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By Arun “Rak” Ramchandran, CEO, QBurst Walking into a boardroom full of AI agents isn’t some far-off possibility anymore, it’s close to becoming the default. The real question isn’t whether that day arrives. It’s how we get there: having exhausted token budgets chasing consumption with nothing
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In this video: Express Technology Senate Awards 2026 | Day 1 Technology Senate Awards 2026 winners are: Award Category: Digital Icon ♦ Parna Ghosh, President & Group CIO and Data Protection Officer, Uno Minda ♦ Sandeep Dewangan, President & Group Chief Information Officer, Safexpress Private Limited ♦ Harnath Babu, Partner & Chief Information Officer,
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The Tech Panda takes a look at recent funding events in the tech ecosystem, seeking to know where the cash is flowing. Startup: IIRM Holdings India Ltd Sector: Insurance Amount: INR1,500 Million Led by: Carpediem Capital and Sanshi Fund – I IIRM Holdings India Ltd, the holding company of a
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Speaker in this video: Harsh Vardhan, Global Head – Digital Innovation, Apollo Tyres Ltd. Topic: Driving Manufacturing Excellence Through Digital Innovation: Insights from Apollo Tyres Key Highlights: [1] Any initiative across the value chain that we take up has to have a very clear business value. We have to bring in
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Speaker in this video: Fireside Chat with Sandeep Dewangan, President & Group Chief Information Officer, Safexpress Private Limited Moderator: Sayantan Mondal, Correspondent, Express Computer Topic: AI at the Core: Building India’s Intelligent Logistics Enterprise Key Highlights: [1] It is all about data. Build the right business use cases first.
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Panelists in this video: • Puneet Asthana, ED and CTO – Capital Market Business, Shriram Group • Rohith Chintawar, Chief Digital & Information Officer, Aurigene Pharmaceutical Services • Surbhi Gupta, Head – Digital, Birla Opus Paints, Aditya Birla Group • Ram Mohan Kasi, Head – IT, Apollo Hospitals • Girish Hadkar, Chief Information & Digital Officer, Tata Realty
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Speaker in this video: Vivek Karthik Suriyanarayanan, Manager, Systems Engineering, Versa Topic: Future-Proof Your Enterprise: Securing Branches, Users, and Applications with AI-Ready and Post-Quantum Security Key Highlights: [1] Enterprises should adopt a unified AI-ready security platform that converges networking, security, Zero Trust, and SASE to simplify operations and strengthen cyber
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Speaker in this video: Akhil Suneja, Regional Business Head (N&E), Data Center & Cloud Business, Iron Mountain Topic: Unlock What’s Possible: Scalable DC & Cloud Infrastructure for Next-Generation AI Innovation Key Highlights: [1] The future belongs to those who convert intelligence into action. [2] Our newest data
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Speaker in this video: Harsh Vardhan, Global Head – Digital Innovation, Apollo Tyres Ltd. Topic: Driving Manufacturing Excellence Through Digital Innovation: Insights from Apollo Tyres Key Highlights: [1] Any initiative across the value chain that we take up has to have a very clear business value. We have to bring in
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Speaker in this video: Tushar Zade, Chief Transformation Officer, Granules India Topic: Agents of Impact: How AI is collapsing the distance between idea and outcomes Key Highlights: [1] AI is collapsing the distance between ideas and outcomes, enabling businesses to move from concept to execution in weeks instead of months.
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Speaker in this video: Bhargav Reddy Avula, Head of Regional Solution Engineering, Freshworks Topic: When Infrastructure Knows Itself: The ServiceOps Shift from Recordkeeping to Resilience Key Highlights: [1] As enterprises move from on-premise to hybrid cloud and now into the AI era, infrastructure management needs to move beyond simply keeping
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Speaker in this video: Dr. Satya Ramaswamy, Chief Digital and Technology Officer, Air India Limited Topic: AI-Native by Design: Reimagining the Enterprise Stack for 2030 Key Highlights: [1] The digital part of this transformation has been getting a lot of recognition across all angles. [2] For the first time, machines
