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Event Overview

14th CISO & Cyber Pioneers Awards & Confex 2025

The cybersecurity landscape is evolving at an unprecedented pace, presenting organizations with a complex web of threats. As enterprises expand their digital footprints, security operations, cloud and application security, AI-driven threat mitigation, network protection, and supply chain vulnerabilities have become critical areas of focus.

Among the most transformative forces in cybersecurity today is Artificial Intelligence. While AI empowers security leaders with deeper threat intelligence, real-time risk assessment, and proactive defense mechanisms, it is also a double-edged sword. Cyber adversaries are leveraging AI with equal efficiency, using it to launch highly sophisticated attacks on enterprise networks, making traditional security measures increasingly inadequate.

In this relentless battleground, CISOs and cybersecurity teams stand as the first line of defense, continuously upskilling and adapting to outpace adversaries. Their unwavering efforts ensure business continuity, secure access, and resilient digital environments for enterprises and their customers.

For 14 years, BitStream Mediaworks has proudly celebrated the unsung heroes of cybersecurity through the . In May 2025, the 14th edition of this prestigious 14th CISO & Cyber Pioneers 2025 event will take place in Mumbai, bringing together 125+ CISOs, CDOs, CTOs, CROs, CIOs, IT Heads, InfoSec leaders, and global security experts from the private, public, and government sectors.

Before the awards ceremony, attendees will engage in thought-provoking sessions featuring industry pioneers and cybersecurity visionaries. Discussions will explore the latest cyber threats, innovations in AIdriven security, and best practices to fortify enterprises against evolving risks.

Join us at 14th CISO & Cyber Pioneers 2025, where thought leadership meets innovation, and excellence in cybersecurity is honored.

Event Takeaways:

  • Critical insights to re-imagine and re-orchestrate your cyber security strategy

  • Learnings to maximize ROI through a digitally immune business roadmap

  • Knowledge from cyber stalwarts across industries on future-proofing the enterprise

  • Exploration of 2025 cyber security trends from across industries

  • Exclusive information about new cutting-edge cyber security products and solutions

  • Networking with India’s top C-suite cyber security leaders

  • One-on-one meeting with the best-in class technology solution providers

  • Exclusive Gala Dinner with live entertainment


Key Highlights

Key Highlights

AI / ML Security

Cloud Security

Risk Management

IoT / ML / Automation

DevSecOps

Quantum Safe

Threats Intelligence

Identity & Access

Zero Trust

Security Operations

Data Protection

Incident Response

Application Security

Insider Threats

IT / OT Security

Who Should Attend?

  • Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs)
  • Chief Risk Officers (CROs)
  • Chief Information Officers (CIOs)
  • Chief Technology Officers (CTOs)
  • Chief Digital Officers (CDOs)
  • VP, AVP, Director – IT / Systems / Security
  • Head - Information Technology Deptt
  • GM / AGM / DGM / CGM – IT / Security
  • IT & Security Consultants
  • Manager / Sr Manager – IT / Security
  • Delivery Heads, Data Centre Professionals
  • Cloud, Security, & other Technology Architects
  • Data Scientists & Analysts
Listen to the Event Speakers

Who's Speaking (Last Edition)

Speakers
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A Shiju Rawther

Head - IT ,
SBI MUTUAL FUND
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Akshay Garkel

Partner & Leader - Cyber ,
Grant Thornton LLP
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Ambarish Kumar Singh

CISO ,
Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd.
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Amey S Lakeshri

Director - Cyber Security, Privacy and IR ,
Ernst & Young
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Amit Subhanje

Regional Risk Leader,
GE Aerospace
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Ankit Agarwal

Sr. Director - Global Systems and Security,
Encora
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Arif Bhatkar

Head -- IT Security,
Godrej Infotech Ltd.
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Avadhut Parab

CIO ,
Waree Engineers Ltd
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Baidyanath Kumar

Chief Information Security Officer,
JK Lakshmi Cement Ltd. (JK Organisation)
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Bijender Mishra

Global CISO ,
Alkem Laboratories Limited
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Deval Mazmudar

