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Rising Bharat Summit 2025 on April 8-9: Priya Agarwal Hebbar, Chairperson of Hindustan Zinc Limited and the Non-Executive Director at Vedanta Ltd, will speak at the event
Priya Agarwal Hebbar holds a Bachelors in Psychology and Business Management from the University of Warwick in the UK.
Priya Agarwal Hebbar, Chairperson of Hindustan Zinc Limited and Non-Executive Director at Vedanta Ltd, will be among the prominent speakers at the CNN-News18 Rising Bharat Summit 2025.
The event, which will be held in Delhi on April 8-9, will see the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, among other big names.
Hebbar holds a Bachelors in Psychology and Business Management from the University of Warwick in the UK. She is passionate about the environment and sustainability and has been playing an instrumental role in the ESG transformation at Vedanta. She also steers best-in-class people practices across the Group.
Hebbar is passionate about nature conservation, animal welfare, child nutrition and gender parity which has driven her to lead a variety of CSR initiatives. Under her leadership, the Anil Agarwal Foundation (AAF), the philanthropic arm of Vedanta, has invested around USD 240 million towards socio-economic development in India touching the lives of around fifty million people across 1300 villages in India and has pledged USD 600 million over the next five years towards social impact projects.
Vedanta has modernised over 4,000 anganwadis across the country through its flagship project Nand Ghar, which aims to ensure opportunities for seven crore children and 2 crore women even in the remotest parts of the country. Nand Ghar reimagines the anganwadi network with state-of-the-art infrastructure powered with 24×7 solar electricity, clean hygienic toilets, water purifiers and provides best in class services for e-learning based pre-school education, wholesome nutrition, health, hygiene, and women empowerment, according to the company website.
Following her love for animals, in 2010, Hebbar founded YODA – Youth Organization in Defence of Animals, today the largest animal welfare organization in Maharashtra with focus on rehabilitation of injured, sick, and abandoned stray animals, rehabilitating over 3000 animals each month. It partners with the local municipality to vaccinate and sterilise around 600 animals each month. YODA ensures the adoption of over 4,000 shelter animals every year, providing 24×7 ambulance services across the city of Mumbai with fully equipped ambulances to conduct emergency treatments on spot. It aims to reduce rabies, ensure stray population control in Maharashtra, and promotes community awareness and education through school outreach to instill sensitivity towards animals in young children.
Hebbar is also leading India’s first state-of-the-art animal welfare project TACO – The Animal Care Organization, under AAF, which will bring leading academicians, veterinary professionals, and communities together to create a more holistic approach to animal care in India. TACO also supports tiger conservation efforts and provides infrastructural support to the Ranthambore National Park in collaboration with the Government of Rajasthan.
With focused action plans on decarbonisation, water positivity, workplace safety, community welfare and workforce diversity, her leadership is driving Vedanta on a transformative journey to emerge as an industry leader in ESG.
RISING BHARAT SUMMIT 2025
The News18 Rising Bharat Summit 2025 is where India’s defining conversations take centre stage. As the world acknowledges Bharat’s emerging power, this summit will bring together the biggest Indian leaders, global policymakers, industry stalwarts, tech innovators, and start-up revolutionaries to address the most urgent issues defining our future.
From AI-led governance and futuristic technology to politics, economic policies, innovation, entrepreneurship, and urbanization, every discussion will tackle topics making headlines across the globe.
With insightful dialogues on global supply chains, sustainable urban growth, and the next wave of innovation, the summit will drive crucial conversations on the journey of a self-reliant, future-ready Bharat on its path to global leadership by 2047.
