Schedule

BSIDES AHMEDABAD 2025

Event Timeline

12 & 13 September, 2025

Auda Auditorium, Shela

  • Day 1
  • Day 2

Main Track

Registration

7:30 am - 9:00 am

Tea/Coffee

08:30 am - 09:30 am

Main Stage

Speaker

Opening Remarks

Time

09:10 am - 09:30 am
Brigadier Harsh Bhatia
Speaker

Brigadier Harsh Bhatia

CORP Of Signals

Indian Army

Main Stage

Speaker

Industry Keynote

Time

09:30 am - 10:00 am
Burgess Cooper
Industry Keynote

Burgess Cooper

Chief Executive Officer: Cybersecurity

Adani Enterprises Limited

Main Stage

Technical Speaker

Eliminating SDR Dependency in Satellite Security Research: A Software-Based Attack

Time

10:05 am - 10:35 am
Kelli Yuvaj
Speaker

Kelli Yuvaj

Cybersecurity Researcher

Main Stage

Speaker

FireSide Chat - How John Deere Invests Big in Bug Bounties to Protect the Fields

Time

10:40 am - 11:00 am
M Jaya krishna
Speaker

M Jaya krishna

Director, Business Development & Digital Marketing

Levo AI

Carl Kubalsky
Speaker

Carl Kubalsky

Director and Deputy CISO

John Deere

Main Stage

Sponsored

Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act

Time

11:00 am - 11:15 am
Atul Srivastava(CISA, CDPSE)
Sponsored

Atul Srivastava(CISA, CDPSE)

General Manager- Cybersecurity Services

TÜV SÜD South Asia

Main Stage

Sponsored

How H1 Changed Lives

Time

11:15 am - 11:30 am
Shrimant More
Sponsored

Shrimant More

Shakti Mohanty
Sponsored

Shakti Mohanty

Main Stage

Technical Speaker

1 Click, 0 Warnings: Hijacking Mic, Camera & Geo Location via Browser UI Blind Spots

Time

11:30 am - 12:00 pm
Armaan Pathan
Speaker

Armaan Pathan

Senior Engineer: Security

Katim

Main Stage

Govt Keynote

Govt Keynote

Time

12:00 pm - 01:00 pm
Dr. Amit Sharma
Keynote Speaker

Dr. Amit Sharma

Additional Director General and Advisor(Cyber)

DRDO

Lunch

01:00 pm - 02:30 pm

Main Stage

Speaker

Fireside Chat - Future Of Cybersecurity Investment

Time

02:30 pm - 02:50 pm
Saksham Choudhary
Speaker

Saksham Choudhary

Youtuber & Ex-Co Founder At LearnCodeOnline

Chitranjan Jain
Speaker

Chitranjan Jain

Accel

Main Stage

Technical Speaker

When Drones Get Hacked - Securing Airspace in the Age of Automotive Warfare

Time

02:50 pm - 3:20 pm
Arun mane
Technical Speaker

Arun mane

Founder and CEO

AmynaSec Research Labs

Main Stage

Technical Speaker

Deanon Hackers via Public Leaks: Tracking APT Groups Using Leaks

Time

03:20 pm - 03:50 pm
Zhassulan Zhussupov
Technical Speaker

Zhassulan Zhussupov

Research & Development Scientist

Butterfly Effect Company

Main Stage

Technical Speaker

Model Context Protocol (MCP) for Forensics

Time

03:50 pm - 04:20 pm
Vishal Chand
Speaker

Vishal Chand

Researcher

BharatGen, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Tea/Coffee

04:20 pm - 04:50 pm

Main Stage

Technical Speaker

Stories from Threat Hunting When EDR Failed to Alert

Time

04:50 pm - 05:20 pm
Niranjan Jayanand
Technical Speaker

Niranjan Jayanand

Director, Threat Hunting Service

CyberProof

Madhuri Syamakala
Technical Speaker

Madhuri Syamakala

CTI Analyst

CyberProof

Main Stage

Technical Speaker

Bug Bounty Panel

Time

05:30 pm - 06:00 pm
Alexendar moshkow
Moderator

Alexendar moshkow

Community Relations

PT Swarm

Godfather Orwa
Speaker

Godfather Orwa

Full-time Bug Bounty Hunter

Mustafa
Speaker

Mustafa

Information Security Specialist

Carl Kubalsky
Speaker

Carl Kubalsky

Director and Deputy CISO

John Deere

Jensec
Speaker

Jensec

Security Operations

Exodus

Main Stage

Closing Keynote

Closing Keynote

Time

06:00 pm - 06:30 pm
Ishika Jain
Speaker

Ishika Jain

Founder

Tribastion Technologies

Awards & Networking Dinner

07:00 PM Onwards

CXO Track

CXO Stage

Speaker

Time

10:30 am - 11:00 am
Prof NK Goyal
Speaker

Prof NK Goyal

President

Cyber Security Association of India

CXO Stage

Panel 1

Banking on Trust: Securing Digital Payments and Identity in the Age of AI

Time

11:00 am - 11:30 am
Gunjan Chhillar
Moderator

Gunjan Chhillar

Security Specialist

CrowdStrike

Arnab Biswas
Panelist

Arnab Biswas

CISO

CISO, Bank of Baroda Card (BoBCard)

Vinayak Srimal
Panelist

Vinayak Srimal

Senior Vice President

Kotak Mahindra Bank

Anuprita Daga
Panelist

Anuprita Daga

Group CISO

Angel One

Himanshu Kumar Das
Panelist

Himanshu Kumar Das

CISO

Cred

CXO Stage

Panel 2

AI and Compliance: Friend or Foe for Modern Cybersecurity Programs?

