PM Modi to be the star speaker at 2018 edition of GBS

NEW DELHI: It’s GBS after Davos. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the keynote speaker at Davos earlier this month, will be the star speaker at the 2018 edition of the Global Business Summit (GBS), presented by YES Bank and The Economic Times. The PM will address a power-packed GBS audience on February 23, at New Delhi’s Taj Palace Hotel.

Like every year, the audience at the Summit will include key Union ministers, India Inc heavyweights, influential CEOs from global companies, star entrepreneurs from India’s new economy, technology leaders, economists, thinkers and senior bureaucrats.

A prime minister whose speeches frequently change the national discourse and move policy needles, Modi’s GBS addresses have always captured the zeitgeist of what will again and soon be the world’s fastestgrowing major economy.


At the first GBS, in January 2015, the PM had asked Indian business to dream big and said India can become a $20-trillion economy.

In 2016, Modi had explained his government’s ambition to reboot India. This year, Modi’s keynote speech at GBS will be even more keenly anticipated, especially with the economy returning to revival mode and the PM successfully demonstrating that voters in a highly competitive electoral market will buy radical reforms like demonetisation, GST and the new bankruptcy code.

Investors, domestic and foreign, who cheered PM Modi’s Davos speech, should pay particular attention. And expect the prime minister to make a strong case for India as a premier investment destination.

Like every edition of the Global Business Summit, there will be plenty of other attractions — speeches, panel discussions and fireside chats with political heavyweights, key policymakers, global and Indian business leaders, economists and A-list pundits.

The event will also be attended by delegations from more than 10 countries. In the coming days, we will unveil the stellar line-up of speakers at the event, so watch this space.