CISO Horizon 2026
Guwahati Riverfront

About CISO Horizon 2026

An Exclusive Residential Leadership Experience for India's Cybersecurity Leaders

CISO Horizon 2026 is the maiden edition of an exclusive invitation-only residential summit designed for India's most influential cybersecurity leaders.

Bringing together 70+ CISOs, Chief Risk Officers, CIOs, Security Architects, Cybersecurity Strategists, and Technology Leaders from leading enterprises across Banking, Manufacturing, Telecom, Automobile, FMCG, Retail, Healthcare, IT, Energy, Aviation, Government, and Emerging Digital Businesses, the summit creates a unique environment for strategic collaboration and meaningful engagement.

As cyber resilience increasingly becomes a boardroom mandate, security leaders are expected to navigate a rapidly evolving landscape shaped by Artificial Intelligence, cloud transformation, sophisticated cyber threats, regulatory complexities, and digital trust challenges.

CISO Horizon

Embrace the Spiritual Energy of Maa Kamakhya Temple

Cyber Resilience in the Age of AI: Securing the Intelligent Enterprise

The future enterprise will be intelligent, interconnected, and AI-powered. As organizations accelerate adoption of AI, cloud-native infrastructures, hyper-automation, and digital ecosystems, security leaders must rethink resilience, governance, trust, and risk management.

CISO Horizon 2026 will explore how organizations can build adaptive, secure, and future-ready enterprises while safeguarding innovation in an increasingly complex threat landscape.

Event at a Glance

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Residential Leadership Experience

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Top CISOs & Security Leaders

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Minutes of Meaningful Engagement

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Technology Partners & Showcases

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Knowledge Sessions & Dialogues

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Strategic Networking Opportunities

Our Partners

Bringing together visionaries, innovators, and enablers of change.

An Initiative of
Initiative By - BNG
Concept By
Concept By - TDM
Gold Partner
Checkmarx
Silver Partner
Silver Partner - Accops
Lanyard Partner
Lanyard Partner - 63Sats
DPDP Partner
Hitachi
Cloud Partner
Cloud Partner
Associate Partners
Associate Partner - Lyseis
Associate Partner - Fingerprint
Associate Partner - AiCyberWatch
Associate Partner - Arcon
Exhibitors
Exhibitor - iSecureNet
Exhibitor - Vembu
Exhibitor
Exhibitor
Exhibitor
Event Technology Partner
Event Technology Partner - Netconx
Event Operation Partner
Event Operation Partner - Boothify
Sky Travel Partner
SkyPartner

Guest of Honour

Ashwani Kumar, IAS

Ashwani Kumar, IAS

CISO Assam & Director, Directorate of Information Technology, Electronics and Communication

Government of Assam

Confirmed Guests

Meet the industry visionaries and cybersecurity leaders attending CISO Horizon 2026.

Raghav Grandhi

Raghav Grandhi

Group CISO

Ramoji Group

Saravanakumar Krishnamurthy

Saravanakumar Krishnamurthy

CISO

Vivriti Capital

Araveinth Gopinath

Araveinth Gopinath

Group CISO

Yubi

Bhagwatiprasad Dubey

Bhagwatiprasad Dubey

CISO

Tata Capital Housing Finance Ltd

Naseem Halder

Naseem Halder

Group CISO

Navi Limited

Avinash Tiwari

Avinash Tiwari

CISO

Pidilite Industries

Sanjay Goswami

Sanjay Goswami

CISO

Century Plyboards India Ltd.

Ashok Rawat

Ashok Rawat

CISO

Satin Credit Care

Yudhisthira Sahoo

Yudhisthira Sahoo

CISO

Apollo Pharmacy

Pradipta Patro

Pradipta Patro

CISO & DPO

Polycab

Girish Raj Giri

Girish Raj Giri

CISO

GOODLUCK INDIA LIMITED

Anand Deodhar

Anand Deodhar

Global CIO

Force Motors

Nilesh Gade

Nilesh Gade

Global CISO

Bekaert

Nageshwar C

Nageshwar C

CISO

TVS Group

Dr. Jagannath Sahoo

Dr. Jagannath Sahoo

Group CISO & DPO

Gujarat Fluorochemicals

Ashok Tiwari

Ashok Tiwari

CIO

Finolex cables

Dr. Durga Prasad Dube

Dr. Durga Prasad Dube

Global CISO

Reliance Industries Ltd

Navin Nathani

Navin Nathani

Group CIO

Allana Group

Ranjan Revandkar

Ranjan Revandkar

CISO

PI Industries Ltd

Venugopal Parameswara

Venugopal Parameswara

CISO

Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company Ltd.

