SPEAKER 2025
Sarath Chandra K
Chief of Digital and Technology, NPCI Bharat Billpay Ltd
About Talk
AI and OpenSource - An opportunity for India to Take the lead
The world is innovating with AI and dleivering amazing solutions and innovations with AI. Assumptions about the size of investments needed to make fundamental research and launch Language models are shattered with some of the new models that hae launched in the past 12 – 6 months. Where is India in these innnovations and what are opportunities? Does an open source approach and commitment provide a good opportunitie to the Indian Industry to move fast, scale up and adopt at scale and innovate at scale. With the successed on DPIs like UPI, etc in India, what are learnings that can allow the industry to scale Innovation with OpenSource, AI in a path to achieve leadership over the next 20 years.
TRACK: Keynote
6th Nov 2025 | HALL A | Time: 10:45-11:30
About Speaker
With over two decades of experience in the technology industry, Sarath Chandra K has journeyed from entrepreneurship to holding leadership roles at global tech giants such as Yahoo, Amazon, and Google. These experiences laid the foundation for his success in executive positions at Airtel Payments Bank, Gojek, Circles Life, and Razorpay, where he played a key role in driving innovation and scaling technology-driven businesses.
His expertise lies in product engineering and leadership, empowering individuals and teams to reach their full potential through strategic coaching and mentorship. Over the years, he has built and led large organizations of over 500 professionals, delivering high-performance products across B2C, B2B, SaaS, and G2C domains.