Message from National Chair

Slated to become the youngest democratic country in the world by 2025 it is inevitable that the Youth will take the responsibility for India’s development and possibly the world, defining the direction that will shape the future.

India’s ever increasing influence across the world is being showcased through various sectors of Retail, Healthcare, Information Technology, Manufacturing and Educational Institutions, while positioning itself as the gateway to Asia. But it is India’s ‘soft’ power that has spread its greatest influence across the world. India’s ability to retain its diverse cultural identity has attracted the world to its charm of traditional values and hospitality. It is India’s ability to contribute in the arena

Dear Members and friends,Keralathileke Swagatham! (Welcome to Kerala).

I am glad to be writing this message for this special tabloid of the Yi Southern Regional Summit on “We Build India” on Good Governance. And let me welcome each one of you for this summit officially and personally to my Yi City that has made me what I am.

We see that this summit gives a great chance for members in a certain region to bond, the coming together of Yi national with regional and the chapters to delivering a true quality summit, the cooperation between the members of the host chapter in feeling the pride to make Yi the true voice of young Indians globally by engaging with all the stakeholders; be it the students, media, speakers etc. and the efforts they take to bring in guests to the city and finally, the satisfaction for each member to use Yi as a platform to learn from each other, contribute to nation building and constantly search for new beginnings in Yi that will take us forward as an organisation.The Regional Management Team and the members in each region, whose experience of being at the helm of the chapter affairs has come into action as they chair these regional summits and give guidance and strategic support to the members of the host chapter in the region; I intend to institutionalise this structure so that there is a proper amalgamation of thoughts in terms of achieving the desired outcome of such events. As a member of Yi, I have attended Yi summits in the past and will continue to do so for the sheer exposure, knowledge and confidence it has given me as a person. I can only say how much each time I have changed as a person listening and interacting with people known and unknown, but their work talks volumes about them. I am sure that each of you will feel the same way and ultimately an organisation like Yi can only get better with such feelings of motivation and aspiration.I am looking forward to the Kochi summit unfolding as I’m sure you are. And I wish you a fantastic summit experience here, in God’s own country.

Regards,Srikant Suryanarayan

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of gastronomy and holistic healing that has made it a haven for rediscovering the essence of life. But to be truly reckoned as a global super power, India has to overcome the hurdles of retaining the fabric

of democracy in a diverse population while ensuring Good Governance across the nation. Clearly the challenge for good governance is imminent and needs prioritization for the millions of aspiring youth in the country. As the world’s largest democracy, India holds that promise for not only its own people but

for the world as well. It is not a responsibility that places itself as an option but a unique position that the country finds itself today in world torn by its own inability to control the aspirations of the many while delivering democracy for the few.

23 August 2013 : Yi has taken the step forward to pave the way towards good governance with the inauguration of the Yi Southern Regional Summit on the theme: We Build India- on Good Governance at Hotel Ramada, Kochi. Mr Prasanna Rajagopalan, Chairman, Yi Southern Regional Summit welcomed the gathering to the summit and shared his experience of having chaired the summit. He briefed the gathering about the need that had driven the team of Young Indians to choose this theme and what they expect

to achieve out of this summit. He expressed his delight in having got the opportunity to work with the Yi Kochi team led by Ms. Namrata Khona Samra and Mr. George M George who had worked day in and day out in the last few months in putting together this summit. “This summit is a culmination of young minds that want to take the nation forward by participating in the India growth story, keeping intact governance and moral leadership as its two eyes. I wish to have this summit create more avenues for Yi

as an organisation to create leaders that want to be the change they want to see and be”, he concluded. Mr Srikant Suryanarayan, National Chairman, Yi also spoke on the occasion. He expressed his delight in being the National Chairman on the same year when a national event of such magnitude and importance was being held in Kochi. He encouraged members to actively participate in all the summits as it not only provided a platform for members across regions to bond

and share experiences, but also a great inspiration to grow further in life hearing from the great speakers who are the highlights of Yi summits. Mr Shyam Srinivasan, Vice Chairman, CII Kerala State Council & MD & CEO, The Federal Bank Ltd and Mr Navas Meeran, Deputy Chairman, CII (Southern Region) & Chairman, Eastern Treads Ltd also welcomed CII-Yi members to Kochi and wished them a great time in Kochi.

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Friends and colleagues,

Greetings and its an immense honour writing this note to the tabloid of the Yi Southern Regional Summit.

Let me at the outset, say that I have had the pleasure of being part of a wonderful team headed by Ms.Namrata Khona Samra in Kochi to put this summit together and I can see that it has certainly turned out well. My association with Yi over the last few years has made me a better person and I should certainly thank such platforms in the past that has contributed to this.

The theme selected for this summit on “We Build India” with the sub theme running on Good Governance is not only a compelling statement, but it is also a reason for the youth in India to believe in themselves and look at their roles and responsibilities as we see through good and not so good times in the economy. It is noteworthy to also mention here that the summit has been conceptualised not only as a platform for sharing personal and organisational case studies, but also one that will and should serve the need for effective governance in the country and how as youth, we ought to be aware and connect with people that

I am glad to learn that the Young Indians Southern Regional Summit is being organised on 23 & 24 August in Kochi.

