NICESamanvay 2026
India’s Premier Cultural Entrepreneurship Summit — Edition 3
Uniting the pioneers of India’s cultural economy under one roof. Thank you for joining us at India’s premier cultural entrepreneurship summit as we united the pioneers of India’s cultural economy into a collective global voice.
Theme
Pehchaan | Shaping Cultural Business Through Identity & Culture.
NICESamanvay 2026 Presents
Explore Participation Opportunities
For Participants
Confirm your attendance to make Samanvay 3rd edition memorable.
For Exhibitor
Book space to showcase your brand to a highly engaged audience.
For Pitch
Apply to connect with angel investors and scale your enterprise.
For Masterclass
Join insightful masterclasses and gain practical pointers to scale your cultural enterprise.
ABOUT THE SUMMIT
The Jugalbandi of Heritage and Economic Heft
Welcome to the third edition of NICE Samanvay 2026, India’s first and most definitive Cultural Entrepreneurship Summit.
India owns over 90% of the world’s handwoven textiles, a multi-billion dollar heritage in Ayurveda and Yoga, and unmatched culinary and design wisdom. Yet, the economic footprint of our cultural assets on the global stage remains an untapped frontier. NICE Samanvay is the catalyst designed to bridge this gap.
It is an immersive, high-impact forum where the demand-side strategic acumen of business meets the supply-side mastery of Indian traditions. Following the incredible momentum of Samanvay 2024 and Samanvay 2025, Edition 3 elevates the dialogue. We are not just building businesses; we are building Brand India.
Principal Sponsor
Empowered by the visionaries building Brand India.
THE 2026 THEME
Pehchaan
Shaping Business Through Identity and Culture
Pehchaan is not just about the maker – it is about building identity across the entire ecosystem.
In a cultural enterprise, the challenge lies in translating individual enterprise into a collective voice that resonates with markets, consumers, and culture. True impact comes when identity is not only preserved, but also contextualised, scaled, and meaningfully expressed.
The sessions will revolve around the need for building an ecosystem that enables investments, collaboration, exhibitions that showcase brands building on India’s cultural assets and masterclasses towards building Entrepreneur capabilities.
AGENDA
NICESamanvay 2026:
Cultural Entrepreneurship Summit Agenda
| Registration (Ground Floor Entrance) | 10:00 am – 10:30 am |
| Enterprises Story Curation will happen in the Gallery (11:00 am to 08:00 pm) | |
| Description | Time |
|---|---|
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Welcome Address by
Sanjay Anandaram
– Co-Founder, NICEorg
(Auditorium)
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10:30 am – 10:40 am |
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My Story – Building of Akshaykalpa
by Shashi Kumar; Founder & CEO of Akshaykalpa
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10:40 am – 11:00 am |
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My Story in Conversation – Shilpa Sharma
Creative Entrepreneur: Lifestyle, Travel & Hospitality, Craft Evangelist and Curator and Founder of Breakaway and Jaypore
in conversation with Arundhati Kumar – Founder at Beej and Co-Founder; Clima Collective
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11:00 am – 11:30 am |
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Keynote – Nand Kishore Chaudhary
Social Entrepreneur, Founder & Chairman at Jaipur Rugs (Auditorium)
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11:30 am – 12:00 pm |
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Keynote – Ankush Dadu
Partner – Anand Sweets & Savouries
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12:00 pm – 12:30 pm |
| LUNCH | 12:30 to 1:30 |
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Panel Discussion: "Building Cultural Enterprises in the NE and Eastern part of India"
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01:30 pm – 02:00 pm |
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Conversation 3 – R&D in Pottery Prof Arman Ovla
(Auditorium) in conversation with Sanjay Anandaram
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02:00 pm – 02:30 pm |
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Panel Discussion: "Accelerating Investments in Cultural Enterprises"
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03:15 pm – 03:45 pm |
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Panel Discussion: "Role of Incubators, Accelerators & Networks in growing CE's"
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03:45 pm – 04:30 pm |
| Tea Break | 4:30 pm to 04:45 pm |
| Description | Time |
|---|---|
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AMA with Ritu Oberoi from For Sarees
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05:15 pm – 05:30 pm |
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AMA with Vishpala Hundekari from Ekibeki
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05:30 pm – 05:45 pm |
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AMA {TBC}
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05:45 pm – 06:00 pm |
