DiSHA 2026 · THE PROGRAMME
The complete conference agenda.
Sunday, 1 February 2026 · Hyatt Regency, Pune
Historical conference programme for 1 February 2026. All session and parallel-track wording is retained as published.
All times are India Standard Time (IST). Scroll the table horizontally to read all three tracks.
| START | END | SPEAKER | SEGMENT | TRACK 2 | TRACK 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 | - | Registration and Networking | — | — | |
| 10:15 | Atik and Richa | Introduction and Announcements | — | — | |
| 10:35 | Shailendra Goswami, Chairman, PushakRaj Group | Opening ceremony and address by Chief Guest | — | — | |
| 10:50 | Rinoo Rajesh, President and CEO, PMI Pune-Deccan India Chapter | President's address | — | — | |
| 11:05 | Dr. Parvez Alam, Region Mentor, R11, PMI South Asia | Message from the Region Mentor | — | — | |
| 11:30 | Viral Thakkar, AVP Infosys | Waves, Wake and the Leader you become | — | — | |
| 12:05 | - | Tea / Coffee Break | — | — | |
| 12:30 | Tapash Chakravarty, Board Member and CFO - Turkey Operations: Erkunt Tractor & Erkunt Foundry (2 International Subsidiaries of Mahindra) | Leadership for the future – A CFO’s perspective | — | — | |
| 12:55 | Brig Hemant Mahajan, Ex India Army | Leadership in Crisis | — | — | |
| 13:20 | Rishabh Lalwani, Efforti | The AI Leadership Assistant | — | — | |
| 14:30 | All | Lunch | — | — | |
| 15:30 | – | Crush IT !! Masterclass - Amit Jadhav - AI (90 Minutes) | Masterclass - Dr. Prakash Airani Kalathil (60 Minutes) - Leadership style for an innovative organization | Master Class - Design Thinking - Dr. Manoj Apte, Persistent / Jay Dholakia, Skill verge (90 Minutes) | |
| 16:00 | – | — | MUB Rao, Chief Advisor - Automotive Product Development for Optimal Product Life Cycle Cost (PLCC) | — | |
| 16:30 | All | Tea / Coffee Break | — | — | |
| 17:05 | Atik and Aniket | Awards Ceremony | — | — | |
| 17:15 | Anwesha Majumder, Head of Community, PMI South Asia | Lead, Learn & Grow-Delivering M.O.R.E. | — | — | |
| 17:40 | Vivek Dubey, Associate Director, Industry Engagement and Innovation, Capgemini | An Eye on AI – Importance of – Innovation, Understanding BIAS and Human in the loop (from the new-age tech stack program’s success and failure perspective) | — | — | |
| 17:50 | Contingency Time | (Good Project Management practice to ensure smooth flow) | — | — | |
| 18:00 | Abhimanyu Sharma, Conference Director | Vote of Thanks | — | — |
The published programme is reproduced as an archive. Session lengths and parallel-track wording are retained as published.