Mumbai: The India Today Conclave returns with its annual Mumbai edition this September 25-26, at The St. Regis, Mumbai.
India’s most definitive forum for ideas and dialogue, the India Today Conclave, is back in Mumbai with its 2025 edition. Since its inception in 2002, India Today Conclave has been the stage where leaders, visionaries, and changemakers from across politics, business, science, technology, cinema, sports, and the arts converge to debate, inspire, and reimagine the future. Over the years, it has welcomed some of the world’s most influential voices, cementing its legacy as one of the most prestigious platforms for thought leadership.
This year India Today Conclave Mumbai 2025 brings together the energy, creativity, and vision of India’s most powerful voices under one roof, this year’s edition promises a remarkable convergence of visionaries, entrepreneurs, cultural icons, policymakers, activists, and artists—making it a truly transformational platform.
Key distinguished speakers include Devendra Fadnavis, Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Lt Gen Rajesh Pant Former National Cyber Security Coordinator, PMO ; Dr. Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, Former Chief Justice of India
Other notable speakers are Ananya Birla, Director, Aditya Birla Management Corporation; Lt Gen Dhiraj Seth, PVSM, AVSM, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Command ; Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan, AVSM, VSM Flag Officer, Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command, Mumbai; Meera Shankar, Former Ambassador of India to the United States; Bhumi Satish Pednekkar, Actor, Entrepreneur; Rohit Saraf, Actor; Varun Dhawan, Actor; Janhvi Kapoor, Actor; Sanya Malhotra, Actor among others
This assembly of key figures from politics, global affairs, business, sports and entertainment is poised to shed light on the future direction of India’s position on the global stage.
Registration Link: https://subscriptions.intoday.in/conclave/west/registration
The list of speakers:
- Devendra Fadnavis | Chief Minister, Maharashtra
- Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla | Astronaut, Indian Space Research Organisation
- Aaditya Thackeray | President, Yuva Sena
- Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan, AVSM, VSM | Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command
- Lt Gen Dhiraj Seth, PVSM, AVSM | General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Command
- Air Marshal Surat Singh, AVSM VM VSM | Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Air Command*
- Professor Ajay Gudavarthy | Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University
- Professor Narendra Jadhav | Economist, Educationist, Author, former Rajya Sabha Member
- Sadanand Shridhar More | Writer, Poet and Historian
- Lydian Nadhaswaram | Piano prodigy
- Bhumi Satish Pednekkar | Actor, Entrepreneur
- Madhusudan Kela | Promoter, MK Ventures
- Nilesh Shah | Managing Director, Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Company Ltd
- Pramod Gubbi | Co-Founder, Marcellus
- Amruta Fadnavis | Banker, Singer, Social Worker
- Ananya Birla | Director, Aditya Birla Management Corporation
- Amitabh Tiwari | Managing Partner, Ascendia Strategies, Founder Partner VoteVibe
- Yashwant Deshmukh | Founder, CVoter Foundation
- Pradeep Gupta | Chairman & Managing Director, Axis My India
- Yash Bhanage | Founder & COO, Hunger Inc. Hospitality
- Akhil Iyer | Founder, Benne and The Artist Collective
- Kavan Kuttappa | Founder, Naru Noodle Bar
- Winselow Tucker | President and General Manager, Eli Lilly India
- Dr. Shashank Joshi | Senior Endocrinologist
- Dr Avi Roy | Co-founder, Founders Health, and London Longevity Club
- Prashant, Kunal, Anuj & Rudra | Dancers
- Ekta Kapoor | Founder, Balaji Telefilms
- Dr Justice D.Y. Chandrachud | Former Chief Justice of India
- Varun Dhawan | Actor
- Janhvi Kapoor | Actor
- Rohit Saraf | Actor
- Sanya Malhotra | Actor
- Rohit Pawar | MLA, Karjat-Jamkhed, MaharashtraShrikant Shinde | Lok Sabha MP, Kalyan, Maharashtra
- Harsh Sanghavi | MLA, Majura, Gujarat
- Om Prakash Rawat | Former Chief Election Commissioner*
- Yogendra Yadav | Political Activist, Founder, Swaraj India
- Ashwini Upadhyay | Lawyer
- Meera Shankar | Former Ambassador of India to the United States
- Jawed Ashraf | Former Ambassador of India to France and Monaco, Former High Commissioner of India to Singapore
- Ajay Bisaria | Former High Commissioner of India to Pakistan, Canada, Poland and Lithuania
- Prachi | Founder, Backstage Siblings
- Raghav | Founder, Backstage Siblings
- Rajendra Singh | Water conservationist
- Kiran Rao | Filmmaker; Co-Founder, Paani Foundation
- Poonam Muttreja | Executive Director, Population Foundation of India
- Walter C. Ladwig III | Associate Professor, King’s College London
- Lt. Gen. Rajesh Pant | Former National Cyber Security Coordinator, PMO
- Kamel Z. Galal | Ambassador of the Republic of Egypt to India
- Hassan Mohseni Fard | Consul General of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Mumbai*
- Aleksandr Fursov | Acting Consul General of Russia in Mumbai*
- Sohrab Khushrushahi | Founder, SOHFIT; Co-founder, The Func. Lab
- Rita Mehta | Powerlifter
- Dr P. Murali Doraiswamy | Professor, Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, Duke University
- Srikanth Velamakanni | Co-founder, Fractal
- R. Chandrasekhar | Former President, NASSCOM, and Former Secretary to the Department of Information Technology
- Deep Mukherjee | Partner & Director, Risk Management & Data Science, Boston Consulting Group
- Raul John Aju | AI Tech Prodigy
- Dr Sajjid Z. Chinoy | Managing Director and Chief India Economist at JP Morgan
- Dr Samiran Chakraborty | Chief Economist, India, Citibank
- Tanvee Gupta Jain | Chief India Economist, UB
- Ashish Chauhan | CEO, National Stock Exchange of India
- Prafulla Ketkar | Editor, Organiser, and Author of 100 Years: Resolve for Selfless Service (RSS)
- Tushar Gandhi | Author, Senior Editor, History Cell
- Kaustubh Dhavse | Chief Advisor (Investments & Strategy) to Maharashtra CM
- Ashish Shelar | Cabinet Minister of Information Technology & Cultural Affairs
- Varun Sardesai | MLA, Bandra East, Maharashtra
- Anu Ranjan | President, Indian Television Academy
- Harmanpreet Singh | Captain, Indian Hockey Team
- Rani Mukerji | Actor