The theme for this year’s Summit – ‘We Build India on Good Governance’ is very appropriate and also timely, in the current scenario. The late Prof C K Prahalad’s vision and aspiration of creating an inclusive India by 2022 has been the genesis of India@75 movement which laid greater emphasis on Governance and inclusive growth.

The youth of our country has a greater role in shaping the future of the country. We need more and more entrepreneurs, research scholars and innovators to help drive growth of our economy and more importantly to engage the weaker sections of the society in the developmental process. I am glad that CII Young Indians are working on some of these initiatives in the India@75 programme. I am also happy to note that the CII Young Indians, with its vast network of operations across the country has been working with stakeholders concerned in bringing a positive impact on the country. I can well imagine the strength of so many of you around the country working for nation building – 1500 minds at work is a great thing!

I am sure we can hope for better times in India and it will happen – and the youth will have to keep their heads high to make it real. The challenges in front of you are real and large and so are the opportunities. You need to learn to convert challenges into opportunities and adapt yourself to the changing socio-economic environment. You have the wisdom of the elders that have given us the best chance to engage with them for making an impact of India around the world.

I wish the summit at Kochi a great success and may it trigger a lot more energy and passion in each one of you towards building an India which will stand tall on good governance and inclusive growth.

B Santhanam

Greetings and a pleasure to be connecting with you through this note for the tabloid.

I am extremely delighted to welcome each one of you for the Young Indians Southern Regional summit to Kochi on “We Build India – On Good Governance” on behalf of Yi Kochi chapter.

The last three months has been exciting in many ways. Working with the national and regional team has been a pleasure, I must begin by

appreciating the energy, enthusiasm and Zest of every Yi member in Kochi.

Summits are a great platform for us members across the country to meet and interact, plus a huge learning. Learning gained by organizing a summit is humbling indeed. We waited ten long years for this opportunity. Thanks to Srikant, we got to kick start it this year.

We started off work by working on the theme for the summit. As this is going to be an election year, we felt Good Governance would be a fine subject for us to deliberate on. Yi stands up for highlighting the youth as the tremendous agents for change and as important elements in nation building. And Yi Kochi has put together a summit to bring the government, corporate and the youth on common platform to merge their common sense and wisdoms for healthy governance. This Yi southern regional summit believes in good governance as a tool to take the country to richer planes.

We have requested every speaker to touch upon positive side of governance. The summit has been made as a combination of panel discussions and stand alone sessions and we have some excellent speakers that will be interacting with us – many say that the quality of speakers has been excellent. I take that appreciation and owe it to the excellent team that has worked tirelessly to make this event as it has shaped up.

Team Kochi has had a great time working on this summit not to forget the early morning breakfast meetings, con calls, hundreds of emails, stupid tiffs, sleepless nights when the budget was more than the money in our kitty, etc. But thanks to all my past chairs and dedicated members, who have worked tirelessly to make this event as it has shaped up. Working as a group of friends and colleagues, We Build India, our home. What could be more fulfilling!

Yi has become much more closer to my heart!

Namrata

have set high examples of global excellence through their work.

But to be truly reckoned as a global super power, India has to overcome the hurdles of retaining the fabric of democracy in a diverse population while ensuring Good Governance across the nation. Clearly the challenge for good governance is imminent and needs prioritization for the millions of aspiring youth in the country. As the world’s largest democracy, India holds that promise for not only its own people but for the world as well. It is not a responsibility that places itself as an option but a unique position that the country finds itself in today in a world torn by its own inability to control the aspirations of the many while delivering democracy for the few.

This summit is a culmination of young minds that want to take the nation forward to participating in the India growth story, keeping intact governance and moral leadership as its two eyes. I hope this summit will create more avenues for Yi as an organisation to create leaders that want to be the change they want to see and be.

Regards

Prasanna Rajagopalan

India@75 is a term coined by late Prof CK Prahalad, world renowned thinker and professor of strategy at Ross School of Business, the Michigan University, in 2007 as India was celebrating 60 years of freedom. The vision of India@75 was distilled into a single mission statement: “To have an India that will actively shape the new world order through economic strength, technological vitality and moral leadership”.In order to validate the vision, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) undertook a massive visioning exercise in 2008, using collaborative public reasoning processes engaging 6000 people in 21 states, including bureaucrats, politicians, farmers, academicians, students, NGOs, self-employed people, housewives, etc, across the socio-economic and geographical spectrum. The vision document thus collated was titled “India @ 75 - the People’s Agenda”.Seven key pillars i.e. urbanization & environmental

Student Response SessionVenue : Gokulam Convention Centre, ErnakulamDate : 24th August 2013 Time : 0800 - 0900 hrs

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Young Indians (Yi) is an integral part of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), a non-government, not-for-profit, industry led and industry managed organisation playing a proactive role in India’s development process. Yi was formed in the year 2002 with an objective of creating a platform for young Indians to realise the dream of a developed nation. Yi has around 1500 direct members in 28 city chapters, 300 members through its corporate chapters, 6000 students through student nets and 8500 young and progressive farmers through the farmer nets.

“To become the Voice of Young Indians Globally” being the vision of Yi, it provides a platform for young Indians to participate in and contribute by becoming an integral part of the Indian growth story. Yi’s work can be divided primarily into three groups; “Youth Leadership”, “Youth Social Entrepreneurship” and

“International Engagements”. The “Next Practices” vertical of Yi engages the students and members to bring out, “out of the box” and innovative solutions to common problems for the region and the nation at large. Done under the “Blue Ocean Dialogue” brand, the ideas that have come out of these engaged workshops have been captured for further processing.

