The second session with the theme “Resilience and Path to Recovery in the face of Macroeconomic Uncertainty” featured eminent economists including Prof. Chetan Ghate (Member, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister and Professor, Indian Statistical Institute Delhi), Prof. M. Govinda Rao (Former Director of National Institute of Public Finance and Policy), Prof. Pami Dua (Member, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister and Former Director, Delhi School of Economics), Prof. Sudipto Mundle (Former Director, Asian Development Bank). The session discussed macroeconomic strategies for economic resilience, policy agility, trade partnership diversification, and global economic governance participation.

The valedictory session was chaired by Prof. S. Mahendra Dev Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister and the Valedictory address was delivered by Prof. Ashima Goyal (Professor Emeritus, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development and Research, Mumbai). The concluding remarks were given by Prof. Rakesh Mohan Joshi (Vice Chancellor, IIFT).

The conclave attracted participants from across India, underscoring IIFT's role as a premier platform for economic policy discourse.