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One-2-One Interviews with Enterprise IT Leaders

Gain firsthand insights from leading CIOs, CISOs and IT Executives as they share their strategies, challenges, and innovations in these crisp, one-on-one conversations. Watch now to stay ahead in the ever-evolving enterprise tech landscape.

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AI & Automation

One-2-One with Poonam Masand, Genpact
One-2-One with Poonam Masand, Genpact
One-2-One with Poonam Masand, Genpact

Poonam Masand, Sr. Director - Data, Tech and AI | Genpact, shares her views on ‘AI and Automation’

In this video, she talks about:
- How to leverage AI across your organization
- How to adapt and upskill your team to use and work with agentic AI
- What are some of the challenges around using agentic AI

One-2-One with Ramaswamy P V, Virtusa
One-2-One with Ramaswamy P V, Virtusa
One-2-One with Ramaswamy P V, Virtusa

Ramaswamy P V, EVP & Group CIO | Virtusa, shares his views on ‘AI and Automation’

In this video, he talks about:
- How to leverage AI in your organization
- What are some ethical considerations you need to take into account when implementing AI solutions
- How to upskill your team to adapt to the automation you are adopting

One-2-One with Jyothirlatha B, Godrej Captial
One-2-One with Jyothirlatha B, Godrej Captial
One-2-One with Jyothirlatha B, Godrej Captial

Jyothirlatha B, Chief Technology Officer | Godrej Capital, shares her views on ‘AI and Automation’
In this video, she talks about:
How to leverage AI to drive efficiency across your organization
What are some ethical considerations you need to take into account when implementing AI solutions
How to train users on how to use and work with AI

One-2-One with Balwant Singh, DS Group
One-2-One with Balwant Singh, DS Group
One-2-One with Balwant Singh, DS Group

Balwant Singh, Group CISO/DPO | Dharampal Satyapal (DS Group), shares his views on ‘Using AI in Cybersecurity to prevent cyber-attacks’
In this video, he talks about:
- What are the CyberSecurity Threats that keep him awake at night
- How to prepare your organization for zero-day vulnerability
- How incident response strategy is changing in a fast-changing world

One-2-One with Umakant Tripathi, LTIMindtree
One-2-One with Umakant Tripathi, LTIMindtree
One-2-One with Umakant Tripathi, LTIMindtree

Umakant Tripathi, Director - Cyber Security | LTIMindtree, shares his views on ‘Using AI in Cybersecurity to prevent cyber-attacks’
In this video, he talks about:
- What are the advantages of using AI in preventing CyberSecurity attacks
- What are some of the possible threats due to AI powered cyber attacks
- What are some of the problems faced when using AI
- What are some of the impacts on budget and resources when using AI for cybersecurity

One-2-One with Prince Joseph, SFO Technologies
One-2-One with Prince Joseph, SFO Technologies
One-2-One with Prince Joseph, SFO Technologies

Prince Joseph, CIO | SFO Technologies, shares his views on ‘AI and Automation'
In this video, he talks about:
- Leveraging AI in your organization
- Upskilling your team when adopting AI and Automation technologies
- How the security practices are changing with the advent of AI

One-2-One with Sandeep Alur, Microsoft India
One-2-One with Sandeep Alur, Microsoft India
One-2-One with Sandeep Alur, Microsoft India

Sandeep Alur, CTO | Microsoft Innovation Hub, Microsoft India, shares his views on:
- What is the purpose of the Microsoft Innovation Hub
- How the developments in AI are impacting the adoption and development in India
- Recommendations and insights for those who are keen to start this journey

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Business Strategy

One-2-One with Manish Chandegara, Simpolo Ceramics
One-2-One with Manish Chandegara, Simpolo Ceramics
One-2-One with Manish Chandegara, Simpolo Ceramics

Manish Chandegara, CIO | Simpolo Ceramics, shares his views on ‘Leadership Evolution’
In this video, he talks about:
- How has his leadership style changed over the duration of his career
- How to address the cybersecurity risk for the cloud solutions that have been deployed?
- How to ensure that cloud adoption stays cost effective

One-2-One with Hardik Parekh, Enreap
One-2-One with Hardik Parekh, Enreap
One-2-One with Hardik Parekh, Enreap

Hardik Parekh, Solution Architect | Enreap shares his views on:
- What role does project management solutions play in any organization
- What are the types of ITSM solutions that Enreap provides in support of this project management objective
- How is Enreap integrating AI into these ITSM solutions to enable the customization