Through its initiatives like Akshara under Education, Yi has impacted more than 15000 students across 57 centers and has successfully managed campaigns like the ‘SYightboard Project’, providing blackboards to schools across different cities, reaching out to 1070 schools nationally and impacting approximately 2,53,000 children.

Within the sphere of Environment, Yi conducts Green I contest to encourage and motivate school children

to bring out sustainable green campuses through ideas, campaigns for tree plantation, solid waste management projects, involving citizens and children in the process. Yi is also in the process of planting one million saplings across the country through its ‘One Million Tree Project’.

Yi is one of the proud founders of the G20 Young Entrepreneurs’ Alliance which is a collective of leading entrepreneurially-minded organizations representing the G20 countries who seek to promote youth entrepreneurship and is one of the founders of the Commonwealth Asia Alliance of Young Entrepreneurs (CAAYE), is a network of young entrepreneurs from the Commonwealth Asia. With ten years of glorious past and decades ahead that promise nothing short, Yi intends to become a larger movement of young people and promote the attitude of “We Can, We Will”.

AGENDA- DAY TWO24 AUGUST 2013 - GOKULAM CONVENTION CENTRE

PLENARY SESSION

0920 – 0925 hrs Welcome Address Ms. Namrata Khona Samra, Chair, Yi (Kochi Chapter)Director, Nextep Learning Services0925 – 0930 hrs Context Setting Mr. George M George, Co - Chair, Yi (Kochi Chapter)Executive Director, The Muthoot Group

PLENARY SESSION0930 – 0935 hrs Context Setting Mr. Manoj K Das, Resident Editor, Times of India0935 – 1000 hrs Governance Principles for Rebuilding India Dr. Subramaniam Swamy, Former Union Cabinet MinisterFormer Visiting Professor of Harvard University & Senior Leader of BJP1000 – 1020 hrs Discussions1020 – 1025 hrs Summing up Mr. Manoj K Das

AN ‘INDIA@75’ EXCLUSIVE PLENARY SESSION1025 – 1035 hrs Context Setting on India@75 & Young Indians Mr. Rajan Navani, Chairman, CII National Committee onIndia@75, Managing Director, Jetline Group of Companies1035 – 1040 hrs India@75 Video1040 – 1050 hrs Special Address Mr. Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, CII1050 – 1110 hrs Special Address Mr. Adi Godrej, Chairman, India@75 Foundation1110 – 1140 hrs Interaction with the audience1140 – 1145 hrs Summing up Mr. Srikant Suryanarayan 1145 – 1200 hrs Tea / Coffee Break

1200 – 1205 hrs Context Setting Mr. Vivek Krishna Govind, Chair – Finance, Yi (Kochi Chapter)Partner, Varma & Varma Chartered Accountant1205 – 1230 hrs Address Mr. T K A Nair, Principal Advisor to Prime Minister1230 – 1255 hrs Interaction1255 – 1300 hrs Summing up Mr. Vivek Krishna Govind1300 – 1345 hrs Break for Lunch1345 – 1355 hrs Presentation on “Horn Not OK Please”

PLENARY SESSION1355 – 1405 hrs Context Setting Mr. D N V Kumara Guru, National Vice Chairman, YiDirector - External Relations, ISB 1405 – 1430 hrs The Moral Responsibility of Business Mr. Nachiket Mor, Board Member, IKP & Board Chair, Care India1430 – 1450 hrs Discussions1450 – 1455 hrs Summing up Mr. D N V Kumara Guru

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1455 – 1500 hrs Context Setting Mr. Shankar Vanavarayar, Past National Chairman, Young Indians & Joint Correspondent, Kumaraguru College of Technology1500 – 1515 hrs Role of Positive Media in Building India -Inspire, Integrate & Implement Ms. Megha Ghosh, Founder, I See India1515 – 1530 hrs Building a Nation of leaders Mr. Sangeeth Varghese Founder & Managing Director Leadcap1530 – 1545 hrs Role of Youth in Int. Diplomacy & Policy Mr. Siddhanth Srivastava, Law Researcher, Delhi High Court1545 – 1600 hrs Breaking the Silence Mr. Vijay Anand, Co-Founder & President 5th Pillar1600 – 1620 hrs Discussions1620 – 1625 hrs Summing up Mr. Shankar Vanavarayar1625 – 1640 hrs Tea / Coffee Break

VALEDICTORY SESSION1640 – 1645 hrs Opening Remarks Mr. Umang PatodiaPast Chair, Yi Kochi & Managing Director, Patspin India Ltd1645 – 1705 hrs Special Address Mr. Hibi Eden MLA (Ernakulam District) & President, National Students Wing of INC1705 – 1710 hrs Concluding Remarks Mr. Umang Patodia

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sustainability, skill & education, good governance & public administration, business & economic strength, technology & innovation, agriculture, food security & health and arts, sports & literature stand as core aspirations besides being activated through a structured and targeted program that enfolds all stakeholders. Also, at the heart of the India@75 vision is to create an ecosystem for channeling the power of youth in national development through volunteerism thereby building a volunteer youth force that will work on achieving the vision.

