Four chief ministers from India, including Maharashtra’s Devendra Fadnavis and Andhra Pradesh’s N Chandrababu Naidu, are set to attend the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026, alongside more than 100 top Indian CEOs. The high-profile global summit will take place in Davos from January 19 to 23, 2026.
Joining Fadnavis and Naidu will be Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav. Together, they will represent India’s growing state-level engagement on the world economic stage.
Several Union ministers are also expected to be part of the five-day event, although the official list of attendees from the central government is yet to be announced.
The WEF Annual Meeting 2026 is expected to host nearly 3,000 leaders from around 130 countries, including around 60 heads of state and government. Other Indian states, such as Uttar Pradesh, are also likely to have a strong presence in Davos this year.
Prominent Indian business leaders scheduled to attend include Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani, Tata Group Chairman N Chandrasekaran, Bajaj Group’s Sanjiv Bajaj, and Jubilant Bhartia Group Chairman Hari S Bhartia.
The list of Indian corporate leaders further includes Axis Bank CEO Amitabh Chaudhry, Godrej Industries Group’s Nadir Godrej, JSW Group Chairman Sajjan Jindal, Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath, Bharti Group founder Sunil Bharti Mittal, Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani, Infosys CEO Salil Parekh, Wipro Chairman Rishad Premji, Essar CEO Prashant Ruia, Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma, and ReNew CEO Sumant Sinha.
Senior government officials and public sector leaders from India will also participate. These include Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade Secretary Amardeep Singh Bhatia, along with PSU heads such as GAIL Chairman Sandeep Kumar Gupta, SBI Chairman Challa Sreenivasulu Setty, NTPC Chairman Gurdeep Singh, and REC Chairman Jitendra Srivastava.
The global leadership lineup at Davos will feature World Bank President Ajay S Banga, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, UNESCO Director-General Khaled el-Enany, WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and London Mayor Sadiq Khan.
From Pakistan, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb, and Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari are also expected to attend.
Held under the theme “A Spirit of Dialogue,” the WEF Annual Meeting 2026 aims to provide a neutral and trusted platform where global leaders can engage in meaningful conversations on shared challenges. According to the forum, discussions will focus on five key areas where public-private cooperation can deliver real impact: cooperation in a more contested world, unlocking new sources of growth, investing better in people, deploying innovation responsibly at scale, and building prosperity within planetary boundaries.
Leaders from G7, G20, BRICS nations, and heads of major international organizations are expected to participate, reinforcing Davos’ role as one of the most influential global gatherings.
At its core, Davos is not just about policies, power, or profit. It is about people coming together across borders, ideologies, and industries to talk, listen, and shape a future that works for everyone. As global uncertainties rise, conversations like these matter more than ever.
