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CNBC-TV18 and PwC India partner to present CEO Dialogues
Mumbai: CNBC-TV18, India’s business news channel, has collaborated with PwC India, a professional services firm, for a one-of-its-kind initiative CEO Dialogues. The initiative aims to bring together top industry leaders and forward-thinking visionaries to share their valuable insights and perspectives on India’s business landscape, focusing on the diverse challenges and opportunities that lie ahead in the future.
This partnership between CNBC-TV18 and PwC exemplifies a commitment to fostering informed discussions and empowering industry stakeholders with actionable knowledge. By bringing together renowned leaders, visionaries, and industry pioneers, CEO Dialogues creates an invaluable platform for exchanging knowledge and collaboration. Under the umbrella of CEO Dialogues, four panel discussions will take place, each centred around a specific sector to inspire change. In continuation of its efforts to ignite some meaningful conversation, the discussions will cover four sectors focused – Retail, Banking, Manufacturing & Pharma, providing a comprehensive overview of the current landscape and prospects for these industries.
The inaugural panel discussion had notable Retail industry figures Bajaj Electricals MD & CEO Anuj Poddar; Bestseller India CEO Vineet Gautam; Pepperfry founder Ambareesh Murty; Manish Taneja, Purplle.com CEO & co-founder Manish Taneja; Celio Future Fashion CEO Satyen Momaya; and Hershey India MD Geetika Mehta in discussion with PwC in India chairperson Sanjeev Krishan; PwC India retail & consumer sector leader Ravi Kapoor who shared their valuable insights into the retail & consumer industry’s challenges and opportunities it holds in the future. The panel discussion was telecasted on Saturday, 10 June at 6:00 pm on CNBC-TV18.
The second panel on the Banking sector, themed – ‘Banking: Paving the way for a New India’ had stalwarts like PwC in India chairperson Sanjeev Krishan; Standard Chartered Bank India & South Asia cluster CEO Zarin Daruwala; Utkarsh Small Finance Bank MD & CEO Govind Singh; Tata Capital MD & CEO Rajiv Sabharwal; State Bank of India MD Ashwini Kumar Tewani; India Post Payments Bank MD & CEO J Venkatramu; YES Bank MD & CEO Prashant Kumar; Deutsche Bank Group India CEO Kaushik Shaparia; and PwC India FS Sector Leader & Global FS technology leader Gayathri Parthasarathy, who discussed the trends, innovations, and strategies that will shape the future of banking services in India. Happened in Mumbai on 8 June 2023, the panel discussion is scheduled to be televised in the last week of June.
Furthermore, panels will see insightful discussions on Manufacturing and Pharma respectively. All the panel discussions will be moderated by CNBC-TV18’s managing editor Shereen Bhan, with each panel featuring an impressive line-up of eminent industrialists representing the respective sectors. Their expertise and diverse backgrounds will contribute to meaningful discussions that address the most pressing issues faced by the industry.
“We are thrilled to partner with PwC on the CEO Dialogues series,” said Bhan. “This collaboration enables us to unlock the power of insightful conversations and provide our audience with perspectives from the industry’s most influential leaders. We look forward to these engaging discussions and the impact they will have on shaping the future of business in India, this partnership with PwC is making this campaign a success.”
“PwC India is committed to play a meaningful role in India’s growth story. We are very happy to be partnering with CNBC TV18 in creating a platform like CEO Dialogues that aims to convene leading minds from India Inc, spark deliberation on the opportunities playing out for key sectors in a post pandemic world and bring to light matters that need focused attention. We expect the platform to play a part in stimulating thought and action that will spur economic and business activity towards a stronger India,” said Krishan.
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WITT Summit 2026 concludes in New Delhi
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MUMBAI: The WITT Summit just wrapped up with enough big ideas to fill a policy playbook because when India’s leaders, thinkers and icons gather under one roof, even the conversations hit sixes. The eighth edition of TV9 Network’s flagship What India Thinks Today (WITT) Summit 2026 concluded on Saturday after two days of dynamic discussions at its New Delhi venue. India’s largest multi-domain public policy and culture summit brought together political leaders, policymakers, sports icons, artists and technology innovators to examine the forces shaping contemporary India and its global standing.
Prime minister Narendra Modi delivered the keynote address on the theme “India and the World” for the third consecutive year. In a wide-ranging speech, he addressed the ongoing conflict in West Asia, calling for restraint and compassion while highlighting India’s continued development trajectory despite global turmoil.
The summit featured candid conversations with state leaders. Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy articulated a people-first governance model and contrasted it with other development approaches. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav declared that Left-wing extremism had been effectively eliminated in his state and highlighted preparations for the upcoming Kumbh Mela. Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann defended his government’s record, citing the closure of 19 toll plazas and creation of the Sadak Suraksha Force. Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar expressed confidence in Congress prospects in Assam and addressed recent allegations against him.
On geopolitics and national security, Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia outlined India’s ambition to become a builder of trusted digital infrastructure for the world, citing the rapid 5G rollout and village-level 4G connectivity.
Cricket received significant attention. Former India captain Sourav Ganguly praised player freedom and trust as hallmarks of great leadership and named MS Dhoni as the greatest captain due to his World Cup successes. India women’s team bowling coach Aavishkar Salvi credited the BCCI and Women’s Premier League for building a pipeline of world-class talent behind the team’s recent ODI World Cup triumph.
The summit also hosted the inaugural AI² Awards 2026, celebrating the convergence of human creativity and machine intelligence in storytelling and content creation. Poet and kathavachak Kumar Vishwas delivered a nuanced take on India’s concept of Dharma and criticised the recent arrest of an 80-year-old Shankaracharya. Veteran lyricist Sameer Anjaan and storyteller Neelesh Misra reflected on changing music trends and artistic responsibility in the wake of a recent controversy involving Nora Fatehi.
In a country where conversations often run as deep as the Ganges, the WITT Summit proved once again that when leaders, thinkers and storytellers come together, the real winner is public discourse lively, layered and refreshingly unafraid to tackle the big questions shaping India’s tomorrow.
