9 September 2026
11:00 AM – 1:30 PM
Hall 102, JWCC, MumbaiAs AI becomes the substrate for underwriting, servicing, and risk, the edge no longer comes from access to a model — every institution can rent the same one — but from owning it: running and improving it inside your own environment, so it gets sharper with every interaction.
This roundtable works through the case for sovereignty, the economics behind it, and what it takes to build an AI capability a regulated institution can truly call its own.
Registration
Welcome Note by GFF
Opening Remarks & Context Setting by Sarvam AI
Open Discussion
Vote of Thanks
Networking over Lunch
What it takes to move from renting AI to owning it inside a regulated institution.
Why renting the same model as everyone else is not an edge, and where leaning on outside control becomes a quiet risk.
What it takes to run and improve AI within your own environment, on the decisions that matter most.
How owning AI turns a recurring, re-priceable bill into value that stays on your side of the table.
Models, platform, and infrastructure working as one system, not a patchwork of tools stitched together.
Mr. Ajit Narayanan
Chief Technology Officer
Angel One
Mr. Ashutosh Mishra
General Manager & CTO
Bank of India
Mr. Bharat Krishnamurthy
CTO
Yubi
Mr. Devendra Pathi
Chief Product & Technology Officer
Credit Saison India
Mr. Gaurav Chaudhri
Chief Technology Officer
IndusInd General Insurance
Mr. Kumaran Surender
Senior Vice President
CRIF
Mr. Mukesh Sharma
CTO
Paisabazaar.com
Mr. Mukul Jain
CTO
Axis Max life Insurance
Mr. Narendra Singh Yadav
Senior Vice President
Paytm
Dr. Pratyush Kumar
Co-founder
Sarvam
Mr. Siddhartha Prakash
Senior Vice President
Axis Bank
Mr. Sriram Naganathan
President and CTO
HDFC ERGO GENERAL INSURANCE CO
Mr. Sumoth C
Head-Digital Lending & Digital Alliances
Federal Bank
Dr. Vivek Raghavan
Co-founder
Sarvam
Sarvam is dedicated to developing world-class AI from India, with the depth, rigor, and ambition required to lead at the frontier. What excites us is the opportunity to build AI that reflects how this country thinks, speaks, reasons, and solves problems, and to do so at a level of technical excellence that stands alongside the best in the world.
This is a closed-door, invitation-led roundtable. Express your interest to be part of the discussion on building an AI edge financial institutions can truly own, at Global Fintech Fest 2026.
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