NTLF 2023 - In-Person Sessions | Highlights

Nasscom Technology & Leadership Forum 2023 – Highlights

The recently concluded NTLF, Asia's biggest platform celebrating technology and leadership, held in Mumbai on March 1 and 2, was a grand success with speakers from around the world providing valuable insights on various topics related to technology, innovation, and leadership. The event was a great platform for learning, networking, and conversation, with attendees gaining valuable insights into the latest trends and best practices in their respective fields.?

The topics covered during the event ranged from India's emerging power in the technology and manufacturing sectors, digital skills that will drive innovation in the digital age, the impact of technology on jobs, and the importance of upskilling, among others.?

The speakers were from different backgrounds, such as industry leaders, entrepreneurs, AI experts, and policy-makers, offering unique perspectives on the current trends and future of the industry. NTLF provided a comprehensive outlook on the current state of technology and its role in shaping the future.

Here are some key highlights from our in-person sessions:

March 1, 2023

Session XI: Chairperson’s Address with Krishnan Ramanujam , Chairperson, NASSCOM; President, Enterprise Growth Group, 塔塔咨询服务公司

• India is emerging as a global power with 2x growth and low prices leading in technology, manufacturing, global sourcing, fintech adoption, and women empowerment.
• India’s tech ecosystem continues to mature and scale across all subsectors – engineering, research & development, GCCs, and SaaS.
• Digital skills will drive change and innovation in the digital age.

Session XII: India Innovation: Transforming the World with Debjani Ghosh , President, NASSCOM; Abhinav Aggarwal , Co-Founder, and CEO, Fluid AI ; Raghav Aggarwal , Co-Founder, Fluid AI; Anumeha Srivastava , VP, Head, Client Success, Qure.ai ; Suyog Shetty , AVP, 印孚瑟斯

• India is poised to lead the digital economy.
• By the end of this Techade, the ‘i’ in innovation can stand for India.

Session XIII: Guest Address with Lynette Tremblay, COO, Invest Alberta

• Alberta is positioning itself as a soft landing spot for Indian tech companies.
• Aim to promote tech partnership with Canada.

Session XIV: Coping and Thriving in the Rapidly Changing World of Tomorrow with Byron Reese , A.I. Expert, Optimistic Futurist, Tech Entrepreneur

• Humans are not machines and aspects of human intelligence cannot be replicated by machines.
• The effect of technology on jobs is incremental and positive.

Session XV: Fuelling the Big Vision: India Leaping to Top 10 Innovative Countries with Ashish Dhawan , Founder-CEO, The Convergence Foundation ; Sabeer Bhatia , Co-Founder, and CEO, ShowReel ; Srikanth Velamakanni , Co-Founder, Group CEO & Vice-Chairman, Fractal

• Original thinking must be encouraged and this encouragement must start right from kindergarten.
• Teaching people how to do business is important – an entertainment show on the same lines can be successful.
• It is important to invest in training in science, big data, and deep tech so that we mitigate the risks of disruption and continue to have a seat at the table where future jobs are created.

Session XVI: The New Leadership Imperatives: Trust, Inclusion, and Tech with Amit Chandraa, Chairperson, Bain Capital India Advisors; Rishad Premji , Chairman, 维布络 Limited; Aabha Bakaya , Senior Editor, Business Today TV

• The power dynamic between employers and employees keeps shifting.
• An innovative organization will be one that quickly figures out a way to implement ideas, and ideas can come from anywhere!
• In the current scenario, authoritarian leadership is being replaced by authentic and vulnerable leadership.

