Aarambha - Bengaluru Tech Week 2026 Kickoff

​Calling all builders!

​Aarambha is the official opening of Bengaluru Tech Week 2026 - an invite-only evening bringing together technology leaders, founders, engineers, investors, ecosystem builders, partners, and member-event hosts from across Bengaluru ✨

​The evening will explore how Bengaluru can continue building globally significant technology companies—and the people, platforms, communities, capital, and institutions needed to support them.

​Keynotes

• ​Rajesh Ramdas (AVP, Field Engineering, Databricks)

• ​Karthik Rameshkumar (Field CTO, Entire)

• ​Shubham Gupta (Co-Founder and General Partner, Together Fund)

​Panel: Building the ecosystem behind Bengaluru’s next generation of technology companies 💡

​A conversation about the networks, capital, communities, platforms, and institutional support required to help builders turn ambitious ideas into enduring companies.

• ​Shreya Krishnan (Managing Director, India & Asia, AnitaB.org)

• ​Dilip Krishna (VC and Startup Partnerships, SEA & India, Databricks)

• ​Varun Kashyap C V (GTM, Aspire)

• ​Vijetha Shastry (Startup Evangelist, BHIVE Workspace)

​Panel: Building and scaling the next generation of technology products from Bengaluru 💻

​Technology leaders will discuss the decisions behind building products at scale. From engineering culture and platform choices to reliability, talent, AI adoption, and serving India’s rapidly evolving market.

• ​Praful Bagai (Head of Developer Relations, India & South Asia, AWS)

• ​Ranjitha R (Head of Engineering, India, PhonePe)

• ​Sunny R Gupta (Head of Engineering and Site Lead, Metaforms)

​Agenda

• ​5:00–6:00 PM: Check-in and networking

• ​6:00–6:15 PM: Welcome note

• ​6:15–6:35 PM: Opening keynote — Rajesh Ramdas

• ​6:40–7:00 PM: Keynote — Karthik Rameshkumar

• ​7:10–7:40 PM: Panel with Ecosystem Enablers

• ​7:40–8:10 PM: Panel with Technology Leaders

• ​8:10–8:30 PM: Closing keynote — Shubham Gupta

• ​8:30 PM onwards: Networking and close

​Registration

​Aarambha is an invite-only gathering with limited capacity. Submitting a registration is a request to attend and does not guarantee entry. Confirmed attendees will receive an approval email from the Bengaluru Tech Week team ✉️

​Date: Tuesday, 1 September 2026
Time: 6:00–9:30 PM
Venue: HSR Layout, Bengaluru

​Aarambha opens six days of meetups, workshops, conferences, hackathons, roundtables, cultural gatherings, and builder-led events across the city ⚡️

​Explore: bengalurutechweek.com