Joyce Rodriguez

Joyce Rodriguez

Head of Digital Cybersecurity

Airbus India

Cdr Praveen Kumar

Cdr Praveen Kumar

Group CISO & DPO

Nykaa

Dr. Pawan K Sharma

Dr. Pawan K Sharma

CISO

Tata Motors Limited

Chetansinh Parmar

Chetansinh Parmar

CISO

Acutaas Chemicals Ltd

Vikash Kumar Singh

Vikash Kumar Singh

CISO & Head IT

Tata Chemicals

Amit Sharma

Amit Sharma

CISO & Senior Vice President

Info Edge India Ltd

Prakash Mani Tripathi

Prakash Mani Tripathi

CDO & Senior Vice President - IT

Shyam Steel Industries Ltd

Amit Awasthi

Amit Awasthi

CISO

Noida International Airport

Rajesh Dongre

Rajesh Dongre

CISO & SVP

HDFC ERGO General Insurance

Kishan Kendre

Kishan Kendre

CISO

Blue Star Ltd.

Utkarsh Sawant

Utkarsh Sawant

CISO

Diageo

Vivek Shankar

Vivek Shankar

CITSO & VP

Axis Max Life Insurance Ltd.

Ramesh Kumar

Ramesh Kumar

CISO

Biocon Group

Naveen Kumar Pareek

Naveen Kumar Pareek

CISO & IT Head

Livpure India

Sachin Patil

Sachin Patil

Head - IT Security

Voltas Limited - A TATA Enterprise

Asit Kumar

Asit Kumar

CISO and DPO

Digi Yatra Foundation

Prashant Deshpande

Prashant Deshpande

CISO

Shriram Finance Ltd

Baidyanath Kumar

Baidyanath Kumar

CISO & DPO

JK Lakshmi Cement Ltd.

Harkirat Uppal

Harkirat Uppal

CISO

TVS Motor Company

Vishal Vishwakarma

Vishal Vishwakarma

Head IT

Kissht

Urvish Acharya

Urvish Acharya

CISO, Head IT Governance & Risk

Birla Carbon

Shermugadurai C.

Shermugadurai C.

CISO

Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Ltd

Nantha Ram Ramalingam

Nantha Ram Ramalingam

CISO

Albertsons Companies India

Dr. Subhash Singh Punjabi

Dr. Subhash Singh Punjabi

CISO

Deepak Fertilisers And Petrochemicals Corp. Ltd.

Jaspreet Singh

Jaspreet Singh

Partner

Grant Thornton Bharat LLP

Vivek Zakarde

Vivek Zakarde

DPO

IndiaFirst Life Insurance

Rama Devi Sangu

Rama Devi Sangu

CISO

Hindustan Zinc

Rajan Arora

Rajan Arora

CISO

Government e Marketplace

Vivek Pathak

Vivek Pathak

Head and Additional General Manager IT

BHEL

Kuldeep Tomar

Kuldeep Tomar

CISO

Bigbasket

Mrinmoy Jana

Mrinmoy Jana

CISO

Zuno General Insurance

Upkar Singh

Upkar Singh

Head IT

Paradeep Phosphates

Dhiraj Sancheti

Dhiraj Sancheti

Head of Information Security & Cyber Security

Shoppers Stop

Rajesh Chaudhary

Rajesh Chaudhary

CISO

IndusInd Nippon Life Insurance Company Ltd

Ramachandran Bharathnath

Ramachandran Bharathnath

CISO

Royal Sundaram General Insurance Co. Limited

Balwant Singh

Balwant Singh

Group CISO & DPO

DS Group

Palanikumar Arumugam

Palanikumar Arumugam

CISO

Hinduja Leyland Finance

Anup Tongaonkar

Anup Tongaonkar

Group CISO

Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd.

