An invite-only, community-led, no-sales event bringing together prominent leaders advancing digital transformation across the Indian Higher Education Ecosystem.
About the Digii100 Summit
The Digii100 Summit was born out of three simple yet powerful insights.
First, education is one of the most meaningful and impactful services in the world, shaping lives, families, and societies. It drives progress, builds nations, and defines the quality of our collective future.
Second, technology has played a magical role in transforming every major sector — unlocking quality, affordability, and scale at speeds once unimaginable. Its potential in education is equally profound, opening new pathways to learning, innovation, and inclusion.
Third, real transformation happens when the best minds of a sector come together, not around a specific agenda, but around a shared purpose: to engage in honest dialogue, co-create ideas, and build the future together.
That’s how the Digii100 Summit came to life — as a collective movement that brings together leaders from policy, education, and technology to reimagine higher education for a digital, connected, and future-ready Bharat.
Inside the sessions and outside in the hallways, powerful conversations lead to collaborations, collaborations lead to action, and action shapes a new chapter for India’s higher education ecosystem.
The Digii100 Summit also celebrates the Top 100 Institutions leading this digital transformation — those setting new benchmarks for excellence, innovation, and impact.
About the Digii100 2025 Delhi Summit
The Digii100 Summit 2025 brought together over 300+ visionaries, policymakers, and institutional leaders at Le Meridien, New Delhi, for a day of unfiltered dialogue. This wasn’t just another tech conference; it was a community-led movement to solve the digital inertia in Indian academia. From the unveiling of the Digii100 Benchmark to high-impact fireside chats, the summit served as a catalyst for collaborations that will shape the next decade of digital learning.
Visionary Keynotes
Hear from leaders shaping the future of higher education through strategic foresight and thought leadership that are redefining teaching, digital learning, and institutional growth.
Insightful Sessions & Roundtables
Engage with academia, changemakers, and policymakers in purposeful conversations on student-first approaches, governance models, and collaborative pathways driving meaningful progress in higher education landscape.
Immersive Workshops & Demos
Discover transformation in practice through interactive sessions, success stories, and live demonstrations that showcase scalable ideas improving academic delivery and institutional efficiency.
Where Conversations Inspire Action
Showcase Digital Excellence
Engage with Visionaries
Exclusive Community
Amplify Institutional Credibility
Technology Enablement
Digii100 Benchmark
Celebrating Institutions Driving Digital Excellence
When the Digii100 Summit began, we realised that beyond great conversations, what truly moves the ecosystem forward are real stories from institutions — stories of transformation, innovation, and courage in adopting technology to make education better.
That’s how the Digii100 Benchmark was born, to celebrate and learn from institutions that are redefining higher education through technology. It’s not just an award; it’s a community-led recognition that turns best practices into shared benchmarks for others to follow.
Every year, the Top 100 Higher Education Institutions are recognised for measurable impact across academics, administration, and governance — selected through Digii’s Comprehensive Digital Transformation Framework, validated by experts from academia, technology, and policy.
The process is completely transparent, the evaluation scientific, and the purpose simple: to spotlight those building the digital future of higher education in India.
Voices of Authority
Meet the leaders who shared their foresight and strategies for institutional growth.
Meet Our Speakers
Prof. Anil D Sahasrabudhe
Chairman,
NETF, NAAC & NBA
Abhay Shankar Meganathan
Vice Chairman,
Rajalakshmi Group
Aditya Malik
Group COO,
Veranda Learning
K Adithya
Trustee,
Sri Krishna Institutions
Akshay Munjal
Pro Chancellor,
BML Munjal University
Ambrish Sinha
CEO,
UNext Learning
Amit Sharma
Head of IT,
BML Munjal
Dr. Amit Gupta
Chairman,
Jagannath International Management School (JIMS)
Anirudh Phadke
Chief Technology Officer,
Employabilitylife
Ankur Gill
Director Operations,
Swami Vivekanand Institute of Engineering & Technology, Rajpura
Dr. Aravind Chinchure
Founder & CEO,
QLeap Academy
Prof. Atul Khosla
Founder & Vice Chancellor,
Shoolini University
Avnee Khosla
Trustee & Vice President,
Shoolini University
Dr. Ashok G Verghese
Vice President,
Hindustan Group of Institutions
Dr. Ashwin Fernandes
Executive Director – AMESA,
QS Quacquarelli Symonds
Bhushan Lawande
Founder & MD,
E4 development and coaching Ltd
Brijesh Nair
Professor (HAG) & Director,
VIT Bangalore
Prof. B S Satyanarayana
Vice Chancellor,
Dayananda Sagar University
DP Singh
Head Skills to Jobs & Tech Alliance, Amazon Web Services India
Dheeraj Sanghi
Dean of Student Affairs,
Ashoka University
Gopala Krishna Gokeda
Group CTO,
Laila Group
Hitendra Singh Rathore
Head – IT,
IIHMR University, Jaipur
Hrishikesh M Deshmukh
Head – IT Services & Operations,
JSPM University Pune
Jaya Deshmukh
Director and CEO,
MICA Ahmedabad
Jitu Mishra
Chief Administrative Officer,
Indian School of Business
Joutishman Dutta
Vice President,
Assam Down Town University
