In today's rapidly evolving product landscape, R&D organizations are under increasing pressure to innovate faster, improve engineering productivity, accelerate time-to-market, and deliver greater business value from every R&D investment. India's discrete product R&D and design ecosystem is rapidly evolving from an engineering support and outsourcing base into a global hub for product innovation, advanced engineering, and technology development, supported by expanding GCCs, growing domestic manufacturing capabilities, and government-led initiatives such as the PLI schemes.

Against this backdrop, the 9th Annual R&D and Design Leaders' India Summit bring together senior R&D, engineering, technology, innovation, and design leaders to explore how organizations are transforming their product development strategies through AI, digital engineering, advanced simulation, and new approaches to innovation.

The summit will focus on converting innovation into business outcomes through quality-led R&D and stronger collaboration across engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain. From building agile and innovation-driven engineering cultures to leveraging AI-powered simulation, strengthening global R&D capabilities, protecting intellectual property, optimizing R&D investments, and accelerating product commercialization, the summit provides a platform for leaders to share practical strategies shaping the future of R&D and product innovation in India.

Topic Highlights

• Building an innovation driven culture: From design thinking to agile R&D organization
• Building world-class R&D and GCC ecosystem in India: From engineering support to global innovation leadership
• AI-driven R&D and design transformation: From pilots to enterprise-scale deployment
• Intellectual property, AI governance & innovation protection in the digital engineering era
• Accelerating product commercialization through quality-led R&D