A Residential Leadership Conclave for Government & Technology Leaders

As governance rapidly evolves with the rise of Artificial Intelligence, Data-driven policymaking, and Intelligent Digital Infrastructure, we bring to you AI Transformation Conclave, a 3-day residential leadership gathering in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, to be held at The Centrum, Lucknow.

Organized by GovConnect (an ilouge Media Initiative) in collaboration with State Transformation Commission and Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Government of Uttar Pradesh, as the Host Partners.

The AI Transformation Conclave 2026 will bring together India’s top bureaucratic leadership and technology ecosystem under one roof to discuss the future of AI-powered governance in India.

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Keynote Speaker

Manoj Kumar Singh, IAS

Chief Executive Officer
State Transformation Commission
Government of Uttar Pradesh

Meet The Voices Shaping The Future

Anil Kumar, IAS

Chairman, Board of Revenue, Government of Uttar Pradesh

K Rajaraman, IAS

Chairperson, International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA)

Vivek Chandra Verma, IOFS

Chief Executive Officer, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)

Dr Subi Chaturvedi

Founder NIHIT & Sherpa, WG7 India-US CEO Forum | Member CM's UPDEG

Qazi Mairaj Ahmad, IRSE

Additional Director General, Research Designs and Standards Organisation (RDSO)

Manisha Verma, IAS

Additional Chief Secretary, Skill, Employment, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Department, Government of Maharashtra

Manish Kumar Sinha, IRS

Chief Executive Officer, Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN), Government of India

Dr Ashish Kumar Goel, IAS

Chairman, Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL)

Dr Hari Om, IAS

Principal Secretary, Department of Vocational Education and Skill Development, Government of Uttar Pradesh

Alok Kumar, IAS

Principal Secretary, IT & Electronics, Planning & Program Implementation & Nodal Officer – One Trillion Dollar Economy, Government of Uttar Pradesh

Sanyukta Samaddar, IAS

Principal Secretary, Department of Administrative Reforms, Civil Defence & Political Pension, Government of Uttar Pradesh

Mayur Maheshwari, IAS

Managing Director, Uttar Pradesh Power Transmission Corporation Limited, Government of Uttar Pradesh

Dr Arushi Ajey Malik, IAS

Commissioner & Secretary, Department of Science & Technology, Government of Rajasthan

Mayur Maheshwari, IAS

Managing Director, Uttar Pradesh Power Transmission Corporation Limited, Government of Uttar Pradesh

Dr Adarsh Singh, IAS

Excise Commissioner, Department of Excise, Government of Uttar Pradesh

Shubhra Saxena, IAS

Director, Election Commission of India, Government of India

Sharmistha Dasgupta

Deputy Director General & HoG, National Informatics Centre, MeitY, Government of India

Masoom Ali Sarwar, IAS

CEO, Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board and Secretary, Planning Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh

Pulkit Khare, IAS

Mission Director, Uttar Pradesh Skill Development Mission (UPSDM), Government of Uttar Pradesh

Dr Piyush Singla, IAS

Secretary, Department of Information Technology, UT of Jammu & Kashmir

Ashish Tiwari, IPS

Deputy Inspector General of Police, Technical Services (TS), Uttar Pradesh Police

Manish Chadha

Joint Secretary, Department of Commerce, Government of India

Neha Jain, IAS

Managing Director, Kanpur Electricity Supply Company Limited

Varun Ranjan, IAS

Managing Director, Jharkhand Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (JIIDCO) and Director, Mines, Govt. of Jharkhand

Nancy Sahay, IAS

Director, Directorate of Municipal Administration, Department of Urban Development & Housing, Govt. of Jharkhand

Pavneet Kaur, IAS

Additional Municipal Commissioner
Pune Municipal Corporation

Archana Verma, IAS

Chief Executive Officer, National Health Insurance Scheme, Government of Uttar Pradesh

T Ravi Kiran, IFS

Commissioner, Electronic Services Delivery, Government of Telangana

Jitesh V Patil, IAS

Chairman & Managing Director, Southern Power Distribution Company of Telangana Limited, (TGSPDCL), Government of Telangana

Arsalan, IFS

Executive Director, Centre for Smart Governance, Government of Karnataka

Akshat Verma, IAS

Special Secretary, Planning Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh

Himanshu Kaushik, IAS

Managing Director, U.P. Electronics Corporation Limited, Government of Uttar Pradesh

Dr Virender Sharma, IAS

Managing Director, H.P. State Electronics Development Corporation Ltd., Government of Himachal Pradesh

Safna Nazarudeen, IAS

Commissioner, Labour & Skill Development Department, Government of Kerala

Prakhar Jain, IAS

Chief Executive Officer, Real-Time Governance Society (RTGS) and e-Pragathi (I/C), Government of Andhra Pradesh

Vishwajeet Chaudhary, IAS

Additional Chief Executive Officer, Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority, Government of Haryana

Colonel Anand Bajpai

Indian Army
Government of India

Vivek Yadav

Director (IT & Cybersecurity), Ministry of Defence, Government of India

Dr P Hanumantha Rao

Director General, Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering & Research (SAMEER), MeitY, Government of India

Dr Mrutyunjay Mohapatra

Director General - Meteorology Meteorological Department, Government of India

Upendra M Bhatt

Secretary and R.L.A., Legal Department, Government of Gujarat

Revati Kumar

CEO & Executive Director
Goa Electronics Limited

Ghanshyam Prasad

Chairperson, Central Electricity Authority

Commodore Sandeep Wadhwa (Retd.)

