Invaluable Insights from GoI Secretaries, Over 60 Founders at IDS '24

One summit. Seven sectoral conferences, covering the digital domain 360 degrees. Government of India’s departmental Secretaries, and movers and shakers of the digital industry, including more than 60 founders and CEOs, sharing insights. Announcements of the results of India’s two most prestigious digital awards. An expansive exhibition showcasing the latest innovations. All this and much more will keep the digital ecosystem’s attention glued to the 18^th edition of the country’s oldest and largest digital summit, the India Digital Summit (IDS), scheduled for February 27-28, 2024, at the Jio World Convention Centre, Mumbai.

IDS 2024 is being organised by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) in partnership with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB), the Ministry of Tourism, UIDAI, Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C), Government eMarketplace, In-Space and Skill India Digital. The Summit is Co-Powered By Peak XV and WhistleFEED, and Brough to You by META.

IDS 2024 has been upscaled manifold from its previous editions to comprise seven parallel sectoral conferences on Digital Advertising and Martech, Digital Gaming, Digital Commerce & Logistics, Digital Entertainment, Edutech, Fintech and Travel & Tourism. Over two days three of Government of India’s Secretaries and the crème de la crème among India’s digital industry captains will converge on this forum to deliberate upon a plethora of issues aligned with the theme of IDS 2024: Digitise | Monetise | Democratise.

Among key speakers at the IDS are, Shri S Krishnan, Secretary, MeitY; Shri Sanjay Jaju, Secretary, MIB; Shri Rajesh Kumar Singh, Secretary, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India; Shri Brijesh Singh, Principal Secretary to Honourable Chief Minister, Government of Maharashtra; Harsh Jain, Chairman, IAMAI and CEO & Co-Founder, Dream Sports; Rajesh Magow, Vice-chairman, IAMAI, and Co-Founder and Group Chief Executive Officer, MakeMyTrip; Aloke Singh, Managing Director, Air India Express; Anil Kapoor, Actor & Producer; Anupam Mittal, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Shaadi.com; Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari, Director, Producer, Writer, Earthsky Pictures LLP; Avnish Bajaj, Founder & Managing Director, Matrix Partners India; Dr. Bijna Kotak Dasani, MBE, FRSA, Managing Director, ArthAum Group; Bharat Gupta, Chief Executive Officer, Jagran New Media; Dinesh Agarwal, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, IndiaMART; Goldie Behl, Director, Rose Audio Visuals; Hitesh Oberoi, Co-Promoter, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Naukri; Murugavel Janakiraman, Chief Executive Officer, BharatMatrimony; Prateek Maheshwari, Co-Founder, Physics Wallah; Rajan Anandan, Managing Director, Peak XV and Surge, and Rohit Jain President, Lionsgate Play Asia.

IDS 2024 has been designed to be a one of the foremost thought leadership platforms in India. A number of insightful reports and whitepapers will be launched at the Summit. These include: A) The ‘Internet in India’ report based on the ICUBE 2023 study, covering over 90,000+ households across all states and Union Territories of India (barring Lakshadweep). This annual report is the most comprehensive survey of internet usage in the country. The report is jointly prepared by IAMAI and KANTAR, B) ‘Travel Tech 2.0: The Next Phase of Digitally Empowering the Indian Traveler’ produced by Grant Thorton Bharat, and C) ‘How Indian Consumers Choose between Horizontal, Vertical and D2C Commerce’, produced by Interactive Avenues. A whitepaper, ‘Leveraging Location-based Services for a Sustainable EV Ecosystem in India’ prepared by the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, in partnership with HERE India, will also be unveiled at the Summit.

The Summit will showcase the latest innovations in digital products and services from over 75 leading brands in an expansive Expo.

Instituted under IDS 2024 are two of India’s most prestigious digital awards: the India Digital Awards and the Digital Responsibility Awards. These awards will honour outstanding achievements in the digital world across various categories, recognizing the best and brightest in the industry.

“WhistleFEED establishes a strategic alliance with the India Digital Summit 2024, expanding its vision beyond connectivity to unleash the transformative power of digital technology. This collaboration showcases its commitment to core values—Innovation, Collaboration and Impactful growth. WhistleFEED, an ad platform for Bharat is at the forefront in shaping a digital future beyond the realms of Search and Discovery," said Amitabh Bishnoi, President Growth & Initiatives, Valueleaf Group, summing up WhistleFEEd’s ‘Co-powered by’ partnersip with IDS 2024.

Other IDS partners include Affle, Agrahyah Technologies, Air India Express, AiSensy. Aaj Tak, Asianet News, Atmegame, Australia Trade & Investment Commission, Albatross Media, Bharat Bill Payment System, BillDesk, Careers360, Chalo, DigiBoxx, Ethinos, Fi Money HERE India, indixital, Infinity Learn, Infobip, Interactive Avenues, ixigo, Jagran New Media, Jojo App, Lionsgate, Liqvd Asia, MakeMyTrip, MapmyIndia, Markscan, NeoKred, PhonePe, PhysicsWallah, Pivotroots, Razorpay, Salesforce, Shiprocket, Sinch, Times Internet, Transport Corporation of India, True Balance and ValueFirst

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