Monday–Thursday, July 19–22, 2027 International News Media Association New Delhi, India

South Asia News Media Festival

Study Tour · Conference · New Delhi · July 19–22, 2027
Monday–Tuesday, July 19–20, 2027

Study Tour, Delhi

Two days inside the media companies, innovators, start-ups and adjacent industries shaping how a quarter of the world gets its news.

DatesMonday–Tuesday, July 19–20, 2027
FormatCoach visits to three or four hosts a day
DepartsTo be announced
ForCross-functional management teams
An inside look

See how Delhi’s media companies are responding to change.

India Gate, New Delhi
New DelhiIndia Gate, at the heart of the capital.

We invite management teams to join INMA for a study tour of Delhi media companies, innovators, technology players, start-ups and adjacent industries.

The tour will offer an inside look at how organisations are responding to shifts in consumption, new technologies, changing revenue models and the need to operate with greater speed and agility.

Each stop typically combines a briefing from the host’s leadership with a look inside the operation itself and time for questions. Participants travel together by coach between hosts, so the conversation continues on the road. Two days in, a team has seen how half a dozen organisations are answering the same questions it faces at home.

Where we are going

2027 hosts

The 2027 itinerary is being finalised. Hosts will be announced here as they confirm. The mix follows the festival’s brief: media houses, innovators, technology players, start-ups and adjacent industries.

Last year’s tour

2026

FITT at IIT Delhi · HT Digital · The Indian Express · NDTV · Network18 · Paytm · Times Internet

In 2026 the tour moved from an incubator on the IIT Delhi campus to two of India’s largest news publishers, a television and digital network, a payments company and a technology group, over two days. The 2027 tour will be built to the same rhythm.

Delegates in a briefing on the 2026 study tour
Study tourManagement teams on the 2026 tour of media companies and innovators.

How the two days run

Indicative
Monday, July 19

Day one

  • Please arrive directly at the study tour host venue for registration, introductions and welcome.
  • Two host visits, with a coach transfer between them
  • Lunch, typically hosted
  • One or two further visits
  • Return to the hotel; evening at leisure
Tuesday, July 20

Day two

  • Please arrive directly at the study tour host venue.
  • Two host visits
  • Lunch
  • Two further visits
  • Return to the hotel ahead of the conference on Wednesday

Timings are indicative and will be confirmed with the hosts. All times are India Standard Time.

Who should join

The tour is designed for cross-functional management teams. The most useful visits are the ones where a publisher’s business, newsroom, product, data and technology leaders see the same operation together, and compare notes on the coach afterwards.

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July 19–22, 2027 · New Delhi

Put your management team on the coach.

Hotel and programme updates will be published here as they are confirmed. Fees are on the Registration page. Contact INMA’s South Asia team for group registrations.

Madhavi Sekhri
Madhavi Sekhri Head, South Asia Division, INMA Based in New Delhi, India, Madhavi leads INMA’s work across South Asia, shaping strategy, industry engagement and partnerships across the region’s news media ecosystem. She works closely with publishers and senior media leaders to surface key priorities, connect them with relevant global and regional insights, and build conversations around growth, transformation and innovation. She is also the curator of the INMA South Asia News Media Festival, bringing together the voices, ideas and conversations shaping what comes next for South Asian news media. She can be reached at +91 99716 00632 or Contact Madhavi.