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The New World Order The New World Order ADVERTORIAL Kamini.Kulshreshtha @timesgroup.com n the second day of the 3rd National Leadership OConclave of All India Management Association in New Delhi, Suresh Prabhu, Minister of Railways, Government of India while speaking on the topic 'Driving Indian Economy: Railways as a Growth Engine', talked extensively about how Indian Railways is working towards strengthening the country's economy and how Asia has dominated the world for a long time. "Asia has an ancient culture and growth cannot happen without a deep-rooted culture. Asia is one continent but not one union unlike most other continents. We must segment Asia and see where most of this growth will come (L-R) Sangita Reddy, Joint Managing Director, Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd; Suresh Prabhu, Minister of (L-R) Rekha Sethi, Director General, AIMA; Sanjiv Goenka, Conclave Chairman and Chairman, RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group; Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Minister of from. I am sure India has a Railways, Government of India and Sanjiv Goenka, Conclave Chairman and Chairman, RP-Sanjiv Goenka State Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (IC), Government of India; Sunil Kant Munjal, President, AIMA and Chairman, Hero Corporate Service and T great role to play," he said. Group V Mohandas Pai, Senior Vice President, AIMA and Chairperson, Manipal Global Education Services country, but now with new On the second day of the Leading through Music', Ustad initiatives, things are changing. conclave, the welcome address Amjad Ali Khan, Sarod Virtuoso We need to create a functional was delivered by Sunil Kant & Composer, along with his India: Moving ahead with times skill system. As a change, if we Munjal, President, AIMA and sons Amaan Ali Bangash and are able to overlook the formal Chairman, Hero Corporate Ayaan Ali Bangash, also The two-day long 3rd National Leadership Conclave by AIMA turned out education system and provide Service. Shashi Tharoor, prominent Sarod Masters & vocational skills to the Member of Parliament, Lok Composers, shared their to be the perfect platform to deliberate upon how industry and students, we would be able to Sabha and Chairman, thoughts on how music increase their employability Parliamentary Standing continues to enrich our lives government can come together to strengthen India's positioning in the many times," added Rudy. He Committee on External Affairs for the better. In conversation Asian growth map was joined by Sanjiv Goenka, talked extensively about how with Vir Sanghvi, Print and Conclave Chairman and India as a country can Television Journalist & Chairman, RP-Sanjiv Goenka demonstrate its soft power to Columnist, the maestro spoke Group; Sunil Kant Munjal, become more visible and get about how due to the President, AIMA and Chairman, prominence as a world leader. committed musicians of the Hero Corporate Service and "We are a significant country in Indian classical music Rekha Sethi, Director General, terms of our economic growth, fraternity, the legacy is still AIMA during the session. forces and technological continuing and how India has On the first day of the advancements, but we are not attained its unique visibility conclave, M Venkaiah Naidu, a world leader yet. India's role due to its classical music. Minister of Urban in the 21st century will come During the session, they also Photos: Sudhanshu (L-R) Sunil Kant Munjal, President, AIMA and Chairman, Hero Corporate Service; Jayant Sinha, Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Government of India; M Venkaiah Naidu, Minister of Urban Development, Information and Broadcasting, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Government of India; Sanjiv Goenka, Conclave Chairman and Chairman, RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group; Harshavardhan Neotia, Vice President, AIMA & Chairman, Ambuja Neotia Group and T V Mohandas Pai, Senior Vice President, AIMA and Chairperson, Manipal Global Education Services Prabhu further added that Goenka Group and Sangita and formal education is given a skilling. As a country, we have India will play a key role in the Reddy, Joint Managing Director, lot of importance, but the lost a lot of time and we are coming times. "Transportation Apollo Hospitals Enterprise problem is that we do not look still slow. Industries pick sector will be very significant in Limited. at skilling people. Therefore, students according to their infrastructure. We are bringing While addressing the the employability of the requirement and train them to investment for the railways. In audience in the valedictory students in various industries is suit their needs, but the (L-R) Ayaan Ali Bangash, Sarod Master & Composer; Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Sarod Virtuoso & Composer; Vir Sanghvi, Print and a never-before initiative, we session, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, very low. In the past years, government has not been able Television Journalist & Columnist and Amaan Ali Bangash, Sarod Master & Composer are also integrating the railway Minister of State, Skill vocational training has not to provide the training. It link with Myanmar and other Development and gone into the definition of became a real challenge for the Development, Information and Broadcasting, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Government of India, talked about how governance came to prominence only in the 1990s. "On the way to create Asia as a world leader, India and China have a very prominent role to play. The population in Asia, and more specifically the population of our country has to be leveraged for growth. As a country, we will have to focus on wealth creation through (L-R) Vanitha Narayanan, Chairman, IBM India Private Limited; Rishi Jaitly, CEO, Times ideas. Industries, business and Global, Bennett Coleman and Co. Ltd. (Times Group) and D Shivakumar, Chairman & agriculture are the pillars of our CEO – India Region, PepsiCo India Holdings Pvt Ltd economy and also our development. Asia is going to from its art, society and culture elucidated how music always be the future for the world's that the world likes. Our has a positive effect and (L-R) Sunil Kant Munjal, President, AIMA and Chairman, Hero Corporate Service; Shashi Tharoor, Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha and Chairman, Parliamentary Standing development story and emerge culture is so strong that we therefore, the younger Committee on External Affairs and Richard Rekhy, Former CEO, KPMG in India strongly as a world leader embrace all while standing on generation and the corporate in the coming times," said our own feet. But, the soft sector also embraces it as is. THE SOFT POWER THAT INDIA HAS Naidu. power has to have the hard They iterated that with the soft Jayant Sinha, Minister of power behind to be credible." power of music, India can CAN CONSIDERABLY AUGMENT THE State for Civil Aviation, The session was also definitely create its unique COUNTRY'S POTENTIAL TO BECOME A Government of India, addressed by Richard Rekhy, position in the world order. during his address Former CEO, KPMG in India. The two day conclave LEADER IN THE COMING TIMES. highlighted the fact that This century is said to be the witnessed the presence of the Indian GDP in PPP is Asian century. The region has various ministers from the $8 trillion and this given a lot to the world in government, dignitaries from neighbours," he shared. Entrepreneurship (IC), contribution is extremely terms of culture and art. India various industries and many According to him, this Government of India, significant. "As our being an important country in other prominent personalities integration will not only have said, "While we talk about businesses do the good Asia has also contributed from across sectors. With its good infrastructure, give more Make in India, it is work that they are doing, significantly with its art forms insightful deliberations and jobs, but will also provide the imperative that we also they must also focus and and culture. The soft power brain-storming sessions that proper vision and strategy for talk about the Makers in innovate around that India has can considerably were attended by a large India to work towards making India as Make in India will affordability to be able to augment the country's audience on both days, the this region stronger. Prabhu only happen if we have meet the expectations potential to become a leader in conclave successfully evolved (L-R) Sunil Alagh, Chairman, SKA Advisors & Past President, AIMA; Pramod Bhasin, Founder, Genpact was accompanied by Sanjiv makers in India. There are and Chairman, The Skills Academy; Rekha Sethi, Director General, AIMA; Sanjiv Goenka, Conclave and genuine needs of the the coming times. as a platform where ideas were Goenka, Conclave Chairman a large number of Chairman and Chairman, RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group; Manish Singhal, Founding Partner, Pi Ventures and Indian consumer," said In an interesting session on exchanged and perspectives and Chairman, RP-Sanjiv educated people in India Sunil Kant Munjal, President, AIMA and Chairman, Hero Corporate Service Sinha. 'Plucking the right strings: were shared across segments..
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