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    Key Initiatives

    For Indo-Canadian Tech Leaders & Tech Professionals

    Educational & Networking Events for tech leaders

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    Peer Advisory Leadership forum for tech leaders

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    Mentoring programs for tech professionals

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    Delegations of tech leaders between India & Canada

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    Committees

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    Governance

    [Mission] Custodian of Value proposition, Metrics, Strategy and Compliance for CITC | [Co-Chairs] Steve Brar, Pranav Kapoor, Raman Boparai, Aaditya Tangri

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    Forum

    [Mission] To maximize value for CITC members via power of network: peer advisory, sharing resources & knowledge; via digital community & events |     [Co-Chairs] Gurvie Waraich, Sumeet Bhatia, ...

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    Mentoring

    [Mission] Mentoring Program for Indo-Canadian Tech Professionals (Future Tech leaders) | [Co-Chairs] Giri Satyanarayana, Mathura Srinivasan, Srivatsan Santhanam, Anshul Ruhil

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    Events

    [Mission] To organize Networking & Educational events for CITC | [Co-Chairs] Payal Raheja, Jayesh Mehta, Anshul Ruhil

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    Women in Tech

    [Mission] Build a solid platform for Indo-Canadian women leaders in tech and for the future leaders. | [Co-Chairs] Neha Kovach, Charu Gulati

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    India

    [Mission] Foster stronger tech relationship between India and Canada. | [Co-Chairs] Nilay Lad, Aaditya Tangri

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    Membership

    [Mission] Member qualification & outreach. | [Co-Chairs] Pawan Singh, Pankaj Agrawal, Ashish Agarwal, Charu Gulati

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    Partnership

    [Mission] Partner & Sponsor strategy & outreach. | [Co-Chairs] Kiruba Sankar, Jazz Singh

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    Startups

    [Mission] To support startups by Indo Canadians and Canadian and Indian startups looking to for market expansion in respective countries. | [Co-Chairs] Neeraj Grotra, Purnima Tyagi, Aaditya Tangri

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    Our Partners

    Some of our Partners

    TheAppLabb
    TBDC
    CIF
    Government of India
    Government of Ontario
    IIT Alumni Association
    Tie Toronto
    ICCC
    LexisNexis
    BDC

    Our Partners

    TheAppLabb
    TBDC
    CIF
    Government of India
    Government of Ontario
    IIT Alumni Association
    Tie Toronto
    ICCC
    LexisNexis
    BDC

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    “When tech leaders of Indian origin in Canada come together, they can make an immense impact in the community .”

    Kundan Joshi

    Founder, CITC |
    CEO, TheAppLabb
    Founder of CITC

    Our Mission

    Canada India Tech Council

    CITC is a platform that brings together Canadian Indian (information) technology leaders to foster connections, collaboration, resource sharing, co-learning & business opportunities to facilitate growth & opportunities for Indo-Canadian Tech Professionals & the Canada- India technology ecosystem.

    • Educational & Networking Events
    • Peer Learning forum
    • Mentoring programs
    • Delegations of tech leaders
    • Online Forum / Resource Hub
    • Incubating tech companies
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    Tech Leaders

    Only organization focused on Indo-Canadian Tech leaders

    Peer Advisory

    Only peer advisory / learning group for tech leaders in the community

    Mentoring

    Only mentoring program for future tech leaders in the community

    India-Canada trade

    Only organization focused on India – Canada Tech trade corridor

    Tech industry

    10% of tech workers in Canada are of Indian origin

    Tech Trade

    Information Technology is one of the fastest growing sectors for trade between India & Canada

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    CITC Team

    Meet Founding Members

    Kundan Joshi

    CEO, TheAppLabb

    Vamsi Kondabala

    Chief Product Officer, TheAppLabb

    Anshul Ruhil 

    Head of Engineering, LexisNexis

    Giri Satyanarayana

    Chief Architect/ Digital Transformation, University of Guelph

    Kalyan Chakravarthy 

    CIO, Electrical Standards Association (ESA)

