What the Forum Stage Covers

The Forum Stage explores the questions and decisions that will shape India’s financial system over the next decade. Sessions examine how technology, policy, and industry can work together to create jobs, expand inclusion, and build a more resilient and competitive economy.

Key topics include:

• Reskilling India’s workforce for an AI-powered future, including national skilling frameworks, and Odisha’s emerging role in workforce transformation. 

• Job creation at scale, job creation at scale, expanding digital finance roles and opening new pathways for women.

• The future of learning, and how AI, tokenisation, and quantum technologies will reshape education and talent pipelines. 

• Financial inclusion and national protection, with a focus on regulated FinTech, lending, and insurance for 1.4 billion citizens. 

• India’s FinTech and InsurTech growth story, including  regulatory and market perspectives on a USD 250 billion FinTech market and a USD 15 billion InsurTech opportunity 

• Capital and incentives for innovation, covering investment pathways, government support, and opportunities for startups