NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: Vijay Kedia, Sulaiman Merchant Explore The Connection Between Music And Stock Markets
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Investor Vijay Kedia and music composer Sulaiman Merchant draw parallels between the music and stocks, sharing how they developed a unique connection between the two.
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NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: Vijay Kedia's Advice For Investors
Vijay Kedia believes the worst is over for stock markets, adding that investors need to remain patient.
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: Sulaiman Merchant Shares His Investment Journey | Watch
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NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: Vijay Kedia And Sulaiman Merchant Discuss Music And Markets
Investor Vijay Kedia and music composer Sulaiman Merchant discuss music and stocks, sharing how they developed a connection between the two.
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: Market Looks Better Now, Says Tandon
According to Tandon, "The market looks better now than it did two years ago."
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: Last Two Years Have Been Bad, Says Sandeep Tandon
Last two years have been bad for India, said Sandeep Tandon, Founder and CIO of Quant Mutual Fund, expressing hope that the worst is over for investors.
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: Irani on MFs, stocks investing
Dinshaw Irani advises investors, ''Buy right sit tight can work in mutual funds not in individual stocks. Things are very dynamic.''
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: Radhika Gupta On SIP investing
Gupta said, ''I'm a less dramatic person,'' adding that the worst case for an SIP investor is not bad at all. 10-year SIPs are never bad, she added.
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: Irani on Elimination Investing
Irani explained elimination investing to investors, saying ''We don’t select stocks. We reject them.''
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates:Vikas Khemani On Consumption
Vikas Khemani of Carnelian Asset Management and Advisors Pvt Ltd highlighted that consumption is not slowing down, however, new age players are doing well. ''There is always froth in markets,'' he said.
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: Radhika Gupta Flags The Changing Wind For AMCs
Edelweiss's Radhika Gupta highlighted that the wind has changed when it comes to AMCs in the Indian market. She also explained that the narrative around smallcaps needs to change.
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: Raamdeo Agrawal's Advise To Investors
Advising investors, Agrawal said, "You need patience. People made huge returns between 2022-24 now excess returns are averaging out."
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: Foreign Investors Are "Baraatis", Says Agrawal
Speaking on LTCG cut, Raamdeo Agrawal said, "foreign investors are "baraatis", we have to give them what they want."
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: Bear Market Kind of Diwali, Says Raamdeo Agrawal
Raamdeo Agrawal, Chairman & Co-founder at Motilal Oswal Financial Services says that this year is witnessing "bear market Diwali."
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: On Companies Using AI
Speaking on the ways companies using AI, Gulati said, some are going all in, that is reckless, some are doing nothing, that is hesitation, while some are very methodical.
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: Gulati's AI Native Research
Ranjay Gulati said he is researching AI-native companies that build their operations around AI agents first and then hire people to work alongside them.
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: Have Markets Hit Inflection Point?
Ranjay Gulati said markets are at an inflection point driven by artificial intelligence, which is reshaping the business landscape.
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: When Do Companies Become Aversive To Risk?
Gulati said, "As organisations get bigger, they are designed to be risk averse."
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: Only 9% Companies Invest In Growth, Says Harvard Professor Ranjay Gulati
Speaking on courageous firms, Ranjay Gulati, Paul R. Lawrence, Prof. of Business Administration at Harvard Business School said, "In a study, 91% of companies are pure cost cutters in down markets. Only 9% invest in growth."
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: SEBI To Take Action Against Scammers
Tuhin Kanta Pandey said SEBI will strictly curb malpractices on WhatsApp and take tough action against scammers. He added that the regulator has worked with Google to show verified signs for verified apps to help investors identify authentic platforms.
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: SEBI Chief Flags Shell Companies
Pandey said, "Certain listed companies without any economic activity act like shell companies and add risks to the market. We will look to eliminate such companies."
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: SEBI Working On Agencies To Check IPO Fund Utilisation
The SEBI Chief said, "We are working on a system where third party monitoring agencies will check whether IPO funds are deployed for stated purpose."
