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Pragati: India's Golden Decade (March 8, 2025 in New Delhi, India)

India’s Golden Decade 

India is on the cusp of a Golden Decade, with the potential to more than double its GDP by 2035. The country is poised to leverage its demographic dividend, burgeoning technology sector and “Make in India” initiatives, all while ensuring inclusive growth.

Join Kellogg Dean Francesca Cornelli along with esteemed faculty, Kellogg alumni leaders and India business pioneers for Pragati — a Hindi word symbolizing progress and forward momentum.

This conference will explore actionable strategies and collaborative solutions across policy, government, the private sector, education, and society to empower India to achieve its goal of becoming the third-largest economy. Featuring insights from Kellogg’s distinguished faculty, Kellogg alumni, business leaders and entrepreneurs, the conference will provide insights for unlocking India’s full potential. 

Themes

  • Harnessing the Demographic Dividend: Boosting women’s workforce participation, creating jobs and fostering skills for the AI era
  • Accelerating Economic Growth: Stimulating demand, attracting investments and reducing bureaucratic and trade barriers
  • Innovation in Infrastructure and Technology: Overcoming infrastructure constraints and leveraging India’s advances in digital public infrastructure
  • Building Global Competitiveness: Leveraging India’s software and AI prowess and building India as an alternative to China for knowledge-intensive manufacturing
  • Inclusive and Sustainable Growth: Addressing inequality, empowering marginalized communities and promoting environmental sustainability

March 8, 2025

JW Marriott Hotel New Delhi Aerocity


Featured speakers

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Shri B.V.R. Subrahmanyam
CEO, NITI Aayog
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Akash Ambani
Chairman, Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (RJIL)
Roshni Nadar Malhotra ’03, ’08 MBA
Chairperson, HCLTech
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Abhiraj Bhal
Co-Founder and CEO, Urban Company 
Headshot of Dinika Bhatia
Dinika Bhatia
Founder and CEO, DRB Foods
Headshot of Francesca Cornelli, Dean at the Kellogg School of Management
Francesca Cornelli
Dean and Donald P. Jacobs Chair of Finance at the Kellogg School of Management
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Sandhya Devanathan
Vice President and Head of India, Meta
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Ashish Dhawan
Founder and CEO, The Convergence Foundation
Headshot of Anant Goenka
Anant Goenka ’07 MBA
Vice Chairman, RPG Enterprises
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Dipak Jain
Former Kellogg Dean
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Noshir Kaka
Senior Partner, McKinsey
Headshot of 	Satish Kannan
Satish Kannan
Co-Founder and CEO, MediBuddy 
Headshot of Rahul Khanna
Rahul Khanna ’00 MBA
Founder and Managing Partner, Trifecta Capital
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Harry Kraemer ’79 MBA
Kellogg Clinical Professor of Management & Organizations
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Vijay Sankar ’98 MBA

ChairmanThe Sanmar Group

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Saumya ’17 MBA
Co-Founder and Chief Program Officer, Kheyti
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Mohan Sawhney
Kellogg Clinical Professor of Marketing; Director of the Center for Research in Technology & Innovation, McCormick Foundation Chair of Technology
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Brian Uzzi
Kellogg Richard L. Thomas Professor of Leadership; Co-Director of the Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO) and the Ryan Institute for Complexity; Professor of Industrial Engineering & Management Sciences at the McCormick School of Engineering; Professor of Sociology at the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

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