One-2-One with Arvind Sivaramkrishnan, Karkinos Healthcare
One-2-One with Arvind Sivaramkrishnan, Karkinos Healthcare
One-2-One with Arvind Sivaramkrishnan, Karkinos Healthcare

Arvind Sivaramkrishnan, CIO | Karkinos Healthcare, shares his views on 'IT-Business Alignment'
In this video, he talks about:
- How to align IT with your business goals
- How to balance the IT requirements to the available budget of the organization
- Cross-functional engagements done in the organization

One-2-One with Nikhil Bhushan, Starbucks
One-2-One with Nikhil Bhushan, Starbucks
One-2-One with Nikhil Bhushan, Starbucks

Nikhil Bhushan, CTO | Starbucks, shares his views on 'Vision and Strategy'
In this video, he talks about:
- How to articulate your vision for IT within your organization
- How to ensure that your IT team is aligned with the vision of the organization
- What is the biggest obstacle in achieving this vision

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Cloud Technology

One-2-One with Sameer Raje, Zoom (Part 2)
Sameer Raje
One-2-One with Sameer Raje, Zoom (Part 2)

Sameer Raje, General Manager and Head – India and SAARC | Zoom, shares his views on:

What is happening in the contact center market, and what Zoom is bringing to the table
Are employees ready for AI AI-enabled contact centers and do they need it
How Zoom is enabling all of this transformation
Zooms platform approach

One-2-One with Ranganath Sadasiva, HPE
Ranganath Sadasiva
One-2-One with Ranganath Sadasiva, HPE

Ranganath Sadasiva, CTO | HPE, shares his views on:
How the cloud landscape could evolve in India
How companies are making their cloud agile
Where should companies in India invest their time and money
How is architectural level thinking happening in India

One-2-One with Sameer Raje, Zoom (Part 1)
Sameer Raje
One-2-One with Sameer Raje, Zoom (Part 1)

Sameer Raje, General Manager and Head – India and SAARC | Zoom, shares his views on:
- Cloud-based voice solutions
- Three ways in which organizations in India will benefit from these solutions
- The types of conversations happening in India around Zoom Phones
- How organizations are addressing the integration of workflows

One-2-One with Shobhana Lele, Bombay Dyeing
Shobhana Lele
One-2-One with Shobhana Lele, Bombay Dyeing

Shobhana Lele, VP IT | Bombay Dyeing, shares her views on ‘Cloud Adoption’
In this video, he talks about:
- How cloud adoption has transformed the organization
- How to address the cybersecurity risk for the cloud solutions that have been deployed
- How to ensure that cloud adoption stays cost effective

One-2-One with Raveendran N, Sakthi Finance
Raveendran N
One-2-One with Raveendran N, Sakthi Finance

Raveendran N, CIO | Sakthi Finance, shares his views on ‘Cloud Adoption’
In this video, he talks about:
- How cloud adoption has transformed the organization
- How to address the cybersecurity risk for the cloud solutions that have been deployed
- How to ensure that cloud adoption stays cost effective

One-2-One with Manjunath Prasad, TVS Mobility Pvt Ltd
Manjunath Prasad
One-2-One with Manjunath Prasad, TVS Mobility Pvt Ltd

Manjunath Prasad, Head IT | TVS Mobility Pvt Ltd, shares his views on ‘Cloud Adoption’
In this video, he talks about:
- How cloud adoption has transformed the organization
- How to address the cybersecurity risk for the cloud solutions that have been deployed?
- How to ensure that cloud adoption stays cost effective

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Security

One-2-One with Komal Vora, Equifax Credit Information
One-2-One with Komal Vora, Equifax Credit Information
One-2-One with Komal Vora, Equifax Credit Information

Komal Vora, CISO | Equifax Credit Information, shares her views on ‘Data Compliance and Regulation'

In this video, she talks about:
- How to ensure compliance in this rapidly evolving data regulatory world
- What are her views on data sovereignty and localization
- How does she work with vendors in that context
- How to ensure that the customers are aware of your data privacy and compliance guidelines

One-2-One with Mark Lukie, Barracuda Networks
One-2-One with Mark Lukie, Barracuda Networks
One-2-One with Mark Lukie, Barracuda Networks

Mark Lukie, Director of Solution Architects, APAC | Barracuda, shares his views on:
- The current security and threat landscape across the world
- How organizations should differentiate between legitimate BOTS and harmful BOTS as well as handle them
- How phishing attacks and BOTS are a continued threat to organizations
- How modern web application firewalls can protect against AI-powered scraping BOTS