Our vision to have 500 million certified and skilled technicians, the world’s largest pool of trained manpower by 2022, has since been adopted by Government of India. The National Skill Development Corporation is an innovative public private partnership and will encourage corporate participation in training for marketable skills.

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Megha GhoshFounder, iseeindia.com

Sangeeth VargheseFounder, Leadcap

Mr Adi GodrejChairman, The Godrej Group

Mr T K A NairAdviser to the Prime Minister of India

Dr Subramanian SwamyPresident, Janata Party

Dr Nirmala Kannan VSMRear Admiral (Retired)

Mr Hibi EdenMLA (Ernakulam District) &President, National Students Wing of INC

Siddhant SrivatsavaB.A. LLB (Hons.), Int’l Trade & WTO Law National Law University, Punjab, India Peking University, Beijing, China Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

(Justice) Santosh HegdeFormer Judge of Supreme Court & Former Lokayukta, Karnataka

Mr Vijay AnandCo – Founder & President5th Pillar

Ms Shwetha MenonActress and Television Model

Mr Nachiket MorBoard MemberMegha Ghosh is the founder of iseeindia.com. I See India

is a web portal that publishes all the good news of India along with stories of solutions rather than problems. She launched the website on 15th August 2011. Having a dedicated space for positive and progressive news of India had been a childhood dream for her. This desire got

buried under her science books but was rekindled after corporate life made her realize that an average Indian already has enough to worry about and nobody needs to be bombarded 24×7 with news about problems plaguing India. That’s when she decided to quit her job and start a good news website where reading news won’t add to the woes of the people. That’s when she began work on iseeindia.com. In just two years I See India has garnered considerable readership from India and abroad and has covered over 400 stories of innovations, developments and positive change.

Sangeeth Varghese is a globally acknowledged leadership thinker, ranked among the top 10 from Harvard and the London School of Economics. He is the Founder and Chairman of LeadCap Trust, one of the world’s largest youth leadership organisations and LeadCap Ventures, a

management consulting firm with presence in India, Middle East and Africa. He is the Founding Curator of Global Shapers of the World Economic Forum, and an ambassador of the Harvard University. He is a personal advisor for 3 heads of states and was listed in 2012-13 Who’s Who in the World. Varghese researched and studied leadership at Harvard and LSE with scholarships and is the author of two bestsellers - Decide to Lead and Open Source Leader, the no.1 business best seller in 2011. He was honoured as an Asian Youth Ambassador by the government of Libya and is a nominee of the Asia Society.

Mr Adi Godrej is Chairman of The Godrej Group, a privately held, 100 year-old family conglomerate, with operations in India and several other countries. He is Chairman of the Board of the Indian School of Business, and Immediate Past President of the Confederation of Indian Industry. He has been a member of the Dean’s

Advisory Council of the MIT Sloan School of Management, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies and a member of the Wharton Asian Executive Board. He is a recipient of several awards and recognitions from various countries across the globe.

Mr T K A Nair, Adviser to the Prime Minister of India, Dr Manmohan Singh, was Principal Secretary to Prime Minister till he took over his present assignment on 3rd October, 2011. Before joining the Prime Minister as Principal Secretary he was Chairman of the Public Enterprises Selection Board, Govt. of India. Mr. Nair

has to his credit an unblemished record of distinguished service spanning over four and a half decades with the State Governments of Punjab and Kerala and the Government of India. He has held several important positions including those of Managing Director, Punjab State Industrial Development Corporation and Principal Secretary, Department of Industries. Mr. Nair has also served as Chairman of the Marine Products Export Development Authority under the Ministry of Commerce and later as Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Rural Development.

Dr Subramanian Swamy, President of the Janata Party is also an academician, politician, and economist. He studied for his Masters degree in Statistics at the Indian Statistical Institute and went on to study at Harvard University on a full Rockefeller scholarship. He received a Ph.D. in Economics in 1965. Dr. Swamy is a strong

supporter of the free market economy and is responsible for creating the blueprint that opened India’s economy to the world in 1991.He was member of the Group of Eminent persons called to Geneva to prepare a report of the United Nations (UNCTAD) on Economic Co-operation between Developing countries (ECDC). Dr. Swamy also simplified trade procedures and formulated a new export strategy which became the forerunner of trade reform adopted subsequently. In 1994, he was appointed as Chairman of the Commission on Labour Standards and International Trade by then Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao. This was perhaps for the first time that an Opposition Party member was given a Cabinet rank post by the ruling party.

Surgeon Rear Admiral NirmalaKannan, who recently retired from Indian Navy after over 36 years of service, is a Gynaecologist by qualification and a Hospital Administrator by experience. She has held many challenging appointments dealing with management of Hospitals, Medical Departments of Training

Establishments as well as in staff of Headquarters at Delhi. During her service, she was selected for the Defence Services Staff College at Wellington as well as for the prestigious National Defence College course at New Delhi, the latter being the first time for a Lady Officer from the Armed Forces. Prior to her retirement, she commanded the 825 bedded Naval Hospital INHS Aswini at Mumbai, during which tenure the Hospital was selected for the RakshaMantri Trophy for the Best Military Hospital. She has also received VishishtSeva Medal in 1993 and the NaoSena Medal in 2012 from the President of India.

