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Business Today’s AI summit 2025 sets stage for India’s tech tomorrow

MUMBAI: It’s brains meet bytes this week in Bengaluru, as Business Today gears up to host the AI Summit 2025, a high-powered gathering designed to script India’s next big leap in artificial intelligence.

Happening on 29 October 2025, the flagship event by India’s leading multi-platform business news brand from the India Today Group will convene policymakers, tech visionaries, researchers, and industry leaders under one roof to shape the country’s AI roadmap.

Arriving at a time when artificial intelligence has shifted from buzzword to backbone of modern economies, the summit, backed by the Indiaai mission, aims to explore how India can lead the charge in responsible, inclusive, and human-centred AI adoption.

The impressive line-up includes some of the sharpest minds across business, academia, and technology: Infosys chairman & co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan, Microsoft India & South Asia COO Himani Agrawal, Accenture MD & lead – India business Saurabh Kumar Sahu, Mckinsey & Company partner Aparajita Puri, Kpmg India partner & national leader – industrial manufacturing S Sathish, L&T Construction corporate centre head R Ganesan and Fractal CTO Shashidhar Ramakrishnaiah.

Through a mix of keynote sessions and power panels, discussions will range from AI-driven manufacturing and data intelligence to smart governance, sustainable innovation, and digital inclusion. The event promises to deliver a panoramic view of how AI is rewriting India’s economic and industrial playbook.

As one of the most anticipated events in India’s tech calendar, the summit will also be broadcast across Business Today’s vast multi-platform network, spanning print, broadcast, and digital, ensuring that the ideas shaping the nation’s AI future reach millions.

Register here: https://subscriptions.intoday.in/businesstoday-ai-conference/registration

October 29, 2025
Business Today powers up with AI Summit 2025

MUMBAI: When intelligence meets innovation, the future takes shape. Business Today, India’s leading business news platform from the India Today Group, is bringing together the brightest minds under one roof for the Business Today AI Summit 2025, being held today in Bengaluru.

At a time when Artificial Intelligence has leapt from buzzword to boardroom, the summit aims to decode how India can harness its power responsibly, inclusively and at scale. Backed by the India AI Mission, the event marks a key milestone in India’s journey to becoming a global hub for ethical AI innovation.

The summit’s power-packed line-up features some of the biggest names across technology, policy and industry, including Infosys co-founder and chairman Kris Gopalakrishnan; Microsoft India & South Asia COO Himani Agrawal; Accenture managing director & lead India business Saurabh Kumar Sahu; McKinsey & Company partner Aparajita Puri; and Fractal CTO Shashidhar Ramakrishnaiah. Also joining them are L&T Construction’s R. Ganesan and KPMG’s Sathish in India.

Through a series of keynotes and panel discussions, the Business Today AI Summit 2025 will explore how artificial intelligence is transforming industries, from manufacturing and finance to healthcare, education and sustainability. It will also examine how India can lead the global conversation on ethical and human-centric AI deployment.

As the buzz around AI continues to grow, this summit promises to cut through the hype and focus on what truly matters: how intelligence, both human and artificial, can power progress.

October 29, 2025
Sharmila Bhowmick brews Mocha Ink for mindful stories

MUMBAI: Stirring the pot in media and mindfulness, veteran journalist Sharmila Bhowmick has launched Mocha Ink, a storytelling ecosystem designed to blend creativity, journalism, and conscious living.

The platform comprises three interconnected verticals. Mocha Ink Mag is a digital magazine that pairs intellect with aesthetics, covering business, culture, beauty, lifestyle, and the inner life of modern India. With a tone like a relaxed café conversation, it encourages readers to slow down, reflect, and consider what they consume and why.

Complementing the magazine is Mocha Talks, a podcast for conscious conversations. Hosted by Bhowmick, the show invites thought leaders, creators, and entrepreneurs to share insights that linger long after the coffee is gone. “We’re bringing back the art of the conversation, the kind that changes you,” she says.

