Madhavi Isanaka

Madhavi Isanaka

former Chief Digital Officer Adani Cement

Madhavi is passionate about nurturing next generation's talent and has been actively engaged in education-related activities throughout her career.

Prior to joining Adani Group, she was working with Rivian Automotive Inc. Michigan USA at the capacity of Chief Information Officer. In this role, she established and executed innovative Digital vision & strategy for the startup (with over $10 billion funding) at scale, from scratch, enabling production of three vehicle models, including Amazon Delivery vehicle, and ensuring the digital & security readiness for the IPO.

Madhavi holds an M.B.A degree from Indiana University, Indiana, U.S.A. and bachelor's degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from Sri Venkateswara University, Andhra Pradesh. She started her career with Altell Communication and then worked with Cummins. At Cummins, she brought the power of technology to drive performance turnaround of the business and to capture profitable growth in several markets around the globe as Cummins expanded from $6 billion revenue to around $24 billion revenue. She was instrumental in enhancing Cummins' products and services by overlaying digital over a spectrum of the physical products in eight key market segments.

Madhavi Isanaka is currently serving as Chief Digital Officer for Adani Cement based in Ahmedabad. In this role, she is working to strengthen digital transformation and business growth agenda with an objective to bring new opportunities for growth and efficiencies in these businesses.


Agenda Day 1

4:55 PM BUSINESS MEETINGS | concurrent INNOVATOR USE CASE: ROI Is Real While Raising the Bar on Governance

Every AI program is asked to show a return, and the harder question is whether it can do that while governance gets stricter. Madhavi explores why ROI and governance strengthen each other as AI Employees take on more of the work: how value should be defined and measured, which controls matter most as autonomy grows, and where leaders tend to get stuck. Questions from the room shape where the conversation goes. You will leave with a clearer way to judge whether an agentic AI program is delivering real value under the right oversight.


Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Madhavi.

Download The Latest Agenda