India Economic Conclave 2025 to host global policy and business heavyweights

MUMBAI: If economics ever needed a red carpet moment, this might be it. Times Network is set to roll out the 11th edition of the India Economic Conclave on December 17 and 18 at Taj Palace, New Delhi, bringing together a formidable mix of ministers, market thinkers and industry leaders for two days of big ideas and bigger debates.

Themed “Navigating Geoeconomics”, the conclave will explore how India is positioning itself in an increasingly complex, multipolar world where trade routes are redrawn, technology rewires industries and geopolitics spills straight into boardrooms.

Over the years, the India Economic Conclave has evolved into a go to platform for shaping conversations that matter. Past editions have hosted global statespersons and thinkers including Hillary Clinton, Mike Pompeo, Boris Johnson, Peter Zeihan and Garry Kasparov, charting India’s journey from reform to global relevance.

This year’s speaker line up is equally star studded. Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari, labour and youth affairs minister Mansukh L Mandaviya and environment minister Bhupender Yadav will headline discussions alongside economist Gita Gopinath, Pmeac member Sanjeev Sanyal and policy voices from India and abroad.

Industry and business will be represented by leaders such as Rajan Bharti Mittal of Bharti Enterprises, Zoho’s Sridhar Vembu, In Space chairman Pawan Goenka, Kotak AMC’s Nilesh Shah, AIonOS co founder CP Gurnani and World Gold Council CEO David Tait, among many others.

Across two packed days, conversations will span economic resilience, manufacturing and infrastructure, capital flows, digital and services led growth, as well as emerging priorities like artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, climate transition, mobility and defence preparedness.

Presented by IDFC First Bank, the Times Network India Economic Conclave 2025 promises to make sense of a complicated world without putting its audience to sleep. Even for those who do not usually follow balance sheets or policy briefs, this is where the future gets explained in plain sight.