Hibi Eden is an Indian politician from Ernakulam, Kerala and a member of the Indian National Congress. He started as a student activist in 1999. He has represented student organizations at various levels. Having finished his Bachelors of Commerce from the Sacred Heart College, Thevara, he has held the position of Secretary

and College Union Chairman. He was also the Union Councilor of Mahatma Gandhi University. Hibi Eden has held the position of District President, Kerala Student Union and also State President of Kerala Student Union. Hibi Eden is also the president of the National student’s wing of The Indian National Congress (NSUI). He is the youngest member of the 13th Kerala Legislative Assembly. India Today honored Hibe Eden with the Emerging Youth Leader Award. He also represented India in the Common Wealth Nation’s conference in Samoa and presented a paper on Indian parliament and the Civil Society. He was highly favored to stand as the Indian National Congress candidate in the Ernakulam (Lok Sabha constituency) for the Indian general election, 2009.

Siddhant Srivastava is enrolled as practicing Advocate with the Bar Council of India and is currently working as Law Researcher & Assist with the Judge in the High Court of Delhi, New Delhi. Srivastava was the Head of the Indian Delegation at the official G20 Youth Summit,

June 2013 at St. Petersburg, Russia hosted by the Russian Presidency and was also honorary participant at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. He was the Scholarship Participant from South Asia at the Student Conference on International Law organised by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel with the Supreme Court of Israel. He has been actively working with youth organisations like Liberal Youth Forum and other National & International organisations like Centre for Civil Society, New Delhi and Friedrich Naumann Foundation, Germany. He was also finalist at the National Children’s’ Science Congress, Guwahati, 2006 where he was honoured by former President of India, Dr A P J Abdul Kalam.

Nitte Santosh Hegde graduated with a law degree from Government Law College (now known as University Law College), Bangalore in 1965. Hegde was appointed as the General for the state of Karnataka in February 1984 and held that position till August 1988. He worked

as additional Solicitor General of the Union of India November from December 1989 to November 1990 and was re-appointed as the Solicitor General of India on 25.04.1998. He was appointed as a judge of Supreme Court of India on 08-01-1999 and retired in June 2005. He was conferred honorary doctorate of law degree by Mangalore University in 2005. He was appointed as the Lok Ayukta of Karnataka on 3 August 2006 for a term of five years.

Mr Vijay Anand is an Engineering Graduate from Government College of Technology, Coimbatore and he is the Co-Founder & President of 5th Pillar, an organization to Encourage, Enable and Empower Every Citizen of India to Eliminate Corruption at All Levels

of Society. He is a social reformer and anti-corruption crusader keen on promoting clean politics. He launched “Freedom from Corruption” campaign in 2007, printed and distributed more than 2 million copies of the Zero Rupee Note (ZRN), a powerful but nonviolent weapon of non-cooperation against corruption. He organized and co-hosted several national conventions, multi-city talks of prominent personalities from politics, social and government sector among the Indian community in the US, especially in New York and Washington DC, to garner Indian Diaspora support towards various developmental issues and motivate them towards social activism & social change among the citizens in India.

Shweta Menon is an Indian model, actress and television anchor. She has predominantly acted in Hindi and Malayalam language films, besides appearing in a number of Tamil productions. Starting her career as an actress in Malayalam feature films in the early 1990s, she ventured into modeling and became a noted person,

after participating and winning at several beauty pageants, which led to her debut in Bollywood. Following appearances in over 30 Hindi films, her acting career took a turn by the mid-2000s, with her returning to Malayalam cinema and accepting substantial roles. She received critical praise and several accolades including Kerala State Govt Award for Best Actress for her performance in Paleri Manikyam: Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte Katha (2009) and Salt N’ Pepper (2011) by Kerala State Film Award, South Indian International Movie Awards.

Mr T P Sreenivasan is the Vice-Chairman and Executive Head of the Kerala State Higher Education Council with the rank of Vice-Chancellor. A former Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations,

Vienna and Governor for India of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna and Ambassador to Austria and Slovenia (2000-2004), T P Sreenivasan has served in the Indian Foreign Service for 37 years. He rose to the highest level in the Indian Foreign Service in 2001 and retired in 2004. He speaks Japanese and Russian. He also contributes articles regularly to the “Asia Wall Street Journal”, ‘The New Indian Express, The Times of India’, ‘The Tribune’ ‘Deccan Chronicle”, Asian Age, Malayala Manorama and Mathrubhumi. He is a Visiting Professor of International Relations and Chair of the Centre for Diaspora Studies at the Central University of Kerala. Kasaragod. He is the author of three books: ‘Words, Words, Words-Adventures in Diplomacy’, ‘Encounters’ and ‘Mattering to India-the Shashi Tharoor Campaign.’

Mr Nachiket Mor is a Yale World Fellow; has a Ph.D. in Economics from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, with a specialization in Finance from the Wharton School and an MBA in Finance

from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He is the Board Chair of CARE India and, among others, is also a member of Reserve Bank of India’s Eastern Area Local Board and Central Board; and the Boards of IKP Centre for Technologies in Public Health and CRISIL. He currently serves as a member of the RBI Board of Director’s Standing Committee on Financial Inclusion; the Research Advisory Council of the RBI’s Centre for Advanced Financial Research and Learning; and the Standing Council of Experts on the Indian Financial Sector of the Ministry of Finance, Government of India.