Session XVII: Roadmap to Digital Skilling for the Future of Work with Balachandran Hari , CEO, ICT Academy ; Harish Krishnan , MD and Chief Policy Officer, 思科 India, and SAARC; J Innocent Divya, Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Skill Development Corporation; Dr. Rima Ghose Chowdhury , Executive Vice President & CHRO, Datamatics Global Services Limited; Vikas Chandra Rastogi IAS, Principal Secretary, Higher & Technical Education, Government of Maharashtra (GoM) ; Sujith Kumar , AVP & HR Business Leader, Infosys Ltd

• As technology keeps evolving quickly, it is imperative for us to continue learning and adapting to new ways of working.
• To stay relevant, upskilling is important as leaders and organizations look at combination skills.
• Every industry and organization looking for skilled manpower must also skill the manpower to build the resources they need available in the market.
• Work must be done to enhance skilling in schools and students must be equipped with crucial skills like cybersecurity.

Session XVIII A: Will Emerging Tech Reshape Future of Tech Solutions? with Anant Maheshwari , Vice Chairperson, NASSCOM; President, 微软 India; Jacky Wright , Senior Partner, Chief Technology & Platform Officer, 麦肯锡

• India is one of the leaders in tech globally with its export services and talent.
• The capabilities coming out of India to make one optimistic and to realise the strengths, India must develop capabilities and continue to ‘make in India’.

Session XVIII B: India’s AI Strategy & the Coming Together of the Ecosystem with Beena Ammanath , Executive Director, Global 德勤 AI Institute; Biswajeet Mahapatra , Principal Analyst, Forrester ; Srikanth Velamakanni , Co-founder, Group CEO and Executive Vice Chairman, Fractal ; Leslie D’Monte, Executive Editor, Mint, HT Media ( Mint )

• India leads in responsible AI with a top-down approach emphasizing trust, responsibility, and ethics.
• The diversity in India offers an advantage in solving complex problems.

#TheFutureEnterprise: Session IA: Reshaping Digital Industries: The Blue Ocean Strategy with Patrick Sullivan , Expert - Business Transformation, Third Eye Advisory

• It’s not just about the technology but how those technologies can be applied to solve business problems.
• Currently, we see a shift from one, uni-functional solution to an integrated, complex, multi-functional solution; setting up Blue Ocean Strategy is like setting up an entirely new business operation.

#TheFutureEnterprise: Session IIA: Completed your DX Journey? Think Again! with Umesh Phadke , Chief Transformation Officer, 欧莱雅 Pte Ltd; Ursula Soritsch-Renier , Group Chief Digital, and Information Officer, Saint-Gobain ; Vivek Mahajan , Corporate Executive Officer, SEVP, Chief Technology Officer, Chief Portfolio Officer, 富士通 Limited

• For a true transformation, a leader must not only take their teams and people with them, but also the entire value chain of stakeholders that come before and after them.

#TheFutureEnterprise: Session IIIA: Embedding Digital at the Core: Measuring Impact and Outcome with Dr. Dr. Chris Marshall , Vice President, Data, Analytics, AI, Sustainability, and Industry Research, 国际数据公司 ; Mahesh Zurale , Lead - Advanced Technology Centers in India, 埃森哲 ; Irina Ghose , Chief Operating Officer, 微软 India

• While the cloud is an accelerator for businesses, data is a driver and AI is a differentiator.

#TrendsShapingEnterprises: Session IB: Accelerating Productivity with Generative AI: Use Cases that Matter with Debasis Bal , Senior Vice President, Data Science, 富达 India; Mike Gualtieri , VP & Principal Analyst, Forrester; Dr. Dr. Rohini Srivathsa , National Technology Officer, Microsoft India

• Generative AI is in the very early days and is a different kind of technology, and we as a society are still learning about it.

#TrendsShapingEnterprises: Session IIB: Trends Driving Healthcare Technology in 2023 with Ramesh Gopalan , Group Chief Executive Officer, Sagility ; Shantha Maheswari , Chief Strategy and Planning Officer, Carelon Global Solutions India India;? Amit Saxena ,?Principal?Partner,?Purpose?Institute?&?Head,?Genomics?&?Personalized?Medicine,?TCS?

• While health is personal to everybody, the biggest question in preventative health care revolves around what the biggest problem is that one is trying to solve.
• AI offers a new model of translational medicine dealing with research, wherein, while you are being treated, your data is being analyzed to understand what can be done better.

