Chirag Paswan, Tuhin Kanta Pandey, and Nara Lokesh to preside over Fortune India 40 Under 40 celebrations this evening

All eyes will be on 38 Manhattan in Mumbai’s St. Regis hotel this evening, where Fortune India will host this year’s 40 Under 40 event to honour India’s brightest young business minds, who are shaping the vision of Viksit Bharat.

Fortune India’s 40 Under 40 list brings together India’s most successful startup entrepreneurs and the next generation of respected family-run businesses, who are preserving their legacies while boldly reinventing themselves to stay relevant beyond their comfort zones.

The event will be graced by Chirag Paswan, Union Minister of Food Processing Industries, as the Chief Guest. The Guests of Honour are Nara Lokesh, Minister for Information Technology, Electronics and Communications, Real Time Governance and HRD, Government of Andhra Pradesh; and Tuhin Kanta Pandey, Chairman, Sebi.

The awards are the result of a listing that happens after a long process of evaluation with the winners being picked by a high-profile jury chaired by Dr Sanjiv Goenka, chairman, RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group. The other jury members this year were Cyril Shroff, managing partner, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas; Uday Shankar, vice chairman, JioStar; Saugata Gupta, MD & CEO, Marico; Anjali Bansal, founding partner, Avaana Capital; and Mohit Bhatnagar, MD, Peak XV Partners.

The evening will see an engaging mix of fireside chats and panel discussions where some of India Inc.’s leading names and policymakers will discuss the current global economic scenario, corporate strategy, and their own winning formulas. With the winners cutting across several of India’s key business sectors, the discussions will cover a wide range of subjects—from reimagining education and skilling to new-age businesses and the leadership mantra of the next-gen.

The evening will commence with Siddhant Sachdeva of Rocket Learning, Siddharth Shahani of ATLAS SkillTech University and Anuradha Suvarna of L'Oréal India discussing the skillsets necessary in this VUCA world. This will be followed by Madhav Singhania of JK Cement and Rishabh Shroff of Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas discussing how the next-gen is taking their legacy forward while carving out their own niche. Next, Anchit Nayar of Nykaa, in a fireside chat, will talk about reinventing the beauty business.

This will be followed by a fireside chat between Aryaman Vikram Birla of the Aditya Birla Group and RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group Vice Chairman Shashwat Goenka, followed by media veteran Uday Shankar of JioStar dwelling on his journey from a newsman to entrepreneur. The final fireside chat of the evening will be between Nara Lokesh, Minister for Information Technology, Electronics and Communications, Real Time Governance and HRD, Government of Andhra Pradesh, and Shashwat Goenka, Vice Chairman, RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group. Next, Sebi Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey will address the gathering. Chirag Paswan, Union Minister of Food Processing Industries, will deliver his address next, followed by the awards ceremony for Fortune India 40 Under 40 2026.

Mumbai gets ready for an unmissable evening.