India Today Conclave 2025 highlights south as an ‘economic powerhouse’
By Staff writer in Media News on Tuesday, 09th September 2025 at 8:07pm
At the India Today Conclave South 2025 in Coimbatore, Raj Chengappa, Group Editorial Director at India Today, called South India the country’s real growth engine. He noted that while the six southern states account for about 20% of India’s population, they contribute nearly one-third of the national GDP, a stark measure of their weight in the economy.
Chengappa urged a shift in mindset: stop thinking of the region as “Down South” and start seeing it as “Up South,” a label that better reflects its record on development and leadership.
The two-day conclave, held on September 8 and 9 in Coimbatore, brings together political leaders, policy thinkers, entrepreneurs, cultural figures, and innovators from across the southern states.
Under the theme “Ideas from the South, for t...
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