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Viksit Bharat Panel Editor

Conversations, perspectives, and expert discussions shaping India’s journey towards Viksit Bharat 2047.

The Panel Editor follows the sector panels of Viksit Bharat Conferences — one-hour, sector-by-sector discussions held across six cities — and connects each one to its speakers, highlights and the related news on iGEN.

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Viksit Bharat Conferences — Delhi, November 2026 is the next edition. Venue, speakers and session topics are announced by the organisers as it approaches; recordings and highlights appear here after each session.

Featured Panel Discussions

Latest conference panels and priority agenda sessions.

Editor Picks
58:45
Session HeldTechnology and AIIndustrial Capacity and Manufacturing

Semiconductor Sovereignty: Scaling Commercial Wafer Fabs & OSAT Packaging in India

Speakers: Dr. R. Ramanathan (Mod), Vikram Shenoy, Ananya Deshmukh, Kenji Takahashi

Senior government leadership and silicon manufacturing executives evaluate India's march from legacy assembly to commercial 28nm/40nm wafer fabrication, cleanroom chemical supply chains, and domestic compound semiconductor packaging.

2026-11-08 · Delhi · 58:45View Session Details
Session HeldEnergy

Clean Hydrogen & Maritime Corridors: Accelerating Net-Zero Industrial Exports

Sustainability and Energy

Industry captains and maritime port authorities outline India's roadmap to become the lowest-cost clean hydrogen and green ammonia exporter along the western maritime trade lanes into Europe and the Gulf.

2026-11-08 · DelhiExplore
Session HeldTechnology and AI

Sovereign AI Infrastructure: Domestic Compute Clusters & Indic Foundation Models

Innovation and Technology

Leading AI researchers and cloud infrastructure builders examine the national rollout of 10,000+ GPU sovereign compute capacity and the training of multi-modal models across all 22 official scheduled Indian languages.

2026-11-09 · DelhiExplore

Latest Panel Discussions

Every session on record, newest first. Showing 10 of 10 sessions.

58:45
Session HeldTechnology and AI

Semiconductor Sovereignty: Scaling Commercial Wafer Fabs & OSAT Packaging in India

Industrial Capacity and Manufacturing

Speakers: Dr. R. Ramanathan, Vikram Shenoy, Ananya Deshmukh…

Senior government leadership and silicon manufacturing executives evaluate India's march from legacy assembly to commercial 28nm/40nm wafer fabrication, cleanroom chemical supply chains, and domestic compound semiconductor packaging.

2026-11-08 · DelhiExplore
52:10
Session HeldEnergy

Clean Hydrogen & Maritime Corridors: Accelerating Net-Zero Industrial Exports

Sustainability and Energy

Speakers: Sunil K. Mittal, Meera Chandrasekhar, Capt. Rajesh Varma

Industry captains and maritime port authorities outline India's roadmap to become the lowest-cost clean hydrogen and green ammonia exporter along the western maritime trade lanes into Europe and the Gulf.

2026-11-08 · DelhiExplore
61:15
Session HeldTechnology and AI

Sovereign AI Infrastructure: Domestic Compute Clusters & Indic Foundation Models

Innovation and Technology

Speakers: Dr. Arvind Swaminathan, Pooja Singhania, Harish Nambiar

Leading AI researchers and cloud infrastructure builders examine the national rollout of 10,000+ GPU sovereign compute capacity and the training of multi-modal models across all 22 official scheduled Indian languages.

2026-11-09 · DelhiExplore
47:30
Session HeldAutomotive

Next-Gen EV Cell Chemistry: Local Sodium Feedstocks & Grid Energy Storage

Industrial Capacity and Manufacturing

Speakers: Prof. K. Venkatesh, Devendra Patil, Geeta Roy

Battery scientists, automotive tier-1 suppliers, and renewable grid operators discuss overcoming lithium mineral dependencies through indigenous sodium-ion battery cell manufacturing.

2026-11-09 · DelhiExplore
54:20
Session HeldDefence

Indigenisation of Critical Aerospace Components & Autonomous Defence Systems

Industrial Capacity and Manufacturing

Speakers: Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Sanjeev Bakshi, Rajiv Batra, Shalini Iyer

Defence chiefs, private precision engineering companies, and DRDO leadership address domestic production of gas turbine blades, advanced composite aerostructures, and counter-drone autonomous swarms.

2026-11-10 · DelhiExplore
50:00
Session HeldLogistics

Multi-Modal Freight Integration: Port Modernisation & PM Gati Shakti Logistics

Infrastructure and Connectivity

Speakers: Anita Ganguly, Manoj K. Pandey, Siddharth Rao

Port chairpersons, dedicated freight corridor planners, and supply chain executives debate bringing India's logistics costs down to single digits of GDP via automated digital customs and freight corridors.

