Overview
From Potential to Powerhouse: Uttar Pradesh as India’s Next Growth Engine
As global capital realigns toward destinations that offer scale, policy certainty, and long-term growth visibility, Uttar Pradesh is rapidly emerging as one of India’s most compelling investment frontiers. Backed by India’s largest domestic market, transformative infrastructure expansion, and an increasingly agile policy ecosystem, Uttar Pradesh is transitioning from latent potential to economic leadership.
Anchored by marquee investments across manufacturing, electronics, defence, renewable energy, logistics, and digital infrastructure, Uttar Pradesh today represents a rare convergence of scale, speed, and structural reform. With expressway-led connectivity, industrial corridors, sector-specific policies, and district-level investment facilitation, the state is positioning itself as a decisive pillar of India’s next growth cycle.
These curated roundtables are designed for CEOs, MDs, Founders, and global investors to engage directly with senior policymakers and Invest UP leadership—offering strategic, outcome-oriented insights into why Uttar Pradesh should be central to global expansion and long-term investment roadmaps.
Why Uttar Pradesh. Why Now.
As India advances toward its $5–7 trillion GDP ambition, Uttar Pradesh stands at a historic inflection point. With a GSDP exceeding USD 300 billion and a population scale comparable to major global economies, the state’s economic transformation has a multiplier effect on India’s overall growth trajectory.
According to Invest India and DPIIT investment data, Uttar Pradesh has emerged as one of India’s fastest-growing destinations for new project announcements over the past five years-driven by proactive governance, policy clarity, and time-bound approvals through Invest UP. NITI Aayog’s medium-term outlook projects Uttar Pradesh among the top contributors to incremental national GDP growth through FY30.
Globally, institutions such as the World Bank and OECD highlight that future economic leadership will be defined by regions capable of scaling simultaneously across:
- Advanced and mass manufacturing
- Digital and physical infrastructure
- Clean energy and green industry
- Employment-intensive, inclusive growth
Vision and Mission
As global value chains diversify beyond traditional hubs, OECD and WEF assessments estimate over USD 3.5 trillion in manufacturing realignment by 2030. Uttar Pradesh’s industrial corridors, plug-and-play parks, and labour availability position it as a competitive destination for both global majors and tier-1 suppliers.
NITI Aayog and IEA projections suggest cumulative investments of USD 200+ billion into India’s EV and electronics ecosystem by 2030. Uttar Pradesh’s electronics manufacturing clusters, EV policies, and defence industrial corridor offer scale-ready platforms for giga-investments.
McKinsey Global Institute estimates digital infrastructure and data-driven sectors could contribute nearly 20% of incremental global GDP growth by 2030. With growing traction in data centres, IT/ITeS, and emerging tech hubs, Uttar Pradesh is aligning its urban-industrial regions to this opportunity.
IEA Net Zero pathways underscore the need for tripling clean-energy investments in emerging economies by 2030. Uttar Pradesh’s renewable energy expansion, green manufacturing policies, and transmission infrastructure create pathways for climate-aligned capital.
ILO and NITI Aayog studies project that over 40% of future jobs will require new-age digital and manufacturing skills. Uttar Pradesh’s district-centric skilling, MSME integration, and industrial workforce depth make it central to inclusive, employment-led growth.
- 14 February 2026, New Delhi
- 10:00 AM onwards
Speakers
Founding Partner, Visceral Capital; Chief India Representative
Sweden-India Business Council Sweden, Sweden
Group Director / Senior VP at TAQA | Strategy and Energy Transition
TAQA / Abu Dhabi National Energy Co
Agenda
From Potential to Powerhouse: Uttar Pradesh as India’s Next Growth Engine
Scaling investment, manufacturing, and inclusive growth for a $1+ trillion future
These curated, closed-door roundtables are designed to enable direct strategic convergence between senior policymakers of the Government of Uttar Pradesh and global industry leaders—moving the dialogue from investment intent to execution and institution-building.
- Analysing sector-specific growth opportunities across GCCs, electronics manufacturing, EVs, and advanced manufacturing, with a focus on scalable investment corridors and industrial clusters.
- Evaluating Uttar Pradesh’s policy frameworks, incentives, and facilitation mechanisms to assess their direct applicability to global and domestic investment strategies.
- Designing long-term investment roadmaps and anchor-led partnerships that integrate Uttar Pradesh into global value chains and strengthen FDI inflows.
- Synthesizing cross-industry insights to accelerate decision-making, reduce execution risk, and enable faster deployment of capital.
- Forecasting economic, technological, and workforce trends to future-proof investments and support sustainable, inclusive growth across districts.
