TECH trailblazers -India’s Partner MAkreitng Powerlist 2026

• Bhaskar Basu  Chief Partner Officer – India & South Asia

Bhaskar Basu is driving Microsoft’s partner-first growth strategy across India and South Asia by strengthening the partner ecosystem, accelerating cloud and AI adoption, enabling co-sell opportunities, and helping partners build industry-focused solutions that deliver measurable customer outcomes and digital transformation at scale.

• Gaurav Saxena – Director, Channels & Alliances, Veeam

With more than two decades of experience across channel development, distribution, and strategic alliances, Gaurav Saxena brings deep expertise in building and scaling partner-led businesses. At Veeam, he will lead the company’s channel and alliance strategy, strengthen partner collaboration, and accelerate growth across the

SMB segment in India and SAARC.

•Amit Murarka,Senior Director – Alliances & Partnerships Databricks India

Amit Murarka is driving Databricks’ partner ecosystem across India by strengthening strategic alliances, accelerating co-sell initiatives, enabling consulting partners, and expanding Data & AI adoption through a collaborative, partner-first go-to-market strategy.

• Nikhil Sharma – AWS

Driving partner success in the world’s largest hyperscaler, Nikhil has become synonymous with enabling India’s cloud ecosystem through scalable co-marketing and enablement.

• Jason Albert – Akamai

Leading partner marketing at Akamai India, Jason crafts narratives around content delivery and security powered by a robust partner base.

• Vivek Duvedi – Snowflake

A strong advocate of the modern data stack, Vivek is shaping Snowflake’s India ecosystem through compelling joint GTM initiatives with partners.

• Nishith Sampat – NTT

Known for his deep expertise in revenue marketing and partner co-innovation, Nishith is a standout in the partner marketing leadership community.

• Kamia Wahi – Apple India

As Partner Marketing Lead, Kamia drives Apple’s India strategy across notebooks and PCs, ensuring partners are central to Apple’s growth narrative.

• Samson Issac – NetApp

Leading NetApp’s alliances and partner marketing in India, Samson is recognized for spotlighting partner success in hybrid cloud and storage.

What unites this diverse set of leaders is a shared ability to turn marketing into an engine of trust, scale, and revenue. They don’t just amplify brand messages; they enable ecosystems, empower partners, and energize markets. In a country where ecosystems determine success, these rainmakers prove that partner marketing is no longer the “back office of demand gen” but the frontline of digital growth.

India’s partner marketing leaders are not just keeping pace with change — they are defining it.