Ideas of India Summit 2024: ABP Network is back with the third edition of Ideas of India, its annual summit that celebrates the idea of India, with the best minds exchanging views and vision to drive the country forward. Just like the last two years, the two-day summit taking place in Mumbai on February 23-24 will once again bring thought leaders from all walks of life to deliberate on the ideas that make India what it is.


Here is a list of some of the top speakers at the event — the many reasons you should not forget to mark your calendar.


1. Suella Braverman and Dr Shashi Tharoor


He insists that Britain's rise for 200 years was financed by its depredations in India. He says Britain owes a moral and financial debt to India.


She believes the British empire brought infrastructure and the rule of law to its colonies. She calls herself a proud child of the British empire and refuses to apologise for its past.


Watch Indian MP Dr Shashi Tharoor and British MP Suella Braverman, face off on nationalism, multiculturalism, brutal wars and closing borders, only at ABP Network's Ideas of India Summit 3.0.


2. Padma Lakshmi, Indian-American Author, Model, Activist, and TV Host


She is an Emmy-nominated producer, a former Top Chef host, a New York Times best-selling author, and a model, a co-founder of the Endometriosis Foundation of America, an ACLU artist Ambassador for women’s and immigrants’ rights, and a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Development Programme.


She has made it her mission to diversify the Americans’ understanding of the country’s culinary traditions.


Join her as she digs deep into food to tell the story of the hands that made it. 


Taste the Nation and the World with Padma Lakshmi at ABP Network Ideas of India Summit 3.0.


3. Dr Shashi Tharoor and Dr Vinay Sahasrabuddhe


Tharoor, the Congress MP from Thiruvananthapuram who is one of India's leading liberal thinkers, matches wits with premier Right-wing ideologue Dr Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, Vice-Chairman, Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini, and Member-NEC, BJP, only at ABP Network Ideas of India Summit 3.0.


4. Subodh Gupta, Artist


India's magnificent artist takes us back to Bihar, to voyage into memory and authenticity, at ABP Network Ideas of India Summit 3.0.


5. Prof. Sunil Khilnani, Political Scientist


The man who coined the term, Idea of India, will be chronicling its transformative power, at ABP Network’s Ideas of India Summit 3.0.


6. Kareena Kapoor Khan, Actor


Spontaneous and spectacular, the fourth-generation actor essays women in all their magnificence, imperfection, and strength. Watch her LIVE at ABP Network Ideas of India Summit 3.0.


7. Dr Anish Shah, Group CEO and MD, Mahindra Group, and President, FICCI


One of India’s foremost managers will deliberate on what India Inc expects from Bharat Sarkar. Watch him LIVE at ABP Network Ideas of India Summit 3.0.


8. Dr Arvind Panagariya, Chairperson, Finance Commission


A lifelong engagement with the Indian economy gives him an acute understanding of where we are and where we are going. Catch up with him at ABP Network Ideas of India Summit 3.0.