Bengaluru, 22nd August 2025
Quantic India’s Cloud Cost Optimization & FinOps Show 2025 was an extraordinary celebration of the decade’s most remarkable revolution. This year’s awards were a spectacular showcase of the best Cloud initiatives nationwide, and attendees from various sectors were impressed when they explored the groundbreaking solutions at our event.
The Cloud Cost Optimization & FinOps Show 2025 hosted by Quantic India was a momentous occasion, featuring some of the most informative and innovative panel discussions by experts in the field of Cloud and Engineering. From industry leaders to professional and expert practitioners, the esteemed panellists shared their valuable insights on a wide range of topics, including Cloud cost optimization is complex—even with budgets in place—due to hidden inefficiencies, poor governance, and cultural gaps. FinOps aims to align engineering, finance, and operations by embedding cost accountability, automation, and forecasting into DevOps workflows, but success depends on balancing innovation, autonomy, and performance without adding friction.
Attendees experienced a unique opportunity to engage with over 25+ speakers representing diverse perspectives and domains. They also had the valuable chance to interact with award-winning representatives from over 60+ organisations and network with solution providers, all conveniently located under one roof. The event provided a comprehensive and insightful exploration of the dynamic landscape of cloud, leaving attendees inspired and informed.
Boardroom 1: Collaboration in FinOps: Bringing Engineering, Leadership, Finance and FinOps on the same cloud cost plane
Expert Moderators:
- Abhilash Kumar : Head of Marketing, Amnic
- Nikhil Bora : Head of Engineering, Amnic
Esteemed Panel Speakers:
- Naresh Choudhary: Senior Vice President, Quality & Productivity, Infosys Ltd
- Mohit Kumar : Director- DevOps & Cybersecurity, ZoomCar
- Javed Khan : Chief Technology Officer, Tatva Care
- Ashutosh Sharma : Director of Engineering , Myntra
- Nitin Kashyap : Vice President- Product , Krutrim
- Ashish Nanjiani : VP- Engineering, Rakuten India
- Anita Ramaiah : Director of Engineering, Amadeus Labs
- Josefa Roche : Senior Cloud FinOps Engineer, Revionics, an Aptos Company
Boardroom 2: Beyond Optimization: Turning Cloud Cost Management into Business Value
Expert Moderator:
- Vikram Singh Jain : Director, DevOps, CloudKeeper
Esteemed Panel Speakers:
- Vikas Anand : Senior Director of Engineering, Yubi
- Gazal Garg : Chief Technology Officer, Upswing Financial Technologies
- Abhishek Gaurav : Senior Director- DevOps, greytHR
- SivaKumar Krishnamurthy : Head of DevOps / SRE & GCC lead, Cloudera India
- Ruthraiah Thulasi : AVP- Engineering, JSW One Platform
- Anand Mehta : Senior FinOps Specialist, Nasdaq
- Ravishankar Sundaresan : Senior Enterprise Cloud Architect, Blue Yonder
Panel 1: The Hidden Costs of Cloud Where Are You Bleeding Money?
Expert Moderator:
- Praneet Chandra: Senior Director, Cloud Economics CloudKeeper
Esteemed Panel Speakers:
- Ranjitha R : Head Engineering, Phonepe
- Sreedhar Gade : Vice President, Engineering , Freshworks
- Kausal Malladi : SVP & Head of Engineering, INDmoney
- Manoj Thangaraj : Associate Director- CloudOps & SRE, ElasticRun
- Mohan Krishna Devarapalli : Senior Director Engineering, PayU
- Vishal Singh : VP- Engineering, Slice
- Siva Adhikarla : Associate Director of Software Engineering, bigbasket
- Swadhin Jaiswal : Senior Director of Engineering, Nielsen
Panel 2: FinOps in Action – Making Cost Optimization a Continuous Practice
Expert Moderator:
- Sathya Narayanan Nagarajan : Co-founder & CTO, Amnic
Esteemed Panel Speakers:
- Animesh Kumar : Director of Engineering, Jupiter
- Aravindan Varadan : Senior Director, Azentio
- Deepa K C : Head Infrastructure & Cloud, Vois
- Sumon Mal : Head Engineering, Sony Pictures Entertainment
- Akshat Kumar Singhal : Director of Engineering, ZopSmart
- Chidambaran Subramanian : VP- Technology, InCred Financial Services
- Sandip Mahanta : Senior Director of Engineering, Piramal Capital & Housing Finance Limited
- Nayan Naidu : Head DevOps & Agile Practice, Altimetrik
Following each exceptionally enlightening panel discussion Quantic India proudly recognized various industrial domain experts and companies, presenting them with prestigious awards for their exceptional long-term contributions.
Companies Who Won at the Cloud Cost Optimization & FinOps Show 2025
- Best Unified DevOps-FinOps Enablers of the Year (Logistics): Gro Digital Platforms Limited – A Hinduja Group Company
- Cost Optimization in Kubernetes Environments (SaaS): Contentstack India Pvt. Ltd.
- Best Enterprise FinOps Implementation (FinTech): AngelOne
- Best Cloud Cost Reduction Initiative (E-Learning): Pluralsight
- Technology Team of the Year (FinTech): INDstocks Pvt.Ltd.
- Best Cloud Project Delivering Business Value (IT): RubikX
- Cost Optimization in Containerized Environments (HR Tech): greytHR
- Best Cloud Cost Reduction Initiative (IT): HackerRank
- Best Cloud Cost Reduction Initiative (FinTech): PayU Payments Pvt. Ltd.
- Best Cloud Project Delivering Business Value (Quick -Commerce): Zepto
- Best Cloud Cost Reduction Initiative (Industrial Automation): ABB
- Real-Time FinOps Execution (Telecommunications) : Reach
- Best Team in Multi-Cloud Management (AgriTech): Ninjacart
- Cloud Infrastructure Optimization of the year (Consumer Electronics): HUBBLE BABY CARE LIMITED
- Best Cloud Cost Reduction Initiative (E-Commerce): Wakefit Innovations Limited
- Best Enterprise FinOps Implementation (E-Commerce): BigBasket
- Best Enterprise FinOps Implementation (BFSI): Piramal Finance Limited
- Best Cloud Cost Reduction Initiative (Gaming): Vision11 (Figment Technokart Private Limited)
- FinOps Team Excellence in Cost Optimization (FinTech): Open Financial Technologies Private Limited.
- Best Cloud Cost Reduction Initiative (Telecom): Vodafone Intelligent Solutions
- Realtime FinOps Execution (B2B SaaS): Xoxoday
- Best Cloud Cost Reduction Initiative (Deep Tech): Ctruh
Individual Who Won at the Cloud Cost Optimization & FinOps Show 2025
- Technology Leader of the Year (SaaS): Hiver, Kumar Shailove
- Rising Star – Cloud Cost Optimization Champion (Retail): Falabella, Sachin Arote
Our Proud Sponsor Partners for the Event
Presenting Partner: CloudKeeper and Amnic
Co-Presenting Partner: Akamai
Platinum Partner: New Relic
Gold Partner: Vultr
Silver Partner: Mydbops, Trucost.cloud
Media Partner: Quantic Connect
The event showcased groundbreaking Cloud solutions, equipping businesses with the tools to innovate and bring betterment to the Cloud industry. As Engineering and Cloud landscapes continue to shift, Quantic India remains committed to driving industry discussions and will soon unveil its next edition to explore deeper insights.
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