India at Davos: Four chief ministers, over 100 CEOs to attend WEF 2026

Four chief ministers including Devendra Fadnavis of Maharashtra and N Chandrababu Naidu of Andhra Pradesh will join more than 100 CEOs from India at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting next month reported news agency PTISeveral union ministers are also expected to attend the fiveday annual meeting from January 1923 2026 which will host a record number of nearly 3000 global leaders from close to 130 countries including around 60 heads of stateMaharashtra and Andhra Pradesh chief ministers will be joined by A Revanth Reddy of Telangana and Mohan Yadav from Madhya Pradesh reported PTIBesides these four states a few more including Uttar Pradesh are expected to have a significant presence in Davos during the WEF Annual Meeting 2026 which will be held under the theme of a spirit of dialogue reported PTIThe names of union ministers scheduled to attend the meeting are expected to be announced soonBusiness leaders from India expected in Davos for the annual congregation of the rich and powerful from across the world include Reliance Industries Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani Tata groups N Chandrasekaran Bajaj groups Sanjiv Bajaj and Jubilant Bhartia Groups Hari S Bhartia reported PTIOther Indian corporate leaders expected to be there are Axix Banks Amitabh Chaudhry Godrej Industries Groups Nadir Godrej JSW Groups Sajjan Jindal Zerodhas Nikhil Kamath Bharti groups Sunil Bharti Mittal Infosys cofounder Nandan Nilekani Infosys CEO Salik S Parekh Wipros Rishad Premji Essar CEO Prashant Ruia Paytms Vijay Shekhar Sharma and Renew CEO Sumant Sinha reported PTIDepartment for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade Secretary Amardeep Singh Bhatia as well as several PSU heads including GAILs Sandeep Kumar Gupta SBIs Challa Sreenivasulu Setty NTPCs Gurdeep Singh and RECs Jitendra Srivastava will also be there reported PTIGlobal leaders attending the summit include World Bank President Ajay S Banga IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen WHO DirectorGeneral Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus UNESCO Director General Khaled elEnany WTO DirectorGeneral Ngozi OkonjoIweala and London Mayor Sadiq Khan reported PTIFrom Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb and Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will also be thereUnder the theme a spirit of dialogue the meeting will seek to harness the need for an impartial platform that connects leaders to confront shared challenges and drive the innovations defining the future according to the WEFThe meeting will focus on five global challenges where publicprivate cooperation can make a difference cooperation in a more contested world unlocking new sources of growth better investment in people deploying innovation at scale and responsibly and building prosperity within planetary boundariesPublic figures expected to attend include leaders from G7 G20 BRICS countries and beyond as well as heads of international organisationsWith inputs from PTI