Agenda - 15th February 2026
Harvard Business School
7:30 AM - 2:00 PM
Registration
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Breakfast
8:30 AM Onwards
Art@ICH Exhibition
8:30 AM - 8:50 AM
Satya Krishnan and Sravani Royyuru (Co-Chairs, ICH 2026)
8:50 AM - 9:00 AM
Opening Address: Prof. Vikram Gandhi
9:00 AM - 9:50 AM
Panel I
LIVE PODCAST: Ananya Birla in conversation with Simi Shah
South Asian Trailblazers
Panel II
Non-Consensus Bets: Early Stage Investing in India
Nikhil Vora: Founder & CEO, Sixth Sense Ventures
Pratik Agarwal: Partner at Accel
Kitty Agarwal: General Partner at InfoEdge
Harnidh Kaur: Strategic Consultant, Author, Ex-WTFund
10:00 AM - 10:50 AM
Panel I
The Many Indias: Complexities and Opportunities
Rohit Jawa: Former CEO & MD, Hindustan Unilever Limited
Panel II
Beyond Influence: The Evolution of the Creator Economy
Aditya Madiraju: Digital Creator
Sakshi Sidwani: Digital Creator
Ganeshprasad S: Co-Founder & COO, Think School
Neerja Patel: Founder, Neerja Public Relations
Panel III
India's Wealth Story: Judgment in a Market Finding Its Edge
Karan Bhagat: Founder, MD, CEO, 360One
Prof. Vikram Gandhi: Harvard Business School
11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Panel I
Startup Pitch Competition
Bold founders from across sectors showcase ventures shaping India’s future. High-stakes pitches,sharp feedback, seasoned investors and a spotlight on problem-solving.
Kitty Agarwal: General Partner, InfoEdge Ventures
Pratik Agarwal: Partner at Accel,
Dheeraj Jain: Founder, Redcliffe Labs
Panel II
India Innovation Lab: Building Hard, Scalable Healthcare
Himanshu Gadgil: CEO, Enzene Inc.
Dr. Rahul Purwar: Prof. IIT Bombay
Nitin Joshi: CEO, Cage Bio Inc.
Vinit Nijhawan: Managing Director, Mass Ventures
Prof. Satish: Tadikonda Senior Lecturer, HBS
Panel III
Concrete Ambition: Shaping the Future of Real Estate
Vipul Roongta: MD & CEO HDFC Capital Advisors Limited
Nirupa Shankar: Joint MD at Brigade Group
Snehal Runwal: Director at Runwal Enterprises
Prof. Manish: Srivastava Professor of Real Estate, NYU
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM Lunch
Panel I
Ask Me Anything
Nikhil Taneja
Panel II
India’s AI Moment: Building Global Companies
Manav Garg, Together Fund
Panel III
Art Walkthrough
A guided discussion with the curators of the art exhibition
1:15 PM - 2:05 PM
Panel I
The Right to Win: Where Does India’s AI Opportunity Lie?
Deedy Das: Partner at Menlo Ventures, AI Investor
Adit Jain: Co-Founder & CEO, LeenaAI
Apoorva Goyal: Principal at Insight Partners
Shiva Dhawan: Co-Founder & CEO at Attentive.ai
Manav Garg: Co-Founder, Managing Partner, Together Fund
Ankit Gupta: Co-Founder, Reverie Labs
Panel II
Flavour Intact: India’s Home Kitchens at the Global Table
Chef Vijay Kumar: Executive Chef, Semma New York
Ani Sanyal: Co-Founder & CEO, Kolkata Chai Co
Ayan Sanyal: Co-Founder & COO, Kolkata Chai Co
Baljeet Gujral: Entrepreneur, Investor
Panel III
At the Frontier of Possibility: Deep Technology
Vrinda Kapoor: CEO & Co-Founder, Bharat Semi
Amarjot Singh: Founder & CEO, Sylark Labs,
ACM R.K.S Bhaudaria: Air Chief Marshall (Retd),
Raj Sethia: Founder & Managing Partner, MGF Kavachh
2:15 PM - 3:05 PM
Panel I
The Capability Shift: India’s Services Hubs in an AI-Native World
Tsubasa Shiraishi: CEO, Rakuten India
Sandeep Kalra: CEO & Exec. Director, Persistent Systems
Ajit Prabhu: CO-Founder & CEO, Quest Global
Ravi Ramamurti: Director, Centre for Emerging Markets
Panel II
Built to Last: Resilience, Legacy and the Indian Family Business
Apurva Parekh: Pidilite Industries
Rishabh Shroff: Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Sailaja Kiron: MD, Margadarsi (Ramoji Group)
Josh Baron: Senior Lecturer, Strategy Unit, HBS
Panel III
Dream Big: The Rise of India’s Aspirational Consumer
Mithun Sacheti: Founder, CaratLane
Nandita Sinha: CEO, Myntra
Anant Agarwal: MMG Group, Promoter CPRL, McDonalds
Anant Vidur Puri: Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM
Coffee
3:30 PM - 4:20 PM
Closing Keynote: Priyanka in conversation with Anjula Acharia
4:30 PM - 4:35 PM
Closing Address: Arundhati Prasad (Co-Chair ICH 2026)
4:45 PM - 5:45 PM
Sid Sriram Unplugged
