SANGAM2026
A flagship global confluence bringing together scholars, leaders, policymakers, and practitioners to shape future-ready, globally connected higher education ecosystems.
What is SANGAM?
SANGAM, the South Asia Network Global Annual Meet, is the flagship summit of SouthAsia-IEN: a global platform where educators, researchers, policymakers, and industry leaders gather to exchange ideas, build partnerships, and drive innovation in higher education.
The word Sangam (संगम) means confluence: the sacred meeting point of rivers. SANGAM claims that heritage with intent: it is a place of gathering, where distinct streams of knowledge, culture, and ambition meet and become something greater than any one of them alone.
Through curated dialogue, peer-reviewed sessions, and high-impact networking, SANGAM creates a singular space where global perspectives meet South Asian scholarship, hospitality, and vision.
Key Outcomes
A Three-Day Global Experience
Each day is a movement in the confluence: opening streams, deepening exchange, and looking toward what comes next.
Opening & Connections
Afternoon welcome and opening: welcome, setting the stage, the first Summit track, and a curated reception that brings global leaders into conversation.
Ideas & Innovation
The most immersive day: Summit tracks across the morning and afternoon, all three Jugalbandi conversations, and the Confluence Cultural Evening.
Insights & Future Directions
Forward-looking dialogue, the Confluence Lab, and a closing commitment that converts three days of ideas into 90-day actions.
Eight Tracks, One Confluence
SANGAM Futures
EdTech, AI, and emerging trends building future-ready learning systems.
SANGAM Policy Forum
Government, diplomacy, and international education frameworks.
SANGAM Mobility
Student and faculty mobility, visas, exchanges, and partnerships.
SANGAM Leadership
Executive strategy, institutional governance, and leadership development.
SANGAM Impact
Equity, sustainability, access, and development outcomes.
SANGAM Diaspora
Identity, influence, and global South Asian networks and community.
SANGAM NextGen
Students, emerging leaders, mentorship, and early-career pathways.
SANGAM Culture
Arts, storytelling, heritage, and creative exchange.
Featured Speakers
Global leaders shaping the future of education, confirmed for SANGAM 2026. More speaker announcements arrive alongside the Call for Proposals, opening 1 August 2026.
Confluence Co-Hosts
The SANGAM Experience
SANGAM is designed as an immersive gathering where serious ideas about the higher-education potential of South Asia and the shared community of the diaspora coexist.
Cultural Evenings
Performing arts and South Asian hospitality, inspiring and transformative.
Networking Salons
Curated, low-pressure spaces for conversations leading to partnerships.
Leadership Forums
Invitation-only roundtables where academic, industry, governmental, and non-governmental leaders set the agenda together.
Storytelling Spaces
Diaspora narratives, student journeys, and the human stories behind the data.
Partners & Sponsors
SANGAM partners do not buy advertising space. They invest in an intellectual and cultural ecosystem, and they are recognized as part of the community.
Partner with the flagship summit for South Asia and global education.
Gain visibility with 1,000+ delegates from 40+ countries: university leaders, policymakers, researchers, and industry. Sponsorship at SANGAM means integration into the summit's visual language and intellectual program.
“Partners are investors in a community, and that positioning is reflected in every element of the experience.”Explore priced partnership packages, exhibition booths, and bespoke opportunities, or request the full SANGAM 2026 Sponsorship Prospectus.
Getting to SANGAM
SANGAM 2026 will be hosted at the Manekshaw Auditorium, Manekshaw Centre, Dhaula Kuan, New Delhi. It is a premier convention venue in the capital, within easy reach of the international airport, government, and the city's cultural life.
Venue confirmation is in progress; final confirmation will be announced to all registrants. Delegates will receive a complete travel guide covering accommodation, local travel options, visa support, and a curated arrival experience.
A Typical Summit Day
Negotiated room blocks at partner hotels, with rates released to registered delegates.
The venue sits in central New Delhi, well connected by metro, taxi, and app-based cabs. A full travel guide follows registration.
Conference visa letters for confirmed delegates.
Registration
Early Bird registration closes 15 October 2026. Register early and save.
International Delegate
- Full conference access, all three days
- All networking events & cultural evenings
- Priority access to partner hotel rates
- Conference materials & delegate pack
India & Global South
- Full conference access, all three days
- All networking events & cultural evenings
- Priority access to partner hotel rates
- Conference materials & delegate pack
Student
- Full conference access, all three days
- Student workshops & mentorship circles
- All networking events
- Conference materials & delegate pack
The SANGAM Stage
SANGAM doesn't take papers, it takes ideas. Curated, evidence-backed, non-commercial talks in three lengths, plus our flagship Jugalbandi: two divergent thinkers whose expertise coalesces on stage to spark a third idea, live.
Curated for originality, evidence, and fit. Selected speakers will receive preparation and coaching, as needed.
The Road to the Stage
Why Attend SANGAM?
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SANGAM 2026?
The confluence begins in December. Reserve your place among the leaders, scholars, and changemakers shaping the future of global education.