A closed-door conversation with Top IT Infrastructure leaders navigating the enterprise AI Imperative
As India's 2026 enterprise agenda shifts towards AI accountability, and autonomous operations, the pressure of infrastructure leaders has never been greater-the role is shifting from enablement to strategic control
This exclusive roundtable at AI NEXT 2026, powered by IBM and brought to you by StrategINK convenes IT Infrastructure decision-makers to explore how India’s leading enterprises are translating the next wave of strategic shifts into practical, defensible infrastructure priorities.
Key Discussion Themes
| AI-Ready Infrastructure for Autonomous workflows: Building compute, observability, and workload resilience for enterprise-scale AI adoption across India’s hybrid environments | |
| Data Trust and Sovereignty By Design: Strengthening local control, governance, and policy-aware infrastructure decisions in the face of evolving data residency requirements | |
| Resilient Hybrid Foundations: Modernizing infrastructure stacks to support speed, flexibility, and continuity under uncertainty- for Indian enterprises operating at scale | |
| From Monitoring to Intelligent Infrastructure ops: Using AI-led observability and automation to improve uptime, responsiveness, and decision velocity across the enterprise stack | |
Why This Matters Now
As enterprises move from AI pilots to AI accountability, the digital core must evolve into a trusted execution layer. India’s Infrastructure leaders are the forefront of this shift-decisions made today will define competitive advantage for the next decade.
This roundtable is designed for infrastructure leaders focused on:
A Peer Exchange Built for Leaders- Shaping the Next Era of Enterprise Infrastructure.
Siddhesh Naik
Director, Growth Segment, Technology Sales
IBM India & South Asia
Ravi Jain
Vice President Systems & Hybrid Cloud
IBM India & South Asia
Prateek Tokas
Chief Executive Officer
StrategINK
6.30pm - 6.35pm
Welcome Address & Context Setting
» Prateek Tokas, Chief Executive Officer, StrategINK
6.35pm - 6.55pm
Unlock the full potential of AI across your enterprise
» Siddhesh Naik, Director, Growth Segment, Technology Sales, IBM India & South Asia
6.55pm - 7.20pm
Leaders speak:
Accelerating Organizational Transformation with Agentic AI, Automation, and Data Driven Intelligence in Bengaluru
» Session Chair: Prateek Tokas, Chief Executive Officer, StrategINK
7.20pm - 8.15pm
Round Table Discussion
» Ravi Jain, Vice President Systems & Hybrid Cloud, IBM India & South Asia
» Moderator: Prateek Tokas, Chief Executive Officer, StrategINK
8.15pm onwards
Networking & Dinner
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