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Addressing the gathering, Department of Land Resources Secretary Narendra Bhooshan said geospatial information had become central to governance and decision-making across sectors including agriculture, engineering, transport, climate resilience and land administration.

Indian cities are not Singapore When Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Smart Cities Mission in 2015, the imagery was utopian: sensors, dashboards, intelligent traffic and responsive policing.

Navin Bishnoi is the vice president and India country manager at Marvell Technology, overseeing the company's R&D operations across Bengaluru, Pune and Hyderabad.

Neeraj Kumar Jha is the general manager of the Parcel Directorate at the Department of Posts, responsible for the postal department's parcel and logistics operations.

Neeta Verma, former Director General of the National Informatics Centre (NIC), who currently serves as Chief Advisor (IT) to the Election Commission of India.

Government Pushes for India-Led Frameworks Nidhi Khare, Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs, said proactive action was essential.

Nikesh Arora is the chairman and chief executive of Palo Alto Networks.

Nikhil Kamath is an Indian entrepreneur and investor who co-founded Zerodha, India's largest retail stockbroker, with his brother Nithin Kamath in 2010. He is an active investor in Indian technology and consumer businesses.

Nitin Mahajan is CEO, India at 1Point1 Solutions, a business process management company.

Secretary of the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) in the Government of India.

Lieutenant General NS Raja Subramani (Retd) is a senior Indian Army officer appointed in May 2026 to serve as India’s Chief of Defence Staff, the country’s senior-most uniformed military position. He previously served as Vice Chief of Army Staff and Military Adviser at the National Security Council Secretariat.

Omkar Rai, former Director General, Software Technology Parks of India, said Uttar Pradesh's scale makes cybersecurity a strategic imperative.

P Bharathi is the secretary of the Department of Science and Technology in the Government of Gujarat.

By Deepti Chaturvedi and Pallavi Das “AI is writing a code for humanity, but proceed with caution,” said Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to the AI Summit in France, referring to the unprecedented speed and scale at which AI is developing.

Pallavi Jain Govil is an Indian Administrative Service officer serving as Secretary of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.

Pankaj Dikshit, CTO, Government eMarketplace (GeM), shared insights into AI applications within the government sector.

Parag Khurana is country manager for India at Barracuda Networks, overseeing the company's cybersecurity business in the Indian market.

Patanjali Somayaji is Chief Technology Officer at Axio, leading the fintech company's technology strategy for financial inclusion products.

Patrick Ferriter is senior vice president of product at Agora, a conversational AI platform company.

Pavitra Kaushik is an Indian technology executive specialising in government and public sector cybersecurity. He serves as Head – State Government Business (India) at TrendAI.

Piyush Shah is a co-founder of InMobi, the Bengaluru-based mobile advertising technology company.

Pralhad Joshi, Union minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, will attend the launch along with Gulab Chand Kataria, Governor of Punjab and Administrator of UT Chandigarh, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Union minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, and Nimuben Jayantibhai Bambhaniya, minister of state for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.

Prashant Prakash is a partner at Accel India.

Vempati succeeds lyricist Prasoon Joshi, who vacated the role earlier this month after being elevated to chairman of Prasar Bharati on 2 May.