ABOUT ANALYST CONNECT

Avasant Analyst Connect 2025 provides business leaders, analyst relations professionals and marketers from progressive provider organizations an intimate opportunity to interact with thought leaders from Avasant’s Research and Advisory teams. This event will provide Avasant’s perspective on the key enterprise trends driving transformation and outsourcing in 2025 and will also shed light on the evolution of tech buyer expectations and strategies to meet and exceed them.

ANALYST CONNECT 2025 AGENDA

Thursday, 20th February 2025

Time	Session
09:30 – 10:30	Registration
10:30 – 10:40	Opening Remarks Anupam Govil – Managing Partner, Avasant Akshay Khanna – Managing Partner, Avasant
10:40 – 11:10	Keynote – INSPIRATION Applied Kevin S. Parikh – Chairman & CEO, Avasant
11:10 – 11:30	Presentation – Tech Spend Insights: Analyzing IT Deals and Budget Trends for Success Rakesh Patro, Partner, Avasant Swapnil Bhatnagar, Partner, Avasant
11:30 – 12:00	Panel Discussion – Industry Insights and Metrics: Megatrends influencing manufacturing and consumer industries in 2025: Practical Tactics for Service Providers Jyotika Jain, Lead Analyst, Avasant (Moderator) Sahaj Kumar, Associate Research Director, Avasant Rachit Bhagat, Partner, Avasant
12:00 – 12:30	Panel Discussion – Industry Insights and Metrics: Megatrends influencing BFSI and Healthcare industries in 2025: Practical Tactics for Service Providers Vishal Garg, Principal Analyst, Avasant Praveen Kona, Associate Research Director, Avasant Eratha Poongkuntran, Research Leader, Avasant Shabnum Grewal, Partner, Avasant
12:30 – 13:00	Panel Discussion – Industry Insights and Metrics: Driving Excellence: How Metrics and Benchmarks Propel BPO Performance in Procurement, F&A, and HR Riya Arora, Senior Research Analyst, Avasant Aditya Jain, Research Leader, Avasant Avinash Baliga, Partner, Avasant
13:00 – 14:00	Lunch
14:00 – 14:30	Panel Discussion – Unlocking New Opportunities: How Service Providers Can Adapt to Modern Enterprise Applications Dhanusha Ramakrishnan, Lead Analyst, Avasant Gaurav Dewan, Research Director, Avasant Aravindan Ingersoll, Senior Director, Avasant Premal Shah, Principal Analyst, Avasant
14:30 – 15:00	Panel Discussion – The Data Edge: Enabling Strategic Success for Enterprises and Providers Saurabh Kapoor, Senior Director, Avasant Anuj Jain, Senior Director, Avasant Chirag Sharma, Senior Director, Avasant
15:00 – 15:15	Coffee Break
15:15 – 15:45	Presentation and Panel Discussion – Next disruption in AI: Will Synchronous AI trump Generative AI? Chandrika Dutt, Research Director, Avasant Akshay Khanna, Managing Partner, Avasant Anupam Govil, Managing Partner, Avasant
15:45 – 16:20	Panel Discussion – GCC-Provider Partnerships: Driving Innovation through Effective Collaboration Chirag Rawat, Senior Director, Avasant (Moderator) Sushant Bhushan, Head of India Business Centre, Circle K Akhilesh Kohli, GBS APAC Head, Philips
16:20 – 16:30	Closing Remarks Akshay Khanna, Managing Partner, Avasant
16:30 – 18:30	Evening Reception