Sudeep Maydeo

Sudeep Maydeo

CISO & Global Head IT Infrastructure

EPL Ltd

Sarang B. Nagmote

Sarang B. Nagmote

DPO

Bandhan Bank

Yogesh Suryawanshi

Yogesh Suryawanshi

CISO

Kirloskar Brothers Ltd

Kaustabh Sinha

Kaustabh Sinha

Head IT & CISO

Abdos Group

Chinmay Pradhan

Chinmay Pradhan

Group CISO

Kaaveri Buildcon and Infra Ltd

Tarovar Verma

Tarovar Verma

CISO

Physics Wallah

Amit Malhotra

Amit Malhotra

CISO

Paytm Payments

Rakesh Ojha

Rakesh Ojha

GM- IT

Steel Authority of India Ltd

Parth Trivedi

Parth Trivedi

CISO

Bosch Global Software Technologies

Uday Deshpande

Uday Deshpande

Group CISO

Larsen & Toubro

Vivek Parihar

Vivek Parihar

CISO

Purplle.com

Aabhinna Suresh Khare

Aabhinna Suresh Khare

Chief AI Officer

BeingRelentless

Pradnya Umaji Manwar

Pradnya Umaji Manwar

CISO & DPO

Thomas Cook

Pragnesh Mistry

Pragnesh Mistry

CISO

RPG Group

Dr. Uttam Kumar

Dr. Uttam Kumar

CISO

Tata Digital

Manjith M R

Manjith M R

CISO

ESAF Bank

Partha Protim Mondal

Partha Protim Mondal

CIO

Berger Paints India

Parmod Kumar

Parmod Kumar

Group CISO

Shree Cement Ltd

Kunal Dikshit

Kunal Dikshit

DPO & CTO

Fedbank Financial Services Ltd

Babitha B P

Babitha B P

Dy CISO

State Bank of India

Kapil Madaan

Kapil Madaan

CISO & DPO

Max Healthcare

Akash Singh

Akash Singh

CISO

JKCement

Manjunath Prasad

Manjunath Prasad

CISO & Head IT

TVS Mobility Pvt Ltd

Sourav Das

Sourav Das

Group - Chief of Digital & IT

Rupa And Company Ltd

Shweta Srivastava

Shweta Srivastava

Head IT

Matix Fertilisers and Chemicals Ltd

Gaurav Gupta

Gaurav Gupta

Head IT & Security

Fleet Management Limited

Prakash Kumar Ranjan

Prakash Kumar Ranjan

CISO & DPO

Sammaan Capital Ltd

Gaurav Wadhwa

Gaurav Wadhwa

Director - Enterprise Security Architecture & Engineering

Tata Digital

Hemant Bhardwaj

Hemant Bhardwaj

Head of Global Cybersecurity GRC

Perfetti Van Melle

Yash Doshi

Yash Doshi

VP - Digital Banking & AI

Axis Bank Ltd

Harshal Bhujbal

Harshal Bhujbal

GM IT

IndianOil Adani Ventures

Bhudev Kumar Das

Bhudev Kumar Das

CISO & GM

Numaligarh Refinery Ltd

Satyender Sharma

Satyender Sharma

SVP & Head IT-Digital Transformation

Nuvama Group

Surya Bhushan Singh

Surya Bhushan Singh

Head - IT & Security Infrastructure

mjunction services ltd

Harshad Prabhakar Sawant

Harshad Prabhakar Sawant

Director & Global Head of Cybersecurity Engineering & Architecture

McCain Foods

Srikant Paripelley

Srikant Paripelley

CISO

StockHolding Corporation of India Ltd

K V Dipu

K V Dipu

Senior President

Bajaj General Insurance

Mohit Gupta

Mohit Gupta

CISO

Teleperformance

Surajit Banerjee

Surajit Banerjee

IT & Security

Dhunseri Poly Films Pvt. Ltd.

Amit Kumar

Amit Kumar

CISO

Niva Bupa Health Insurance

Kiran Rane

Kiran Rane

CISO

NKGSB-BANK

Partner Speakers

Meet the industry leaders and technology experts joining CISO Horizon 2026 as Partner Speakers.

Venkatachari Nc

Venkatachari Nc

VP Sales

Accops

Shabir Bhat

Shabir Bhat

Regional Sales Director, India, ME & Africa

Checkmarx

Kiran Ramaswamy

Kiran Ramaswamy

Country Head, India & APAC

Fingerprint

Mahesh Kadam

Mahesh Kadam

Associate Director

Techigent Technologies Pvt Ltd

Amit Joshi

Amit Joshi

Director

Techigent Technologies Pvt Ltd

Nikhil Harikantra

Nikhil Harikantra

Product Manager Cybersecurity

Techigent Technologies Pvt Ltd

Gautham Sharrma

Gautham Sharrma

Sales Director

AiCyberWatch, By NGBPS Ltd

Rohit Ambosta

Rohit Ambosta

Chief Delivery Officer

63SATS Cybertech

Kamal Narayan

Kamal Narayan

Senior Director of Product Management

ARCON

Adhyuth Ramadyani

Adhyuth Ramadyani

Chief Business Officer

Vyuha.ai

Shishir Singh

Shishir Singh

Vice President - Enterprise Business North

Cache Digitech

Conference Focus Areas

Exploring the strategies, technologies, and leadership priorities shaping cyber resilience in the age of AI.

AI & Cybersecurity

AI security, threat detection, governance & ethics.

Cyber Resilience

Resilience, recovery planning and risk visibility.

Cloud Security

Zero Trust and hybrid cloud protection.

Identity Security

Identity-first strategies and PAM.

Security Operations

SOC modernization and security automation.

Data Protection

Privacy, governance and sensitive data security.

Supply Chain Security

Vendor risk and ecosystem resilience.

Security Leadership

Boardroom influence and cyber culture.

