Women Leading Tech Strategy: Driving Responsible Tech
Hosted by EY
March 12, 2026
08:00:00
In-Person Event
Bangalore, India
Women Leading Tech Strategy – Driving Responsible Tech brings together accomplished women leaders who are not only building cutting-edge solutions, but also shaping how technology is designed, governed, and used for the greater good. This event is a space to explore how women are influencing strategic decisions around AI, data, cybersecurity, and digital platforms – while ensuring trust, fairness, sustainability, and human-centric design remain at the core.
Through real stories, practical insights, and forward-looking discussions, participants will gain perspectives on leading technology with purpose, navigating ethical dilemmas, and building future-ready organizations. Join us to learn, connect, and be inspired by women who are redefining what responsible tech leadership truly means.
This forum aims to create a powerful, experience-led conversation among women leaders shaping technology strategy across industries. The objective is to have an authentic dialogue – where Tech professionals exchange perspectives on how responsibility, ethics, and business impact intersect in real-world decision-making.
Through a curated panel and live audience interaction, the event encourages peer-to-peer sharing on topics such as responsible innovation, inclusive leadership, risk-aware tech adoption, and influencing organisational culture. The forum also seeks to strengthen networks, amplify diverse voices, and build a trusted space for reflection, challenge, and inspiration.
Ultimately, the goal is to spark meaningful connections and collective insight, enabling women to influence tech strategy with purpose, accountability, and long-term societal impact – while learning from each other’s journeys.
Agenda
Speakers
Anitha Scaria George
EY GDS Consulting Enterprise Applications Leader
Anitha Scaria George brings 30 years of extensive experience in Information Technology, specializing in Consulting, Product Development, and Customer Services. She currently leads the Enterprise Applications and Oracle Global Competency at EY GDS. She has held leadership positions at technology companies Celonis and Oracle prior to joining EY. A strong advocate for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), she is a member of the EY GDS Diversity Council and supports the Women in Technology initiative.
Hemalatha Saravana
EY GDS Consulting Quality Engineering and ERM Leader
Hemalatha Sarvesan is a visionary IT services leader with 27 years of experience delivering large-scale technology transformations, scaling global delivery centres and pioneering innovation. Recognized for instilling client-centric partnerships, driving 20x workforce growth and shaping future-proof business models across financial services domains. Distinguished by a rare strategic foresight that converts market shifts into sustainable competitive advantages led by strong delivery. She is a trusted advisor to boards navigating critical decisions from optimizing location strategies and pioneering service innovations to building resilient organizations. Before joining EY, Hema has held senior leadership role at Cognizant Technology Solutions.
Jaya Virwani
EY GDS Chief Wellbeing Officer and Inclusiveness Leader
Jaya Virwani leads the vision, strategy, and execution of the Inclusiveness strategy at EY GDS, driving initiatives that foster cross-cultural teaming, inclusive leadership, and greater gender equity in senior roles. As the Chief Wellbeing Officer, Jaya shapes and delivers the organization’s wellbeing strategy—promoting a culture of health, resilience and inclusion through initiatives that support the physical, mental, social, and financial wellbeing of its diverse workforce. Her work integrates wellbeing and inclusiveness into the employee experience, enabling sustainable, high-performing teams
Sasmita Panda
EY GDS Consulting Tech Transformation Leader
Sasmita Panda is a visionary technology leader with over 26 years of experience in IT engineering and digital transformation across multiple sectors. She excels in CXO advisory, delivering innovative digital solutions and leading comprehensive IT strategies. Her expertise in enterprise architecture and cloud transformation/modernization has been recognized by over 100 clients globally. She loves travelling, listening to music, and experimenting with different cuisines during her free time.
