South Asia’s definitive gathering for news leadership and operators returns to New Delhi in July 2026 — and this year raises the bar. The region’s top news media companies will come together to benchmark with the best, unlock proven playbooks, and deploy what works in South Asia’s fast-moving market. If you’re responsible for growth, performance, or transformation, this is the room you need to be in.

The South Asia News Media Festival is not another conference. Over four high-impact days, participants will go behind the scenes of the region’s leading innovators, challenge assumptions, compare strategies, and leave with the industry’s most actionable playbooks. Experience the frameworks powering South Asia’s top newsrooms, uncover breakthrough audience and revenue strategies, and connect directly with the leaders shaping the future of South Asian media.

Over four days, INMA has one goal: Equip South Asia’s media leaders with the playbooks that drive results.

• Study Tour | July 20–21: Go inside Delhi’s most influential media houses, innovation hubs, start-ups, and adjacent industries. See firsthand how leading players are building scale, launching new revenue streams, and deploying AI in the real world. Benchmark, ask hard questions, and take home what works.
• Conference | July 22–23: Two power-packed days of strategies, case studies, and tools tailored to South Asia’s realities. No theory — just proven approaches you can implement the moment you return.

“Its very enlightening to know and make a reach to industry leaders and communicate with what's trending. It's insightful and surely going to help individuals of asian news media progression to AI and automation as per market needs.”

“Sessions were extremely insightful Amazing networking and connection opportunities Very useful for understanding macro trends You get very transparent discussions and there is an atmosphere of collaboration.”

“Discussion based on current hot topics and challenges faced by Industry, well-coordinated and documented.”

“Extremely relevant discussions. Best practice sharing. Crystal gazing into the future of publishing. Great networking.”