India Summit 2017 | The Economist | 31 August 2017 | The Taj Mahal Hotel, No.1, Man Singh Road, Near Khan Market, India Gate, New Delhi, Delhi 110011, India

Can India become the world’s most important economy by 2050, as many prominent economists predict it will? Under the Modi administration, significant reforms have already been passed to make doing business easier and remove red tape. More must follow.
The corporate world will also have to do its part. Impressive, fast-growing tech enterprises and the explosion of e-commerce have dominated headlines for much of the past two years. But the big conglomerates that employ many thousands of workers will remain the engines of India’s growth, along with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). What roles must these businesses play in shaping India’s future?

India Summit 2017 will examine the public- and private-sector initiatives that will determine the trajectory of India’s economy. Government ministers, leaders of local and multinational companies, and the foremost experts on India and the global economy will debate what India must do to overcome current challenges and meet its lofty aims for future prosperity.

2017 Speakers

Arun Jaitley
Minister of finance, Government of India

Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu
Minister of railways, Government of India

Zarin Daruwala
Chief executive officer, Standard Chartered Bank India

Anil Agarwal
Founder and chairman, Vedanta Resources

Isher Judge Ahluwalia
Chairperson, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations

Robert Koopman
Chief economist and director of the economic research and statistics division, World Trade Organization

Amitabh Kant
Chief executive officer, NITI Aayog

Sanjiv Mehta
Chief executive officer and managing director, Hindustan Unilever

Amit Jain
President, India and South Asia, Uber

Vinita Bali
Chair of the board of the directors, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition

Suchi Mukherjee
Founder and chief executive officer, Limeroad.com

SP Shukla
Group president, aerospace, defence and steel and member of group executive board, Mahindra Group

Saurabh Kumar
Managing director, Energy Efficiency Services Limited

Satyanarayana Chava
Founder and chief executive officer, Laurus Labs

Alan Rosling
Chairman, Griffin Growth Partners

Viraj Kalyani
Founder and chairman, Kalyani Studio

Vandana Luthra
Founder, VLCC Health Care

Anirudha Dutta
India macro analyst, Capital Group and author of Half a Billion Rising: The Emergence of the Indian Woman

Krishna Giri
Chairman and chief executive officer, Adrenalin eSystems

Jay Chen
Chief executive officer, Huawei India

Ananya Birla
Founder, Svatantra Microfinance

Sunil Kanoria
Vice chairman, Srei Infrastructure Finance

Anand Kripalu
Chief executive officer and managing director, Diageo India

Deepak Bagla
Chief executive officer and managing director, Invest India

2017 Sponsors

•Founding sponsor
Standard Chartered

•Gold sponsor
HUAWEI

•Silver sponsors
adrenalin
DIAGEO
SREI

•Broadcast sponsor
WION