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  • To manage key messaging and communication strategies for the Mumbai 2024 concalve

    Crosshairs bags mandate for India Today Conclave

    Crosshairs Communication has bagged the PR mandate for the India Today Conclave Mumbai 2024. As the official PR partner, Crosshairs Communication will lead the charge in managing key messaging and communication strategies for the event.

    Said Stuti Jalan, Founder & Managing Director, Crosshairs Communication: “We are thrilled to be associated with the India Today Conclave Mumbai 2024 for over a decade now. We look forward to the conclave as its one of the pioneers in the country that brings critical national conversations to the forefront. Our focus is to elevate the discussions and amplify India’s voice in this global dialogue.”

  • The India Today Group Vice-Chairperson and Executive Editor-in-Chief was speaking at India Today Conclave

    Media cannot play the role of the opposition: Kalli Purie

    Kalli Purie at India Today Conclave 2024

    In the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections, India Today Group Vice-Chairperson and Executive Editor-in-Chief Kalli Purie Saturday said the media cannot play the role of the opposition.

    “Expecting it to do that leads to unfair charges of Godi or Modi media,” she remarked while delivering her thank you note towards the end of the two-day-long India Today Conclave.

    Purie’s comments came in the backdrop of the election commission announcing the schedule for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections which is set to further raise the political temperature in the coming months when media will be subject to larger scrutiny and attack.

    “If the opposition is in disarray the media cannot be blamed for it. We cannot present another side equally strongly if it doesn’t exist,” Purie said, adding: “We are observers in this boxing match. We are not the players. If one side is weak or doesn’t show up, we cannot jump into the ring. This is not fear. This is a matter of rules, roles, and competence. We are the medium. We are not the message,”

    Delivering another “thank you” note after the keynote speech by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Purie said, “Recently, I had the good fortune of walking from the old parliament to the new parliament. They are just 30 steps apart. But it’s like walking between two Indias. The one I was born in and the one I will pass on to the next generation. I love them both.”

    “But they are a world apart. The new parliament is pristine, organised, efficient, full of light, and holds a lot of promise and hope for the future. The old is musty, dusty, full of our rich history, the corridors whisper of our triumphs, great debates, and remembrances, embodying the soul of our ancient nation and young democracy. Walking between the two is a surreal experience. You enter in one century, and you come out in another. It is the story of your leadership, Prime Minister, in 30 steps,” she said.

    “Both of them have their own charm, and I believe both are essential if we are going to be a great nation. I hope that you will be able to bridge the two as only you can. The great Indian spirit in an enriched, enlightened new avatar,” Purie concluded.

  • This time the theme is – 'Brand Bharat: An Assertive Nation in an Uncertain World'

    India Today Conclave is back with 21st edition

    The India Today Conclave is back, with its theme of ‘Brand Bharat: An Assertive Nation in an Uncertain World’. The 21st edition of the conclave is all set to “redefine India’s narrative” on March 15-16, 2024 in New Delhi.

    Notes a commuique: “The 21st edition of the India Today Conclave will host thought-provoking discussions, exploring how India, with its political stability and unique social vibrancy, can ascend to the forefront of geopolitics and business. The event promises concise yet impactful debate on India’s role in shaping the global landscape.”

    Speakers at the conclave include Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Sadhguru – Founder Isha Foundation, Egyptian Comedian & TV Host Bassem Youssef, Member- Rajya Sabha G V L Narsimha Rao, MLA from Mizoram Baryl Vanneihsangi, Vice President RP Sanjiv Goenka Group Shashwat Goenka, Author & Historian Hindol Sengupta, among others. The line-up also features renowned figures from the entertainment industry, including Akshay Kumar, Tiger Shroff, Orhan Awatramani (Orry) and others.

  • To be held on October 4 and 5

    India Today Conclave Mumbai is back

    By Our Staff

     

    The India Today Conclave Mumbai is back. It will be held on October 4 and 5.

     

    Designed on the lines of the flagship India Today Conclave held nationally, the conclave in Mumbai will act, notes a communique, as a catalyst for cutting edge ideas, futuristic visualizations, elaborate policy making debates.

     

    Said Kalli Purie, Managing Director, India Today Group: “The India Today Conclave has always brought unprecedented access to the world’s best professionals, philosophers, entertainment critics, artists, lawmakers and brightest minds from the industry debating topics that capture the nation’s attention. The Mumbai edition, as always, is sure to bring about stimulating conversations that will resonate long after the event.”

     

  • Sana will have a human surrogate editor and hopefully company soon, said Kallie Purie

    India Today Group launches AI collaborative anchor

    By Our Staff

     

    India Today Group’s Vice Chairperson Kalli Purie launched Aaj Tak’s first AI collaborative anchor – Sana at the 20th edition of India Today Conclave2023.

