASIAN PAINTS |
| Deepak Kalambkar | Paygate India |
| Dr. Susil Kumar Meher | AIIMS New Delhi |
| Dr. Chitranjan Kesari | Idemeum India |
| Ganesan Ponnusamy | Premier Mills Pvt Ltd |
| Ganesh Joshi | Nilons Enterprises Pvt.Ltd. |
| Gokulavan Jayaraman | Lumina Datamatics Limited |
| Gyan Pandey | Voltas Limited |
| Jagannath Sahoo | Gujarat Fluorochemicals Limited |
| Harmit Malhotra | QUINTILLION BUSINESS MEDIA LIMITED |
| Indranil Chatterjee | Ernst & Young |
| Jitendra, Gaikwad | Varroc Engineering Ltd |
| Keshav Dubal | BEUMER India Pvt. Ltd. |
| Kiran Neve | Hitachi Astemo |
| Krishna Dhumal | The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council |
| Krishna Kamath | Shapoorji Pallonji Group |
| Krishnamurthy Rajesh | GreyOrange |
| Lakshmana Vadaga | Imagicaaworld Entertainment Limited |
| Lalit Trivedi | ITI Asset Management Limited |
| Purshottam Solanki | Dr L H Hiranandani Hospital |
| Makarand Sawant | Sahyadri Group |
| Manoj Kumar | Ambica Steels Ltd |
| Mohd Kaishulla | EPACK GROUP |
| Nagraj Rao | Hatwari Automations LLP |
| Nikhil Kumar Nigam | Amity Education Group |
| Niranjan Reddy | Kipi.bi |
| Amesh NimmaKanti | Administrative Staff college of India |
| Nirvan Biswas | National Bulk Handling Corporation |
| Nitin Narkhede | Skoda Auto Volkswagen India Pvt Ltd |
| Mahendra Soni | Sodexo |
| Paramanand Shinde | Garware Fulflex India Pvt Ltd |
| Pradipta Patro | KEC International Limited(An RPG Group Company) |
| Pragnesh Mistry | RPG Enterprises Limited RPG Group |
| Amey Lakeshri | Ernst and Young |
| Rakesh Kumar | BNJ |
| Prince Joseph | Nest Group |
| Puneet Kaur, Kohli | Universal Sompo General Insurance company Limited |
| Muruganantham, Chenniappan | SNJ Group Of Companies |
| Srinivasan Mahalingam | Csquare and Netmeds |
| Raghunath Bal | MAHANSARIA GROUP |
| Rahul Biswas | Alleima India Private Limited |
| Rahul, Mergu | MarketsandMarkets Research Pvt Ltd |
| Rajesh Kulkarni | Piaggio Vehicles Private Limited |
| Vikram Singh | Affle |
| Naresh Yadav | Sunbeam Lightweighting Solutions Pvt Ltd |
| Rajesh, Tiwaskar | Mahindra & Mahindra Limited |
| Rajiv Sharaf | Torrent Power Ltd |
| Ramkumar Mohan | Air Works India Engineering Private Limited |
| Rasvinder Singh Nagpal | SUMITOMO CHEMICAL INDIA LTD |
| Rupesh Dn | Dwarikesh Sugar Industries Limited |
| Sandeep Solanki | Secure Meters Limited |
| Navin Nathani | Aditya Birla Group, Hindalco Industries |
| Sanjaysingh Gahlod | Knorr-Bremse CVS Pune |
| Neilmani, Sahu | Jsw Paints |
| KA A Nafees Ahmed | Firdose Plantation |
| Nitin Talwar | Aviva Life insurance |
| Prasad, Katta | IDIADA Automotive Technology |
| Santosh Gupta | Zee Learn Ltd |
| Satej Revankar | FIAT INDIA AUTOMOBILES PVT LTD |
| Satish Mahajan | VFS Global Services Pvt Ltd |
| Satyanarayana Kasturi | Ashok Piramal Group |
| Prashant, Kurhade | Suhana Group (Pravin Masalewale) |
| Karthickraja S | Orient Cement Ltd (CK Birla Group Company) |
| Prateek, Shirod | CEAT Tyres Ltd |
| Saurabh Tiwari | FORBES MARSHALL |
| Selestin Thomas | Nissan Digital |
| Ravindra Kumar Srivastava | Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd |
| Shabbir Badra | Apraava Energy |
| Shankar Venkatesan | Avalon Technologies Limited |
| Shashi Tripathy | Hyundai Construction Equipment India Pvt. Ltd. |
| Rk, Shastri | State Bank of India |
| Sheikh Amzad | Vandana Global Ltd. |
| Nandkishor Jaiswal | Accor |
| Sachin Songaonkar | Indo Count Industries Ltd. |
| Shrenik Kothari | Gestamp Automotive India Pvt Ltd |
| Sonam Malik | Interarch Building Products Pvt Ltd |
| Saurabh, Gupta | Saint gobain |
| Srikanth | KPR MILL LIMITED |
| Sandeep Pandita | Hero Steels Limited |
| Subhakar Rudra | WPIL Ltd |
| Sunil Pandey | Institute of technology & Science, Ghaziabad |
| Sanjay Singh | Global Education GEDU |
| Sunil Sonare | ITD Cementation India Limited |
| Swapnil Jugade | Revent Engineering Group |
| Tejas Shah | Prince Pipes and Fittings ltd |
| Umesh Chavan | Dr B N College of Architecture |
| Venu Medicherla | MSPL LIMITED |
| Siddharth, Saxena | Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd |
| Vijay Bhaskar | Electrosteel Castings Limited |
| Subroto, Panda | Anand and Anand |
| Vikas Gupta | HIRANANDANI ENERGY |
| Vinod Khode | Varroc |
| Vivek D | Laurus Labs Ltd |
| Tanuj Joshi | FORBES |
| Shirsat Sanjay | The Motwane Manufacturing Company Pvt Ltd |
| Viren Italiya | GSC Bank |
| Yogendra Singh | Barista Coffee Company |
| Vivek Dharia | Knp securities pvt. Ltd. |
| Vivek Zakarde | IndusInd Bank Ltd |
The success of The World CIO 200 Summit 2023 India Edition was made possible by the generous support of sponsors, including, Probuddy (Supporting Partner), Positive Technologies and Quantum India (Gold Partners).
The World CIO 200 Summit 2023 India edition proved to be a pivotal event for CIOs and IT leaders, providing a platform for them to stay at the forefront of technological advancements and strategic thinking in a rapidly changing world.
