About the Summit
With the theme CSR Enabling Innovation, the 19th India CSR Summit 2026 will explore how Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) can bring ideas, technology, capital and partnerships together to develop responsible, inclusive and scalable solutions for social impact.
Innovation can strengthen CSR by improving programme efficiency, expanding reach, reducing implementation costs and creating deeper, long-term outcomes. The Summit will examine how CSR funding and cross-sector partnerships can support the journey from an idea to a tested solution, and from a successful pilot to a scalable development model that responds to the needs of vulnerable and underserved communities.
SPEAKERS
Dr. Bhaskar Chatterjee
Father of Indian CSR & Sustainability
Chairman, National Sustainability
Reporting and Disclosure Standards
Committee, Bureau of Indian Standards
Dr. Pushpendra Pratap Singh
Managing Director & CEO
Logitrust Global Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Sunil Ramdas
Chairman
SKA Group
Steel, Power & Construction
Vivek Prakash
Senior Vice President & CSR Head
Jubilant Ingrevia Limited
Pooja Dhir
Vice President – CSR Solutions
Cybernetyx Technik Pvt. Ltd.
Prof. Abhishek Ranjan
Chief Impact Officer
Kindkart Inc.
Dr. Neepa Saha Sharma
General Manager and Head-CSR
CESC Limited
Rusen Kumar
Founder & Editor
India CSR
GUESTS
Sita Ram Gupta
Rural Development Veteran
Rajasthan
Pratap Bhanu Singh
Former Advisor, CSR and
Sustainability Ircon Infrastructure
& Services Limited
Ministry of Railways
Pavan Kaushik
Communication Economist
Advisor to Boards, Founders & CXOs on Critical Sectors
Co-Founder – Gurukshetra Consultancy
Ashutosh Pandit
Founder
STEM Learning
Kumod Kumar
Chairperson, Centre for CSR Studies, Chandragupt Institute of Management Patna (CIMP) Govt. of Bihar
Arun Arora
Director
Chetak Foundation
D. Dharma Rao
National Level – Technical Assistance (NL-TA)
KHPT
PARTNERS
AI-Ready Classroom Partner
STEM Partner
Vision Partner
Management Education Partner
Management Education Partner
Chamber Partner
Knowledge Partner
Media Partner
Resource Partner
PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS
OBJECTIVES
Who Will Participate
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A powerful convergence of sector leaders committed to regional transformation.
Programme Schedule
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A full-day programme curated for maximum insight, interaction, and impact.
PREVIOUS SPEAKERS
Hon’ble Narhari Sitaram Zirwal
Deputy Speaker Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
HON’BLE JAYANT PATIL
Minister, Water Resources Department & CAD Govt. of Maharashtra
EKNATH SHINDE
Hon’ble Chief Minister Govt. of Maharashtra
DEVENDRA FADNAVIS
Hon’ble Deputy Chief Minister Govt. of Maharashtra
HONโBLE SHRI BASAVARAJ BOMMAI
Chief Minister of Karnataka
HONโBLE DR. ASHWATH NARAYAN C.N.
Minister for Higher Education; Former Dy. CM of Karnataka
HON’BLE DR. RAJIV KUMAR
Vice Chairman Niti Aayog
MS. SHALINI RAJNEESH,
IAS Additional Chief Secretary Government of Karnataka
DR. RAJIV SHARMA, IAS (RETD.)
Chief Advisor to Government Govt. of Telangana
HONโBLE PRAVEEN DAREKAR
Honโble MLA Mumbai
DR. RAJENDRA SINGH
Water Man of India
LAKSHMI NARAYAN TRIPATHI
Trans rights Activist, UN Representative, Acharya Mahamandaleshwar of Kinnar Akhad
HAJI ARFAT SHAIKH
Honโble Chairman (Cabinet Minister Status) Maharashtra State Minorities Commission
DR. UJJWAL KUMAR CHAVHAN (IRS)
Founder – Mission 500 Crore Liters Water Storage Joint Commissioner of Income Tax, Mumbai
R.K. SINHA
Hon’ble Former Rajya Sabha Member Veteran Politician and renowned Journalist Founder – SIS
DR. BHASKAR CHATTERJEE
Independent Director Jindal Steel & Power Limited
PROF. COLIN COULSON-THOMAS
Academic, Author, Campaigner Confernce Speaker Corporate Adviser & Chairman
RAVI BHATNAGAR
Director, External Affairs and Partnerships, South Asia, Reckitt.
