India's Next Cities — at the World Cities Summit.

A 90-minute executive session inside the WCS Financing for Cities track. Fifty senior decision-makers. Policy, capital, delivery — in one room.

Co-curated by Leadership for Cities and ULI India, in collaboration with the Centre for Liveable Cities, Singapore. View on the WCS programme ↗

Date

16 June 2026

Time

11:00 — 12:30

Venue

MR309, Suntec

Format

50 senior participants

Reserve seat

The proposition

Policy. Capital. Delivery.

Over two-thirds of the urban India of 2050 is yet to be built. The constraint is no longer ambition — it is the handshake between Indian cities and the capital, frameworks and delivery models that could underwrite them at scale.

Sanjeev Sanyal opens with the case for a generational urban transformation. A chaired panel then carries it across three lenses:

Policy — how India plans, governs and builds capacity for cities.
Capital — what a next-generation Indian city actually needs.
Delivery — who builds and runs a city now, and what "delivered" means.

An executive takeaway bridges into the wider WCS programme.

Programme

16 June 2026 · MR309, Suntec Singapore

01
11:00
10 min
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Convenors open the session and frame the through-line into the wider WCS programme.
Speakers
- Rohan Sikri
  Chairman, ULI India; Managing Partner, The Xander Group
- Anupam Yog
  Managing Partner, XDG Labs
02
11:10
35 min
Executive Frame — Fireside
India's Next Cities: the case for a generational urban transformation.
Chair
Nipun Sahni
Chairman, ULI Delhi District Council; Founder, REZONE Investments
In conversation with
- Sanjeev Sanyal
  Member, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister
03
11:45
35 min
Panel — Policy, Capital & Delivery
How India is changing the way it plans, governs and builds; the kind of capital next-generation Indian cities need; and what “delivered” means now.
Chair
Manasvini Hariharan
Executive Director, ULI India (Moderator)
In conversation with
- Chirayu J. Bhatt
  Deputy Provost, CEPT University
- Anita Kumar
  Director — Policy & Insights, Janaagraha
- Manvendra Singh Shekhawat
  Founder, Dhun Life
04
12:20
5 min
Executive Takeaway
Synthesises across the fireside and the panel; bridges into the wider WCS programme.
Manas Rath
Founder, Better Place Foundation
05
12:25
5 min
Closing Remarks
Institutional close.
Peter Hyland
Chair, Leadership for Cities