Convergence India 2027, 23 to 25 March: data centre, AI, telecom and fintech guide

Summary. Convergence India 2027, the 34th edition, runs from Tuesday 23 to Thursday 25 March 2027 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi. Exhibition hours are 10:00 to 18:00 on all three days, and the opening ceremony runs from 10:00 to 11:00 on 23 March. India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO) and Exhibitions India Group organise it, and nine expos share the venue with the core show, including Data Center India Expo, AI Bharat Expo and Fintech India Expo. A visitor pass is free. Delegate passes that open every conference stage cost ₹10,000, ₹15,000 and ₹20,000 for attendees in India, or $200, $300 and $400 for international attendees, taxes included. The organiser reports 41,250 attendees and 1,022 participants at the 2026 edition. A 2027 floor plan covering Halls 1 to 5 is out, but on 11 November 2026 the programme and speaker pages still showed 2026 content, and no 2027 exhibitor list or stand prices were published. Our verdict: register for the free visitor pass now, use the 2026 programme to block your days (telecom on day one, AI and data centres on day two, fintech on day three last year), and book meetings with shortlisted vendors directly instead of waiting for the agenda.

About this article. This is for CIOs, CTOs and infrastructure, AI, telecom and fintech buyers planning a visit, and for companies weighing a stand. On 11 November 2026 we checked dates, hours, passes, expos, the floor plan and last year's programme on the organiser's own websites, and two related dates against GSMA and NPCI. eCorpIT is not affiliated with the organisers, no exhibitor or organiser paid for inclusion, and the organiser can change any detail before the show. Researched with AI assistance and reviewed by our editorial team.

What is confirmed for Convergence India 2027

Here is where each item stood on 11 November 2026, with the page we read it on.

Each row reflects the organiser's venue, registration, floor plan, programme, speakers, participant and space booking pages as we read them.

Two numbers on the organiser's own pages do not agree. The home page reports 41,250 attendees for the 2026 edition, while the visitor profile page says more than 60,000 visitors are expected. The first counts a past show and the second is a forecast. Plan around the first.

The 2027 floor plan lays out Halls 1 to 5 at about 14,500 square metres in all, roughly 12,300 of it stand space, and says stand numbers are for reference only. Its hall figures do not add up exactly (Hall 3 shows more stand space than its own total), so read it as a layout, not a final allocation.

The list of participants page carries 1,021 entries with hall numbers but no year. That matches the 1,022 participants the organiser reports for 2026, so treat it as last year's list. In it, most fintech exhibitors sat in Hall 2, most AI exhibitors in Hall 3, data centre and cloud exhibitors in Halls 5 and 3, most IoT and embedded exhibitors in Hall 4, and startups in Hall 1.

The co-located expos: which one matters to which buyer

All ten shows sit under one registration and one venue, so a single visitor pass gets you onto every floor. The organiser publishes a focus statement for each on its home page and exhibitor profile. The third column is our reading of who gets the most from each show.

The organiser lists support from eight central ministries, including the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, and shows the IndiaAI Mission logo among its endorsements.

Data centre track: Data Center India Expo

Data Center India Expo is the reason most infrastructure buyers will make the trip. The organiser groups its exhibits into eight areas: data centre developers; hyperscalers, cloud and AI infrastructure; cybersecurity; colocation providers; physical IT hardware (servers, storage, networking, racks); cooling (precision, liquid and immersion cooling, chillers, CRAC and CRAH units); energy and power backup (UPS, generators, batteries, renewables); and EPC contractors for design, construction and commissioning.

The organiser says its visitors include CIOs, CTOs and CISOs, cloud and network architects, facility and M&E engineers, BFSI CIOs and compliance officers, and PSU and defence IT heads. Its Hosted Buyer Programme targets category heads and procurement leaders from data centre infrastructure, facilities management, hyperscalers, energy and cooling, BFSI, telecom and cloud architecture. The application form asks for buying intent (direct sourcing, procurement or channel partnership), a turnover band and product interests, but does not say what hosting covers. Ask before you apply.

The expo's advisory board has six members, from Yotta Data Services, CtrlS, IBM India, HPE India, JLL and Johnson Controls. That is an advisory board, not a list of 2027 exhibitors.

Treat the market numbers on the page as marketing. The Data Center India page says India's data centre market will pass $22 billion by 2030, with 5 to 8 GW of capacity and $25 billion of capital inflow. The Convergence India home page gives the capacity figure as 5 GW. Neither page cites a source.

What the data centre conversation looked like in 2026. The 2026 programme put a data centre panel on day two, 24 March, from 12:45 to 13:45 on the Hall 4 Convergence Stage, inside the AI track. Its listed topics were the capacity gap for AI-era demand by 2030, hyperscale versus edge, green energy and cooling, AI-ready infrastructure (GPUs, liquid cooling, high-density computing), public-private investment, and data sovereignty. A session on security, privacy and DPDP compliance followed from 13:45 to 14:30.