Shweta Patel
EY GDS SAP Region Leader
Shweta Patel is a Partner in EY Global Delivery Services and responsible for the SAP Competency in India. She is an experienced technology leader with over 2 decades of rich experience across industries. In her current role as SAP Transformation Leader at EY she leads large-scale technology transformations, building high-performing global workforces, multi-CoE ecosystem development and pioneering innovation. Recognized for instilling client-centric partnerships, driving 20x workforce growth and architecting enterprise-wide digital modernization programs across organizations. A strategist for redefining service delivery through AI-driven innovation and institutionalizing innovation through thought leadership at premier forums while advancing diversity and talent transformation agendas.
Tanu Garg
EY GDS Consulting AI Service Transformation Leader
Tanu Garg is the EY GDS Consulting - AI Service Transformation Leader, driving large-scale AI adoption across global enterprises and reshaping how consulting services are delivered in the AI era — Advancing Service transformation, AI-enabled SDLC, multi-agent engineering, and next-generation delivery models that embed AI directly into transformation programs. Tanu has deep experience spanning digital transformation, regulatory initiatives, and complex enterprise modernization, helping organizations move AI from experimentation into governed, scalable, production-grade execution. She plays a key role in building EY’s AI-powered service delivery ecosystem, developing reusable AI assets, engineering frameworks, and adoption models that enhance speed, intelligence, and domain depth in delivery. A strong advocate for women in technology and inclusive innovation, Tanu actively supports the development of future digital leaders and is helping shape how the next decade of AI-powered consulting will evolve.
Ranjeetha Raja
Head of Enterprise Platforms at Broadridge
Ranjeetha Raja is the head of Enterprise Platforms at Broadridge. She is a seasoned product leader with over 22 years of industry experience and is passionate about incubating new product ideas from concept to delivery in the Data, AI and GenAI space. She has prior experience of working in organizations like Dell Technologies, Helioc.com, SAP, EdgeVerve and Cognizant.
Aparana Gupta
Director of Engineering, AI & Data Science at Microsoft
Aparana Gupta is a distinguished technology leader with over 15 years of experience operating at the confluence of artificial intelligence, data science, and enterprise-scale product innovation. As Director of Engineering, Microsoft Digital & Employee Experience, she architects and leads high-impact AI initiatives that reimagine digital employee ecosystems and enable decision intelligence at global scale. Renowned for building AI-first, data-centric organizations, Aparana blends strategic foresight, statistical rigor, design thinking, and engineering excellence to deliver measurable and meticulous business transformation. Her expertise spans machine learning, advanced statistical modelling, generative AI, prompt engineering, and enterprise AI, analytics, and data strategy - positioning her as a trusted voice in the global AI and analytics community. Aparana’s leadership and influence extend beyond Microsoft. She is: • Featured in the #EmpowHer50 campaign by Women in Cloud in collaboration with Microsoft • The only India-based woman leader profiled in OPULIS - a collector’s edition honouring 50 trailblazing women who shaped Microsoft’s evolution. A recognized voice in inclusive innovation and responsible AI, Aparana is a sought-after mentor, keynote speaker, and thought leader, engaging global forums and leading academic institutions. Through her writing and thought leadership, she actively shapes the discourse on ethical, scalable system design and AI-ready, human-cantered technological transformation - inspiring the next generation of technology leaders.
Riteja Premy
EYGDS Tax, Technology and Transformation EMEIA/APAC Financial Services Leader
Riteja has 19+ years of experience shaping enterprise SaaS solutions. Her expertise includes product strategy and management, enterprise architecture, and building Centres of Excellence (CoE). She currently leads the EMEIA/APAC FS technology competency from GDS Tax and serves as the Optimisation Strategist for EY SaaS Global CoE. She actively supports Women in Technology, champions DE&I initiatives, and mentors numerous women across the GDS Service Line and various competencies.
We’ve got three good reasons for you to apply to join this event:
- Meet women in tech leaders and get inspired by their journeys and stories.
- Expand your network and establish relationships with fellow women in technology.
- Connect with leading tech companies, explore global industry trends and identify career growth opportunities.
