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Friday, 20th

February 2026

Radisson Blu, ORR, Bengaluru

Friday, 20th February 2026
Radisson Blu, ORR, Bengaluru

GCC X...SUMMIT 2026 | AGENDA

The 5th edition of
GCC X…Summit powered by 3AI

Friday, 20th February 2026

Marking a milestone year with its 5th edition, GCC X…Summit 2026 stands as a pioneering, trendsetting platform, uniquely centered around India’s vibrant & growing GCC ecosystem. This landmark event will spotlight GCCs strategic importance in AI++ aspects of Agentic AI , GenAI, Data Engineering, Data Platform, Cloud computing featuring top of line GCC leaders, enablers, policymakers, decision-makers and practitioners sharing cutting-edge insights, emerging trends, and best practices under the theme: Navigate the New & Next in GCCs with AI++.

This landmark 5th edition of GCC X…Summit 2026
agenda features four-pronged framework approach

Axis

Global strategy & geopolitical outlook for GCCs

Transformation Zone

Future signals, GCCs blueprints for growth

Innovation Zone

The art of possible in GCCs with breakthrough AI++: Agentic AI, Data Engineering , Gen AI , Data Platform & Cloud Computing

Strategy Powerhouse

Topical themes and curated agenda sourced from aggregating viewpoints & perspectives from 150+ GCC leaders

8:00 AM

Registrations & Networking over Coffee

9:00 AM

Unveiling GCC X…Summit 2026 - event showreel & day flow construct by Emcee

9:20 AM

Opening Address: Welcome to GCC X...Summit 2026

Sameer Dhanrajani

CEO

3AI

9:45 AM

Keynote Session

Radhakrishnan (RK) Vilayannur

Senior Vice President, Executive Leadership Team

Yash Technologies

10:10 AM

Strategic Dialogues: Exclusive Session

Building Leadership for Future-Fit & Resilient Global Capability Centers (GCCs) : New Ruminations

Lalit Ahuja

Cofounder & CEO

ANSR

Vikram Ahuja

Cofounder

ANSR

Anchor

Smitha Hemmigae

Managing Director

ANSR

Vikram Kolar

Senior Vice President Of Engineering; Head, Visa India Technology Center

Visa

Latha Chembrakalam

Vice President, Head of Technical Center India

Continental

Kaushik Das

Managing Director

JCPenney India

Global Capability Centers(GCCs) are at an inflection point as the pace at which AI & Gen AI is changing every aspect is exponential and at high velocity.

GCC’s are contextually empowered with critical and strategic business capabilities. They are rapidly evolving as enterprise transformation hubs and are beginning to be in the center of AI driven transformation wave. GCC’s ability to provide strategic capacity at scale and play a key role in future proofing enterprises equipped with top of the line leadership skills is proving out to be the secret sauce for the success of the GCCs. Being at the helm of leading a GCC is an arduous task and onerous responsibility wherein multifarious skills, competencies and attributes are required to demonstrated and showcased by the GCC leader to build, scale and transform the GCC.

Building Future-Fit & Resilient GCCs with new leadership template will be characterized by driving strategic planning, complex capability building, designing bespoke AI led technology architecture, driving C level advocacy, Value & Transformation accentuation, inclusive talent building & intensive corporate development & much more & beyond…

What’s the new DNA of a future-fit & resilient GCC leader looks like? What does it take for a GCC leader to be Future-Fit and create value in the disruptive times? How does the right amalgamation of the New Age Capabilities, Talent, Technologies & Processes looks like for GCC leaders ?

The session brings together stellar GCC leaders with multifarious backgrounds as they unravel aspects on defining the new leadership code of Future-Fit & Resilient GCCs. A MUST ATTEND Leaders Exclusive Session .

10:45 AM

Leaders Exclusive Session

Building Nuanced & Robust Target Operating Models and Sustained Value Architecture for GCCs: New Ruminations

Anchor

Lalitha Indrakanti

CEO

Jaguar Land Rover - TBSI

John Dawber

India GCC Leader

Novo Nordisk

Sudish Lambodara Panicker

Managing Director

BNY

George Inasu

Managing Director and Country Head

Fidelity National Financial India

Amit Verma

Country Head

Citco India

Sudish Lambodara Panicker

Managing Director

BNY

Global Capability Centers(GCCs) are at an inflection point as the pace at which target operating models is changing every aspect of GCCs is nuanced and unprecedented. GCC’s are contextually empowered with critical and strategic business capabilities. They are rapidly evolving as enterprise transformation hubs and are beginning to be in the center of strategic transformation wave. GCC’s ability to provide strategic capacity at scale and play a key role in future proofing enterprises equipped with sustained value architecture is proving out to be the secret sauce for the success of the GCCs.

Building novel yet robust target operating models for GCCs will be characterized by driving strategic planning, complex capability building, designing bespoke new age technology architecture, driving C level advocacy, Value & Transformation accentuation, inclusive talent building & intensive corporate development & much more …

What are the Novel yet nuanced target operating Models for GCCs look like ? What does it take for a GCC leader to be build sustained value architecture to be Future-Fit and create value in the disruptive times? How does the right amalgamation of the operating models and value architecture looks like for GCC leaders?

The session brings together stellar GCC leaders with multifarious backgrounds as they unravel aspects on building nuanced target operating models for GCCs. A MUST ATTEND Leaders Exclusive Session.

