09:45AM
Event Schedule
10:15AM–10:45AM
Fireside Chat
C S SettySBI
10:50AM–11:30AM
Panel Discussion · PSU Banks
The FCNR(B) Playbook
Debadatta ChandBank of Baroda
Kalyan KumarCentral Bank of India
Ashok ChandraPunjab National Bank
Binod KumarIndian Bank
11:35AM–12:00PM
Discussion
Financial Sector: The Road Ahead
Uday KotakKotak Mahindra Bank
12:05PM–12:35PM
Fireside Chat
Amitabh ChaudhryAxis Bank
Parallel Sessions
12:40PM–01:30PM
Panel Discussion · Private Banks
The AI Factor in Banking
Rajiv AnandIndusInd Bank
V VaidyanathanIIDFC First Bank
R SubramaniakumarRBL Bank
12:35PM–01:20PM
Panel Discussion · Treasury Heads
Navigating the Rate Cycle and a Volatile Bond Market
Arup RakshitHDFC Bank
Parul Mittal SinhaStandard Chartered Bank
Aditya BagreeCiti India
Shailendra JhinganICICI Bank
Parallel Sessions
02:30PM–03:00PM
McKinsey Session · Book Launch + Panel Discussion
Book Launch: Shapers and Founders - The Inside Story of Asia's Extraordinary CEOs
Joydeep SenguptaAuthor
02:30PM–03:15PM
Panel Discussion · Micro Finance
Is Diversification the Way Ahead?
Alok MisraMFIN
Manoj NambiarArohan Financial Services
Ganesh NarayananCredit Access Grameen
Venkatesh N.IIFL Samasta Finance
Vineet ChattreeSvatantra Microfin
03:00PM–03:45PM
Panel Discussion · Foreign Banks
The India Opportunity
PD SinghStandard Chartered Bank
Rajat VermaDBS Bank India
K BalasubramanianCiti India
Hitendra DaveHSBC India
Tushar VikramMashreq Bank
03:50PM–04:30PM
Panel Discussion · NBFCs
Is the NBFC Advantage Over?
Umesh RevankarShriram Finance
Jairam SridharanPiramal Finance
Raul RebelloMahindra Finance
Hitesh SethiaJio Financial Services
05:00PM–05:45PM
Panel Discussion · Small Finance Banks
Mandate Fulfilled. Universal Bank Next?
Baskar Babu RamachandranSuryoday Small Finance Bank
Ajay KanwalJana Small Finance Bank
PN VasudevanEquitas Small Finance Bank
Manoj SingodiaAccenture
05:50PM–06:35PM
Panel Discussion · Economists
India's Growth Story and the Role of Financial Sector – Challenges & Opportunities
Aditi NayarICRA
Sonal VarmaNomura
Samiran ChakrabortyCiti Bank
Aastha GudwaniBarclays
06:40PM–07:10PM
Fireside Chat
Challenges in the AI World
Arundhati BhattacharyaSalesforce South Asia
Parallel Sessions
10:00AM–10:45AM
Panel Discussion · Life Insurance
Distribution Reforms: The New Paradigm
Vibha PadalkarHDFC Life
Mahesh BalaKotak Life
Kamlesh RaoAditya Birla Sun Life
Anuj MathurCanara HSBC Life Insurance
10:10AM–10:45AM
Panel Discussion · Agentic Payments
Machines with Mandates: Building India's Trust Layer for Agentic Payments
Nirav KamdarAmazonPay
Pramod MulaniJuspay
Tarun SinghSBI Payments
Rishi ChhabraVISA
11:00AM–11:30AM
Plenary Address by the Chief Guest
Shaktikanta DasPrincipal Secretary to the Prime Minister
11:35AM–12:05PM
Keynote Address, followed by a Fireside Chat
Ajay SethIRDAI
Parallel Sessions
12:10PM–12:50PM
Panel Discussion · General Insurance
Climate & Cyber Risks: Can Insurance Keep Pace with India's Emerging Threats?
