As India embarks on its fourth BRICS Chairship under the theme “Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability,” Pahlé India Foundation (PIF), in collaboration with The Secretariat and supported by the*spark, convened the India BRICS Dialogue — a closed-door, multi-session engagement bringing together some of India’s most prominent voices on foreign policy, economics, trade, and global governance.
Why this dialogue, why now?
India’s BRICS presidency arrives at a uniquely challenging moment. A geopolitically fragmented world, questions around the relevance of multilateral institutions, the expanding membership of BRICS itself, and the aspirations of the Global South all converge to make this Chairship both a responsibility and an opportunity. The central question driving the India BRICS Dialogue was: Can India catalyse a shift towards global cooperation, lasting peace, and sustainable, inclusive development?
What was discussed?
Across two sessions held at Juniper Hall, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, participants engaged in candid dialogue on India’s strategic priorities — spanning trade and investment architecture within BRICS, digital public infrastructure and AI governance, financial cooperation and de-dollarisation, South-South cooperation, and India’s role as the voice of the emerging world.
The conversations were deliberately closed-door — designed to enable frankness over formality, and to produce actionable insights rather than communiqués.
The full dialogue is now available to watch on YouTube:
