ISB Leadership Summit 2026

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ISB Leadership Summit 2025

ISB Leadership Summit 2026

The ISB Leadership Summit (ILS) is the flagship annual leadership conclave of the Indian School of Business. Led by PGP, PGP YL, PGP PRO and PGP MAX Students.

Date	Location
September 12, 2026	Hyderabad Campus
September 19, 2026	Mohali Campus

About the Event

The ISB Leadership Summit (ILS) serves as a premier platform where business leaders, entrepreneurs, policymakers, innovators, and change-makers engage with the ISB community on pressing challenges, emerging opportunities, and the ideas shaping India’s future.

Since its inception, ILS has brought together distinguished leaders and thought leaders from diverse sectors, offering students and participants valuable perspectives on leadership, innovation, entrepreneurship, and the evolving business and institutional landscape.

Theme

India Unbound: Defining Tomorrow’s Leadership

In an era defined by rapid transformation and expanding possibilities, effective leadership demands ambition, courage, adaptability, conviction, and long-term thinking. The ISB Leadership Summit 2026 brings together accomplished leaders, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and innovators from diverse industries and fields to inspire and engage with current ISB students—the leaders of tomorrow. Through thought-provoking conversations and real-world insights, the Summit explores how India is moving beyond traditional constraints across enterprise, technology, institutions, geography, and opportunity, while examining the leadership required to navigate the challenges that remain, unlock new possibilities, and shape the country’s next chapter of growth and global influence.

Hyderabad Campus Schedule

	September 12, 2026
Welcome - ILS Team	ILS Event Chair and Lead Coordinator Time: 9:45 am - 10:00 am
Welcome Address - Dean	Prof. Madan Pillutla, Dean, Indian School of Business Time: 10:00 am - 10.10 am
Keynote Address - From ₹0 to ₹1000 Crore: Lessons from a Lifetime of Building Wealth & Businesses	Speakers: Raamdeo Agrawal - Chairman & Co-founder, Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd Time: 10:15 am - 10.45 am
Presidential Laureates Panel + Padma Awardees - The Extraordinary Journey: What Does It Take to Build a Life of Impact?	Speakers: Dr. Vasudevan Gnana Gandhi - Padma Shri Awardee \| Rocket Scientist \| Senior VP – Propulsion, Skyroot Aerospace Dr. Guduru Venkat Rao - Padma Shri Awardee \| Director, AIG Hospitals \| Healthcare Visionary & Pioneer of Robotic Surgery Dr. Ananda Shankar Jayant - Padma Shri Awardee \| Renowned Bharatanatyam & Kuchipudi Dancer \| TED Speaker Lt. Gen. Anil Puri - PVSM, AVSM, VSM, SM \| Former Additional Secretary, Department of Military Affairs \| Administrative Member, Armed Forces Tribunal Time: 10:45 am - 11.30 am
Theatre Club - Skit on ILS Theme	PGP + PGP YL Time: 11:30 am - 11:40 am
Fireside Chat - India Unbound: From Attention to Meaning	Speakers: Alok Jain - Head – Hindi & English Entertainment, JioStar PGP Class of 2007 Time: 11:40 am - 12:10 pm
Fireside Chat - The New Indian Aspirant: Ambition, Opportunity & the Changing Meaning of Success	Speakers: Vikas Divyakirti - Founder, Drishti IAS \| Educator, Author & YouTuber Time: 12:15 pm - 1:00 pm
Consumer Panel - Building for Bharat: How to Build Brands That Become Everyday Habits	Speakers: Gaurav Gupta - Founder, Gabit \| Former Co-Founder, Zomato Vivek Gambhir - Venture Partner & Board Member \| Former CEO, Godrej Consumer Products & boAt Lifestyle \| Ex-Bain & Co. \| Author Time: 1:00 pm - 1:40 pm
Finance Panel - India 2035: Capital, Technology & the Economic Forces That Will Shape Our Future	Speakers: Shaanti Ekambaram - Deputy Managing Director, Kotak Mahindra Bank Surya Vedula - Managing Director, Nagarro Aastha Gudwani - India Chief Economist, Barclays Time: 2:15 - 3:00 pm
Space Panel - India to the Stars: How India Is Building Its Space Future	Speakers: Nigar Shaji - ISRO \| Led India’s first solar mission, Aditya-L1 Tapan Mishra - Former Director, Space Applications Centre, ISRO Time: 3:05 pm - 3:35 pm (Parallel Track in LT)
Sports Panel - Winning Beyond the Scoreboard: Leadership, Teams & the New Indian Sporting Ecosystem	Speakers: Joy Bhattacharya - CEO, Prime Volleyball League \| Former Team Director, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Ambati Rayudu - Indian Cricketer and Commentator Time: 3:05 pm - 3:35 pm
ISB PGP Alum Panel - Beyond the ISB Classroom: Alumni Building, Leading & Shaping India	Speakers: Dhimant Parekh - CEO & Co-founder, The Better India, PGP Class of 2007 Anoushka Dua - Managing Director, Head of Payments, Asia South and JANA, Services, Citi, PGP Class of 2002 Time: 3:50 pm - 4:30 pm
Break/Networking/Student Start-up stalls	Time: 4:30 pm - 4:45 pm
Women in Leadership Panel - Her Own Way: Ambition, Identity & Building on Your Own Terms	Speakers: Anuja Chauhan - Author \| Media, Journalism & Publishing Shubhika Sharma - Founder, Papa Don’t Preach Varija Bajaj - Founder, Varija Lifestyles \| Office & You \| LELA \| Varija Design Studio Time: 4:45 pm - 5:30 pm
Law Panel - Power, Rights & the Constitution: Law at the Heart of a Changing India	Speakers: Raju Ramachandran - Former Additional Solicitor General of India \| Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India Shreya Munoth - Partner, Chakravorty Samson & Munoth \| Advocate-on-Record, Supreme Court of India" Time: 5:30 pm - 6:15 pm
Fireside Chat - From Founder to Funder: What Makes Businesses Worth Building & Backing?	Speakers: Kunal Bahl - Co-founder & CEO, Snapdeal \| Judge, Shark Tank India \| Angel Investor (100+ startups) Sonia Shenoy - Assistant Executive Editor, CNBC-TV18 Time: 6:15 pm - 6:45 pm
Closing Remarks	Prof. Sripad Devalkar- Associate Dean- Programmes, Indian School of Business Time: 6:45 pm - 7:00 pm

