Distributed SQL Summit Mumbai 2026
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Discover how organizations can prepare for a future where AI-powered applications and agents require always-on availability, low-latency performance, global scale, and operational resilience. Kannan shares insights on emerging data architecture trends, the challenges of modern application development, and why distributed SQL databases are becoming a critical foundation for next-generation AI and enterprise workloads.

Learn how modern AI applications can move beyond stateless interactions to deliver richer user experiences, improved collaboration between agents, and more efficient resource utilization. Heather explores the challenges of agent memory, context sharing, scalability, and the critical role of data infrastructure in supporting the next generation of AI-powered applications.

In this panel discussion from Distributed SQL Summit Mumbai 2026, senior technology leaders from BHIM-NPCI, HDFC Bank, and KFin Technologies share their perspectives on building always-on, AI-ready enterprises. The conversation explores how organizations can deliver resilience, scalability, security, and continuous availability while supporting the growing demands of modern applications and AI-driven workloads.

Siddharth Jain, Senior Lead Automation, Platform Engineering at NBSL, NPCI, shares key lessons from a large-scale distributed systems transformation journey. Drawing from real-world experience, Siddharth explores the challenges, decisions, and best practices involved in designing and operating highly available, mission-critical platforms.

Rizwan A. Khan, Associate Director – Trading Technology at Mirae Asset Sharekhan, shares the organization's journey to modernize its trading backbone using distributed SQL. Learn how Sharekhan addressed the challenges of scale, resilience, and operational complexity while building a foundation that supports business growth and evolving customer expectations.

This special award ceremony celebrates the vision, leadership, and achievements of customers who are pushing the boundaries of what's possible with resilient, scalable, and mission-critical applications. From digital transformation initiatives to operational excellence and technology innovation, these organizations continue to set new benchmarks across their industries.

Leaders from KFin Technologies share their journey to distributed SQL with YugabyteDB and the lessons learned while modernizing critical applications and infrastructure. Hear how the team addressed scalability challenges, improved resilience, and built a foundation capable of supporting future growth without limits.

Sanjeev Gautam, DevOps Manager at Rakuten Symphony, shares the journey of transforming a monolithic architecture into a cloud-native, AI-ready data layer capable of operating at petabyte scale. Learn how Rakuten Open RAN modernized its data foundation to support rapid growth, distributed workloads, and the demands of next-generation telecommunications services.

Discover the innovations shaping the future of YugabyteDB, upcoming capabilities, and the strategic priorities designed to help organizations build more scalable, resilient, and intelligent applications.

Prashant Gajera, Senior Software Engineer at Helpshift, shares the organization's journey from ScyllaDB to YugabyteDB. Learn about the challenges, evaluation process, migration strategy, and key technical considerations that shaped Helpshift's decision to adopt a distributed SQL architecture.

Avi Vallarappu, CEO and Chief Product Officer at HexaCluster, outlines a practical framework for assessing, planning, and executing migrations from legacy database platforms such as Oracle, SQL Server, Sybase, and DB2 to YugabyteDB. Drawing from real-world modernization projects, Avi shares proven approaches, key migration considerations, and best practices that help organizations reduce risk while accelerating adoption of a modern distributed SQL architecture.

Unmesh Joshi, Distinguished Engineer at Thoughtworks, explores how deterministic simulation can be used to model, test, and reason about distributed systems. Through practical examples and engineering insights, Unmesh demonstrates how developers and architects can gain a deeper understanding of distributed system behavior, improve reliability, and build greater confidence in complex architectures.

Adithya Viswanathan, Senior Consultant at Extrieve Technologies, explores why document orchestration remains the "last unsolved layer" in BFSI and how organizations can modernize document-centric operations to unlock greater efficiency, compliance, and customer experience.

We celebrate the incredible participation, engagement, and contributions from our customers, partners, speakers, and attendees who made the inaugural Distributed SQL Summit Mumbai such a memorable success.