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16th Edition
2025
As India lays the foundation for a $10 trillion economy by 2030 with a digital-first, inclusive, and innovation-driven approach, TechSparks 2025 explores the immense opportunities offered by AI and deeptech.
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Why India Leads
the Future of AI & DeepTech
Home to the largest developer base and the third-largest talent pool for AI.
A thriving digital public infrastructure (UPI, Aadhaar, ONDC) allowing for scaled AI solutions locally and globally.
Innovations in quantum computing, robotics, IoT, biotech, and semiconductors driving massive breakthroughs.

What You’ll Experience at TechSparks 2025

Discover how startups are building AI solutions for Bharat and scaling them globally.
What kind of alignment do policymakers and investors need to make AI responsible and inclusive?
Deep dive into how enterprises are embedding AI to transform operations and customer experiences.
Tackling AI’s toughest challenges — from regional NLP to ethical frameworks for GenAI.

What Awaits You at TechSparks

In-depth conversations: fireside chats, panel discussions, keynote addresses, product launches
Hands-on masterclasses and workshops, and unboxing sessions
AI-first case studies and hackathon
Showcase of global AI innovations from the USA, Israel, China, etc.
Tech30 2025: Focused on AI startups
The Most Definitive List of Promising Tech Companies Shaping India's Startup Ecosystem

Speakers

Ronnie Screwvala
Co-founder & Chairperson, upGrad
Mukesh Bansal
Founder & CEO, Nurix AI
Nandita Sinha
CEO, Myntra
Abhiraj Singh Bhal
Co-founder & CEO, Urban Company
Kaivalya Vohra
Co-founder, Zepto
Vani Kola
Managing Director, Kalaari Capital
Bharat Goenka
Vice Chairperson, Tally Solutions
Ananth Narayanan
Founder & CEO, BRND.ME (formerly Mensa Brands)
Shivakumar Ganesan
Co-founder & CEO, Exotel
Meghna Agarwal
Co-founder, IndiQube
Manu Jain
CEO, G42 India
Bruce Keith
CEO, InvestorAi
Sanjay Mohan
Group Chief Technology Officer, MakeMyTrip
Rishi Das
Co-founder, IndiQube
Nupur Goenka
Executive Director, Tally Solutions
Monish Darda
Co-founder & CTO, Icertis
Jithendra Vepa
Co-founder & CTO, Observe.AI
Paranth Thiruvengadam
Head of Engineering & India Site Leader, Atlassian
Kaushik Mudda
Co-founder & CEO, Ethereal Machines
Awais Ahmed
Founder & CEO, Pixxel
Anand Jain
Co-founder, CleverTap
Shamik Sharma
Head of Product for ITSM, Atlassian
Tejas Goenka
Managing Director, Tally Solutions
Kavita Viswanath
SVP Engineering & India Country Lead, Toast
Adithyan RK
Co-founder & CEO, Hyring Inc
Manoj Agarwal
Co-founder & President, DevRev
Vasanthi Ramesh
Vice President Of Engineering & Engineering Site leader, NetApp India
Nikhil Mittal
CTO, Zepto
Aviral Bhatnagar
Managing Partner, AJVC
Kshitij Khandelwal
Founder & CTO, Pixxel
Kushal Manupati
Growth and Operations Lead, South Asia, Binance
Nakul Kundra
Co-founder, Devnagri AI
Laina Emmanuel
Co-founder & CEO, BrainSightAI
Ankush Sabharwal
Founder & CEO, CoRover.ai
Siddharth Bhardwaj
Co-founder & CTO, Beatoven.ai
Satyajit Kanekar
Co-founder, 86400
Sandeep Jethwani
Co-founder, Dezerv
Samanyou Garg
Founder, Writesonic.ai

Themes @ TechSparks
2025

Making India the global AI capital:

From vernacular AI to affordable automation, how can India’s startups create AI solutions that scale globally while solving local problems?

Future of intelligent enterprises driven by AI:

How are enterprises embedding AI to drive operational efficiency? What is the role of AI in cybersecurity?

Responsible AI

How can India take the lead in setting global benchmarks and policy frameworks for fairness, safety and algorithmic accountability?

Deeptech investment playbook

What are top VCs, PE firms, and global investors looking for in the next AI unicorn?

The future of work

How can startups and enterprises reskill India’s workforce for an AI-driven future?

Startups 2030: Building for the future

What will change in building startups of the future? How can founders keep up with the rapid evolution in the AI space?

Democratising AI with open platforms

How can open AI platforms foster innovation at the grassroots level?

Agentic AI

Explore how Agentic AI systems are transitioning from mere tools to autonomous agents capable of self-directed action.

AGI: Mirage or milestone?

Evaluate the progress and challenges in achieving Artificial General Intelligence and the role of India’s research and talent in pushing boundaries toward AGI.

Foundational models vs wrappers

Should India focus on building foundational AI models or innovating through application-layer wrappers?

AI in education

Personalising learning experiences and adapting to individual student needs for maximum comprehension and retention.

Making India the global AI capital:

From vernacular AI to affordable automation, how can India’s startups create AI solutions that scale globally while solving local problems?

Future of intelligent enterprises driven by AI:

How are enterprises embedding AI to drive operational efficiency? What is the role of AI in cybersecurity?

Responsible AI

How can India take the lead in setting global benchmarks and policy frameworks for fairness, safety and algorithmic accountability?

Deeptech investment playbook

What are top VCs, PE firms, and global investors looking for in the next AI unicorn?

The future of work

How can startups and enterprises reskill India’s workforce for an AI-driven future?

Startups 2030: Building for the future

What will change in building startups of the future? How can founders keep up with the rapid evolution in the AI space?

Democratising AI with open platforms

How can open AI platforms foster innovation at the grassroots level?

Agentic AI

Explore how Agentic AI systems are transitioning from mere tools to autonomous agents capable of self-directed action.

AGI: Mirage or milestone?

Evaluate the progress and challenges in achieving Artificial General Intelligence and the role of India’s research and talent in pushing boundaries toward AGI.

Foundational models vs wrappers

Should India focus on building foundational AI models or innovating through application-layer wrappers?
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The talent 'RRR': Retaining, Reskilling, and Reimagining
How can India move beyond the current tech workforce and create world-class AI researchers, engineers, product thinkers, and policy leaders? Explore how India's education programmes integrate AI learning modules and the role of academia in making India's youth AI-ready.
Development
The essential AI quadrant: Health, agriculture, education, climate
Using AI to solve India’s biggest challenges in its 4 most important sectors: bettering predictive crop yields, improving rural healthcare access, enhancing climate risk modelling, and more—how AI products and services are solving India’s real-world problems.
Cybersecurity
Trust as a growth engine: Rethinking security in the age of AI
Security is no longer just a compliance checkbox but a differentiator for startups. How can businesses address risks in the AI + cloud-first era?
AI for Bharat
A frugally scalable multilingual–multimodal AI for Bharat
The movement for Sovereign AI is accelerating. Meeting its promise requires vertically integrated AI stacks—spanning data, models, and reasoning systems—that remain sovereign while adhering to shared scientific principles around which global research communities can coalesce.
AI Funding
India's AI investment playbook: Where’s the money going?
From generalist VCs to deeptech-focused funds, everyone wants in on AI. But what kinds of companies are they really backing? Investors break down funding trends, ticket sizes, and valuation shifts shaping the next wave of Indian AI unicorns and category creators.
Manufacturing
AI-driven factories of the future: Manufacturing at scale
India’s manufacturing is moving from assembly lines to intelligence-driven ecosystems with AI enabling robotics, digital twins, and predictive systems. Explores how power ‘Make in India 2.0’ into a world-leading manufacturing revolution.
AI in Defence
AI on the frontline: Reimagining defence systems
From autonomous drones to AI-driven surveillance, deeptech startups and enterprises are strengthening India’s defence capabilities while navigating ethics, safety, and global competitiveness. What’s India’s roadmap to self-reliance in defence AI?
Entertainment
Prompt to frame to screen: A new era in entertainment
How are AI video tools automating tedious editing tasks, from cutting dead air, colour grading, noise reduction, and even creating B-roll? Discover the nuances of the future of entertainment production and the disruptions by AI-generated video entertainment.
AI for Bharat
Vernacular commerce: Reaching the next 500 million
India’s next wave of digital shoppers will transact in their own languages, armed with AI-powered voice, video, and chat interfaces. How can startups and retailers unlock Bharat’s true consumption potential?
Enterprise
Boardroom v/s C-Suite: Who owns the AI agenda?
How AI is transforming enterprise strategy, operations, employee engagement, business forecasting, etc. by automating not just tasks and roles, but also judgment. How can leaders and CXOs adapt to this shifting paradigm across sectors?
Immersive Tech
Synthetic Realities: AI meets AR/VR/XR
Deep dive into the role of AI in powering immersive experiences, generative avatars, digital twins, and the future of the metaverse. And find out if mixed reality will finally go mainstream in the age of AI?
Edtech
AI x Edtech: India's multilingual learning revolution
India’s learners needs AI that understands context and language. Explore how multilingual AI tutors, real-time language translation, and personalised curriculum engines designed for different learning styles are bringing quality education closer to every Indian student.
Venture Capital
Balancing investor insights, accessible storytelling & community building
Aviral Bhatnagar breaks down how to use sharp, multi-format storytelling as a differentiator—whether for founders pitching to VCs or VCs trying to close deals. Why every entrepreneur needs to have their own voice and control over the narrative.
Quick Commerce
Inside Zepto & the algorithm powering instant fulfilment
How Zepto built its rapid action in-store digital ecosystem, from order-picking to IoT-enabled shelving to barcode scanning, automated restocking alerts, and fulfilment tracking. And what does it take to build a profitable dark store in the age of AI and automation?
Spacetech
Building the world's most advanced satellite imaging constellation
From developing advanced hyperspectral satellites to transforming raw imagery into insights, Pixxel is bringing together multiple layers of Earth observation to track critical changes across the planet.
AI in BFSI
Beyond chatbots: Where AI will actually transform BFSI?
The financial services sector stands at an unprecedented inflexion point. While chatbots grab headlines as the face of AI in banking, explore the true transformation that will fundamentally reshape how financial institutions operate, assess risk, and serve customers.
MSMEs
Unlocking AI for MSMEs: Augmenting, not replacing
Can India’s 63-million+ MSMEs turn a new leaf in terms of building scale, operational efficiency, productivity, supply chain management, etc. by integrating custom-made AI solutions? Can AI augment MSMEs instead of replacing them?
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A CEO's guide to building the world's most intelligent fashion platform
AI is in vogue as Myntra CEO Nandita Sinha leads the charge to build an AI-powered, creator-led global fashion business that keeps winning. Here's how.
Fintech
AI in fintech: The rise of autonomous finance
AI is quietly transforming financial services. Break down how fintech startups and banks are using LLMs and intelligent systems to build faster, smarter, and more inclusive finance products for millions of users.
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