Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia, Minister for Communications and Development of the North Eastern Region, presented the theme of the India Mobile Congress 2024, "The Future is Now," in New Delhi. The theme highlights how India is at the centre of technological advancement and how IMC 2024 will bring together world leaders, including visionaries, pioneers, and innovators, to work together and actively shape the technologies that are changing the world now and make the future a reality rather than just a theory.

Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia, Minister for Communications and Development of North-eastern Region, launched the Indian Mobile Congress 2024 application and Website, a unique interactive App for registration. With the first registration and keynote address by Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia, the Indian Mobile Congress also announced the opening of the registrations for Delegates, Visitors, Academia/College, Government and Media.

In his Keynote Address, the Minister of Communications said, “Technology is best when it brings people together. There can be no better example than our country Bharat” He emphasised on the role of technology in bridging divides across the country in line with the commitment of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He said, “It is technology and communications that will provide a platform of opportunities. Communications and networks will bring together the people from the first village of India to the people of central villages of India.”

The Minister of Communications called IMC as a global melting point and hoped to see India in the centre of such events for the time to come. He said that the theme ‘Future is Now’ represents our capabilities, our achievements, and the possibilities of the future. He highlighted the revolutionary changes in the telecom sector in the last 10 years and said that India has transitioned from being a consumer of technology to now being a supplier of technology. He lauded various telecom interventions such as The Telecom Act 2023, PLI Scheme, fastest 5G rollout, among other interventions and gave a commitment that the rules of The Telecom Act 2023 will be notified within the next 180 days.

During this occasion, DoT announced conferment of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Telecom Excellence Awards 2023, to the following awardees for their exemplary and outstanding contributions in the areas of Telecom Innovations, Telecom Skilling, Telecom Services, Telecom Manufacturing, and Telecom Applications :

The Minister also launched the Testing Scheme for Start-ups & MSMEs and oversaw the signing of MoU for between NTIPRIT and IIT Jammu for capacity building in the areas of Cybersecurity.

On this occasion, Dr. Neeraj Mittal, Chairman, DCC & Secretary (T), Department of Telecommunication (DoT), Ministry of Communications, delivered a special address, highlighting India's telecom prowess and success in the 5G revolution. Shri Abhijit Kishore, Chairman COAI welcomed the gathering with his address.

The eighth edition of Asia’s premier digital technology exhibition, India Mobile Congress (IMC), co-hosted by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) will be held from 15th October at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi this year.

Concurrent to IMC 2024, India is also hosting the prestigious international conferences - World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly New Delhi 2024 (WTSA 2024) and Global Standards Symposium (GSS 2024) from 14-24 Oct, 2024 at the same venue.