MEET THE IIT2026
SPEAKER LINEUP
2026 Speakers
Guy Kawasaki
Chief Evangelist, Canva
Mark Papermaster
Chief Technology Officer & Executive VP, Advance Micro Devices (AMD)
Tyler Shultz
Whistleblower, Founder & Speaker
President, Indian National Science Academy; Former Secretary at Department of Science & Technology
Director General National Informatics Centre, National Informatics Centre, Govt of India
Chamath Palihapitiya
Founder & CEO, Social Capital
Nina Schick
Political Commentator, Advisor & Public Speaker
Mallik Tatipamula
CTO, Ericsson Silicon Valley | AI-native Networks | 5G/6G Strategy | Cloud | Cybersecurity | Digital Infrastructure | Innovation Ecosystems | Mentor | Advisor | Board member | PhD in Information Science & Technology
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Dr. Satish Lakshmanan
Chief Product Officer, Cloud Ecosystems and Data & AI at Accenture
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Parminder Bhatia
Global Chief AI Officer | Leading AI Organization | Modern Healthcare 40 under 40
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Pradeep Gupta
Vice President | Technology Executive | AI Transformation Leader | GenAI & Accelerated Computing | Advisor & Strategic Relations
Senior Medical Director, Medicare, Community Health Plan of Washington
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Mackenzie Regent, CPA, CA, CBV
Co-Founder & Partner at Kalos LLP I Transactions Diligence Advisory
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Sharmin Ali
3X Entrepreneur | America’s #1 AI Keynote Speaker | 85K+ followers on ‘Chaos to Clarity’ email newsletter | Angel Investor | Fortune 40 Under 40 | Created 10,000+ Jobs | 8-Figure Exit & $200M Raised | $350M+ in sales
Mary Millben
International Singer, Speaker & Investor
Rajiv Satyal
Comedian, Host & Speaker
Parthib Srivanthsan
Operating Partner, Companyon Ventures
Brian Sparkes
Chief Venture Officer, Silicon Valley Venture & IIT2026 Emcee
Ravi Kumar S
Chief Executive Officer, Cognizant
Jeetu Patel
President & Chief Product Officer, Cisco
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Ashish Chauhan
CEO at NSE
Chairperson, National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers (NABH) , Co-founder Koita Foundation, Co-founder CitiusTech
Indu Bhushan
Former Bureaucrat & Economist
Arvind Jain
CEO at Glean
Vishal Sharma
Vice President, Amazon AGI
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Sachin Jain
Chief Operating Officer, CoreWeave
Sophia Velastegu
CEO | AI Business Executive | Ex-Microsoft Chief AI Officer; GM AI Products P&L | Public Board Director | Keynote Speaker
Alex Dang
AI, Venture & Product Innovation • Former Amazon Executive and McKinsey Partner • Bestselling Author: The Venture Mindset
Zahra Timsah
Building Autonomous Governance Agents
Daniel Kraft, MD
Physician–Scientist | Founder, NextMed Health & Digital.Health | 4× TED Speaker | Entrepreneur & Investor
Aashish Shah
Healthcare executive dedicated to catalyzing innovation, driving value, and aligning providers.
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Raviraj Jain
Partner at Lightspeed
Anupam Satyalsheel
Founder & CEO, Occams Advisory, Inc.
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Preity Upala
X-Inv Banker|Founder& CEO OMNIA|Intl Speaker|Award winning Author|Advisory to Govts|Geo-Political Strategist|TV Presenter|Podcast host|100 countries
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Dr. Vivek Lal
Chief Executive General Atomics Global Corporation
Chitra D. Nawbatt
Investor, Entrepreneur & Author
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Naveed Hussain
Chief Engineer, Boeing Defense, Space & Security
Debanjan Saha
Chief Executive Officer, DataRobot
Shub Agarwal
SVP of AI, US Bank & Associate Professor of AI, USC
Partner @ IBM | Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning | Johns Hopkins | IIT Madras
Simon Nazarian
System EVP - Chief Digital and Technology Officer - City of Hope | Becker’s Top 50 | UHG/Optum | McKinsey | Kaiser | Board Member | Start Up Advisor and Investor
Chairman & CEO Nanobiosym R&D Institute and Nanobiosym Diagnostics, Inc ; Harvard-MIT Physicist
Biplab Adhya
Managing Partner, Wipro Ventures
Ron Levin
Managing Partner, Alumni Ventures
Varun Grover
Lyricist, Writer, Filmmaker & Stand-Up Comedian
Keynote Speaker, Board Member, IP Advisor for technology companies, Harvard Law Alum, Angel Investor
AJ Thomas
Founder & General Partner, Good Trouble Ventures & IIT2026 Emcee
Confirmed speakers so far. The list is updated regularly, please check back often. If you or someone you know should belong among these speakers, apply below.