Time

11:40 am - 12:10 pm
M Jaya krishna
Moderator

M Jaya krishna

Director, Business Development & Digital Marketing

Levo AI

Col Alok Shankar Pandey
Panelist

Col Alok Shankar Pandey

Group General Manager/IT

CISO

Apurva Dalal
Panelist

Apurva Dalal

Vice President & Head of Digital Transformation

Adani Airport

Vernica Walia
Panelist

Vernica Walia

Vice President, Liability & Special Risks

Howden

Chirag Shah
Panelist

Chirag Shah

Global Information Security Officer & DPO

Model N

Praveen Kumar Motupali
Panelist

Praveen Kumar Motupali

Information Security and Technology Risk Executive

CXO Stage

Panel 3

Empowering Women, Securing the Future: Leadership in the Age of AI

Time

12:20 pm - 12:50 pm
Yogini
Moderator

Yogini

Director Cyber security

AuthenticOne

Rashmi
Panelist

Rashmi

Engineering Manager

John Deere

Yashita
Panelist

Yashita

Business Capability Delivery Lead Global Security

John Deere

Abhilasha Vyas
Panelist

Abhilasha Vyas

Director Learning and Innovation PureID

PureID

Alka vaghela
Panelist

Alka vaghela

Information security & GRC professional

Lunch

01:00 pm - 02:30 pm

CXO Stage

Panel 4

What's the CISO's role in translating red/blue/purple output into board-level compliance language?

Time

02:30 pm - 03:00 pm
Shikhil
Moderator

Shikhil

Founder

Astra Security

Raakesh Thayyil
Panelist

Raakesh Thayyil

Group Head of Security and Privacy

PropertyGuru Group

CDR Praveen Kumar
Panelist

CDR Praveen Kumar

CISO

Nykaa

Jothilingam Gowdhaman
Panelist

Jothilingam Gowdhaman

CISO

Latentview

Mohd. Shadab Siddiqui
Panelist

Mohd. Shadab Siddiqui

CISO

JioHotstar

CXO Stage

Panel 5

Governing Connected & Autonomous Mobility: Lead Cybersecurity, Regulation, and Adoption Challenges

Time

03:10 pm - 03:40 pm
Sunny Vaghela
Moderator

Sunny Vaghela

Founder & CEO

Techdefence

M Nagarajan
Panelist

M Nagarajan

Vice Chairman & MD

Gujarat State Road Transport Corp (GSRTC)

CDR Prateek Bhamri
Panelist

CDR Prateek Bhamri

Global Head Cybersecurity and Blockchain

SPIRO

Carl Kubalsky
Panelist

Carl Kubalsky

Director and Deputy CISO

John Deere

Anand Deodhar
Panelist

Anand Deodhar

Group CIO

Force Motors

CXO Stage

Panel 6

Preparing for the Next Cyber Crisis: Simulation, Coordination, and Execution

Time

03:40 pm - 04:10 pm
Jay-Ann Ypil
Moderator

Jay-Ann Ypil

Community Manager

OffSec

Smita
Panelist

Smita

Engineering Manager – DevSecOps & VM Ops

John Deere

Vikash Chaubey
Panelist

Vikash Chaubey

Head - Information Security & IT Operations

BusinessNext

Amit Ghodekar
Panelist

Amit Ghodekar

Global CISO

Aramex

Krishana Kumar Govindarajan
Panelist

Krishana Kumar Govindarajan

CTO

MIQ

Kamal Sharma
Panelist

Kamal Sharma

Co-Founder

AuthenticOne

High Tea

04:30 pm - 05:00 pm

CXO Stage

Panel 7 (GOV)

BUILDING INDIA’s DIGITAL RESILIENCE: INFRASTRUCTURE, CAPACITY BUILDING & FORENSICS

Time

04:30 pm - 05:00 pm
Ram Ganesh
Moderator

Ram Ganesh

Founder & CEO

CyberEye , UK Chevening Cyber Security Fellow

Dr. Jatin Patel
Panelist

Dr. Jatin Patel

Project Director(I/C) and Asst. Professor (IT)

Rashtriya Raksha University

Dr Kapil Kumar
Panelist

Dr Kapil Kumar

Head of Department

Forensic science ,Gujarat University

Suryash Gautam
Panelist

Suryash Gautam

Assistant Director General

Department of Telecommunications, Govt of India

Awards & Networking Dinner

07:00 PM onwards