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AMA {TBC}
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06:00 pm – 06:15 pm |
| Description | Time |
|---|---|
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Masterclass on Product Design for Fashion & Home Decor Entrepreneurs
by Kavita Chaudhary from Jaipur Rugs
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02:30 pm – 03:15 pm |
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Masterclass on Branding & Digital Marketing
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04:30 pm – 05:15 pm |
| Description | Time |
|---|---|
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Cultural Entertainment - Produced by GoBrahma Productions Private Limited
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06:15 pm – 06:45 pm |
| Registration (Ground Floor Entrance) | 09:45 am – 10:20 am |
| Enterprises Story Curation will happen in the Gallery (11:00 am to 08:00 pm) | |
| Description | Time |
|---|---|
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Welcome Address by
KV Kanchana,
CEO NICEorg
(Auditorium)
|
10:20 am – 10:30 am |
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Sanjay Anandaram
in Conversation with
Raghu Ananthanarayan
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10:30 am – 11:00 am |
| Tea Break | 11:00 am to 11:15 am |
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Keynote – Anuradha Kumra
Advisory Board Member | Retail | Craft | Ministry of Textile & MSME
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11:15 am – 11:45 am |
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Keynote – Manoj Kumar
Founder of Araku Coffee (Auditorium)
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11:45 am – 12:15 pm |
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Panel Discussion: Economic Transformation through Tourism
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12:15 pm – 12:45 pm |
| LUNCH | 12:45 to 1:45 |
| Description | Time |
|---|---|
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AMA with Meghna Khanna from the Bindi Project
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05:00 pm – 05:15 pm |
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AMA with Pragya Batra from Quirksmith
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05:15 pm – 05:30 pm |
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Masterclass on Pitching for Investments
by Ravi Krishnappa, General Partner at July Ventures
Registrations closed
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| Description | Time |
|---|---|
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Building Mental Resilience in the Entrepreneurial Journey
Richa Singh – Co-Founder at YourDOST
in conversation with Sanskriti Dawle of Thinkerbell Labs and Swetha Sunderraman of the Indian Motif
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01:45 pm – 02:25 pm |
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Masterclass on Measuring Impact
by Rashmi Dhanwani from ArtX
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02:25 pm – 03:10 pm |
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Panel Discussion on Yoga and Wellness
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04:15 pm – 04:50 pm |
| Tea Break – 4:15 pm to 4:30 pm | |
| Description | Time |
|---|---|
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Panel Discussion on CSR
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03:10 pm – 03:40 pm |
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Panel Discussion: Raising Investments as a CE
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03:40 pm – 04:15 pm |
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Roopa Doraswamy – presenting GoBrahma
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04:50 pm – 05:00 pm |
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Panel Discussion on OneTac – a digital grid for Tourism, Art and Culture
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05:30 pm – 06:00 pm |
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Concluding Session
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06:00 pm |
THE ECOSYSTEM GATHERED
A powerful gathering of minds that shaped the cultural economy.
01
Cultural Entrepreneurs
Founders building brands rooted in craft, story and place.
02
Investors &
Funders
Patient capital seeking conviction in the cultural economy.
03
Industry Experts & Mentors
Designers, retailers, operators shaping market access.
04
Academia & Policy Makers
Researchers and institutions framing the next decade.
Be a Part of India’s
Cultural Renaissance.
Shape the identity. Scale the economy. Build Brand India.
For Participants
Confirm your attendance to make Samanvay 3rd edition memorable.
For Exhibitor
Book space to showcase your brand to a highly engaged audience.
For Pitch
Apply to connect with angel investors and scale your enterprise.
For Masterclass
Join insightful masterclasses and gain practical pointers to scale your cultural enterprise.
Voices from the Ecosystem
The makers, in their own words.
The Legacy
Two editions.
An archive in motion.
A documentary archive of conversations, exhibitions and quiet decisions that have shaped the field.