The Year of Agentic AI: Capturing Early Wins and Defining Priorities

Prateek Tokas
Chief Knowledge Officer
StrategINK

Agentic AI is not tomorrow — it's the operational foundation of pioneering companies today. This panel brings together CHRO, CMO, CIO, and CFO perspectives to share insights into how self-contained AI agents are reshaping workforce models, customer relationships, financial operations, and IT systems. From smart automation to real-time orchestration, hear from multiple functions about a shared AI-powered future. Discover how to lead with AI at the center — not as a tool, but as a trusted co-pilot for business agility and development.

• The new governance model: Who governs the agents, and how do functions work together in real time?
• Cross-functional orchestration: Shattering silos with shared intelligence and autonomous workflows
• Scaling the future of work: augmenting staff, re-skill talent, and balancing ethics
• Using agentic AI: For real-time decision support, anomaly detection, and cost control
• Using autonomous: Agents for hyper-personalization, campaign execution, and customer journey design

Mayank S
Chief AI & Innovation Officer
India Infoline Group

Rajeev Belani
CTO
Moneycontrol

Raghupati Mishra
CFO
Liberty Steel Group

Rizwana Shaikh
CHRO | Head - HR-Admin IT & EA
Acme Group

Harihar Krishnan V
Global Head Marketing, Shopper & BTL
Raychem RPG

Moderator:
Prateek Tokas
Chief Knowledge Officer
StrategINK

Autonomous, decision-making artificial intelligence, or "agentic AI," is changing how companies interact with consumers, improve advertising campaigns, and develop new marketing techniques. What are the future ramifications, obstacles, and strategic opportunities of incorporating agentic AI into marketing?

• Understanding Agentic AI and Its Marketing Potential
• Real-World Applications and Benefits
• Challenges and Ethical Considerations

Suraj Shetty
Head - CX & L&D
Kissht

Zubin Kutar
AI Industry Expert

Uday Bhosale
Head of CX & Service
Hamilton Housewares

Balkrishna Jha
Head - Digital Marketing
Aditya Birla Housing Finance

Lerin Zacharia
Marketing Director
Yokohama Off Highway Tires

Moderator:
Santanu Ganguly
CEO
StrategINK

• Transforming Talent Acquisition and Onboarding
• Enhancing Employee Engagement and Performance Management
• Ethics, Workforce Impact, and Change Management

Anilkumar Varma
CTO
Multi Commodity Exchange Clearing Corporation

Sonalee Ambardar
CHRO
Evergreen Recyclekaro India

Vivek Verma
VP - HR
Firstsource

Raghuram Velega
VP & Head - Data & AI Platforms
Jio Platforms

Shobhit Srivastava
Lead - HR
Sony Pictures Networks India

Ravi Mishra
Chief Human Resources Officer
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

Moderator: Santanu Ganguly
CEO
StrategINK

Solo Session: Love, Loss, and the Machine: Can Agentic AI Bridge the Gap? The concept of preserving and communicating with digital representations of departed loved ones is transitioning from science fiction to emotional reality as agentic AI advances. Now, presence can be replicated by digital twins driven by voice, behaviour, and personal data, adding a new level of comfort, continuity, and even healing.

• Digital Immortality – Can Agentic AI faithfully carry the essence of those we've lost?
• Emotional Impact – How do digital presences affect grief, closure and memory?
• Ethical Dilemmas – Where do we draw the line between preservation and simulation?

Rajakishore Nath
Professor of Philosophy, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

AI agents act towards predetermined goals in dynamic environments, Gen AI concentrates on creating content, and Agentic AI permits autonomous decision-making. Each signifies a unique change in the way enterprise systems use intelligence. Unlocking their full potential in practical situations requires an understanding of their distinct roles, technological underpinnings, and interactions.

• Difference – Core distinctions in function, autonomy and architecture
• Decoding – How each AI model operates and where they intersect
• Impact – Business value, operational shifts, and adoption priorities across industries

Chetan Hansraj
Head - AI & vFX
Balaji Telefilms

Shashwat Kumar
Head BIU & Analytics
DCB Bank

Nishant Pradhan
Chief AI Officer
Mirae Asset Mutual Fund

Moderator: Prateek Tokas
Chief Knowledge Officer
StrategINK

According to the Dead Internet Theory, a large portion of online activity and content is produced by AI and bots rather than people. Because of its capacity for autonomy, agentic AI is becoming more and more in charge of developing, regulating, and overseeing digital ecosystems. Since intelligent agents may take over the web in the future, this convergence calls into question established ideas about human interaction and trust in digital spaces. It also raises concerns about authenticity and control.

