PAFI to hold its 8th National Forum 2021

Hyderabad: Public Affairs Forum of India (PAFI), an organisation representing corporate public affairs professionals, will be hosting its 8th National Forum 2021 in avirtual mode for two days on October 21 and 22, 2021. It would focus on PAFI's annual theme of 'Reviving theEconomy: Reimagine. Reboot. Reform'. Over 75 panelists from all over the world, representing government, industry, media and civil society, would share their insights during 16 sessions, carefullycurated and spread over these two days.

It includes Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs and, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India; Jyotiraditya M Scindia, Minister of Civil Aviation, Governmentof India; Dr Rajiv Kumar, Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog; Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Union Minister of Statefor Electronics and IT and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India.

Ajay Khanna, Forum Chairman and Co-Founder, PAFI and Group Global Chief Strategic and Public Affairs, Jubilant Bhartia Group, said: "Various measures have been announced by the Government that willlead to economic growth in coming months. PAFI's upcoming 8th National Forum 2021 will focus onthe initiatives that will help revive the economy and realise the vision of becoming the largesteconomy by 2050. It will also emphasise on strategies that industry needs to adopt for an effectivepublic policy and advocacy practice and drive government-industry partnerships to build mutualtrust and an inclusive policy process ecosystem."

An exclusive session with the partner state Telangana would feature KT Rama Rao, Cabinet Ministerfor ITE&C, MA&UD and Industries and Commerce Department, and Jayesh Ranjan, PrincipalSecretary, Industries and Commerce, and Information Technology, Electronics and Communications.