One-2-One with Santosh Gupta, Zee Learn
One-2-One with Santosh Gupta, Zee Learn
One-2-One with Santosh Gupta, Zee Learn

Santosh Gupta, Head IT | Zee Learn, shares his views on ‘AI and Automation’
In this video, he talks about:
- How to leverage AI in your organization
- What ethical considerations must you account for when implementing an AI solution
- How do you upskill your team to adapt to the automation that you are adopting

One-2-One with Kash Shaikh, Securonix
One-2-One with Kash Shaikh, Securonix
One-2-One with Kash Shaikh, Securonix

Kash Shaikh, CEO | Securonix, shares his views on:
- How have bad actors evolved in the last 5-7 years
- How Securonix has embraced new technologies to address the threat volume and velocity
- His guidance to the CISO/Security team going forward

One-2-One with Sreenivas Vempati, RR Donnelley Publishing
One-2-One with Sreenivas Vempati, RR Donnelley Publishing
One-2-One with Sreenivas Vempati, RR Donnelley Publishing

Sreenivas Vempati, Director - ITG & Cybersecurity of RR Donnelley Publishing, shares his views on ‘Cybersecurity Challenges’
In this video, he talks about:
- What are the CyberSecurity threats to be most wary of
- How to prepare your organization for zero-day vulnerability
- How incident response strategy is changing in a fast-changing world

One-2-One with Lalit Kumar, Jay Bharat Maruti
One-2-One with Lalit Kumar, Jay Bharat Maruti
One-2-One with Lalit Kumar, Jay Bharat Maruti

Lalit Kumar, General Manager | Jay Bharat Maruti, shares his views on ‘Cybersecurity Challenges’
In this video, he talks about:
- What are the CyberSecurity threats to be most wary of
- How to prepare your organization for zero-day vulnerability
- How incident response strategy is changing in a fast-changing world

One-2-One with Lalit Trivedi, FlexM
One-2-One with Lalit Trivedi, FlexM
One-2-One with Lalit Trivedi, FlexM

Lalit Trivedi, CIO & CISO Global | FlexM, shares his views on ‘Cybersecurity Challenges’
In this video, he talks about:
- What are the CyberSecurity threats to be most wary of
- How to prepare your organization for zero-day vulnerability
- How incident response strategy is changing in a fast-changing world

One-2-One with Anil Valluri, Palo Alto
One-2-One with Anil Valluri, Palo Alto
One-2-One with Anil Valluri, Palo Alto

Anil Valluri, Chairman | Palo Alto Networks India, shares his views on:
- What are some of the issues organizations face because of GenAI, specifically in a security context
- What are some of the possible ways that the LLM poisoning is happening, and what are the ways to protect yourself
- How the organizations in India are geared towards these threats

One-2-One with Abhijit Chakravarty, Kotak Mahindra Bank
One-2-One with Abhijit Chakravarty, Kotak Mahindra Bank
One-2-One with Abhijit Chakravarty, Kotak Mahindra Bank

Abhijit Chakravarty, Executive Vice President | Kotak Mahindra Bank, shares his views on 'Cybersecurity Challenges'
In this video, he talks about:
- What are the cybersecurity threats that keep you awake in the night
- How to prepare your organization for zero day vulnerability
- How should your incident response strategy change in the fast changing world

One-2-One with V V Jacob, Malayala Manorama
One-2-One with V V Jacob, Malayala Manorama
One-2-One with V V Jacob, Malayala Manorama

V V Jacob, SGM IT | Malayala Manorama, shares his views on 'Cybersecurity Challenges'
In this video, he talks about:
- What are the CyberSecurity Threats to be most wary of
- How to prepare your organization for zero-day vulnerability
- How the security practices are changing with the advent of AI

One-2-One with Ganesh Narasimhadevara, Okta
One-2-One with Ganesh Narasimhadevara, Okta
One-2-One with Ganesh Narasimhadevara, Okta

Ganesh Narasimhadevara, Principal Solutions Engineer | Okta shares his views on:
- How he sees Cybersecurity in the Indian market in the upcoming years
- What are the most common challenges customers face when elevating cybersecurity to a boardroom-level discussion
- What are some innovations that are happening at Okta to drive employee experience when it comes to cybersecurity

One-2-One with Indranil Chatterjee, Sandoz
One-2-One with Indranil Chatterjee, Sandoz
One-2-One with Indranil Chatterjee, Sandoz

