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● Now forming — founding membership 2026

Building a national platform for Indian-origin leaders shaping the future of technology

ILF brings together senior leaders from industry, startups, and academia across AI, quantum, cybersecurity, biotech and Fusion Engergy & Adanced material, to lead, not just participate.
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Technology focus pillars

2026

Founded — RTP, North Carolina

National

Reach across the US

ILF is building a national platform for Indian-origin leaders across technology, science, entrepreneurship, and policy — to ensure our community leads, not just participates.
Our Mission
Who We Are

Where innovation meets purpose

ILF was founded in 2026 on a single conviction: Indian-origin leaders deserve a dedicated national platform, not just a network, but a community built to lead.

We bring together practitioners from industry, startups, and academia across six high-impact technology domains, with a goal of turning conversations into action.

● Agentic AI                                                        ● Quantum Technology                      

● Fusion Energy                                               ● Deep-Tech Ventures                          

● Cybersecurity & EA                                  ● Biotech & MedTech                            
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Focus Areas

Five pillars. One mission.

Deep conversations across the technology domains where Indian-origin leaders have the most to contribute — and the most to gain from each other.

Agentic AI and Autonomous Systems

From MCP to LangGraph — how Indian-origin leaders are governing the transition from generative AI to autonomous enterprise operations.

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Quantum Technologies

Q-Day is closer than enterprises think. We lead the practitioner dialogue on post-quantum cryptography, quantum computing, and what CISOs need to know today.

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Fusion Energy and Advanced Materials

The Triangle's nuclear engineering and fusion research ecosystem makes this a natural hub for conversations about the next energy frontier.

Explore pillar

Cybersecurity and Enterprise Architecture

Zero Trust, ARB governance, agentic AI workload security — where enterprise architects and CISOs drive the conversation on governed, resilient technology.

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Biotech, MedTech and Digital Health

AI-driven drug discovery, FDA-navigated MedTech, and digital health platforms — at the intersection of Indian-origin scientific leadership and global health impact.

Explore pillar
 The People Behind ILF

Founding team & advisors

ILF is built by practitioners — leaders who have built enterprise functions, scaled startups, and shaped technology at the highest levels of industry and finance.

Co-Founder & President

Sachin Joshi

Chief Infrastructure Architect at New York Life Insurance. 20+ years in enterprise architecture across EY, Vimeo, Oracle, and IQVIA. Creator of the BizTecOps framework.

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Co-Founder

Anurag Pandey

Director of Strategic Initiatives at Cisco. Expert in cloud operating models, recurring revenue architecture, and enterprise finance transformation. 15+ years enabling digital transformation.

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Co-Founder

Srinivas Katti

Senior Technology Leader at Zensar Technologies. Deep expertise in cloud architecture, enterprise solutions delivery, and large-scale digital transformation programs across global markets.

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Advisor

Strategic Advisor

Himanshu H. Shah

One of North Carolina's most respected Indian-origin business leader.
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Three steps to join the mission

We are intentionally small at the start. ILF is for senior leaders who want to contribute, not just attend — quality over scale.

Apply as a founding member

Complete a short application sharing your domain, role, and what you'd contribute to the ILF community. Indian-origin leaders at all career stages are welcome.

Connect with the team

A founding team member will reach out to learn more about your work and explore which ILF pillar community is the best fit for you.

Join your first roundtable

Attend a curated dialogue event in your focus area — in-person in RTP or virtually — and meet the people shaping the conversation.
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Events

Upcoming programs

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Inaugural Event                                                                                                       September 2026

ILF Launch · All Pillars · Founding Kickoff

ILF Launch & Founding Kickoff — Where Innovation Meets Purpose

The inaugural ILF event — an evening of vision, introductions, and founding conversations across all six ILF pillars. Limited to founding members and invited guests.

📍 RTP, North Carolina                                                     ● Date TBC, September 2026
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Our goal — connecting industry, startups & academia across the Research Triangle

                                                                                 NC State University    Duke University    UNC Chapel Hill    Research Triangle Park
Founding Membership Open

Your seat at the table.

Founding members shape ILF — the events, the conversations,

the community. Join early and help build what this becomes.
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