The National CSR Summit 2026, curated by AROH Foundation, will be held on 16 March 2026 at India International Centre. Designed as a high impact, one day national platform, the Summit focuses on the theme Community, Collaboration, Convergence with a clear goal of aligning CSR for last mile impact.

As India’s CSR landscape matures from compliance driven spending to strategic development investment, the need for deeper, measurable, and geographically inclusive outcomes has become critical. While CSR allocations have grown significantly, impact in tribal regions, border areas, aspirational districts, and unreached rural pockets remains uneven. The Summit seeks to address this gap by promoting convergent planning, community ownership, and multi stakeholder partnerships.

Bringing together senior corporate leaders, PSU representatives, CSR and ESG heads, policymakers, multilateral agencies, impact investors, and credible grassroots organizations, the platform will facilitate dialogue, knowledge exchange, and partnership building. Special emphasis will be placed on aligning CSR with government priorities and the Sustainable Development Goals. Beyond the main event, the Summit will catalyze regional consultations and thematic stakeholder meets, translating dialogue into scalable models, pilot initiatives, and sustained collaborations that deliver measurable, inclusive, and long term development outcomes across India’s most underserved geographies.