Cybersecurity Advisor ,
TJSB Bank
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Dhiraj Ranka

Chief Information Security Officer,
TATA AIG General Insurance Limited
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Diwakar Raut

Head - Cyber Security,
BSE Limited
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Dr Sriranga Narasimha Gandhi

Vice President - Secure Architecture Engineering,
Reliance Jio Infocom Limited
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Gowdhaman Jothilingam

Global CISO and Head of IT,
LatentView Analytics
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Harshad Mengle

Global CISO ,
Tata Chemicals Ltd
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Hetal Presswala CISO

CISO,
Kalpataru Projects International Ltd
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Hilal Lone

CISO/CIO,
Razorpay
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Janak Bhindora

VP - Digital Transformation & Group CISO
Cars24
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Jaspreet Singh

Partner, Clients & Markets Leader - Advisory Services , Grant Thornton Bharat LLP
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Jitendra Jadhwani

Chief Information Security Officer
Tata Motor Finance
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Kanishk Gaur

Founder & CEO ,
India Future Foundation
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Kiran Komatla

Group CTO ,
Restaurant Brands Asia Ltd (Burger King)
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Kumar Ravi

CISO,
Teleperformance India
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Manoj Ajgaonkar

Partner - Consulting,
Mazars In India
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Mayank Mehta

CISO,
Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance
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Melwyn Rebeiro

Director-Head IT GRC,Regional CISO & DPO ,
Julius Baer
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Mukesh Jain

CTO,
Capgemini
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Pradipta Patro

Global CISO,
RPG Group (KEC International Ltd.)
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Prince Joseph

Group CIO,
SFO Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (NeST Group)
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Rajan Arora

Partner & Leader Digital and Technology Consulting, Mazars
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Ranjeeth Bellary

Partner,
Ernst & Young
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Sagar Pardeshi

Cyber Security Evangelist | Office of the Chief Technology Officer| India & SAARC,
Check Point Software Technologies
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Sanjeev Kaushik

CISO ,
Adani Airports
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Saurabh Gugnani

Director, Head - Cyber Defence, Identity & Application Security , TMF Group
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Saurabh Saxena

Regional Vice President , OpenText
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Shaik J. Ahmed

VP, Head of Information Security Risk & Governance, Mashreq Bank
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Sharad Srivastava

Founder & CEO ,
Certus Software India Pvt. Ltd.
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Shree Parthasarathy

Partner - Consulting,
Mazars
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Sourabh Tiwari

CDIO ,
Forbes Marshall
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Srikanth S

CISO ,
Tata Electronics Pvt Ltd
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Subhash Singh

CISO & Head Of Enterprise Architecture ,
Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals Corporation Limited
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Sujith Immanuel Pellican

Senior Evangelist, ManageEngine
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Sunil Kapoor

Senior Vice President - Risk Management ,
SBI Capital Markets Limited
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Vishwas Pitre

CISO & DPO ,
Zensar Technologies Ltd
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Vivek Shankar

CITSO & VP- IT Services,
Maxlife Insurance Co Ltd
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Yusuf Hashmi

Group CISO ,
Jubilant Bhartia Group




Nomination

Nominate Yourself


                                                                        

Judging Process

Submissions for CISO & Cyber Pioneers Awards 2025 must align with the category for which they are nominated and are judged based upon completeness and accuracy of the information provided. Nominations are also judged based on the overall influence, effectiveness and success of the nominees’ project, initiative or improvement.

Nominators may be contacted by any member of panel of juries. The panel of 7 judges selected, each represent a different segment of industry and bring to the forum their extensive knowledge and experience. The jury’s judgment will be considered as final one.


