SSON Pre-Conference Focus Day | Unlocking Enterprise Intelligence through Data and Governance – Tuesday, 20 April 2027
SSON Pre-Conference Focus Day: Unlocking Enterprise Intelligence through Data and Governance
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Morning Refreshments & Registration
10:30 am - 10:35 am
Welcome Address from SSOW India
10:35 am - 10:40 am
Opening Remarks from the Chair
10:40 am - 11:20 am
Case Study | Raising the Bar for Enterprise AI Through Data, Governance and Agentic Automation
Kirankumar Badaboina -
Global Head of Data Engineering, Data Governance Analytics CoE,
Dr Reddy's
As organisations race to scale AI, fragmented data and lengthy development cycles can quickly become barriers to enterprise adoption. Drawing on Dr. Reddy's journey, this session explores how stronger data foundations and agentic AI are enabling practical use cases to move faster from concept to business impact.
Dr Reddy's
- Building a unified data and governance foundation to create trusted, AI-ready enterprise data
- Applying RAG and GraphRAG to transform complex business processes, including reducing auditing cycles from six months to two
- Leveraging agentic AI across the data development lifecycle to automate requirements, mapping, coding and testing
- Accelerating data use-case onboarding by approximately 40% while creating a scalable foundation for enterprise AI
Kirankumar Badaboina
Global Head of Data Engineering, Data Governance Analytics CoEDr Reddy's
11:20 am - 12:00 pm
Breaking Down Data Silos to Create a Single Source of Enterprise Truth
- Building governance frameworks that encourage innovation while maintaining trust and accountability
- Balancing accessibility, security and compliance across enterprise data environments
- Defining ownership and stewardship to improve confidence in business-critical data
- Establishing governance models that can evolve alongside changing business and regulatory requirements
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Networking Luncheon
8:00 am - 8:30 am
Building Global Data Ecosystems That Balance Enterprise Scale with Local Requirements
- Designing data models that enable global integration while accommodating local business and regulatory requirements
- Navigating data residency, sovereignty and cross-border data considerations across global operations
- Balancing enterprise standardisation with the flexibility required by different markets, functions and business units
- Creating interoperable data environments that enable capabilities to scale across GBS, GCCs and the wider enterprise
2:20 pm - 3:00 pm
Developing Enterprise Data Strategies That Enable Smarter Business Decisions
- Aligning enterprise data strategies with business priorities to improve organisational performance
- Building trusted data ecosystems that support faster, more informed decision-making
- Strengthening collaboration between business, technology and data teams to unlock enterprise-wide value
- Creating the foundations for scalable, data-driven organisations