Sameer Dhanrajani

CEO

3AI

11:25 AM

Networking Break over tea/coffee

11:45 AM

Spotlight Talk

Sameer Dhanrajani

CEO

3AI

12:00 PM

Strategic Leadership Roundtable

AI++ Unleashing the New Code of Innovation & Transformation in GCCs: The GCC Playbook Approach

Moderator

Durga Prakash

Head of Technology - Global Offices

McDonald's

RB Rajendar

Managing Director

Citi

Rupangi Kadakia

Head of Strategy & Operations

Albertsons India

Pancham Taneja

Country Head

Delta Capita

Nithya Subramanian

Senior Director Data & AI CoE

Best Buy

Kaushik Das

Seasoned GCC Leader

GCCs are reflections of strategic components to parent organization’s business imperatives. The rapid transformation and innovation of GCCs today is driven largely by ability for them to position AI’s strategic imperative for their parent organizations. AI is seen to the Trojan horse to catapult GCCs to the next level on innovation & transformation. In recent times; GCC story is in a changing era of value and transformative arbitrage. Most of the GCCs are aiming towards deploying suite of AI led strategies comprising of data engineering , data platforms , Gen AI , Agentic AI to position themselves as the model template of Innovation & Transformation. It is widely predicted that AI++ will disrupt and transform GCCs to up the ante in the coming years.

How have the AI led Innovation strategies of GCCs transformed with reference to parent organization? whilst delivering tangible business outcomes, innovation & transformation for parent organizations? How are Global Capability Centers looking at addressing Innovation & Transformation through AI and what new code will evolve?

The Strategic Leadership Roundtable Session consisting of seasoned and eclectic AI & GCC leaders will revolve around multifarious dimensions that AI will unleash to trigger innovation & transformation in GCCs.

12:40 PM

Spotlight Talk

Shishir Choudhary

Global Business Head, GCC

Yash Technologies

12:55 PM

Lunch

1:55 PM

Fireside Session

Sunil Gopinath

CEO

Albertsons India

Host

Sameer Dhanrajani

CEO

3AI

Sudish Lambodara Panicker

Managing Director

BNY

2:15 PM

Spotlight Talk

Shishir Choudhary

Global Business Head, GCC

Yash Technologies

2:30 PM

Spotlight Talk

Sameer Dhanrajani

CEO

3AI

2:45 PM

Unplugged Debate

Redefining the Archetypes, Personas and Attributes of GCC Leaders: Strategic Perspectives

Moderator

Sandeep Dhar

Country Head

Better

K S Viswanathan

Arvind Chittora

Managing Director

Sonoco

Rajesh Puneyani

VP & GCC Site Leader

Kenvue India

Bipin Pendyala

General Manager

Appen

Kaushik Das

Managing Director

JCPenney India

Amongst the burgeoning buzz in the GCCs segment; building scalable & resilient leadership in GCCs for sustained performance is the need of the hour & highly critical. New operating models of GCCs are rewriting the leadership code architecture of GCCs at high speed. Setup, scale and sustenance trajectories of GCCs requires out-of-the-box outlook and perspectives as the winds of change needs a rethink of new leadership archetype , agile & fungible processes, deep & topical leadership capabilities for GCCs leaders to stay relevant. With the new renditions of GCCs evolving, GCC leaders need to reimagine the strategic thinking and performance attributes that are required to build top notch talented teams, devise novel business and technology processes to work in unison with parent organizations and develop new initiatives & interventions for GCCs to stay ahead of the curve.

Hear it from the experts from multidimensional backgrounds as they trigger the not so often spoken discussion of Redefining the archetypes , personas and attributes of GCC Leaders. Pulsating debate guaranteed !!

3:25 PM

Spotlight Talk

Sameer Dhanrajani

CEO

3AI

3:40 PM

Lounge Specials

The New Code of Talent, Capabilities & Processes in GCCs: Staying Ahead of the Curve

Moderator

Joy Abraham

Senior GCC Business Leader

Yash Technologies

Srinivas Rao Mahankali (MSR)

ex CEO T-Hub, Serial entrepreneur

Rohit Aradhya

Managing Director - India

Barracuda

Sivakumar Selva Ganapathy

Vice President

Johnson Controls

Sharanya Kandasamy

Lead - GenAI Projects

Fidelity National Financial India

Sanjaya Rao

Managing Partner

EveryOps

4:20 PM

Experts Corner

Moderator

Nathan S v

Country Leader

PwC Acceleration Centers in India

Sanjeev Jain

Chief Operating Officer

Wipro

Aveek Mukherjee

MD & Cofounder

Gloplax Solutions

Romi Malhotra

Senior Advisor

Embark

Aveek Mukherjee

MD & Cofounder

Gloplax Solutions

Sanjeev Jain

Chief Operating Officer

Wipro

4:40 PM

3AI Pinnacle Awards 2026 & GCC FusionX Hackfest - Felicitation Ceremony

Guests of Honour

Sanjeev Jain

Chief Operating Officer

Wipro

Romi Malhotra

Senior Advisor

Embark

Aveek Mukherjee

MD & Cofounder

Gloplax Solutions

5:30 PM

Closing Remarks & Conclusion of GCC X…Summit 2026

5:35 PM

High Tea & Networking