Annual Report 2010-2011 Message Fromthe President-CII Another Active Andeventful Year Ahead
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annual report 2010-2011 hari s bhartia President-CII & Co-Chairman & Managing Director of Jubilant Organosys Ltd It gives me great pleasure to see the Young Indians’ initiatives in a country where the dreams and aspirations of the younger generation are soaring to newer and greater heights. India is transitioning from a developing nation to one of the world’s largest and fastest growing economies. India is capable of meeting the world’s rising expectations from the country, on the back of its growing prowess and ability to recover faster from situations like the financial crisis. Today world expects India to play a leadership role and lead the economic growth. It is really energizing to be on a platform like Yi, comprising of the youth who dream of a great India and believe in themselves to institute a change in the economical and social scenario of the country. The young Indians of today in various fields have made us proud. This new generation has stamped its identity in all walks of life – they are writing books, making films, sculpting, drawing; they are equally at ease with contributions in medicines, technology and communications; they are excelling in performing arts and sports, they are traveling to space to bring to mankind hitherto unheard of information and discoveries. Dreams are important as they inspire and drive people to achieve things. Every young person should have a dream to be a leader and work towards converting that dream into reality. In today’s times, the benefit of experience has to be blended with the competitive attitude of the youth. I urge the Young Indians to play a much more active role in Industry matters and take on leadership roles. CII too is looking at Young members to contribute active leadership role. This year, some of the Yi members were the President-CII invited to the CII’s National Council. I see this trend continuing and I urge the young Indians to contribute their skills and time in CII activities. I would like to extend my appreciation to Ms Bhairavi Jani and her teams of office bearers for dedicatedly fulfilling their responsibilities during the year. I convey my best wishes to Yi for their future initiatives. I congratulate members of Yi for their commitment and contribution. I am sure Yi with the igniting passion and strong determination would continue to work towards shaping India. I once again congratulate the Yi team for their achievements in the year gone by and convey my wishes for another active and eventful year ahead. message from message from chandrajit banerjee Director General, CII Young Indians who are the younger face of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) are an integral part of our organization. The biggest strength of India is its youth population, which makes the country one of the youngest nations in the world. It is extremely important to engage the youth, the backbone of the nation. The future lies in the young leaders initiatives. And so, we must nurture the leadership qualities of youth. India’s young talent has the biggest tool for competitive environment – their demographic advantage. India is the apex country with respect to percentage of young blood and this is going to be the key reason for India to excel in this turbulent global environment. Today India’s younger generation are leading a host of changes in the economy and society, their involvement into such phenomenal growth can influence the attitudes of youth towards society, which will go a long way in the overall betterment of the nation. The young leaders today are sending a very loud and clear message that leadership in the 21st century is no longer about “command and control” but about “inform and engage”. The Young Indians should participate more actively in CII and we welcome them to get actively involved in strengthening the CII way forward. I congratulate Ms Bhairavi Jani, the first women National Chairman for Young Indians (Yi) for giving us yet another fruitful year under her leadership. I am pleased to inform that we have carried forward many initiatives successfully joining hands with Yi. I the DG-CII am glad that Yi is playing an active role in enhancing young entrepreneurs and professionals in addressing the increasingly complex challenges facing our societies. It is very heartening to know that through Yi platform, young people are volunteering to work towards initiatives and activities that may seem small initially but create an impact in the long run. I look forward to greater such associations in the years to come. I feel confident that in 2011, Yi will see even greater growth and scale even greater heights. I wish Yi all the best for their future initiatives. message from message from bhairavi jani Yi National Chairman Dear Friends, Yi was founded with the belief and thought that India’s young wanted to build a new India, an India that was secular, inclusive, healthy, educated, meaningfully employed, economically strong, technologically advanced and morally responsible. In the past eight years of its existence Yi has created a momentum by providing a platform to thousands of young citizens of India to reach out and impact millions. The journey of Yi is that of a caravan that is constantly on the move and is headed towards a constantly moving target. The year 2010-2011 has been another milestone in this marathon to develop a nation of resurgent energy and unlimited passion. It has been a year of growth: Yi’s membership grew to 1300 for city chapter members, and to 10000 for Farmer Nets members and to 4000 for student nets members. Yi created a place for itself on the social media platform as well, with many thousands following Yi’s progress on a daily basis. A total of 716 activities in one year is a stupendous progress. This would have never been possible without the undying spirit of members and chapter leadership of our 25 city chapters and 3 corporate chapters. The Yi chapters have truly transformed themselves into grass roots change enablers. From planning a city forest in Indore to conducing mass blood donation camps in Raipur to organizing Go Green campaigns in Chandigarh, the Yi chapters have led and how! The student nets are the soul of Yi. They have again showcased that when energized and given the right framework, the young in India are ready to make transformative contribution to their nation. By integrating themselves seamlessly with the Yi chapters and collaborating nationally, they have created a force that cannot Yi National Chairman Yi be ignored. Constructive student movements that are beyond rallies and campaigns is the new way the Indian students want to engage with the process of nation building. The farmer nets have always been a very important part of Yi. But this year by taking their practices to the Agro Expo organized by CII during President Barak Obama’s visit, they have proven that progressive young farmers in India are not the ones to stay behind in making themselves heard. Working extensively on creating the Indian Good Agriculture Practices, the Farmer net members interacted with President Obama and also participated in the Round table discussions led by Agriculture secretaries of both states. Yi has always wanted to expand its reach in rural India through its work and activities. This year the opportunity came in the form a suggestion of Ms. Meenakshi Natarajan, Member of Parliament from Mandsaur and Neemuch in Madhya Pradesh. She recommended that Yi should undertake career counseling for rural students. Dr. Sudha Iyer led this effort by developing RAISEC tests for rural Indian children and also creating a career database for their use and reference. More than 3500 children benefitted from this exercise. Now this successful pilot is ready to be duplicated in Kashmir and Sirsa, Haryana to begin with and will spread its footprint across the country. This year saw Yi’s national initiatives create new models of engagement.The “Plant a Life “ initiative conceived by Shaurya Veer Himatsingka to plant one million trees has met with tremendous success message from message from in the first year itself with over 3.7 lakh trees planted sustainability for Yi. this year alone. The project SYighboard ideated by Mala It has been a year of energy and engagement in all spheres and Patodia and Nirav Modi has addressed a simple but acute facets. This could have never been possible without the support need of blackboards in underprivileged schools. Launched Yi National Vice Chairman Shankar Vanavaryar. His in November 2010, in a month’s time 388 boards ideas and drive will ensure Yi will take another leap in the were installed in 69 schools. The Green I contest had coming year. its fourth edition this year with more than 100 schools participating and Deepa Sathiaram has led this program Behind every successful organization there are people, people with zeal and commitment.The celebration of World who make it work, people who make it last. The Yi internal Environment day by as many as 17 chapters on June 5th organization team of Executive Members led by Mahesh created a new mechanism for Yi’s chapters across the nation Natarajan is exemplary in their dedication to this very to collaborate on one single cause. Anuj Kothari from the crucial cause. I have seen them year after year strive towards National Environment team worked tirelessly to make this making Yi a better organization. Mahesh’s unconditional day a truly memorable one. August saw Yi undertake as support has personally made the year a very special one in my many as 101 activities and many were undertaken as part eight years of time in Yi.