Over 75 Power-Packed Sessions, More Than 100 Visionary Speakers | What To Expect At Rising Bharat Summit 2025
As the world acknowledges Bharat’s emerging power, the summit will bring together the biggest Indian leaders, global policymakers, industry stalwarts, tech innovators, and start-up revolutionaries to address the most urgent issues defining our future
More than 75 power-packed sessions, over 100 visionary speakers, and two days of transformative conversations and breakthrough insights — CNN-News18’s Rising Bharat Summit 2025 is all set to be a first-of-its-kind parallel plenary experience where towering leaders will come together on India’s global positioning with youth in focus.
As the world acknowledges Bharat’s emerging power, the summit will bring together the biggest Indian leaders, global policymakers, industry stalwarts, tech innovators, and start-up revolutionaries to address the most urgent issues defining our future.
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From AI-led governance and futuristic technology to politics, economic policies, innovation, entrepreneurship, and urbanization, every discussion will tackle topics making headlines across the globe. With insightful dialogues on global supply chains, sustainable urban growth, and the next wave of innovation, the summit will drive crucial conversations on the journey of a self-reliant, future-ready Bharat on its path to global leadership by 2047.
Here’s what to expect at the summit on April 8 and 9:
• Three parallel conversation tracks from India’s iconic G-20 Bharat Mandapam
• Two days of power-packed conversations from India’s premier convention centre
• Deeper, more striking conversations in the Pure Play Leader Podcast Zone
• Over 1,200 people in attendance
• Youth representatives from IITs and other leading universities will present workable and scalable solutions to key national problems such as urban waste management, air pollution, river cleaning
Notable Names Who Will Speak At The Summit
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi
• Amit Shah, Union Home Minister
• Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways
• S Jaishankar, Union Minister of External Affairs
• Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Minister of Railways | Information & Broadcasting | Electronics & IT
• Chandrababu Naidu, Chief Minister, Andhra Pradesh
• Devendra Fadnavis, Chief Minister, Maharashtra
• Jeffrey D Sachs, American Economist
• Scott Kelly, Former Astronaut, Nasa
• Akis Evangelidis, Co-founder, Nothing
• Avi Dichter, Minister of Agriculture and Food Security of Israel
• Namal Rajapaksa, Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
• Chandrika Tandon, Indian-American philanthropist & Grammy Winner
• Vijay Amritraj, International Tennis Player
• Irina Ghose, Managing Director, Microsoft India
• Jay Kotak, Co-Head, Kotak811 & SVP Conglomerate Relationships
• Neeraj Aggarwal, Managing Director & Senior Partner Chair, Asia-Pacific Singapore
• Sindhu Gangadharan, Chairperson, NASSCOM & MD, SAP LABS India
• Ashish Chauhan, MD & CEO, NSE
• Karan Singh, Chairman of Bain & Company’s India, APAC Sustainability & Responsibility Practice Leader
• Debjani Ghosh, Distinguished Fellow, NITI Aayog
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