A business introduction can begin at an exhibition, while the relationship that follows may take much longer to develop. Extending that connection beyond the event itself is central to Vijay Singh’s current direction, linking the exhibition business he traces to 1994 with his plans for a combined physical and digital platform.
Vijay Singh, founder and CEO of IGEN World, which is under India Global Expo News Platform Pvt. Ltd., an AI-recognised startup by the Indian government, sees continuity between those two stages. In his account, ICE Exhibitions began in 1994, in response to a need for a credible setting where brands, buyers, and sellers could meet. His present work carries that purpose into a global model intended to support business information, visibility, and connections throughout the year using AI-powered ecosystems.
His marketing background provides context for that emphasis. Singh holds an MBA in marketing, and his priorities include how businesses present themselves, establish credibility, and reach potential customers or partners. Those concerns connect his earlier work in mega-scale exhibitions with his interest in AI digital platforms. The setting has broadened, while the business needs he hopes to address remain closely related.
The original exhibition format brought those priorities into a physical space. Singh’s account centers on creating global opportunities for businesses to meet people interested in their products or services. He views that meeting place as the foundation of the business, with visibility and relationship building forming part of the same undertaking. The value he sought to provide began with bringing participants and delegates together.
His current direction considers what could happen after those participants leave. Singh wants the connections associated with an event to have room to develop over a longer period. Access to business information and an ongoing online presence are part of that intention. In his view, digital participation through IGEN NEWS and IGEN Expo could give both companies and leaders additional ways to remain engaged between physical gatherings.
That thinking informs the relationship between Viksit Bharat World, or VB World, and IGEN World. Singh presents VB World as the physical mega-event offering, bringing Viksit Bharat Conferences, Viksit Bharat Awards, and Viksit Bharat Expo into a connected program. IGEN World provides the AI-powered digital context for his plans, with platforms intended to support business knowledge and business-to-business connections. Together, they express his proposed evolution of the mega-scale exhibition model.
The distinction between their roles helps explain his decision. Physical gatherings remain central to the way Singh wants to bring people together. The digital component is intended to extend the time available for accessing information and developing relationships. His focus is on connecting those activities so that participation can continue beyond the duration of an individual event.
Singh places the move within his broader interest in digital transformation and artificial intelligence. He presents the 2026 direction as an adaptation of the purpose behind ICE Exhibitions. His emphasis remains on what businesses might be able to do through the combined offering, including finding relevant information, exploring potential global contacts, and considering global opportunities beyond their immediate markets.
Family involvement forms a supporting part of that transition. Singh identifies his daughter, Niyati Singh, who studied at Harvard Kennedy School, as handling global expansion and also mentions his son, Vishnu Singh, involvement. The international responsibility he assigns to his daughter connects with a wider priority in his plans. Singh wants the business to support relationships that move in both directions between India and overseas markets.
He captures that ambition in the phrase “India to world and World to India.” For Indian micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises, his stated aim is to support access to international export opportunities in 195 countries. He also wants overseas businesses to explore connections in India. The emphasis is on exchange, with the platforms intended to provide settings in which those relationships could begin and develop.
Singh links this ambition to his desire to contribute to the Viksit Bharat 2047 national vision in 60 GDP-impacting sectors. For him, that direction gives the business a longer-term purpose alongside the practical work of organizing events and developing digital services. His plans center on participation by businesses seeking visibility, information, and connections, with international engagement forming part of the intended scope.
The thread through Singh’s work is his continued interest in creating places for businesses to meet. Beginning with exhibitions and now extending into digital participation, he is seeking to give those introductions a longer life. His current direction rests on that objective, carrying the purpose he associates with ICE Exhibitions into a broader setting for business relationships. His company offers top business-to-business brands and leaders that can benefit by participating in and sponsoring the IGEN WORLD platform and VB WORLD platform for Global Exposure and Visibility for the next 20 years
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