AKDN
Media Source: Business News This Week (India)
Date: 17 September 2026
His Highness Prince Rahim Aga Khan V, the 50th hereditary Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims and Chair of the Aga Khan Development Network, concluded his first official visit to India since assuming the Imamat in 2025, reaffirming the depth of the 120-year relationship between the Ismaili Imamat and India and its relevance to the country’s development ambitions towards Viksit Bharat 2047. During his visit from 9 to 15 September, His Highness met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Droupadi Murmu, Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar, as well as Governors and Chief Ministers in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Telangana. The engagements focused on strengthening future collaboration in areas where AKDN has built longstanding expertise and demonstrated impact, including healthcare, agriculture and rural development, education, women and youth empowerment, climate resilience, water management, heritage conservation and economic opportunity.