IKP Centre for Technologies in Public Health & Board Chair, CARE India

Founding Curator, Global Shapers of World Economic Forum

T P SreenivasanVice Chairman & Executive Head of the Kerala State Higher Education Council, Former Permanent Representative of India to United Nations, Vienna Author, Writer and Professor

SPEAKERS ATTHE SUMMIT

1815 – 1820 hrs Welcome AddressMr. Prasanna Rajagopalan, Chairman, Yi Southern Region1820 – 1825 hrs AddressMr. Srikant Suryanarayan, National Chairman, Young Indians 1825 – 1835 hrs AddressMr. Shyam Srinivasan,Vice Chairman, CII Kerala State Council1835 – 1845 hrs Special Address Mr. Navas Meeran, Deputy Chairman, CII (Southern Region)1845 – 1910 hrs Keynote Address Mr. T P Sreenivasan,Vice Chairman, Higher Education Council1910 – 1920 hrs Concluding Remarks Ms. Namrata Khona Samra, Chair, Yi (Kochi Chapter)1920 – 1950 hrs Plenary Session1920 – 1925 hrs Introduction Dr. Rahul Mirchandani, Past National Chairman, Young Indians 1925 – 1950 hrs Consequences of Fall in Social ValuesJustice Mr. Santosh Hegde, Former Judge of the Supreme Court 1950 – 1955 hrs Introduction Mr. Naveen Philip, Past Chair, Yi (Kochi Chapter)1955 – 2020 hrs Morality & Good Governance Dr. Nirmala Kannan, Rear Admiral (Retired)2020 – 2045 hrs Special Address Ms. Shwetha Menon, Actress and Television Model2045 hrs onwards Entertainment Evening and dinner 2330 hrs End of Day one

AGENDA- DAY ONE 23 AUGUST 2013 - HOTEL RAMADA

SPREAD AWARENESSAn active campaign to encourage, enthuse and entreat the general public about:• The ill effects of Noise Pollutions• A plea to reduce the use of their vehicle horns • Practical suggestions to address the problem• Improve driving etiquette

SPEARHEAD ACTIONTo rid the city of Kochi off the offensive sound of unnecessary honking would make Kochi a model that the rest of the country can emulate. • The effective use of the media to inform and educate the

community.• Active participation of Yi Net students, Yi members and

general public.• Involvement of civic bodies governing the state to regulate

and implement statutory mandates regarding honking.• By monitoring noise pollution levels in the city at key

traffic congestion areas.• Creating a scalable working model that can be implemented

in any city across the country.

SCOPE OF THE CAMPAIGNThe first round of activities will be limited to the city of Kochi. Noise Pollution is a metro phenomenon and hence, the campaign will address metro audiences.HNOP Campaign 2011-13: A BriefThe HNOP Campaign was launched in March, 2012 at the Annual Day of Yi Kochi Chapter. Following this Yi Kochi chapter has held a number of events over the years involving students, Yi members, Corporates, Government officials and eminent personalities across various fields.In October, 2012, a poster designing contest for school and college students was held with over 300 students participating in it.

message of a noise free city. Following this, the Mayor and Ms Bhadra B, Deputy Mayor pasted the HNOP stickers on to their vehicles. Members from the health and Education committee of the Corporation of Cochin were also present on the occasion. The HNOP mobile vehicle was seen all over the city taking the message to various schools and colleges and corporates and getting them to endorse the campaign from 5-8 June, 2013.

The Lulu Mall also endorsed the campaign, and a sticker campaign was held amongst the customers of Lulu Mall on 5 June, 2013. Similar campaigns and awareness sessions were held for Police drivers and at the Vyttilla mobility hub.Yi also tied up with KSRTC (Kerala State Road Transport Corporation) for organizing a sticker campaign for KSRTC buses that ply across the state at the KSRTC Ernakulam Bus Stand on 2 August, 2013.With plans to reach each and every motor vehicle driver, be it private vehicle owners/ drivers/ autoriksha/ private bus/ KSRTC drivers and users, and motor cyclists, Yi Kochi is in full action driving the message of HNOP across Kochi city.

Yi 2013-14: THE HNOP YEARThe HNOP campaign for the year 2013-14 was launched at the Vyttilla Mobility Hub on 10 May, 2013 by Hon’ble Minister for Power and Transport, Shri Aryadan Mohammed.Following the launch, Yi Kochi chapter has been all over the city spreading the message from school managers, faculty members to students to RTOs to drivers and even cine actors, with Actor Jayaram and Swetha Menon taking the lead to spread this message to thier fellow actorsOn the occasion of World Environment Day, the Kochi chapter of Young Indians (Yi) was all over the city campaigning for a Horn free city. Yi Net students of Bhavan’s Munshi Vidyashram, Thiruvankulam along with the teachers, parents and Yi members of Kochi chapter participated in a silent march from Ayurveda College Junction to Hill Palace exhibiting banners with slogans. “HORN NOT OK PLEASE” stickers were pasted on the vehicles and the campaign was well received by the public.Mr Tony Chammany, Mayor, Corporation of Cochin flagged of the Yi HNOP Mobile vehicle propagating the

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Young Indians (Yi) Madurai Chapter in association with ARC Group of Companies & Susee Group of Companies celebrated World Environment Day 2013 on Wednesday, 5th June 2013 at Madurai with an awareness campaign that included: • Distribution of sticker BECOME (Be an eco friend Like me) to over 1300 two

wheelers & four wheelers • Distribution of Environment Awareness boards to 15 Automobile Dealers • Distribution of 100 Tree Saplings to the automobile dealers and general public

Yi Erode chapter has taught a large initiative of “VARNAM ERODE VIZHA”, through these events we take a conscious effort to create a positive synergy between the members and also try to involve the public through meaningful activities. Also Yi Learning Team organized a mission to “Environmental Safety

Mission to Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (2x1000 MW)”. Also the same Learning Mission has been organized for the Yi Net Institutes of Erode Chapter.

