In its maiden edition, PANJ Foundation is bringing The Punjab Plan, a Policy and Governance Summit, on 11 March 2026 at MGSIPA, Sector 26, Chandigarh. The summit brings together policymakers, academics, and civil society actors to lay out a strategic roadmap for Punjab. The Punjab Plan seeks to foreground evidence-based deliberation while remaining rooted in lived realities of the state. In an era marked by uncertainty and new age digital disruptions, The Punjab Plan offers a timely opportunity to replace drift with direction, and disillusionment with democratic possibility. It seeks to craft a growth-oriented future for Punjab. The speaker lineup brings together an array of distinguished voices. The Punjab Plan Summit brings together leading diplomats, academicians, parliamentarians, senior administrators, and media voices for a day of focused dialogue on Punjab’s institutional future. The summit opens with keynote and special addresses by Amb. K.C. Singh, Prof. Nirvikar Singh, and Prof. Pritam Singh, followed by panels featuring leaders such as Shri Tarun Chugh (National General Secretary, BJP), Dr. Daljit Singh Cheema (Former Education Minister Punjab, Shiromani Akali Dal) and leaders from Indian National Congress (INC) and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on making state leadership more authentic. Subsequent sessions examine fiscal sustainability and human capital, public value in service delivery, and the intersection of media and democratic accountability, with participation from senior administrators and policy experts. Prominent speakers this year include Amb. K.C. Singh; Prof. Nirvikar Singh (UC Santa Cruz); Prof. Pritam Singh (Oxford Brookes University); Shri Tarun Chugh (National General Secretary, BJP) ; Dr. Daljit Singh Cheema (Former Education Minister, Punjab); Prof. Upinder Sawhney; Prof. Lakhwinder Singh; Mr. Suresh Kumar (Former Chief Principal Secretary, Government of Punjab); Ms. Seema Bansal (Vice Chairperson, Punjab Development Commission); Dr. Ajay Shah (Co-founder, XKDR Forum); Dr. Amit Kapoor (Institute for Competitiveness); Ms. Jyoti Malhotra (Editor-in-Chief, The Tribune); Mr. Ramesh Vinayak (Executive Editor, Hindustan Times); Mr. Ramesh Inder Singh (Former Chief Secretary, Government of Punjab) Mr. Hamir Singh (Founder, Pulaangh TV); and Prof. Surinder Singh Jodhka (Former Professor of Sociology, JNU). The summit concludes with a closing keynote on Punjab’s evolving socio-economic and demographic landscape, positioning the event as a platform for cross-partisan, solutions-oriented governance reform. The panel discussion will focus on topics ranging ‘Making State Leadership More Authentic in Punjab’, ‘Sustaining Punjab’s State Finances and Human Capital’, ‘Leadership for Public Value in Public Service Delivery’, and ‘Media and Policy Discourse’. PANJ Foundation is being joined by various event partners including CRRID, Sun Foundation, Joti Foundation, Initiators of Change, Rotaract Noble Nexus, United Sikhs, Mein Punjabi. The event will be covered by reputed media partners including GTC News, World Punjabi, and TrueScoop. Registrations for The Punjab Plan summit are open on the official website, www.panjevent.org.in. Policymakers, industry professionals, researchers, and students are encouraged to register for what promises to be a landmark gathering in Punjab’s public policy landscape.