AIM's Indian Magazine Congress 2025 set to take place on August 8

The much-anticipated Indian Magazine Congress (IMC) 2025 is set to take place on August 8, at The Imperial, New Delhi, from 9:30 AM to 9:00 PM, bringing together thought leaders, publishers, innovators, and policy makers from across the publishing ecosystem.

Every year, AIM organises its annual flagship event, the Indian Magazine Congress, bringing together the magazine publishing fraternity, including magazine editors, publishers, digital heads of media houses, policy makers, media owners, marketers, media planners, along with researchers and industry analysts.

The objective is to discuss emerging trends across advertising, subscriptions, content, and digital media.

This year’s Congress theme is: The Deep Connect - Building Communities. Nurturing Trust. Re-imagining the Future

The major highlight of IMC 2025 will be :

Special Keynote Address by Ashwini Vaishaw, Minister for Railways; I&B, Electronics and IT, Government of India

Launch of Magazine e-store on Waves OTT by Sh. Gaurav Dwivedi, CEO, Prasar Bharati

Launch of Magnet (ONDC), a seller-side app by Sh. Vibhor Jain, Acting CEO and COO, ONDC

Magazimise Awards: Recognizing the most creative and impactful advertising campaigns executed in partnership with magazine publishers

These launches mark a transformative step forward in digital distribution and e-commerce for magazine publishers across India.

Some of the speakers at the Congress are:

1. Shashi Sinha, CEO, IPG Mediabrands India
2. Shreyams Kumar, President, Indian Newspaper Society
3. Prasanth Kumar, WPP Media-GroupM
4. Neeraj Sharma, MD-CMT, Accenture
5. Puneet Kukreja, VP, Times Internet
6. Richa Shah, Editor, Champak
7. Abhishek Sharma, CPO, Hindustan Times
8. Srinivasan B, CMD, Ananda Vikatan
9. Anant Nath, Executive Publisher, Delhi Press; President, AIM
10. Manoj Sharma, CEO, Magazines, India Today
11. Anurag Batra, Chairman, BW Businessworld
12. Dhaval Gupta, Director, CyberMedia
13. Riyad Mathew, Chief Associate Editor & Director
14. Girish Mallya, COO, Next Gen Publishing Limited
15. Deepak Bhatt, Circulation Director, India Today