Celebrating India’s Best Brands 2025
Innovate. Impact. Influence
About ET NOW Best Brands Conclave 2025
“Products have life cycles, but brands can live forever”
– David Aaker, Branding Guru
Products may have life cycles, but brands can live forever. The ET NOW Best Brands Conclave celebrates brands that lead innovation, impact, and influence. The 8th edition spotlights pioneers shaping India’s dynamic business landscape, rewriting rules, and leaving lasting legacies.
Why You Should Join
Visionary
Connections
Connect with visionary brand leaders driving India’s growth.
Innovation
Insights
Gain insights on how brands innovate, adapt, and create movements.
Hear Untold
Stories
Learn from candid conversations with industry trailblazers.
Power Your
Network
Network with business stalwarts, marketers, and decision-makers.
The Stage Belongs to You
Celebrating brands that excel in innovation, market impact, and leadership.This platform spotlights some of India’s best brands shaping the future
Selection Criteria
- Brand should have operational office in India for at least 3 years
- Information about the brand should be available in public domain
- Brand should have considerable market size
- Brands are categorised as Small, Medium & Large
Selection Process
- The research partner will define parameters and segments, as well as assign weightage for evaluation.
- Organizations can self-nominate by completing an online application form on the event website.
- The research partner will analyse a universe of 1000+ brands based on the research partner’s parameters and the self-nominations received.
- The assessment of these 1000 plus organisations will be based on parameters defined by the research partner.
- This will be followed by a rigorous evaluation process and out of these 1000 organisations, 200 organisations will be shortlisted (approx.)
- These shortlisted brands will be intimated and invited to be felicitated at the 8th edition of ET Now Best Brands Conclave
- The success stories of organisations will also be featured in ET Now Best Brands Coffee Table Book 2025.
Mark the Moment
Make It Count
Celebrating the Brands, strategies, and spirit that make India’s best brands – the benchmark of brilliance
Agenda
03:00 PM – 04:00 PMRegistration
04:00 PM – 04:05 PMSetting the tone
04:05 PM – 04:20 PMSpecial Session: A tribute to Piyush Pandey – The Storyteller Who Gave India Its Voice
Speaker:
- Prasoon Pandey, Director and Co-founder, Corcoise Films
04:20 PM – 04:40 PM CEOs AMA (Ask Me Anything): Leadership That Inspires Trust and Transforms Culture
Speakers:
- Shailendra Shukla, Managing Director – Mobility Group, Eaton
- Rohit Pathak, CEO – Copper Business, Hindalco Industries
Moderator:
- Kanchi Shah, Chief Editor, ET Edge
04:40 PM – 04:55 PM StoryLab 360: The Art and Alchemy of Emotional Branding
Speaker:
- Lulu Raghavan, President APAC, Landor
04:55 PM - 05:30 PM Panel Discussion: Human Care vs. Tech Care
Speakers:
- Vijayarathna Venkatraman, CEO, Motherhood Hospital
- Sourabh Kumar, Founder, Puntoon Kids
- Abhishek Kumar, Co-Founder, MAATE
- Dr. Madhavi Bharadwaj, MD, Paediatrics & Social Media Influencer
- Col. Rajeev Mannali, MD & CEO, SUT Hospital Pattom
- Harsh Agarwal, Chief Executive Officer at Gini & Jony
Moderator:
- Kanchi Shah, Chief Editor, ET Edge
05:30 PM – 05:35 PM Research Methodology: Best Mother & Child Brands
05:30 PM – 06:00 PM Felicitation Ceremony: Best Mother & Child Brands
06:00 PM – 06:10 PM In Conversation: Music, Emotion & Influence: What Makes an Artist a Brand?
Speaker:
- Amaal Mallik, Music Composer & Singer
06:10 PM – 06:20 PM Felicitation Ceremony: Best Brands
06:20 PM – 06:40 PM In Conversation: From #Trends to #Trust: The New Age of Marketing
Speakers:
- Sukesh Nayak, Chief Creative Officer, Ogilvy
- Alok Chitre, Chief Operations Officer, Rajasthan Royals
Moderator:
- Kanchi Shah, Chief Editor, ET Edge
06:40 PM – 06:45 PM Research Methodology: Best Brands
06:45 PM – 07:05 PMFireside Chat: Behind the Scenes of Next – Gen Brand Building
Speakers:
- Krunal Patel, CMO, National Stock Exchange
- Varun Kothari, Head – Digital Marketing, Welspun One
- Puneeth Bekal, CMO, HDFC Securities
Moderator:
- Kanchi Shah, Chief Editor, ET Edge
07:05 – 07:25 PM Fireside Chat: The Economics of Storytelling: Content, Consumers, Cashflows
Speakers:
- Nitin Burman, Chief Revenue Office, Balaji Telefilms
- Chetan Hansraj, Actor & Head of AI, Balaji Telefilms
- Ridhi Dogra, Indian Actress
07:25 PM – 07:55 PM Felicitation Ceremony: Best Brands
07:55 PM – 08:10 PM Guest of Honour Address
Speaker:
- Sumnesh Joshi, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Communications, Government of India
08:10 PM – 08:15 PM Unveiling of the Coffee Table Book
08:15 PM – 08:55 PM Felicitation Ceremony: Best Brands
8:55 PM – 09:00 PM Closing Remarks
*This agenda is tentative and subject to change.
Speakers
Partners
Research Partner
Gifting Partner
Media Partners
Education Partner
Business Insights Partner
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