India’s foremost financial leaders will come together in Mumbai’s Trident hotel in BKC this evening for the Fortune India Banking & NBFCs Summit 2026 to discuss the country’s evolving banking landscape and the opportunities and challenges for its financial services sector.
The Summit will be graced by Mangal Prabhat Lodha, Minister for Skill Development, Employment, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Government of Maharashtra, as Special Guest.
The country’s banking and financial services sector is at an inflection point. From the ambition to build globally competitive banks to the disruptive potential of AI and the evolving boundaries between banks and NBFCs, India’s banking and financial services sector faces questions that will shape its next chapter.
The Summit will see an engaging mix of fireside chats and panel discussions where some of India’s leading names will discuss a wide range of topics—from banks and their governance premium to staying ahead in the digital lending era to Indian banking’s Goldilocks moment.
The evening will commence with Pratik Shah of EY, Pankaj Gadgil of Aditya Birla Capital, and Aman Goel of GreyLabs AI discussing how to reimagine finance in the AI age. This will be followed by Krishnan Sitaraman of Crisil, Paritosh Kashyap of Kotak Mahindra Bank, and Raju Dodti of L&T Finance discussing whether the line between NBFCs and banks is blurring. Next, V. Vaidyanathan of IDFC FIRST Bank, in a fireside chat, will talk about his journey as an entrepreneurial banker.
This will be followed by a panel comprising Satish Marathe, director, Central Board, Reserve Bank of India; chartered and cost accountant Shailesh Haribhakti, chairman of Shailesh Haribhakti & Associates; and Prashant Kumar, former MD & CEO, YES Bank, which will discuss whether banks are losing their governance premium. This will be followed by a fireside chat with NSE MD & CEO Ashishkumar Chauhan, who recently led the listing of his stock exchange. Next, Deepak Mendiratta of PayU Finance, Hemant Gala of PhonePe Lending Services, and Deepak Jain of FlexiLoans will discuss winning in the digital lending era.
The final panel discussion of the Summit will feature Hitendra Dave of HSBC India, Rajiv Anand of IndusInd Bank, B. Ramesh Babu of Karur Vysya Bank, and Nidhu Saxena of Bank of Maharashtra. They will discuss whether this is the Goldilocks moment for Indian banking.
Next, C.S. Setty, chairman, State Bank of India, will discuss in a fireside chat how SBI plans to break into the global big league of banks. This will be followed by Shashwat Goenka, Vice Chairman, RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group, addressing the gathering. The final fireside chat of the evening will feature Mangal Prabhat Lodha, Minister for Skill Development, Employment, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Government of Maharashtra, who will talk about the Viksit Maharashtra Vision. This will be followed by the minister giving away the awards for the Fortune India Best Banks and NBFCs 2026, which recognises institutions setting benchmarks for the industry.
Mumbai gets ready for an unmissable evening.