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Workshop on Aadhaar (Unique Identification Number)

Date: February 23, 2011

Panellists: Mr. K Devarathna Kumar - Asst. Director General, UIDAI Regional Office Madhapur, Mr. Sanjay Swamy – Head of Mobile Authentication and Financial Strategy, UIDAI, Mr. Govindraj Ethiraj - Head of Industry Outreach, UIDAI, Mr. Praveen Chakravarthy of UIDAI, Venkata Harish Raghu – Senior VP (Operations and HR), Trident Microfin Pvt. Ltd and Dr. Mastan from HMRI. The session was inaugurated by Prof. Reuben Abraham – Executive Director, CEMS at ISB.

This workshop was hosted by the Club in collaboration with CEMS, SRITNE and WCED. During the workshop the participants brainstormed and came up with ideas for using UID in finding new business models for financial services inclusion, healthcare delivery, skilling and PDS.
The Facebook page is here - http://www.facebook.com/pages/UID-WorkshopISB/166145630103905

Solstice 2010 – Schneider Conversations for Change

Date: December 17, 2010

Speakers: Mr. Sreekumar C.R. – VP, Energy Management, Schneider Electric, Mr. Parameswaran Venkataraman – Group Business Director, IMRB International, Mr. Ajit Mohan – Principal, Blue Lotus Advisory Services, Mr. V Anantha Nageswaran – Chief Investment Officer, Julius Baer & Co and moderated by Prof. Vikram Kuriyan, ISB

This was a TED style session where each speaker chose a specific topic. The topics that were presented included the need for energy management and energy efficiency in India, the role of design thinking in emerging markets, the future of the financial sector and more. This was followed by a panel discussion.

ISB Leadership Summit 2010 – Emerging Markets Panel on Innovations for Emerging Markets

Date: December 4, 2010

Speakers: Mr. Srini Raju, Co-founder and Chairman of Peepul Capital, Ms. Ipsita Dasgupta, MD at Cisco Systems, Ms. Manjeet Kripalani , Founder Gateway House and moderated by Prof. Amit Bubna, ISB

The panellists discussed the challenges facing emerging economies such as India, and the innovative solutions required to face such challenges. There was a lively debate about the nature of innovations, the growth drivers and the possible changes in policy to catalyse more innovations.  Through the year the Emerging Markets Club has strived to create awareness and surface issues that impact developing markets and this discussion was very relevant and well appreciated.

Khemka Forum for Social Entrepreneurship

Date: November 11-12, 2010

The Khemka Forum for Social Entrepreneurship was hosted at ISB this year. The Emerging Markets Club provided logistical and organisational support to CEMS in conducting the workshop smoothly. A dinner on 11th November, 2010 for the participants was hosted by the Club
http://www.khemkafoundation.org/focus-areas/social-entrepreneurship/khemka-forum-social-entrepreneurship-2010

Design Thinking Workshop

Date: October 23-24, 2010

Conducted by: Mr. Parameswaran Venkataraman, Group Business Director at IMRB International

Immersive workshop to develop insights and develop new products and services for base of the pyramid consumers in emerging market sectors – low cost healthcare, low cost housing and skilling. Conducted over 2 days, this workshop involved visits to low cost housing colonies, hospitals and retail chains to get first hand perspectives on the needs of the base of the pyramid.

Workshop on Employability and Skilling

Date: September 25, 2010

Panellists: Jitendra Kalra, CEO - Dr. Reddy’s Foundation, S J Amalan, Regional Director - Department of Labour and Employment, Sachin Dubey, Vice President -  Career Launcher, Abhinav Mital, Principal - The Parthenon Group, Hari Menon, CEO – India Skills, Dilip Chenoy, CEO –National Skills Development Corporation

Workshop organised for the first time on a growing sector in India. The workshop was desgined to get perspectives from industry players, government bodies, non profit organisations and others. A one on one session was organised with each speaker and interested students for the Workshop.

Videos on Employability and Skilling - http://www.isb.edu/cems/videos.shtml

TED Style Open Forum with speakers World Economic Forum – Young Global Leaders

Date: August 8, 2010

Panellists: Neeraj Bharadwaj, Managing Director, Accel India Growth Management Company Pvt Ltd , Sanjeev Sanyal - Founder and Managing Trustee, Sustainable Planet Institute, C. V. Madhukar - Director of PRS Legislative Research, Tejpreet S. Chopra - President and Chief Executive Officer, Bharat Light and Power , and Vikram K.  Akula - Founder and Chairperson, SKS Microfinance Limited.

Speaker Sessions

Mr. Vivek Sharma, Chief Marketing Officer, Philips Electronics India

Topic: Innovations for Emerging Markets
Date: November 23, 2010
Mr. Sharma talked about the innovations that Philips has been undertaking for the Emerging Markets.

Mr. Sudhakar Ramakrishna, Corporate VP and GM, Motorola

Topic: Reverse Innovation to tap potential in Emerging Economies
Date: June 28, 2010
Mr. Ramakrishna talked about the growth of mobile broadband technologies and the opportunities that it presents for a country like India. He talked about the potential of 4G technologies and the reverse innovation happening in India.

Prof. Jenik Radon, Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Columbia

Topic: Business challenges in Emerging Markets
Date: November 8, 2010
Prof. Radon has been awarded Georgia’s highest civilian honour, formed the Afghanistan relief committee, been the architect of Estonia’s privatisation, and drafted the interim constitution of Nepal amongst many other things. He shared his experiences of working in emerging markets and the business challenges.

Mr. Jerry Rao, Founder and CEO, Value & Budget Housing Corporation
Topic: Affordable Housing in India
Date: October 17, 2010
Mr. Jerry Rao has started this new company focussed on affordable housing solutions and they have initiated projects in a number of cities. He spoke to his about the breakthrough business model that drives the company and his perspectives on this growing market in India.

Hari Sankaran, MD and CEO of IL&FS
Topic : Urbanisation and Public Private Partnerships
Date: October 21, 2010
IL&FS has been the pioneer of Public Private Partnerships in India and has executed many key infrastructural projects. One of these projects is the Delhi Noida Expressway which is an example of how improvements in infrastructure can lead to an explosion of economic growth in a region. Mr. Sankaran has 34 heads of different businesses reporting to him and this was the first time Mr. Hari Sankaran has visited the ISB campus.


Faculty Connect Sessions

Prof. AK Shiva Kumar, Member of National Advisory Council and Visiting Faculty ISB
Topic: Public Policy framing
Date: September 27, 2010
Framing of public policy in India and career opportunities in the sector

Prof. Rama Velamuri, Associate Professor Entrepreneurship at CEIBS and Visiting Faculty ISB
Topic: Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies
Date: August 11, 2010
Entrepreneurship opportunities and regulatory differences in India and China

Prof. Bhagwan Chowdhury, Professor at ULCA and Visiting Faculty ISB
Topic: Financial Access at Birth
Date: July 29, 2010
New initiative and model for financial inclusion for the poor at birth

Prof. Krishna Kumar, Senior Economist, RAND Corporation and Visiting Faculty ISB
Topic: India: the kutcha road to riches
Date: July 7, 2010
Widely appreciated session on economic challenges and the opportunities for growth faced by India.

TEDx Sessions

TEDx Session moderated by Debarshi Bhattacharya, Director, COO, ACCESS Health
Date: September 22, 2010

TEDx – The Future we Make, Live Webcast screened at ISB on the tenth anniversary of Millennium Development Goals
Date: September, 2010

TEDx Session moderated by Prof. Reuben Abraham, Director, Centre for Emerging Market Solutions
Date: August 18, 2010