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: On Mainboard IPO Rules
Tuhin Kanta Pandey said the proposed mainboard IPO reforms aim to speed up processes and reduce costs for issuers, creating scope for more companies to enter the market. For investors, the focus is on improving understanding of IPO investments and ensuring offer documents are easily accessible to retail investors.
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: SEBI Chief On CAS
Reflecting on CAS, Pandey said, "For one year CAS continues for cash market, delinked for derivative settlement price on expiry day. We will review CAS after one year."
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: Update On Listing, Disclosure Rules
Tuhin Kanta Pandey informed that the market regulator is reviewing listing and disclosure regulations and the framework governing FPOs.
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: SEBI Chief's Advice For Investors
Tuhin Kanta Pandey said Indian markets need greater participation from household savings, emphasising that investing must be an informed choice. "Investing must be a choice made with open eyes," he said.
The SEBI Chairman noted that 63% of households are aware of at least one securities product, adding that easy access to markets does not necessarily translate into a deeper understanding of investments.
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: SEBI Examines Net Settlement For Mutual Funds, Listing Timelines For REITs, InvITs
Pandey said, "We are examining net settlement for mutual fund transactions and aligning the listing timelines of REITs and InvITs with those for equity."
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: SEBI Revisiting Framework Governing Mainboard IPOs
Speaking on public issue rules, Pandey said that SEBI is revisiting the framework governing main board IPOs and follow-on public offers.
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: Aim To Reduce FPI Onboarding Time
According to Pandey, the regulator has made it easier for foreign investors to invest in the country, with a target to reduce foreign portfolio investor (FPI) onboarding time from months to as little as five business days.
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: What Is Good Regulation?
Explaining regulation standards, Pandey said, "Good regulation must deliver three outcomes: efficient access to capital, effective investor protection, and markets that are fair and resilient."
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: SEBI Chief Opens Up On Market Participation
Speaking on particapition of investors in markets, Pandey said, "SEBI's investor survey found that while 63% of households knew of at least one securities market product, only about 9.5% participated."
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: Have More Than 15 Crore Unique Investors, Says SEBI Chief
Speaking on growing number of investors, Pandey said, "Banks remain vital. Equity brings in shareholders. Corporate bonds offer another source of borrowing. Alternative investment funds support enterprises that need patient risk capital. REITs and InvITs help release capital tied up in income-generating real estate and infrastructure. Our capital markets have grown to serve these needs. Equity market capitalization is around 470 lakh crore. Outstanding corporate bonds, roughly around 61 lakh crores. Mutual funds assets, about 83 lakh crore. We now have more than 15 crore unique securities market investors."
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: SEBI Chief On Real Test Of Markets
Tuhin Kanta Pandey said that the real test of Indian markets is how they finance the economy, while capital markets connect savers with businesses that need capital to grow. Increasingly, those savers are Indian households.
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: SEBI Chief Address Begins
SEBI Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey delivers keynote address.
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: SEBI Chief To Address Shortly
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: Naren's Investment Advice
According to S Naren, the right way to invest is through asset allocation, emphasising the importance of adjusting investments according to market conditions. He said investors should trim their exposure when a bubble forms and increase their allocation during a crisis.
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: "We Often Overestimate Our Ability to Predict Geopolitical Events," Says Naren
Naren said investors often overestimate their ability to predict geopolitical developments, highlighting the uncertainty surrounding such events and their potential impact on global financial markets.
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: SEBI Chief Arrives At The Venue
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: Large Caps Have Become Reasonably Valued, Says
Speaking on sectoral corrections, S Naren, ED & CIO, ICICI Prudential AMC said, "if you look at many of the large caps in some of the financial companies, they all become very reasonably valued. And if you ask me, there are other sectors, for example, like FMCG and IT, they have also corrected a lot. Whether they need to, whether they can go up substantially, we don't know. But at least they have corrected a lot."
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: Next 15 Days To Be Risky For Global Markets
Damani warned that there is no good outcome for global markets following the US midterm elections, as Donald Trump remains an unchecked power and may refuse to concede if he loses, said the market veteran. The next 15 days could be a period of heightened risk for global markets.
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: When Is The Best Time To Invest In India?
"The best time to invest was in 1991. The second-best time is now," said Ramesh Damani
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: Will Trump Accept Defeat If He Loses Elections?
