CII Global Summit 2026
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Key Objectives
What This Summit Aims to Achieve
Promote
Industry-led R&D & Innovation
Driving innovation across strategic and emerging sectors to enhance India's global competitiveness and industrial leadership.
Strengthen
Industry–Academia–Government Collaboration
Accelerating commercialisation of research and technology through powerful three-way partnerships that bridge the gap from lab to market.
Foster
Global Partnerships & Knowledge Exchange
Building resilient, future-ready, and innovation-driven industrial ecosystems through cross-border collaboration and intelligence sharing.
Key Speakers 2025
Dr Naushad Forbes
Chairman, CII National Committeeon Technology, Innovation, R&D &
Chairman, Forbes Marshall
Mr Chandrajit Banerjee
Director General Confederation of Indian Industry
Professor Ashutosh Sharma
President, INSA, ProfessorIIT Kanpur
Sasikumar Muthusamy
Senior Director, EngineeringCollins Aerospace – Global Engineering & Technology Center, India
Mr Sameer Gandhi
Chair, CII National Committee on Robotics, Drones & Automation & Managing Director, OMRON Automation Pvt Ltd.
Mr Ashutosh Sharma
CEO, I-Hub Foundation for Cobotics (IHFC) Technology Innovation Hub of IIT Delhi
Mr Vivek Raj
Founder & CEO ,Panama Corporation
Dr Amit Rastogi
Executive Vice President & CTOCoromandel
Ms Archana Surana
Founder & DirectorARCH College of Design & Business
Prof K K Pant
Director, IIT Roorkee
Mr Piyush Jain
CTO, LTTS
MS Vaishali Nigam Sinha
Chairperson, CII Women in STEMInitiatives and Chair, ReNew
Foundation and Chief
Sustainability and CSR Officer
ReNew Power
Mr Vipin Sondhi
Chairman, CII IndustrialInnovation Awards 2025 &
Former MD and CEO, Ashok
Leyland and JCB India
Mr Subhomoy Bhattacharya
Consulting Editor, Business Standard
Mr Harsh Vardhan
Head – Digital Innovation, Apollo Tyres
R Saha
Senior Adviser, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
Ms Roberta Romano-Goetsch
Chief Sustainability Officer, European Patent Office (EPO)
Ms Inge Buffolo
Co- Business Development Director, EUIPO
Mr Ignacio de Medrano
Head of Promotion of IP, EUIPO
Ms Himani Pande
Additional Secretary, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade
Prof Unnat Pandit
Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks, Intellectual Property Office, Government of India
Ms Debjani Ghosh
Distinguished Fellow NITI Aayog, Government of India
Dr Gopichand Katragadda
Founder and CEO, Myelin Foundry
Mr Subodh Pandey
Vice President - Technology, R&D, NMB & Graphene Tata Steel
Dr Adishesha CS
Director - Technology & Innovation Collins Aerospace
Dr Vishal Sodha
Vice President and Global Head - Intellectual Property, UPL
Dr Ashish Mohan
Executive Director, Confederation of Indian Industry
Ms Smitha Rao
Founder, OjasQuest
Ms Sukla Chandra
Senior Director, Dolby Laboratories
Dr Matthias Hofmann
Patentanwalt European Patent and Trademark Attorney Partner ,BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT
Dr Anju Khanna
Director, Patents, Lall & Sethi
Mr Arvind Thakur
Former Chairman, CII National Committee on IP, and Member, Board of Management at NIIT University, Former CEO, Vice Chairman & Managing Director at NIIT Technologies Ltd
Mr M Faisal
General Manager and Global Head, IPR, Tata Motors Ltd.
Mr Munish Sudan
Head, Intellectual Property & Technology Intelligence Tata Steel
Dr Sujata Sesdhanathan
Co-Founder and Director - Digital Transformation Basiz Fund Service Pvt Ltd
Dr Shivkumar Kalyanaraman
CEO, Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF)
Mr Tito Kishan
Founder, ProInn
Mr Ramesh Rao
Senior Director, Engineering Qualcomm, San Diego
Mr Manish Deshmukh
Marketing Head - India and Global Meril Life Sciences
Mr Jeevan Telgaokar
Vice PresidentJio
Mr Lekhan Thakkar
Joint Secretary, National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS)Government of India
Mr Vikas Bakshi
Head- TechnologyBlue Star India
Dr Vipin Chandra Shukla
Scientist-G, Department of Scientific and Industrial ResearchGovernment of India
Dr Nagarjuna Guruguntl
Deputy General Manager (R&D)TVS Motor Company
Dr Subi Chaturvedi
Global SVP, Chief Corporate Affairs & Public Policy OfficerInMobi Group
Dr N C Ray
Functional Head, Fiber & Yarn InnovationTrident Group
Dr Jyoti Sharma
Head, RDI CellDepartment of Science & Technology, Government of India
Dr Ekta Kapoor
Mission Director National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber Physical SystemsDepartment of Science & Technology, Government of India
Dr Nagahanumaiah
DirectorCMTI
Dr (Smt) Chandrika Kaushik
Production Coordination & Services Interaction, Distinguished Scientist &Director General, DRDO
Shri Sudeep Shrivastava
Joint Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information TechnologyGovernment of India
Mr Vijay K. Vijayaraghavan
President,Society for Technology Management (STEM)
Mr Dinesh Narayanan Kutty
Global HeadPatent Search & Analytics Clarivate
Dr Anuradda Ganesh
DirectorARANTREE Consulting Services Pvt Ltd
Mr Vasant Jain
Chief Engineer,Myelin Foundry
Prof Akshay Dwivedi
Professor of Mechanical and Industrial EngineeringIIT Roorkee
Focus Areas & Sessions
Thematic Agenda
Six core tracks driving India's R&D transformation at the summit.
Strengthening India's Industrial Innovation Ecosystem
Scaling Industry-led R&D for Global Markets
Emerging Technologies and Deep-Tech Innovation
Building Competitive Manufacturing through Research & Technology
Industry–Academia Collaboration for Commercialisation
Innovation Financing and IP-led Growth
… and many more sessions
Key Highlights
What to Expect
Four signature experiences that set this summit apart.
High-impact Panel Discussions & Knowledge Sessions
Technology & Innovation Showcase
Networking with Industry Leaders and Experts
Site Visits to Leading R&D & Innovation Centres
Who Will Attend
India's Innovation Community — Under One Roof
Government & Policymakers
MSMEs & Entrepreneurs
Industry Leaders, CTOs & CXOs
Investors & Funding Agencies
R&D Heads & Innovation Leaders
Technology Providers
Academic & Research Institutions
Students & Young Innovators
Startups & Deep-tech Innovators
Global Industry Associations
For Partnership Opportunities
Get in Touch
Reach out to our conference secretariat for sponsorship and collaboration queries.