CNBC India has teamed up with Sun Microsystems and SAP India to launch the first of it's kind multimedia property that will focus on key industry segments.

The Industry Vector, to be held on 9 May at the Taj Poolside in Mumbai, will witness the participation and interaction of key business leaders, policymakers and opinion leaders on specific industry issues.

The first series focussed on industry vertical forums will comprise corporate chieftains of an industry sector and would be initiated by a panel of speakers. The first session will focus on the banking and financial services industry, according to an official release.

The forum will be led by a panel of eminent personalities from the finance sector including Zarir Cama, CEO HSBC, Ramesh Sobti, ABN AMRO bank, Leo Puri, Principal McKinsey & Co., Dalbir Singh, Chairman Central Bank of India & Indian Banks Association, Cherian Verghese, CMD Corporation Bank. The forum aims to provide a platform to discuss and debate issues and to drive towards tangible points of action and will conclude with a precise direction.

Through sustained and continuous offerings on ground, CNBC India, along with Sun Microsystems and SAP India, aim to make this a single point of convergence for discussions on industry specific issues, says the release. A designated committee consisting of industry experts and consultants who will decide upon the issues for the forums. The committee's key responsibility will be to identify and articulate issues that need to be focussed on for each of the on-ground forums, it adds.