01 — Full schedule
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08:30
09:00
Registration
Coffee, badges and a first look at the demo floor.
10:00
Inaugural Ceremony
Lighting of the Lamp & Keynote Address
Prof. Debashis Chatterjee
Director IIM Kozhikode
10:30
Keynote Address
IIMK LIVE opens the two days and sets the rules of the room.
Amitava Saha
MD & CEO at Xpressbees
11:00
India's DeepTech Decade Roadmap
Ramanan Ramanathan
Mission Governing Board Member- India AI Mission
Horizon 1Venture Creation
Horizon 2Foundations
12:00
Horizon 1
Expert Briefing
Innovation Spotlight - Identifying Breakthrough Opportunities
Founders put the core thesis on the table; mentors pressure-test every assumption.
Kaustubh Patekar
Founder, ProdZen
Horizon 2
Foundations
Building Iconic DeepTech Brands from India
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
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
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
03:15
Horizon 1
Venture Creation
Accelerating India's DeepTech Growth Story
Panel Discussion
Mallikarjuna Rao Gonella
Senior Director, Engineering at Qualcomm
Dr. Sujatha Srinivasan
Professor, IIT Madras
Siddharth M. Pandya
Head of Engineering & Innovation Labs Chubb
Horizon 2
Foundations
Boardroom Perspectives: Scaling DeepTech for Global Competitiveness
Panel Discussion
Prof. B. K. Chakravarthy
Dean School of Design Innovation
Devesh Varma
Head - OLA Foundation
Chandrashekhar Bhide
Co-Founder, Lithion Power Pvt Ltd
04:00
Tea Break
04:30
Horizon 1
Venture Creation
Beyond Funding: Accelerating DeepTech Startups through Industry Partnerships
Masterclass
Horizon 2
Foundations
Ecosystem for Building Scalable DeepTech Ventures
Masterclass
Vijay Rajagopal
Country Head, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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
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
Horizon 1Investor Readiness
Horizon 2Scaling & Expansion
12:00
Horizon 1
Investor Readiness
Inside the Investor Mindset: What Defines a Fundable DeepTech Venture
Deep Dive
Vinod Keni
Investor- 100Unicorns
Horizon 2
Scaling & Expansion
The Scale-Up Blueprint: Building Ventures that Endure and Grow
DEEP DIVE
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
Investor- 100Unicorns
Anil Joshi
Unicorn India 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
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
P.K. Gopalakrishnan
Investor, Malabar Angels
Srikanth Tanikella
Managing Partner, Pavestone VC
Sandro Stephen
Partner at Small Ticket Funding
Horizon 2
Scaling & Expansion
Product Visionaries Panel: Why the Next Global DeepTech Leaders Will Emerge from India
Panel Discussion
Arvind Saraf
Engineering Leader, Microsoft
Juby Jose
Chief Product Officer & Managing Partner, 2nd Careers
Tushar Jadhav
Technology Entrepreneur
04.00
TEA BREAK
04:30
Horizon 1
Investor Readiness
The Funding Journey: Navigating Capital Across Growth Stages
Masterclass
Nilay Pratik
Vice President, Samara Capital
05:15