Rounding out the ecosystem is Mocha Ink Lab, a strategy studio where editorial intelligence meets brand storytelling. The Lab helps companies, founders, and institutions craft narratives that build trust, visibility, and cultural impact, demonstrating that the story itself is the strategy.

Founded by Bhowmick, an award-winning journalist with more than 25 years of newsroom leadership across The Times of India, CNBC TV18, Business Today, Outlook, and Republic, Mocha Ink exists at the crossroads of content, consciousness, and culture. It aims to help both people and brands find their voice and vision in a rapidly changing world.

With Mocha Ink, Sharmila Bhowmick is not just telling stories, she’s creating a space where stories spark reflection, connection, and transformation.

October 16, 2025
AI meets news: India Today leads the way

MUMBAI: When it comes to news, India Today is taking a deeper dive. The media giant has become the first in the APAC region to launch Taboola’s Deeperdive, a Gen AI answer engine designed to bring instant, trustworthy answers straight to readers on its own sites.

Deeperdive taps into decades of India Today’s rich editorial content, allowing readers to ask questions on anything from election analysis to trending stories, and get AI-powered answers sourced from trusted journalists. The engine even suggests related queries, keeping users engaged longer and exploring more of the site.

“Pioneering journalism means being future-ready,” said India Today Group vice chairperson and executive editor-in-chief Kalli Purie. “With Deeperdive, we’re offering richer experiences, staying connected to our readers, and unlocking new AI-powered frontiers of engagement and monetisation.”

Taboola CEO and founder Adam Singolda added, “India Today is a must-visit destination for news and analysis. Deeperdive lets them join the Gen AI revolution on their own terms, delivering trusted answers while opening search-like advertising opportunities.”

Built to understand the “pulse of the internet,” Deeperdive analyses trends from over 600 million daily users across 9,000 publishers. Unlike traditional AI engines, it uses real-time data to deliver timely, contextual insights, ensuring readers get answers that matter, right when they need them.

For publishers, this means longer reader engagement, more site exploration, and high-intent ad revenue within their own environments, all while maintaining a seamless, intuitive experience.

With 50 years of journalistic excellence and a digital presence spanning Aaj Tak, Business Today, and The Lallantop, India Today is leveraging AI not just to keep pace with change, but to lead it, showing that when it comes to content, the future is very much now.

October 7, 2025
Breaking the Language Barrier: India Today Goes Multilingual with CAMB.AI

MUMBAI: When it comes to making headlines, India Today is literally speaking everyone’s language. In a first-of-its-kind global move, CAMB.AI, the AI-powered multilingual communication pioneer, has teamed up with The India Today Group (ITG) to make live news accessible across languages and continents. The announcement comes ahead of IBC 2025, where CAMB.AI will showcase its technology at booth 5H49 from 12-15 September.

This collaboration is designed to co-create cutting-edge language solutions that extend ITG’s reach beyond English, into Hindi and other regional Indian languages, and even to non-resident Indians worldwide. In doing so, the partnership promises to deliver trusted journalism to over 750 million monthly readers, viewers, and digital consumers who engage with ITG’s vast portfolio from India Today magazine to Aaj Tak, Business Today, and Lallantop.

CAMB.AI, already a game-changer in live sports broadcasting with its speech-to-speech translation tech available in more than 150 languages, will now bring the same magic to the newsroom. The technology not only translates but preserves the authenticity, emotion, and accents of each speaker, ensuring that live news remains true to its source while crossing linguistic borders.

“Quality information shouldn’t be limited by language,” said India Today group managing editor for production Samkhya Edamaruku. “Our enhanced capabilities now add inclusivity to credibility. By leveraging AI to overcome language barriers, we are making trusted journalism accessible to a more diverse audience, helping to build a more informed and connected world.”

