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The World CIO 200 Summit 2023 India edition

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)
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.