STC India Annual Summit 2025
5–6 December 2025 · Pune, India
Summit Archive - Celebrating our 2025 event
Our STC India Annual Summit 2025 united technical communicators, content strategists, and AI practitioners around the defining question: How do we evolve alongside AI?
The event’s theme - AI & I: Adapt, Innovate, Accelerate - reflected our profession’s collective journey from curiosity to capability. It wasn’t about replacing the writer; it was about reimagining what the writer can do with AI as a collaborative partner.
Adapt
Redesigning workflows, tools, and mindsets for an AI-first documentation landscape.
Innovate
Rethinking content design, delivery, and user experience through AI-augmented creativity.
Accelerate
Amplifying output quality, scope, and business value with AI-powered documentation pipelines.
What to Expect
2025 Speaker Selection Timeline
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Submissions Received
30 September 2025: Call for papers deadline. We received excellent proposals across all three tracks.
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Speakers Confirmed
19 October 2025: Final speaker confirmations and program finalized. Final presentation materials submitted.
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Summit Delivered
5–6 December 2025: Outstanding presentations and workshops delivered across all three tracks and keynotes.
Key Dates (Retrospective)
30th Sep
Submission
19th Oct
Shortlisting
16th Nov
Final Decks
5-6 Dec
Summit
All Passes Sold Out
2025 passes are no longer available. Thank you to all attendees across both days and all pricing tiers!
2025 Attendance Highlights
300+
Attendees
20+
Speakers
2 Venues
Pune
Day 1 - Friday, 5 December 2025
BMC Software India, Wing 1 Tower B, Yerwada, Pune · 10:00–17:00
AI in Your Arsenal: Winning the Leadership War
Mugdha Bapat · Director (ID), Rocket Software
Overview: Five battles of a leader journey and the significance of having AI in your toolkit.
Takeaways: AI adoption strategy for 2026, delegation, accountability, stakeholder negotiation, influencing with intent.
Bring: Laptop with PPT, notepad, one challenge you are facing at work.
Leading the AI Pivot for Your Tech Comm Team
Paresh Naik · Director - Information Experience, BMC Helix
Overview: Assess your team current state, explore evolving roles, and build a roadmap for an AI-enabled documentation function.
Takeaways: Team AI maturity assessment, transformation roadmap, emerging roles clarity.
Bring: Laptop, pen, notepad, engaged mind!
Practical AI for Technical Writers: Real-world Use Cases
Anindita Basu · Sr. Information Architect, Rocket Software
Overview: Practical AI applications in techwriting - 5+ use cases, prompt engineering, and model context protocols.
Takeaways: AI for DDLC stages, ready-to-use strategies.
Bring: Laptop with internet, OpenAI account, 1-2 non-proprietary guides (PDF).
ChatGPT for Tech Writers: From Prompt to Prototype
Anant Sabane & Partha Srinivasan · AI Trainer, Tonbo Imaging
Overview: Explore ChatGPT as a creative assistant. Build tools using prompt engineering and clear task framing.
Takeaways: Engineerable prompts, AI project planning, working prototype, reusable prompts folder.
Designing the AI-Native Documentation Future
Sachin Shenoy & Sheece Baghdadi · OpenText / Icertis
Overview: Systematically analyze workflows and reimagine them for an AI-native world using foundational thinking models.
Takeaways: Foundational thinking models, strategic lens for AI-native workflows, framework for impact.
Bring: Laptop with Excel/Sheets, notebook, pen, sticky notes.
Bridging Practice & Strategy for AI-Ready Docs
Dr. Anu Singh · Principal (IC Director), Fiserv
Overview: Frameworks, tools, and governance strategies for ethical, scalable AI integration.
Takeaways: AI Maturity model, tool evaluation scorecard, governance toolkit, training playbook.
Agentic AI Workflow for Developer Docs
Raghuram Pandurangan · Senior Manager - Content, PayU
Overview: Practical AI agents for API docs content creation, editing, and maintenance.
Takeaways: Hands-on AI agent experience, future-ready skills, automation vs agentic workflow decisions.
Bring: Laptop with internet, notebook.
Day 2 - Saturday, 6 December 2025
Hyatt Pune, Kalyani Nagar · 08:30–19:00
Morning Program
Registration & Networking
Inauguration and Welcome by STC India President
Keynote 1
Dr. Sudhanshu Mani · Visionary behind India Vande Bharat Express
Networking Break
Keynote 2
Selvaraaju Murugesan · Head of Data Science, Kovai
STC India Awards Results 2025
Group Photo, Lunch & Networking
Afternoon - Parallel Tracks
The Art of Influence in the Age of AI
Nibu Thomas · Director, Information Development, Whatfix
AI and Tech Docs - A Leadership Perspective
Kartik Baid Dwivedi · Director, Experience Engineering, Red Hat
Future of Content with AI-First Mindset
Ravi Kumar Adapa · ServiceNow
Networking Break
How to Stay Moored Through Waves of Radical Changes
Edwin Skau · Founding Director, Solutions by Design
Design Docs Once, Reuse Everywhere: OpenAPI Docs
Steev Kundukulangara · Perfios Software Solutions
Forget the Fancy Tools and Make Your Docs Smarter Today
Upendra Singhai & Rahul Verma · Druva
Be the Human in the Loop
Prachii Kalyani · BMC Software
Innovation Power Talk + CEA Demo
Makarand Pandit & Gaurav Trivedi · Technowrites / Red Hat
Networking Break
Empowering TechComm with MCP Servers
Amandeep Singh Talwar · Autodesk
AI-Powered Content Creation: Risks, Rewards, Realities
Vindhya Sastry · BMC Software
The Trouble with Infinite Answers
Aparajita Singh · Oracle
Closing Ceremony
STC India Salary Survey 2025 Results
Volunteer Recognition
Vote of Thanks & Closing
Day 1 - 5 December
BMC Software India
Wing 1 Tower B, Survey No. 103, Airport Road, Yerwada, Pune 411006
Day 2 - 6 December
Hyatt Pune
88, Pune Nagar Road, Kalyani Nagar, Pune 411006
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