Ideas of India Summit 2025 Ideas of India Summit 2025

Sessions

09:45 AM - 09:50 AM
Lamp Lighting
09:50 AM - 09:55 AM
Saraswati Vandana
Sanjeevani Bhelande
Singer and Composer
09:55 AM - 10:00 AM
Welcome Address
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
The Earth Flame
Searching for Inner Peace
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM
Transforming India with AI
Why We Need More Data
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM
The Frontiers of Science
Knowing the Unknown
Dr Pratima Murthy
Director, NIMHANS
Prof. (Dr.) Shubha Tole
Neuroscientist and Professor, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Dr. Jahnavi Phalkey
Founding Director, Science Gallery, Bengaluru
12:15 PM - 01:00 PM
The Next Generation
Making Business Better
01:00 PM - 01:50 PM
LUNCH
01:50 PM - 02:30 PM
Wah Ustads
Magic At Their Fingertips
Bickram Ghosh
Tabla Player, Film Composer and Fusion Artist
02:30 PM - 03:00 PM
Transformative Leadership
Adapting to Change
Geetanjali Vikram Kirloskar
Chairperson & MD, Kirloskar Systems Pvt Ltd.
03:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Conscious Development
Making Governance Ecologically Sensitive
03:30 PM - 04:25 PM
Adventures in Space
Our Place in the Universe
Dr. Goutam Chattopadhyay
Senior Scientist, NASA-JPL, and Visiting Professor, Caltech, Pasadena, USA
04:25 PM - 05:10 PM
Fifty Years On
Art, Activism, and Acting
05:10 PM - 06:00 PM
Building Sustainably
Cities of the Future
06:00 PM - 06:30 PM
Fearless and Feisty
Telling Powerful Stories
06:30 PM - 06:45 PM
Diving into the Deep
A Decade in the Spotlight
Bhumi Pednekar
Actor, Climate Warrior, and National Advocate, UNDP India
06:45 PM - 07:30 PM
What We Eat Is Who We Are
The Palate on a Plate
07:30 PM - 08:10 PM
Rhythm Divine
Growing up with Music for the Soul
08:10 PM - 09:00 PM
The New World Order
View from America
Ambassador Kurt Volker
Former U.S Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations, and President & Founder, Alliance Strategic Advisors, LLC
08:30 PM - 09:00 PM
COCKTAILS
09:00 PM - 09:30 PM
India's Diversity
Mixing Tradition with Modernity Performance + 5 Mins Chat
Ricky Kej
Music Composer, Music Composer, 3x Grammy Award Winner, and UN Goodwill Ambassador and Padma Shri Awardee
09:30 PM - 10:00 PM
DINNER
Note: *Invited Speakers