GRC India Summit 2025: Collective Leap Toward Resilience

The Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) India Summit 2025, held at Radisson Blu, Mumbai, brought together the brightest minds in governance, risk, compliance, and cybersecurity. From AI-driven transformation to regulatory evolution, the two-day summit provided a panoramic view of how India’s BFSI sector — and beyond — is gearing up for the future.

At Ascent Business Technology, we were proud to take the stage, lead conversations, and listen closely to the challenges and ideas shared across industries. This summit reinforced one vital truth: resilience is the new currency of trust — and it’s powered by intelligence, agility, and culture.

🚀 Key Highlights from the Summit

🔹 Deep-Dive Sessions on Emerging GRC Themes:
The event covered topics critical to modern governance:

• Integrating SEBI, RBI, and MCA regulations into unified compliance frameworks
• Cybersecurity for OT and IT convergence
• Third-party risk and vendor governance with AI
• ESG risk alignment and climate-aware resilience
• Data privacy evolution with DPDP Act 2023
• Cultural transformation in compliance through behavioral economics

🔹 A Powerful Gathering of Decision Makers:
With 300+ participants and 30+ speakers, the summit created a rich space for collaboration. CROs, audit heads, legal advisors, and compliance officers shared the stage with innovators, regulators, and tech providers.

🔹 Panel Engagements that Mattered:
Our very own Vivek Pratap Singh Rathore, Director – Marketing, participated in a panel titled:

“Navigating India’s evolving regulatory environment: Building integrated GRC frameworks for the BFSI sector”

This high-level discussion brought together leaders from NABARD, Future Generali, and 360 ONE WAM Ltd. to discuss:

• The convergence of financial regulations
• Adapting to legal complexity with digital agility
• Leveraging AI and strategy to streamline compliance

Vivek’s insights highlighted how marketing and governance can align to make risk and compliance more embedded, more strategic — and more scalable.

🧠 Kundan Shekhawat on AI-Powered Governance

The summit’s momentum peaked during the session by Kundan Shekhawat, CEO of Ascent Business Technology:

“Resilience-driven governance: Reimagining GRC in India’s BFSI sector with AI”

Kundan shared why the future of GRC must be:

• Unified across governance, BCM, and risk intelligence
• Culture-driven, not just tech-enabled
• Real-time, proactive, and AI-first

He outlined how AutoResilience, our AI-powered GRC platform, is helping financial institutions:

• Detect fraud patterns earlier
• Automate compliance reporting
• Speed up recovery during crises
• Use predictive insights to act before disruption strikes

“Resilience isn’t optional. With AI, governance can become a powerful competitive advantage.”
— Kundan Shekhawat, CEO, Ascent Business Technology

🤝 From Conversations to Commitments

For Ascent, this summit was about more than stage time. It was about meeting those at the heart of transformation — the people facing compliance complexity, digital disruption, and rising expectations every day.

We connected with decision-makers across banking, insurance, manufacturing, telecom, and the public sector. These conversations validated what we’ve long believed: GRC must evolve from being reactive to becoming a competitive enabler.

🔮 Our Way Forward

Ascent leaves the GRC India Summit 2025 with renewed purpose and strengthened partnerships. We’re more confident than ever that platforms like AutoResilience are essential for navigating the convergence of regulation, risk, and rapid change.

We remain committed to enabling:

• Faster compliance
• Sharper insights
• Stronger governance cultures
• Resilient ecosystems across India and beyond

The summit may be over, but the conversations have only just begun.

👉 Let’s Build the Future Together

If you missed us at the summit or want to learn more about how AutoResilience can support your GRC journey.