2026-11-10 · DelhiExplore
55:10
UpcomingPharmaceuticals

Biomanufacturing Resilience: Self-Reliance in Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients

Economic Growth and Competitiveness

Speakers: Dr. Deepa Natarajan, Dr. H. P. Reddy, Pradeep Joshi

Biotech researchers, formulation leaders, and bulk drug park developers examine India's path to eliminate imported active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) dependencies and build global biosimilar leadership.

2026-11-18 · DelhiExplore
45:00
UpcomingAgriculture

Digital Agriculture Stack: Drone Logistics & Value-Addition for Farm Exports

Economic Growth and Competitiveness

Speakers: Dr. Ramesh Chandra Verma, Kavita Rao, Abhishek Poddar

Agronomists, farmer producer organisation (FPO) federations, and agritech founders outline the deployment of Kisan drones, solar micro-cold chains, and farm-to-port export corridors.

2026-11-19 · DelhiExplore
56:40
UpcomingFinance

Cross-Border Trade Rails: Bilateral Rupee Settlement & Digital Public Infrastructure

International Trade

Speakers: Siddhartha Roy, Tanvi Saxena, Arunav Sen

Central banking specialists, cross-border payment founders, and forex treasurers discuss connecting UPI with national payment switches worldwide and internationalising the Indian Rupee (INR).

2026-11-20 · DelhiExplore
48:30
UpcomingEducation

Workforce 2047: STEM Skilling, Industry-Academia R&D & Advanced Apprenticeships

Employment and Workforce Development

Speakers: Prof. Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar, Shalini Bhargava, Dr. P. Balakrishnan

University chancellors, vocational skills federations, and enterprise HR leaders debate curriculum modernization to prepare 10 million engineers, AI technicians, and researchers for the 2047 economy.

2026-11-21 · DelhiExplore

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Viksit Bharat 2047 Insights

Discussion themes linking the panels to long-term development — not official government positions.

Economic Growth and Competitiveness

How sectors raise output, productivity and access to capital.

Innovation and Technology

AI adoption, digital infrastructure and research capacity.

Employment and Workforce Development

Jobs, skills, education and health as foundations of the workforce.

Industrial Capacity and Manufacturing

Manufacturing scale, supply chains and strategic industries.

Sustainability and Energy

Power, clean energy, bioenergy and climate commitments.

International Trade

Exports, trade agreements and global market access.

Infrastructure and Connectivity

Railways, aviation, logistics and communications networks.

Policy and Industry Perspectives

SAMPLE DATA

Published views and official announcements, grouped by perspective.

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Policy Perspectives

Circulars, rules and policy notices
  • · RBI Guidelines on Tokenized Trade Settlement for Cross-Border Logistics
  • · Central Electricity Regulatory Commission Carbon Accounting Draft Framework
  • · Ministry of Electronics & IT Revised Semiconductor Packaging Incentives
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Industry Recommendations

Reviews, reports and consultations
  • · Confederation of Indian Industry Whitepaper on High-Speed Port Freight Rails
  • · Automotive Component Manufacturers Association Solid-State Battery Blueprint
  • · NASSCOM Artificial Intelligence Workforce Reskilling Architecture 2026
View consultations →

Leadership Viewpoints

From iGEN World and Viksit Bharat World
  • · CXO Outlook: Scaling Indian Aerospace Forgings for Airbus and Boeing Tiers
  • · Clean Hydrogen Strategy: Why Port-Adjacent Electrolysers Win by 2030
  • · Global Capability Centres: Moving Up the Value Chain to Core IP Engineering
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Expert Commentary

Speeches and statements by named officials
  • · Dr. R. Ramanathan on Silicon Supply Chain Resilience in Southeast Asia
  • · Vikram Shenoy on Cleanroom Logistics and Compound Semiconductor Fabs
  • · Ananya Deshmukh on Automotive EV Power Semiconductor Design-Linked Incentives
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Public-Private Collaboration

Partnerships, agreements and cooperation
  • · Western Dedicated Freight Corridor Joint Terminal MoUs Executed
  • · National Green Hydrogen Mission Industry Cluster Infrastructure Consortia
  • · Semi-Conductor Fabrication Substrate Park MoU Signed in Gujarat
View partnership news →

Business & Investment

Announcements from Viksit Bharat World
  • · Commercial Tenders: High-Purity Nitrogen Gas Plants for Dholera Industrial City
  • · Solar EPC Joint Ventures Announced for Western Grid Capacity Expansions
  • · Defense Innovation Hub Grants Open for Autonomous Marine Surveillance
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Speaker Directory

Moderators and panelists confirmed for the sessions above.

