India has what the world longs for: Satyan

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Key points

• ET WLF 2026: India has what the world longs for – stable leadership, notes Satyan Gajwani, Chairman, Times Internet.
• Satyan GajwaniTimes InternetET World Leaders Forum 2026Narendra ModiIndian startups.
• ET World Leaders Forum: Corporate India bullish on country's expansion story, states Kumar Mangalam Birla Gajwani linked that sense of confidence to India's economic performance and technological transformation.
• Against this backdrop, Gajwani remarked India was fortunate to have a leader who had provided stability to the country and region for more than 12 years.
• Bigger or Better: BEL's biggest shareholder is additionally its biggest customer – and its rule-maker.

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Welcoming Prime Minister Modi to the World Leaders Forum, Gajwani drew an analogy with Homer's Odyssey, saying the ancient tale of a protagonist navigating one crisis after another was "something of a parable for our times today." "When we look around the world, at least if we believe the headlines, we're lurching from one crisis to the next, " Gajwani remarked, pointing to two ongoing wars, an energy crisis, disruption of shipping routes, trade battles, nuclear threats and an AI surge sucking in unprecedented amounts of capital.

India has benefited from more than a decade of political stability under Prime Minister Narendra Modi as wars, energy disruption, trade tensions and the artificial intelligence revolution reshape the global economy, remarked Satyan Gajwani, chairman, Times Internet. Welcoming Prime Minister Modi to the World Leaders Forum, Gajwani drew an analogy with Homer's Odyssey, saying the ancient tale of a protagonist navigating one crisis after another was "something of a parable for our times today." "When we look around the world, at least if we believe the headlines, we're lurching from one crisis to the next, " Gajwani remarked, pointing to two ongoing wars, an energy crisis, disruption of shipping routes, trade battles, nuclear threats and an AI surge sucking in unprecedented amounts of capital.

He additionally flagged "a crisis in leadership in ending wars, restoring normalcy and inspiring trust." The simultaneous nature of these disruptions had created a palpable global longing for leadership that could provide stability. Against this backdrop, Gajwani remarked India was fortunate to have a leader who had provided stability to the country and region for more than 12 years. He remarked stable, long-serving leaders capable of repeatedly winning voters' trust could provide a nation a sense of "unity, security, and confidence. That no matter what the challenge is, we will accord with it together, and we are in good hands. That we shall overcome." Live Events.

ET World Leaders Forum: Corporate India bullish on country's expansion story, states Kumar Mangalam Birla Gajwani linked that sense of confidence to India's economic performance and technological transformation. He cited India's position as the fastest-growing sizeable economy for much of the past decade, the expansion of digital public infrastructure, improvements in ease of doing business and quality of life, and the country's manufacturing, semiconductor and data centre push. He additionally highlighted the country's emerging entrepreneurial and technological ambitions, pointing to developments by Indian startups in space technology, rocket engines, cancer drug research and nuclear fusion.: ET World Leaders Forum 2026: Our reform express will move forward at even greater speed, states PM Modi "All of this-a nation's energy, its self-belief, the dreams of its youth, the audacity of its entrepreneurs, the resilience of its farmers, and indeed its destiny-all essentially flow from stable, long-term leadership, " Gajwani noted. Based around the theme of Shared Futures: Secure, Intelligent, Resilient, WLF brought together more than 40 global leaders to exchange ideas, explore partnerships and listen to one another. Gajwani remarked Modi had "navigated the country through many challenges with a steady hand, " including ensuring energy security against the backdrop of a tumultuous external environment and protecting more than a billion individuals during the Covid-19 pandemic. He concluded by saying that while another crisis could be around the corner, "with Modi's leadership at the helm and all of our efforts, there is no challenge, no crisis, and no adversary that we cannot defeat." Add Now!

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