Shaktikanta Das, Hardeep Singh Puri key speakers at ET Financial Inclusion Summit SECTIONS Last Updated: Jul 13, 2021, 07:37 AM IST Share Synopsis Governor Das, who pioneered the Financial Inclusion Index for India, will inaugurate the event on July 15 at 3 pm through a virtual address, detailing the RBI’s steps toward pushing the agenda of inclusion — and plans for the future. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das and housing and minister of petroleum and natural gas, and housing and urban affairs Hardeep Singh Puri would be the key speakers at this week’s ET Financial Inclusion Summit, which is set to help create a national template for democratising access to formal financing and assist New Delhi in achieving its social goal of poverty reduction. Top decision makers, including UIDAI CEO Saurabh Garg, National Payments Corp of India’s CEO Dilip Asbe, IndusInd Bank CEO Sumant Kathpaliaand Bandhan Bank founder Chandra Shekhar Ghosh, will share their ideas on deepening financial inclusion at the twoday virtual conclave. The thought-leadership event comes at a time when both industry and government are seeking to bolster a nascent broader recovery, helping ensure sustainable employment for citizens most vulnerable to economic shocks, such as the one led by the second wave.