Judgment in these criteria will be based on:

  • Industry type
  • Organization size
  • Factors driving organization’s information security spending
  • Evaluation of information security spending
  • Security measures deployed or to be deployed
  • Size and complexity of projects undertaken/delivered
  • Security assurance
Highlights

Agenda Highlights

Schedule Plan

Agenda & Schedules (Last Edition)

Agenda

*Agenda & Schedule to change without prior notice

10 May, 2024
08:00 AM
Live Delegate Registrations / Breakfast
08:00 AM - 09:00 AM (IST, UTC+5:30)
09:00 AM
Live Welcome & Opening Keynote: Embracing AI for Enhanced Security: A Transformative Era
09:00 AM - 09:30 PM
Shree Parthasarathy
Partner - Consulting, Mazars in India
Yusuf Hashmi
Group CISO, Jubilant Bhartia Group
09:30 AM
Live Keynote: Digital Transformation Strategies for the Modern Enterprise
09:30 AM - 09:50 AM (IST, UTC+5:30)
Rajan Arora
Partner & Leader Digital and Technology Consulting,
Mazars in India
09:50 AM
Live TBA
09:50 AM - 10:10 AM
Sujith Immanuel Pellican
Technical Evangelist, ManageEngine
10:10 AM
Live Fireside Chat: Digital Future -- Balancing Sustainability, Inclusivity, Security, Resilience and Ethics in an Interconnected World
10:10 AM - 10:30 AM
Shree Parthasarathy
Partner - Consulting, Mazars in India
Anuj Tewari
CISO, TMF Group
10:30 AM
Live Panel Discussion: Synergizing AI and Cybersecurity: Enhancing Detection, Response, and Recovery
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Moderator: Akshay Garkel
Partner & Leader - Cyber, Grant Thornton LLP
Kumar Ravi
CISO, Teleperformance India
Sanjeev Kaushik
CISO, Adani Airports
Vivek Shankar
CITSO & VP- IT Services,
Max Life Insurance Company Limited
Pradipta Patro
Head - Cyber Security & IT Platform,
RPG Group (KEC International Ltd.)
Mukesh Jain
CTO, Capgemini
Dr. Avadhut Parab
CIO, Waree Engineers Ltd
Sourabh Tiwari
CDIO, Forbes Marshall
11:15 AM
Live Artificial Intelligence and the Evolving Threat Landscape - Preparing for What's Next?
11:15 AM - 11:30 AM
Sagar Pardeshi
Cyber Security Evangelist, Office of the CTO - India & SAARC,
Check Point Software Technologies
11:30 AM
Live Tea-Coffee Break / Technology Showcase
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM
11:45 AM
Live Panel Discussion: Embracing Generative AI in Cybersecurity: Offensive and Defensive AI
11:45 AM - 12:30 PM
Moderator: Ranjeeth Bellary
Partner, Ernst & Young
Hilal Ahmad Lone
CISO / CIO, Razorpay
Bijender Mishra
Global CISO, Alkem Laboratories Ltd
Harshad Mengle
Global CISO, Tata Chemicals Ltd
Amit Subhanje
Regional Risk Leader,
GE Aerospace
Prince Joseph
Group CIO,
SFO Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (NeST Group)
Dr Sriranga Narasimha Gandhi
Vice President - Secure Architecture Engineering, Reliance Jio
Diwakar Raut
Head - Cyber Security, BSE Limited
12:30 PM
Live Reimagine Outcomes with AI
12:30 PM - 12:45 PM
Saurabh Saxena
Regional Vice President - India, OpenText
12:45 AM
Live AI Hurricane in SSE
12:45 PM - 1:00 PM
Gurinder Singh
Head Solution Engineering – India & SAARC, Netskope
1:00 PM
Live Lucky Draw / Networking Lunch / Technology Showcase
1:00 PM - 02:00 PM
2:00 PM
Live 13th InfosSec Maestros (CISO) Awards 2024 -- Smart CISOs Category | Star Defenders Category
2:00 PM - 02:30 PM
2:30 PM
Live Panel Discussion: Unravelling the Distinctions: XDR, EDR, SIEM, and SOAR
2:30 PM - 3:15 PM (IST,
Moderator: Amey Subhash Lakeshri
