Padmanaban TA
DGM & Head of Digital Banking
Karnataka Bank
Session at World AI Summit 2026
Padmanaban TA is a confirmed speaker at World AI Summit 2026, 14-15 October 2026, Sheraton Grand Bangalore Hotel at Brigade Gateway, Bengaluru, India. Session title, time and hall will be published on this page once the agenda is final.
About Padmanaban TA
Padmanaban TA is Deputy General Manager and Head of Digital Banking at Karnataka Bank, a role held since April 2024 and based in Bengaluru.
Padmanaban has 14 years of experience in digital banking, product management and payments. Before Karnataka Bank, Padmanaban led digital customer experience and journeys for wholesale banking at HDFC Bank (2021-2024), covering supply chain financing, API banking and cash management; was Head of Digital Banking, Analytics, Marketing and Payments at City Union Bank (2020-2021); Vice President, Digital Banking and Acquisition at Citi for select EMEA and APAC markets (2018-2020); Deputy Vice President, Digital Banking at IndusInd Bank (2015-2018); and Product Manager for internet, mobile banking and mobile payments at ING Vysya Bank (2012-2015), where the team launched the bank's mobile banking apps and IMPS payments.
Padmanaban holds a BE in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Anna University, Chennai, and an MBA in Marketing and Finance from Loyola Institute of Business Administration, and completed an Executive Programme in IT Management at IIM Lucknow.
About Karnataka Bank
Karnataka Bank Limited is an 'A' Class Scheduled Commercial Bank incorporated on 18 February 1924 and headquartered in Mangaluru, Karnataka. It operates 957 branches across 22 states and two union territories, serves over 11 million customers and is listed on the NSE and BSE.