Agenda

Day 1

09.00 AM - 09.45 AM

Registration, with tea/coffee

10.15 AM - 11.25 AM

Inauguration & Opening Remarks

Nirmala Sitharaman

Union Minister of Finance and Minister of Corporate Affairs

Govt. of India

11.30 AM - 12.15 PM

Fireside Chat - Current Economic Growth & Challenges

Uday Kotak

Founder & Director

Kotak Mahindra Bank

12.20 PM - 01.05 PM

Fireside Chat - Developed vs Emerging: India’s Markets in a New World Order

Chris Wood

Global Head of Equity Strategy

Jefferies

01.15 PM - 02.15 PM

Networking Lunch

02.15 PM - 03.00 PM

Fireside Chat - How India Should Negotiate an Uncertain World

PK Mishra

Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister

03:05 PM - 04.00 PM

Fireside Chat - India in the Reset World

Amitabh Kant

G20 Sherpa

04.05PM - 04.45 PM

High Tea

05:00 PM - 05.30 PM

Fireside Chat - Role of India’s Climate Actions Amid a New Climate Order

Bhupender Yadav

Union Minister for Environment, Forest & Climate Change

Govt. of India

5.35 PM – 6.20 PM

India’s Economic Reset Amid a New World Order

Dharmakirti Joshi

Chief Economist

Crisil

Laveesh Bhandari

President

CSEP

Sundeep Sikka

ED & CEO

Nippon India Mutual Fund

Tushar Vikram

CEO & Country Head India

Mashreq

06.25 PM - 07.10 PM

Defence and Private Sector: Collaboration and Coordination

Admiral (retd) R. Hari Kumar

Former Chief of Naval Staff

Rajinder Singh Bhatia

Chairman

Kalyani Strategic Systems Limited

Samir V Kamat

Chairman

DRDO

07:15 PM - 07.45 PM

Fireside Chat - New paradigms in Financial Reporting

Ajay Bhushan Pandey

IAS, Chairperson

NFRA

07.45 PM

Networking Dinner

Day 2

10.00 AM - 10.45 AM

Registration, with tea/coffee

10.45 AM – 11.45 AM

Can India Champion Itself as a Renewable Energy Hub?

Amit Singh

CEO

Adani Green Energy Ltd

Deepesh Nanda

MD & CEO

Tata Power Renewable Energy Ltd.

Girish Tanti

Co-founder & Vice Chairman

Suzlon Group

12.00 PM – 12.30 PM

Fireside Chat - Manufacturing in India: A reality?

Sunil Vachani

Co-founder & Executive Chairman

Dixon Technologies

12.45 PM – 1.15 PM

Fireside Chat - Reimagining India’s Semiconductor Play

Ajai Chowdhry

Co-Founder

HCL

01.15 PM - 02.15 PM

Networking Lunch

02.15 PM – 02.45 PM

Fireside Chat - Navigating the Investment Landscape in 2025

Samir Arora

Founder & Group CIO

Helios Capital

02.45 PM – 03.15 PM

New India: The Building Blocks

Puneet Jaggi

Founder

Blusmart Electric Mobility, Gensol Engineering, Matrix Gas

Anshoo Sharma

CEO

Magicpin

Achint Setia

CEO

Snapdeal

03.15 PM – 03.45 PM

Fireside Chat - Can India Create Its Own LVMH?​

Julien Tornare

CEO

Hublot (an LVMH brand)

03.45 PM – 04.15 PM

High Tea

04.20 PM – 05.05 PM

Is Agriculture India’s Strength or Weakness?

Ramesh Chand

Member

NITI Aayog

CSC Sekhar

Professor

Institute of Economic Growth

Ajay Vir Jakhar

Chairman

Bharat Krishak Samaj

05.10 PM – 05.55 PM

Future of Jobs

Sumita Dawra

Secretary, Ministry of Labour & Employment

Govt. of India

Dr. Radhicka Kapoor

Senior Employment Specialist

ILO Decent Work Technical Support Team (DWT) for South Asia

Hiranmay Pandya

All India President

Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh

06.00 PM – 06.30 PM

Fireside Chat - The Great Reset: India in a New World Order

Suman Bery

Vice Chairperson

NITI Ayog

06.30 pm

Closing Remark

Shailesh Dobhal

Editor

Business Standard