Director - Cyber Security, Forensics and IR,
Ernst & Young
Dhiraj Ranka
CISO,
Tata AIG General Insurance Limited
Jitendra Jadhwani
CISO, Tata Motor Finance
Mayank Mehta
CISO, Bajaj Allianz Life
Shiju Rawther
Head - Information Technology,
SBI Mutual Fund
Melwyn Rebeiro
Director - Head IT GRC, Regional CISO & DPO, Julius Baer
Janakbhai Bhindora
VP - Digital Transformation & Group CISO, Cars24
3:15 PM
Live Fireside Chat: Backup and IT Management Software Simplified
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM
Dmitry Evdokimov
Manager - Technical Sales and Services, MSP360
3:30 PM
Live The Future of Retail Security: Leveraging AI Innovations
3:30 PM - 03:45 PM
Kiran Komatla
Group CTO, Restaurant Brands Asia Ltd (Burger King)
03:45 PM
Live Panel Discussion: Zero Trust & Least Privilege: Making the Distinction
03:45 PM - 4:30 PM
Moderator: Jaspreet Singh
Partner, Clients & Markets Leader - Advisory Services,
Grant Thornton Bharat LLP
Ankit Agarwal
Sr. Director - Global Systems and Security,
Encora
Ambarish Kumar Singh
CISO, Godrej & Boyce
Srikanth S
CISO, Tata Electronics Pvt Ltd
Hetal Presswala
CISO, Kalpataru Limited
Saurabh Gugnani
Global Head of Cybersecurity,
TMF Group
Gowdhaman Jothilingam
Global CISO and Head of IT,
LatentView Analytics
Shaik J. Ahmed
VP, Head of Information Security Risk & Governance,
Mashreq Bank
4:30 PM
Live Tea-Coffee Break / Technology Showcase
4:30 PM - 4:45 PM (IST, UTC+5:30)
4:45 PM
Live Panel Discussion: DPDP Act 2023: A Dawn Of A New Era For Data Protection In India
4:45 PM - 5:30 PM
Moderator: Kanishk Gaur
Founder & CEO,
India Future Foundation
Vishwas Pitre
CISO & DPO,
Zensar Technologies Ltd
Baidyanath Kumar
CISO, JK Lakshmi Cement Ltd.
(JK Organisation)
Arif Bhatkar
Head -- IT Security,
Godrej Infotech Ltd.
Subhash Singh
CISO & Head Of Enterprise Architecture,
Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochemicals Corp. Ltd.
Deval Mazmudar
Cybersecurity Advisor, TJSB Bank
Sharad Srivastava
Founder & CEO, Certus Software India Pvt. Ltd.
5:30 PM
Live 13th InfosSec Maestros (CISO) Awards 2024 -- Most Promising Category
5:30 PM - 5:55 PM
5:55 PM
Live Mega Lucky Draw / Thank You Note
5:55 PM - 6:00 PM
BFSI CXO Awards & Confex 2024 | Agenda & Schedule | May 10, 2024
05:30 PM
Live Delegate Registrations / Tea-Coffee / Welcome Drinks
05:30 PM - 06:15 PM
6:30 PM
Live Transforming the Financial Landscape: The Power of AI in BFSI Sector
6:30 PM - 6:50 PM
Ramakrishna K
Founder & CEO, Assisto AI
7:30 PM
Live Panel Discussion: Leading Through Digital Disruption: Strategies for BFSI & Fintech Excellence
7:30 PM - 08:15 PM
Moderator: Rajan Arora
Partner & Leader Digital and Technology Consulting, Mazars
Anindya Karmakar
Head - Digital Transformation, Aditya Birla Capital Ltd.
Dominic Vijay Kumar
CTO, ART Housing Finance (India) Ltd
Preetam Biswas
Head of Analytics, Aditya Birla Health Insurance Co. Ltd.
06:50 PM
Live Panel Discussion: Innovative Horizons: How Generative AI is Transforming Cybersecurity in BFSI
06:50 PM - 07:30 PM
Moderator: Shree Parthasarathy
Partner - Consulting, Mazars
Manoj Kumar Shrivastava
CISO, Future Generali India Insurance Co Ltd
Lalit Kumar Rout
CISO, Cent Bank Home Finance Ltd
Dinesh Phogat
CISO, The Clearing Corporation of India Limited
8:15 PM
Live Winners Announcement.... BFSI CXO Awards 2024 (All Categories)
8:45 PM Onwards
Live Networking with Cocktails & Dinner

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