PM Modi to attend WAVES summit in May; to meet CEOs

PM Narendra Modi will be attending the WAVES summit in May. He will also chair a CEOs Summit during that event, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said.

Fadnavis, Union Ministers External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister of State L Murugan, and Ambassadors and High Commissioners of Foreign Missions attended a session on 'WAVES 2025' at Sushma Swaraj Bhawan in New Delhi.

He also discussed the rapid growth of the creative economy and highlighted its positive impact on the Maharashtra economy.

Media reports quoted Fadnavis as saying: "Government of India has taken an initiative to organise World Audio Visual & Entertainment Summit (WAVE) Summit and it is very good thing that Mumbai has been selected as the host city for this event. This event will be held in Mumbai and will be attended by all the who's who of the creative industry around the world. Also, Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself will attend this Summit. He will also chair a CEO's Summit during that event, as we all know that the creative economy is growing very rapidly worldwide, and such kinds of events are going to help Mumbai and Maharashtra economies, too."

In December 2024, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the launch of the World Audio Visual Entertainment (WAVES) Summit, saying that this is a crucial step towards making India a hub of global content creation. He had urged young people working in the creative space to join the summit.

The key themes include media globalization and localization, the future of digital advertising, the evolving dynamics of the sound and music industry, technological advancements in animation, visual effects, gaming, comics, augmented reality, virtual reality, and emerging technologies like generative AI and the metaverse.