#TrendsShapingEnterprises: Session IIIB: The CIO Net-Zero Challenge with Rucha Nanavati , CIO, Mahindra Group ; Vinod Bhat , Chief Information Officer (CIO) & Chief Ethics Counsellor, Vistara - TATA SIA Airlines Ltd. ; Pradeep Menon , Managing Director, and Head, 汇丰 Technology India

• Behaviors around ESG boil down to one question – just because we can, should we?
• The move to the cloud has made systems more efficient. The next step would be to give more power to the consumer, for them to track their credits, carbon footprint, and more, which will ultimately lead to good results.

#WorkOfTheFuture: Session IC: The New Avatars of the 3Ws: Work, Workforce & Workplace with Mohit Bhende , CEO, Karat ; Sandeep Sethi , Managing Director, Work Dynamics, West Asia, 仲量联行 ; Vinay Pradhan , Country Manager - India & South Asia, Udemy ; Kirti Seth , CEO, Sector Skills Council, NASSCOM

#WorkOfTheFuture: Session IIC: Elevating India's Talent Model for the Next Decade with Saurabh Gupta , President, Research and Advisory Services, HFS Research ; Shubheksha Agarwal , Consultant & GenC, 高知特 Cognizant ; Rajesh Nambiar , Chairman & MD, 高知特 Cognizant India; Euan Davis , Associate Vice President, 高知特 Cognizant Technology Solutions

• To unleash India’s power, we will need to bring our technical and non-technical capabilities together.
• Skilling initiatives will need to be designed around three broad categories - 1. Skilling to deploy 2. Skilling for readiness 3. Skilling to choose.

#WorkOfTheFuture: Session IIIC: Success Lays in the Bottom-up Cultural Transformation with Sanjib Sahoo , Executive Vice President and Chief Digital Officer, 英迈 Inc.

• Digital transformation is first about the experience, then about automation.
• Automation is necessary to provide a good customer experience, as experience is key to creating value.
• One of the reasons companies fail is the failure to perform and transform simultaneously as transformation is a continuous process and companies cannot afford to pause transformation to perform.

Unconference Rendezvous Series with Umesh Phadke , Chief Transformation Officer, 欧莱雅 Pte Ltd; Akhilesh Tuteja , Partner, Global Cyber Security Leader, National Alliances and TMT Industry Leader, KPMG India

• Time is a currency for training.
• Advice for 20-year-olds is to be hungry, curious, open, and find the best mentors to learn from, and not be afraid to fail.

Session XIX B: Top Tech Predictions for the Road to Sustainability with Dr Dr. Chris Marshall , Vice President, Data, Analytics, AI, Sustainability, and Industry Research, 国际数据公司

• A key question to ask and answer is how smaller companies can be brought on board to drive efforts towards sustainability.
• India is making efforts in bringing smaller companies to drive sustainable efforts and has the potential to lead in this space.

Session XX: The New CXO Imperatives for Sustained Growth with Dilip Kumar C , Chief Digital & Global Business Services Officer, NTT DATA, Inc. ; Tiger Tyagarajan , CEO, 简柏特

• Business models are changing drastically – from being product-led to software service and subscription-led.
• Businesses will need to shift focus and realign to create value driven by services and engagement.
• To win in the long run, a partnership between innovation and cost-efficiency will be needed to fuel growth in the industry.

Session XXI: India@100: Opportunities and Risks with Rajiv Memani , Chair, 安永 Global Emerging Markets Committee, EY India Chairman and Regional Managing Partner, EY India; Ridham Desai , Head, India Equity Research, 摩根士丹利 ; Rajani Sinha , Chief Economist, CareEdge Group

• AI can possibly be a defining change in India, by bringing in tremendous opportunities along with some disruptions.
• To win, India will need to play the AI game from a skilling, building assets and positioning standpoint.

