HYSEA to host 30th edition of its Prestigious Annual Summit & Awards 2023 jointly with STPI-Hyderabad

Hyderabad, February 3, 2023: HYSEA (Hyderabad Software Enterprises Association) today announced the 30th edition of its prestigious Annual Summit & Awards 2021. The summit to be organized on 8th February at HICC (Hall-3) will feature - Conference, Product Expo and Annual Industry Awards. 

As the world goes through seminal changes and emerges from the impact of the pandemic which by far is the most impactful event in the history of the mankind in the last 100+ years, the world of business primarily has for sure changed forever. With the current macro-economic parameters and the fast-changing global geo-political equations, the world is become increasingly complex further. These events have further amplified the need for newer avenues, newer models, and newer mandates to manage and run global business and in particular the IT industry which happens to be the centre of driving innovation as always. A world that is being eaten by Software; A world that is being reimagined to the core. What however is un-changed is the imminent need of human capital that is resilient, re-enforced and re-vitalized putting the value of intellect, ethics, and commitment at the centre. The IT industry both the software products and the software services industry along with the emergence of hardware industry to a newer avatar put together is massively getting transformed. Every facet of these industries is tremendously disrupted, inversed rather we would call it. In the context of all of this, at HYSEA our theme this year is to ‘Re-Imagine, Re-Think and Re-Build the Future’. 

HYSEA Summit & Awards are one of the most prestigious industry events in the city and has for more than three decades showcased the city’s vibrant culture of innovation, booming start-up industry and conducive business ecosystem. 500+ delegates, including more than 100+ IT Industry leaders, are expected to attend the event, which will feature analyst & industry keynotes, Fireside chats and panel discussions by leaders from IT majors and emerging start-ups.

As a finale, in a glittering awards function in the evening, awards will be given away to honor IT/ITES companies & startups for their major achievements in Exports, Productivity, and Product development for the year 2021-22. K T Rama Rao, Minister for IT and Industries will be the Chief Guest. Other eminent guests for the evening are Jayesh Ranjan, Principal Secretary, ITE&C Dept., Arvind Kumar, Director General, STPI and Debashish Chatterjee, MD & CEO, LTIMindtree, BVR Mohan Reddy, Founder Chairman, CYIENT and G. V. Prasad, co-chairman and managing director, Dr. Reddy's.

“HYSEA's Annual Summit & Awards brings focus on the amazing innovation work being done by IT majors and start-ups in the city and also a step towards planning and preparing for the future," said Manisha Saboo, President, HYSEA, speaking to the media at the curtain raiser press conference. "We will be hosting analysts, VCs, global technology leaders, Innovation Entrepreneurs, Academicians, Govt leaders and domain leaders from IT, IPCs, pharma, filmmaking, and many more... who will be sharing their point of view on what IT organizations in Hyderabad can do to maximize growth and how they can leverage the emerging technologies," she said.

Speaking at the press meet CVD Ram Prasad, Director, STPI, Hyderabad said, “STPI has been supporting HYSEA Annual Summit and Awards for past many years as co-host where the achievements of the IT companies are recognized and celebrated. I am happy to share that the IT Industry in Telangana has maintained a better growth rate compared to the national average. There has been significant growth of IT exports and addition of direct employment in this sector during last FY”.

Prashanth Nandella, Vice President, HYSEA also talked to the media and shared details of this year’s HYSEA 10x Product Awards. These prestigious awards will highlight and recognise ten promising start-ups in early stage & established category. 40+ Finalists' will showcase their products at the products expo on 8th February 2023 at HICC with an opportunity to interact with leading entrepreneurs, business leaders CXOs, VCs, Angel investors, Researches & other industry/government decision makers. 

This year HYSEA will be presenting its Lifetime Achievement Award to R. Chandrashekhar, IAS (RETD.), Chairman, Centre for the Digital Future, Former President NASSCOM, Former Chairman, Telecom Commission and Secretary, Department of Telecommunication, GoI, Former Secretary Dept of Electronics & IT, GoI contribution to Indian IT Industry for his stellar contribution to Indian IT Industry and Hyderabad Industry in particular.

Eminent Speakers at the Conference include Ashutosh Sharma, Head of Research, India, Forrester, G. V. Prasad, co-chairman and managing director, Dr. Reddy's, Stephen Ravindra, IPS, Commissioner of Police, Cyberabad, Prashanth Nandella, COO & President, firstsource, Prof. PJ Narayanan, Director, IIIT-H, Kishore Seshagiri, Executive Director, Broadridge, Charumathy Srinivasan, VP of Engineering, Microsoft, Sumeet Mathur, Vice President & Country Head of ServiceNow India Development Center, Kiran Kumar Gunnam, Head of System Design Engineering, Micron, Santhanam Govindaraj, Chief Information Officer, Broadridge, Hari  Bharadwaj, Leadership Team, DXC Technologies, Kiran Kuchimanchi, President, Cigniti Technologies, & Head, Digital Engineering Services group, Priyanka Varghese, IFS, OSD, CMO, Govt of Telangana, Nitin Rao, Senior Executive Director, CBRE India, Gaurav Chadha, Director, Google, Mohammed Rafi T. F, Founder and Chief Mentor, Magic of Change, Ramesh Loganathan, Professor Co-Innovation/Outreach, IIIT Hyderabad, Pawan Kumar Chandana, Co-Founder - Skyroot Aerospace, Sateesh Andra, Managing Director, Endiya Partners, Dr. Santanu Paul, Founder & CEO, TalentSprint, Praveena Rai, COO, NPCI, Sairamprabhu Vedam, CMO, Cigniti Technologies, Nag Ashwin Reddy, Film director & screenwriter, and S. Ravi Kumar, CEO, Cognizant (Virtual).