Sarbvir SinghPolicybazaar
Parthanil GhoshHDFC Ergo
Animesh DasAcko General Insurance
Hitesh JoshiGIC Re
11:45AM–12:30PM
Panel Discussion · Economists Part II
Making India's Growth Story More Equitable
Sajjid ChinoyJP Morgan
Soumyakanti GhoshState Bank of India
12:55PM–01:30PM
BUSINESSNEXT epaper Launch & Panel Discussion
Autonomous Banking & Security
Nishant SinghBUSINESSNEXT
Ramesh LakshminarayananHDFC Bank
Sameer ShettyAxis Bank
Manoj BhadgaonkarAccenture in India
02:45PM–03:30PM
Fireside Chat
Poonam GuptaRBI
Parallel Sessions
03:35PM–04:05PM
Fireside Chat
Nitin GuptaNFRA
03:40PM–04:15PM
Panel Discussion · Crypto
Taxed but Not Trusted: Can India Regulate an Asset It Doesn't Recognise?
Ashish SinghalCoinSwitch
SB SekerBinance
Edul PatelMudrex
Vikaas SachdevaBitDelta India
04:10PM–04:40PM
Conversations on Private Equity
The Changing Approach of PE Investors: Is the Age of Spray and Pray Over?
Amit ChandraBain Capital
Renuka RamnathMultiples Private Equity
04:45PM–05:05PM
Fireside Chat
K.V.R. MurtySEBI
Parallel Sessions
05:10PM–05:55PM
Panel Discussion · Fintech
Payments at Scale, Can Security Match It?
Karan SapraGoogle Pay
George SamMindgate Solutions
Arif KhanRazorpay
K. Satyanarayana RajuIDPIC
05:00PM–05:45PM
Panel Discussion · Health Insurance
GST Rationalisation Done. What Next for Affordable Health Insurance?
G SrinivasanGalaxy Health Insurance
Satish GiduguMedi Assist
Amit RoyPwC
06:00PM–06:30PM
Fireside Chat
Sameer NigamPhonePe
06:35PM–07:10PM
Fireside Chat
S. RamannPFRDA
07:15PM–08:00PM
Stand-Up performance by Biswa Kalyan Rath
10:00AM–10:40AM
Keynote and Fireside Chat
Tuhin Kanta PandeySEBI
Parallel Sessions
10:45AM–11:30AM
Panel Discussion · Mutual Funds CEOs
The Future of Asset Management
Sundeep SikkaNippon India Mutual Fund
Radhika GuptaEdelweiss MF
Nimesh ShahICICI MF
10:45AM–11:30AM
Panel Discussion · SIF & PMS
Is High Networth Investing Getting Democratised?
Bhavesh JainEdelweiss Mutual Fund
Gaurav MehtaSBI Mutual Fund
Sunil SinghaniaAbakkus Asset Manager
Vikas KhemaniCarnelian Asset Management & Advisors
Parallel Sessions
12:00PM–12:45PM
Panel Discussion · Mutual Funds CIOs
Navigating Uncertainties & Volatile Markets
S NarenICICI MF
R SivakumarAxis Mutual Fund
Taher BadshahInvesco Mutual Fund
12:00PM–12:45PM
Panel Discussion · ETFs & Passives and Quants
Getting the Next (Rupee) Ten Trillion
Vetri SubramanianUTI MF
Vishal JainZerodha MF
Swarup MohantyMirae MF
12:50PM–01:20PM
Fireside Conversation
Shankar SharmaGQuant Investech
02:45PM–03:15PM
Panel Discussion
Have Indian Markets Moved Past Value Investing?
Prashant Jain3P Investment Managers
Lakshmi IyerBajaj Alts (Bajaj Alternate Investment Management)
Rajeev ThakkarPPFAS
Parallel Sessions
03:20PM–04:05PM
Panel Discussion · Foreign Brokerages
Analysing Markets Through the Global Lens
Sandeep BhatiaMacquarie
Gautam ChhaochhariaUBS
Venugopal GarreBernstein
Sanjay MookimJP Morgan
03:20PM–04:05PM
Panel Discussion · Financial & Wealth Intermediaries
Reinventing Financial Intermediation amid Fintech Disruptions
Swapnil BhaskarJioBlackRock Investment Advisors
Gaurav RastogiKuvera
Nilesh NaikPhonePe
Rajiv BajajBajaj Capital
04:10PM–04:55PM
Panel Discussion · GIFT City
India's Gateway to the World
Dipesh ShahIFSCA
V BalasubramaniamNSE International Exchange
Vijay KrishnamurthyIndia INX
Suresh SwamyPrice Waterhouse & Co LLP
05:00PM–05:30PM
Fireside Chat
Kamlesh Chandra VarshneySEBI