Sudeepta Veerapaneni
Chief Innovation Officer
Deloitte South Asia
AI BuildLab 2026 · Grand Finale
Welcome to theGrand Finale.
Sunday, 19 July 2026 · Khemka Auditorium, ISB Hyderabad
Six weeks. Twelve hundred builders. Eight themes. One stage.
The finest AI ventures from ISB's cross-university BuildLab, pitched live to India's leading VCs and operators.
6
Weeks
1200+
Builders
8
Themes
₹5L+
In Prizes
※ The Road to the Finale
1Stage 1
600
Registered
Builders signed up
2Stage 2
150
Teams Formed
Squads assembled
3Stage 3
30
Semi-Finalists
Top ventures
4Stage 4
5
Grand Finalists
On the main stage
Scroll
The Grand Finale
Your seat is reserved
With gratitude · BTC × E&VC
When
Sun, 19 July
2026
2026
7:00 PM onwards
Where
Khemka
Auditorium
Auditorium
ISB Hyderabad Campus
What
Finale
The main stage
For the audience · ₹50K+ giveawaysFlash quizzes · Rapid-fire between pitches
Coffee Machine
Audience giveaway
Projector
Audience giveaway
JBL Speakers
Audience giveaway
Exclusive Dinner with our Jury
Audience giveaway
"None of this happens without you. Come celebrate what you built."
— The Organising TeamBuilt in six weeks✦Pitched to VCs✦Live on July 19✦Khemka Auditorium · ISB Hyderabad✦1200+ builders✦Eight themes · One stage✦
Built in six weeks✦Pitched to VCs✦Live on July 19✦Khemka Auditorium · ISB Hyderabad✦1200+ builders✦Eight themes · One stage✦
Chapter One
Grand Finale
Jury.
VCs, founders and industry leaders — the operators and investors stress-testing every venture on stage.
JuryVasisht S Ravichandran
Chief Operating Officer
POP
Chapter Two
The Guild.
Faculty evaluators and faculty mentors — the professors who guided every pod through six weeks.
Faculty Evaluators
Faculty Evaluators
Pod Evaluation Round · Week 5.
FacultyProf. Raghuram Bommaraju
Faculty Evaluator
ISB
FacultyProf. Vishal Karungulam
Faculty Evaluator
ISB
FacultyProf. Ramabhadran Thirumalai
Faculty Evaluator
ISB
Faculty Mentors
Faculty Mentors
1:1 mentorship across pods, Weeks 4–5.
MentorProf. Sudhir Voleti
Faculty Mentor
ISB
MentorProf. Sumeet Kumar
Faculty Mentor
ISB
MentorProf. Sarang Deo
Faculty Mentor
ISB
MentorProf. Gurvinder Sandhu
Faculty Mentor
ISB
Industry Veterans
Industry Veterans
Operators stress-testing ventures across tracks.
Chapter Three
The Organising
Team.
Rahul Saxena
Founder
PGP PRO 2026
Akshat Srivastava
Co-Founder & Product/Tech Head
PGP PRO 2026
Dhwani Singhal
Marketing & Communications Head
PGP PRO 2026
Aditya D Desai
Legal & Compliance Lead
PGP PRO 2026
Jaswanth Matam
Sponsorships Head
PGP PRO 2026
Mahima Kaur
Content & Brand Lead
PGP PRO 2026
Shivani Alka
Digital Outreach Lead
PGP PRO 2026
Yashath Maini
Experience & Hospitality Lead
PGP PRO 2026
Sparsh Guha
Public Relations Lead
PGP PRO 2026
Deekshith
Corporate Relations Lead
PGP PRO 2026
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