Telecom Leadership Forum (TLF) & Awards is an annual event organised by Voice&Data, India's leading telecom media platform. The 25th TLF will bring together India’s leading telecom, technology, and policy voices to examine the shift from connectivity to cognitive infrastructure.
The TLF 2026 focuses on where this shift is translating into real investment and execution—AI-native networks, private 5G, broadband expansion, satcom integration, and autonomous operations.
With AI workloads scaling, the convergence of networks, cloud, satellite systems, and sensor-driven environments is unlocking new value pools. The Voice&Data Leadership Awards honour changemakers and visionaries driving technological changein India’s telecom industry.
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AI-Native Networks & Autonomous Operations
From AIOps to AutoOps: Building self-driving networks
AI infrastructure: Powering the next compute paradigm
Fibre, FWA, and Wi-Fi: Rewiring the broadband stack
Beyond terrestrial: The rise of hybrid connectivity networks
Shaping India's telecom future: Leadership, innovation, and sustainable growth
Marketing Solutions
Make In India
Network Services
Smartphone Player
Corporate Social
Responsibility
Multilingual
Internet & IDN
Enterprise Business
Services
Network Infrastructure
& Innovation
IOT/AI
Innovation in Mobile banking
Security
Business Process
Innovation
5G
Innovations
Tablet
Content
Services
Cloud Services
Secretary, Department of Science & Technology, Government of India
Head - Network Partnerships, Bharti Airtel
Chief Regulatory & Corporate Affairs Officer, Vodafone Idea
Group CTO, Reliance Jio Infocomm
Director General, Broadband India Forum
Director Technical, AT&T Asia Pacific
Chairman, ICEA
Vice Chairman, GTS TechLabs
Director, Ciena
CEO, C-DOT
Telecom Expert; Vice Chair – Spectrum Group, Bharat 6G Alliance; and former Joint Advisor – TRAI
former Partner, KPMG India
President, Centre for Digital Economy Policy
CEO, NIXI
Head of Services – MSIT and ADM, Cloud Software and Services, Ericsson
Managing Director, MediaTek India
Member, National Security Advisory Board, Government of India
Director General, Indian Space Association
Country Manager - Telecom, Media & Entertainment, HPE India
Chairman, International Commission on Cyber Security Law & Advocate, Supreme Court of India
National Head-Customer, Enterprise Business, Vodafone Idea
Senior Director Sales,Ciena India
National Head - Enterprise & Govt Business, Reliance Jio
IoT Business Head,Jio Platforms Ltd
Vice President Products and Solutions, IoT, Vodafone Idea
Principal Advisor & Chief Technology Officer, Global Passport Seva Programme, Ministry of External Affairs, Govt of India
Chief Regulatory Officer, Bharti Airtel
SVP & Business Head-North & East India, Bharti Airtel
President, CMAI & Chairman Emeritus, TEMA
Head - Standards and Tech Ecosystem, Bharti Airtel
Director, Sales Engineering, Ciena India
Telecom CTO, HPE India
Vice President - Digital,Vodafone Idea Limited
Customer Engineer - Infrastructure Modernization Specialist, Google Cloud
Managing Director, Accenture Consulting
Managing Director & CEO, AT&T Global Network Services India
Director General, DIPA and Chairman ITU-APT
Former Telecom Secretary & Director, Reliance Retail Limited
Vice Chairman, Bharti Enterprises
Member (Services), Department of Telecom, Government of India
Presient and Chief public Policy & Regulatory Officer, Reliance Jio and Retail
Chief Regulatory and Corporate Affairs Officer, Vodafone Idea Ltd
CEO, NIXI
Partner, Digital Customer & Marketing, Deloitte India
President - Enterprise Business , Reliance Jio
Managing Director— Communications, Media & Technology, Accenture India
Executive Vice President, Enterprise and Government Business Hughes Communications India
Chairman of the Board, Bluetown India & BIMSTEC,South Asia
Sr Manager – Spectrum & Policy, South Asia & APAC, GSMA
CEO, ATC
Vice President of International Sales - IMEA, Sangoma
Head Core and Hub CTO, Airtel
CMD, BSNL
Former CEO, NHA and Former Chairman, TRAI
Co-Founder, Koo
Co-founder and CTO, Tejas Networks
Systems Engineering Director, Juniper Networks
Institute Professor, IIT Madras, India, President, IITM Research Park, IITM Incubation Cell and RTBI
CEO - Tata Teleservices Ltd
DG, COAI
MD, GSP, Cisco India & SAARC
Chief Executive Officer, Comviva
Chairman & MD, Lava International Limited
Country Director, DE-CIX Interwire India
CEO, One Broadband
CTO, Vodafone Idea LTd
Sr VP & IP Optical Networks, Airtel
EVP, Chief Architect-Network, Airtel
Enterprise Sales Leader- Telecom ,AMD
EVP, Chief Architect-Network, Airtel
CISO, Vodafone Idea Ltd.