    Aaj Tak AI’s first anchor Sana will bring daily news updates several times a day in multiple languages, next week onwards. In a new show, she will explain one topic of relevance everyday. Sana will also do a show in which the audience can ask questions and she will answer.

    Describing Sana, Purie said: “She is bright, gorgeous, ageless, tireless, speaks in multiple languages and totally under my control. Sana does not take away from the brilliance of real life anchors, who will be mentoring her. Sana will have a human surrogate editor and hopefully company soon.”

    Purie said that it is not a competition between humans and AI and that this collaboration is leading to creative magic. “The future is fascinating and frightening and it is here,” she said. Talking about how media is constantly attacked and referred to as ‘godi media’, Kalli Purie said that there is a lot of pressure on media from political parties, business houses, foreign governments and larger-than-life professionals. “It is not new and not singular,” she said. Giving examples of how India Today has never compromised on the story it tells, she said, “Our credibilty is important to us.”

    Link- https://www.indiatoday.in/india/video/conclave-2023-india-today-groups-vice-chairperson-kalli-purie-launches-aaj-taks-first-ai-anchor-sana-watch-2348518-2023-03-18

  • PM Modi, Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, and actor Ramcharan to address conclave

    India Today Conclave is back with its 20th edition

    By Our Staff

     

    India Today Conclave 2023 is back with its 20th edition. The conclave is being held in Delhi on March 17 and 18. It will be attended by top heads of state from the political, judicial, and entertainment worlds. PM Modi, Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, and film superstar Ramcharan will address the conclave. Others from various fields will also be a part of this event.

     

  • The annual global ideas platform will be held on March 17 and 18 2017 in Mumbai featuring eminent speakers from India and across the globe

    India Today Conclave moves to Mumbai

    By A Correspondent

     

    The India Today Conclave, where the sharpest minds from across the globe converge at a forum to discuss and debate issues from around the world, is back. Taking a break from previous years, the India Today Group’s signature event will be held in Mumbai for the first time on March 17 and March 18 and will stir and fuel new ways of thinking.

     

    This year, the Conclave will provide an open platform to analyse this era of The Great Disruption with some of the world’s most notable changemakers. The Great Disruption, the theme of the India Today Conclave this year, will feature ground-breaking ideas, innovative experiences and thought-provoking debates. Some of the finest experts will be on hand–thought leaders who analyse our age, politicians who determine our headlines, policy makers who shape our future, and entertainers who sprinkle stardust our mundane existence.

     

    There will be two days of talking, listening, thinking, doing and experiencing. From former President of the French Republic (2007 -2012) Nicolas Sarkozy to President of India, Pranab Mukherjee, to the titans of the corporate world – Reliance Industries Chairman & MD Mukesh Ambani, Mahindra Group Executive Chairman Anand Mahindra, Godrej Group Chairman Adi Godrej and HDFC Chairman Deepak Parekh – the list of speakers this year is bigger and bolder, heralding a wave of change, notes a communique. Bollywood stars Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan along with Anushka Sharma, Alia Bhatt and KalkiKoechlin, will explore the changing landscape of cinema.

     

    The Conclave will also witness the worldwide premiere of short films by Sudhir Mishra, Nandita Das, Tigmanshu Dhulia and Ram Madhvani.

     

    Speaking on the occasion, Conclave Director Kalli Purie, said, “This edition of the India Today Conclave is a progressive and directional platform that aims to contribute in rebuilding the disrupted social order. This specially designed multi-sensory experience, spread across two days will be a great opportunity to listen to some of the sharpest minds across the world, get inspired and take some meaningful memories back home. We believe that significant conversations are the way to generate solutions and the Conclave promotes just that. From mobile movie premieres, spellbinding stage performances, curated experiences and gourmet delights – there’s lots that one can enjoy at the Conclave, apart from a powerful thought flow.”

     

  • The two-day conclave, scheduledon January 9 and 10, 2017 will be held at ITC Grand Chola

    First edition of India Today Conclave – South 2017 to be held in Chennai

    By A Correspondent

     

    The first edition of India Today Conclave, South will see Chief Ministers and top ministers from the south, legends of cinema and southern heartthrobs, all on one platform. The two-day conclave, scheduled on January 9 and 10, 2017 will be held at ITC Grand Chola. Ready to set a new gold standard in summits, it is going to explore areas of politics, business, art, culture and sports.

