| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 09:00 am - 09:45 am | Registration & Networking Breakfast |
| 09:45 am - 10:00 am | Lamp Lighting & Inauguration |
| 10:00 am - 10:20 am | Keynote Address: Jayesh Ranjan IAS, Special Chief Secretary, Chief Minister's Office, Special Projects (SPEED), Investment & Industry (I&I) Cell and Special Chief Secretary, Tourism, Culture, Heritage, Youth Advancement & Sports Department, Telangana |
| 10:20 am - 10:40 am |
Make in India for the World: Positioning India as a Strategic GCC Hub Bharat Punukollu, Executive Director, Technology Consulting, EY Global Delivery Services |
| 10:40 am - 11:00 am | Powering GCC to Attract & Retain Talent & Setup with the Best of Technology Sriharsha Gummadi, Apple Practice Head, Ample |
| 11:00 am - 11:20 am | Driving Innovation from GCCs:Beyond Cost Arbitrage to Value Creation Navaneet Mishra, SVP & Head, Hexagon R&D India |
| 11:20 am - 11:40 am | Expediency with Fluency: Vinod Kumaar R, Head of Technology, India and Middle East, ThoughtWorks |
| 11:40 am - 12:00 pm | Networking Tea Break |
| 12:00 pm - 12:20 pm | Cognitive Leap and Reimagining Future of GCCs in India Dr Durga Prakash, Head of Technology - Global Offices, McDonald's |
| 12:20 pm - 12:40 pm | From Cost Centers to Innovation Engines: The Evolving Role of GCCs in Pharma R&D Nataraj Kalyanaraman, VP & Head of Drug Development, Hyderabad, Bristol Myers Squibb |
| 12:40 pm - 01:00 pm | Fireside Chat: The Next Decade of GCCs - From Delivery Hubs to Global Decision-Makers Deepak Visweswaraiah, SVP and MD India, Pegasystems |
| 01:00 pm - 01:40 pm | Neworking Lunch |
| 01:00 pm - 01:40 pm | Power Lunch by Ample |
| 01:40 pm - 02:20 pm | Panel Discussion: Building Global Leaders: GCCs as C-Suite Incubators Moderator: Jayesh Sanghvi, Office Managing Partner and Partner Tax, EY Hyderabad Panelists: Jaideep Agarwal, India GBS Leader, Warner Bros. Discovery Ganpat Anchaliya, Site Head- Novartis Corporate Center, India Anil Chalasani, Managing Director, GainSight Makarand Kulkarni, CHC Head of Hyderabad Hub, Opella Ashok Chawla, Co-Chief Delivery, R Systems International Rajesh Bhartiya, CEO, Peoplefy |
| 02:20 pm - 02:40 pm |
Optimizing GCC Operating Model for Maximizing Value Generation Mrinal Duggal, Head, Sanofi Hyderabad Hub |
| 02:40 pm - 03:20 pm |
Panel Discussion: Navigating Global Regulations: Compliance as a GCC Advantage Moderator: Anitha Vittal, Head of Compliance, Providence India Panelists: Arvind Chittora, Head, Sonoco Performance Hub Abhishek Chauhan, India Head, Sonatype Arvind Srinivasan, Chief Financial Officer, Thryve Digital Sunil Ghiya, VP Finance, Mode N Amardeep Singh, SVP and BU Head, Encora India |
| 03:20 pm - 03:40 pm |
Fireside chat: Tier-II Cities as GCC Powerhouses: Unlocking New Frontier Smitha Hemmigae, Managing Director, ANSR |
| 03:40 pm - 04:00 pm | Networking Tea Break |
| 04:00 pm - 04:20 pm |
AI Model Optimization: Balancing Performance and Cost in GCCs Gaurav Mathur, CEO, Credera India |
| 04:20 pm - 05:10 pm |
Panel Discussion: AI and Talent Synergy: Reskilling for the AI-First GCC Moderator: Shalinder Bakshi, Partner, People Consulting, EY India Panelists: Ashish Saxena, Senior Director and Head - Human Resource, CDK Global Nageswara Rao, Engineering Director, Swiss Re Mahesh Patil, Head of GCC Business Unit, EPAM Yadhu Kishore Nandikolla, HR Director, Evernorth Rahul Rajupalepu, Vice President & Head of India Digital Hub, Stellantis ICT India Pavan Deevi, SVP, Governance and Communication -- Transformation Leader, Portfolio Leader, Broadridge Nilesh Kulkarni, Executive Advisor, AI First Software Engineering and GCC Transformation, Thoughtworks |
| 05:10 pm - 05:15 pm | Closing Note |
| 05:15 pm - 06:30 pm | Snacks with Beer |
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