The Indian multi-language news network ABP Network made a promise in 2022 that will be fulfilled on February 24-25, at the Grand Hyatt in Mumbai.

The ABP Network’s ‘Ideas of India’ summit has returned, bringing together on one stage: one platform, the brightest minds from within and beyond the country’s borders.

The grand second edition of the enormously successful ‘Ideas of India’ summit in 2023 is themed Naya India: Looking Inward, Reaching Out.

“The inaugural edition of ABP Network’s ‘Ideas of India, in 2022, turned out to be a huge success, not just in terms of how many people watched it across our network, but more importantly what the forum meant as an intellectual exchange of diverse ideas,” said ABP Network CEO, Avinash Pandey. It was clear to me that this was an idea worth pursuing because the ABP Ideas of India event is more than just a summit; it is a platform that represents and extends the pluralism that is India’s ethos.

“A true democracy, like India, is a grand idea built on the churning of a million smaller ones, pulling and pushing together as a single unit. I am happy to announce that ABP Network’s ‘Ideas of India Summit 2023’, is officially now an annual platform of that churning of ideas, that will contribute to the defining of tomorrow’s India. The 2023 summit is all about the making of a Naya India as we look inward while reaching out to the world,” Pandey said.

This year’s two-day event in Mumbai will primarily address the question of where India stands at this point in history, with its burgeoning economy successfully tackling the energy divisions of yet another war in Europe, a post-pandemic recalibrating world looking up to her as a global leader, and a whole new generation of Indians eager to lead across sectors? The list of speakers addressing this critical question includes thought leaders, business icons, cultural ambassadors, and politicians.

It extends from Liz Truss, the former Prime Minister of the UK to Indian Chief Ministers like Arvind Kejriwal, Bhagwant Mann, and Eknath Shinde; From novelist and champion of environment Amitav Ghosh to tech and business innovation icon N.R Narayana Murthy; from internationally acclaimed academician and author Mahmood Mamdani to the highly amiable Union Minister of Road Transport Nitin Gadkari or the Central Minister-in-charge of ensuring connectivity, be it Railways or IT, Ashwini Vaishnaw.

The world of arts and cinema will have yesteryear heartthrobs like Zeenat Aman and Asha Parekh as well as a social messaging movie superstar like Ayushmann Khurrana. Ideas of guts and grit of fighting women will be shared by Vinesh Phogat, Ashwini Nachappa, Jwala Gutta, and Joshna Chinappa while education path breakers like ‘Khan Sir’ and ‘NV Sir’ will talk about a young India gaining useful knowledge. International film directors Mira Nair and Shekhar Kapur will be there as will be the versatile actor, Manoj Bajpayee; Devdutt Pattanaik will bring alive the myths of the past as someone like Lucky Ali makes the connection between music and words.

From celebrity chef Vikas Khanna sharing ingredients of his cooking mantra to young political heavyweights Poonam Mahajan, K Kavitha, Priyanka Chaturvedi, and Raghav Chadha expounding on their individual political party’s recipe for the elections ahead, the summit is all set to deliberate the paths to a vibrant destiny for a new India.

ABP Ideas of India 2023, with 40 odd sessions and more than 60 speakers, is designed to be an intense and thought-provoking experience that celebrates the strengths that make Naya India the nation that it is as the country reaches out to take its rightful place in the world of tomorrow. ABP Ideas of India Summit 2023 will be available for viewing, on February 24-25, across all the different digital and broadcast platforms of the entire ABP Network.