Session XXII A: Is there a ‘Digital Reset’ on the Horizon? with Alex Holt , Global Head of Technology, Media & Telecommunications, KPMG International; Ashwin Yardi , CEO - India, 凯捷咨询 Technology Services; Chandra R. Srikanth , Editor - Technology, Startups & New Economy, moneycontrol.com

• Emerging tech has the potential to shape the future of work and society.
• The next digital reset could be driven by AI with emerging tech like AI/ML, AR/VR being leveraged to create digital twins – e.g., providing simulation as a service using digital twins.
• Organizations that are taking a cautious approach towards their digital spends need to remember that the race is not over yet, and competitors may continue to spend, innovate and overtake.

Session XXII B: #AskMeAnything with Kelly Vero , Futurist, Game Developer, and an architect of the Metaverse; Kritika M , Senior Director, 10000 Startups and Product, NASSCOM

• Creating tech that everyone can afford should be one of the key questions that must be answered.
• In an ideal world, all of us would be able to use the same technology to get the same outcomes – mitigating the differences and inequalities.

Session XXIII: The Future of the Global Economy: Integrated or Fragmented? with Janmejaya Sinha , Chairman India, The 波士顿谘询公司 (I) Pvt. Ltd.; John Reed , South Asia Bureau Chief, Financial Times

• The manufacturing journey of India hasn't been easy, but it is promising.
• In the current scenario, the future is an open space for India to leverage and grow.

Session XXIV: The Paradigm Shift: Emerging Tech, Data, and Customers with Rahul Singh , Chief Operating Officer - Corporate Functions, HCLTech ; Praveena Rai , Chief Operating Officer, National Payments Corporation Of India (NPCI) ; Phil Fersht , CEO and Chief Analyst, HFS Research

• Many platforms of today are outdated and are in urgent need to be replenished and modernized.
• Banks and governments are making peripheral modifications, however there is a need to modify and modernize the core, which will take a long time.
• To scale India’s digital growth, the ways in which talent is attracted, reskilled, upskilled and repurposed to create best-in-class talent, will be critical.

Session XXV: Solving Humanity’s Global Grand Challenges with Digital Biology with Dr Tiffany Vora , Vice Chair of Digital Biology & Medicine, Singularity University

• Climate change will bring a lot more disruption in years to come.
• The COVID-19 pandemic was a dress rehearsal for how can possibly tackle climate crisis.
• We also need to ask ourselves what kind of leaders we want to be when difficult times show up.

March 2, 2023

Session XXVI: Guest Address with Chandru Iyer , Deputy High Commissioner for Karnataka & Kerala HM Deputy Trade Commissioner - South Asia (Investment), British Deputy High Commission

• Keeping in line with the trends in the technology space, there are many areas of collaboration between the India-UK ecosystem.

Session XXVII: The Meta-Trends for the Decade: The Future is Faster Than You Think with Peter H. Diamandis , CEO, Zero-G Corporation

• For anything thought to be scarce in the world, it is an engineer’s job to take that scarcity and turn it into abundance.
• Real convergence is when 2-3 technologies come together to create great opportunities.
• It is predicted that there will be two types of companies at the end of this decade – those that fully utilize AI and those that are out of business.

Session XXVIII: From Fintech Capital to Digital Innovation: What’s Powering the Next with Shri Devendra Fadnavis , Deputy Chief Minister, Maharashtra; Anant Maheshwari , Vice Chairperson, NASSCOM; President, 微软 India

• From being just a catchphrase, Digital India is now dominating the Techade.
• Good governance is like air – its presence may not be felt but its absence may suffocate you.

Session XXIX: A World on the Path Towards Sustainable and Inclusive Growth with Vimal Kapur , President and COO, 霍尼韦尔 ; Dr Ganesh Natarajan , Chairman, 5F World and 霍尼韦尔 Automation India Ltd

• We will have to ‘undo’ our activities of the past years – such as using coal – by 2050.
• It is observed that most companies today are adopting sustainable practices.
• Countries will need to build sustainability strategies specific to them as their energy resources are also unique to them.
• Technology intervention is crucial for a country’s growth and also for facilitating transition.

