Over 70 Speakers, Including Ministers, Secretaries and CXOs to be Present at PAFI’s 10th Annual Forum to Discuss the Theme “India’s Vision @ 2030”

The Public Affairs Forum of India (PAFI) is organising its 10th Annual Forum 2023, PAFI’s flagship event, in New Delhi on 26th – 27th October 2023. The theme for this year will be ‘India’s Vision @ 2030: 3rd Largest Economy-Issues, Ideas, Implementation’. Over 70 speakers, represented by Central and state Ministers, Secretaries, industry, media and civil society, will be participating to share their views during 15 sessions spread over two days. There will be participation by 300+ Policy Heads and CXOs.

PAFI 10th Annual Forum 2023

PAFIs Annual Forum has a long tradition of adding to the conversation that sets the direction for long-term policy and economic agenda resulting from active participation, dialogues and interaction among a wide range of stakeholders.

Some of the important Ministers who will address the gathering are Smriti Zubin Irani-Minister of Women and Child Development; Ashwini Vaishnaw-Minister of Railways; Hardeep Singh Puri-Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs and Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas; Rajeev Chandrasekhar-Minister of State for Electronics & IT; and G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant.

During these sessions, eminent Secretaries to the Government of India will also be sharing their views on issues ranging from Economy, Employment, Health, Infrastructure, Technology, and so on. Eminent panellists will include Vini Mahajan-Secretary, Department of Drinking Water & Sanitation, Ministry of Jal Shakti; Apurva Chandra-Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting; Anurag Jain-Secretary (RT&H), Ministry of Road Transport and Highways; Katikithala Srinivas-Secretary, Ministry of Minority Affairs; Rohit Kumar Singh-Secretary, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution; S Krishnan-Secretary, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology; Arti Ahuja-Secretary, Ministry of Labour & Employment, and several others.

Uttar Pradesh is the Partner State for this year’s Annual Forum.

About PAFI
PAFI is dedicated to raising and maintaining standards in Public Affairs to enable the profession to attain recognition and credibility by bringing in a paradigm shift in how businesses engage with stakeholders – Government, Media, Civil Society and Academia. It also endeavours to deepen and broaden the talent pool to create young leaders from diverse backgrounds while planning to expand its footprint across India. Since its inception in 2008, PAFI has actively promoted and upheld transparency, probity, inclusion, and diversity across the broader remit of the Public Affairs profession, spanning Policy Advocacy, Government Relations, Corporate Communications and Corporate Social Responsibility. It acts as a cross-sector networking platform for public affairs professionals. It provides opportunities to benefit from interactions with one another as well as with key policymakers and influencers through evidence-based research, closed-door dialogues, interactive panel discussions, seminars, an Annual Lecture and the Annual Forum, its annual flagship event. (www.pafi.in)

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