CONVERGENCE '26
The Business Storytelling Edition
India's Business Storytelling Festival & Championship
- November 28, 2026
- 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
- Bangalore
Design Track
Winner ₹1,00,000 · Runner Up ₹25,000
Storytelling Track
Winner ₹1,00,000 · Runner Up ₹25,000
5 Design + 5 Storytelling
More Than a Conference The Annual Gathering of India's Product Leadership Community
Where India's Product Leaders Come Together to Share, Learn & Lead
A complete journey where practitioners learn the craft, build their story with mentors, and present it live on the Convergence stage.
The Theme
Storytelling is the Leadership Skill the AI Era Cannot Automate.
Artificial Intelligence can generate information in seconds, but businesses are built by people who inspire action and create belief.
Great leaders communicate ideas that build trust, align teams and drive change.
Convergence 2026 explores how business storytelling is shaping leadership, product strategy and innovation in the AI era.
01
Leadership & Influence
Turn vision into action through authentic leadership communication
02
Product Thinking
Build products by understanding the stories behind customer behaviour.
03
Innovation & Change
Help people embrace uncertainty through meaningful narratives.
04
Organisational Learning
Capture experience and accelerate learning across teams.
05
Customer Understanding
Move beyond analytics to understand the people behind the data.
06
Business Growth
Build trust with customers, investors and teams through compelling business stories.
More Than a Conference The Annual Gathering of India's Product Leadership Community
Five Stages From Learning to the Stage
The Festival is now a complete journey. Two workshops, personalised mentoring and a shortlisting process lead up to November 28, when finalists present their business stories live.
Learn
Build
Between sessions, participants draft their own business story using what they have learned.
Get Mentored
Mentors work with each storyteller to develop the story, strengthen its structure and refine the narrative.
Refine
Participants apply mentor feedback and prepare their story for delivery on stage.
Present
Shortlisted storytellers present on the Convergence stage in front of an industry jury and a live audience.
THE WORKSHOPS
Four Sessions Across Two Tracks
Two workshops build the Storytelling Track, two build the Design Track. Each workshop is valued at ₹2,500 and is included in the complete journey. All sessions are in person, venue to be announced.
STORYTELLING TRACK
Art of Storytelling
with Tanya Mathur Bhattacharya, Business Storyteller and Story Coach, Storywallahs
Learn how to craft and communicate stories that are engaging, structured and memorable.
Workshop value ₹2,500, included in the complete journey. Venue to be announced.
Storytelling Track, Workshop 2
Facilitator and topic to be announced
Details for this session will be shared closer to the date.
DESIGN TRACK
Design Track, Workshop 1
Facilitator and topic to be announced
Details for this session will be shared closer to the date.
Workshop value ₹2,500, included in the complete journey. Venue to be announced.
Data Storytelling and Visualisation
Learn how to transform data and insights into compelling stories through effective visualisation.
Personalised mentoring and coaching. Between the workshops and November 28, every participant works with a mentor to develop their story, strengthen its structure, refine the narrative and prepare it for presentation.
Business Storytelling Championship
India's First Business Storytelling Championship
At the heart of Convergence 2026 is India’s first Business Storytelling Championship, a national platform where professionals share authentic stories from real leadership, product and business experiences.
From breakthrough products to defining career moments, every story is an opportunity to inspire, teach and shape the next generation of leaders.
Awards & Recognition
Design Track
Winner
Judged on authenticity, insight, clarity and delivery.
₹1,00,000
Runner Up
A strong story with clear craft and impact.
₹25,000
Storytelling Track
Winner
Judged on authenticity, insight, clarity and delivery.
₹1,00,000
Runner Up
A strong story with clear craft and impact.
₹25,000
Total Prize Pool
₹2,50,000
THE TWO TRACKS
Design Track and Storytelling Track
Every finalist competes within one of two tracks, judged separately by the industry jury, each with its own Winner and Runner Up on stage.
Design Track
Stories told through design and product thinking, the decisions behind building experiences people trust and use.
Storytelling Track
Stories told through business and leadership narrative, the moments that shaped products, teams and careers.
CHAMPIONSHIP SELECTION
From Application to the Stage
Applications Open
Submit your business story for review, and choose the Design or Storytelling track.
Top 100 Stories
Selected based on authenticity, relevance and learning value.