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VerifiedModerator

Dr. R. Ramanathan

Senior Adviser, Electronics & Digital Infrastructure, NITI Aayog

Silicon Policy & Fab Economics

V
VerifiedPanelist

Vikram Shenoy

Managing Director, Bharat Wafer Fab Consortium

Semiconductor Operations

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VerifiedPanelist

Ananya Deshmukh

Head of OSAT Technology, Tata Electronics Advanced Packaging

Substrate & Packaging Systems

K
VerifiedPanelist

Kenji Takahashi

Director of International Supply Chains, Tokyo Electron Alliance

Lithography & Cleanroom Equipment

S
VerifiedModerator

Sunil K. Mittal

Executive Director, Clean Energy Transition, Energy Resources Institute

Electrolyser Economics & Decarbonisation

M
VerifiedPanelist

Meera Chandrasekhar

Chief Sustainability Officer, Adani Green & Hydrogen Ventures

Renewable Megaprojects

C
VerifiedPanelist

Capt. Rajesh Varma

Chairman, Deendayal Port Authority (Kandla)

Maritime Bunkering & Terminal Logistics

D
VerifiedModerator

Dr. Arvind Swaminathan

Chief Scientist, Artificial Intelligence, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)

High-Performance Computing & Indic NLP

P
VerifiedPanelist

Pooja Singhania

Co-Founder & CEO, Vani AI Labs

Multilingual Voice LLMs

H
VerifiedPanelist

Harish Nambiar

Chief Technology Officer, Yotta Data Services

Hyperscale AI Cloud Infrastructure

P
VerifiedModerator

Prof. K. Venkatesh

Dean of Energy Sciences, IIT Madras Research Park

Solid State & Sodium Battery Chemistries

D
VerifiedPanelist

Devendra Patil

Head of Powertrain, Mahindra Electric Mobility

EV Integration & Battery Management Systems

G
VerifiedPanelist

Geeta Roy

Director of Battery Systems, Exide Leclanche Energy

Cell Manufacturing & Electrode Coating

L
VerifiedModerator

Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Sanjeev Bakshi

Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Land Warfare Studies

Military Technology & Strategic Procurements

R
VerifiedPanelist

Rajiv Batra

President, Defence & Aerospace, Bharat Forge Engineering

Artillery & Specialized Metallurgy

S
VerifiedPanelist

Shalini Iyer

CEO, Astra Autonomous Systems

Counter-Drone Swarms & AI Vision

A
VerifiedModerator

Anita Ganguly

Senior Transport Economist, Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Multi-Modal Transit Corridors

M
VerifiedPanelist

Manoj K. Pandey

Managing Director, Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India (DFCCIL)

Rail Freight Logistics

S
VerifiedPanelist

Siddharth Rao

Chief Operating Officer, DP World Subcontinent

Container Terminal Automation

D
VerifiedModerator

Dr. Deepa Natarajan

Director General, Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance

Regulatory Affairs & API Supply Chains

D
VerifiedPanelist

Dr. H. P. Reddy

Executive Director, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Active Ingredients

Fermentation & Synthetic Chemistry

P
VerifiedPanelist

Pradeep Joshi

CEO, Gujarat Bulk Drug Park Infrastructure Ltd

Common Utility Logistics

D
VerifiedModerator

Dr. Ramesh Chandra Verma

Former Member (Agriculture), NITI Aayog & ICAR

Agricultural Economics & Irrigation Tech

K
VerifiedPanelist

Kavita Rao

President, Deccan Farmer Producer Organisation Federation

FPO Modernisation & Export Logistics

A
VerifiedPanelist

Abhishek Poddar

Founder & CEO, KisanDrona Technologies

Precision AgTech & Drone Sensing

S
VerifiedModerator

Siddhartha Roy

Former Chief Economist, State Bank of India

Monetary Policy & Foreign Exchange Architecture

T
VerifiedPanelist

Tanvi Saxena

Chief Product Officer, NPCI International

Instant Cross-Border Settlement Protocols

A
VerifiedPanelist

Arunav Sen

Global Head of Treasury, ICICI Bank Global Markets

Vostro Settlement & Trade Finance

P
VerifiedModerator

Prof. Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar

Chairman, University Grants Commission (UGC)

Higher Education Governance & Research Infrastructure

S
VerifiedPanelist

Shalini Bhargava

Chief People Officer, Larsen & Toubro Heavy Engineering

Industrial Apprenticeships & Technical Talent

D
VerifiedPanelist

Dr. P. Balakrishnan

Director, IIT Delhi R&D Foundation

Industry-Sponsored DeepTech Incubators

The Six-City Circuit

Each Viksit Bharat Conferences city has its own month and sector focus.

How this page works: Sessions, speakers, recordings and highlights come from iGEN’s panel records, entered from what the organisers publish. Upcoming sessions show only the published focus area and date; nothing is added until it is confirmed. Related news and perspectives come from the stories on iGEN.

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