The first ever Inclusive India Forum is around the corner as Indian Institute of Management, Udaipur and HBS (Harvard Business School) Club of India join hands to host this session on July 26, 2014.
This forum is an attempt to provide a platform so that corporates and voluntary agencies with matching value systems and ideologies can come together and have a dialogue, facilitating a mutually beneficial complementary partnership. A synergistic successful relationship will ensure that social capital can be utilized in the best manner possible to reap the maximum possible social returns in existing and hitherto unreached segments of society.
The session will be started with Dr. Ganesh Natarajan / Prof Janat Shah welcoming the audience, brief introduction about key note-objectives.
Topic to be discussed:
- The corporate world on the social sector
- What works and what does not: Failure stories
- Parallel Breakout sessions on Education, Healthcare, Livelihood
Panel members include:
- Ashish Dhawan – Founder and CEO of Central Square Foundation
- Arvind Nair – Chairman, Carpe Diem Capital
- Janat Shah – Director, IIM Udaipur
- Neera Nundy – Partner and Co-founder, Dasra
- S.Ravichandran - Head - Corporate Responsibility, Cummins India
- Moderator – Dr. Ganesh Natarajan
Indicative list of the prominent corporate personalities attending the event:
- Mr.AdilZainulbhai, Senior Advisor (former Chairman) of McKinsey in India
- PadmashreeRajinder Gupta, Founder and Chairman – Trident Group
- Mr.Vikram Mehta, Chairman – Brookings India
- Ms.JyotsnaBhatnagar, Head CSR–British Petroleum India
- Ms.MohiniDaljeet Singh, CEO - Max India foundation
The first panel discussion: “The corporate World on the Social Sector” would be moderated by Dr.GaneshNatarajan. This would be followed by second panel discussion: “Development Management sector in India: What Works and what does not?” moderated by Mr.AnshulArora, CEO – Edvance Group.The paneldiscussions will be followed by brainstorming sessionswherein delegates would be segregated into 3focus groupsand discuss on current and possible future initiatives in Livelihood, Healthcare and Education sectors. One of the possible outcomes of the forum is a roadmap which will give directions and indicatorsfor working in a collaborative way on social projects in future, whichwould lead toinclusive growth in India in the long run.
There are many more events in the list. The guest session will came to an end with vote of thanks. A cultural programme will be also performed followed by a dinner party.
Note:
- All sessions will be attended by HBS Alumni, CEOs / CSR Heads of Corporates, NGOs and students of IIM-U
- NGOs will be showcasing their organizations at kiosks. HBS alums/CSR Heads to engage from personal and professional interest - Event Supporter - NASSCOM Foundation