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AI is redrawing the contours of business, infrastructure and economic power.
ET World Leaders Forum 2026 brought together some of the most influential voices to discuss what this transformation means for the future of growth.
Watch the leaders shaping the next phase of AI.
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At ET World Leaders Forum 2026, global leaders offered strikingly direct assessments of geopolitics, technology, leadership and the forces redrawing the world order.
Watch five takes that brought the forum’s most consequential ideas into focus.
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The AI boom has created enormous value, but much of it is still concentrated among the companies building the technology.
Manny Maceda, Chair, Bain & Company, looks at why that balance will need to shift, with more businesses showing AI’s impact through stronger revenues, lower costs and better margins.
Watch the full conversation from ET Corner Office Conversations on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music.
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For 12 years, ET 40 Under Forty has recognised the young leaders shaping Indian business.
The 2026 edition brought a new generation into the spotlight, adding forty distinct journeys to a legacy that continues to grow.
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Can India call itself a sporting nation yet?
Saina Nehwal isn’t convinced. The academies, systems and schemes are growing. But she argues the pipeline of champions, and the hunger to become one, still has a long way to go.
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India’s rise is changing the context in which businesses, governments and people think about the future.
At #ETWLF, leaders looked ahead at India’s place in a changing world and the distinctly human qualities that may matter even more as AI becomes more capable.
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AI and geopolitics are becoming increasingly difficult to separate.
Manny Maceda, Chair, Bain & Company, examines how the two are converging and complicating decisions for global businesses.
Watch the full conversation from ET Corner Office Conversations on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music.
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What gives an economy its edge is only part of the story. The other is what leaders choose to do with it.
At #ETWLF, a rapid-fire exchange brought together different views on the forces that could define India’s next decade and the qualities leadership will need along the way.
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In a sharp contrast between two eras of economic policy, Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, compared what he described as the earlier “Production Linked Punishment” model with today’s Production Linked Incentive approach.
At #ETWLF, he used the comparison to underline a broader shift in how policy can encourage production, investment and job creation.
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Global scale no longer guarantees advantage.
For Manny Maceda, Chair, Bain & Company, the companies that stand out will be the ones willing to make high-conviction choices in a much less predictable world.
Watch the full conversation from ET Corner Office Conversations on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music.
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Chhattisgarh is seeking to turn a period of transformation into a new phase of economic growth.
At #ETWLF, Vishnu Deo Sai, Chief Minister, Chhattisgarh, spoke about the decline of Naxalism, the changing outlook for Bastar, and the state’s focus on creating opportunities through education, employment, tourism and industry. He also highlighted how the “double-engine” government is strengthening coordination between the Centre and the state to accelerate development, attract investment and build industrial capacity.
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Where does a global company build when tariffs change the economics? Where does it sell when markets start playing by different rules?
These are no longer theoretical questions. Manny Maceda, Chair, Bain & Company, reflects on how international businesses are adapting to a world that is becoming less uniform and more locally driven.
Watch the full conversation from ET Corner Office Conversations on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music.
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What does India look like from the frontlines of capital, AI and leadership?
At #ETWLF, women leaders spoke of India’s demography, energy and talent; AI moving from experimentation to execution; companies becoming “talent factories”; Tier 2, Tier 3 and rural India as the country’s heartbeat; and new policy opening the door to private capital.
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Reaching one milestone often brings the next challenge into sharper focus.
At ET 40 Under Forty 2026, the honourees share what they are setting their sights on next.
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