Trump may refuse to concede if he loses midterm elections, says Damani.
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: Damani On AI Trade
Speaking on AI trade, Damani said, AI trade may not allow investors an exit, while AI safeguards may steer investors to India.
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: "The Next 20-30 Years Will Be Better For The Financial Markets," Says Damani
Expressing optimism over the long-term outlook for India's financial market, Ramesh Damani said, "The next 20-30 years will be better for the financial markets in india than the last 20-30 years."
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: US President Is Unchecked Power, Says Ramesh Damani
Speaking about Trump administration, Ramesh Damani said, "This man, the president of United States is an unchecked power."
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: What Will FIIs Focus On? Dayal Explains
Ajit Dayal said at NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 that the rupee remained relatively stable until March 2025 and began depreciating only thereafter. He noted that global pension funds and sovereign wealth funds collectively manage around $100 trillion, but competition for capital shifts as interest rates rise. Dayal said India needs to decide whether it wants foreign institutional investors (FIIs) and ensure that the necessary conditions are in place to attract them. He added that FIIs would continue to assess currency movements and taxation before making investment decisions in India.
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: Dayal On Interest Rate Hikes By Central Banks
Reflecting on recent central bank rate hikes, Dayal said, "Competition changes as interest rates are hiked."
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: Dayal speaks on Indian currency
Speaking on Indian rupee, Ajit Dayal said, "India had a fairly rocksteady currency till March 2025."
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: Quantam Founder Ajit Dayal Panel Begins
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: Tamannaah Bhatia Seeking Clarity On Scaling Business
Tamannaah Bhatia said she is constantly seeking greater clarity on how to scale her businesses and never wanted to enter a venture merely for the sake of it. She emphasised that a business must offer a good product and that entrepreneurs should enter a venture only when they have complete clarity about it. Describing herself as her own intern, Bhatia also highlighted the importance of listening in an artist's life, noting that artists must know what to listen to and what to tune out.
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: Ben Powell Flags India's Biggest Challenge
Highlighting biggest challenge for the country, Powell said, "Can India mobilise its savings to power its own growth story."
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: BlackRock's Ben Powell On India
Speaking on Indian market, Ben Powell, CFA, Chief Investment Strategist for Middle East/APAC, BlackRock Investment Institute said, he is "structurally positive on India in the long term."
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: "I Am My Own Intern," Says Tamannaah
Speaking on her role at her venture, Tamannaah said, "I think I am the creative director in Tamannaah Fine Jewelry. I am the one who decides what pin goes into the store and what prick goes into the store? I am my own intern. I do all the work."
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: "Never Planned To Do 90 Films," Says Tamannaah Bhatia
Actor and entrepreneur Tamannaah Bhatia opened up about her journey in the entertainment industry and her business ventures, saying she had never planned to do 90 films. Speaking about how her career evolved over the years, she reflected on the opportunities and experiences that shaped her journey across acting and business.
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: NSE Chairman On Why Foreign Capital Is Not Coming To India
Chauhan said, "Three years it has been happening. It's not today. Some people wake up late, but that's fine. But it's not happening. It's not that today it's happening. Three years it's happening, and there are reasons. One of them is the AI story. India doesn't have a AI story, and most money from across the world went into only US and then two other markets: one is called Taiwan, other is Korea, right?"
He added, "And that also that cycle has run about so much that today out of 75 trillion dollars market cap, three years back it was probably 35 trillion or 40 trillion, right? So literally that surge is due to AI, right? And we did not have that. So when the markets move, people take money from a market which is not having that story. They go into those markets where the sort of story is there, and then that cycle runs because most of the time cycles actually run ahead of themselves. So when that cycle runs over, smart companies starts moving out and start going into the older, more reliable market. So for me, whenever we have that story where that market, like Korean markets, people are now moving out because it has gone up beyond what it can handle, or Taiwanese market. So there, the emerging markets maybe will now start.'
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: Is IPO Price Important? NSE Chairman Opines
After listing on stock exchnages, NSE Chairman Ashishkumar Chauhan said, "Ipo price is not important. Where you end up is."
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: How Often Does NSE Chairman Check Market Movement?
