Future City to take centre stage at Bharat Summit 2026

Hyderabad: The proposed Future City and Telangana urban development vision will take centre stage at the second Bharat Summit 2026, featuring a dedicated session on Future City and Urbanisation among nine state-focused discussions scheduled during the two-day international event on Friday and Saturday.

The summit, themed Forging a New World, will be hosted at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre, Novotel Hotel. Nearly 1,000 delegates from India and approximately 70 countries are expected to participate in the gathering led by Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy.

The Future City session will provide a global platform to deliberate upon Telangana urbanisation blueprints, future-oriented infrastructure, sustainable development, and the administration vision of positioning Hyderabad as a premier global hub for investment, innovation, and economic expansion. Alongside Future City and Urbanisation, the nine Telangana-centric panels will thoroughly examine Economic Justice, Social Justice, Welfare Policies, Cooperative Federalism, Culture and Society, Youth, Sports and Politics, and Electoral Integrity across Telangana and India.

Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, IT and Industries Minister D Sridhar Babu, and Ministers N Uttam Kumar Reddy, Ponnam Prabhakar, and Mohammed Azharuddin will actively participate in these deliberations alongside prominent intellectuals and global policymakers. The Bharat Summit aims to unite progressive leaders from the Global South and Global North to address pressing international challenges, democratic resilience, economic cooperation, and social equity. Delegates including policymakers, political leaders, ministers, former ministers, senators, and scholars from America, Africa, Asia, and Europe—representing nations such as the Netherlands, Portugal, Indonesia, Côte d'Ivoire, South Korea, Brazil, Japan, and Thailand are scheduled to attend.

Organisers noted that the conclave seeks to revive the historic legacy of Afro-Asian solidarity and the Non-Aligned Movement, traditions India helped pioneer. The event coincides with the 80th year of India Independence and commemorates the 137th birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.

Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi will deliver the keynote address at the valedictory session on Saturday, outlining his strategic vision for India and the global community with emphasis on principled multilateralism, strategic autonomy, peaceful coexistence, and democratic values. Parallel international panels will deliberate upon artificial intelligence, the emerging world order, economic collaboration, climate change, youth participation in governance, gender justice, multilateral institutional reforms, and the future of media. Featuring plenary sessions, thematic panels, Telangana dialogues, an exhibition, and the valedictory address, the summit firmly places Hyderabad at the forefront of global deliberations on progressive governance and sustainable development.

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