     

    The Conclave will be inaugurated by VK Sasikala, General Secretary, AIADMK, by lighting a lamp. She will also launch a photographic tribute to the late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa. The impressive line-up of the distinguished stalwarts coming together will include Chief Ministers of the Southern States, O Paneerselvam, Chief Minister, Tamil Nadu; PinarayiVijayan, Chief Minister, Kerala; Siddaramaiah, Chief Minister, Karnataka; N Chandrababu Naidu, Chief Minister, Andhra Pradesh and V Narayanasamy, Chief Minister, Puducherry. Other political leaders include, M Venkaiah Naidu, Union Minister for Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Information and Broadcasting; K Pandiarajan, Minister for School and Sports and Youth Welfare, Tamil Nadu; Dr PalanivelThiagarajan, DMK MLA, Madurai Central (DMK); Jairam Ramesh, RajyaSabha MP, former Union minister, economist; OommenChandy, former Chief Minister of Kerala; DrAmbumaniRamadoss, LokSabha MP, former Union Minister; MK Stalin, former Deputy Chief Minister, Tamil Nadu; RV Deshpande, Minister for Large and Medium Industries and Infrastructure Development, Karnataka; Thiru MC Sampath, Minister for Industries, Tamil Nadu; MM PallamRaju, Former Union Minister; Priyank M Kharge, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Information Technology and Tourism, Karnataka; KadakampillySurendran, Minister for Cooperation, Tourism and Devaswoms, Kerala.

     

    The stars speaking at the event include the legend of cinema, Kamal Haasan and southern stars Tamannaah Bhatia, AmyraDastur, Shriya Saran, and ManjuWarrier. Other celebrity speakers include singer, Benny Dayal; playback singer, ChinmayiSripada; retired Indian Police Service officer, social activist, and current Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry, KiranBedi; and actor and activist KhushbooSundar.

     

     

  • This annual global ideas platform will be held between 17th & 18th March 2016 in New Delhi featuring eminent speakers from India and across the globe

    India Today Conclave explores the concept of ‘POWERPLAY’ for its 15th edition

    By A Correspondent

     

    The India Today Conclave, the signature event to be held in the Capital on March 17 and March 18, is likely to stir and fuel new ways of thinking. This year, the idea of clubbing power with play means it is challenging tried and tested notions and reinforcing the idea that the future belongs to those who dare to mix strength with subtlety, inspiration with imagination, passion with playfulness. The Conclave will provide an open platform for communication amongst the finest global experts, be they thought leaders who analyse our age, politicians who determine our headlines, policy makers who shape our future, or entertainers who add some star power to our mundane existence. Star speakers will debate how we will live, eat, work, entertain ourselves and what the future will look, taste and feel like.

     

    The signature event aims at charting a bold new future through free and honest exchange of ideas by bringing together the brightest thought leaders with their ideas, arguments and experiences that allow us to renew, reinvent and re-imagine our present and future.

     

    Speaking on the occasion, Conclave Director Kalli Purie, said, “This edition of the India Today Conclave is firmly rooted in this millennium and looks ahead rather than at the past. The multi-sensory experience across two days will introduce new ways of communicating, interacting and debating. You will get an opportunity to listen to bright minds and discuss new ideas with old hands; indulge in Mobile Movie Premiers, enjoy book signings from our Author Speakers, hear both sides of the story with our line of peace dialogues, indulge in some Gourmet delights with our special Menus brush shoulders with the best global thought architects and most of all be inspired! Along with a powerful thought flow, the two-day event will also present curated sensory experiences and spell-binding performances by leading change makers that will surely make your participation at the conclave memorable’’.

     

  • The theme of this edition of the signature annual event, which will host some of the finest minds of the world, is 'Winning'

    Delegates to get ‘Winning’ insights at 13th India Today Conclave

    By a correspondent

     

    India Today Group has announced the 13th edition of its annual global idea platform India Today Conclave, on March 7 and 8 in New Delhi.

     

    The theme of this edition of the signature annual event, which will host some of the finest minds of the world, is ‘Winning’.

     

    The Conclave will bring together a host of winners from all walks of life, including futurists, inspirational thought leaders, economists, authors, matinee icons, artists and politicians, to chart a bold new future through free and frank exchange of ideas.

     

    Among the prominent speakers this year are Robot Master Prof Henrik Schärfe, who has creates an alter Scharfe – a robot Geminoid-DK modelled in his likeness. He will be joined by Laughter Therapist Maysoon Zayid, who will have you laughing till you cry and crying till you laugh.

     

    The Conclave will be a one-stop idea shop with thinkers and authors, including Adrian Levy, Jack Sim, Ahmed Rashid, Arvind Panagariya. Aatish Taseer and Kamila Shamsie will exchange letters written from across the Indo-Pak border, especially for the Conclave.

     

    India’s political future will be deliberated by speakers from across parties, including Anand Sharma, Shashi Tharoor, Arvind Kejriwal, Digvijaya Singh, Amit Shah, Jairam Ramesh, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Arun Shourie, Vasundhara Raje, Kapil Sibal, Omar Abdullah and Akhilesh Yadav.

     

    The other attractions will include the discussions around entertainment and evolution of Indian cinema with flavours from Bollywood, including cross-generational evergreen icon Amitabh Bachchan, Blockbuster Express Deepika Padukone, new age sensation Ranveer Singh and the iron butterfly Kalki Koechlin.