24th edition
Cost Congress 2025 Highlights
The International Conference on Total Cost Management explored how businesses can unlock value and create global competitive advantage amid disruption and uncertainty.
2025 at a glance
A focused programme bringing business leaders and cost-management professionals together around resilience, innovation and competitiveness.
Conversations that shaped the programme
The agenda examined the strategic and operational levers that help organisations create durable value.
Value unlocking in business
Creating competitive advantage.
Geopolitical shifts
Ringfencing supply-chain disruptions.
Supply Chain 5.0
Building connected and responsive value chains.
Leveraging innovation
A key lever for economic growth and global competitiveness.
India's PSU journey
Strengthening industry competitiveness.
Technology as a lever
Enhancing manufacturing competitiveness.
Technology and AI
Unlocking value across services.
Human capital excellence
Transforming uncertainty into opportunity.
Zero-based framework
Enhancing business agility.
TCM 3.0
Overhauling total cost management for today's business context.
Featured leaders
Perspectives from leaders across manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, financial services and consulting.
Mr. Girish Wagh
Chairman, CII National Committee for TCM & Executive Director, Tata Motors Ltd
Mr. B Thiagarajan
Managing Director, Blue Star Ltd
Mr. Ramesh Swaminathan
Executive Director, Global CFO & Head of API Plus SBU, Lupin Ltd
Ms. Jayashree Satagopan
Chairperson, Cost Congress 2025 & CFO, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd
Mr. Ajay Patil
Chief Financial Officer, RSB Global
Mr. Ravindra K Kundu
Managing Director, Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company Ltd
Dr. Ganesh K
Partner & Global Lead, MSC Center of Competence, McKinsey & Company
Mr. Shubhankar Chatterji
Executive Director – Supply Chain, Cummins India
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