    Aditya Purohit 

    Head of Technology, KFC Canada

    Gaurav Guleria 

    VP, Software, Tulip

    Palash Thakur

    VP, Data & Analytics, Interac

    Puroo Maheshwari

    Global VP, Engineering, Thomson Reuters

    Neha Kovach 

    VP - Experience, Canada Goose

    Steve Brar 

    EVP, CTO/CIO, Metrolinx

    Nimod Narayanan 

    CTO, Rakuten Kobo

    Sudhanshu Bahadur

    Global Head of Technology, BMO

    Pranav Kapoor

    AVP Audit, Digital, Data Analytics & IT

    Anju Virmani

    Board Member, OPG, Ontario Health, Cargojet 

    Jas Dhindsa 

     Head - Business of TD Wealth

    Sumon Acharjee

    CIO, City of Markham

    Rohit Jain

    VP- Digital, BMO

    Kedar Tupil 

    CIO, Sheridan College

    Manoj Tiwary

    Chief Information Officer, Subaru Canada

    Jayesh Mehta

    VP, Applications, Integration & Data, DUCA

    Ramanathan Narayanan

    VP. Technology, Vancity

    Piyush Despande

    AVP, Digital Solutions, Cooperators

    Meghana Atreya

    VP, Business Solutions Delivery and IT, Goeasy

    Sunny Ray

     President, Unocoin

    Asad Joheb

    AVP, Enterprise Payments, TD Bank

    Hiten Makim

    VP, OCI

    Neha Thakre

    Vice President, Business Systems &  Technology,  Dilawri Group

    Sachin Rustagi

    Head of Digital, Markel

    Srini Chelian 

    AVP Insurance Technology, TD Bank 

    Vase Sarmah

    Global Technology Operations Leader, ADP

    Sumeet Bhatia

    Head of Data Strategy & Enablement, SLC Management

    Vipul Lalka

    VP, TD

    Amardeep Manhas

    CTO, Field Trip Health

    Rajan Kanwar

    VP, Technology, Zing

    Saurabh Dixit

    EVP, Head of Real Assets Technology, The Citco Group

    Shishir Jain

    VP, Enterprise Delivery, Aviva Canada

    Jassi Kaur

    Head of IT & Security, Bulk Barn

    Sanket Angane

    Director, Manulife

    Apoorv Gupta

    CoFounder, Roam

    Manas Giri

    CISO, WestJet

    Vaibhav Singh Bhadauria

    CISO, Total Credit Recovery Limited

    Vikram Khurana

    Chair, TDBC

    Sanjay Khanna

    CIO, Cox & Palmer

    Sanjiv Purba

    CIO/CTO, Prairie Payments Joint Venture

    Sachin Loius

    CEO, WNS

    Atul Varde

    Chief Information and Payments Officer, Servus Credit

    Vineet Gupta

    Global CIO, The Northwest Company

    Bindhu AT

    CIO, BMO Financial Group

    Tanbir Grover

    Chief Marketing & Digital Officer, Pet Valu

    Anuradha Dodda

    CTO, Thomson Reuters

    Dhruv Chandra

    Chief Technology and Privacy Officer, CloudMD

    Peter Singh

    CTO, Toronto District School Board

    Lizbeth James

    COE Head, Mars

    Bipasha Chiu

    CTO, Goodfood

    Hriday Balachandran

    CISO and Vice President Of Technology, Digital Commerce Bank

    Darshpreet Bhatti

    CEO, Green Line at City of Calgary

    Dushyan Jayasundera

    CIO/VP Technology Transformation, Canadian Tire

    Craig D’souza

    Global Chief Security Officer, Meta

    Bhavnesh Jaraim

    Chief Information Officer and VP of IT, Boardwalk

    Sunny Jassal

    CIO, British Columbia Institute of Technology

    Karan Sethi

    CTO, Caldic

    Roy Aubeelack

    CTO, Unilever

    Sandeep Grover

    CTO, Empire Communities

    Rajnish Utraja

    CISO & VP Architecture, Gore Mutual Insurance

    Ajay Potluri

    CEO, Vaccigen Ltd.

    Aaditya Tangri

    Director, RBC

    Ashish Agarwal

    Director, Information & Security, Manulife

    Ashish Sabharwal

    AVP Business Applications, CWB

    Gurvie Waraich

    Founder, Enlytx

    Hitesh Mathpal

    VP, Technology, Klick

    Kiruba Sankar

    Global Supplier Sustainability Leader, Deloitte

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    What's on at CITC

    Upcoming & Past Events at Canada India Tech Council

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    CITC Vancouver Dinner

    15Nov’23

    • 06:00 PM - 09:00 PM
    • Lift Bar and Grill
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    CITC Connect Toronto

    30Nov’23

    • 05:30 PM - 07:30 PM
    • BDC Square
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    AITC Launch

    15Jan’24

    • 04:30 PM - 06:00 PM
    • O’Toole’s Way

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