Experience the Spectacular Brand Showcase at the Venue

2:00 - 3:00 PM

Registration & Networking Lunch

3:00- 3:15 PM

Welcome Address

By Ravi Krishnan, Editor-in-Chief, Mint

3:15- 3:30 PM

Opening keynote: Building in India

Kunal Shah, Founder, Cred

3:30- 4:20 PM

Rise of the Indian Spring

The Indian growth story has so far resisted all sorts of challenges. The year 2024, however, is a new beast. What does India need to do to deepen its growth and tap into a wider pool of capital? Are we aiming too low? What are the road blocks to a 10% GDP growth rate? What do investors think about investing here? Panel: Devina Mehra, Chairperson and Managing Director, First Global | Saurabh Mukherjea, Founder & CIO, Marcellus Investment Managers | Rajiv Dhar, Executive Director, NIIF | Abhishek Poddar, India Country Head, Macquarie Group & MD, Macquarie Asset Management Real Assets | Moderator: Alokesh Bhattacharyya, Deputy Managing Editor, Mint

4:20- 4:50 PM

Special Address & Fireside chat: Investing in India

Nivruti Rai, MD & CEO, Invest India | Moderator: Ranjani Raghavan, Senior Editor, Mint

4:50- 5:00 PM

Moving past the headwinds: Creating growth oriented deals

Chirag Agrawal, Partner & Leader – Corporate Finance Advisory, Financial Advisory, Deloitte India

5:00- 5:30 PM

Tea Break

5:30- 6:15 PM

Focus on Middle India

With rising income spends, investors are scouting for opportunities across tier 2 and tier 3 cities. How are consumption patterns changing in this segment? What kind of products work best for a Middle India?  What are the key segments which is interesting for investors and what is the investment potential. Panel: Nruthya Madappa, Partner, 3one4 Capital | Lal Chand Bisu, Co-Founder & CEO, Kuku FM | Kanika Agarrwal, Partner, IndiaQuotient | Chirag Agrawal, Partner & Leader – Corporate Finance Advisory, Financial Advisory, Deloitte India | Moderator: Sneha Shah, Sr. Assistant Editor, Mint

6:15- 7:00 PM

Changing narratives: Can AI boost topline?

Over the past year, artificial intelligence (AI) has become inevitable. In the Indian context, it has come up in the context of job losses. We know AI can help with bottomlines, but can AI help India Inc unlock growth opportunities, build scale and revenue? How are VC firms looking at this space? Panel: Harshjit Sethi, MD, Peak XV | Aakrit Vaish, CEO and Co-Founder, Haptik | Chaitanya Chinchlikar, VP-CTO, Whistling Woods | Sudarshan Seshadri, SVP & Global Head of AI, Coforge | Moderator: Shouvik Das, Senior Correspondent, Mint

7:00- 7:30 PM

Fireside chat: Scaling startups through brand ambassadors

Several Indian actors and cricketers have set up their own family offices and invested in scores of startups. How do bollywood actors and cricketers think about investments? How do they help with the scaling up of these investments? Panel: Shilpa Shetty, Entrepreneur & Actor Moderator: Sneha Shah, Sr. Assistant Editor, Mint

7:30 PM onward

Dinner and cocktails

DAY TWO

30-March-2024

9:30-10:30 AM

Registration & Breakfast

10:30-11:00 AM

How large businesses think about diversification

Diversified businesses are looking at newer pockets of opportunities to unlock future growth. How are they thinking about new technologies, competition and a new generation of upstarts within the Indian startup ecosystem. How can private capex cycle revive? Mohit Burman, Chairman, Dabur Moderator: Ranjani Raghavan, Senior Editor, Mint

11:00-11:45 AM

Markets on a roll   

Indian markets are at an all time on the back of rising domestic inflows.  This has provided a depth to the Indian capital markets never seen before. Is India Inc. fundraising plans for capex secure?  What does it mean for retail investors? Vishal Kapoor, CEO, Bandhan AMC Ltd. Panel: Subhrajit Roy, Managing Director, Head Global Capital Markets- India, Bank of America | Bhavesh Shah, MD, Equirus Capital | Samarth Jagnani, Head, Global Capital Markets, Morgan Stanley India & South-East Asia | Nilesh Shah, Managing Director, Kotak Mahindra Asset Management | Moderator: Neil Borate, Deputy Editor, Mint

11:45 AM-12:30 PM

Rise of Private Capital in India

Companies have scaled to an extent where large funds are pumping in $1 billion and above into India. On the other end, PEs are also seeing large exits with the public markets absorbing large block deals easily. What are the ways in which investors can add value and scale further? What are the checks and balances? Are there white spaces left? Ashish Kotecha, Partner, Bain Capital Vishesh Shrivastav, MD, Temasek Holdings, India Deepak Dara, Senior MD and Head of India, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Nithya Easwaran, Managing Director, Multiples Alternate Asset Management Nishant Sharma, Managing Partner, Kedaara Capital Moderator: Ranjani Raghavan, Senior Editor, Mint

