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IIT Alumni Council to Host World Wisdom Connect in Delhi
The Indian Institutes of Technology, or IITs, are some of India's most famous colleges.
A big group of people who studied at these colleges formed the IIT Alumni Council.
The Council is organizing a big meeting called the World Wisdom Connect in New Delhi.
They want smart young people to share their ideas for making India a developed country by 2047, a dream they call Viksit Bharat.
Young people can apply by writing a paper about their ideas and getting a recommendation from a Council member.
Applications have to be sent by August 18th, and the 11 best speakers will be chosen.
These speakers will record their talks in New Delhi and then present them live on August 23rd.
A very important leader from the Indian government, Anurag Jain, will start the meeting with a big speech.
The speakers will talk about schools, hospitals, climate change, helping villages, and other big topics.
The goal is to bring clever people together so their good ideas can really help India grow.
The IIT Alumni Council will host the World Wisdom Connect (wwCONNECT) in New Delhi on 23 August 2026.
Young thought leaders must submit a 1,000-word synopsis with a recommendation from an IIT Alumni Council member by 18 August 2026.
The top 11 young thought leaders will be selected, video-recorded in New Delhi between 20 and 22 August, and present live at the event.
NITI Aayog CEO Anurag Jain will open the event with the lead presentation 'Viksit Bharat – Context, Vision & Pathways'.
Presentations will span education, healthcare, climate change, rural development, legal reform, capital markets, venture capital and public policy.
- Who
- The IIT Alumni Council, which will select and invite India's top young thought leaders; NITI Aayog CEO Anurag Jain will deliver the lead presentation.
- What
- World Wisdom Connect (wwCONNECT), an event where young thought leaders present recommended pathways for Viksit Bharat 2047 at a closed-door IIT alumni gathering.
- Where
- New Delhi, India.
- When
- 23 August 2026; applications were due by 18 August 2026, with selected candidates intimated on 19 August 2026.
- Why
- To explore ideas and initiatives with the potential to accelerate Viksit Bharat and bring together leaders from government, industry, capital, research, academia and civil society.
Key facts
- Event
- World Wisdom Connect (wwCONNECT)
- Date
- 23 August 2026
- Location
- New Delhi, India
- Application deadline
- 18 August 2026
- Selection notification
- 19 August 2026
- Recording dates
- 20-22 August 2026
- Selected speakers
- 11 young thought leaders
- Lead presentation
- Anurag Jain, CEO, NITI Aayog – 'Viksit Bharat – Context, Vision & Pathways'
Quotes
Satish Mehta
Convenor, IIT Alumni Social Fund
“wwCONNECT will bring people and institutions from different fields into conversation and prepare the way for the World Wisdom Forum. The aspiration is to bring people from many countries and many fields to New Delhi for a civilisational inquiry into the questions of our time, and what may be carried forward together. We see in it the beginning of a civilisational renaissance.”
theprint.in
“India’s next stage of development will draw on many fields, institutions and forms of capability at once. The IIT Alumni Council sits across an unusually wide range of them. wwCONNECT is an attempt to put that breadth to useful purpose, around questions that no single sector or institution can address on its own.”
theprint.in
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