# CIO Accelerator X Awards

- Dates: 14 August 2026
- Location: Chandigarh, India
- Organiser: Enterprise IT World

## About

The CIO Accelerator X Awards is a prestigious event taking place on August 14, 2026, in Chandigarh, India.

## Official links

- [Official website](https://cio500.in/)
- [Registration](https://cio500.in/register-delegate.php)
- [Agenda](https://cio500.in/agenda.php)

## Topics

- IT & Technology
- Digital Transformation

## Speakers

- Sanjay Mohapatra, Editor, Enterprise IT World
- Capt. Raghu Achat, VP IT, Thejo Engineering Ltd
- Kannan Seshadri, VP of Cloud Business, Precision IT
- Sunil David, Digital Technology Consultant Ex Regional Director- IOT, AT&T India
- Vijay Anand, Chief Information Officer, TRUST
- Srinivasulu Thayam, CTO, Arvind Eye Care
- Dr. Ramkumar Dilli, Vice President & CIO, RCG Global Services
- Giri Babu, IT Head, Aricent Technologies
- Rewan Kapur, Senior Manager - Enterprise Business, TechD Cyber Security Limited
- Dr. Aravind Gnanabaskaran, CISO and Global Head - Cybersecurity Services, X-Biz TechVentures
- Prabhakar Ramakrishnan, CISO, TNQ TECHNOLOGIES
- Gowdhaman Jothilingam, Global CISO and Head of IT, LatentView
- Gokulavan Jayaraman, Infosec Leader, M&M
- Srinivasan Balraj, Associate Director - Head of Corporate Information Security Company, Chargebee
- Diptesh Shah, CISO, SNS
- NK Mehta, CEO, SNS
- Sanjib Mohapatra, Publisher, Enterprise IT World
- Ravi Prakash A, Partner, Grant Thornton Bharat LLP
- Raj Kumar Patra, Vice President, Head of Digital IT - Research & Discovery, Syngene International Limited
- Gaurav Duggal, CIO, Jio Platforms Ltd

## Where to stay

- **City Plaza 17**: 560 m from the venue
- **Central Park 17**: 770 m from the venue, 10;11;12
  - Phone: +91 17224007009
- **Corporate Inn**: 780 m from the venue
- **Oyster**: 790 m from the venue
- **Hotel Sunbeam**: 970 m from the venue
- **James Plaza**: 1.0 km from the venue
- **Taj Chandigarh**: 1.1 km from the venue
  - [Hotel website](https://www.tajhotels.com/)
  - Phone: 0172/661 3000
- **Hotel Royal Park 22**: 1.1 km from the venue, 1015, SCO 1014, 15, Sector 17 Bus Stand Rd, Sector 22B, Chandigarh, 160022 Udyog Path, Chandigarh, 160022

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Source: https://www.luminik.io/events/cio-accelerator-x-awards-ae2279e92b5b/