SITA RAM GUPTA
Convenor, Samrudh Bharat Abhiyan Former ED, Lupin Foundation
MAYANK GANDHI
Renowned Agriculturalist & Social Reformer
ASHWINI SAXENA
CEO, JSW Foundation
PEARL TIWARI
Director and CEO Ambuja Cement Foundation
DR. RANA SINGH
Director Chandragupt Institute of Management Patna (CIMP)
KISHORE BALAJI DESIKACHARI
Director – Digital Infrastructure Policy Intel Corporation
MS. ANITA KUMAR
India CSR Lead Amazon
JASWINDER NARANG
CEO Villoo Poonawalla Foundation
PAVAN KAUSHIK
Author and Storyteller Vice President – Corporate Communication M3M India Group : Gurugram
ARUN ARORA
Expert In Brand And Corporate Communication
ROMA BALWANI
Brand & Communications Specialist; Former Sr. Advisor, Vedanta Group
RISHI PATHANIA
Corporate Head CSR UPL Group
MITESH PANDYA
Chief Sustainability Officer Vedanta Ltd. Aluminium Business
GAYATRI DIVECHA
Head – CSR and Sustainability Godrej Industries Limited
SUNIL JAIN
Operating Partner – Energy Transition Essar Capital
ANURAG PRATAP
Corporate Social Responsibility Leader Capgemini India
ANSHU TANEJA
Vice President and Managing Director, India VisionSpring
DOMINIC DSOUZA
Chief Operating Officer – CSR Essar Foundation
PADMA SHRI MOHAN DAS PAI
Co-Founder โ Infosys Chairman Manipal Global Education
DURU SHAH
Chairperson Metropolis Foundation
PROF. SHIV K. TRIPATHI
Ph.D. Vice Chancellor ATMIYA University
RAJAN KUMAR
Director, Vision Access Program, Visionspring
ASHUTOSH PANDIT
Founder And CEO, Stem Learning
RAMAKANT TIWARI
SUDHAKAR SINGH
Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha)
PADMA SHRI SUBHASH PALEKAR
Social Reformer Natural Farming Expert
SUNIL DEODHAR
Visionary Politician Pune
DR. ARVIND SHALIGRAM
Professor Emeritus Electronic Science and CEO SPPU Research Park Foundation
SACHIN ITKAR
Vice President Maharashtra Economic Development Board (MEDB)
PROF. (DR.) P.K. BISWAS
Vice Chancellor Jagran Lakecity University
Anuradha Patil
CEO
Cheshire Disability Trust
Anil Kumar Mahato
Coordintor CSR
Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL)
Sireesh Kumar Ravipati
Founder and Managing Director
Faith Calling Foundation Trust
Satish Jha
Chairman
Edufront Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Abhishek Ranjan
Joint Secretary โ UNGC | Director & Global Head – Sustainability
Brillio
Prof. Rohan Sarma
Social Scientist and Invited CSR
and Sustainability Expert
BIS, CII & EBG Federation
Ambika Prasad Nanda
Climate Action Volunteer
Former Head CSR Odisha, Tata Steel
Dr. Pratyush Panda
Chief Executive Officer
OneStage
Milind Chaudhary
General Secretary
Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
International Foundation
Mangesh Wange
CEO
Swades Foundation
Kumari Manisha
Senior Lead Program Operations
VisionSpring Foundation
Sushanta Kumar Bhuyan
Sr. Director Programmes
Smile Foundation
Pavan Kaushik
Author and Storyteller
& Co-founder
Gurukshetra Consultancy Pvt. Ltd.
Manisha Bhatia
Founder & CEO
Abhinandan Educational and Welfare Society
Meherram Gadekar
Senior Fellow (Community Development and Strategic Expansion)
Tribal Agrobiodiversity Centre (TAbC), Jeypore
M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) โ Jeypore
Dhananjay Tingal
Executive Director
Association for Voluntary Action
National Coordinator – Just Rights for Children
Pratap Bhanu Singh
Former Advisor, CSR and Sustainability
Ircon Infrastructure and Services Limited Ministry of Railways
Dr. Neelam Gupta
Founder President & CEO,
AROH Foundation
AK Soni
CSR and Development Sector Leader
Dr. Shafia Wani
UT Lead J&k on CSR
Faculty, Jkimpard
Padma Shri Phoolbasan Bai Yadav
Founder
Maa Bamleshwari Janhitkari Samiti
Santosh Rungta
Chancellor
Rungta International Skills University, Bhilai
Dr. Jawahar Surisetti
Vice-Chancellor
Rungta International Skills University, Bhilai
Nrusingh Prasad Mohapatra
Chief General Manager (R)
NABARD
Dr. Sarita Subramaniam
Director
Earth Brigade Foundation
Mumbai
Dr. Saurabh Gupta
Vice President & Delivery Head (Formulation Development)
Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories
Dr. Aishwarya Mahajan
Managing Trustee & President
M3M Foundation
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