Narendra Modi to deliver keynote address at News18's Rising India Summit today: List of events

News18 Rising India Summit, a marquee initiative of News18 Network, will start off in New Delhi at the Taj Diplomatic Enclave at 5.45 pm on Friday. Dignitaries from across fields will be in attendance, while Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at the event. The Rising India Summit is a News18 Network enterprise where newsmakers from the world of politics, governance, economics, sports and entertainment, will gather to discuss the country’s rising global stature and the country’s growth trajectory in the face of global challenges. Over the next forty eight hours, Union ministers, sportsmen, industrialists, CEOs, thinkers and celebs will come together on a single platform to discuss the country’s growth and participation at the global stage. We will continue to bring you LIVE updates of the event as and when news breaks. But here is the complete itinerary of News18’s Rising India Summit. Day 1 Friday Session 1 5:45 PM The Building Blocks of a Rising India Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways and Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of Railways and Coal Moderated by Bhupendra Chaubey, Executive Editor, CNN-News18 Session 2 6:30 PM The Making of a New World Power Suresh Prabhu, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Anil Agarwal, Group Chairman, Vedanta Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog Deep Kalra, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, MakeMyTrip Rajnish Kumar, Chairman, State Bank of India Sanjay Nayar, Member & CEO, KKR India Moderated by Shereen Bhan, Managing Editor, CNBC-TV18 Session 3 7:15 PM Nayi Rahein, Naye Sapne Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Chief Minister, Madhya Pradesh Manohar Lal Khattar, Chief Minister, Haryana Jai Ram Thakur, Chief Minister, Himachal Pradesh Moderated by Amish Devgan, Executive Editor, News18 India 7:45 PM – SPG PROCEDURE 8 PM – 8:10 PM Meet and Greet with PM 8:10 PM – Rahul Joshi, Group CEO and Group Editor-In-Chief welcomes PM Session 4 Keynote Address 8.15 PM Rising India: Finally It’s Here Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India Vote of Thanks Cocktails & Dinner DAY 2 Saturday Session 1 10 AM Keynote Rising India: The Challenges Within Rajnath Singh, Union Home Minister Session 2 10:30 AM A View from Afar Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize winning Economist Q&A moderated by Latha Venkatesh, Executive Editor, CNBC-TV18 Tea Break      11:30 AM – 11.45 AM Session 3 11:45 AM India Rising: Is It? Ruchir Sharma, Head of Emerging Markets and Chief Global Strategist, Morgan Stanley in conversation with Shereen Bhan, Managing Editor, CNBC-TV18 Session 4 12:15 PM The Making of a Star Kangana Ranaut, Actor, in conversation with Anuradha SenGupta, Consulting Editor, CNN-News18 Lunch 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM Session 5 2:15 PM India Uncut Ranveer Singh, Actor, in conversation with Rajeev Masand, Entertainment Editor, CNN-News18 Session 6 3:15 PM The Big Leap: Up and Ahead Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs, in conversation with Sumit Awasthi, Deputy Managing Editor, News18 India Session 7 3.35 PM India and the World

• Shyam Saran, Former Foreign Secretary
• Shaurya Doval, Director, India Foundation
• Nirupama Rao, Former Foreign Secretary
• Vijay Chauthaiwale, In- Charge, Department of Foreign Affairs, BJP

Moderated by Zakka Jacob, Deputy Executive Editor, CNN-News18 TEA BREAK 4.15 PM – 4.30 PM Session 8 4.30 PM States of the Union North-East Reset Conrad Sangma, Chief Minister, Meghalaya in conversation with Bhupendra Chaubey, Executive Editor, CNN-News18 Session 9 5.15 PM States of the Union: Punjab Amarinder Singh, Chief Minister Punjab, in conversation with Vir Sanghvi, Consulting Editor, CNN-News18 Session 10 5.45 PM Looking through the New India Lens Smriti Irani, Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting and Prasoon joshi, Chairman, Central Board of Film Certification in conversation with Marya Shakeel, Political Editor, CNN-News18 Session 11 6.15 PM    The Monk who Took on a New Mantle Yogi Adityanath, Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh Moderated by Kishore Ajwani, Deputy Managing Editor, News18 India Session 12 7 PM Making It Happen In India Nirmala Sitharaman, Defence Minister   Disclosure: News18 is part of Network18 news media group, which is also the parent company of Firstpost.com