Event Description

Columbia University, NY
India Business Conference
​The India Business Conference is the premier India-focused annual conference organized by Columbia Business School in New York City. In its 19th edition, the conference's  theme "India 2.0: Unleashing Global Potential" focuses on how Indian businesses are charting a path to sustainable growth, in times of economic uncertainty.
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The conference brings together 20+ speakers across panels to deliberate on the topics most relevant to shaping businesses and Indian economy today. The conference brings together such voices at the forefront as they share their stories, who challenged conventional wisdom and provided insights into the future they are writing – the future of a “new” India.

Select 2024 Speakers

Chandrika Tandon
Founder and Chair, Tandon Capital Associates
Deepak Bagla
Managing Director & CEO, Invest India
Dr. Ram Madhav
President, India Foundation
Arvind Krishna
Chairman and CEO, IBM
Frank D'Souza
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Recognize​
Ananth Narayanan
Founder & CEO, Mensa Brands; ex-CEO, Myntra
Apoorva Mehta
Producer & CEO of Dharma Productions Private Limited​
Sharad Devarajan
CEO, Liquid Comic / Graphic India
Vaishali Nigham Sinha
Co-founder and Chair, Sustainability, ReNew
Akshima Ghate
MD, RMI - India Program
Prof. Geeta Mehta
Co-founder, Asia Initiatives and URBZ
Amit Verma
Chief General Manager & Country Head,
​SBI NY
Nick Patel
Founder & CEO, Wellable
Vinit Nijhawan
Managing Director, MassVentures
Anand Mahurkar
Founder and CEO, Findability Sciences
Rishi Kajaria
Managing Director, Kajaria Ceramics
Mukund Krishnaswamy
Co-founder, Lighthouse
Hisham Mundol
Chief Advisor, Environment Defense Fund; Director, EDI Foundation
Chinta Bhagat
Managing Partner, L Catterton
Suneel Kaji
Managing Director, Everstone
Aditya Ghosh
Co-founder, Akasa Air; Co-founder Homage
Vikram Rai
CEO, GE Airspace South Asia
Ritika Gupta
Reporter and Producer, Bloomberg TV
Angela Chitkara
Founder of US India Corridor
Nikhil Goel
CEO, Archer Aviation

Nasdaq Opening Bell

In honor of the 15th annual India Business Conference, Nasdaq invited the India Business Conference team to their MarketSite in Times Square to ring the opening bell
Conference running since

2005
Attendees each year

200+
Speakers over the years

100+

Past speakers

Piyush Goyal
Union Minister, Commerce, Industry and Consumer Affairs​
Arvind Krishna
Chairman and CEO,  ​
​IBM Global
Smt. Smriti Irani
​Union Cabinet Minister, Women and Child Development
Harsh Jain
CEO & Co-Founder of Dream11
Dr. Viral V. Acharya
Former Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
Anupam Kher
Actor and Former Chairman of Film and Television Institute
Vivek Pandit
Global Private Equity Lead, McKinsey
Doug Peterson
President & CEO, S&P Global
Mayuri Ghosh
Head of Strategic Initiatives, World Economic Forum​
Ashwini Tewari
Country Head, State Bank of India
Arun Malhotra
Former MD, Nissan India
William Foster
VP, Moody’s Sovereign Risk Group
Prof. M. Suresh Sundaresan
Director, India Business Initiative (IBI)
Swapan Dasgupta
Indian journalist and politician
Mukul Gulati '05
Managing Partner, ​Zephyr Peacock India
Sanjeev Sanyal
Member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India
Nikesh Arora
Chairman and CEO,
​Palo Alto Networks
KV Subramanian
Executive Director, IMF & ex-Chief Economic Adviser to Government of India
Anjula Acharia
CEO & Founder A-Series Investments, and Manager of Priyanka Chopra​

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