Questions worth taking to the floor, in our view: what rack densities a provider supports with air and with liquid cooling, when contracted power is actually energised at a new campus, and what its DPDP processing terms say about sub-processors. For GPU capacity, read our notes on Yotta's Vera Rubin plan for 2027.

AI track: AI Bharat Expo

AI Bharat Expo describes itself as a conference and exhibition on India's AI revolution, with a stated emphasis on responsible AI. The organiser lists eight application areas: healthcare services, digital transformation, customer experience, governance and responsible AI, fintech, supply chain and logistics, intelligent automation and cybersecurity. The floor has five named features: a main exhibit area, an AI startups area, conference sessions, an interactive AI Zone and live demos.

In 2026 the AI content concentrated on day two. The Hall 4 stage ran an AI track that day: a keynote by the CEO of the National Internet Exchange of India, a keynote and panel on AI as India's next trillion-dollar opportunity, the data centre panel above, the DPDP session, and a panel on AI in healthcare and pharma. Other AI sessions were spread across the week, including a day one panel on AI, edge computing and automation in IoT, and a day three fintech panel on AI's role over the next decade. The 2026 speaker list included the CEO of the IndiaAI Mission, listed as an Additional Secretary at MeitY.

Expo-floor AI demos look good and say little. Bring your own test: a short set of real prompts or documents from your business, a question about where inference runs and where data is stored, and a request for the vendor's evaluation results on a task like yours. If sovereign GPU capacity is part of your plan, our explainer on IndiaAI GPU empanelment through C-DAC covers what buyers can actually access.

Telecom track: the core Convergence India show

The core show is where telecom, broadcast and satcom exhibitors sit. Its ICT and satcom category lists 6G, 5G and 4G; operators, ISPs and telecom vendors; space technology; broadband and FTTx; fibre optics and cabling; wireless and data transmission equipment; test and measurement; and system integrators. A separate broadcast and digital media category covers OTT, IPTV, content delivery and security, and streaming.

In 2026, day one belonged to telecom. The Hall 4 stage ran a telecom, connectivity and IoT track on 23 March: the opening ceremony, a keynote by the chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, an inaugural session on 6G, AI and quantum, a panel on India's path to 6G by 2030, and an ICEA-curated panel on building India's electronics value chain. The 2026 speaker list included the heads of C-DoT, TSDSI and Broadband India Forum and a deputy director general of COAI. Day two had a Satcab symposium in Hall 2, and day three included a panel on direct-to-mobile broadcasting.

The 2027 timing helps telecom buyers. MWC Barcelona runs from 1 to 4 March 2027, and Convergence India opens 19 days after it closes, a chance to see which announcements reach Indian operators and vendors. Our guides to 3GPP Release 21 and the 6G timeline and to MWC 2027 network APIs give the background.

Fintech track: Fintech India Expo

Fintech India Expo runs under the theme Powering India's Fintech Future. The organiser's description covers SaaS and CPaaS, generative AI, blockchain, CBDCs and Web3, regulatory change and cybersecurity. Its product categories add payment technologies and gateways, RegTech, InsurTech, WealthTech, digital banking, lending and fintech infrastructure such as APIs and cloud.

In 2026, fintech had its own day. The Hall 2 Transformation Stage ran a Fintech India Innovation track on 25 March, with sessions on fintech for inclusive growth, AI's role in finance, a fireside on regulating innovation with the Reserve Bank of India's chief general manager for fintech, the new payment stack, digital lending from onboarding to collections, and digital fraud. The 2026 speakers also included the chief general manager and chief technology officer of IFSCA.

The Fintech India page shows logos of past participants, including banks, payment apps and gateways. No 2027 exhibitor list is out, so do not assume any of those brands will be on the floor. In the 2026 participant list, 31 of 39 fintech exhibitors were in Hall 2.

There is a warm-up event. The organiser's Fintech India Innovation Summit runs on 4 December 2026 at the Vivanta by Taj in Bengaluru, with a delegate pass listed at ₹5,000 a person. The organiser expects more than 30 speakers, more than 8 leadership discussions and more than 150 senior delegates. Payments teams should also note that NPCI's circular OC-210 of 31 December 2024 set 31 December 2026 as the compliance deadline for third-party UPI apps above the 30% volume cap, a date that falls between the two events. Our UPI 30% cap playbook covers what to fix first.

Passes, hours and what each costs

Registration runs through one portal for all ten shows. The page shows rupee prices to visitors in India and US dollar prices to international attendees, all taxes included, and states which benefits each tier excludes. The table reflects that page on 11 November 2026.

One inconsistency: the page's footnote gives all three delegate tiers every conference session on all three days, yet it lists plenary sessions only under Platinum. Ask the delegate desk what counts as a plenary before you choose Silver or Gold. The venue page also publishes parking layouts for Bharat Mandapam and the wider Pragati Maidan complex, worth checking if you are driving in from Gurugram or Noida.

