Speakers

Every year, ICH brings together leaders and changemakers to explore India’s evolving role in the world. Our 2026 theme, “The India We Imagine,” reflects not only India’s dynamic transformation but also the increasingly globalized world we all live in.
Priyanka Chopra Jonas
Actor/Producer
Dr. Shashi Tharoor
Author, Politician, Former Intl. Diplomat
PV Sindhu
Olympic Medalist & Badminton Player
Manish Malhotra
Designer
Rohit Jawa
Former CEO & MD, Hindustan Unilever Limited
Ajit Prabhu
Co-founder and CEO, Quest Global
Anjula Acharia
CEO / Founder / Cultural Catalyst
Sid Sriram
Singer, Songwriter, Producer
Nirupa Shankar
Entrepreneur and Managing Director, Brigade Group
Saroj Kumar Jha
Global Director, Water Global Practice, World Bank Group
Vipul Roongta
Managing Director & CEO, HDFC Capital
Ashish Chugh
PM, Head of Global Emerging Market Equity Strategies, Loomis, Sayles & Company
Vrinda Kapoor
CEO & Co-Founder, Bharat Semi
Tsubasa Shiraishi
CEO, Rakuten India
Ankur Bansal
CEO & Founder, GDi Partners
Shashi Buluswar
Founder CEO, ITT and Global Health Labs
Sharad Sriwastawa
Co-CEO, Rakusten Mobile
President, Rakuten Symphony
Rana Mitter
ST Lee Chair, US-Asia Relations,
Harvard Kennedy School
Mithun Sacheti
Founder, Caratlane
Mahima Kaul
Global Affairs, India, Netflix
Arun Subramony
Chairman and CEO, Timex Bank
Kalpana Kanthan
Chief Development and Marketing Officer, American India Foundation
Ghazala F. Hashmi
Lieutenant Governor, The Commonwealth of Virginia
Aranya Sahay
Writer, Director
Vivek Agarwal
Country Director, India
Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
Sandhya Ganapathy
Chief Executive Officer, EDPR NA
Ishaan Tharoor
Columnist, The Washington Post
Thenmozhi Sounderajan
Co-Founder, Executive Director, Equality Labs
Baljeet Gujral
Enterpreneur, Investor
Bhumika Tharoor
Managing Editor, The Atlantic
Dheeraj Jain
Chairman & Founder, Redcliffe Labs
Adit Jain
CEO & Co-Founder, LeenaAI
Amitav Acharya
UNESCO Chair, Professor of International Affairs
Megha S. Desai
President, Desai Foundation Impact Leader, Board Member
ACM Rakesh Kumar Bhadauria
Air Chief Marshall (Retd)
Madhavi Singh
Deputy Director, Thurman Arnold Project Resident Fellow, Yale Law School
Apurva Parekh
Executive Vice Chairman, Pidilite Industries Limited
Manav Garg
Co-founder, Managing Partner, Together Fund
Nikhil Vora
Founder & CEO of Sixth Sense Ventures
Pratik Agarwal
Partner at Accel
Nikunj Srivastava
Senior Advisor to the Executive Director, World Bank Board
Nikhil Narendran
Partner, Trilegal
Bezwada Wilson
Human rights activist, National convener of SKA
Shiva Dhawan
Co-Founder and CEO of Attentive.ai
Apoorva Goyal
Principal at Insight Partners
Shazia Iqbal
Writer, Director
Neerja Patel
Founder of Neerja Public Relations
Sameer Brij Verma
Founder & CIO Northpoint Capital Management
Kitty Agarwal
General Partner at Info Edge Ventures
Simi Shah
Founder and CEO of South Asian Trailblazers
Harnidh Kaur
Strategic Consultant, Author, Former Head of WTFund
Ganeshprasad S
Co-founder & COO, Think School
Sakshi Sindhwani
Digital Creator
Hitesh Jain
Managing Partner, Parinam Law Associates
Vasvi Bharat Ram
Joint Vice Chairperson, The Shri Ram School Founding Trustee, India Mental Health Alliance
Anish Gawande
Writer, Politician, Founder of Pink List India
Malika Verma
Brand strategist, craft advocate, founder of Border&Fall
Rishabh Shroff
Partner in Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Jagjeet Sareen
India Head and Partner at Dalberg Advisors
Himanshu Gadgil
CEO, Enzene Inc.
Sandeep Kalra
Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director, Persistent Systems
Nehan Sethi
Strategic Business Development Lead at Harvey
Dr. Rahul Purwar
Professor, Dept. of Biosciences & Bioengineering, IIT Bombay
Aditya Madiraju
Digital Creator
Karen C. Feldstein
Former Assoc. Administrator – OIIR at NASA
Matthew Weinzierl
Founder, Economics of Space Project and Prof. Harvard Business School
Deedy Das
Partner at Menlo Ventures, AI Investor
Vijay Kumar
Executive Chef, Semma, New York
Siddharth Somaiya
Entrepreneur & Educator
Utsav Kheria
Co-Founder, Rocket Learning
Kruti Bharucha
Founder and CEO, Peepul
Snehal Runwal
Director, Runwal Group
Nikhil Taneja
Co-Founder & Chief, Yuvaa
Karan Bhagat
Founder, MD, CEO, 360 ONE
Sailaja Kiron
MD Margadarsi & Kalanjali, Ramoji Group
Ayan Sanyal
Co-founder & COO, Kolkata Chai Co
Ani Sanyal
Co-founder & CEO, Kolkata Chai Co
Ananya Birla
Founder and Chairperson, Svatantra Microfin
Nandita Sinha
Chief Executive Officer of Myntra
Sreesha Vaman
Co-Founder and Partner, Tulsea Sports Marketing
Ravi Ramamurti
Professor of International Business & Strategy Director, Center for Emerging Markets
Satyam Trivedi
Chief Executive Officer - GMR Sports
Anant Vidur Puri
Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners
Preeti Suri
Founder & CEO of Adventure Tripr
Raj Sethia
Enterpreneurial Leader
Gouri P. Sadhwani
Founder & Principal, GPS Consulting Services
Anant Agarwal
Promoter CPRL at McDonald's
Dheeraj Jain
Founder, Redcliffe Labs
Shazia Iqbal
Writer, Director
Sapna Govindan
Classical Dancer
Sailaja Kiron
MD Margadarsi & Kalanjali, Ramoji Group
Bhumika Tharoor
Writer, Director