Programme

About India@100 Economy Summit

As India celebrates and reflects on its achievements in 75 years of Independence, it is time to take forward the trajectory of the economy’s phenomenal growth, create the right policies and introduce the right levers to achieve greater heights. To chart the growth path of the next 25 years and achieve global leadership position for the Indian economy, Business Today presents the India@100 Economy Summit – Achieving Global Leadership. Under this banner, top leaders from the political, administrative and corporate spheres will come together to discuss, debate and help create a framework of sustained growth for India over the next 25 years.

Going ahead, as the government plans a development strategy for the next 25 years, it is time to take forward the trajectory of the Indian economy’s phenomenal growth, create the right policies and introduce the right levers to achieve greater heights. To chart the growth path of the next 25 years and achieve global leadership position for the Indian economy, Business Today presents the India@100 Economy Summit – Achieving Global Leadership. Through this initiative, we will discuss, debate and help create a framework of sustained growth for India over the next 25 years.

  • 10:00 to
    10:55 hrs

    Registration

  • 10:55 to
    11:00 hrs

    Welcome Address

    Sourav Majumdar
    Sourav Majumdar
    Editor, Business Today
  • 11:00 to
    11:30 hrs
    Inaugural Session

    Aviation sector gearing up for a major take off

    Jyotiraditya Scindia
    Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia
    Minister of Civil Aviation, Government of India

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  • 11:30 to
    12:00 hrs
    Fireside Chat

    Education, Skilling and Jobs: Laying the Path for the Demographic Dividend to Bloom

    Dharmendra Pradhan
    Shri Dharmendra Pradhan
    Minister for Education and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India

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  • 12:00 to
    12:45 hrs
    Panel Discussion

    Walking on Fire: Shepherding the Indian economy through a battle-strewn world

    R Gopalan
    R Gopalan
    Former Economic Affairs Secretary
    Ajit Ranade
    Dr. Ajit Ranade
    VC, Gokhale Institute of Politics & Economics
    Shamika Ravi
    Shamika Ravi
    Director-Research, Brookings Institution
    Ramesh Chand
    Ramesh Chand
    Member, NITI Aayog

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  • 12:45 to
    13:15 hrs
    Fireside Chat

    Robust bedrock: Laying the infrastructure foundation for sustained, high economic growth

    Nitin Gadkari
    Shri Nitin Gadkari
    Minister for Road Transport & Highways, Government of India
  • 13:15 to
    14:00 hrs

    Lunch

  • 14:00 to
    14:15 hrs
    Fireside Chat

    IT Services@100: The Power Journey from Services to Products to Consulting

    Ganapathy Subramaniam
    N. Ganapathy Subramaniam
    Chief Operating Officer & Executive Director, TCS

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  • 14:15 to
    15:00 hrs
    Panel Discussion

    Consumer@100: Retail, E-commerce, Entertainment

    Neeraj Garg
    Neeraj Garg
    Chief Executive Officer, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages
    Gaurav Gandhi
    Gaurav Gandhi
    Country Head, Amazon Prime Video India
    Nandita Sinha
    Nandita Sinha
    CEO, Myntra
    Arvind Singhal
    Arvind Singhal
    Founder & Chairman, Technopak Advisors
    Naiyya Saggi
    Naiyya Saggi
    Co-founder, The Good Glamm Group
    Lalit Agarwal
    Lalit Agarwal
    CMD, V-Mart Retail

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  • 15:00 to
    15:30 hrs
    Fireside Chat

    Powering India towards energy security

    R.K. Singh
    Shri R.K. Singh
    Minister of Power and New & Renewable Energy, Government of India, Government of India

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  • 15:30 to
    16:00 hrs
    Panel Discussion

    Millions of Sprightly, Mercurial Entrepreneurs: The MSME path to national economic glory

    Gurpreet Chhatwal
    Gurpreet Chhatwal
    Managing Director, CRISIL Ratings
    R Narayan
    R Narayan
    Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Power2SME
    Sanjay Bhatia
    Sanjay Bhatia
    Managing Director, Hindustan Tin Works Limited
    Riju Jhunjhunwala
    Riju Jhunjhunwala
    CMD, LNJ Bhilwara Group

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  • 16:00 to
    16:45 hrs
    Panel Discussion

    The ‘Regulatory cholesterol’ that is getting in the way of doing business

    Manish Sabharwal
    Manish Sabharwal
    Vice Chairman, Teamlease Services
    Sanjeev Krishan
    Sanjeev Krishan
    Chairman, PwC
    Mukesh Butani
    Mukesh Butani
    Founder and Managing Partner, BMR Legal
    Gautam Chikermane
    Gautam Chikermane
    Vice President, Observer Research Foundation

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  • 16:45 to
    17:15 hrs
    Fireside Chat

    ATMANIRBHAR@100: Science & Tech, Defence, Space

    Atul Rane
    Atul Rane
    DG, BrahMos
    Atul Rane
    Anirudh Sharma
    CEO, Digantara Research & Technologies
    Atul Rane
    Ankit Mehta
    Co-founder & CEO, IdeaForge
    Vikram Singh
    Vikram Singh
    CEO & Founder - TechEagle Innovations

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  • 17:15 to
    18:00 hrs
    Panel Discussion

    Manufacturing and ESG: Realising the trillion-dollar pot of gold in a sustainable manner

    Anil Chaudhry
    Anil Chaudhry
    MD & CEO, Schneider Electric India
    Ashish Gaikwad
    Ashish Gaikwad
    Managing Director, Honeywell Automation India
    Vivek Bhatia
    Vivek Bhatia
    MD & CEO, Thyssenkrupp Industries India
    Mahendra Singhi
    Mahendra Singhi
    MD & CEO, Dalmia Bharat
    Sohinder Gill
    Sohinder Gill
    CEO, Hero Electric Vehicles
    Vijay Nirani
    Vijay Nirani
    MD, MRN Group

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  • 18:00 to
    18:30 hrs

    Tea Break

  • 18:30 to
    18:45 hrs
    Fireside Chat

    Women in Leadership - Representing the New India

    Soma Mondal
    Soma Mondal
    Chairman, SAIL

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  • 18:45 to
    19:15 hrs
    Fireside Chat

    Harnessing technology to unlock infinite possibilities

    C P Gurnani
    CP Gurnani
    Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Tech Mahindra
    Anant Maheshwari
    Anant Maheshwari
    President, Microsoft India
    Piyush N Singh
    Piyush N. Singh
    Senior Managing Director and India Business Lead, Accenture

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  • 19:15 to
    19:45 hrs
    Fireside Chat

    Target $1 trillion: Why it is digital or nothing on the speeding economic superhighway

    Sunil Bharti Mittal
    Sunil Bharti Mittal
    Founder and Chairman, Bharti Enterprises

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  • 19:45 to
    20:15 hrs
    Fireside Chat

    Digital@100: India and the Tech Revolution

    Ashwini Vaishnaw
    Ashwini Vaishnaw
    Minister of Railways, Communications, Electronics and IT

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  • 20:15 to
    21:00 hrs
    Debate

    The ‘New’ Idea of India@100

    Shashi Tharoor
    Dr. Shashi Tharoor
    MP, Lok Sabha and Author
    Harsh Gupta Madhusudan
    Harsh Gupta Madhusudan
    Investor and Author

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  • 21:00 hrs
    Onwards

    Cocktails and Dinner