VP - IOT Strategic & Smart Connectivity – Enterprise, Vodafone India Ltd.
Practice Manager Advisory & Professional Services (AI, Data Analytics), HPE India
Chief Corporate Officer, STL
President, ITU-APT Foundation of India
CTO, ONEOTT iNTERTAINMENT LTD
Executive Vice President and Chief Cloud Officer, Yotta Infrastructure
DG, SIA-India
Co-Founder/Former President-ISPAI & Founder/Former CEO - NIXI
CTO & VP - Cyber Security Services, Happiest Minds Technologies
Field CTO, Telco Vertical, HPE India
Sr. VP – Network Operations, Tata Teleservices
VP of Engineering & Managing Director, Trellix India
Co-Founder/Former President-ISPAI & Founder/Former CEO - NIXI
Co-founder, Mozark
Country Category Manager at Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Director, Sdela Consulting
Principal Consultant, PwC India
Director, Security Business, Cisco India & SAARC
DG, Voice
Global Head of IT Global Hub, Siemens
Director, Regional Sales –Service Provider Architectures, Cisco India
Formerly Sr. Director, Corporate R&D, C-DAC
Founder, ThinkTrans
Chairman & Founder, Devnagri
Founder & Chief Analyst, Techarc
Director,IIT Madras
Country Head,Softbank India
Group CEO,STL
President,BIF
President Asia Pacific & Japan, Service Provider Business, Cisco
Head-Cloud Architecture,Bharti Airtel
Principal Engineer, Cisco Systems
Director, Happii Digital and Broadcasting Network
President,ITU-APT
Founder, Network Readiness Index; Founding Dean, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business
Partner and National Sector Leader, Telecommunications, KPMG
Head of Product Management, Mobile Financial Solutions
MD, Communication and Media Industry, Accenture
Media, Software & Platforms Industry Practice Lead, Accenture Advanced Centers for Technology in India
CEO, Connectivity Solutions, STL
Co-founder & CEO, PaySprint
CTO, HPE India
Head-Digital I Innovation, DCB Bank
Sr Director - Industry Verticals, HPE-India
Head, Industry Intelligence Group, CyberMedia Research
MD, Service Provider Segment, Asia Pacific Japan & Greater China, Cisco
Senior Director, Field Systems Engineering, Ciena
Director, RailTel
Consultant, Regional Field Systems Engineering, Ciena
MD & Client Group Lead, Communications, Media & Technology, Accenture India
Deputy Director General, COAI
Former Secretary,DoT
Director General,COAI
Country Head & MD Foxconn International Holding, India
Vice President,HMD Global (India & APAC)
Fmr. Head Digital Army Projects
President, Group CTO Mobility Reliance Jio
Chairman & president,Ciena
MD, Service Providers, Cisco Systems
Solution Specialist-OSS/BSS & Orchestration CMS, HPE
Partner and Telecom Sector Leader, Deloitte
Founder & CEO, PC Solutions Pvt Ltd
COO, Tikona
CMO, STL
Member Governing Council, CRIS
Chief Editor, Times Internet
CEO-Data Centre Solutions, STL
CEO & MD, Savitri Group
Sr Director, Product Marketing, Qualcomm
Sr VP & Global CISO, Bharti Airtel
Director, Service Provider, Cisco Systems
Chairman, ICEA
Chairman, CyberMedia Group