Session XXX A: How Credible is Your Tech? with Anna Roy , Senior Advisor, NITI Aayog ; Beena Ammanath , Executive Director, Global 德勤 AI Institute; Debjani Ghosh , President, NASSCOM

• Responsible use of AI needs to be of prime focus.
• Shortcuts cannot be used while talking about responsibilities that are centered around addressing social challenges and forming socially conscious communities.

Session XXX B: With the Eyes of a Child, the Magic Formula to Innovation with Mauro Porcini , Chief Design Officer, 百事 ; Sarika Naik , Chief Marketing Officer & Chairperson, Diversity & Inclusion, 凯捷咨询 India

• Asking ‘why’ is very important. One must keep asking why and on finding an answer, ask why again!
• Sustainability is not an option anymore.
• It is an exciting time today as we see ourselves align financial value with human value.

Session XXXI A: The State of the Enterprise AI: It’s Amazing! with Mike Gualtieri , VP & Principal Analyst, Forrester

• There is a difference between AI and ML platforms – the later creates models, while the former creates solutions.

Session XXXI B: The India Story for the Next Decade with Anant Maheshwari, Vice Chairperson, NASSCOM; President, Microsoft India; Krishnan Ramanujam , Chairperson, NASSCOM; President, Enterprise Growth Group, 塔塔咨询服务公司 ; Chandra R. Srikanth , Editor - Technology, Startups & New Economy, moneycontrol.com

• Digital Public Goods can help in accelerating the country’s growth – first, continue to make in India and make new IP based on these made in India platforms and then, make them global.
• India a strong and powerful market – leveraging Indian goods internationally will be a critical point.
• Some predictions for India in this Techade: 10,000 unicorns; Faster achievement of the trillion dollar economy than predicted.

Unconference Rendezvous Series with Dr Meeta Singh, MD , Sleep Optimization, Performance Delta LLC; Sandeep Bahl , VP, NASSCOM

• You produce quality work when you slow down

Session XXXI C: Gartner’s Top Trends for Technology Providers in 2023 with Ganesh Ramamoorthy , Managing Vice President, Gartner

• Move from product-focus to customer-focus.
• Guide less experienced buyers in effective decision management.
• Co-innovation is a complex ecosystem compared to traditional R&D as there is no playbook.
• The more the diversity, the greater the need for support for innovation.

#TrendsShapingEnterprises: Session IA: Leveraging the Power of Ecosystem for Exponential Growth with Satish H.C. , Executive Vice President and Co-Head of Delivery, 印孚瑟斯 ; Venkat Pery , Chief Strategy Officer, LTIMindtree ; Sumit Sarawgi , Managing Director and Senior Partner, 波士顿谘询公司

• We’re seeing a non-linear and exponential pivot in the ways we conduct businesses, as the rate of change goes up manifold and the role of ecosystems becomes more important than ever.
• The era of new ecosystem delves into the ‘hows’ – how can we create new value chains and how are business models evolving.

#TrendsShapingEnterprises: Session IIA: The Evolved Cloud: Agility with Confidence in a Hybrid Multi-cloud World with Kavita Viswanath , Vice President & General Manager, JFrog ; Steve Van Kuiken , Senior Partner, McKinsey Digital, 麦肯锡 ; Ravi Chhabria (he/him) , Vice President & Managing Director, NetApp India Pvt Ltd

• It is not possible to manage every single tech trend anymore – organizations need to learn identify relevant trends and how to absorb change within.
• It is crucial for enterprises to leverage the right kind of tools to enhance productivity and deliver value to stakeholders.

