Chennai, 25 Oct 2026: The Dialogue’s 4th Annual Inter national Conference, “Competition, Inno vation, and Growth: Building India’s Digital Economy,” brought together global experts to discuss balancing fair compe tition with innovation, investment and economic growth in India ’s digital economy.
Discussions focused on enabling micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to scale through digital plat forms, strengthening India’s artificial intelli gence (AI) ecosystem and developing competition policies suited to evolving global trade and technology markets.
Kazim Rizvi, Founding Director, The Dialogue, called for an evidence-based, forward-looking frame work that supports innovation. He empha sised strengthening the Competition Commission of India’s enforcement capacity, building specialised expertise within its Digital Markets Division and improving the effici ency of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, rather than introducing a separate pre-emptive regulatory regime.
Dr. Lazar Radic, Assistant Professor of Law at IE Law School and Senior Scholar at ICLE, highlighted the limitations of rigid, advance regulations in rapidly evolving technology markets. Shanker A. Singham, President and Chair man of the Board, Competere Group, stressed that businesses need the freedom to compete, invest and exp and . Elisa Ramundo, Founder and Director, SCOPE Global Exchange, advocated a measured regulatory approach that leverages existing technologies and encourages invest ment.
The conference also highlighted findings from The Dialogue’s 2026 study on competition and market structure in India’s AI ecosystem. The study found that 85% of AI developers rely on public cloud infrastructure, while 96.2% use open-source tools. Additionally, 85% of businesses reported positive impacts from AI adoption.
The discussions underscored the need for flexible, evidence-based competition policies that protect market fairness while enabling Indian businesses to innovate, scale and compete globally.