IMC 2026 Speakers: Policy Makers, International AI Experts, Top Academic Leaders to Address

IMC 2026 Speakers: Announcements Coming Soon
The past fifteen editions of Indian Management Conclave (IMC) have featured Former Presidents of India, Policy makers including Union Secretaries, Deans of Harvard Business School, Oxford Saïd, MIT Sloan, Yale SOM, and Chairmen and CEOs of India’s largest enterprises. See list of past IMC speakers below.

The 16th Indian Management Conclave 2026 will bring together a distinguished line-up of Policy Makers, Thought Leaders, Business Leaders and CXOs, Academic Leaders, Journal Editors, and other important voices. First list of speakers for IMC 2026 is announced below. More speakers will be announced progressively in the lead-up to September 18–19, 2026 at IIM Lucknow Noida.

Keynote Speakers

Dr V. Anantha Nageswaran, Chief Economic Advisor (CEA), Government of India (Guest of Honour)
Mr Tarun Garg, Managing Director & CEO, Hyundai Motor India
Mr Vineet Nayar, Founder, Sampark Foundation; Former CEO, HCL Tech; Author, ‘Humans First, Machines Second’
Mr Raghav Gupta, Head of Education - India & Asia Pacific, OpenAI
Dr M. P. Gupta, Director, IIM Lucknow (Host)
Dr Rishikesha T. Krishnan, Vice Chancellor, Ashoka University (IMC Award Jury Chair)

Academic Leaders

Dr Varun Nagaraj, Dean, SPJIMR Mumbai
Dr Arvind Sahay, Director, MDI Gurgaon
Dr Rakesh Mohan Joshi, Vice Chancellor, IIFT
Dr Suresh Ramanathan, CEO, IMI Delhi, Kolkata & Bhubaneshwar
Dr Madhu Veeraraghavan, Pro Vice Chancellor, Manipal University (MAHE)
Prof Vishal Karungulam, Academic Director, Centre for Learning & Teaching Excellence and Lab, ISB Hyderabad
Dr Satyabhusan Dash, Dean, IIM Lucknow Noida Campus
Dr Arpan Kar, Endowed Chair Professor, DMS & School of AI, IIT Delhi
Dr Debasis Pradhan, Director, TAPMI Manipal
Dr Parag C. Kalkar, President, AIMS
Dr Harivansh Chaturvedi, Director General, IILM, New Delhi
Dr Radhika Shrivastava, President, FIIB New Delhi
Dr Raman Ramachandran, Director, K J Somaiya Institute of Management Mumbai
Dr Asit K. Barma, Director, BIM Tiruchirappalli
Dr D.P. Goyal, Director and Dean, LM Thapar School of Management
Dr Praveen Ranjan Srivastava, Dean Research, IIM Rohtak

Global AI Experts & Scholars:

Dr Stewart Clegg (University of Sydney),
Dr Dirk Holtbrügge (FAU, Germany),
Dr Louis David Benyayer (ESCP Business School, France)
Dr Michelle Sisto (EDHEC AI Centre, France)

Industry Experts

Mr Sumit Harjani, Managing Director (India) and Region Head, Enterprise, Asia Pacific, Harvard Business Impact
Mr Dviwesh Mehta, Director, Asia Pacific, Harvard Business Impact
Mr Salil Pande, Founder and CEO, VMock Inc.

Partial List. Many other Distinguished Speakers to join…

IMC PAST SPEAKERS
IMC has convened some of the most respected voices in education policy, business and management education over fifteen editions. A partial list follows.

Chief Guests

Late Shri Pranab Mukherjee, Former President of India | Chief Guest, 10th IMC 2019
Shri Ram Nath Kovind, Former President of India | Chief Guest, 12th IMC 2022
Shri Vineet Joshi, Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Government of India | Valedictory Address, 15th IMC 2025

Thought Leaders @ IMC

Dr Srikant Datar, Dean, Harvard Business School, USA; Co-author of Rethinking the MBA
Dr Henry Mintzberg, Management Guru and Author; Cleghorn Professor, McGill University
Dr Soumitra Dutta, Dean, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, UK
Dr Vijay Govindarajan, Thinker, Author, and Coxe Distinguished Professor, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth
Dr David Schmittlein, Former Dean, MIT Sloan School of Management, USA
Dr Edward A. Snyder, Former Dean, Yale School of Management, USA
Dr Jikyeong Kang, President and Dean, Asian Institute of Management (AIM), Manila, Philippines
Dr Dipak C. Jain, President, China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), Shanghai.
Dr Pankaj Ghemawat, Anselmo Rubiralta Professor of Global Strategy, IESE Business School, Spain
Dr Bharat N. Anand, Faculty Chair, HBX Initiative (now Harvard Business School Online), Harvard Business School, USA
Dr Lin Zhou, Former Dean, Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Dr Howard Thomas, Former Dean, Lee Kong Chian School of Business (LKCSB), Singapore Management University

Corporate Leaders @ IMC

Mr R C Bhargava, Chairman, Maruti Suzuki India
Mr Suresh Narayanan, Chairman and Managing Director, Nestlé India
Mr Dilip Shanghvi, Managing Director, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries
Mr Harsh Mariwala, Chairman, Marico Limited
Mr C P Gurnani, Former MD and CEO, Tech Mahindra
Mr Shyam Srinivasan, Former MD and CEO, Federal Bank
Mr Sunil Kant Munjal, Former Joint MD, Hero MotoCorp; Chairman, Hero Enterprise
Mr R S Sodhi, Former Managing Director, GCMMF (AMUL)
Mr Vineet Nayar, Former Vice Chairman, HCL Technologies; Author of Employees First, Customers Second
Mr Prabhjeet Singh, President, Uber India and South Asia
Mr Kamal Bali, President and MD, Volvo Group India
Mr Hemant Malik, Executive Director, ITC Limited
Mr Neetan Chopra, Chief Digital and Information Officer, IndiGo

Policy Makers @ IMC

Shri Vineet Joshi, Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Government of India
Shri Rajesh Agrawal, Secretary, Ministry of Commerce, Government of India; Recipient, IMC Distinguished Alumni Award 2025
Dr Rajiv Kumar, Former Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog
Dr T G Sitharam, Former Chairman, AICTE
Dr Anil Sahasrabudhe, Former Chairman, AICTE
Dr S S Mantha, Former Chairman, AICTE

Academic Leaders @ IMC

Dr Bakul Dholakia, Former Director, IIM, Ahmedabad
Dr M R Rao, Dean Emeritus, ISB and Former Director, IIM Bangalore
Dr Shekhar Chaudhuri, Former Director, IIM Calcutta
Dr KRS Murthy, Former Director, IIM Bangalore
Dr Pritam Singh, Former Director, IIM Lucknow & MDI Gurgaon

IMC Founder and Chair

Mr Amit Agnihotri, Founder and Chair, Indian Management Conclave; Founder, MBAUniverse.com. Co-author of Envisioning Future of Indian MBA Education (McGraw-Hill, 2015) and Enhancing B-School Competitiveness (Pearson, 2016)