Agenda

Time Session
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Registration & Lunch
3:00 pm – 3:40 pm Inaugural Session
Empowering India’s Growth Engine Through Technology
Lamp Lighting & Inauguration
Welcome Address: Srikanth RP, Editor, Express Computer, The Indian Express Group
Key Address: Loknath Behera, Managing Director, Kochi Metro Rail Limited
Key Address: Y Nagi Reddy, Addl. DGP, Vice Chairman & Managing Director, TGSRTC
Key Address: P. V. Sreekanth, Executive Director, Signalling and Telecom, IRCON International Ltd
Vote of Thanks: Srikanth RP, Editor, Express Computer, The Indian Express Group
3:40 pm – 3:55 pm Resilience Over Prediction: Rethinking Cyber Defense Strategy in an Unpredictable World
Raja M, Cybersecurity Evangelist, ManageEngine
3:55 pm – 4:10 pm Key Address: Smart Ports, Smart Governance: Leveraging IT for Efficiency, Transparency & Growth
Samrat Rahi, Deputy Chairman, Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata
4:10 pm – 4:25 pm Trusted Digital Documents: Enabling Secure, Compliant, and Governed Workflows
Shoban Babu, Head of Channels & Partnerships , C&P Field, Adobe India
4:25 pm – 4:35 pm Enabling trust in digital society by design in era of “Harvest Now, Decrypt Later”
Manish Gupta, Director Sales - India & SAARC, Utimaco
4:35 pm – 5:15 pm Panel Discussion
Shaping the Future of Public Sector: Digital Transformation and Technology Strategy for 2030
Moderator: Srikanth RP, Editor, Express Computer, The Indian Express Group
Panelists: Ravi Kanth Prasad, Executive Director and Chief Information Security Officer, RailTel Corp. of India Ltd
Ruchir Agrawal, Director - Finance, CFO & CISO, Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd
Pankaj Gupta, Senior General Manager, Information Technology, REC Ltd
Eswar Rao, Head, Corporate - Information Technology, Bharat Electronics Ltd
Jitendra Pratap Singh Chauhan, General Manager, C&IT -ERP, Steel Authority of India Ltd
Saubhagya Kumar Behera, Senior Vice President (SVP), Indraprastha Gas Ltd
Rushikant Shastri, President, Technology State Bank of India
5:15 pm – 5:30 pm Stall Visit & Networking Tea Break
5:30 pm – 5:45 pm Key Address: AI Challenges in Public Sector Enterprises
B M Gururaj, General Manager, and Head, Digital Transformation, BEML Limited
5:45 pm – 6:00 pm Key Address: Shaping BPCL into an AI-led, Technology-powered Organization
Anurag Mittal, Head, Digital Business, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Stall Visit & Networking Break
8:00 pm – 8:20 pm Leadership Perspectives: Empowering India’s Growth Engine Through Technology
Special Address: Lalit Kumar Gupta, Chairman-Cum-Managing Director, Cotton Corporation of India Ltd
Key Address: Doman Yadav, Executive Director, Power Grid Corporation of India Limited
8:20 pm – 8:35 pm Key Address: From R&D to Real Impact: Accelerating Innovation in Public Sector Enterprises
Cmde Santosh R, (Retd), Executive Director, EMD, C&T, R&D - I, & HR, Electronics Corporation of India Limited
8:35 pm – 9:00 pm PSE Excellence Awards
9:00 pm onwards Cocktail and Dinner
Time Session
08:00 am - 9:30 am Breakfast
10:00 am – 10:15 am Key Address: The Role of Technology in Making Konkan Railways Smarter and Efficient
Bindu Muralidharan, Executive Director, Information Technology, Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd
10:15 am – 11:15 am Panel Discussion
Securing Mission-Critical Infrastructure in an Era of Hybrid Threats
Moderator: Srikanth RP, Editor, Express Computer, The Indian Express Group
Panelists: DR R K Dutta, Executive Director, Mecon India Limited
Anil Kuril, CISO & Head of Data Protection Office, Union Bank of India
Anil Manik Rao, Chief Information Officer and Group General Manager, MIS, Central Warehousing Corporation
Ashwani Dayal, General Manager, IT/S&T, and & Project Head, USBRL Project, Jammu, IRCON International Ltd
Nagendra Pratap Singh, General Manager, Strategic Information Systems, India Oil Corporation Ltd
Durgesh Kumar, General Manager, Information Technology, NHPC Limited
Dr Sanjay Joglekar, Chief Technology Officer, Mumbai Port Authority
11:15 am – 11:30 am Fireside Chat
From Data to Decisions: Scaling Enterprise AI Across Public Sector Enterprises
PS Sundaram, CEO, PFC Infra Finance, and Executive Director, IT, Power Finance Corporation Ltd
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm Panel Discussion
Preparing Public Sector Organizations for the Future: Best Practices and Lessons Learned
Moderator: Srikanth RP, Editor, Express Computer, The Indian Express Group
Panelists:
Vijay Devnath, General Manager, National Capital Region Transport Authority
Barun Kranti Das, General Manager, Information Technology, Bridge & Roof Co. (India) Ltd
S N Shrivastava, Additional General Manager, Digital Transformation Group, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd
Rajat Kumar Dash, General Manager, Information Technology, Gujarat Mineral Development Corp.
1:15 pm – 1:30 pm PSE Excellence Awards
1:30 pm onwards Lunch and Departure

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