12:30-1:30 PM

Networking Lunch

1:30-1:50 PM

Fireside chat: Second time founders

Having gone through a cycle of birthing a company, growing and exiting successfully, second time founders are coming back to the market with better, sharper ideas that are invest worthy. With a better understanding of PMF and TAM, these founders have easy access to capital too. What are these serial entrepreneurs thinking and how has the game changed? Yogesh Mahansaria, MD, Mahansaria Tyres Moderator: Sneha Shah, Sr. Assistant Editor, Mint

1:50-2:30 PM

Rise of domestic MNC brands

Indian companies are building brands for a global audience. After gaining scale in domestic markets, several emerging as well as established Indian companies have expanded overseas and built brand recognition by crossing borders, and enlarging footprint. Is this a derisking strategy to reduce concentration risks? What is the next step in their growth strategy? What are the new geographies and categories on their radar? Are there lessons that they can incorporate for the Indian market or vice versa? Indian companies are building brands for a global audience. After gaining scale in domestic markets, several emerging as well as established Indian companies have expanded overseas and built brand recognition by crossing borders, and enlarging footprint. Is this a derisking strategy to reduce concentration risks? What is the next step in their growth strategy? What are the new geographies and categories on their radar? Are there lessons that they can incorporate for the Indian market or vice versa?   Rajesh Jejurikar, ED & CEO (Auto and Farm Sector), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd Bharat Puri, MD, Pidilite Industries Saugata Gupta, MD & CEO, Marico Moderator: Sneha Shah, Sr. Assistant Editor, Mint

2:30-3:00 PM

India and the final frontier

India’s space program has launched ambitious programs to the Mars and the Sun. This is also seeing a spurt in ancillary space startups and giving rise to a growing engineering talent within the country. How can India Inc participate in the Indian space story? India’s space program has launched ambitious programs to the Mars and the Sun. This is also seeing a spurt in ancillary space startups and giving rise to a growing engineering talent within the country. How can India Inc participate in the Indian space story?       Arjun Rao, Partner, Speciale Invest Suyash Singh, Co-Founder & CEO, GalaxEye Chaitanya Giri, Asso. Prof., Space Studies, FLAME University Moderator: Shouvik Das, Senior Correspondent, Mint

3:00-3:45 PM

Rise of Indian defense manufacturing

Last year saw a sudden spurt in Indian defense manufacturing companies on the back of the government’s indigenization program of Indian weapons systems. Is this trend sustainable? What are the gaps that need to be looked at? Last year saw a sudden spurt in Indian defence manufacturing companies on the back of the government’s indigenization program of Indian weapons systems. Is this trend sustainable? What are the gaps that need to be looked at?       Ankit Mehta, CEO, IdeaForge Jayant Patil, Member of ECOM & Advisor (Defence & Smart Technology) to CMD - L&T Moderator: Alokesh Bhattacharyya, Deputy Managing Editor, Mint

3:45-4:00 PM

Tea break

4:00- 4:30 PM

Fireside chat: Regulatory Insights into 2024

For customers and companies, it is crucial to understand what frameworks they can expect from India’s banking regulator. What the regulator is thinking about the anomalies that exist in the banking system today and the corrective actions being undertaken. Is there over regulation or just adequate to keep us ahead of the curve? Rajeshwar Rao, Deputy Governor, RBI Moderator: Gopika Gopakumar, Senior Assistant Editor, Mint

4:30- 5:00 PM

Fireside chat: Can foreign policy boost Indian growth? 

Can rising geopolitical tensions  jeopardise Indian ambitions globally?  In the previous decade, this was limited to investments along the Indo-China border.  How should India Inc think about the threat of a new cold war, the decline of Europe, the rise of China and a weakening US? What are the challenges and opportunities?      Vijay Gokhale, Former Foreign Secretary of India Moderator: Ranjani Raghavan, Senior Editor, Mint

5:00- 5:45 PM

Special Address & Fireside chat: How does the Indian government plan to shock proof the Indian economy?

Hon’ble Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, GOI Moderator: Ravi Krishnan, Editor-in-Chief, Mint

5:45- 6:10 PM

Awards ceremony

6:10- 6:30 PM

Special Address: Opportunities & challenges of investing in India

Amit Jain, MD & Head, Carlyle India Advisors

6:30- 7:00 PM

Fireside chat

Harsh Mariwala, Chairman, Marico Moderator: Sneha Shah, Sr. Assistant Editor, Mint

7:00 PM onwards

Dinner & cocktails