Despite not having any investments in the stock market, Ashish Kumar check stock movements in every few minutes. " I do probably few minutes. I mean every few minutes I will look at the numbers," he said.
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: NSE Chairman In Conversation With Rahul Kanwal
At market closing, NSE Chairman Ashishkumar Chauhan engages in abrief conversation with Rahul Kanwal.
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NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: NDTV Profit Managing Editor Delivers Welcome Address
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: Event Begins
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: Ashishkumar Chauhan Arrives At The Venue
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: SEBI Chairman To Deliver Keynote Address
SEBI Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey will deliver the keynote address, followed by a fireside conversation, during "India's Growth Story: The Regulator View" from 5:10 pm to 5:40 pm.
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: Check Full Schedule
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Time (IST) |
Session |
Speaker(s) |
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3:20–3:25 PM |
Welcome Address |
Tamanna Inamdar, Managing Editor, NDTV Profit |
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3:30–3:40 PM |
Closing Bell |
Ashishkumar Chauhan, MD & CEO, NSE |
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3:40–4:00 PM |
Tamanna Calling Tamannaah: Turning Fame Into Fortune |
Tamannaah, Pan-India Star & Entrepreneur |
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4:00–4:15 PM |
Markets and Global Capital: What Needs to Change? |
Ben Powell, CFA, Chief Investment Strategist for Middle East/APAC, BlackRock Investment Institute; Ajit Dayal, Founder, Quantum Advisors India |
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4:15–4:45 PM |
Markets vs Trump’s Tantrums |
Ramesh Damani, Member, BSE |
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4:45–5:10 PM |
The Investor’s Diwali: Rediscovering Value |
S. Naren, ED & CIO, ICICI Prudential AMC |
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5:10–5:40 PM |
India’s Growth Story: The Regulator View |
Tuhin Kanta Pandey, Chairman, SEBI |
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5:45–6:15 PM |
The CEO Playbook: Courage in the Time of Volatility |
Ranjay Gulati, Paul R. Lawrence Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School |
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6:15–6:40 PM |
The Big Money Playbook: Patience = Profit? |
Raamdeo Agrawal, Chairman & Co-founder, Motilal Oswal Financial Services |
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6:45–7:15 PM |
Mutual Fund Investors: Keeping the Faith |
Vikas Khemani, Founder & CIO, Carnelian Asset Management & Advisors; Dinshaw Irani, CEO & MD, Helios India; Radhika Gupta, MD & CEO, Edelweiss Mutual Fund |
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7:15–7:35 PM |
Momentum Play: The Smart Money Move |
Sandeep Tandon, Founder & CIO, Quant Mutual Fund |
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7:35–8:00 PM |
Sur aur Stocks |
Vijay Kedia, Individual Investor; Sulaiman Merchant, Music Composer & Investor |
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: What To Expect From Ignite 2026 Diwali Edition?
Diwali is a special festival for India's investing community. The beginning of a new Samvat brings fresh aspirations and renewed interest in the opportunities ahead. It brings a key question about how risks are evolving, where growth will emerge and what will drive long-term wealth creation. The edition will bring together leading voices from finance, capital markets, investing and asset management to examine the forces shaping India's investment landscape. It will give a platform to explore these connections, bringing the broader economic picture into focus alongside the practical decisions facing investors.
NDTV Profit Ignite 2026 Live Updates: Key Speakers
Big names from India's markets and financial sector will join the event, including Tuhin Kanta Pandey, Chairman, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI); Ashishkumar Chauhan, MD & CEO, NSE; and Raamdeo Agrawal, Chairman & Co-founder, Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd. They will be joined by Ramesh Damani, Member, BSE; S. Naren, ED & CIO, ICICI Prudential AMC Ltd; and Sandeep Tandon, Founder & CIO, quant Mutual Fund.
The event will also feature Prof. Ranjay Gulati, Paul R. Lawrence Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; Vijay Kedia, Individual Investor; Vikas Khemani, Founder & CIO, Carnelian Asset Management & Advisors; and Radhika Gupta, MD & CEO, Edelweiss Mutual Fund. Indian music composer and producer Sulaiman Merchant.
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