What is not yet published, and how to plan anyway

The 2027 agenda, speakers and exhibitor list are what most visitors want, and none of them is out. You can still plan most of the trip now.

1. Use the 2026 programme as a template. The 2026 show ran on three stages. If 2027 follows the same pattern, which is our assumption and not the organiser's statement, the days split like this:

2. Watch last year's sessions. The organiser's video library holds 31 session recordings from the 2026 edition, including the data centre, AI and fintech panels named above. An hour with them tells you which companies and regulators show up, and which questions the panels left open.

3. Book meetings vendor by vendor. Without an exhibitor list, ask your shortlisted vendors directly whether they are exhibiting and in which hall. Booking before you travel means you are not relying on walk-up availability with senior staff.

4. Use the organiser's desks. The site lists separate contacts for sales and sponsorship, conference and speakers, visitors and delegates, and media. Ask the conference desk when the 2027 programme will go live.

5. Apply as a hosted buyer if you qualify. If you hold a buying role in one of the listed categories, the Hosted Buyer Programme is the most direct route to scheduled supplier meetings.

6. Recheck in late February 2027. That leaves about four weeks before the show to confirm hall numbers and session times, and to move meetings around the sessions you want.

Worked example: a three-day plan for a four-person team

Illustrative numbers, not organiser figures beyond the hours and pass prices. Suppose a CTO team of four from Delhi NCR attends: two on free visitor passes who work the floor, and two on Silver delegate passes who split time between sessions and the floor.

• Pass cost: 2 × ₹0 + 2 × ₹10,000 = ₹20,000, taxes included.

• Floor time per person: 3 days × 8 hours = 24 hours, or 1,440 minutes.

• Visitor-pass holders: take out a 60-minute lunch each day (180 minutes), leaving 1,260 minutes. At 40 minutes per meeting (30 minutes of talk and 10 minutes to reach the next stand), that is 1,260 ÷ 40 = 31.5, so 31 meetings each.

• Delegates: take out the same 180 minutes of lunch and four one-hour sessions a day (720 minutes), leaving 540 minutes. 540 ÷ 40 = 13.5, so 13 meetings each.

• Team capacity: 2 × 31 + 2 × 13 = 88 meeting slots over three days.

• Pass cost per slot: ₹20,000 ÷ 88 = about ₹227. Travel and staff time will dominate the real cost.

If the 2026 pattern holds, the delegates take telecom sessions on day one, AI and data centres on day two and fintech on day three, while the visitor-pass holders work the Data Center India and AI Bharat floors. Book the first 30 to 40 slots before you travel and leave the rest for discovery.

Checklist for exhibitors

• Download the 2027 brochure and 2026 post-show report through the organiser's form, and study the published 2027 floor plan before choosing a location.

• Ask which co-located expo your stand will sit in, since visitor flow differs by hall.

• Request stand and sponsorship prices in writing; they are not published on the space booking page.

• Apply for a speaking slot through the speaker registration form early if you want stage time.

• Consider the Convergence Awards and the Startup Hub if you have a product launch or are a young company.

• Set a lead-capture process and a 48-hour follow-up rule before the show, not after it.

How eCorpIT can help

eCorpIT is a Gurugram-based technology organisation, founded in 2021, assessed at CMMI Level 5 and MSME certified, with senior-led engineering teams working across AWS, Microsoft and Google platforms. If Convergence India leaves you with a data centre refresh, a colocation move or a hybrid-cloud connectivity question, our data centre and cloud networking services team can design and run that infrastructure. Talk to us at /contact-us/.

Last updated: 11 November 2026.

References

1. Exhibition venue and dates, Convergence India 2027 — Exhibitions India Group

1. 34th Convergence India 2027, home page with 2026 statistics, co-located expos and government support — Exhibitions India Group and ITPO

1. Convergence India delegate registration and pass prices — Exhibitions India Group

1. Convergence India and Bharat Future Cities Expo 2027 floor plan (PDF) — Exhibitions India Pvt. Ltd

1. 2026 Conference Programme — Convergence India

1. 2026 Eminent Speakers — Convergence India

1. List of participants — Convergence India

1. Space booking form — Convergence India

1. Visitor profile — Convergence India

1. Exhibitor profile — Convergence India

1. Data Center India Expo 2027 — Exhibitions India Group

1. Hosted Buyer Programme registration — Convergence India

1. AI Bharat Expo 2027 — Exhibitions India Group

1. MWC Barcelona 2027, 1 to 4 March 2027 — GSMA

1. Fintech India Expo — Exhibitions India Group

1. Fintech India Innovation Summit, 4 December 2026, Bengaluru — Exhibitions India Group

1. Guidelines for volume cap for Third Party App Providers (TPAPs) in UPI, NPCI/UPI/OC210/2024-25, 31 December 2024 — National Payments Corporation of India

1. Sessions video library — Convergence India