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Account Aggregator Framework at Five: What It Means for CFOs in Indian Financial ServicesVarad Diwate · 8 October 2026

NHAI Data Lake 3.0: Live Capabilities, Data Ownership and the Handover RealityNiharika Pahwa · 8 October 2026

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BIM Adoption in India: The Savings Are Documented. The Scepticism Hasn't Moved.Priya Dialani · 31 August 2026

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Data Debt: Why India's M&A Boom Needs a Data Audit, Not Just a Legal One

Data: the most expensive thing changing hands in Indian M&A might be the one line item nobody checked

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BRICS Market Compass

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Decoding deals, developments, regulations, and government directives shaping cross-border business between India and BRICS partners.

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The Trust Layer

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Who India's financial system trusts, and on what evidence.

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The As-Built

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What an owner should receive at handover, and what actually arrives.

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Clean Stack Forum India. Clean freight is a stack, not a switch: it gets built one layer at a time. Transport and Logistics, 17 February 2027, Nagpur. Register interest.

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Data Stack Global India: Construction & Infrastructure

Date: 16 February 2027
Venue: Nagpur, Maharashtra

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Confirmed speakers

Koustuv ChoudhuriTechnical Director, AECOM
Sabyasachi NayakVice President & Head, Design & Engineering Centre, RBF SBG, Larsen & Toubro Limited, Transport Infrastructure IC
Vinod Kumar AgrawalDirector (Systems & Operations), Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Ltd

On the agenda

10:50 amOpening discussionFrom break-fix to predicted: what changes when the asset tells you firstWho is accountable for the sensors after the contractor has gone?
11:30 amPanel oneStructure before software: getting your data ready before you buy anythingWho owns the schema when six contractors each brought their own?
12:50 pmWalkthroughCarbon data, from certificate to pourWhere does the carbon claim stop matching the pour?

Live

Clean Stack Forum India: Transport & Logistics

Date: 17 February 2027
Venue: Nagpur, Maharashtra

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On the agenda

11:00 amPractitioner briefingThe Scope 3 mandate: what your customer now requiresWhat do I need to do to stay on the tender list?
11:30 amPanel oneBuilding the backbone: ports, airports, rail and road in a multimodal MaharashtraShould my routing already have changed?
12:45 pmInteractive sessionSustainability scorecard: benchmarking your own carbon and cost footprintWhat is my number, and how does it compare?

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Data Debt: Why India's M&A Boom Needs a Data Audit, Not Just a Legal One