AI, deeptech, and new digital infrastructure are changing how technology is built, who gets to build it, and how quickly ideas can reach people. That shift is also reshaping the questions around technology, from how businesses scale to how cities and public systems adapt.
These questions will be part of the conversation at TechSparks 2026, YourStory’s flagship startup-tech summit, which returns to Bengaluru from October 13-15 with the theme ‘The New Tech Order’. Priyank Kharge, Minister for Home Affairs and Information Technology, Government of Karnataka, and Krishna Byre Gowda, Minister for Greater Bengaluru Development, Government of Karnataka, will be part of the lineup as the summit looks at the technologies and businesses shaping the next phase of innovation.
The TechSparks 2026 speaker lineup spans government, academia, startups, technology and finance, with leaders discussing the changes under way across India's technology and startup ecosystem.
Prof Ashok Jhunjhunwala, Institute Professor at IIT Madras and Chairman of IIIT Hyderabad and ITEL Foundation, will join the conversations at TechSparks 2026. He has worked at the intersection of research, technology and innovation, with roles spanning academia and technology institutions.
Also part of the lineup is Pratyaya Amrit, Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar. His role in the state government brings a public-sector perspective to conversations around technology, governance and the changing needs of India's states.
From the space technology sector comes Srinath Ravichandran, Co-founder and CEO of AgniKul . The startup builds and develops space technology and launch systems, and its work in the sector will feed into the wider TechSparks conversation.
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