ISB Leadership Summit 2026

September 19, 2026

Welcome - ILS Team

ILS Event Chair and Lead Coordinator

Time: 10:00 am - 10:10 am

Welcome Address - Dean

Prof. Madan Pillutla, Dean, Indian School of Business

Time: 10:10 am - 10:15 am

Opening Keynote

Honourable Chief Minister of Punjab, Shri Bhagwant Mann

Time: 10:15 am - 10:30 am

Address & Launch of ISB@25 Video

Harish Manwani - Chairman, Executive Board - Indian School of Business

Time: 10:30 am - 10:45 am

Panel Discussion - Unbound After ISB: Founders, Builders, and Custodians

Ravi Rayavaram - PGP Co ’03, COO, ITC Limited

Piyush Shah - PGP Co ’04, Co-Founder, InMobi/Glance

Time: 10:45 am - 11:30 am

Keynote Address

Speakers: Shri Manish Tiwari - Member of Parliament (MP)

Time: 11:35 am - 12:15 pm

Break

Time: 12:15 pm - 12:30 pm

ILS Spotlight- Delivering India Unbound: Building the Infrastructure for a Billion Consumers

Speakers: Abhinav Singh - PGP Co ’12, VP Operations, Amazon India

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: 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm

Lunch

Time: 1:45 pm - 2:30 pm

Panel Discussion - Financing Bharat: Capital, Credit and Conviction

Speakers:  Ashutosh Dhawan - Group CFO, Mankind Pharma

Anoop N Menon - Partner, Chiratae Ventures

Divya Soni - Head, Relationship and Transaction Management, Asia Pacific at Deutsche Bank.

Time: 3:15 pm - 4:00 pm

Break

Time: 4:00 pm - 4:15 pm

Panel Discussion - New India, New Playbook: From Startup to Institution

Speakers: Saurabh Munjal - Co-Founder & CEO, Archian Foods Pvt Ltd(Lahori Zeera)

Bharat Sethi - Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, Former Founder & CEO - Rage Coffee

Gajendra Jangid - Co-founder & CMO, Cars24

Ashutosh Gupta - Executive Director and State Head, Punjab State Office, IOCL

Time: 4:15 pm - 5:00 pm

Panel Discussion - Building and Leading Global Brands in Bharat  

Speakers: Mahima Kaul - Director of Public Policy, Netflix

Preeti Budhraja - Country People & Culture Manager, IKEA

Anil Valluri - Former Chairman, Palo Alto Networks India

Time: 5:00 pm - 5:45 pm

Closing Keynote Address

Time: 5:45 pm - 6:15 pm

Closing Remarks  

Prof. Sripad Devalkar - Associate Dean - Programmes, Indian School of Business

Time: 6:15 pm - 6:30 pm

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 - 10:15 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 - Nation Builder, Unfiltered: Their Extraordinary Journeys

Speakers: Dr. Vasudevan Gnana Gandhi - Padma Shri Awardee | Rocket Scientist | Senior VP – Propulsion, Skyroot Aerospace

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 - 11:45 am

Fireside Chat - India Unbound: From Attention to Meaning

Speakers: Alok Jain - PGP Co ’07, Head – Hindi & English Entertainment, JioStar

Time: 11:45 am - 12:15 pm

Fireside Chat - The New Indian Aspirant: Ambition, Opportunity & the Changing Meaning of Success

Consumer Panel - Building for Bharat: How to Build Brands That Become Everyday Habits

Vivek Gambhir - Venture Partner & Board Member | Former CEO, Godrej Consumer Products & boAt Lifestyle | Ex-Bain & Co. | Author

Time: 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm

Lunch

Time: 1:45 pm - 2:15 pm

Finance Panel - India 2035: Capital, Technology & the Economic Forces That Will Shape Our Future

Speakers: Shaanti Ekambaram - Former Deputy Managing Director, Kotak Mahindra Bank

Surya Vedula - Managing Director, Nagarro

Aastha Gudwani - India Chief Economist, Barclays

Time: 2:15 pm - 3:00 pm

Space Panel - India to the Stars: How India Is Building Its Space Future

Tapan Mishra - Former Director, Space Applications Centre, ISRO

Time: 2:15 pm - 3:00 pm 
(Parallel Track)

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: 3:05 pm - 3:45 pm

ISB PGP Alum Panel - Beyond the ISB Classroom: Alumni Building, Leading & Shaping India

Speakers: Dhimant Parekh - PGP Co ’07, CEO & Co-founder, The Better India

Anoushka Dua - PGP Co ’02, Managing Director, Head of Payments, Asia South and JANA, Services, Citi

Aparna Kumar - PGP MAX Co ’12, Founder, Nexora Tech, Ex CIO at SBI and HSBC

Time: 3:45 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

Priyanshi Sharma - PGP Co ’25, Journalist | Co-Founder, Peek TV | Ex-NDTV |

Time: 4:45 pm - 5:30 pm

Sports Panel - Winning Beyond the Scoreboard: Leadership, Teams & the New Indian Sporting Ecosystem

Joy Bhattacharya - CEO, Prime Volleyball League | Former Team Director, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)

Time: 5:30 pm - 6:15 pm

Closing Remarks

Prof. Sripad Devalkar- Associate Dean- Programmes, Indian School of Business

Time: 6:15 pm - 6:30 pm