Agenda - 14th February 2026
Harvard Kennedy School
7:30 AM - 2:00 PM
Registration
7:45 AM - 9:45 AM
Breakfast
8:30 AM Onwards
Art@ICH Exhibition
9:00 AM - 9:20 AM
Narayani Shreedevi Anantha krishnan and Ritul Madhukar (Co-Chairs, ICH 2026)
9.20 AM - 9.40 AM
Opening Address
9:45 AM - 10:35 AM
Panel I
Playing for India: Building Sport Beyond the Podium
PV Sindhu: Olympic Medalist & Badminton Player
Satyam Trivedi: Chief Executive Officer, GMR Sports
Sreesha Vaman: Co-Founder, Tulsea Sports Marketing
Panel II
India’s Orbital Ambition: Partnerships for Progress
Dr. Raj Kumar Sharma: Former Director, ISRO NRSC
Mehak Sarang: Director, Open Lunar Foundation
Matt Weinzierl: Prof. at Harvard Business School
Panel III
Policy Hackathon
Participants tackle Jammu & Kashmir’s key challenges in credit access, skilling finance, and AgriStack-enabled land record digitisation, with winners presenting to officials.
10:45 AM - 11:35 AM
Panel I
From Success to Stewardship: Redefining Diaspora Leadership
Lt. Gov. Ghazala Hashmi: The Commonwealth of Virginia
Bhumi Tharoor: Managing Editor, The Atlantic
Arun Subramony: Chairman and CEO, TimeX Bank
Shashi Buluswar: Founder of ITT & Global Health Labs
Panel II
What Counts as Culture – and Who Gets to Decide?
Siddharth Somaiya: Entrepreneur & Educator
Aranya Sahay: Writer, Director
Malika Varma: Founder of Border&Fall
Panel III
Policy Hackathon
Participants tackle Jammu & Kashmir’s key challenges in credit access, skilling finance, and AgriStack-enabled land record digitisation, with winners presenting to officials.
11:45 AM - 12:35 PM
Panel I
Lost and Looking: Young Men, Masculinity and Mental Health
Nikhil Taneja: Co-Founder & Chief, Yuvaa
Carina Kohli: Founder & CEO, Humm Care
Panel II
AI, Law, and the Future of Justice in India
Nikhil Narendran: Partner, Trilegal
Nehan Sethi: Strategic Business Dev. Lead at Harvey
Hitesh Jain: Managing Partner, Parinam Law Associates
Madhavi Singh: Resident Fellow, Yale Law School
Panel III
Policy Hackathon
Participants tackle Jammu & Kashmir’s key challenges in credit access, skilling finance, and AgriStack-enabled land record digitisation, with winners presenting to officials.
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM Lunch
Panel I
Ask Me Anything
SK Jha: Prof. Ramesh Raskar
Panel II
Trilegal 25 Years of Digital & Business Transformation
Nikhil Narendran
Panel III
Art Walkthrough
A guided discussion with the curators of the art exhibition
1:45 PM - 2:35 PM
Panel I
Caste, Cinema and Activism: What Comes After Visibility?
Shazia Iqbal: Writer, Director
Bezwada Wilson: Human Rights Activist
Thenmozhi Sounderajan: Co-Founder of Equality Labs
Panel II
Imagining India's Sonic Future
Sid Sriram: Singer, Songwriter, Producer
Panel III
Scaling Confidence in the Digital Economy
Mahima Kaul: Global Affairs, India, Netflix
Sharad Sriwastawa: Co-CEO, Rakuten Mobile
Ankur Bansal: Founder & CEO, GDi Partners
2:45 PM - 3:35 PM
Panel I
Saver to Investor: Trust, Access, and India’s Capital Future
Harsh Dugar: Execuive Director, Federal Bank
Ananya Birla: Artist and Businessperson
Ashish Chugh: Portfolio Manager, Loomis Sayles
Prof. Vikram Gandhi: Harvard Business School
Panel II
Global Capital, Local Futures: Diaspora and Indian Philanthropy
Anuradha Chakravorty: Head of Development, The/Nudge
Megha Desai: President, Desai Foundation
Kalpana Kanthan: CDMO, American India Foundation
Gouri Sadhwani: Founder, GPS Consulting Services
Panel III
Reimagining Learning in the Indian Classroom
Vasvi Bharat Ram: Joint VC, The Shri Ram School
Kruti Bharucha: Founder and CEO, Peepul
Utsav Kheria: Co-Founder, Rocket Learning
3:45 PM - 4:35 PM
Panel I
Inclusive Futures for a Climate-Forward India
SK Jha: Global Director, World Bank Group
Jagjeet Sareen: India Head, Dalberg Advisors
Sandhya Ganapathy: CEO, EDPR NA
Panel II
India at the Fault Lines of a Changing World
Nikunj Srivastava: Senior Advisor, World Bank Board
Amitav Acharya: UNESCO Chair, Professor
Vivek Agarwal: Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
Ishaan Tharoor: Writer, Journalist
Rana Mitter: Prof. at Harvard Kennedy School
Panel III
Her Way Forward: Female Founders Building What's Next
Preeti Suri: Founder and CEO, Adventure, Tripr
Carina Kohli: Founder & CEO, Humm Care
Trisha Sakhuja: Co-Founder, BrownGirlMagazine.com
4:35 PM - 5:20 PM
Coffee , Art@ICH: Expressions Workshop
5:30 PM - 6:20 PM
The India We Imagine: A Keynote Address by Dr. Shashi Tharoor
