01 — Full schedule
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08:30
09:00
Registration
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10:00
Inaugural Ceremony
Lighting of the Lamp & Keynote Address
Prof. Debashis Chatterjee
Director IIM Kozhikode
Ramanan Ramanathan
Mission Governing Board Member- India AI Mission
11:00
India's DeepTech Decade Roadmap
Ramanan Ramanathan
Mission Governing Board Member- India AI Mission
11:30
Tea Break
12:00
IIMK LIVE opens the two days and sets the rules of the room
Horizon 1Venture Creation
Horizon 2Foundations
12:00
Horizon 1
Venture Creation
Innovation Spotlight - Identifying Breakthrough Opportunities
Expert Briefing
Kaustubh Patekar
Founder, ProdZen
Horizon 2
Foundations
Building Iconic DeepTech Brands from India
Expert Briefing
Rakshit Bhatt
Co-founder & VP of Product at GalaxEye
12:45
Horizon 1
Venture Creation
Leaders forum on DeepTech Innovation
Panel Discussion
Himanshu Joshi
Program Director- NITI Aayog
Raghu A
Partner at Deloitte India
Dr. Kamal Kishore Sharma
Professor of Practice, IIM Kozhikode
Kaustubh Patekar
Founder, ProdZen
Horizon 2
Foundations
Founder's forum on Building India's Next DeepTech Giants
Panel Discussion
Rakshit Bhatt
Co-founder & VP of Product at GalaxEye
Md Nashim Akhtar
Founder - Battery Flow
Prof. Rajesh Upadhyayula
Professor at IIM Kozhikode
Karthikeyan Raghuraman
Head of AI Solutions, FusionAlx
01:30
Lunch and Networking
02:30
Horizon 1
Venture Creation
From Research to Impact: Commercializing Frontier Technologies
Expert Briefing
Dr. Sujatha Srinivasan
Professor, IIT Madras
Horizon 2
Foundations
The Commercialization Imperative : Turning DeepTech into Global Enterprises
Expert Briefing
Anuj Gupta
Head of Artificial Intelligence - Gradient Advisors
03:15
Horizon 1
Venture Creation
Accelerating India's DeepTech Growth Story
Panel Discussion
Dr. Sujatha Srinivasan
Professor, IIT Madras
Rajesh Paleth
Consultant at TechnoServe India
Aravind Sampath
Faculty at IIM Kozhikode
Horizon 2
Foundations
Boardroom Perspectives: Scaling DeepTech for Global Competitiveness
Panel Discussion
Devesh Varma
Head - OLA Foundation
Chandrashekhar Bhide
Co-Founder, Lithion Power Pvt Ltd
Anuj Gupta
Head of Artificial Intelligence - Gradient Advisors
Dr Sreedevi Devireddy
Chairperson Indo-American Chamber of Commerce, India
04:00
Tea Break
04:30
Horizon 1
Venture Creation
Beyond Funding: Accelerating DeepTech Startups through Industry Partnerships
Panel Discussion
Harish Balasubramanian
Director of Innovation & Technology Strategy
Abhishek
TMT Practice Leader - PwC
Prof. Venkataraman S
Associate Dean, IIMK Kochi Campus
Horizon 2
Foundations
Ecosystem for Building Scalable DeepTech Ventures
Masterclass
Eshaan Khullar
Chief Business Officer, Skye Air Mobility
05:15
Horizon 1
Venture Creation
Ecosystem for Fueling the Future- Capital, Scale, and the DeepTech Growth Story
Panel Discussion
Amritentu Mukherjee
AI & DeepTech Researcher
Senthil Kumar S
Founder
Gaurav Mittal
Entrepreneur
Prof. Salman Ali
Faculty at IIM Kozhikode
Horizon 2
Foundations
Building the Next Wave of Deeptech in India
Masterclass
Abhishek
TMT Practice Leader - PwC
06:00
Horizon 1
Venture Creation
Crossing the Chasm: Taking DeepTech Innovations to Market
Master Class
Karthikeyan Raghuraman
Head of AI Solutions, FusionAlx
Horizon 2
Foundations
Market Frontiers - Unlocking Global Opportunities for DeepTech
MasterClass
Amritentu Mukherjee
AI & DeepTech Researcher
09:00
Registration
Founders return with an overnight rewrite of the one claim that matters.
10:00
Future of DeepTech Investing
Keynote
Kunal Upadhyay
Co-founder of IIMA Ventures
11:00
The Art of Backing DeepTech: An Early-Stage Deeptech VC Perspective
Vishnu Rajeev
Partner at Speciale Invest
11.30
Tea Break
Horizon 1Investor Readiness
Horizon 2Scaling & Expansion
12:00
Horizon 1
Investor Readiness
Inside the Investor Mindset: What Defines a Fundable DeepTech Venture
Master Class
Vinod Keni
VC -Managing Partner, Peachtree Capital
Horizon 2
Scaling & Expansion
The Scale-Up Blueprint: Building Ventures that Endure and Grow
Master Class
Sheeba D'Mello
Head - Private Markets, Pratithi Investments
12:45
Horizon 1
Investor Readiness
Investors' Forum: Capital Perspectives on the Future of DeepTech
Panel Discussion
Pratekk Agarwal
GrowthCap Ventures
Vinod Keni
VC -Managing Partner, Peachtree Capital
Anil Joshi
Unicorn India Ventures
Yash Jain
Associate Vice President at Blume Ventures
Horizon 2
Scaling & Expansion
Growth Leaders Forum: Lessons from High-Growth Startup Journeys
Panel Discussion
Kunal Upadhyay
Co-founder of IIMA Ventures
Sheeba D'Mello
Head - Private Markets, Pratithi Investments
Nilay Pratik
Managing Director, Samara Capital
Sandro Stephen
Partner at Small Ticket Funding
01.30
Lunch and Networking
02:30
Horizon 1
Investor Readiness
From Innovation to Enterprise: Breaking Barriers to DeepTech Adoption in Regulated Markets
Masterclass
Vijoy Basu
Managing Director AI, State Street
Horizon 2
Scaling & Expansion
India's DeepTech Decade: Building a Global Innovation Powerhouse
Masterclass
Tushar Jadhav
Technology Entrepreneur
03:15
Horizon 1
Investor Readiness
Capital Connect: Live Investor Insights and Founder Feedback
Panel Discussion
P.K. Gopalakrishnan
Investor, Indian Angel Network
Srikanth Tanikella
Managing Partner, Pavestone VC
Sandro Stephen
Partner at Small Ticket Funding
Prof. Abhinav Anand
Faculty at IIM Kozhikode
Horizon 2
Scaling & Expansion
Product Visionaries Panel: Why the Next Global DeepTech Leaders Will Emerge from India
Panel Discussion
Arvind Saraf
Engineering Leader, Microsoft
Tushar Jadhav
Technology Entrepreneur
Nitesh Aggarwal
VP-Innovations & Investments
Prof. Arqum Mateen
Faculty at IIM Kozhikode
04.00
TEA BREAK
04:30
Horizon 1
Investor Readiness
The Funding Journey: Navigating Capital Across Growth Stages
Masterclass
Nilay Pratik
Managing Director, Samara Capital
Horizon 2
Scaling & Expansion
From Prototype to P&L: Scaling B2B Deeptech & Enterprise AI with Capital Discipline
Master Class
Srikanth Tanikella
Managing Partner, Pavestone VC
05:15