charcha on rural development

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2:00 PM

Opening Credits & Welcome Coffee

Enjoy a fresh cup of coffee before the presentations. We’ll be handing out pamphlets that outline this evening’s details.

2:00 PM

Opening Credits & Welcome Coffee

Enjoy a fresh cup of coffee before the presentations. We’ll be handing out pamphlets that outline this evening’s details.

2:00 PM

Opening Credits & Welcome Coffee

Enjoy a fresh cup of coffee before the presentations. We’ll be handing out pamphlets that outline this evening’s details.

David Doe

Designer - Redshoe

2:00 PM

Opening Credits & Welcome Coffee

Enjoy a fresh cup of coffee before the presentations. We’ll be handing out pamphlets that outline this evening’s details.

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

As the economic pain deepens for rural poor, how can we rapidly and inclusively rebuild rural India?

May

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#charcha2020

As COVID-19 is wiping away years of our developmental progress in weeks, the ability to reinvent ourselves and rebuild is more critical than ever before. With the development sector grappling with shrinking resources, the way forward requires a coming together of all stakeholders - nonprofits, government, corporates, foundations, academia and philanthropists

Welcome to charcha. Let's talk!

May 14

3:00 PM

Welcome address

Learn about The/Nudge Centre for Rural Development and hear success stories from rural women entrepreneurs

Speaker : John Paul

3:30 PM

HOLISTIC and INCLUSIVE RURAL development

Learn about the journey of Swades Foundation and the path forward for holistic and inclusive rural development

Speaker : Ronnie Screwvala

Moderator : Parmesh Shah

4:15 PM

Compassion during covid-19

Why is compassion the biggest need of the hour during covid-19

Speakers : Dr Achyuta Samanta

5:00 PM

Poverty alleviation through social mobilisation and institution building

How can poverty be reduced by creating institutional platforms for rural poor

Speaker : Shri T. Vijay Kumar (IAS - Retired)

5:30 PM

Role of community institutions in inclusive rural development

Why collective strength of community institutions will play an invaluable role in inclusive transformation of rural India

Speakers : Shri T Vijay Kumar (IAS - Retired), Smt Nita Kejrewal (IAS), Sajith Sukumaran, Shri Bishnu C Parida, Gayatri Acharya Moderator : Madhu Krishna

May 15

10:00 am

Collaborations for creating rural jobs

How can cross-sector collaborations create job centric value chains in rural India

Moderator : Ireena Vittal

11:40 PM

Burden of crisis on women and children

Why women and children are most affected during crisis and how can we help

Speakers : AK Shiva Kumar

12:15 PM

Financial inclusion for rural development

How rural finance can foster inclusive economic growth in rural India

Speakers : Samit Ghosh, Prof Alok Misra, Arindom Datta

Moderator : Manoj Sharma (Director, Microsave)

1:45 PM

Providing urban amenities to rural areas

Speaker : Srijan Pal Singh

3:00 PM

Scaling effectively - bY jpal

What is the life cycle approach of scaling evidence based programs

Speakers : Shagun Sabarwal, Aparna Krishnan, Gautam Patel

4:00 PM

Empowering women in rural India

How can we achieve women empowerment in rural India and why is it important

Speakers : Renana Jhabvala

Moderator : Lakshmi Pattabi Raman

4:45 PM

Role of panchayati raj institutions during crisis

What role can PRI play in combatting crisis like covid-10

Speakers : Meenakshisundaram SS, IAS (retired)

Moderator : Kripa Ananthpur

5:30 PM

Harnessing the winds of change:

How Dharma Life’s Women Entrepreneur Network is responding to the COVID -19 pandemic in rural India

Speakers : Professor Rajesh Chandy, Gaurav Mehta, Rohini Shirke

Moderator : Vainateya Gavai

6:15 PM

Collaborations to support rural artisans

How can we support India's 200 million rural artisans

Speakers : Neelam Chhiber, Vipul Jain, Sharda Gautam, Mohan Rao Macherla

Moderator : Smita Mankad

May 16

11:00 am

voices from migrant workers and rest of rural INDIA : rebuilding livelihoods post COVID-19

Hear directly from rural India (marginal farmers, migrant workers, daily wage earners, rearers, about how we can help them combat the COVID - 19 crisis

Speakers : Rapid Rural Community Response to COVID-19

Speaker Block #4

Ronnie Screwvala

Co-Founder, Swades Foundation

Shri T Vijay Kumar

First Mission Director of the National Rural Livelihood Mission

Renana Jhabvala

National Co-ordinator, Self Employed Women's Association

Meenakshisundaram SS, IAS (retired)

Chairman, MYRADA

Madhu Krishna

Deputy Director, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Ireena Vittal

Former Partner, McKinsey & Company

Parmesh Shah

Global LeaD, Rural Livelihoods and Agricultural Jobs, World Bank

Shri Bishnu C Parida

COO, Jharkhand State Livelihood Promotion Society

Samit Ghosh

Founder, Ujjivan

Arindom Datta

Executive Director, RaboBank

Alok Misra

Professor, Public Policy & Governance, MDI Gurgaon

Shagun Sabarwal

Director, Policy Training and Communications, JPAL

Gautam Patel

Senior Policy Manager, JPAL

Aparna Krishnan

Project Director, JPAL

MANOJ Sharma

DIRECTOR, MICROSAVE

Kripa Ananthpur

Associate Professor, MIDS

GAURAV METHA

Founder and CEO Dharma Life Foundation

Rajesh Chandy

PROFESSOR OF MARKETING, LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL

SRIJAN PAL SINGH

AUTHOR, PUBLIC SPEAKER AND SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR

Lakshmi Pattabi Raman

DIRECTOR, THE/NUDGE FOUNDATION

Vainateya Gavai

CO-FOUNDER, Siriti

John Paul

Head, The/Nudge Centre for Rural Development

ROHINI SHIRKE

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