Indranil Chatterjee, Global Lead GCC, NOC & Technology Services | Sandoz, shares his views on 'Data Privacy and Compliance'
In this video, he talks about:
- How to ensure compliance in a rapidly evolving regulatory environment
- His views on Data Sovereignty and Localization

One-2-One with Ananth Subramanian, Kotak Mahindra Asset Management
One-2-One with Ananth Subramanian, Kotak Mahindra Asset Management
One-2-One with Ananth Subramanian, Kotak Mahindra Asset Management

Ananth Subramanian, Sr. EVP Head IT | Kotak Mahindra Asset Management, shares his views on 'Data Privacy and Compliance' In this video, he talks about:
- How to ensure compliance in a rapidly evolving regulatory environment
- His views on Data Sovereignty and Localization

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Tech Transformation

One-2-One with GBN Babu, L&T Heavy Engineering
One-2-One with GBN Babu, L&T Heavy Engineering
One-2-One with GBN Babu, L&T Heavy Engineering

GBN Babu, General Manager & Head IT | L&T Heavy Engineering, shares his views on ‘Legacy Systems Modernization'
In this video, he talks about:
- How to conduct Legacy System Automation without disrupting ongoing operations
- What approach to take for critical workloads
- How to measure modernization projects

One-2-One with Jude Mathias, Wysetek
One-2-One with Jude Mathias, Wysetek
One-2-One with Jude Mathias, Wysetek

Jude Mathias, AVP Cloud | Wysetek shares his views on:
- What he sees happening in the Applications and Infrastructure marketplace
- How to ensure that security is front-and-center of the application modernization work
- How to engage with the customer to help them understand where they are and what they need to do as part of this journey

One-2-One with Himanshu Gupta, Qlik
One-2-One with Himanshu Gupta, Qlik
One-2-One with Himanshu Gupta, Qlik

Himanshu Gupta, Regional Sales Director | Qlik India, shares his views on:
- How Qlik is helping its customers when working with data
- What is Qlik doing to enable companies in their AI journey

One-2-One with Kasturi Satyanarayana, Dilip Buildcon
One-2-One with Kasturi Satyanarayana, Dilip Buildcon
One-2-One with Kasturi Satyanarayana, Dilip Buildcon

Kasturi Satyanarayana, CIO | Dilip Buildcon, shares his views on 'Digital Transformation'
In this video, he talks about:
- What has been the biggest success in driving digital transformation in an organization
- How to measure the success of a digital transformation project
- What are the challenges that are faced in such projects

One-2-One with Sankaranarayanan Raghavan, IndiaFirst Life Insurance
One-2-One with Sankaranarayanan Raghavan, IndiaFirst Life Insurance
One-2-One with Sankaranarayanan Raghavan, IndiaFirst Life Insurance

Sankaranarayanan Raghavan, CTDO | IndiaFirst Life Insurance, shares his views on 'Tech Innovation Culture'
In this video, he talks about:
- How to encourage Innovation in your IT teams
- How to handle failure in innovation projects

One-2-One with Veeraj Thaploo, Blazeclan
One-2-One with Veeraj Thaploo, Blazeclan
One-2-One with Veeraj Thaploo, Blazeclan

Veeraj Thaploo Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer | Blazeclan, India shares his views on:
- What is happening around IT Modernization in the Indian marketplace
- What are the challenges companies face when going through the IT modernization journey
- Who are the people they engage with in IT modernization journeys, and how do they engage with them
- How Blazeclan has helped organizations in such app modernization engagements

One-2-One with Anand Sengupta, Haier Appliances
One-2-One with Anand Sengupta, Haier Appliances
One-2-One with Anand Sengupta, Haier Appliances

Anand Sengupta CIO | Haier Appliances India, shares his views on 'Digital Transformation'
In this video, he talks about:
- What has been the biggest success in driving digital transformation in an organization
- How to measure the success of a digital transformation project
- Who are the various stakeholders, and how to engage with them in these digital transformation projects

One-2-One with Anand Lakshmanan, Logitech
One-2-One with Anand Lakshmanan, Logitech
One-2-One with Anand Lakshmanan, Logitech

Anand Lakshmanan, Head of Business | Logitech India shares his views on:
- How he sees the work Logitech is doing to enable Hybrid work going into 2025
- How he engages and understands the needs and requirements of end users when enabling Hybrid work
- What Logitech is doing around embedding AI into their solutions and the benefit expected from it

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