CAMB.AI co-founder and CTO Akshat Prakash added, “For 50 years, India Today has led with innovation and creativity. Being their first live news translation partner validates our growth plans in India and Southeast Asia. We are already exploring ways to expand ITG’s reach even further.”

This partnership comes at a pivotal time. India is fast emerging as one of the world’s largest digital economies, with a diverse audience hungry for content in their native languages. Multilingual reach is no longer just a global strategy, it’s a local imperative. Through CAMB.AI’s AI-powered solutions, ITG is set to engage audiences at an unprecedented scale, making news consumption not only accessible but also personalised and culturally resonant.

The India Today Group itself has been a trailblazer in media since its inception in 1975. Renowned for its credibility and bold storytelling, ITG has consistently championed independent journalism across television, print, digital, mobile, and audio platforms. It has also led innovations like integrated newsrooms, AI-powered news anchors, and digital-first initiatives, alongside hosting marquee events such as the India Today Conclave and Sahitya Aaj Tak.

With CAMB.AI’s real-time multilingual translation and India Today’s trusted content, this collaboration signals a new era where language is no longer a barrier, but a bridge bringing news to the world with speed, authenticity, and reach like never before. Attendees at IBC 2025 can experience this futuristic newsroom in action at booth 5H49, where CAMB.AI will demonstrate how AI is transforming not just sports, but news itself.

September 25, 2025
Business Today rings in new market shows with opening and closing bell

MUMBAI: Markets may thrive on numbers, but sometimes it takes a sharp story to make sense of the swirl. finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman today struck the gong on a new phase of Business Today Multiverse, launching two dedicated market shows designed to keep investors ahead of the curve at the opening bell and right through to the close.

The Market Opening show, airing 9:05 am to 9:30 am, promises a crisp 25-minute scan of overnight Wall Street movements, Asian market trends, and the first stirrings of Dalal Street. With early reads on the Sensex, Nifty and stock-specific triggers, the segment distils the noise into clarity giving professionals a cheat sheet for the business day ahead.

Come 3:00 pm, the baton passes to Market Closing, a half-hour wrap that does more than just flash the ticker. Expect deep dives into sectoral trends, top gainers and laggards, institutional flows and macroeconomic sparks, all explained with context, not clutter. For investors, it’s the day’s financial screenplay neatly tied up before the curtains drop.

Together, the twin programmes expand the Business Today Multiverse, an omnichannel media ecosystem that blends print depth, digital speed, broadcast punch and social conversations. For an audience hungry for credible financial information in uncertain times, the shows are positioned as trusted guides to navigate not just numbers, but narratives.

Calling the new launch a “collab that matters”, Business Today vice chairperson and executive editor-in-chief Kalli Purie said: “What people need most is clarity backed by expertise. That’s where the authority of Business Today, a 35-year-old brand built on integrity and independence from vested industrial interests becomes invaluable. These new shows carry forward our promise to give audiences news that impacts their money, delivered with trust.”

In an age where a single market ripple in New York can send tremors through Mumbai’s trading floors, the launch underscores how timeliness and transparency are no longer luxuries but essentials. By pairing editorial authority with real-time precision, Business Today Multiverse is betting that investors will tune in not just for numbers but for the story behind them.

September 5, 2025
Avanish Kumar takes charge of government digital business at NDTV

NEW DELHI: NDTV has named Avanish Kumar as head of digital business (government), tasking him with leading its engagement with ministries, departments, PSUs and state bodies at a time when government advertising and campaigns are becoming increasingly digital.

Kumar joins from the India Today group, where he spent more than two years as chief manager of government business. There he managed the Business Today “Multiverse” – spanning the magazine, businesstoday.in and BTTV – with a sharp focus on monetising digital assets, building state and central government associations, and positioning the brand as media partner for investor summits and public events. He also worked directly with political parties to craft campaign solutions across platforms.

