CISO 100 & CYBER SENTINEL AWARDS 2026

Event Theme : AI - Led Security Strategy Conclave For CISOs - From Intelligent Defense To Dpdp-ready Enterprises

Location

22 -24 April 2026

Event Date

About Event,
Enterprise IT World CISO100 and Cyber Sentinel Awards is an annual Security event of Accent Info Media Pvt. Ltd. It is a meeting point of top 100 CISO and security leaders representing cross vertical industries along with the policy makers, authors, solutions providers, product suppliers and consultants to discuss and understand the future trend in cyber security in the global level and impact on India. Along with the thought leadership discussions, it is about recognizing the leading CISOs and IT Leaders with Cyber Sentinel Awards for their contribution and innovation to the organizations that they belong to and to the fraternity and ecosystem.

Enterprise IT World CIO100 and Cyber Sentinel Awards is not only an interface for the suppliers and the consumers of cyber security products but also a melting point of peer group discussions and exchange of ideas among the security leaders of various vertical industries including, BFSI, Healthcare, Pharma, Education, Defence, Manufacturing, power, IT&ITES, Logistics and Supply Chain, Automotive, etc.

This is the right place to be at Enterprise IT World CISO100 to create sales pipeline for 2025 by showcasing right solutions and being part of the thought leadership discussions and presentations.

Agenda

10:00 AM	Registration and Welcome Tea
10:30 AM	Welcome By EMCEE
10:45 AM	Welcome by Sanjay Mohapatra, Editor, Enterprise IT World
11:20 AM	Panel Discussion on How to Create AI Led Security Strategy Moderated by: Amey Subhash Lakeshri, Director of Cyber Forensic Technology and Discovery Services, Ernst & Young LLP Panellists: Dr. Bishwajit Mohapatra, Head of Customer Solutions and CIO Advisory at Amazon Web Services A. N. Srinivasan N., VP – IT, SRF LTD. Selestin KT, GM-Cyber Security, Digital Technology and IT Infra, Nissan Digital Pradipta Patro, Head IT and Cyber Security (CISO), RPG Group (KEC International Ltd.) Prabhakar R, CISO & AVP - IT, TNQ Tech Pvt. Ltd. Prakash Chandra Keshav Agrahari, CISO, GAZPROMBANK
12:00 PM	Lucky draw
12:10 PM	Panel Discussion on High-level Cybersecurity Strategy in the Board Room Moderated by: Venkata Satish Guttula, vCISO, Wanbury Ltd. Panellists: Farhan Khan, Chief Information Officer, Allied Blenders & Distillers Ltd. Cdr Sanjeev Singh (Retd), CISO and Data Protection Officer, Birlasoft Arockiaraj Martin, Director - Security & Compliance, EnKash Shashank Bajpai, CISO & CTSO, Yotta Data Services Private Limited Punit Thakkar, MD & CEO, Shivaami Cloud
01:00 PM	Talk on “DPDPA and GDPR : What a CISO need to know” by Adv. Ghuge Aditya Chandrakant, Department of Information Technology, Mantralay, Mumbai-32
01:10 PM	Lucky draw
01:30 PM	Lunch Break
02:30 PM	Lucky draw
02:40 PM	Panel Discussion on Creating framework for Data privacy and cybersecurity Moderated by: Hetal Presswala, CISO, KALPATARU PROJECTS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Panellists: Dr. Jagannath Sahoo, CISO, Gujarat Fluorochemicals Ltd. Srinivasan Balraj, Vice President - Head of Information Security Audit and Compliance, Muthoot Fincorp Narayan Basak, CISO and Head of IT Operations, TCG Digital Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Susil Kumar Meher, Head Health IT and CISO, AIIMS
03:30 PM	Presentation on digital forensic since cyber crime is on rise
03:45 PM	Presentation By Fortra
04:00 PM	Presentation on OT -IOT security to protect critical infrastructure
04:10 PM	Lucky draw
04:15 PM	Tea Break
04:40 PM	Presentation on Application security
04:55 PM	Presentation on Cloud security
05:10 PM	Presentation by Swapnil Rajepawar, CTO, Lyseis Technologies Pvt Ltd
05:25 PM	Talk on Post-Quantum Security to Withstand Quantum Computing by Dr. Jitendra M Bhardwaj, CISO, Tata Advanced Systems
05:40 PM	Presentation by Punit Thakkar, MD & CEO, Shivaami Cloud
06:00 PM	Presentation by Google Cloud
06:10 PM	CISO 100 Cyber Sentinel Awards 2025
07:00 PM	Vote of thanks by Sanjib Mohapatra, Publisher, Accent Info Media Publications
07:15 PM	Group Photograph
07:30 PM	Networking
08:30 PM	Cocktails Dinner