Mohali Campus

	September 19, 2026
Welcome - ILS Team	ILS Event Chair and Lead Coordinator Time: 10:00 am - 10:15 am
Welcome Address - Dean	Prof. Madan Pillutla, Dean, Indian School of Business Time: 10:00 am - 10:30 am
Address & Launch of ISB@25 Video	Harish Manwani - Chairman, Executive Board - Indian School of Business Time: 10:30 - 10:50 am
Panel Discussion - Unbound After ISB: Founders, Builders, and Custodians	Speakers: Rohit Kapoor - CEO Food Marketplace, Swiggy, PGP Class of 2006 Ravi Rayavaram - COO, ITC Limited, PGP Class of 2003 Piyush Shah - Co-Founder, InMobi/Glance, PGP Class of 2004 Time: 10:45 am - 11:25 am
Keynote Address	Speakers: Shri Manish Tiwari - Member of Parliament (MP) Time: 11:30 am - 12:15 pm
Break	Time: 12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
ILS Masterclass - Delivering India Unbound: Building the Infrastructure for a Billion Consumers	Speakers: Abhinav Singh - VP Operations, Amazon India, PGP Class of 2012 Time: 12:30 pm -1:00 pm
Fireside Chat - India's Skies Unbound: What It Takes to Launch and Scale an Airline in India	Speakers: Belson Coutinho - Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Akasa Air Time: 1:45 pm - 2:30 pm
Lunch	Time: 1:45 pm - 2:30 pm
Fireside Chat- The Indian Traveler Unbound: How 400 Million New Travelers Are Rewriting the Rules of Indian Travel	Speakers: Rajesh Magow - Co-founder & Group CEO, MakeMyTrip Time: 2:30 pm - 3:15 pm
Building and Leading Global Brands in Bharat	Speakers: Mahima Kaul - Director of Public Policy, Netflix Ashutosh Dhawan - Group CFO, Mankind Pharma Preeti Budhraja - Country People & Culture Manager, IKEA Anil Valluri - Former Chairman, Palo Alto Networks India; ex-NetApp/Cisco" Time: 3:15 pm - 4:00 pm
Break	Time: 4:00 pm - 4:15 pm
Panel Discussion - New India, New Playbook: Founders and Funders Building from Zero	Speakers: Saurabh Munjal - Co-Founder & CEO, Archian Foods Pvt Ltd(Lahori Zeera) Bharat Sethi - Founder & CEO, Rage Coffee Divya Soni - Head, Relationship and Transaction Management, Asia Pacific at Deutsche Bank. Gajendra Jangid - Co-founder & CMO, Cars24 Time: 4:15 pm - 5:00 pm
Closing Keynote Address	Time: 5:00 pm - 5:45 pm
Closing Remarks	Prof. Sripad Devalkar - Associate Dean - Programmes, Indian School of Business Time: 5:45 pm - 6:00 pm