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
Dr. Ajaz Hussain
Dr. Ajaz HussainFormer FDA Director
Chakravarthi AVPS
Chakravarthi AVPSChairman | FOPE
Sarvesh Singh
Sarvesh SinghCEO Lifesciences & Pharma | Telangana Govt
Dr Y Sridhar Reddy
Dr Y Sridhar ReddyHonorable Secretary | IPA Industry Division
Pramod Gokhale
Pramod GokhaleFormer CIO | Mankind Pharma
Sreeji Gopinathan
Sreeji GopinathanFormer CIO | Lupin Ltd
Ramanarayana Parhi
Ramanarayana ParhiVP & CIO | Alkem Laboratories
Chitti Babu
Chitti BabuGroup CIO | Aurobindo Pharma Ltd.
Sanjay Nandavadekar
Sanjay NandavadekarVP & Head - IT | Inventia Healthcare
Rajesh T
Rajesh TDigital Transformation Head | Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
Pankaj Sharma
Pankaj SharmaChief Information Officer | Hikal Ltd.
Dr. Deepa Pangaonkar
Dr. Deepa PangaonkarVP - Quality IT | Wockhardt Ltd.
Mukesh Rathi
Mukesh RathiDigital AI & Transformation Advisor
Dr. ARM Rao
Dr. ARM RaoChief Quality Officer | Aurobindo Pharma
Dr. Tathagata Dutta
Dr. Tathagata DuttaPresident & Chief Technology Officer | Jodas Expoim
Siva Chittoor
Siva ChittoorChief Financial Officer | Sai Life Sciences
Karthick Raja
Karthick RajaCIDO | Granules India Limited
Tushar Zade
Tushar ZadeChief Transformation Officer | Granules India Limited
Dr. Mukund KS
Dr. Mukund KSVP & Global Head - IT | Actylis
Dr. Manoranjan Kumar
Dr. Manoranjan KumarSr VP & Head - CQA API | Hetero Drugs
Rakesh Kumar Sinha
Rakesh Kumar SinhaSr. Vice President | Biological E. Ltd.
Dr. Ajaz Hussain
Dr. Ajaz HussainFormer FDA Director
Chakravarthi AVPS
Chakravarthi AVPSChairman | FOPE
Sarvesh Singh
Sarvesh SinghCEO Lifesciences & Pharma | Telangana Govt
Dr Y Sridhar Reddy
Dr Y Sridhar ReddyHonorable Secretary | IPA Industry Division
Pramod Gokhale
Pramod GokhaleFormer CIO | Mankind Pharma
Sreeji Gopinathan
Sreeji GopinathanFormer CIO | Lupin Ltd
Ramanarayana Parhi
Ramanarayana ParhiVP & CIO | Alkem Laboratories
Chitti Babu
Chitti BabuGroup CIO | Aurobindo Pharma Ltd.
Sanjay Nandavadekar
Sanjay NandavadekarVP & Head - IT | Inventia Healthcare
Rajesh T
Rajesh TDigital Transformation Head | Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
Pankaj Sharma
Pankaj SharmaChief Information Officer | Hikal Ltd.
Dr. Deepa Pangaonkar
Dr. Deepa PangaonkarVP - Quality IT | Wockhardt Ltd.
Mukesh Rathi
Mukesh RathiDigital AI & Transformation Advisor
Dr. ARM Rao
Dr. ARM RaoChief Quality Officer | Aurobindo Pharma
Dr. Tathagata Dutta
Dr. Tathagata DuttaPresident & Chief Technology Officer | Jodas Expoim
Siva Chittoor
Siva ChittoorChief Financial Officer | Sai Life Sciences
Karthick Raja
Karthick RajaCIDO | Granules India Limited
Tushar Zade
Tushar ZadeChief Transformation Officer | Granules India Limited
Dr. Mukund KS
Dr. Mukund KSVP & Global Head - IT | Actylis
Dr. Manoranjan Kumar
Dr. Manoranjan KumarSr VP & Head - CQA API | Hetero Drugs
Rakesh Kumar Sinha
Rakesh Kumar SinhaSr. Vice President | Biological E. Ltd.