• Origins and implications of the Dead Internet Theory in the age of AI
• The role of Agentic AI in generating and managing online content autonomously
• Impact on digital authenticity, trust, and human interaction on the internet
• Ethical considerations and governance of AI-driven digital ecosystems

Pankaj Mishra
Head Enterprise Tech Group
Sony Pictures Network India

Vidya Dsouza
Head IT - Digitalization & Data Protection
Godrej Properties

Kiran Komatla
Group CTO
Burger King

Moderator: Santanu Ganguly
CEO
StrategINK

Agentic AI—AI systems that can act in a goal-directed manner with some autonomy—is causing a significant upheaval in the financial services sector. Traditional automation operates according to static rule-based procedures, but agentic AI is proactive, learns from interactions, adjusts to changing circumstances, and is capable of autonomous decision-making within predetermined parameters.

• Traditional Automation: Rule-based systems that streamline repetitive tasks but lack adaptability or context-awareness.
• Intelligent Automation: Smarter tools using ML and NLP to handle semi-structured tasks, still needing human oversight.
• Agentic AI: Autonomous AI agents that act with initiative, adapt in real time, and execute complex financial tasks end-to-end.

Ajey Kumar
Executive Client Partner
Publicis Sapient India

KRC Murty
Senior President - Head - AMG - Business & Digital Technology Solutions
YES BANK

Vijayaraghavan Krishnamurthy
CTO & Head - IT
Bandhan AMC & Mutual Fund

Dillip Kumar
BL2 - AI Platform Head
L&T Finance Holdings Ltd.

Sushil Ostwal
Chief Data Officer
BSEIndia

Moderator: Prateek Tokas
Chief Knowledge Officer
StrategINK

Discover how Agentic AI is moving beyond automation to proactively transform operations, innovation, and decision-making. Explore how intelligent agents anticipate needs, coordinate complex workflows, and act as true thinking partners to reshape the future of business.

• How can Agentic AI upgrade everyday workspaces?
• What role can AI play in synchronizing remote teams?
• How do we build trust in AI teammates taking initiative?
• What new business models will emerge in the agentic era?

Rupesh Nirgude
Group CIO & CDO, SVP - IT
Prism Johnson

Rahul Borse
CIO
RPG Life Sciences

Amol Patil
VP - IT & CIO
Riya - The travel Expert

Pankaj Patil
Partner Engineer
Google Cloud India

Rushabh Vasa
Director - Technical
Shivaami Cloud Services

Moderator: Santanu Ganguly
CEO
StrategINK

Agentic AI is transforming how enterprises operate, evolving from systems that assist to those that act. Today’s organizations are deploying intelligent agents that not only analyze data but also execute workflows, make contextual decisions, and learn continuously. The challenge lies in architecting systems that balance autonomy with accountability, ensuring that every automated action remains transparent, ethical, and aligned with business intent

• Architecting modular, interoperable AI agents across enterprise ecosystems
• Leveraging data fabric and multi-modal analytics for real-time decisioning
• Governing autonomy: maintaining explainability, compliance, and control
• Converting AI insights into automated, measurable business outcomes

Shiv Kumar
Chief Data & Analytics Officer
L'Oréal

Atul Garg
CTO
SIDBI

Suyog Kulkarni
Head - Data Analytics
Mirae Asset Sharekhan

Kinjal Shah
CTO
Yes Securities

Sudeep Agrawal
CIO
Reliance Infrastructure

Moderator:
Deepak Bhosale
AVP - IT
Asian Paints

Organisations must implement cutting-edge defences fuelled by agentic AI to remain resilient as cyber threats change quickly. Agentic AI facilitates real-time threat detection and deception, improves risk quantification for proactive defence, and permits autonomous security hygiene through self-healing and continuous monitoring. In order to protect against increasingly complex attacks, these agent-based AI systems lessen the workload for humans and enhance risk management in general.

• Automated Security Hygiene: Role of Agentic AI in self-healing code, self-patching, and continuous attack surface monitoring
• Autonomous and Deceptive Defence: Use of XDR, SOAR, and AI-driven deception systems to adapt and respond to threats
• Augmented Oversight and Risk Quantification: Identifying vulnerabilities and predicting impact with AI-powered tools
• Challenges and Ethics: Balancing automation with human oversight, privacy, and governance in AI-driven cyber defence

Kiran Belsekar
EVP - CISO & IT Governance
Bandhan Life

Sanjay Jaiswal
CISO
Nuvama

Abhishek Farkade
SVP - Product & Engineering, GenAI & AI Platforms
Jio Platforms

Vamsi Krishna Ithamraju
CTO
Axis Mutual Fund

Hemin Chheda
Fraud & Financial Crime Analytics Lead
Axis Bank

Moderator:
Bhavesh Lakhani
EVP & Global CIO
Firstsource Solutions