Highlights:

• The 28th edition of Asia’s largest technology event opened at the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC)
• Ten conference tracks aligned with the “Futurise” theme, featuring 100+ sessions, 500+ global speakers, 1000+ exhibitors, 15,000+ attendees, and 50,000+ business visitors from 60+ countries
• BTS is making a shift from iconic Bangalore Palace to BIEC, marking a significant scale-up for the summit and aligning with Karnataka’s Deep Tech Decade ambition
• Dedicated zones for Corporates, Start-ups, R&D (Lab-to-Market), Country Pavilions, and sectoral showcases across AI & Deeptech, Electro-Semicon, Biotech & HealthTech, Greentech, SpaceTech, and more
• Star attraction of the event includes the Future Makers Conclave, star speakers including Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, Sania Mirza, Ankur Warikoo, Richa Ghosh, and Kaivalya Vohra

The 28th edition of the Bengaluru Tech Summit 2025 (BTS 2025), organized by the Department of Electronics, IT & Bt, Government of Karnataka, and Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), was inaugurated by Shri Siddaramaiah, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Karnataka, Government of Karnataka, in the august presence of

Shri D. K. Shivakumar, Hon’ble Deputy Chief Minister, Government of Karnataka. The august gathering was also be attended by dignitaries including Shri M.B. Patil, Minister for Large & Medium Industries, Govt. of Karnataka; H.E. Ms. Ilse Aigner, President of the Bavarian State Parliament, Germany; H.E. Mr. Jan Christian Vestre, Minister of Health and Care Services, Norway; Lord Mayor Nicholas Reece, Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Australia; H.E. Mr. Rafal Rosinski, Deputy Minister of Digitization, Poland and Shri Arvind Kumar, Director General, STPI. A highlight of the Inaugural Ceremony is the opening plenary session, titled, ‘India Futurises: From Leap-frogging to Pole-vaulting’ featuring Shri Priyank Kharge, Hon’ble Minister for Information Technology & Biotechnology and Rural Development & Panchayat Raj, Govt. of Karnataka, Shri Kris Gopalakrishnan, Co-Founder, Infosys; Chairman, Axilor Ventures;  Chairperson – Vision Group on IT & Electronics, Government of Karnataka; Dr. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Executive Chairperson and Founder, Biocon Limited; Chairperson – Vision Group on Biotechnology, Government of Karnataka and  Shri Prashanth Prakash, Founding Partner, Accel India; Chairman, Vision group on Startups- Government of Karnataka

The Future Makers Conclave at the BTS will be a high-energy gathering of founders, investors, and innovators, almost 10,000 of them, who will shape the next wave of entrepreneurship. The Conclave is a flagship meet that aims at delivering highly tangible and definite value for all participants from the start-up ecosystem — budding entrepreneurs, early-stage founders, seasoned entrepreneurs — who are looking to scale up. IT will ensure that every attendee leaves with concrete key takeaways, whether in capital access, pilots, business tools, mentoring, visibility, or networks.

Themed “Futurise”, this year’s summit will bring together global leaders, policymakers, investors, startups, and innovators to explore emerging frontiers across DeepTech, Biotech & HealthTech, Semiconductors, and Startup Innovation. This year, BTS features 10 focused conference tracks, including IT & DeepTech, Electro–Semicon, Digi Health & Biotech, India–USA Tech Conclave, and Global Collaboration and Startup Ecosystem, which includes the sub-tracks AI Universe- a run up to the India AI Impact Summit, Defence & SpaceTech, Finverse. Other tracks include the Academia-Industry Collab, Assistech and Women in Leadership. The summit will bring together over 50,000 visitors, including 1,000+ investors, 15,000+ attendees, 500+ speakers, and 1000+ exhibitors. The event will host over 80 knowledge sessions, 5,000+ curated meetings, and welcome participation from 60+ countries and all 30 States and Union Territories of India.

The notable speakers at the summit include Dr. V. Narayanan, Chairman, ISRO; Sindhu Gangadharan, MD, SAP Labs India; Lingraju Sawkar, CEO, Kyndryl India; Ajay Vij, Senior Country MD, Accenture India; Vishal Dhupar, Managing Director – Asia South, NVIDIA; Andrew Chin, Chief AI Officer, AllianceBernstein; Meerah Rajavel, CIO, Palo Alto Networks; Amardeep Singh Bhatia, IAS, Secretary, DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Govt. of India and Abhishek Singh, IAS, Additional Secretary, MeitY, Govt. of India. Few known leaders in the technology and innovation industry like Manu Saale, MD & CEO, Mercedes-Benz R&D India; Viren Prasad Shetty, Vice Chairman, Narayana Health; Dror Bin, CEO, Israel Innovation Authority; Maheshwar Rao, IAS, Chief Commissioner, BBMP; international filmmaker Shekhar Kapur; Kirthiga Reddy, CEO, Verix & OptimizeGEO; and Ruchir Dixit, VP & Country Manager, Siemens EDA will be part of the sessions at the summit.

