SPEAKING

SPEAKING

Keynotes, boardroom sessions and masterclasses on luxury in India — the market’s architecture, its consumer, and the doctrine of building for it. Delivered from three decades inside the market, not beside it.

Keynote — The K-Shaped Reality. Audi India Annual Sales Meet, W Goa, 2026.

Recognition

Top 100 Global Luxury Speakers — World Luxury Chamber of Commerce, 2025 and 2026.

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Signature Talks

  • India’s Next Luxury Geography — Beyond Wealth, Towards Luxury Readiness
  • The K-Shaped Reality
  • The Mystical Indian Luxury Paradox
  • The Incredible Indian Luxury Consumer and His Evolving Expectations
  • The China Fallacy — India Is Not the Next China
  • The Codes of Indian Luxury
  • THE CHINA FALLACY — Why the World Misreads India — and What It Costs · SUNDeLuxe Symposium · 2026

Selected Engagements

Selected from keynotes, masterclasses, panels and roundtables delivered since 1994.

Academic and Executive Education

  • Florida Gulf Coast University — Masterclass · 2025
  • ESSEC Luxury Club — The Mystical Indian Luxury Paradox · 2025
  • Indian School of Hospitality — De-mystifying Luxury · 2025
  • Pepperdine University, executive cohort — India, the Next Big Opportunity · 2024
  • Hyderabad Duty Free — Luxury Business Foundations · 2023
  • Sotheby’s Institute, luxury executive programme — India: A Historical Luxury Market · 2020
  • Kellogg School of Management, executive cohort at Luxury Connect Business School — India, the Next Luxury Frontier · 2018
Kellogg School of Management executive cohort
Kellogg School of Management executive cohort at Luxury Connect Business School, 2018.

Corporate and Brand

  • Audi India, Annual Sales Meet — The K-Shaped Reality · W Goa, 2026
  • Lyscraft — De-mystifying Luxury and Its Consumers · 2025
  • BMW India, dealer principals and dealer teams — The Luxury Mindset; The Evolving Indian Luxury Customer · 2023
  • Chalhoub Group — Indian Luxury: Roadmap for a Successful Entry · Dubai, 2016
  • Mahindra & Mahindra, dealer meet — Understanding the Changing Indian HNI · 2014

Conferences and Panels

  • ArdorComm Digital Bharat Education Conclave — moderated a panel on “Responsible AI for Student Enrolment: Balancing Innovation, Transparency and Trust in Higher Education Systems” · 2026
  • Bhartiya Paris Club — The Silk Route 2.0: Twelve Pillars of India’s Gen Z Renaissance · 2026
  • The Luxury Tribe Symposium — The Evolving Indian Global Tourist · Jaipur, 2024
  • Forbes India — Luxury Market in the Post-Covid-19 World · panellist · 2020
  • LVMH–SMU Luxury Research Conference — paper presentation · Singapore, 2018
  • Images Retail Luxury Conference · 2018
  • LVMH–SMU Luxury Research Conference — paper presentation · Singapore, 2016
  • CII with Altagamma · 2014
  • AIMA — Status of Luxury Talent in India · 2014
  • ASSOCHAM Luxury Conference · 2010
Paper presentation at LVMH–SMU Luxury Research Conference
Paper presentation, LVMH–SMU Luxury Research Conference, Singapore, 2016.
Abhay Gupta speaking at the Luxury Lifestyle Awards 2015
Speaking at the Luxury Lifestyle Awards 2015.