IGDC 2025 – 17th edition of India’s largest game developer conference

5th to 7th Nov 2025

Chennai Trade Centre, Chennai

3 days • 5,000+ attendees • Sessions, showcases, awards, and networking — powering the future of gaming.

India Game Awards

I/P Connect

Expo

Indie 40

BYOG

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2025 Speakers

Aakash Kumar

Managing Director

Z47 & DeVC

Aayush Ailawadi

TV Host & Content Creator

TV Host & Content Creator

Abhir Das

Founder / CBO

PlaySuper

Abiram Shanmugam

Managing Partner / Design Director

3MG Productions

Aditya Swamy

Managing Director

Google

Ahmed Khan

Art Director | Founder

AKSOA (Ahmed khan school of arts)

Akash Badrinath

Senior Game Designer

Electronic Arts

Akash Dhangar

Founder & CEO

AA Gaming

Akash Menon

Head, Gaming

Tulsea

Alexander Bodrov

Vice President of the Video Game Industry Development Organization.

VIDO

Aman Bohra

Senior Developer (Emerging Tech & XR)

DJXLabs

Amit Agrawal

President

Techno Digital

Amit Purohit

Vice President

Primus Partners Pvt Ltd

Anand Mishra

Founder & CEO

THRYL by Glazer Games

Anand Ramachandran

Head of Design

Hitwicket

Aneesha Dhar

Head in Google Play Ecosystem - India

Google

Anil Srinivasan

CEO, Co-Founder

Kruu

Ankit Gupta

Head of Apps Partnerships and Acquisitions, India Sellside

Google

Annelies Wisse

Experience & Play designer

Independent

Anuj Sahani

Head of Krafton Incubator Program & Associate Director Publishing

KRAFTON India

Anumukonda Ramesh

Educator and Global Engagement Manager

XR Experiential Technology Innovation Centre

Anupriya Sinha Das

Head Of Corporate Development

Nazara

Anuradha Chowdhary

Founder & CEO

ZeroTo3 Collective

Anurag Choudary

CEO

Felicity

Arvind Neelakantan

Product Management | SA/TAM/Evangelist

Epic Games

Ashish Kulkarni

Founder

PUNNARYUG ARTVISION PVT LTD

Ashwin Shanker G

Head of R&D

Psypher Interactive

Atri Dave

Technical Director, Animation

Ubisoft Toronto

Austin Davis

Faculty, Play Experience Design

National Institute of Design, India

Bejoy Arputharaj

Founder & CEO

Phanton-FX

Bill Vo

Chairman & Co-founder

Amanotes Vietnam

Bradley Crooks

Chief Content Officer

Curve by Nazara

Chandradip Rana

Creative Head

DJXLabs

Chetan Chandgude

CEO

GodLike ESports

Chirayuu Pandharpurkar

CEO

Arkattia

Cyril Barrow

Head of Games

Yarnhub Animation Studios

Daniel Robson

Cheif Editor

IGN

Deepak M V

Head of Strategy

Nazara

Desirée Brathwaite

Production Director

King

Dhananjai Hari

Founder

Qila Games

Etsuko Horie

Director, Investment Strategy Dept

SEGA CORPORATION

Gauri Dutt

Strategic Partnerships Manager

Google

Gourab Das

Partner - Gaming

WPP Media (Mindshare Fulcrum)

Harish Rao

Global Director, Production

HARVIK LLC

Haritha Mellacheruvu

Game Producer

Jagex

Hrishi Oberoi

Founder & CEO

Photon Tadpole Studios

Imtiaz Hussain

Co-Founder & COO

Fanime

Jakes Bejoy

Music Director

Mindscore Music

James Lewis

Director, Developer Acceleration

XBOX

Jawad Shakil

Tech Manager - QC

Ubisoft Pune

Jaydev Dhakan

H.O.D Game Design

Whistling Woods International

Jazno Francoeur

Associate Professor

Department of Animation and Production, DigiPen Institute of Technology

Jens Hilgers

Founding General Partner

BITKRAFT Ventures

John Park

Head of Business Development

Xsolla

Joseph Burchett

Staff Partner Engineer

Unity Technologies

Joseph Kim

CEO

Lila Games

Juha Huhtakallio

CEO

Edugametion

Justin Will

Art Director

Art Director

Karan Dugal

Head of Casual Gaming & eServices

Google

Karan Parikh

CEO and Unreal Authorized Instructor

Green Rain Studios LLP

Kaustubh Jadhav

Co-founder

LVL Zero

Keerti Singh

Co-Founder, VP Growth

Hitwicket

Kostia Liakhov

Game Director & Head of Art

Spoonful of Wonder

Krish Anurag

Founding and Managing Partner

Chimera VC

Kundavai A

Founder & CEO

Eduzo Games India Pvt Ltd

Laksh Sharma

Investment Associate

Eximius Ventures

Laxmi Khanolkar

Co-founder and CEO

Apar Games

Leonardo Spoladore

Sr Art Director

Gameberry Labs

Manali Kanungo

Co-Founder

MindYourLogic Studios

Manan Shastri

UEFN Specialist and Unreal Authorized Instructor

Green Rain Studios LLP

Manav Arya

Founder & CEO

Tetrafolia Games

Manivannan Muniyandi

Professor

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

Mario Royston

Co Founder & Managing Director

Weloadin

Mark Schoennagel

Sr. Manager of Advocacy

Unity Technologies

Mayank Rajpoot

Studio Head

Lakshya Digital

Michelle Menard

Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer

Dragon Snacks Games

Mike Fischer

Professor of Interactive Media

University of Southern California

Mithun Sacheti

Founder

CaratLane

Mohsin “Mozzy” Ahmed

Director of Product

King

Mukund Sagar Vasishta

Director Of Client Relations

Lakshya Digital

Munjal Shroff

Director & COO

Graphiti Multimedia Pvt Ltd

Musab Zaman

Head of Communication & Content

MetaNinza Gaming Pvt. Ltd.

Naga Rohith

Co-Founder

Airoclip

Nikhil Maurya

Technical Game Designer & Developer

Independent

Nirav Doshi

APJ Games' Specialist SA

AWS

Nitish Mittersain

CEO

Nazara

Padmanaban Sridhar

Business Owner

Gaming on Wheels

Parth Chadha

CEO

Stan

Pooja Raj

Senior UA Manager

Nazara Technologies Ltd

Prabhakaran Rajendran

Product Owner

Gaming on Wheels

Pranab Punj

Strategic Advisor

Xsolla

Prashanth Krishnan

CPO & Co-founder

Highbrow Interactive

Prateek Jadhwani

Founder / Game Developer

Destroyer Doggo

Prince Thomas

Co-Founder & CEO

MetaShot

R Rajesh Krishnan

Senior Software Engineer

Sony India Software Centre Pvt Ltd

Raj Gambhava

Founder & CEO

JBM360

Rajan Navani

Founder & CEO

JetSynthesys

Raju Patil

Studio Head

Lakshya Digital

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