#TrendsShapingEnterprises: Session IIIA: Future of Trust: Why Digital Trust Truly Matters! with Fernando Gil de Bernabe y Varela , Chief Operating Officer, 思科 APJC; Dr Santanu Bhattacharya , Chief Technologist, The NatWest Group , UK; Raja Lahiri , Partner - Growth, Transactions & Private Equity; National Leader - Technology, Media & Telecommunication; Leader IPO Advisory, Grant Thornton Bharat LLP

• Privacy is a human right.
• Infiltration of new technologies can impede privacy.
• Partnerships between public? and private sector are crucial to enhance privacy.

#Mobility&Connectivity: Session IB: Power of 5G: Transforming the Way We Work, Live and Function with Camille Mendler , Chief Analyst, Omdia

• 5G has a great transformation capacity.
• 5G can make everyone a contributor of knowledge as it goes beyond things and systems.
• There are 4 typical 5G buyer personas today: Frontline Pragmatist; Quality Tyrant; Digital Engager; Growth Hawk.

#Mobility&Connectivity: Session IIB: Tomorrow: Today - The Future of Business Through the Lens of the Metaverse with Kelly Vero , Futurist, Game Developer, and an architect of the Metaverse

• Instead of building your own metaverse, utilize the ones that are ready and focused on people’s needs.
• While creating with metaverse, look at solutions that would enhance the natural.
• In metaverse, user experience is key.
• Logins are not being used in metaverse as they are old school. Creators in the metaverse are looking for universal ways for people to easily connect and engage.

#Mobility&Connectivity: Session IIIB: Martian Lessons for India’s Space Tech Ecosystem: The Need to Shift Gears with Dr Ed Rogers , Chief Knowledge Officer, NASA (retired); ISB Visiting Faculty

• India has a lot of technology, capital, skilling infrastructure and interest. The need is to invest in R&D to accelerate India’s space tech ecosystem.

#AskMeAnything with Kathleen (Katie) McGinty , Chief Sustainability and External Relations Officer, 江森自控 ; Sandeep Bahl , VP, NASSCOM

• If you are keen to bring women into the workforce, understand their perspectives on why they work or say now. Listen to their problems and solve their challenges to attract them.

Session XXXII A: Tech Innovation Paving the Net-Zero Journey with Kathleen (Katie) McGinty , Chief Sustainability and External Relations Officer, Johnson Controls; Lina Gandl?se Hansen , State Secretary for Trade & Global Sustainability, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Denmark ( Udenrigsministeriet , Embassy of Denmark in India ); Rekha M Menon , Chairperson and Senior Managing Director, 埃森哲 in India

• Something that will be truly sustainable will work at every level – it will help save the planet, lift people up and align with profit and economic value.
• Partnerships with ecosystems will help you come up with solutions, like how the Danish government developed partnerships with the governments, industries, and academia a couple of years ago to create solutions to reduce Co2 emissions.

Session XXXII B: Longevity Breakthroughs: Are we Ready to Live to 120 Years and Beyond? with Dr Tiffany Vora , Vice Chair of Digital Biology & Medicine, Singularity University ; Anu Acharya , Founder & CEO, Mapmygenome - Know Yourself

• Good sleep, exercise, having a meal with the family daily, being actively involved in community and having a purpose are some important factors for longevity.
• Leadership and technology are both simultaneously shaping our future.
• Digital Biology, Synthetic Biology and Biotechnology are going to change the way we experience the world.

Session XXXIII A: Leading with Example: From Platformization to Open Protocol Network with Dr Pramod Varma , CTO, EkStep Foundation & Chief Architect, Aadhaar & India Stack; Debjani Ghosh , President, NASSCOM

• DPI is actually a protocol that has transformed the possibility of moving currency from different countries.
• DPI thinking has become very sophisticated in India and with Indians spread globally, the innovation of DPI got triggered.
• It is essential to focus on two patterns - Minimalism & Decentralization – minimalism is about capturing only necessary data and decentralization is about ensuring that different parties do different things to avoid duplication of efforts.