Executive Director (Corporate & Government Business), Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)

Rama Devi Lanka

Lead Architect of NITI Frontier Tech Hub, NITI Aayog, Government of India

Dr Shilpa Vijaivargia

Chief Technology Officer, PSP Division, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India

Naved Alam Khan

Chief Executive Officer, Cyberabad Security Council (SCSC)

Ashesh Kumar Agarwal

DDG & SIO, NIC - Uttar Pradesh

Prof. Dharmendra Singh

Director, IIIT Vadodara, Gujarat

Dr J Jayasankar

Principal Scientist & Head, FRAEED, ICAR-CMFRI, Kochi

Rohit Mehta

Advisor, Education Department, Gujarat

Pankaj Pandey

DGM & CTO, UP Cooperative Bank

Amit Singh

Partner, Deloitte India

Santosh Pathak

Partner, Deloitte India

Vivek Mittal

Partner, Deloitte India

Anshuman Saikia

Director, Deloitte India

Vishal Chahal

Vice President, IBM India Software Labs

Rajesh Malhotra

Country Account Technical Leader Manager Government, IBM India & South Asia

Anuj Gupta

Director, IBM India Software Lab, Lucknow

Jaswant Boyat

Head - Customer Engineering & Presales, Arista Networks India

Kartik Kashyap

Leader System Engineering, Arista Networks

Ashok Kumar

Co-founder & Chief Product Officer, Coredge

Anil Pawar

Chief Operating Officer, Coredge

Dheeraj Patil

GM & Head - Goverment & Education Business (ID Biz), LG Electronics India

Manoj Verma

Head – Public Sector, Fortinet

Hiral Sharma

Manager Systems Engineering, Fortinet

Sanjeev Kumar Singh

President Corporate Affairs & Communication, Amnex Infotechnologies

Nilesh Gauda

Head Data Fabrics - Integrated Delivery, Amnex Infotechnologies

Where Policy, AI & Innovation Converge

Empowering Decision-Makers to Lead the AI Era

Policy, Innovation & Impact Areas

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Artificial Intelligence in Governance

02

GenAI for Citizen Services

03

Data Governance & Digital Public Infrastructure

04

AI-Ready Cloud & Data Centres

05

Cybersecurity & Digital Trust

06

Smart Cities & Intelligent Infrastructure

07

AI in Healthcare & Education

08

Predictive Agriculture & Rural Development

09

Intelligent Transport Systems

10

Digital Finance & Revenue Systems

Key Stakeholders & Participants

Government Officials from across India MeitY NIC NeGD CSC PSU NITI Aayog Department of IT of Various States Advisors to the Ministers Departments of Education, Health, Agriculture, Rural, Home Affairs, Urban, IT Agencies Smart Cities CEOs and Commissioners Other Key Departments of Central and State Government
Government Officials from across India MeitY NIC NeGD CSC PSU NITI Aayog Department of IT of Various States Advisors to the Ministers Departments of Education, Health, Agriculture, Rural, Home Affairs, Urban, IT Agencies Smart Cities CEOs and Commissioners Other Key Departments of Central and State Government
Government Officials from across India MeitY NIC NeGD CSC PSU NITI Aayog Department of IT of Various States Advisors to the Ministers Departments of Education, Health, Agriculture, Rural, Home Affairs, Urban, IT Agencies Smart Cities CEOs and Commissioners Other Key Departments of Central and State Government
Government Officials from across India MeitY NIC NeGD CSC PSU NITI Aayog Department of IT of Various States Advisors to the Ministers Departments of Education, Health, Agriculture, Rural, Home Affairs, Urban, IT Agencies Smart Cities CEOs and Commissioners Other Key Departments of Central and State Government
Government Officials from across India MeitY NIC NeGD CSC PSU NITI Aayog Department of IT of Various States Advisors to the Ministers Departments of Education, Health, Agriculture, Rural, Home Affairs, Urban, IT Agencies Smart Cities CEOs and Commissioners Other Key Departments of Central and State Government
Government Officials from across India MeitY NIC NeGD CSC PSU NITI Aayog Department of IT of Various States Advisors to the Ministers Departments of Education, Health, Agriculture, Rural, Home Affairs, Urban, IT Agencies Smart Cities CEOs and Commissioners Other Key Departments of Central and State Government