SAMVAAD Connect: From Ideas to Impact – A Year of Conversations, Change & Community
New Delhi, India | March 2026
In a remarkable journey from April 2025 to April 2026, SAMVAAD Connect has emerged as a powerful platform driving meaningful conversations across domains of sustainability, cybersecurity, mental health, art, culture, and public discourse. What began as a vision to create dialogue-led impact has now evolved into a dynamic movement engaging communities, institutions, and thought leaders across India.
A Year of Impactful Engagements
SAMVAAD Connect’s journey commenced with its flagship event:
- “From Ideas to Impact” (Sustainability & Cybersecurity) – 18th April 2025
Followed by a series of high-impact engagements:
- Mental Health & Emotional Wellbeing Edition – 14th June 2025
- Orientation Program, MRIIRS – 28th July 2025
- Saugaat Exhibition, Rohtak – 20th July 2025
- Know Your Weaves Exhibition, National Crafts Museum – 1st August 2025
- National Handloom Day Event, World Designing Forum, Goa – 6–7 August 2025
- Influencers Meet, Music City of India (Gwalior) – 31st August 2025
- Kala Mahotsav Open Samvaad, National Crafts Museum, New Delhi – 14–16 November 2025
- Manali Marathon 3.0 Coverage, Himachal Pradesh – 25–26 October 2025
The platform further expanded its presence at prestigious national forums:
- UP International Trade Show (UPITS 2025)– Media Partner – UPSIDA
- GRASS 2025 Summit, ISA Delhi Section – 6th December 2025
- AISS 2025 Cybersecurity Summit, Aerocity Gurgaon – 5th December 2025
- 8th National Designer Awards, Lucknow (World Designing Forum) Media Partner
- AAGAAZ – Art & Women Entrepreneurship, New Delhi – 5th January 2026– Media Partner
- National Consultation by IIT Roorkee – ICARS (DST-CoE) as Awareness & Media Partner
Voices that Shaped the Dialogue
Over the past year, SAMVAAD Connect has engaged with an extraordinary spectrum of voices—policy makers, artists, academicians, entrepreneurs, and social leaders—bringing depth and diversity to its conversations.
Notable personalities include:
- Padma Shri Prof. Anil K. Gupta
- Prof Chetan Singh Solanki (Solar Man of India)
- Shri Nand Gopal Nandi (Cabinet Minister)
- Shri Dharmendra Singh Yadav (National Coach- Boxing)
- IAS Mukesh Meshram & IAS Manikandan A
- Shri Mohan Singh Bisht (Deputy Speaker, Delhi Legislative Assembly)
- Shri Ajit Chaturvedi (Ex-Programme Head, Akashvani)
- RJ Anamika & RJ Sabahat Afreen (All India Radio)
- Arvind Gaur (Theatre Director)
- Dr Afroz Ahmad, Member- National Green Tribunal
- Dr Dinesh C. Sharma, Father of Bio-Musicology
- Dr Shilpi Kanujia, Sr. DOM- NE Railways
- Dr Kamlesh Verma (Senior Oncologist, Max Hospitals)
- Dr Arnab Chakraborty & Dr Deepti Dabbas Hazarika (Manav Rachna University)
- Prof. Mary Anna McGlasson (Deakin University, Australia)
- Prof. Andre Lindner & Dr Ravi Katiyar (ICARS – IIT Roorkee)
- Dr Shambhavi Das, Music Therapist- Manonaad
- Dr Suchitra Prasad, Dentist & Happiness Coach
From the world of art, culture, and design:
- Reena Dhaka & Ruma Devi (Celebrity Fashion Designers)
- Padma Shri Shanti Devi (Mithila Artist)
- Surbhi Singh (Kathak Dancer)
- Simmi Kapoor (Classical Dancer)
- Megha Rastogi (Artist & Curator)
- Amy George (Art Curator, National Crafts Museum)
From entrepreneurship, wellness, and society:
- Ankush Anami (CEO, World Designing Forum)
- Sanket Shah (CEO, InVideo AI)
- Vaibhav Sharma (AVP Cybersecurity, TÜV SÜD South Asia)
- Dr. Ruchi Bhardwaj (Ayurveda)
- Life Coach Mohit Vashistha
- Author Purshottam Nigam
- Abhinav Johari (Entrepreneur & Career Coach)
…and many more voices that continue to enrich the ever-growing SAMVAAD ecosystem.
Beyond Events: A Growing Digital Movement
With 1000+ podcast conversations, SAMVAAD Connect has created a digital repository of ideas, stories, and lived experiences—bridging the gap between knowledge and real-world impact.
Each interaction reflects the platform’s core belief:
“Conversations have the power to create change.”
The Road Ahead
As SAMVAAD Connect completes one impactful year, the journey comes full circle—returning to April with greater momentum, deeper networks, and a stronger vision.
With a commitment to:
- Empowering voices
- Encouraging dialogue across disciplines
- Creating community-driven impact
SAMVAAD Connect continues to evolve as a catalyst for meaningful change in India’s social, cultural, and intellectual landscape.
About SAMVAAD Connect
SAMVAAD Connect is a dialogue-driven platform dedicated to fostering impactful conversations across sectors, including mental health, sustainability, art, policy, and innovation. Through events, podcasts, and collaborations, it aims to inspire awareness, action, and collective growth.
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