'NDTV World Summit 2024 – The India Century' Begins On Monday, PM Modi To Inaugurate

The NDTV Group is set to host its flagship event, the NDTV World Summit 2024 – The India Century, on Oct. 21 and Oct. 22. The event will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alongside other prominent Indian and global figures.

NDTV, carrying on its tradition of leading innovation in media, will launch the 'NDTV World' news channel at the summit, with the tagline, "Seeing the World from Where India Stands."

NDTV World will aim to be a leading voice from Asia and India on the global stage.

On Day 1, apart from PM Modi, notable speakers at the summit include External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Bharti Airtel Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal, Bhutan Prime Minister Dasho Tshering Tobgay, market veteran Ramesh Damani and actor Shraddha Kapoor, among others.

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi

• S. Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister

• Dasho Tshering Tobgay, Prime Minister, Bhutan

• David Cameron, Former Prime Minister, Britain

• Prof. Paul Romer, Nobel Laureate in Economics and former Chief Economist of the World Bank

• Sunil Bharti Mittal, Founder and Chairman, Bharti Enterprises

• Mark Mobius, Chairman, Mobius Emerging Opportunities Fund

• William Dalrymple, author and historian

• Ashok Malik, Partner and Chair of India Practice, The Asia Group

• Ramesh Damani, veteran market investor

• Vikram Rai, CEO, GE Aerospace, South Asia

• Shraddha Kapoor, Actress

• Suriya, actor and director

• Aadit Palicha, CEO and Co-Founder, Zepto

• Baba Kalyani, Chairman and MD, Bharat Forge

• Ajay Shriram, Chairman and MD, DCM Shriram

• Suneeta Reddy, MD, Apollo Hospitals Group

• Syed Akbaruddin, former Permanent Representative of India to the UN

• Dr. Philipp Ackermann, German Ambassador to India and Bhutan

• Kenneth H. da Nobrega, Ambassador of Brazil to India

• Prasanna Mohile, National Head, Corporate Affairs, Pernod Ricard India

• Suresh Kodoor, Director, Academia Industry Partnership, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham

• Kartikey Hariyani, Founder and CEO, ChargeZone and BILLIONe

On Day 2 of the event, speakers will include Dipali Goenka, managing director of Welspun Living; Lalit Keshre, co-founder and chief executive officer of Groww; Lindy Cameron, the British high commissioner to India; and Waiel Awwad, senior journalist and West Asia strategist, among others.

• Amitabh Kant, India's G20 Sherpa

• Kishore Mahbubani, Distinguished Fellow, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore

• Erik Solheim, former Norwegian Minister of Climate and Environment

• Lindy Cameron, British High Commissioner to India

• Harjeet Singh, Global Engagement Director, Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty

• Shishir Priyadarshi, President, Chintan Research Foundation

• Kunal Bahl, Entrepreneur and Investor

• Kami Viswanathan, President, Middle East Indian Subcontinent and Africa, FedEx

• Lalit Keshre, Co-founder and CEO, Groww

• Dr. Rohini Srivathsa, CTO, Microsoft India and South Asia

• Niki Parmar, Co-founder, EssentialAI

• Dipali Goenka, MD, Welspun Living

• Nas Daly, YouTuber and Influencer

• TS Tirumurti, former Permanent Representative of India to the UN

• Anasuya Sengupta, actress and production designer

• Chidananda S Naik, director and screenwriter

• Mansi Maheshwari, director and animator

• Saurabh Kumar Sahu, MD and Lead, India Business, Accenture

• Ajay Bisaria, former High Commissioner of India to Pakistan

• Kabir Taneja, Deputy Director and Fellow, Strategic Studies Programme, Observer Research Foundation

• Dr Waiel Awwad, senior journalist and West Asia strategist

• Tim Roemer, Executive Director APCO, Former US Ambassador to India

• Nidarshana Ramesh Gowani, Founder and Trustee of Kamala Ankibai Ghamandiram Gowani Trust

• Gagandeep Sethi, Senior VP, Integrated Operations and Sustainability & Responsibility, Pernod Ricard India

• Kuntal Shah, Director, Deloitte India

• Mustafa Wajid, Co-Founder, BILLIONe and Chairman, The Mehar Group

• Sudhakar Adapa, Founder and CEO, Bia Brands