Before India Today, Kumar was head of media marketing at Bharat Prakashan, publisher of Organiser and Panchjanya, where he managed pan-India teams and drove digital and content-marketing strategies for clients. He earlier served as business head at Flame Advertising, handling PSU and BFSI accounts, and was instrumental in developing government activations across radio, print, digital and cinema.

Kumar cut his teeth in the private-sector media houses. At Hindustan Times, he generated advertising revenue across print, digital and radio while monetising flagship events such as the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit, Mint Energy Conclave and HT Palate Festival. At The Hindu, he focused on government features, supplements and sponsorship deals, working with ministries on campaigns such as “Incredible India”. His early years were spent at Nava Bharat, liaising with ministries and advertising agencies for media plans.

Across these roles, Kumar has built a reputation as a government-business specialist with deep relationships across ministries, state information departments, investment boards and advertising agencies. His skill set blends digital marketing, media sales and event monetisation – areas critical for broadcasters and publishers as government spending increasingly shifts from print to online.

At NDTV, Kumar’s brief is clear: maximise public-sector partnerships, align with government communication priorities, and grow digital revenues. His appointment comes as NDTV, part of the Adani group, looks to strengthen its foothold in digital news while navigating a fiercely competitive and politically sensitive landscape.

September 3, 2025
India@100 plans its big leap at BT summit with bold vision for 2047

MUMBAI: A century in sight, and India’s got a blueprint to boot. As the nation marches towards its 100th year of independence, Business Today Multiverse is setting the stage for a future-forward conversation. The BT India@100 Summit, to be held on August 8, 2025 in New Delhi, will convene some of India’s sharpest minds from business, policy, and governance under the theme ‘India@2047: Blueprint for a Developed Nation’.

Headlined by union minister Nitin Gadkari, who will deliver the keynote on India’s long-term growth roadmap, the summit aims to decode what it will take for the country to join the ranks of high-income, innovation-led economies.

The speaker line-up reads like a policy powerhouse: Arvind Panagariya, Arunish Chawla, NK Singh, and Montek Singh Ahluwalia, among others, will explore everything from economic resilience and institutional reforms to AI, urbanisation, trade, and sustainability.

But the star of the summit? Business Today’s 100 Ideas for India@100, a curated, deeply researched list of actionable reforms across 10 sectors. Think GST 2.0, land and labour reforms, clean air, safe cities for women, digital infrastructure, and future-ready education. These ideas stem from collaborations with experts like Manish Sabharwal (Teamlease) and Rajesh Shukla (Price), and inputs from think tanks like ICRIER, CSIS, ASER, and former policymakers Anil Swarup and Subhash Chandra Garg.

With just 22 years to go until 2047, the summit isn’t just another talking shop, it’s a call to action. Sessions will challenge government, industry, and civil society to co-create India’s future. As one speaker put it: “It’s not just about growth, it’s about transformation.”

And as the country eyes a 10 trillion dollars economy, Business Today is aiming to shape the national dialogue on how to get there with ambition, equity, and accountability.

Because the journey to 2047 won’t be built on headlines, it’ll be built on hard choices, bold moves, and ideas that stick.

August 6, 2025
Green carpet call as BT spotlights India’s most sustainable companies

MUMBAI: India Inc’s ESG stars are set to walk the green carpet. Business Today Multiverse is rolling out a new kind of red carpet green, actually as it launches the inaugural edition of BT India’s Most Sustainable Companies – Summit & Awards 2025. Slated for 6 June in New Delhi, the event puts the spotlight on the companies walking the talk on ESG, sustainability and responsible business.

With the theme ‘Charting India Inc’s Sustainable Future’, the event promises not just trophies, but timely conversations and action plans. Union minister Bhupender Yadav will headline the summit with a special keynote on India’s environmental strategy, setting the tone for a day packed with powerful dialogue.

