Agenda

PITCH CMO SUMMIT - BENGALURU 2026

Building Brand Love in the Age of Disruption

Thursday, September 3, 2026

8:00 AM onwards

REGISTRATION & NETWORKING BREAKFAST

Welcome To Summit

Session 1

DR ANNURAG BATRA

Chairman & Editor-in-Chief
BW Businessworld & exchange4media Group

WELCOME ADDRESS

Session 2
SPOTLIGHT SESSION

PUNEET DAS

Chief Marketing Officer
Britannia Industries Limited

The Role of Culture in Building Brand Love

Session 3
SPOTLIGHT SESSION

JAYATI SOMANI

Head of Industry – eCommerce, Travel & Casual Gaming
Snap Inc

Gen Z Shopping Circles: Inside Young India’s New Festive Funnel

Session 4
FIRESIDE CHAT

PALLAVI SAXENA

Chief Marketing and Revenue Officer
Cleartrip

NITIN KHANNA

Chief Marketing Officer
ACKO

Session Chair: INDRAJEET MOOKHERJEE

President - Integrated Client Management
dentsu India

Brand Building Has Changed. Have the Rules?

Session 5
SPOTLIGHT SESSION

SHAHAD ANAND

Business Head
Skylight Mediakart

Winning Attention with Context & Creativity

Session 6
SPOTLIGHT SESSION

GOWTHAMAN RAGOTHAMAN

Founding CEO
Saptharushi

Brand Love Runs on Trust: Why Consent Is the New Growth Engine

Session 7
PANEL DISCUSSION

ANUPAM NAIR

Chief Marketing and Growth Officer
MTR Foods

DIPTAKIRTI CHAUDHURI

Chief Marketing Officer
Casagrand

JANANI SUNDARARAJAN

Head of Portfolio
LinkedIn Marketing Solutions

RATNESH PANDEY

Vice President – Marketing
Schneider Electric India

TARUN UMMAT

MD
Teads India

VARUN KHANNA

SVP – Marketing
Licious

Session Chair: SUJATA SINGH

President - South
Havas Media India

Bridging Brand and Performance: The New Full-Funnel Playbook

Lunch Break

Session 8
Fireside Chat

MANAS GUPTA

Worldwide Personalization Lead Lenovo Digital Commerce

Session Chair: RISHABH SHEKHAR

Co-founder and COO
Pepper

From Relevance to Resonance: Building Brand Love in an Age of Disruption

Session 9
Spotlight Session

AMITABH PANDE

Chief Strategy Officer
Diageo India

Building Brands That Win Consumers, Occasions and Culture

Session 10
PANEL DISCUSSION

RUSSHABH R THAKKAR

Founder and CEO
Frodoh

GAYATRI KABILAN

Head of Marketing - Personal Care
CavinKare

SANDRA DANIELS

Chief Marketing Officer
Enamor

RAHUL ARORA

Head of Ad Sales
Rusk Media

Session Chair: VIVEK DAS

Chief Digital Officer
Madison Media

The Attention Economy to the Affection Economy: Building Brands Across CTV, Creators, Experience, LLMs and Content

Session 11
Fireside Chat

VARUN NAIR

Head of Marketing
Lumio

Session Chair: DEEPAK DHINGRA

Senior Director - Brand & Content Strategy
91mobiles

Beyond Specs: Winning Consumers in the Age of AI PCs, AI Phones and Smart Homes

Session 12
PANEL DISCUSSION

GERALD MARTIN JOSEPH

Senior General Manager - Marketing
Aachi Masala Foods

KARTIK PATIAR

Senior Director – Clients
ShareChat

LAKSHMAN VELAYUTHAM

Chief Marketing Officer
Ujjivan Small Finance Bank

PIALI DASGUPTA SURENDRAN

Vice President – Marketing
Sattva Group

Session Chair: RUHAIL AMIN

Senior Editor
BW Businessworld & exchange4media Group

From Transactions to Relationships: Building A Human Brand in an AI-Powered World

Session 13
KEYNOTE ADDRESS

MURUGAVEL JANAKIRAMAN

Founder, Chairman, Managing Director & CEO, (Chairman, TiE Chennai; Vice Chairman, CII Tamil Nadu)
Matrimony.com Limited

Session Chair: DR ANNURAG BATRA

Chairman & Editor-in-Chief
BW Businessworld & exchange4media Group

Winning Hearts, Not Just Markets: The Business of Building Brand Love.