The Yi Coimbatore Chapter has authored a number of events like GLAM 2013 - Fashion Show, Traffic & Road Safety Awareness Camp, Renovations of Primary Health Centres, Coimbatore Vizha, YiPL ect. The environment team of Yi Coimbatore Chapter has come out with a unique initiative, to educate youngsters about the hazards of carbon

emission and the importance of conserving the environment. We proudly introduce Vision Carbon Neutral, a certification program, in association with Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), Forest College & Research Institute (FC&RI). This is a five year project, which involves implanting the concept of carbon neutral through concept planting, green shop, waste to wealth, composting etc. The pilot project is to be implemented in 10 institutions in Coimbatore.

This year the Chennai Chapter has record number of active EC and active one at that. In short span the team has done 2 learning event, launched and conducted 3 Health Camps, added 6 new students nets. While each of the initiative had the right impact, we would like to highlight the one that had the impact at the economically weaker

sessions of the society. This also one of the toughest project to execute. The employability team conducted 2 full day - “Winning Edge” program for 50 students of Guindy - ITI, aging from 18 years to 24 years in Chennai on 25th June and 9th July ’13 offered by Born to Win Learning Services. The program enables them in looking into themselves, realizing their dreams and increasing their confidence level thereby helping them in being sustained WINNERS in both academic as well as personal lives. The chapter intends to make this a regular event in the years to come!”

‘Road Safety Measures’Yi (Vizag Chapter) organized a Road Show on “Road Safety Measures” on 23rd March 2013 from YMCA Beach Road to Kali Temple, Visakhapatnam. The objective of this awareness road show was to promote the usage of helmets, to create awareness about driving speed limits, and to educate the students about

dangers of footboard traveling in buses. Yi Student Net performed “Road Safety” themed skits during the roadshow and also Flash Mob. The Participants of this session were a group of 500 students from various colleges in Vizag and also the members from Yi Vizag Chapter.

Cyber Crime Awareness Session Yi Trivandrum Chapter conducted its first Yi Net activity for the year 2013-14, Cyber Crime Awareness session on 26th June 2013 at Loyola School, Sreekaryam, Trivandrum, in association with the City Police. The session started with Mr Manikandan Nair, Sub-Inspector of Police, Cyber Cell Division explaining,

the basic, legal and moral aspects of Cyber Crime. Mr Manikandan Nair started by explaining the uses of new mobile technology and its ill effects. Around 30 types of cyber crimes were explained. A video clip was also shown regarding this. Furthermore, the legal measure taken to stop these and the punishments for the various cyber crimes was also explained. In the end, a small quiz competition was conducted based on the presentation and prizes were distributed.

Yi (Hyderabad Chapter) in the year 2013 organised two learning events for its members – “Oneness in Business”- Interactive session with Mr Aunali Rupani, Mentor and Principal, Arm Research Pvt. Ltd, Learning mission to Kamsons Healthcare Pvt Ltd. with an interactive session with Mr Manish Gilada, Managing Director, Kamsons

Healthcare pvt ltd. The Entrepreneurship & Employability vertical organized an interactive business workshop on Business Model Canvas and also organised a Workshop on Business Attire & Dining Etiquette for members. In association with HMDA, Yi (Hyderabad chapter) has also initiated Splash of Fun: A Fun Painting event with a theme to Clean Hussain Sagar, with the objective to improve lake water quality and overall lake environment for enriched biodiversity.

Entrepreneurship Summit “Starting Young” CII-Young Indians (Bangalore Chapter) along with Department of Industries and Commerce, Government of Karnataka organized its first Entrepreneurship Summit, “Starting Young” on 16 February 2013. The objective of this summit was to equip people, who are in the early stages of

their business / career, senior students of Management and Engineering colleges and to some extent mid-career individuals, with entrepreneurial aspirations to become successful entrepreneurs.It focused on all aspects of entrepreneurship ranging from conceiving an idea to setting up a business by bringing together budding entrepreneurs, start-ups, venture capitalists, financial institutions, policy makers and other stake holders involved with the development of entrepreneurship and also focused on the sunrise sectors. The Summit offered a unique platform for those who want to “spread the spirit of entrepreneurship” and “make a difference”. The Summit was well received by over 300 participants.

The whole world is making a noise about Air, Water and Land Pollution. But there’s a deafening silence with regard to Noise Pollution. Noise can be defined as an unwanted or undesired sound. Be it human or machine-created, noise disrupts the activity and balance of life. Vehicle honking in traffic dons the dubious cap of being the largest noise maker throughout the world. Yi Kochi would like to take on the responsibility of spreading social awareness regarding Noise pollution and initiating action at the Community level to stop the growing menace of vehicle honking with a two pronged approach.

