NDTV's Managing Editor Shiv Aroor's Opening Speech At The NDTV World Summit

The world is entering a defining period of transformation. Old certainties are weakening, global alliances are shifting, economic integration is being redefined, and technology is reshaping the very nature of power. Against this backdrop, the NDTV World Summit 2026 - A World Between Orders brings together global leaders, policymakers, economists, business leaders, thinkers, innovators and cultural voices to examine a world caught between an established order and an emerging one. From geopolitics and global economics to artificial intelligence, technology, security and India's growing role on the world stage, the Summit explores the forces shaping our collective future. For India, this moment presents both responsibility and opportunity. As a rising economic and geopolitical power, India is increasingly central to the conversations defining the next chapter of the world. NDTV World Summit 2026 is a platform to question the present, understand the transition, and shape the possibilities of what comes next - in a World Between Orders. The NDTV World Summit 2026 brings together global leaders, policymakers, economists, thinkers, innovators, entrepreneurs, and cultural voices to reflect on the defining questions of this transitional age. The summit seeks not only to examine the forces reshaping the world, but also to understand the deeper implications of living through a historical moment in which certainty itself has become fragile. It is an invitation to engage with the complexities of a world that is being reordered politically, economically, technologically, and intellectually.