Focus Areas

Our Innovative Offerings for Partners

Unlock unparalleled exposure, strategic networking, and immersive engagement avenues engineered to maximize value for enterprise partners.

Panel Discussions

Drive thought leadership by joining interactive debates with top C-suite leaders on emerging industry challenges and strategies.

Keynote Presentations

Command the main stage to deliver impactful keynotes and share visionary insights directly with top decision-makers.

Mix and Meet

Engage in curated, high-value speed networking sessions to forge meaningful connections in a relaxed, interactive setting.

Demo Product & Exclusive Workshops

Showcase live tech demos and run hands-on technical workshops to demonstrate real-world impact to technical decision-makers.

Executive Roundtable

Host exclusive, closed-door conversations with senior executives to deep-dive into high-level business transformation topics.

Game-Set-Match

Participate in targeted 1-on-1 matchmaking interactions designed to align supplier capabilities directly with buyer demands.

Sundowner @Poolside

Unwind at an exclusive poolside networking mixer to deepen business relationships over drinks and casual conversations.

Cultural Evening

Experience an inspiring evening of music, art, and regional culture designed to foster memorable relationship building.

MyBNG Mobile App

Leverage our dedicated event mobile app for seamlessly scheduling meetings, viewing agendas, and extending sponsor visibility.

Partner Offerings Showcase

MyBNG Loyalty Rewards Program

Engage More. Connect Deeper. Get Rewarded.

Engage, Connect & Win!

Make the most of CISO Horizon 2026 with the MyBNG Mobile App. We are excited to introduce the CISO Horizon Loyalty Program, designed to recognize and reward the most engaged delegates throughout the summit.

Using the MyBNG Mobile App, participants can earn points by actively attending sessions, participating in polls, engaging in discussions, visiting partner booths, and taking part in event-led activities.

The more you engage, the higher your chances of unlocking exclusive rewards and surprises. This initiative celebrates collaboration, encourages participation, and transforms your summit experience into a truly interactive and memorable journey.

MyBNG Mobile App

Earn Points on the MyBNG App

The more you participate, the closer you get to winning exclusive rewards.

Attend Sessions

Join keynote sessions and leadership discussions while earning points.

Participate in Activities

Engage in polls, networking interactions and event activities.

Visit Booths

Connect with partners, exhibitors and explore innovation showcases.

Play Quiz

Test your knowledge and earn bonus points.

Exclusive Rewards for Winners

Exciting prizes await our most engaged delegates

1st Prize
Apple iPad

Apple iPad

2nd Prize
Apple Watch

Apple Watch

3rd Prize
Eureka Forbes Robotic Vacuum Cleaner

Eureka Forbes Robotic Vacuum Cleaner

4th - 20th Prize
O2 Gears EarPods

O2 Gears EarPods

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Why Guwahati?

A Thoughtfully Curated Escape for India's Cybersecurity Leaders

CISO Horizon 2026 is intentionally being hosted in Guwahati to offer something beyond a conventional business conference — a peaceful, immersive, and meaningful leadership experience.

Amid evolving cyber threats, AI-driven disruption, regulatory demands, and 24x7 security operations, Guwahati provides the ideal setting to pause, reflect, collaborate, and reimagine cybersecurity leadership.

Scenic Brahmaputra Riverfront
Premium Leadership Retreat Atmosphere
Meaningful Peer-to-Peer Networking
Curated Hospitality Experiences
Rich Assamese Culture & Heritage
Uninterrupted Executive Conversations

Where Leadership Meets Legacy

Seek Blessings. Find Perspective. Return Inspired.

Summit Agenda

Explore the three-day agenda designed for strategic collaboration, learning, and networking.

DAY 1 Arrival | Connect | Explore

Guests Arrival & Registration

Mix & Meet

Industry Presentations

Executive Roundtables

Workshops/Product Demos

Strategic Networking

Pool Party

DAY 2 Learn | Collaborate | Innovate

Executive Roundtables

Exclusive Keynotes

Panel Discussion

Industry Presentations

Workshops/Product Demos

Game-Set-Match

Fireside Chat

Strategic Networking

Soul of Assam - Cultural Evening

DAY 3 Reflect | Reimagine | Lead

Networking Breakfast

Strategic Networking

Leadership Felicitation

myBNG Loyalty Rewards Ceremony

Summit Takeaways

Check-Out & Airport Transfer

Contact Us

Connect with our team for participation, partnerships, sponsorship opportunities, and event-related inquiries.

Speaker & Guest Opportunities

Taposhi Bose

Taposhi@thefoundermedia.in +91 95992 50332
Sponsorship & Exhibition

Naman Singhal

naman@thefoundermedia.in +91 92679 33240
Travel and Operations

Ankur Srivastava

ankur@bharatnetworkgroup.com +91 79820 32246
Contact CISO Horizon