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Vara Kumar Namburu is the Co-founder and Head of Research and Development at Whatfix, leading product development for the digital adoption platform company.

Varsha Ashok Aglawe is a geoscientist who became the first woman director general of the Geological Survey of India in July 2026. With over three decades of experience, she specialises in palaeontology and palynology, with notable research on dinosaur nesting sites in Central India.

Varun Babbar, Managing Director - India & SAARC, Qlik, points out the transformative potential of Agentic AI, which can independently handle complex tasks and adapt to feedback.

Varun Sheth is the Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Ketto.org, a Mumbai-based online crowdfunding platform founded by Sheth, actor Kunal Kapoor and Zaheer Adenwala, which enables fundraising for medical, social, charitable and other causes.

Vasanthi Ramesh, Vice President of Engineering and Site Leader, NetApp India calls this “hardwiring intelligence into enterprise data infrastructure.

Venkatesan Vijayaraghavan also known as Venky is an Indian technology services executive and Chief Operating Officer of Virtusa Corporation, a global digital engineering and technology services company.

Vinayak Godse is chief executive officer of the Data Security Council of India, leading the organisation's work on cybersecurity policy, data protection and workforce development initiatives.

Vincent Caldeira is the Chief Technology Officer for Asia-Pacific at Red Hat, focusing on enterprise open-source adoption and AI strategy across the region.

Vinod Babu Bollikonda is the managing director and group CEO of Blue Cloud Softech Solutions, a BSE-listed technology services company based in Hyderabad.

Virendra Kumar, a seven-time MP from Madhya Pradesh, and Jyotiraditya M Scindia, a former Congress politician who joined the BJP and is also from MP, are among those appointed as cabinet ministers.

Executive Director (Finance) at NTPC Limited, responsible for financial planning and capital allocation at India's largest power producer.

Vishwa Jit Gupta, alternatively spelt Viswa Jit Gupta, or Vishwajit Gupta, (1942—2022) was an Indian paleontologist and former professor of geology at Panjab University, Chandigarh. H

Vivek Dogra is the Signal Officer-in-Chief of the Indian Army, responsible for communications and information technology systems across the force.

Air Marshal Vivek Hande is a gastroenterologist and senior military physician who has served in medical leadership positions across the Indian Army, Navy and Air Force.