Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said that the 'Grand Alliance' of his Janata Dal (United) with one-time rival Rashtriya Janata Dal and Congress will remain all five years of the term. "There is no question of joining the BJP. My support for demonetisation should not be interpreted politically," he said, speaking at the 2016 Hindustan Times Leadership Summit.
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Sachin Tendulkar came out in support of the BCCI stating that the parent body has "done a lot for the game in the country".
Sachin Tendulkar has proposed a system of using two different balls and two different pitches in domestic cricket games
| Schedule | Panelists | Moderator |
|---|---|---|
| December 2 | ||
| Inaugural Session | Arun Jaitley Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs | Vikram Chandra Consulting Editor, NDTV |
| Session Two: Leadership - From Ambition To Vision | Sadhguru Founder, Isha Foundation | - |
| Session Three | Dr Paul Krugman Professor of Economics and Distinguished Scholar | Niranjan Rajadhyaksha Executive Editor, Mint |
| Session Four | Akhilesh Yadav Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh | Barkha Dutt Consulting Editor, NDTV |
| Session Five | Manohar Parrikar Minister of Defence | Nitin Gokhale National Security Analyst and Founder of Bharatshakti.in |
| Session Six | Sukhbir Singh Badal Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab Capt. Amarinder Singh President, Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee | Sonia Singh Editorial Director, NDTV |
| Session Seven | Masayoshi Son Chairman and CEO, Softbank Group Corp. | R Sukumar Editor, Mint |
| Session Eight | Amitabh Bachchan Actor | Karan Johar Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
| December 3 | ||
| Session One: The Western World In Crisis? | David Cameron Former Prime Minister of United Kingdom | Bobby Ghosh Editor-In-Chief, Hindustan Times |
| Session Two | Piyush Goyal Minister of Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines | Bobby Ghosh Editor-In-Chief, Hindustan Times |
| Session Three: The Future Of Well-Being | Dr Deepak Chopra Founder of the Chopra Foundation | Vikram Hazra Spiritual Jazz Musician |
| Session Four | Sachin Tendulkar Former India Cricketer | Nikhil Naz Consultant, NDTV |
| Session Five: The New US President And South Asia | Dr Alyssa Ayres Senior Fellow for India, Pakistan and South Asia, Council on Foreign Relations Dr Daniel Twining Director and Senior Fellow, Asia Program, The German Marshall Fund Of The United States | Pramit Pal Chaudhuri Foreign Editor, Hindustan Times |
| Session Six: The Global Water Crisis. What Next? | Dr Jeffrey Sachs University Professor, Columbia University Dr David Sedlak Plato Malozemoff Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley | Mihir Shah Distinguished Visiting Professor, Shiv Nadar University |
| Session Seven | N Chandrababu Naidu Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh | Bobby Ghosh Editor-In-Chief, Hindustan Times |
| Session Eight | Nitish Kumar Chief Minister of Bihar | Barkha Dutt Consulting Editor, NDTV |
| *Schedule is subject to change | ||

Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs

Actor

Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh

Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh

President, Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee

Former Prime Minister of United Kingdom

Professor of Economics and Distinguished Scholar

Founder, Chopra Foundation

Senior Fellow for India, Pakistan and South Asia, Council on Foreign Relations

Director and Senior Fellow, Asia Program, German Marshall Fund of the United States

Professor, Columbia University

Plato Malozemoff Professor and Director of Institute for Environmental Science and Engineering

Minister of Defence

Chairman and CEO, Softbank Group Corp.

Chief Minister of Bihar

Minister of Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines

Former India Cricketer

Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab

Founder, Isha Foundation

