Startup Mahakumbh: From Speakers To Sessions, Here's Everything You Need To Know

The second edition of Startup Mahakumbh, one of India’s largest innovation and entrepreneurship events, is all set to take place from April 3 to 5 at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. Building on the success of the inaugural edition, which featured over 1,300 exhibitors and attracted over 48,000 visitors, this year’s gathering promises to be even more impactful.

This edition’s theme is “Startup India @ 2047 – Unfolding the Bharat Story”. It aims to further innovation and entrepreneurship in the country.

The event will bring together 3,000 startups across 12 sector-focused pavilions, including AI, deeptech, healthtech, fintech, cleantech, and mobility. It will feature a mix of panels, fireside chats, and mentorship sessions led by founders, investors, policymakers, and domain experts. Alongside, masterclasses, workshops, and networking formats like investor connect will focus on practical guidance and exposure for early and growth stage startups.

Across three days, Startup Mahakumbh will bring together industry leaders, policymakers, and investors on the main stage to unpack key themes like tech-led scaling, capital access, and regulatory tailwinds. Parallel thematic tracks will dive deep into frontier sectors — AI, fintech, healthtech, cleantech, and mobility, offering targeted insight and connections for founders building in these spaces.

Themes In Focus At Startup Mahakumbh

Startup Mahakumbh will open with a high-powered conversation on India’s startup vision for 2047, featuring senior government voices like NITI Aayog CEO B.V.R Subrahmanyam, FICCI president Harsha Vardhan Agarwal, DPIIT secretary Amardeep Singh Bhatia and joint secretary, Shri Sanjiv, who will anchor high-powered discussions on India’s entrepreneurial vision for 2047. These conversations aim to chart a path for scaling innovation across sectors, deepening public-private collaboration, and unlocking Bharat’s startup potential beyond metro cities.

Capital and financial innovation will be another key theme. From decoding India’s fintech scale playbook with voices like Paytm’s Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Navi’s Sachin Bansal and Jupiter’s Jitendra Gupta, to mapping the contours of startup liquidity and venture debt with leaders from Stride Ventures and Aavishkaar Group, expect sharp insights into what’s driving — and what’s holding back — India’s financial flywheel. Siddarth Pai (3one4 Capital) and V Vaidyanathan (IDFC First Bank) will also examine the role of tech in reshaping India’s financial infrastructure.

The evolving consumer and mobility landscape will be in focus with sessions led by Lenskart’s Peyush Bansal, CarDekho’s Amit Jain, TVS Group’s Sharad Mohan and Rukam Capital’s Archana Jahagirdar. These panels will dive into what it takes to build sticky, scalable brands and how India’s transport and commerce infrastructure will adapt to the next phase of urbanisation and demand.

At the heart of the summit is a call for founders to think long-term. upGrad’s Ronnie Screwvala will speak on building enduring ventures and the importance of giving back, while a closing fireside chat between Info Edge’s Sanjeev Bikhchandani and Blinkit’s Albinder Dhindsa will explore how new market categories are created — and sustained.

Crucially, Startup Mahakumbh will also spotlight inclusion and scale from the ground up. SIDBI’s Satya Prakash Singh will speak about strengthening India’s startup backbone through public-private partnerships, while thematic pavilions across agritech, climate tech, and healthtech will feature founders like FarMart’s Alekh Sanghera, S4S Technologies’ Nidhi Pant, Praan’s Angad Daryani, and Smart Joules’ Arjun P Gupta.

Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor and YouTuber & actor Bhuvan Bam will also join the event, bringing engaging stories and lighthearted banter to the stage. Lifestyle influencer and Chief Travelling Officer of Curly Tales, Kamiya Jani will also be a part of the event. YouTuber and social media influencer CarryMinati will offer a masterclass at the Gaming and Sportstech Pavilion at the Startup Mahakumbh.

Alongside with them, Siddharth Dungarwal, Founder & CEO, Snitch, and Vedang Patel, Co-founder, The Souled Store, will share their experience on D2C brand building, customer love and profitability.

In sum, the event is bringing together policymakers, unicorn founders, institutional investors, and early-stage entrepreneurs in a rare confluence — not just to celebrate the ecosystem, but to confront the hard questions about capital, inclusion, regulation, and growth as India builds towards Startup India @ 2047. []

Why You Should Attend Startup Mahakumbh

As India looks to cement its ambition of becoming a developed economy by 2047, forums like Startup Mahakumbh provide a timely checkpoint for the ecosystem. Beyond showcasing innovation, the event brings together key stakeholders — from policymakers and unicorn founders to early-stage entrepreneurs — to examine the deeper shifts underway in entrepreneurship, capital, and inclusion.

With a growing focus on public-private partnerships (PPPs), inclusion, and regional innovation, the event offers more than just panels and pavilions. It’s a live testbed for ideas — where entrepreneurs can connect with decision-makers, contribute to policy dialogues, and forge partnerships that go beyond the event itself.

The inaugural edition of the event showcased the vibrancy of India’s startup ecosystem and saw participation from founders of top unicorns, incubators and investors. With its focus on regional inclusive and sustainable growth, the latest edition of Startup Mahakumbh is poised to be a pivotal event in shaping India’s entrepreneurial landscape and reinforcing its position as a global epicentre of innovation.

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