- ceo@3ai.in
A bespoke assemblage of by-invite 100+ GCC country leaders
Strategic dialogues · Masterclasses · Workshops
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GCC XL BENGALURU · 2026 EDITION
The most influential & coveted congregation of by-invite 100+ GCC Leaders & Decision Makers
THURSDAY, 15 OCTOBER 2026 · 2:00 PM IST ONWARDS
2:00 PM
2:45 PM
3:00 PM
Sameer Dhanrajani, CEO, 3AI
3:15 PM
Mahesh Iyer, Head, Data and Qualitative Sciences, Bristol Myers Squibb
Operational excellence got us here; foundational modeling is what takes us from supporting the pipeline to shaping it.
3:25 PM
- Lalitha Indrakanti, CEO, Jaguar Land Rover-TBSI (Moderator)
- Kaustubh Deshpande, MD & India GCC Head, SAP Fioneer
- Mohammed Anzy, Managing Director, Guidewire India
- Saif Ahmed Shareef, Strategy and Operations Director, Delta Airlines
- Shivananda R. Koteshwar, Senior Vice President, Astera Labs
GCCs are at an inflection point as global uncertainty, headwinds and the pace at which AI is changing every aspect is exponential and at high velocity.
Though, GCCs are contextually empowered with critical and strategic business capabilities and they are also expected to evolve as enterprise transformation hubs and be in the center of AI driven transformation wave. However, secret sauce of building future-fit & Resilient GCCs lies with curation of nuanced target operating model to ensure longevity & sustenance.
Strategic Dialogues session brings together stellar GCC leaders with multifarious backgrounds as they unravel aspects on redefining the evolution of GCCs balancing ambition and resilience.
4:00 PM
10 min
Raghu Pareddy, Founder & CEO, Wissen Technology
4:10 PM
- K S Viswanathan (Moderator)
- Mohua Sengupta, SVP & Country Head, The Standard India
- Romi Malhotra, Seasoned GCC Advisor
- Pankaj Rai, Group Chief Data and Analytics Officer, Aditya Birla Group
Amongst the burgeoning buzz in the GCCs segment; building scalable & resilient leadership in GCCs for sustained performance is the need of the hour & highly critical. New operating models of GCCs are rewriting the leadership code architecture of GCCs at high speed. Setup, scale and sustenance trajectories of GCCs requires out-of-the-box outlook and perspectives as the winds of change needs a rethink of new leadership archetype, agile & fungible processes, deep & topical leadership capabilities for GCCs country leaders to stay relevant. With the new renditions of GCCs evolving, GCC country leaders need to reimagine the strategic thinking and performance attributes that are required to build top notch talented teams, devise novel business and AI-powered processes to work in unison with parent organizations and develop new initiatives & interventions for GCCs to stay ahead of the curve.
Hear it from the experts from multidimensional backgrounds as they trigger the not so often spoken discussion of Redefining the archetypes, personas and attributes of GCC Leaders. Pulsating debate guaranteed!!
4:40 PM
Sudarshan Seshardri, Partner, Data Engineering, Digital and AI Leader, Tiger Analytics
4:50 PM
- Pankaj Kakkar, Managing Director, symplr (Moderator)
- Anshuma Singh, Senior Director- India IT Head/Site Leader, Applied Materials
- Sandeep Dhar, Co-founder, GCC Foundry
- Divesh Singla, Managing Director, Veradigm
As Global Capability Centers continue to evolve into strategic innovation hubs; AI is fundamentally redefining the way technology, talent, capabilities and process are designed and scaled. Building future-ready GCCs now demands new approaches to workforce capabilities, new age technology adoption, agile operating models and intelligent processes that can continuously adapt to an accelerating pace of change.
Unplugged debate will explore how GCC leaders can reimagine capability building, technology architecture, talent strategies and enterprise processes to create resilient, high-performing organizations that stay ahead of the curve
We look forward to drawing upon your diverse experiences to share practical insights, challenge conventional thinking and spark a meaningful dialogue for the GCC leaders.
5:20 PM
10 min
Rathnaprabha Manickavachagam, Managing Director, Head of Innovation for India and Asiapac, Morgan Stanley
5:30 PM
6:00 PM
Manish Gupta, Director, Regalia Business Parks
6:10 PM
- Durjoy Patranabish, VP and Head of Global Business, Tiger Analytics (Moderator)
- R B Rajendar, Seasoned GCC Leader
- Anirban Nandi, Vice President, AI & Data, Albertsons Companies India
- Samyak Jain, Standard Chartered Bank
- Srinivas Sampath, Vice President R&D and Site Leader, Upland
AI has awakened the senior leaders & the business lexicon has risen to be the epicentre of the boardroom & is the C-suite agenda. Pursuit for building AI-native GCCs is invoking massive shifts in the enterprise AI strategy and ensuing business value chain and is redefining what it takes for GCCs to build AI- Native GCCs and upping their value, capability and innovation quotient.
Further, Agentic AI is the new strategic capability for achieving business value and efficiency. It moves beyond basic automation by using intelligent systems that can independently plan and execute complex tasks with a level of autonomy, unlike traditional AI. AI practices in GCCs are evolving from being mere POC driven exercises to pure play AI capability hubs and becoming value drivers of transformation, innovation & business impact. This no holds barred Lounge Specials consisting of senior GCC & AI leaders will dwell upon the strategic narrative of building AI-Native GCCs intertwined with enterprise AI strategy.
Intense Ruminations & Deliberations guaranteed!
6:40 PM
- Smitha Hemmigae, Chief Market Officer, ANSR
- Sameer Dhanrajani, CEO, 3AI
7:00 PM
GUESTS OF HONOUR:
- Sarika Naik, Group Chief Corporate Responsibility Officer, Capgemini
- Romi Malhotra, Seasoned GCC Advisor
7:20 PM onwards
