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In Photos: At DES 2025, India charts ambitious course for digital entertainment leadership
At the Storyboard18 Digital Entertainment Summit in New Delhi, policymakers and industry leaders outlined how talent, technology, and governance will drive India’s push to dominate the global entertainment economy.
(From left to right: Sanjay Jaju, L Murugan and Rohit Gupta)
At the Leela Palace in New Delhi last week, the Storyboard18 Digital Entertainment Summit unfolded as India sharpened its ambitions to lead the global digital entertainment economy. The gathering, held on June 27, reflected the ambitions set at the government’s high-profile World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit earlier this year, highlighting the sector’s growing weight in the country’s economic strategy.
Senior policymakers laid out how India plans to harness talent, technology, and governance to drive growth in the fast-evolving digital entertainment landscape. The event drew a roster of industry leaders and government officials who shared insights on charting a future-ready path for one of the country's most dynamic sectors.
Here are some of the voices who offered a closer look at how India aims to shape the next chapter of its entertainment economy.
- Jayesh Ranjan, Special Chief Secretary, Government of Telangana engaged in a fireside dialogue
- Sanjay Jaju, Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India
- Rohit Gupta, CEO & Founder, Dream Game Studios, discussed on 'Game On: How Dream Cricket 25 Is Leveling Up India’s Digital Entertainment Landscape'
- Jaju spoke on 'India's Growth as a Global Entertainment Leader'.
- Dilsher Singh Malhi, Founder & CEO, Zupee
- (From left to right) Industry experts Manvendra Shukul, Founder, Lakshya Digital; Sridhar Muppidi, Chairperson, Game Developer Association of India; Akshat Rathee, Co-founder & MD, Nodwin Gaming, engaged in a discussion on 'Gaming as a global cultural soft power for India'.
- (From left to right) Deepak M V, CEO, Open Play Technology; Roby John, Founder, SuperGaming; Anurag Choudhary, Founder, Felicity Games; and Abhishek Ravi, CIO, Dream Sports.
- (From left to right) Nodwin Gaming's Rathee, Lakshya Digital's Shukul, Game Developer Association of India's Muppidi, and Zupee's Malhi caught in one frame.
- MC Sarangan, Member, Tamil Nadu Online Gaming Authority
- (From left to right) Roland Landers, CEO, All India Gaming Federation (AIGF); Salone Sehgal, Founder & Managing Partner, Lumikai; and Meghan Bal, Director, ESYA Centre, speak on 'Online Gaming - A key Contributor to India's Trillion Dollar Economy'.
SPOTLIGHT
As India eyes global leadership in media, entertainment and gaming, Storyboard18's Digital Entertainment Summit, set to take place on June 27 in the capital, will spotlight the bold strategies, policy pathways and creative innovations shaping the future of the industry.
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