Rupa Vangala
Rupa VangalaFormer Director - Head Engineering & Automation | BMS
Dr. Sonali Khanra
Dr. Sonali KhanraHead - AI Innovation | Novartis
Gaurav Rawat
Gaurav RawatDigital Transformation Head | Alembic Pharmaceuticals
Dr. Raghu Rangaswamy
Dr. Raghu RangaswamyCEO | Molecular Solutions Software
Praveen Kumar Baheti
Praveen Kumar BahetiVP - IT | Biological E Ltd
Himanshu Gaur
Himanshu GaurVP & Head - IT | PI Life Sciences
Vinay Darshi
Vinay DarshiGlobal Head IT eQMS | Centrient Pharmaceuticals
Dr. Raghvendra Goud
Dr. Raghvendra GoudIndependent Lifesciences Investor
Venkatanarayan V
Venkatanarayan VVP & Specialist - Digital & OE | Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
Raj Kumar Patra
Raj Kumar PatraVP & Head - Digital IT | Syngene International
Dr. Deep Upadhyay
Dr. Deep UpadhyayChief Quality Officer | Vasudha Pharma
Umesh Kulkarni
Umesh KulkarniDirector - Engineering & Projects | Serum Institute of India
Sudhir Gupta
Sudhir GuptaGeneral Manager - IT CSV | Intas Pharmaceuticals
Bhargavi Chilakalapudi
Bhargavi ChilakalapudiAssociate Director | Novartis
Prem Iyangar
Prem IyangarManaging Director Lifesciences | Accenture
Rajiv Joshi
Rajiv JoshiPartner | EY
Nitin Mehta
Nitin MehtaPartner & Digital Risk Leader | EY
Srinivas Iyenger
Srinivas IyengerVice President - Lifesciences | Happiest Minds
Rakesh Kavali
Rakesh KavaliCountry Sales Manager | Honeywell Technologies | Life Sciences
Rajesh Varma
Rajesh VarmaDirector | Thermo Fisher
Rupa Vangala
Rupa VangalaFormer Director - Head Engineering & Automation | BMS
Dr. Sonali Khanra
Dr. Sonali KhanraHead - AI Innovation | Novartis
Gaurav Rawat
Gaurav RawatDigital Transformation Head | Alembic Pharmaceuticals
Dr. Raghu Rangaswamy
Dr. Raghu RangaswamyCEO | Molecular Solutions Software
Praveen Kumar Baheti
Praveen Kumar BahetiVP - IT | Biological E Ltd
Himanshu Gaur
Himanshu GaurVP & Head - IT | PI Life Sciences
Vinay Darshi
Vinay DarshiGlobal Head IT eQMS | Centrient Pharmaceuticals
Dr. Raghvendra Goud
Dr. Raghvendra GoudIndependent Lifesciences Investor
Venkatanarayan V
Venkatanarayan VVP & Specialist - Digital & OE | Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
Raj Kumar Patra
Raj Kumar PatraVP & Head - Digital IT | Syngene International
Dr. Deep Upadhyay
Dr. Deep UpadhyayChief Quality Officer | Vasudha Pharma
Umesh Kulkarni
Umesh KulkarniDirector - Engineering & Projects | Serum Institute of India
Sudhir Gupta
Sudhir GuptaGeneral Manager - IT CSV | Intas Pharmaceuticals
Bhargavi Chilakalapudi
Bhargavi ChilakalapudiAssociate Director | Novartis
Prem Iyangar
Prem IyangarManaging Director Lifesciences | Accenture
Rajiv Joshi
Rajiv JoshiPartner | EY
Nitin Mehta
Nitin MehtaPartner & Digital Risk Leader | EY
Srinivas Iyenger
Srinivas IyengerVice President - Lifesciences | Happiest Minds
Rakesh Kavali
Rakesh KavaliCountry Sales Manager | Honeywell Technologies | Life Sciences
Rajesh Varma
Rajesh VarmaDirector | Thermo Fisher
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.

Dr. Ajaz Hussain
Dr. Ajaz Hussain
Former FDA Director
Chakravarthi AVPS
Chakravarthi AVPS
Chairman | FOPE
Sarvesh Singh
Sarvesh Singh
CEO Lifesciences & Pharma | Telangana Govt
Dr Y Sridhar Reddy
Dr Y Sridhar Reddy
Honorable Secretary | IPA Industry Division
Pramod Gokhale
Pramod Gokhale
Former CIO | Mankind Pharma
Sreeji Gopinathan
Sreeji Gopinathan
Former CIO | Lupin Ltd
Ramanarayana Parhi
Ramanarayana Parhi
VP & CIO | Alkem Laboratories
Chitti Babu
Chitti Babu
Group CIO | Aurobindo Pharma Ltd.