The Conclave

Pratidin Media Group organised ‘The Conclave 2022’ the inaugural edition of the annual event in New Delhi to bring Northeast India in the spotlight by bringing together stakeholders and policymakers to discuss various issues for a more inclusive development of the region. In the process, Pratidin Media Group became the first media house from the Northeast region to arrange an event of such kind in the power corridors of the national capital.

The conclave aims to put forward and discuss the issues of Northeast India with the outcome serving as a roadmap towards a more inclusive development of the region. The panel of speakers for the event included personalities from ministers, academicians, bureaucrats, journalists, and enforcers of law, activists, entrepreneurs, sportspersons, who have an active interest in the matters and work towards a common goal of combined progress.

Union Minister for Defense, Shri Rajnath Singh attended the event as the guest of honour in 2022 while the 2023 edition was inaugurated by the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Several significant topics such as – regionalism about nationalism, the tea industry of Assam and its future, sustainable tourism in the northeast and ways for expansion, energy security to deforestation and industrialisation, and the mighty Brahmaputra and the approach to utilise it to the fullest in the backdrop of Act East Policy, were discussed in the recently held conclave.