CP Gurnani heads the $5.2 billion IT giant that is one of the top providers of digital transformation, consulting and business re-engineering services. Tech Mahindra employs 1.25 lakh professionals across 90 countries. An accomplished business leader with extensive experience in international business development, start-ups and turnarounds, Gurnani has played a pivotal role in Tech Mahindra's transformation journey. He was also part of one of the biggest turnarounds in the Indian IT space where the scam-tainted Satyam Computers was merged into Tech Mahindra. Gurnani emphasises on reskilling the workforce and had served as the Chairman of NASSCOM for the year 2016-2017. He is a chemical engineering graduate from the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, and has been felicitated with an honorary Doctorate by Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology and Sharda University.

Anant Maheshwari is President, Microsoft India. Anant leads Microsoft’s engagement with policy makers, customers, and business partners and is responsible for all product, solution, service and support offerings in India. At Microsoft, Anant works to make the company’s mission of empowering every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more, align with India’s inclusive growth agenda. He is committed to supporting government entities and organizations in India progress on their journey of digital transformation.

Prior to Microsoft, Anant was the President of Honeywell, India, and led the growth of the company’s operations across all strategic business groups. At Honeywell, he progressed through multiple leadership roles across different business units in India and Asia. Prior to Honeywell, he was also associated with McKinsey & Company, where he worked with clients across multiple industries including telecom, IT and e-commerce, private equity, engineering equipment, automotive, steel and pharmaceuticals.

Sandip Patel is the General Manager of IBM India/SA. He is responsible for all strategic and operational matters related to IBM's sales, marketing, services and delivery operations in the region, including Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Additionally, he directs and enables India’s capabilities across IBM’s global missions, global centers of excellence, research and innovation labs. Prior to this, he was General Manager for the Insurance industry at IBM and was responsible for IBM's business across all brands in the Insurance industry globally.

A qualified Chartered Accountant, Sandip earned his MBA and MS in Management Information Systems from Boston University’s Questrom School of Business.

Mr Pankaj Doval is a Senior Editor with The Times of India, and leads the coverage and efforts on consumer sectors such as automobiles, telecom and electronics. He also writes extensively on policy matters in areas like telecom, information technology and corporate affairs.