A Global Summit, Hosted in India

GPACTS 2026

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World’s Biggest AI & IT summit for life-sciences leaders.

03 September 2026 - Novotel HICC, Hyderabad
Sanjay Nandavadekar
Sanjay NandavadekarHead IT, Vice President | Inventia Healthcare
Dr. Ajaz Hussain
Dr. Ajaz HussainFormer FDA Director
Rajesh T
Rajesh TDigital Transformation Head | Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
Dr. Deepa Pangaonkar
Dr. Deepa PangaonkarVP - Quality IT | Wockhardt
Sreeji Gopinathan
Sreeji GopinathanFounder CEO | Former Global CIO
Pramod Gokhale
Pramod GokhaleFormer CIO | Mankind Pharma
Sanjay Nandavadekar
Sanjay NandavadekarHead IT, Vice President | Inventia Healthcare
Dr. Ajaz Hussain
Dr. Ajaz HussainFormer FDA Director
Rajesh T
Rajesh TDigital Transformation Head | Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
Dr. Deepa Pangaonkar
Dr. Deepa PangaonkarVP - Quality IT | Wockhardt
Sreeji Gopinathan
Sreeji GopinathanFounder CEO | Former Global CIO
Pramod Gokhale
Pramod GokhaleFormer CIO | Mankind Pharma
Prem Iyangar
Prem IyangarManaging Director, Technology CoE Lead | Accenture
Ramanarayana Parhi
Ramanarayana ParhiVP & CIO | Alkem Laboratories
Srinivas Iyenger
Srinivas IyengerVice President - Lifesciences | Happiest Minds
Shvetal Desai
Shvetal DesaiCo-Founder | Nividous Software Solutions
Nitin Mehta
Nitin MehtaPartner & Digital Risk Leader | EY
Rajiv Joshi
Rajiv JoshiPartner | EY
Prem Iyangar
Prem IyangarManaging Director, Technology CoE Lead | Accenture
Ramanarayana Parhi
Ramanarayana ParhiVP & CIO | Alkem Laboratories
Srinivas Iyenger
Srinivas IyengerVice President - Lifesciences | Happiest Minds
Shvetal Desai
Shvetal DesaiCo-Founder | Nividous Software Solutions
Nitin Mehta
Nitin MehtaPartner & Digital Risk Leader | EY
Rajiv Joshi
Rajiv JoshiPartner | EY
Mumbai PADC · 10 Jun 2026 · The Westin · Concluded//Ahmedabad PMITS · 07 July 2026 · Concluded//Hyderabad Flagship · 3 Sep 2026 · Novotel HICC · Passes open//Mumbai PADC · 10 Jun 2026 · The Westin · Concluded//Ahmedabad PMITS · 07 July 2026 · Concluded//Hyderabad Flagship · 3 Sep 2026 · Novotel HICC · Passes open//
What is GPACTS

India doesn’t just supply the world’s medicines. India is moving the world’s medicines Forward.

WORLD’S FIRST PRACTITIONER-ONLY CONGRESS PLATFORM · PHARMA IT · COMPLIANCE · AI · MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS · CYBERSECURITY

The scale of
the room.

Session synopses are shared with regulators - CDSCO, USFDA, MHRA, EMA - before the room meets. It runs year-round, not event-only.

Engaged
600+
senior leaders across the platform
In the room
25%+
C-suite at the Hyderabad flagship
Practitioner
60%+
pharma end-users, not vendors
The arc
3
cities · one direction
Media engine
125K+
senior subscribers via Pharma Now
Reach
3.5M+
digital impressions a year
Flagship
550+
delegates converge in Hyderabad
The campaign

India is moving the world’s medicines Forward.

Three cities · One direction

Three waves.
One direction.

Set the direction in Mumbai. Move the floor in Ahmedabad. The stack converges in Hyderabad.

Wave 01 · Mumbai PADCSet the direction

AI, Data & Cloud

10 Jun 2026 · The Westin

110–130 senior leaders

Wave 02 · Ahmedabad PMITSMove the floor

MES, LIMS,
CSV & Serialisation

07 July 2026

120–150 manufacturing-IT leaders

Wave 03 · HyderabadThe stack moves forward

The full stack

3 Sep 2026 · Novotel HICC

450–550 delegates · 25%+ C-suite

Flagship · Hyderabad

Where the
stack converges.

3 September 2026 · Novotel HICC, Hyderabad

The Regulator’s Hotseat · The Decision Room · Pharma Tank

Explore the flagship →

Why GPACTS
is different.

Four principles that hold the platform’s editorial independence and credibility.

01

Practitioner-first

No paid-keynote model. Every speaking slot earns its place on content. The audience is the room, not the podium.

02

Curated, not mass

Invitation-driven rooms, 60%+ pharma end-users. No padded counts, no vendor-to-vendor networking.

03

365-day media engine

Pharma Now carries speakers, panels, frameworks and reports to the wider industry long after the room clears.

04

Regulator-aware

Session synopses are shared with CDSCO, USFDA, MHRA and EMA - the credibility that underpins the platform.

Signature
formats.

The set-pieces that define the flagship floor - some of them not for sale, by design.

01

The Regulator’s Hotseat

Anonymous questions, straight answers - former FDA and CDSCO in the chair.

Editorially independent
02

Leadership Roundtables

Chatham House circles - CIOs, CISOs and validation heads, off the record.

03

White Paper Launch

State of Pharma IT 2026 and the Manufacturing IT Modernisation Outlook, released live.

The room,
not the podium.

A first look at the leaders shaping GPACTS 2026. Every slot earns its place on content.

Sanjay Nandavadekar
Sanjay Nandavadekar
Head IT, Vice President | Inventia Healthcare
Dr. Ajaz Hussain
Dr. Ajaz Hussain
Former FDA Director
Rajesh T
Rajesh T
Digital Transformation Head | Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
Dr. Deepa Pangaonkar
Dr. Deepa Pangaonkar
VP - Quality IT | Wockhardt
Sreeji Gopinathan
Sreeji Gopinathan
Founder CEO | Former Global CIO
Pramod Gokhale
Pramod Gokhale
Former CIO | Mankind Pharma
Prem Iyangar
Prem Iyangar
Managing Director, Technology CoE Lead | Accenture
Ramanarayana Parhi
Ramanarayana Parhi
VP & CIO | Alkem Laboratories
Srinivas Iyenger
Srinivas Iyenger
Vice President - Lifesciences | Happiest Minds
Shvetal Desai
Shvetal Desai
Co-Founder | Nividous Software Solutions
Nitin Mehta
Nitin Mehta
Partner & Digital Risk Leader | EY
Rajiv Joshi
Rajiv Joshi
Partner | EY