Session XXXIII B: Preparing the 1 Billion Population for the Digital Tomorrow with Akhilesh Tuteja , Partner, Global Cyber Security Leader, National Alliances and TMT Industry Leader, KPMG India; J Innocent Divya, Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Skill Development Corporation; Kirti Seth , CEO, Sector Skills Council, NASSCOM; Sumit Sabharwal , Head of Human Resources, 富士通 Global Delivery Centers; Nirajita Banerjee , Managing Editor, LinkedIn News

• India needs to have all the right ingredients to future proof the next generation of workers and will need to successfully use them.
• We need to work on the bottom of the pyramid in terms of digital literacy by using a 3 ‘I’ solution: Inclusion (make internet inclusive); Infrastructure (availability at scale); Innovation (build own solutions).
• A learner needs to be pulled into learning and not pushed – by creating awareness, an inclusive environment, right momentum, and space to absorb it all are key.
• By creating interdisciplinary teams, magic can happen as creative ideas arise.
• For the youth, an enabling environment where they have an opportunity to solve real world challenges help foster confidence.

Session XXXIV A: The Science of Sleep: Optimizing Productivity and Performance with Dr Meeta Singh, MD

• Every function of the brain is optimal when your well rested.
• Memories formed during the day are consolidated when one sleeps.

Session XXXIV B: Fostering a More Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Workforce with Vineet Saraiwala , Founder & CEO, Atypical Advantage ; Shraddha Naik , APJ Regional HRBP, SAP Labs India

• By harnessing the strengths of persons with disabilities will do wonders in terms of corporate metrics and productivity.
• Empathy is treating people like people, nothing else. It helps us to become better human beings.

Session XXXV: Building a Resilient Organization: Scales Beyond Founders with Narayana Murthy , Founder, 印孚瑟斯 Limited; Kunal Bahl , Co-founder, Snapdeal

• Observing senior leaders is one way to inculcate value of culture.
• Elders in the organizational environment must tell youngsters to accept deferred gratification, promoting and promising a positive future.
• For young organizations today to effectively develop culture, young entrepreneurs must build leadership qualities – they need to be unequivocal and take decisions quickly.

Session XXXVI: The Human Side of Innovation: The Power of People in Love with People with Mauro Porcini , Chief Design Officer, 百事

• To create a dynamic and extraordinary product, one must focus on people’s needs and wants instead of focusing on the competitors.

Session XXXVII: India Tech Prowess Powering India's G20 Presidency with Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw , Hon Minister of Railways, Communications and Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India; Debjani Ghosh, President, NASSCOM

• Indian startups have a mindset of openness and embracing new ideas.
• The India startup ecosystem is filled with positive energy. As the world changes rapidly, a laser sharp focus on people and innovation must be kept.
• India continues to be a preferred partner for global companies – they start about partnering with India for cost reasons but quickly see the dynamic talent pool and innovation power.

Session XXXVIII: How To Win in the Midst of Uncertainty & Setbacks with Sania Mirza, Indian Tennis Player; Akhilesh Tuteja , Partner, Global Cyber Security Leader, National Alliances and TMT Industry Leader, KPMG India

• There is no single ingredient to success. One has to be talented, resilient, committed and has to put in the hours.
• All sports including tennis see a lot of tech today – from measuring speed to even spin degree. Data of this sort helps the player improve their game.

The in-person days also saw Aiyyo Shraddha tickle our senses, guitarist Imnainla Jamir mesmerize the audience with her performance and flow artiste Eshna Kutty create a magical spectacle with her hoola-hoops!

As we draw the curtains on this year's NTLF, we would like to express our deepest gratitude to all the speakers and attendees who joined us. Your participation and enthusiasm have made this event a great success. We are humbled by your unwavering support and commitment to driving innovation and progress in the tech and leadership sphere.

We believe that the discussions and insights shared during this event will inspire and equip all of us to tackle the challenges ahead. We hope to keep this momentum going and bring you another exciting edition of NTLF next year. Until then, stay connected, stay inspired, and keep pushing the boundaries of what's possible. Thank you once again for being a part of NTLF 2023!