Rajiv Kumar, Chairman, Pahlé India Foundation & Former Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog, delivered the keynote address on what lies ahead for the bloc. The first session of the conclave featured discussions with H.E. Kenneth Félix Haczynski da Nóbrega, Ambassador of Brazil to India; Ahmad Rama Aji Nasution, Minister Counsellor (Economic Affairs), Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia; and Timur Chernyshov, First Secretary, Russian Embassy. Sanjay Bhattacharyya, former Ambassador of India and Professor, O.P. Jindal Global University, moderated the session.