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PM Modi to address India Today Conclave

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National, March 09, 2017

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will deliver a special address at the forthcoming India Today Conclave in what will be a powerful exchange of ideas and energy with some of the country’s change makers and pathfinders.

The Conclave will also be graced by the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee and former President of the French Republic Nicolas Sarkozy.

There will be a strong presence of top political minds, from BJP President Amit Shah, Union Ministers M. Venkaiah Naidu, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti Sayeed and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. The Conclave will also witness iconic leaders of corporate India such as Reliance Industries Chairman & MD Mukesh Ambani, Mahindra Group Executive Chairman Anand Mahindra, Godrej Group Chairman Adi Godrej, Paytm Founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma and HDFC Ltd Chairman Deepak Parekh. Sprinkling stardust on a special two days will be movie legends Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan.

They will join the sharpest minds from across the world to discuss and debate international issues. To be held on March 17 and 18 in Mumbai, the theme is The Great Disruption, and it will feature ground-breaking ideas, innovative experiences and thought-provoking debates.

Describing the event, Conclave Director Ms. Kalli Purie said: “At the India Today Conclave our attempt is always to give you a microcosm of the geo political leadership. And this year delegates will be spoilt for choice. I am specially pleased to welcome Shri. Narendra Modi back to the Conclave. We have had the honour of hosting him twice before when he was CM and now we come full circle by welcoming him as PM to the Conclave”.

Come to India's busiest two days at the India Today Conclave 2017 with the world's best sharing one stage:

1. Abhinav Bindra, Olympic Champion

2. Adi Godrej, Chairman, Godrej Group

3. Alia Bhatt, Actor

4. Amitabh Bachchan, Actor

5. Amitabh Kant, CEO, Niti Aayog

6. Anand Mahindra, Chairman & Managing Director, Mahindra Group

7. Ananya Birla, Founder, Svatantra Microfinance

8. Anurag Kashyap, Writer and Director

9. Anushka Sharma, Actor

10. Arghya Sengupta, Research Director at Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy

11. Asaduddin Owaisi, MP

12. Abdul Basit, High Commissioner of Pakistan to India

13. Chetan Bhagat, Author

14. Deepa Malik, Paralympic Athlete

15. Deepak Parekh, Chairman, HDFC Bank

16. Devendra Fadnavis, Chief Minister, Maharashtra

17. Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Minister of State (I/C) for Petroleum and Natural Gas

18. Dipankar Gupta, Sociologist

19. ElHadj As Sy, General Secretary of International Red Cross

20. Harish Salve, Lawyer

21. Kalki Koechlin, Actor

22. Kapil Sibal, Lawyer, MP

23. Kiren Rijiju, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs

24. Leela Samson, Bharatanatyam Dancer

25. Liz Mohn, Vice-Chairwoman, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Germany

26. M. Venkaiah Naidu, Union Minister for Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation

27. Manasi Kirloskar, Executive Director, Kirloskar Systems

28. Mukesh Ambani, Chairman & Managing Director, Reliance Industries

29. Nicolas Sarkozy, President of the French Republic (2007-2012)

30. P. Chidambaram, Former Union Minister for Finance

31. Pico Iyer, Author

32. Piyush Goyal, Minister of State for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy and Mines

33. Pranab Mukherjee, President of India

34. Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister for Law, Justice and IT

35. Rohan Murty, Founder, Murty Classical Library of India

36. Sabiha Sumar, Filmmaker

37. Sajad Lone, Minister, Jammu and Kashmir Government

38. Shah Rukh Khan, Actor

39. Shashwat Goenka, Sector Head, Spencer's Retail Ltd.

40. Shivraj Chouhan, Chief Minister, Madhya Pradesh

41. Sukhadeo Thorat, Chairman, ICSSR

42. Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Founder & CEO, Paytm

43. Waris Ahluwalia, Designer, Actor

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