Business Today to host Infrastructure Summit on India’s growth agenda – Indian Television Dot Com

MUMBAI: India’s next growth story is being drawn not just on paper, but with concrete, cables and capital. Against that backdrop, Business Today Infrastructure Summit 2026, presented by Adani, will bring together policymakers, industry leaders, financiers and technology experts to discuss the investments and reforms needed to power the country’s infrastructure ambitions.

Built around the theme ‘Infra India 2047: Building India’s Next Growth Cycle’, the inaugural summit aims to create a platform for discussions on policy, financing, innovation and public-private partnerships as India works towards its Viksit Bharat 2047 vision.

The event will feature keynote addresses, fireside chats, leadership conversations and panel discussions involving senior government representatives, business executives and infrastructure specialists, focusing on the sectors expected to shape India’s next phase of economic growth.

Key discussions will span energy security, digital infrastructure, urban mobility, logistics and supply chains, infrastructure financing, manufacturing, industrial infrastructure, technology and public-private partnerships, reflecting the broad spectrum of investments required to support long-term development.

Among the headline sessions, Union Minister for Coal and Mines G. Kishan Reddy will speak on ‘Mining India’s Infrastructure Growth’, examining the role of the mining sector in supporting infrastructure expansion and industrial development.

The summit will also host a panel titled ‘Building India’s Digital Backbone’, featuring Prashant C. Jain, Managing Director of L&T Vyom and Head of L&T Electronic Products & Systems; Anku Jain, Managing Director, MediaTek; Samar Mittal, India Country Business Leader, Nokia; and Vinayak Godse, CEO of DSCI. The discussion will focus on digital infrastructure, emerging technologies and the ecosystem needed to strengthen India’s competitiveness.

Another session, ‘Powering India’s New Growth Spurt’, will bring together Vinod Aggarwal, MD & CEO of VE Commercial Vehicles; Sanjeev Arora, President – Motion Business at ABB India; Palash Srivastava, Deputy Managing Director of IIFCL; and Nilesh Tribhuvann, Managing Partner at White & Brief Advocates and Solicitors, to examine investment trends, infrastructure financing and industrial capacity building.

The summit’s wider speaker line-up includes Sumant Sinha, Founder, Chairman and CEO of ReNew; Shalu Agrawal, Director at CEEW; Vinayak Chatterjee, Founder and Managing Trustee of The Infravision Foundation; Sagar Kadu, Director (Logistics), Ministry of Commerce & Industry; Vishal Gupta, Executive Director at Deloitte India; Dr Ashish Agarwal, MD & CEO of SEROS; Dr Bharat Kaushal, Corporate Officer at Hitachi Ltd and Executive Officer of Hitachi India; along with Sanjeev Arora of ABB India.

Beyond policy discussions, the summit seeks to foster collaboration between government, industry, investors and technology companies, with a focus on translating ideas into partnerships and practical solutions for India’s infrastructure ecosystem.

As India targets developed nation status by 2047, infrastructure has become central to the country’s economic blueprint. Forums such as the Business Today Infrastructure Summit reflect a growing emphasis on aligning policy, private investment and technological innovation to build the roads, factories, energy networks and digital systems expected to underpin India’s next growth cycle.