Kanishka Agiwal

Head - Service Lines, AWS India and South Asia

Kanishka Agiwal heads AWS' Service Lines, India/South Asia, that include all AWS services, digital innovation and transformation. At AWS, he works extensively with central/state governments, education and health care sector, not-for-profit, travel & transportation, and PSUs to drive cloud at scale for citizen impact. He has worked across global markets with significant stints in all geographies and major countries.

In his previous stint, he led IBM's Cognitive Solutions, Watson, for the Travel & Transportation industry globally. He has held key positions around strategy, business development, solutions and offerings and oversees the conception, development and take to market of industry solutions.

Kanishka is the co-chair at Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, AI & Digital Transformation Committee, founding board member of Quantum Ecosystem Technological Council of India, and also serves on committees at Confederation of Indian Industry, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, CDAC and Center for Cellular & Micro-Biology. Kanishka speaks regularly at industry conferences and trade bodies on areas of emerging and deep tech, travel and transportation.

Mr. Agiwal has a Masters in Business Administration from SP Jain Institute of Management & Research, India as well as a Bachelors in Engineering (Computer Science) from MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology, India.