Mr. Jagdish Mitra

Jagdish Mitra is an accomplished entrepreneur with over 31 years of experience, specializing in Generative AI and digital transformation. He has held key leadership roles, including Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Growth at Tech Mahindra, where he led global alliances and market expansion. As CEO of CanvasM, a joint venture between Tech Mahindra and Motorola, he drove strategic growth. Currently, Jagdish leads HumanizeTech.ai, focusing on AI-driven business transformation. He has significantly contributed to India’s tech landscape, serving on the National Skill Development Corporation Board, the NASSCOM Executive Council, and chairing FICCI’s Science, Technology, and Innovation Council. Jagdish pursued MCA as well as MBA degrees from the University of London. An active mentor, he advises startups in the B2B tech and MedTech sectors and is on the Board of Advisors of IIIT Himachal. Passionate about sports and philanthropy, he founded the Jishnu Football Foundation to support underprivileged youth.

Lt. Gen. Rajesh Pant (Retd.)

Lt General (Dr) Rajesh Pant is a renowned cybersecurity leader and former National Cyber Security Coordinator in India’s National Security Council Secretariat. He was instrumental in advancing India’s global cybersecurity ranking from 47th to 10th in the UN’s Cybersecurity Index. Dr. Pant holds a PhD in Information Security metrics, an MTech from IIT Kharagpur, an MPhil from Madras University, and an MBA from Osmania University. With 41 years of service in the Army Signals Corps, he led the Army’s Cyber Training establishment and earned three presidential awards for distinguished service. A prominent figure in global cybersecurity, he has represented India at the World Economic Forum, Global Cybersecurity Forum, and other key international dialogues. Currently, he is the Chairman of the Cyber Security Association of India, Chairman of the India Future Foundation, and Global Advisor to CyberPeace Organisation. Dr. Pant’s expertise spans cybersecurity governance, strategy, and resilience across multiple domains.

Dr. Raj Agnihotri

Dr. Raj Agnihotri is a leading expert in sales leadership, currently at Iowa State University. He previously held the John Merrill Endowed Professorship in Consultative Sales at the University of Texas-Arlington and was Freeman Professor of Sales Leadership at Ohio University, where he also chaired the Marketing Department and founded the Schey Sales Centre and Consumer Research Center. Dr. Agnihotri holds a Bachelors in English from University of Pune, an MBA from Oklahoma City University, and Ph.D. from Kent State University. Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Marketing Theory & Practice, Dr. Agnihotri has published over 80 articles, cited more than 8,000 times. He serves on editorial boards for top journals, including Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science and Industrial Marketing Management. With experience in both academia and industry, he advises startups globally and co-authored ABCs of Relationship Selling, a market leader in sales education.

Bithal Bhardwaj

Chief Executive Officer

With 25 years of experience in technology, Bithal Bhardwaj is a seasoned cybersecurity leader who has successfully led international cybersecurity programs across various sectors. Before joining Gramax as CEO, he was the Group Chief Information Security Officer at GMR Group, where he spearheaded the development of the Integrated Cyber Defence Center. Previously, he served as CISO Leader at General Electric, overseeing regional cybersecurity strategy across all global regions. Bithal is a renowned thought leader in the field and was recognized as one of the “8 Experts Who Have Reinvented Cybersecurity” by Forbes India in 2018.

Lt Col Nishant Singh (Retd)

Head of GRAMAX

Having spent twenty-one years in the Indian Army's Corps of Signals, he has managed several strategic positions and has overall twenty-three years of experience. He holds an M. Tech. in Computer Science from IIT Delhi and is a Certified Cyber Diplomat from United Nation Office of Disarmament. Nishant oversaw the defense forces' capacity-building along with cyber operations and worked as a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at the Ministry of External Affairs, where he oversaw cyber risk management and cyber security policies for the ministry and Indian embassies overseas.

Himanshu Sharma

Head of Integrated Cyber Defence Center

With seventeen years of experience in the field of cybersecurity, Himanshu is not only a highly skilled leader but also a prominent authority on IT and OT security. He pioneered unified security monitoring of IT and OT systems while serving as the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for Dalmia Bharat Group. He has also worked with Samsung, EY, PwC, and Wipro on a range of cybersecurity domains across many sectors.