10 Finalists
Five finalists in the Design Track and five in the Storytelling Track earn a place on stage.
Live Presentations
All ten finalists present before an industry jury and live audience.
Track Awards
Two are shortlisted from each track, becoming that track's Winner and Runner Up.
JUDGING CRITERIA
What the Jury Looks For
Authenticity
Real experiences with genuine business learning.
Clarity
Well structured stories with a clear message.
Impact
Business lessons that inspire meaningful action.
Emotional Resonance
Creates connection through authenticity and relevance.
Delivery
Clear, confident and engaging communication.
Featured Experiences
The Festival Day, Seven Experiences.
The culmination of the journey brings keynotes, panels, a masterclass and the championship together in one day.
Business Storytelling Championship
Compete on India's biggest stage for business storytelling. Share the experiences behind products, leadership decisions, and innovation journeys that changed careers, businesses, and industries.
KEYNOTE
Leadership Keynotes
Hear inspiring stories from industry leaders as they share the decisions, challenges and experiences behind building successful products, teams and businesses.
FIRESIDE
Leadership Panel
Explore diverse perspectives from industry experts discussing how storytelling drives product strategy, customer trust, organisational growth and business success.
PANEL
Fireside Discussions
Join candid conversations with senior leaders exploring leadership, innovation and the defining moments that shaped their professional journeys.
MASTERCLASS
Business Storytelling Workshop
Learn practical frameworks to craft compelling business stories that influence decisions, inspire teams and communicate ideas with confidence.
NETWORKING
Networking & Community
Connect with product leaders, founders, innovators and professionals from across India through meaningful conversations and community networking.
RECOGNITION
Championship Awards
Celebrate the Business Storytelling Champion 2026,
Learn From Leaders Who Have Built, Scaled and Inspired
Stories From India's Leading Builders
Hear from founders, product leaders and executives sharing the stories behind breakthrough products, difficult decisions and leadership journeys.
Ashwin Srinivasan
VP of Product
MoEngage
Chandramouli Gopalakrishnan
Chief Product Officer
Tata Digital
Chandra Sekhar Sarmah
Head of Product Management
ADP
Dr. Lalit Mohan Sanagavarapu
Chief Product Officer
Quick Heal
Pinkesh Shah
Founder & CPO
delightloop
Rajdeep Ghosh
Chief Product & Technology Officer
Dr.-Reddy's Laboratories
Raman Srinivasan
Chief Digital Officer
InMobi
SaiSatish Vedam
Chief Product Officer
Institute Of Product Leadership
Shashank Sahni
Managing Director
Google
Shailesh Mishra
Chief Dev Advisor
Microsoft
Sriram Iyer
Chief Product Officer
Apollo-Health-and-Lifestyle
Swati Satapathy
Product Management Leader
Razorpay
Suyash Joshi
Head of Product Management
Ather Energy
Tanya Mathur Bhattacharya
Business Storyteller & Story Coach
Storywallahs
Industry Jury
Evaluating Every Story
Industry leaders evaluating stories based on authenticity, business impact, clarity and delivery. Further announcements coming soon.
Abhijit Dey
Senior Vice President
Axis Bank
Mayur Channagere
Chief Storyteller & Photoprenuer AGNA
SEE. FRAME. SELL.
The Power of Visual Storytelling in Business
The workshop is designed to be practical, engaging and relevant to the way we communicate at work today where we are constantly trying to capture attention, explain ideas and make people care about what we have to say.
Through the session, participants will explore:
How visuals work:
Understanding how images influence attention, emotion and decision-making.
From showing to telling:
Moving beyond simply presenting a product, service or idea to building a story around it.
Finding the human story:
Discovering the emotion, experience or problem that sits behind what we are communicating.
A simple storytelling framework:
Using Before → Tension → Experience → After → Action to structure visual stories.
The one-image challenge:
Learning to identify the single visual idea that can communicate a complex message.
Putting it into practice:
Applying visual storytelling to presentations, pitches, LinkedIn, product launches and everyday brand communication.
Making visuals meaningful:
Walking away with a practical approach to creating visuals that don’t just look good, but say something and make people feel something.
THE PROGRAMME
From the First Workshop to the Final Stage
The complete schedule, from the first workshop through mentoring to the festival day.