The awards are backed by a rigorous methodology, led by Careedge ESG Ratings, which evaluated 1,000 listed companies across 11 impact-heavy sectors using publicly available data. The final winners were selected by an expert jury chaired by former SBI chairman Rajnish Kumar.

The speaker list reads like a who’s who of India’s sustainability and policy ecosystem. From Pepsico’s Yashika Singh and Zomato’s Anjalli Kumar to JSW’s Prabodha Acharya, Mahindra’s Abanti Sankaranarayanan, and SEBI’s Pramod Rao, leaders from corporates, think tanks, and regulatory bodies will tackle how sustainability can shift from boardroom buzzword to operational backbone.

Panel discussions will feature experts like ORF’s Nilanjan Ghosh, CEEW’s Vaibhav Chaturvedi, Avaana’s Anjali Bansal and Swapna Gupta, ISA’s Joshua Wycliffe, Diageo’s Ashish Parikh, and legal minds like Meyyappan Nagappan (Trilegal) and Amit Kapur (JSA), offering multidisciplinary takes on climate strategy, regulation, investment, and innovation.

Supporting the summit are sustainability stalwarts: L&T (Green Partner), Pepsico (Sustainable Progress Partner), Diageo (CPG Sustainability Partner), along with KREDL and RVNL as associate partners.

The evening will culminate in the BT India’s Most Sustainable Companies Awards and the unveiling of a special Business Today edition centred on the campaign: ‘Sustainability is no longer an option, it is the only way forward.’

For India Inc, the message is clear going green isn’t just good optics. It’s the only playbook that matters now.

June 6, 2025
Newsroom Gets a Newsmaker as Rahul Kanwal Takes Charge at NDTV

MUMBAI: From breaking headlines to making one Rahul Kanwal has officially taken the hot seat at NDTV. India’s most trusted news network, New Delhi Television Ltd (NDTV), has named Rahul Kanwal as its new chief executive officer and editor-in-chief, signalling a high-octane chapter in the brand’s storied legacy. In this dual role, Kanwal will steer both editorial and business operations at NDTV, an institution that has long been the gold standard in Indian journalism.

With over 25 years of newsroom muscle, Kanwal brings a potent mix of prime-time credibility, investigative grit, and election coverage flair. His previous innings at India Today, Aaj Tak, Business Today, Headlines Today, and Zee News saw him rise through the ranks as news director, executive director, and senior editorial leader.

An alumnus of the Harvard Business School’s General Management Program, and a Chevening Scholar trained in international broadcast journalism at Cardiff University, Kanwal also holds a journalism degree from Delhi University. His mantle includes accolades like the Roy Peck Trust Grant for Hostile Environment Journalism, among other awards for excellence in the field.

Welcoming the appointment AMG Media Networks CEO Sanjay Pugalia said, “NDTV is a news super-brand that has stood for credibility and trust for nearly four decades through path-breaking journalism across television and digital platforms. With five new product launches over the past two years, NDTV continues to expand its footprint while remaining steadfast in its founding ethos. Rahul brings deep editorial insight, a passion for journalism, and proven leadership qualities that will be instrumental as we scale our presence across products and platforms.”

Rahul Kanwal said, “Like many in my generation, I grew up watching NDTV. I am super charged about the prospect of infusing new life and energy into this marquee news brand. For years, NDTV has been the go-to brand for election coverage and big breaking news. I consider it a great honour to lead this storied media brand, and I am confident that NDTV will continue to rise to great heights of journalistic and business excellence. I look forward to working with the stellar teams at NDTV as we build on the extraordinary legacy of this great institution.”

The NDTV Board also took a moment to commend Sanjay Pugalia for steering the ship through a crucial phase of transformation and reaffirmed their intent to tap into his strategic vision going forward.

With five new product launches in the last two years and a growing digital footprint, NDTV isn’t just reporting the future, it’s writing it. And with Kanwal at the helm, it seems the best scoops may still be ahead.

May 27, 2025