The lineup further features industry pioneers such as Subash Chandar Govindarajan, Senior Director – Silicon, Google; S. Somanath, Former Chairman, ISRO, Manoj Meena, CEO & Founder, ATOMBERG Technologies; Debjani Ghosh, Distinguished Fellow, NITI Aayog; Dr. Jitendra Kumar, MD, BIRAC; Shri Goverdhan Singh Rawat, Deputy MD, NABARD; Vivek Raghavan, Co-Founder, Sarvam AI; Kalika Bali, Senior Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research; Dr. Nagendra Nagaraja, Founder & CEO, QpiAI; Ankush Sabharwal, Founder & CEO, CoRover.ai & BharatGPT; Anoop Srikantaswamy, Founder & CEO, Moonrider; Dr. Vidyashankar S, Vice Chancellor, VTU and many more.

BTS 2025 will witness participation from over 60 countries, making it one of the largest global technology gatherings hosted by any state in India. This year, Australia joins us as the Country Partner, while NRW Global Business (Germany) and Norway are featured as Country Focus Partners, Poland is the Bronze Partner, and Italy is the Country Presence Partner. Further strengthening the global footprint of the summit are delegations from leading tech nations that are participating in the Conference and Exhibition, viz., USA, Cuba, Uruguay, Russia, UK, Israel, Belgium, Finland, France, EU, Dubai, Sharjah, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, and Thailand.

On the domestic front, Madhya Pradesh is the State Partner, with Odisha as the Co-State Partner. The event also welcomes DPIIT – Startup India as its Startup Partner.

The summit will culminate in the Future Makers Conclave (FMC) on 20 November 2025 — a flagship highlight of this year’s edition. The Future Makers Conclave unites remarkable stories, bold ideas, and inspiring journeys — a stage built to Dream big, Dare boldly, and Disrupt the future. The FMC will feature a Symphony of Sound & Mind performance by Voctronica and Suhani Shah, a celebrated mind reader, and keynote addresses by Group Capt. Shubhanshu Shukla (Test Pilot & Astronaut) and Ankur Warikoo (Influencer & Author); fireside conversations with Kaivalya Vohra (Co-founder, Zepto) and Sania Mirza (Six Time Grand-Slam Champion) and Richa Ghosh, Wicketkeeper- batter, Indian women’s cricketer The programme will also include investment announcements by leading VC in emerging AI/ DeepTech startups, the Karnataka Unicorn Founders Felicitation, and top Elevate Awards 2025 presentation — affirming Karnataka’s long-term commitment to accelerating innovation through its DeepTech investment roadmap.

In addition to conference sessions and exhibitions, BTS 2025 will also host specialized platforms like Investor Connect — enabling startups to engage directly with leading investors and industry leaders — and Mentor Connect, which offers valuable one-on-one mentorship sessions with seasoned domain experts. These platforms aim to catalyze meaningful connections, capital access, and strategic guidance for the next generation of innovators.

This year’s edition of BTS is supported by an extensive and diverse roster of global and domestic partners whose collaboration reflects the summit’s scale, credibility, and industry-wide relevance. The event brings together leading corporations, technology pioneers, academic institutions, R&D organisations, and government bodies across multiple categories, including Platinum, AI, Biotech, Diamond, Country, State, Connectivity, Startup, Innovation, and Infrastructure Partners. Key partners include Kyndryl, Infosys, Biocon Group, Bosch Global Software Technologies, Availity, TrustGrid, and several international country partners such as Australia, NRW Global Business (Germany), Norway, and Italy. The summit is also strengthened by the participation of major corporates such as Goldman Sachs, SAP, SynGene, Intel, Applied Materials, CRED, SBI, NABARD, Cognizant, GlobalFoundries, Analog Devices, among others. With over 100 partners spanning industry, academia, finance, policy, and innovation ecosystems, the Bengaluru Tech Summit 2025 represents a truly collaborative effort to advance Karnataka’s Deep Tech Decade vision and accelerate global technology leadership.

About Bengaluru Tech Summit (BTS)

BTS is organized by the Department of Electronics, IT, and Bt Government of Karnataka, and co-hosted by Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) Bangalore and driven by members of Karnataka’s Vision Groups on IT, Biotechnology, and Startups. BTS is the only event in India that has brought together leading cross-sectoral industry organizations like NASSCOM, IESA, ABAI, ABLE, TiE, USIBC on a common platform. The Event is curated by MM Activ Sci-Tech Communications.

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