VISIONTo significantly reduce the incidence of vehicle

honking in the city over a span of 2 years.

MISSIONTo create public awareness regarding the ill

effects of vehicle honking.

To urge the general public and the entire community at large to join hands in this cause.

To measure the noise levels in the city and monitor the results of the campaign.

Mr T P Sreenivasan, Vice Chairman & Executive Head, Kerala State Higher Education Council, delivered the keynoted address. He congratulated Yi for taking up a theme of such relevance in today’s scenario and emphasized on the role of the youth in taking the country forward. Ms Namrata Khona Samra, Chair, Yi thanked everybody for making it to the summit and acknowledged the support of the team in organizing this summit. She thanked Mr TP Sreenivasan for his enlightening words and put across Yi Kochi’s proposal to come out with a white paper on the topic which they would present to the local governing body.

Justice Mr Santosh Hegde, Former Judge of the Supreme Court addressed the members on the consequences of the fall of social values in the society. Dr Nirmala Kannan, Rear Admiral (Retired) further spoke on the role of morality in ensuring good governance and how the youth should work towards building up a strong moral ground for themselves and others. Ms Swetha Menon, National award winning actor also delivered a special for the Young Indians.

The day ended with an entertainment program highlighting the culture of Kerala followed by dinner and networking.

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Established in 1977, from the vision of one man, Kochouseph Chittilappilly, V-Guard is nurtured by passion for hard work, penchant for quality and the will to succeed. V-Guard’s winning edge is in its technological excellence, automation and a committed work force that provides the impetus for a turnover racing past the Rs.1300 Crore markIndia’s largest manufacturer of voltage stabilizers has a pan India brand popularity, and it is now making a global presence with its increasing exports and markets spread across the world.

Synthite Industries Ltd., the largest oleoresin extraction firm in the world, today has become the global leader in spice oleoresins and other plant-derived natural product solutions with a turnover of over USD 160 million. With its pioneering beginning in 1972, Synthite is known to be the world’s most trusted spice ingredient provider with its quest for quality making it the most preferred choice.

Besides six manufacturing units in India Synthite has their own private industrial park viz., Synthite Taste Park. The company has offices in US, Europe, China and Sri Lanka gearing up to attain a target of Rs.3000 Crore by 2020. Synthite being a diversified conglomerate, has six business verticals namely, Bio Ingredients, Spice, Farm Tech, Hospitality, Realty, Hospitality and wind energy.

The Eastern Group has forayed into diverse fields such as Spices and Condiments, Polymer products in the form of pre-cured tread rubber and rubberized coir mattresses, clothing division and packaged drinking water . The span of this accelerated business empire has paved way for the livelihood of numerous highly skilled professional and spice farmers across the country. Being one of the largest buyers of spices and condiments in India, Eastern has bagged the largest exporter award from the Spices Board, Govt. of India 15 times in a row for their scintillating performance and thereby standing as a testimony for the rest. Eastern Group with its head quarters in Cochin is now spreading out its wings in the arena of new age ventures with chain of worldwide Health clinics, Realty, Educational institutions, Hotels etc

Geojit BNP Paribas Financial Services , the leading retail stock brokers in India, rides on its rich experience in the capital market to offer its clients a wide portfolio of savings and investment solutions. The company also has a strategic presence in the Middle East Region in the form of joint ventures and partnerships like Barjeel Geojit Securities as its joint venture with the Al Saud group headquartered at Dubai and owns branches in Abu Dhabi, Ras Al Khaimah, Al Ain, and Sharjah. BBK Geojit Securities KSCC (Kuwait,) is a joint venture with Bank of Bahrain, Kuwait and JZA. QBG Geojit Financial Services LLC (Oman) is the joint venture with Qurum Business Group (QBG) and National Securities Co. A strong brand identity and extensive industry knowledge coupled with BNP Paribas’ international expertise gives Geojit BNP Paribas a competitive advantage over others.

Racing ahead with a production of over 1, 75,000 voltage stabilizers every month, V-Guard has diversified its product portfolio to a wide range of products. The ‘V-Guard’ brand name is a household name in India and is consolidating its position as a major player in the consumer electrical and electronics panorama with a wide vista of products. At V-Guard, quality is a continuous process, beginning with the careful selection of only the finest components through the best source points to creating top notch product designs and putting them to stringent quality checks at every stage of the manufacturing process, to ensure world class performance and products.Success here is not measured in terms of financial considerations, but in terms of customer satisfaction and quality that is built into every product. The value of commitment to quality is also cherished

by more than 1700 staff members and over 5000 workers engaged in the production process either directly or indirectly. Strongly supported by a network of over 10000 retail dealers and 200 distributors/service centres spread all over India, with prompt, efficient and committed after-sale service. The company has been moving ahead with new investments and capacity expansion in some key products portfolios. V-Guard’s commitment to environment friendly products continues with the new production facility at Sipcot Industrial Growth Center, Sipcot, Perundurai, Erode for manufacturing Solar Water Heaters. Armed with an enhanced production capacity, this new factory has a production capacity of 90000 units per year, with a built-up area of 40,000 sqft. In addition to this, a 30000 sq ft area of warehouse is also being constructed in the premise.

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