India, May 1 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the first World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit or WAVES in Mumbai on Thursday, May 1 a four-day event that will bring together the entire spectrum of the media and entertainment industry.

Jointly organised by the central and state governments, the four-day event is being held at the Jio World Convention Centre, Bandra Kurla Complex.

WAVES is being imagined as a vibrant meeting ground where the old and the new in media come together - and the Prime Minister is set to spend nearly 10 hours at the event. He would lead a roundtable with CEOs and big names from the media and entertainment world, signalling how seriously the industry is being taken at the highest level.

Modi...