Karan Kumar
Director of Technology,
Indian School of Business
Kunwar Shekhar Vijendra
Co-founder & Chancellor,
Shobhit University
Dr. Kunjal Sinha
Pro Vice Chancellor,
Parul University
Lavish Dudeja
Director – IT Governance & Digital Infrastructure,
O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU)
Dr. Madhu Chitkara
Pro Chancellor,
Chitkara University
Maheshwer Peri
Founder & Chairman,
Careers360
Dr. Mahesh Verma
Vice Chancellor,
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
Dr. Manish Bhalla
Vice-Chancellor,
D. Y. Patil International University
Manjunath Bhandary
Chairman,
Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management, Mangaluru
Malvika Dudi Bagaria
Director,
Vivekananda Global University, Jaipur
Meghdut RoyChowdhury
Chief Innovation Officer,
Techno India Group
Dr. Mukesh Narula
Director – IT Infra & Services,
LNCT Group
Dr. Nagesh Bhandari
Presidential Secretariat,
Indus University
Dr. Neeraj Saxena
Pro Chancellor,
JIS University
Prof. (Dr) Niti Nipun Sharma
President,
Manipal University Jaipur
Dr. Nikhil Kumar Nigam
Chief Technology Officer,
Vivekananda Global University
Prof. Padmakumar Nair
Vice Chancellor,
Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology
Dr. Pankaj Mittal
Secretary General,
Association of Indian Universities
Prof. Partha Chatterjee
Dean – Academics
Professor – Department of Economics,
Shiv Nadar University, Delhi
Dr. Partha Sharathi Mallick
Pro-Vice Chancellor,
VIT University Vellore
Dr. Prashant Bhalla
President,
Manav Rachna Educational Institutions
Prashant Gupta
Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Sharda Group,
President, Sharda University, Uzbekistan
Prof. Prathap Haridoss
Professor,
IIT Madras
Radhika Shrivastava
President,
Fortune Institute of International Business
Dr. Raghuveer VR
Pro Vice Chancellor – Academic Affairs,
Chandigarh University
Dr. Rahul Choudaha
Chief Operating Officer & Senior Professor,
University of Aberdeen, Mumbai
Prof. V Ramgopal Rao
Vice-Chancellor,
Birla Institute of Technology & Science (Pilani, Hyderabad, Goa, Dubai & Mumbai)
Col. Ranjan Prabhu
Director – Administration & IT,
Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai
Prof. C Raj Kumar
Founding Vice Chancellor,
OP Jindal Global University
Prof. Rajita Kulkarni
President,
Sri Sri University
Dr. Raj Singh
Vice Chancellor,
Bennett University
Rajiv Tandon
CEO – Strategic Initiatives and Industry Research Partnerships, BITS Pilani
Rajesh Kanna
Head of ICT,
IIM Ahmedabad
Rajesh Kumar
Co-Founder & CEO,
Kalvium
Rajendra Belgaumkar
Chairman – Governing Council,
KLS Gogte Institute of Technology
Rajiv Kapoor
Managing Director,
Manav Rachna Educational Institutions
Dr. Rashima Vaid Varma
Dean, Department of Education and Humanities,
Manav Rachna University
Rishi Nayar
SVP R&D and India Country Head,
Ellucian
Rishabh Cecil Antony
Director,
NSHM Knowledge Campus
Sahil Aggarwal
Co-Founder & CEO,
Rishihood University
Dr. Samir Karkhanis
Chief Strategy Officer, Yangpoo University Partners
Prof (Dr.) Sandeep Sancheti
Vice President of Research Relations & Academic Affairs, Elsevier (India)
Dr. Sanjay Gupta
Vice Chancellor,
World University of Design
Satya Narayanan R
Chairman & Executive Director,
CL Educate
Senthil Kumar
Chief Operating Officer,
Bennett University
Dr. Sekar Viswanathan
Vice President,
VIT University
Shailesh Agarwal
Chief Technology Officer,
National Law School of India University
Shankar Vanavarayar
President,
Kumaraguru Institutions
Siddharth Banerjee
Director and Board Member,
UNIVO Education
Sitaraman Shankar
Chief Executive Officer,
IIMBx Digital Learning Foundation
Sumit Barad
Sr. Manager – Information Technology,
MICA
Dr. Sunil Kumar Pandey
Director (IT),
ITS – The Education Group, Ghaziabad
Vansh Sekhar
Director – New Initiatives & Innovations,
Shobhit University
Vishal Anand
Founder & Pro-Chancellor,
Shoolini University
Agenda for Digii100 2025
Our full agenda, featuring keynotes, panels, and workshops from India’s leading HEI and industry leaders.
A Community Growing Year After Year
HEI Leaders
Technology Leaders
Top Institutions
Hours of Sessions
Moments that defined progress
Voices, Visions & Celebrations
Session Recordings & Insights
Missed a session? Access the full recordings of our keynote addresses, panel discussions, and Roundtable Insights and expert bytes on the future of HEIs below.
Watch exclusive chit-chat sessions & expert insights
Inaugural Ceremony
Inaugural Address by Chief Guest: Prof. Anil Sahasrabudhe, Chairman – NETF & NAAC | Digii100 Summit
Panel Discussion
Unbundling the Deadlock: What Will Finally Break Digital Inertia in Higher Ed | Digii100 Summit
Fireside Chat
“Purpose, Patience & Principles”
Fireside Chat with Hitesh Oberoi MD/CEO – Infoedge | Digii100 Summit
Keynote & Reflections
When the World Comes to India:
Atul Khosla, Trustee & VC, Shoolini University | Digii100 Summit
Access the Summit Intelligence Copy
The conversations at Digii100 Summit 2025 generated a wealth of framework-level insights for institutional growth. While the event is invite-only, we share curated executive summaries and whitepapers with select leaders in the ecosystem. Join our mailing list to receive these insights.
Be Part of the Summit
Venue
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Hotel Le Meridian,
Windsor Place, New Delhi - 110001 - Saturday, December 13th, 2025
Contact Us
- Rajendra Singh – 9810622170
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- Shazil Ahmed – 9986264867
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