This keynote will outline India’s evolving BFSI ecosystem, spotlighting digital infrastructure, regulatory reforms, and innovation as key enablers of financial inclusion, resilience, and sustainable growth.

Top financial leaders decode global megatrends—decarbonisation, digitalisation, demographic shifts—and how they are redefining business models, regulatory outlooks, and customer expectations across the financial world.

Envisioned Speakers:

• Ashish Chauhan, CEO, National Stock Exchang

As India’s economic powerhouse, Maharashtra continues to draw strategic investments across infrastructure, manufacturing, technology, and financial services. This session delves into the state’s progressive policies, investor-focused initiatives, and roadmap to reinforce its position as a global investment hub, with emphasis on sustainable growth, digital transformation, and public–private synergy driving long-term prosperity.

Speaker:

• Kaustubh Dhavse, Chief Advisor to Hon. CM, Investments and Strategy

Top bank leaders explore how to build future-ready institutions by merging trust with emerging technologies, redefining customer experiences, and managing cyber and operational risk.

This exclusive session aims to capture an expert macroeconomic perspective from one of India’s most respected fund managers and policy commentators, Nilesh Shah, focusing on the current trajectory, opportunities, and challenges facing the Indian economy. It will explore the interplay between policy, markets, investment flows, and real economic growth.

Speaker:

• Nilesh Shah, CEO, Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Company Ltd

This session explores how alternative lending models, digital credit platforms, and evolving consumer behavior are quietly transforming India’s credit ecosystem— broadening access, deepening financial inclusion, and powering the next phase of economic grow. Envisioned

Speakers:

• Jairam Sridharan, Managing Director, Piramal Capital & Housing Finance

A deep dive into how NBFCs are leveraging data intelligence and co-lending platforms to unlock new credit opportunities for MSMEs, gig workers, and underserved borrowers.

This session will explore how investors can turn market volatility into a source of opportunity, leveraging strategic insights and risk management techniques to maximize long-term investment growth.

Envisioned Speakers:

• Anshul Arzare, MD & CEO, Yes Securities
• Kalpesh Dave, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Bajaj Capital Ltd

This session will explore how technology is transforming the payments landscape, including the rise of digital and real-time payment systems, and innovations shaping the future of financial services. It will highlight ways to leverage technology to enhance efficiency, streamline operations, and stay ahead in an increasingly digitalfirst ecosystem.

Speaker:

• Praveena Rai, Managing Director, Chief Executive Officer, MCX

Industry leaders explore how technology, data analytics, and evolving investor preferences are driving innovation in asset management, enabling smarter portfolio strategies, enhancing risk management, and delivering consistent value in a volatile market.

Envisioned Speaker: 

• Vetri Subramaniam, CEO, UTI MF, UTI AMC Ltd

This session explores how technology is enabling real-time insights, algorithmic efficiency, and enhanced investor engagement across India’s rapidly evolving capital markets.

An interactive audience-led session featuring polling, live Q&A, and quickfire perspectives from BFSI professionals on key challenges and solutions in the sector.

This session will explore how NPCI is deepening UPI’s penetration across Tier 2 and 3 cities through simplified user journeys, vernacular access, and partnerships— while also charting UPI’s expansion as India’s flagship payment innovation on the global stage.

This session explores how next-gen fintech solutions—spanning co-lending, wealthtech, open banking, embedded finance, regtech, and AI-led underwriting— are unlocking new forms of value creation. With India at the forefront of digital infrastructure and policy innovation, the panel will discuss how fintech is evolving into a global growth engine & reinventing how financial services are built, delivered, and scaled across borders.

This session will explore how CIOs, CTOs, and Digital Transformation Leaders are reinventing BFSI institutions from the inside out — balancing trust, compliance, and resilience with agility, cloud-native operations, and AI-driven innovation.

Envisioned Speakers:

• Binit Jha, Chief Data Officer, IDBI Bank
• Sharad Jambukar, CITO, Aadhar Housing Finance

An insider look at building future-ready banking systems, focusing on how cuttingedge technologies like AI, blockchain, and cloud computing are enabling banks to enhance security, scale efficiently, and deliver smarter, more personalized services.

The Chief Guest will outline the vision for a globally competitive and resilient Conceptualized & Executed by ET Edge Indian BFSI sector, focusing on the next steps for financial inclusion, the regulation of NBFCs and fintech, and the evolution of India’s digital financial infrastructure. Key discussions will include RBI’s India Stack, the global expansion of UPI, cybersecurity regulations, and the future of frictionless lending, particularly for MSMEs, alongside the potential impact of Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC).