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a n n u a l r e p o r t f o r 2009-10 f i r e f l i e s message from...... the president, CII

Dear Yi Colleagues,

CII’s theme for the year 2009-10 laid emphasis on Yi, being an inclusive organisation that focuses on building Economy, Infrastructure & Governance. I am happy to itself as the voice of young Indians globally, has evolved note that Young Indians have taken forward CII’s theme a position of being a key player in the developmental this year by undertaking a number of programmes & imperatives for India through innovation & discussion. Yi initiatives in these areas. These include a number of has engaged its members in generating awareness on interactive sessions with distinguished luminaries on significant and relevant matters. I congratulate the Young the economic downturn, opportunities and strategies Indians for their focus, energy and enthusiasm. for revival; awareness campaigns to promulgate good governance & participative citizenship. Yi has shown its tremendous growth potential this year by increasing its spread within the country as well as through The National Youth Policy, 2003 outlines the commitment its depth of activities. The commitment on part of the Yi of the entire nation to the composite and all-round Chairman & Vice Chairman in engaging the youth in the development of the young sons and daughters of India various activities of Yi is indeed a commendable feat. I Venu and seeks to establish an all-India perspective to fulfill take this opportunity to felicitate the entire team of Young Srinivasan their legitimate aspirations so that they are all strong Indians led by Dr Rahul Mirchandani. I believe that in the President CII & of heart and strong of body and mind in successfully coming years Yi would grow as a strong organisation and Managing Director, accomplishing the challenging tasks of nation building move forward with a firm resolve of carrying forward its Sundaram-Clayton and social transformation that lie ahead. For India to stay goal & spirit of ‘We Can, We Will’. I look forward to an even Ltd in the mainstream of overall development, it is imperative larger engagement of Yi in leading India into the future. to ensure the effective pursuit of youth development programmes which promote personality development h and enhance commitment to community service, social justice, self reliance and national integration. Yi embodies all these elements and much more.

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Yi annual report 2009-10 ...the national chairman, Yi

To all my friends at Yi 3

Yi has had a superb year. It is with great pleasure that I Indian Parliament Simulation at Kochi was a superb present to you our Fourth Annual Report that captures experience for over 150 students who lived the role the breadth and impact of our activities across each of of an elected parliamentarian, engaged in rigorously Yi’s chapters, platforms and initiatives. researched discussion and constructive debate on 15 Indian issues, with the hope of understanding the I must begin by appreciating the energy, enthusiasm and parliamentary system and finding possible solutions to zest of every Yi office bearer, Yi member and the team of unique Indian problems. This provided extraordinary Executive members who have collectively made this year leadership training and was a successful experiment to so successful. get youth from 19 cities interested in looking at politics

This was Yi’s year of scaling up. We launched nine as a career choice. In addition, the Yi Retreat at Tirupati new chapters during the year at Thiruvananthapuram, had a heady mix of some memorable trekking, adventure Guwahati, Erode, Vishakapatnam, Goa, Raipur, Srinagar, sports and spiritual experiences. Baroda and Madurai. We now have established a Our Overseas Delegation to the United Kingdom met presence in 25 cities with a total of 1200 members. with Lord Meghnand Desai at The House of Lords, Sir The choice of these new locations demonstrates our Thomas Harris at Standard Chartered Bank and had an commitment to ensure that Young Indians even in smaller interactive session with the UKIBC Next Gen Entrepreneurs. Rahul towns are provided with access to a platform like Yi that Mirchandani We also had an interesting session on Innovation and connects them with Industry and ‘Young in Business’ Entrepreneurship with students at Oxford University. Yi had National across India. its first International Road Show in London and briefed Chairman, CII’s Young Indians & In addition, we have a strong and fast growing young overseas Indians on engaging with India as a crucial Executive Director, membership base of 4000 students drawn from 59 Yi stakeholder. Following this, we hosted a group of exchange Aries Agro Limited Student Networks across India, 160 members across students from Oxford, Cambridge and London School of 3 corporate chapters and 8500 young farmers Economics in Mumbai and interacted with the UK Deputy enrolled through 2 Yi Farmers Nets. High Commissioner, Ms Vicki Treadell on the Challenges of Doing Business in India. We have rolled out a total of 602 events and activities during the year. This works out to an average of close Yi also continuously engaged with key persons in to 2 events a day. All of these activities were aligned to Government including Mr Rahul Gandhi, Mr Arun Yi’s platforms and initiatives of education, environment, Maira, Mr Nandan Nilekani, Mr Shashi Tharoor, Ms employability, governance, art-culture-sport, healthcare, Supriya Sule, Ms Meenakshi Natarajan among many youth affairs, farmer nets and next practices. Yi’s work others. The objective was to keep these key influencers during the year has directly impacted over 6 lakhs appraised about Yi, our vision and our goals and seek people. This is the first year that we have started tracking opportunities to work together with Government to the member engagement and impact numbers for each initiate and scale up activities and projects. We also had of our activities, with the objective of setting specific the opportunity to carry out extensive voting awareness benchmarks for us to evaluate the quantitative reach and campaigns before the National & State elections in 5 qualitative success of our efforts. cities, with the highlight being our interaction with the Chief Election Commissioner of India, Mr Navin Chawla, Nationally, Yi had a good mix of flagship events. The in Mumbai, before the Maharashtra Assembly Elections. Our Green-I - Yi Environment contest once again Yi Farmer Nets currently involve over 8500 young, highlighted ways to make school campuses more progressive farmers in knowledge sharing platforms. The environmentally sensitive. Over a 100 schools developed year’s theme for both the networks supported by Aries Agro working models for building more sustainable buildings. Limited and Galla Foods was building a dialogue towards In the education area, Yi has carried out an extensive evolving a framework for Indian Good Agricultural practices efficacy study for Yi Akshara – our learning resource (Indo-GAP). Over 175 knowledge dissemination activities centre for school children. The Yi Education team has were undertaken across 11 states impacting over 11000 also initiated the process of customizing and localizing farmers and rural children from agricultural communities. Akshara modules. We also have preparatory programs These events exposed farmers to best practices using study underway that make children in urban slums ready for tours and workshops, connected them with Agricultural entry to a formal schooling system. World Food Day was Universities and also educated Rural school students in over observed across the country with 14 Yi chapters working 65 secondary schools on latest agricultural practices that together for the first time on a single standardized Yi will help improve productivity and consequently improve the Healthcare project on a single day. The Healthcare ecosystem of wealth creation in rural communities. Yi also initiative also saw sessions and workshops on stress surveyed over 800 farmers net members and prepared a management, lifestyle diseases, HIV, diabetes, heart comprehensive document that captured ways that Young diseases, swine flu, yoga and alternative medicine. farmers are affected by and coping with Climate Change. This report was prepared for the Copenhagen Summit. Employability is one of India’s key concerns. Yi has We also conducted two very successful National Agromax scaled up its work in the Skills development area conferences in Guwahati, Assam and in Hissar, Haryana. by conducting Yi Labs programs focused on the Together these two flagship events had close to 4000 hospitality, food and retail sectors. In addition we have young farmers in attendance and had a galaxy of over 40 also commenced work on piloting world class skills speakers and involved 5 State Governments, 9 Agricultural certification programs in the Logistics and Agriculture Universities and many agribusiness corporates. Farmers sectors. These programs will improve the employability were also provided with commodity prices, crop advisories prospects of youth involved in these sectors and also and weather alerts throughout the year using mobile phone plug some crucial skills gaps that exist in these areas. text messages. Yi has also begun an iterative process

I have had the pleasure of personally visiting 17 of of identifying 10 farmers each year who have achieved Yi’s chapters during the year. The Coimbatore Vizha, superlative levels of productivity and documenting and Entrepreneurship conclaves, Yi Kochi’s EnYironmend evangelizing these innovative crop management methods campaign, Dream City Projects, Regional Retreats, the as ‘Farming Next Practices’. Aero Modelling show, among many other unique events The pursuit of Innovation and the identification of game have immense potential for engaging members and the changing ideas is key to ensuring development of sectors wider stakeholder communities and should ideally be and also offer investment opportunities for companies. Yi scaled up. Our 3 corporate chapters at Infosys, MCX Next Practices provided a platform to energize young and Impetus Technologies have done good work in the inventors to showcase their path breaking technologies areas of women empowerment, life skills to urban poor, and prototypes. We did this with the India Innovation microfinance and healthcare. Yi’s chapters also helped YiInitiative (i3) in partnership with Department of Science & rehabilitation of flood victims in Bihar and provided timely Technology- Government of India and the CII. Of several flood relief in Andhra Pradesh. 4 innovations showcased in an exhibition, 10 were picked Yi Youth Affairs continues to engage students with up by IIM-Ahmedabad for a year long incubation program. meaningful projects and activities. Our students across We have also partnered with Dell and UTVi for a year long 53 student networks have conceptualized and executed national business plan contest titled ‘Take your Own Path’ projects that focus on leadership training, skill building to provide an opportunity for students with innovative and community service. The Yi Youth Affairs program business plans to move from ideas to enterprise. trains students, connects them with Industry and Several efforts were also made to strengthen member Young leaders, enables nation building initiatives and communication using periodical Yi Link, the Yi Ning forum challenges them to think big and think different. It is also Yi annual report 2009-10 and other online social networks set up nationally and at key to shaping young minds and preparing Yi’s future each chapter. These have kept the Yi membership, select CII membership base. members and other stakeholders up-to-date on Yi’s progress and plans. The year also saw 5 Yi members invited to emerge as an even stronger and vibrant movement. CII’s National Council, the apex decision making body of I also believe that Yi’s steady march forward would have the CII. Several CII councils and committees have active Yi been impossible without Ms Shefali Chaturvedi, Director-CII members represented and are keen on working with Yi on & Head-Young Indians. Shefali has superbly led an excellent joint projects and large events. and most committed team of National Managing Members The entire year has been very satisfying. Yi’s work has and Executive Members, each of whom have regularly taken on a structure that begins with Awareness building gone beyond the call of duty to deliver on Yi’s agenda and I (workshops and conferences that identify things that need would like to thank each of them. to get done), Action projects (pilot programmes that prove I would also like to thank every member of the Yi the ideas generated successfully solve specific problems Governing Council, every Yi Office Bearer and each Yi 5 and serve specific development goals) and ultimately member who has volunteered time and energy and been focus on Advocacy (identifying partners and working with a part of this past year. For me personally, the year has government and NGOs to enable scaling up). Moreover, been a leadership experience unlike any other. I have each Yi initiative has contributed to reaching our ultimate grown and learnt from each one of you. Thank you. goal of India@75: The People’s Agenda.

Yi is unique. It is our collective passion for progress It has been a personal privilege to work with Ms Bhairavi that will be the catalyst for a New India. We are building Jani, Yi’s Vice Chairman, whose determination, grit and our own destiny. Each of us has a stake in this future. energy have been the driving force for Yi’s chapters and Working as a group of friends and colleagues, We Build initiatives. As I pass on Yi’s leadership to her for 2010, I India, our home. What could be more fulfilling! am confident that Yi will grow with each passing day and h Yi-India@75 alignment

Yi has taken significant efforts to align all its platforms and verticals with the vision elements of India@75. Prof C K Prahalad includes several goals for India@75 - these are represented in the diagram below. For each of these vision elements and goals for India, the respective Yi initiative and/or platform which contributes, has been shown. Yi’s platforms and initiatives would play a significant role in furthering the India@75 vision by either building awareness, carrying out action projects, or, by implementing advocacy campaigns in the respective areas. y Yi Yi s Education Employabilit Network Student Yi Learning Yi

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xt s tices ac Ne Yi Pr e earning s L Yi Network Student Yi Governanc Yi oung Indians (Yi) is an integral part of the age group of 25 & 40 years. Yi motivates a Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), generational change & inspires pride in every YIndia’s premier business association, young Indian by engaging them in shaping the formed in the year 2002, with an objective of future of India. Yi is creating a platform for young Indians to realize • An organisation of progressive Young the dream of a developed nation. With the Indians from all walks of life engaging vision ‘To become the voice of young Indians 1200 members from 25 Chapters across globally’, its key differentiator is that it engages India, 4000 students from 59 educational Young Indians in areas that focus on ‘Beyond institutions throughout India and 8500 Just Business’. Yi is a grass root organisation young & progressive farmers from 11 that focuses on issues of national importance different states. in the developmental agenda of India through Advocacy, Awareness & Action & engages • An organisation that motivates a youth through various initiatives, platforms & generational change & inspires pride in peer leadership activities. Yi is instrumental in every young Indian by engaging them in developing successful projects across the focus shaping the future of India. areas of primary education, environment, primary healthcare and employability. • A grass roots organisation that focuses on issues of national importance in the Yi’s member base has emerged as a vibrant developmental agenda of India through group of progressive young Indians who have Action, Awareness and Advocacy by come together from diverse backgrounds. It engaging youth through various initiatives, is an inclusive organisation that has over 1200 platforms and peer leadership activities. direct members in 25 Chapters & includes

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Individual Platforms Development Initiatives • • Student Nets • Education Learning & • Farmer Nets 6 • Employability Knowledge Sharing • Next Practices • Environment • Peer Leadership • Healthcare • National and • International Governance and Value-based Leadership Partnerships

Yi annual report 2009-10 Mr. Amit Bidasaria, Co-Chair, Yi Indore Chapter, at the launch Dr Rahul Mirchandani, Yi National Chairman with Mr of Yi Impetus Corporate chapter in Indore Venkatraman, Executive Director, MCX - SX and Mr Lamon Rutter, MD & CEO, MCX - SX at the launch of the CII - Yi Corporate Chapter at MCX, Mumbai he Yi Corporate Chapter was formed with an aim to engage young employees of INFYi the Corporate Chapter of Yi with Infosys, Tcompanies towards social development Bangalore has been instrumental in 7 work and to help align the CSR activities of the • Organising awareness campaigns on company with Yi’s nation building objectives. microfinance The Yi Corporate Chapter: • Organising Zing Programme to connect rural Bangalore with the urban economy in • Allows Corporate Chapter employees to Bangalore interact with Yi members across the country • Running many programmes on usage of • Allows participation in Learning events and IT in helping NGOs in garnering people’s activities of Yi local City Chapter support for public governance • Allows access to Yi-organised national • Running programmes on better waste level learning events management • Allows employees to conduct projects in the • Successfully distributing de-worming Yi focus areas facilitated and mentored by Yi tablets to 3000 students and conducting free dental camps for children in the city, • Facilitates and supports the work in focus areas under its healthcare initiative ‘AAROGYA’. that are chosen by the Corporate Chapter • Helping rehabilitate flood victims of Bihar • Allows alignment of CSR initiative of a company with the activities of Yi which The Yi - Impetus Corporate Chapter has been can prove to be mutually beneficial instrumental in working in the areas of • Helps create sustainable & scalable ’Next • Computer literacy class for old age people Practices’ through projects that can be under employability initiative, the role of shared through Yi’s India@75 platform Impetus is to prepare course and deploy corporate members for taking classes on • Helps create social awareness around weekends social entrepreneurship and enables new • Establishing E-libraries for prominent schools social entrepreneurship ideas in the city for creating a readily available • Promotes thought leadership amongst database for school children employees through engagement in various • Working in the area of developing processes of nation building infrastructure for various city based NGO • Provides a platform to work in the various working in the domain of healthcare areas of social issues within the country like • Developing software and database for areas pertaining to Education, Life Skills, mobile ANSH project – a program that Women Empowerment, Micro finance, brings together people willing to donate Healthcare and Environment blood free of cost to the needy Activities undertaken by MCX, this year Presently, Yi has three Corporate Chapters: • Donation Drive - distributing old clothes, Infosys Technologies, Bangalore toys and books to children in association (INFYi) (100 members) with city-based NGO change spearheading spearheading

Impetus Infotech Pvt Ltd, Indore • Conducted Painting & Rangoli Competition; (30 members) ‘The FT Group’s support for needy drive in aid of Helen Keller Institute for Deaf & Blind’ The MCX, Mumbai • Organised a National Convention of (30 members) ‘Global Compact Network’ – encouraging focus on Human Rights & Anti-Corruption Coimbatore Vizha 2010

From 2nd to 10th January, Yi Coimbatore Chapter in association with 50 other organisations and institutions organised the second edition of Coimbatore Vizha. Vizha 2010 had over 65 events under different sections like Exhibitions, Sports, Talks & Lectures on Ecology & Environment, Music & Dance, Health, Cuisine and many contests spread across a span of 9 days. Over 4 Lakh people enjoyed and experienced Mr Navin Chawla, Chief Election Commissioner of India the spirit of Coimbatore through the Vizha 2010. addressing students and Yi Net members at St Xaviers College in Mumbai Coimbatore Vizha was an effort to celebrate the spirit of the city – its heritage, industrial legacy, Chief Election Commissioner of India at St Xaviers entrepreneurial spirit, hospitable, honest culture College, Mumbai. ‘Youth is the Ambassador for and the multi-cultural ethnic confluence. a Healthy Electoral Process’ was organised to create awareness amongst the youth on their 24-25 June 2009 role in the electoral process. This was the main Yi delegation to the United Kingdom emphasis of Mr Chawla’s address to students of St Xaviers College, Narsee Monjee Institute A 15-member Yi Delegation led by Dr Rahul of Management Studies, Government Law Mirchandani, National Chairman, visited College, K J Somaiya College of Commerce, London, UK on 24-25 June 2009. AICAR Business School, Vidyalankar and other institutions who participated in the interaction. pioneering steps 18-21 October 2009, Kashmir Tryst with Kashmir

Yi organised an eight-member special delegation to Gulmarg and Srinagar. The delegation met with Mr Omar Abdullah, Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir and Mr Haseeb A Drabu, Chairman & Chief Executive, J&K Bank. The Chief Minister expressed his happiness at Yi UK Mission delegates with Lord Meghnad Desai at the House of Lords Yi’s initiatives and requested Yi to consider opening a Chapter in Srinagar.

Positioned as enterprising brand ambassadors of New Age India and Indian Business, the delegation met like-minded Next Gen business, social and political leaders of UK. The aim of this delegation was to bring together young entrepreneurs from both the countries and 8 to reinforce the theme of Yi while building bridges between both ‘Young Businesses’ and ‘Young in Business’. The representatives shared knowledge on Indian entrepreneurship, business

strategy, which at present stands on the theme Yi delegation interacting with Mr Omar Abdullah, Chief of ‘successful entrepreneurship in scarcity’. Minister, Jammu & Kashmir

6 October 2009, Mumbai 9 May 2009, Delhi Interaction with CEC Interaction with Young Political Leaders Yi annual report 2009-10 Yi organised an interaction for college students Yi Delhi Chapter organised an interaction with and Yi net members with Mr Navin Chawla, young political leaders, ‘The Challenges before L to R: Dr R Rudramoorthy, Principal PSG college of Technology; Mr Ravi Sam, Chairman, CII Coimbatore Zone; Hon’ble Shri Nandan Nilekani, Chairman of the Unique 9 Mr G Rangaswamy, Trustee PSG college of Technology; Identification Authority of India & former Chairman, Infosys Hon’ble Dr APJ Abdul Kalam & Mr Arjun Prakash, Chairman, Yi Technologies Ltd at the session on India@75: A Vision of India Coimbatore Chapter as a Global Leader by the Year 2022’

Young India’ on 9 May. In the heat of elections, 27 November 2009 the session was on the format of a political debate ‘India@75: A Vision of India as a Global that included representation from Congress, Leader by the Year 2022’ Bhartiya Janata Party, Communist Party of India and an independent candidate. The session At the 2nd World Young Leaders Forum held was recorded and telecast by Headlines Today. at the YB Chavan Auditorium, the session was Around 80 members and guests attended the addressed by Hon’ble Shri Nandan Nilekani, interactive debate. Chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India and former Chairman, Infosys Technologies Ltd, who spoke about the plan and process for 31 October 2009, Coimbatore providing the unique identification number for ‘DREAM Coimbatore’ every Indian citizen. This was followed by a panel The DREAM Coimbatore project was launched discussion moderated by Mr Rajan Navani, as a prelude to the CII’s District Development Managing Director, Jetline Group of Companies Conference. Painting competitions, essay & Chairman, CII Mission on India@75 with panelists writing competitions, short film contests and GV Sanjay Reddy, Vice Chairman, GVK Power photography contests were conducted and & Infrastructure Limited & Founder Chairman, posters distributed. The posters were formally CII’s Young Indians; Mr Niranjan Hiranandani, launched by Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, former Managing Director, Hiranandani Constructions President of India, on 13 August 2009 at PSG Pvt Ltd; and, Dr Uma Ganesh CEO, Global Talent College of Technology, Coimbatore to an Track Pvt Ltd, on India@75: A Vision of India as a audience of 5000 students. Global Leader by the Year 2022.

Engaging with Policy Makers 26-28 November 2009, Mumbai 2nd World Young Leaders Forum • Interaction with Omar Abdullah, Srinagar, 19 October, 2009 Yi partners the BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt, in organising the Indo German Young • Interaction with Arun Maira, Delhi Leaders Forums in Germany and India. The 3 September, 2009 Foundation organised the 2nd World Young Leaders Forum where Yi invited Mr Jamshyd • Interaction with Supriya Sule, Pune N Godrej, Chairman and Managing Director, 14 September, 2009 Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Company • Interaction with Rahul Gandhi, Delhi, Limited and former President CII and Mr 19 November, 2009 Nachiket Mor, President, ICICI Foundation for Inclusive Growth to address participants. • Interaction with Meenakshi Natrajan, Delhi, 8 December, 2009 conducts learning sessions with Bhairavi Jani, National Vice Chair, Young Indians; eminent personalities for self- Mr Toby Burton, Global Education Head, CISCO Yi development of members. The Systems and Dr Ganesh Natarajan, Immediate learning programmes include industrial visits, Past Chairman, NASSCOM and Vice Chairman seminars, workshops and panel discussions on and CEO of Zensar Technologies. topics of relevance and interest to the members. 14 September 2009, Pune Pathfinder, a strategy cum direction-setting Interaction with Ms Supriya Sule workshop is conducted at the beginning of each year. This year the 3rd edition of the Young Indians Pune organised an interactive Pathfinder workshop was organised on 14-15 session with Ms Supriya Sule, Member of March 2009 at Integrated Institute of Learning Parliament, Lok Sabha. Ms Sule felicitated Yi for & Management, Gurgaon. 40 Yi members the work it had undertaken in the past & urged from the Yi leadership team at the national the Yi members to take the onus and work for the and Chapter level participated. The Pathfinder betterment of Pune and the country at large. helped members in charting out the work plan and processes for the year under the various 14 September 2009, Chennai platforms, initiatives, organisations and events. Interaction with the US Consulate

This interaction, attended by Yi members & 29 April 2009, Kolkata other officials from the Consulate, was aimed Interactive Session with Mr Baichung Bhutia at giving valuable inputs to the US Commercial Consulate on the opportunities that Chennai as CII Yi Kolkata Chapter organised ‘An a city offers, other business trends in the country Evening with Mr Baichung Bhutia’, Captain and various aspects of conducting business in Indian Football team. He spoke about India with the American organisations.

calibrating vision Infrastructural drawbacks in Indian Football. Over 50 participants attended the session and interacted with their favourite Indian 19 November 2009, Delhi footballer. Session on Art of Leadership with Secretary William S Cohen with Aspen Institute India

3 August 2009, Guwahati The session with the Former United States An interaction on ‘Empowering Youth through Secretary of Defense expounded the art of Skill Development’ leadership and the many components of Leadership like intelligence, self confidence, Yi Guwahati Chapter organised an knowledge, ability to motivate & inspire, interaction on ‘Empowering Youth through Skill perseverance, sharing credit, keeping an Development’ which was chaired by Mr Abhijit open mind, ability to look at things differently Barooah, Immediate Past Chairman, CII Assam which largely depend on place, time and the State Council. Other panelists included Ms prevalent culture.

Left: Mr Nalin Kohli, National Convenor, BJP Media Cell; Mr Atul Anjan, Secretary, National Council, Communist Party of India; Mr Rahul Kanwal, moderator of the session and Executive Editor, Headlines Today; Ms Bhairavi Jani, Yi National Co-Chair; Mr Rahul Chawla, Yi Delhi Chapter Chair; Ms Meera Sanyal, Independent Candidate, Mumbai South Constituency & Chairperson & CEO, ABN Amro Bank; and, Randeep Singh Surjewala, Power, Public Health & Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Haryana Government, at 10 the Yi Delhi learning session on ‘Challenges before Young India’ Middle: Yi Ahmedabad members at the mission to Coca-Cola Factory at Goblej village in Ahmedabad Right: Dr Pawan G Agarwal, CEO of the Mumbai Dabbawala Association addressing the Yi Delhi members at a session on ‘Masters of Supply Chain Management’

Yi annual report 2009-10 Members of Yi Kolkata chapter with Ace Indian Footballer, Mr L to R: Ms Bhairavi Jani, Vice Chair Yi National, Secretary Baichung Bhutia at a learning session William S Cohen, Former United States Secretary of Defense & Mr Gautam Thapar, Chairman & CEO, Avantha Group and Chairman, Aspen Institute India

Excellence and Learning Missions 11 April 2009 Delhi Yi Delhi Mission to DIAL

August 2009 Ahmedabad Yi Manufacturing Excellence Mission to Coca-Cola

September 2009 Guwahati Sarala Birla Gyan Jyoti visited Yi Non Formal School for underprivileged Children ‘Deepjyoti’ to interact with the school children

Interaction with Indian Diplomats & Policticians

May 2009 Delhi Yi Session on The Challenges before Young India

June 2009 Thiruvananthapuram Felicitation to Dr Shashi Tharoor

August 2009 Coimbatore Meeting with Dr APJ Abdul Kalam

September 2009 Coimbatore Interactive session with Mr Rahul Gandhi

September 2009 Pune Interactive session with Ms Supriya Sule

November 2009 Kochi Interaction with Dr Subramanian Swamy

Interaction with International Delagations, Diplomats & Policticians

April 2009 Indore Yi Session on US Sharing Business Excellence

April 2009 Bhubaneshwar Interaction with members of the Know India programme

July 2009 Chennai Interaction with British High Commissioner

September 2009 Mumbai Interaction with Cambridge, Oxford and London School of Economics, Mr Alyque Padamsee and the British Dy High Commissioner on Challenges of doing business with India

November 2009 Delhi Session on Art of Leadership with Secretary Willam S Cohen

January 2010 Mumbai Harvard University Treck

Seminars & Workshops

April 2009 Kolkata An evening with Mr Baichung Bhutia

April 2009 Coimbatore Session with Sadguru Jaggi Vasudev at Isha Foundation

June 2009 Coimbatore Star Trek I – Session with two first generation entrepreneurs

June 2009 Chennai Interaction with Mr Gurumurthy, Corporate Advisor and popular columnist

July 2009 Coimbatore Super Congress – Young for a United World

August 2009 Guwahati ‘Empowering Youth through Skill Development’ - Interactive session with Dr Ganesh Natarajan, Vice Chairman, Zensar Technologies, Toby Burton, Global Education Head, Cisco Systems and Ms Bhairavi Jani, National Vice Chair, Yi

August 2009 Coimbatore Star Trek II – Session with two first generation entrepreneurs

August 2009 Delhi Yi session on Leadership

September 2009 Delhi Session on Supply Chain Management with Mumbai Dabbawala Association

October 2009 Coimbatore Interactive session with Mr M V Subbiah

October 2009 Ahmedabad Young Indians Panel Discussion ‘Entrepreneurship in first 1000 days’

November 2009 Yi National Yi session at the Second World Young Leaders Forum

December 2009 Coimbatore Session on From ‘Millions to Billions’ – Dr Martin Haeming, International Venture Captialistist

December 2009 Hyderabad Learning session

December 2009 Indore Yi Indore session on Entrepreneur Motivation he two basic processes of education are knowing and valuing”. At Yi, “Teducation as a resource is used to enhance students’ faculties and achieve their overall growth and development through myriad initiatives, thereby enriching their horizons and providing them opportunities for holistic well being. Unique educational models and one-to-one student teacher interactions further hone the learning process.

Yi Akshara

Akshara is a primary learning resource centre.

Currently there are 51 centres at 10 locations organised sports day, and, towards computer covering 15000 students with 174 Learning literacy, has provided five computers to the materials in 90 bilingual languages sourced school in addition to introducing the computer from NGOs across the country that supplement course at primary level. To encourage sports primary education of class 1 to 5, supported activities a sports kit was provided to the school. by 200 teachers. Akshara is based on a unique model where teachers are given training to The spread of Akshara across Chapters and the impart knowledge to the children. Yi got an activities over the previous year, are as follows: Akshara evaluation done to check the efficacy City No of Aksharas Operating of the programme. The idea behind this survey Ahmedabad 2 was to assess, across stakeholders, the extent Bangalore 1 to which the objectives of Akshara had been Chennai 17 met during the previous year. The survey, that Chittoor 1 expanding horizons was done in partnership with IMRB international, Coimbatore 7 found the improvement areas that Yi has been Delhi 4 following for its Aksharas. The survey covered Hyderabad 2 400 participants from eight Chapters comprising Kolkata 2 parents, teachers, principals and Yi members. Kochi 10 The conclusion of the report was: Mumbai 2 Pune 2 • The key objective of Akshara – ‘to facilitate students to achieve decent outcomes in their Activity learning and increase interest in the school’ – was well achieved by this programme Apr 2009 Yi Kids Art Camp • Students had shown a marked improvement Jun 2009 Inauguration of Yi non formal school for underprivileged children across most aspects of learning Jun 2009 Old school bag collection campaign • Teaching had become easier, given the Jul 2009 Rangwasa School Project (Indore) higher interest levels/participation among students Jul 2009 Launch of 2nd Yi Akshara Jul 2009 Yi Aero Modeling Show 12 Yi Indore Rangwasa Project Aug 2009 Launch of 3rd Yi Akshara

Yi Indore Chapter adopted a school named Sri Aug 2009 Launch of Yi Akshara Satya Sai Seva High School at Rangwasa Village. Oct 2009 Support for 4th, 5th & 6th Yi Akshara This has involved infrastructure development, (Maintenance of Akshara) deputing faculty to visit the school in every Nov 2009 Yi Children Day Celebrations fortnight to help students with major subject like Dec 2009 Christmas Carnival at an orphanage English, Mathematics and science and organising Jan 2010 Interactive session with 4 general health check camps, deworming drives underprivileged schools

Yi annual report 2009-10 and an aero modeling show for the students. Jan 2010 E-Library at Bright Public School Yi also planted 100 trees around the school, (Indore) A ‘Yi Kids Art Camp’ was also organised from the 13th to the 15th of April for children within the age group of 4 to 14. A valedictory session was held on 30 Dec 2009 within the campus of Zensar for the first time.

Yi Mumbai he biggest gift a nation can impart to its citizens is employment. Yi recognises Five batches of 700 youth have been trained the initiative of healthy employment so far in LABs Mumbai in the fields of hospitality T and Customer relation and IT. The sixth batch of and actively contributes to generation of 40 youth are undergoing training in Mumbai. fresh opportunities. Leadership development 13 programmes, skill enhancing workshops, livelihood awareness programmes and so on Yi Chennai enable the youth to rediscover their innate Yi Chennai Chapter started its first batch potentials and contribute actively to the Gross of Yi LABS for 100 under-privileged youth. Domestic Production as a vital human resource. The inaugural programme of the LABS was Dr. Reddy’s Foundation (DRF) under a specific conducted on 18 May 2009. Sessions on team program called LABS has formulated a process building, management of finance, etiquette and of ensuring employment to the underprivileged manners, Communicative English & Personality youth. LABS (Livelihood Advancement Business Development were organsied for the students School) promotes tailor-made programmes undergoing training at the LABS training centres. targeted at youth in the age group of 18- 30 years from economically weaker sections Yi & youthnet sericulture training program of society, enabling them to gain access to opportunities for sustainable livelihoods. 1688 Yi Kohima along with Youth Net and Department students have been skilled so far. of Sericulture, Govt of Nagaland, facilitated a Training Program for 14 youngsters on ‘Spinning Courses that were offered to the students under of Yarn’ at the District Sericulture Training this programme: Centre at Dimapur, from 22nd June to 1st July • Customer Relation & Sales (Pune, Mumbai, 2009. YouthNet in partnership with Yi and the Chennai) Department of Sericulture Nagaland is in the • Hospitality (Pune, Mumbai, Chennai ) process of setting up a ‘Reeling and Spinning of silk yarn’ unit at YouthNet office Kohima, • IT enabled Services (Pune , Mumbai ) with an objective to generate employment • Bedside Patient Assistance (Pune) opportunity, where all the 14 members would • White Good Services (Chennai) be trained and will be part of the unit.

Trained students have been placed at Shoppers Below: Yi PCC LABS – Valedictory Session of IX Batch Stop, Pizza Hut, Mc Donalds, CA Firms, Ruby Hall Bottom: Mr Anand Pakkurti, Chairman, Yi Chennai at the Hospital, Sancheti Hospital, Sun N Sand Hotels, inauguration of the Yi LABS Centre in Chennai Aurora Towers, Eureka Forbes, Airtel, Bakers Basket, Goel Ganga Group, Corianthan Clubs, Dominos, KFC and HDFC Tele-calling.

Yi Pune

Yi Pune Chapter’s Yi PCC LABS successfully completed its tenth batch of LABS (Livelihood Advancement Business School) on 15 April 2009. nurturing talent

Yi Pune’s LABs has successfully completed the three batches of training this year . A valedictory session of the twelfth batch was held on 8 January 2009 at LABS Center, Swargate, Pune. Children at the Tree plantation drive organised on the world Lakshmipat Singhania Academy, Kolkata – Winners of the environment day at the Indian School of Business, organised Green – I contest 2009, receiving the award from Mr K Rosaiah, by Yi Hyderabad Chapter Chief Minister Andhra Pradesh

onservation and preservation of the Chandigarh: Yi Chandigarh organised an environment is the moral duty of awareness session on climate change at the Cevery conscientious citizen. Through Regional Institute of Cooperative Management. events on saving energy to summits on global Screening of documentaries, ‘An Inconvenient warming, from waste management workshops Truth’ and CII’s ‘Climate Change and how it to plantation drives, wildlife conservation affects our health’, was the outlining agenda. to Green Buildings, Yi believes in catching them young that this learning stays with them 27-29 November 2009, Indore through life. It offers a platform to people to Wildlife Conservation: Towards wildlife offer perspectives on the environment as well conservation sensitisation, Yi Indore organised as sensitise them towards their social and moral a three-day members retreat to Kanha Kilse, responsibilities towards the environment. Tiger Reserve.

9 September 2009, Hyderabad towards sustainability 29 August, 2009, Delhi Green-I Contest: Yi organised the third edition Environment Awareness of the Green-I contest 2009 along with the Indian Yi Delhi organised a session on ‘How to Grow Green Building Council & Carrier. The Green-I is an Your Own Fresh Air’. Mr. Kamal Meattle, Chief annual contest that aims at creating awareness Executive Officer, Paharpur Business Centre & and instills environmental responsibility among Software Technology Incubator Park, gave a very future citizens of the country. This year’s topic vehement presentation on the topic of energy was ‘Evaluating various measures that can be conservation. He apprised the members on the taken to reduce the school’s carbon footprint’. aspects of water scarcity and global warming The contest received 130 entries from schools and its impact on India. He shared that the need across India. Lakshmipat Singhania Academy of the hour was to look at educating people, from Kolkata won the first prize followed by particularly children, about the initiatives that Vasant Valley School from New Delhi. can be taken to reduce the carbon emissions and environmental hazardous activities. Celebrating World Environment Day

14 Ahmedabad: Yi Ahmedabad undertook an Eco Steps environmental awareness programme at Vaisamo Eco Steps is a green advocation and activity Kids Foundation with 60 underprivileged students portal developed and launched by Yi from Vaisamo Kids and Sparsh Foundation. Thiruvananthapuram. Eco Steps through its website gives one simple step, one action that Hyderabad: A Tree Plantation Drive was organised one can practice to save our environment and on the World Environment Day at Indian School allows signed up members to vote for the step if of Business & Glendale Academy, where 200 one has been practicing it. Gulmohour and Jatropha plants were planted.

Yi annual report 2009-10 o promote health and wellness of every Seminars and workshops individual is Yi’s sincere and heartfelt Apr 2009 Healthcare Workshop (Hyderabad) Tendeavour. Yi emphasises on health and healthcare across all Chapters through May 2009 Workshop on Diabetes (Mumbai) free camps, blood donation camps, awareness May 2009 Yoga and Healthcare (Indore) sessions on AIDS, CPR, deworming drives, Jun 2009 Workshop on Disaster Management & accessibility to free condoms and many more. First Aid (Mumbai)

Jul 2009 Basic Life Support - Healthcare 16 October 2009 (Chennai)

World Food Day Jul 2009 CPR Session (Coimbatore)

Yi, in an endeavour to increase public Jul 2009 Yi Organic Dinner (Chandigarh) 15 awareness towards the world food problem and Aug 2009 Awareness Session on Swine Flu strengthening solidarity in its struggle against (Coimbatore) hunger, undertook a feeding initiative across Aug 2009 Awareness Campaign On Swine Flu the country. In all 10,947 people (orphanages, (Chandigarh) old age homes, municipal schools) were fed Aug 2009 Stress Management workshop across the country in 17 cities. (Mumbai)

Sep 2009 Interactive session with Dr Anil Lamba Health camps organised by Yi (Pune) Sep 2009 Meeting with MGM Dean on Blood Donation Camps (BDC) Healthcare programs (Indore) Mar 2009 Yi NIT Net BDC (Bhubaneshwar) Nov 2009 Visit to Sri Ramachandra Medical Apr 2009 Yi-NIFT BDC (Ahmedabad) College and Research Institute (Chennai) Aug 2009 Yi - PDPU BDC (Ahmedabad) Nov 2009 Disaster Management Workshop Sep 2009 BDC (Chandigarh) (Mumbai) Sep 2009 BDC (Delhi) Dec 2009 AIDS awareness Rally (Raipur) Jan 2010 BDC (Raipur) Dec 2009 Comprehensive Preventive Eye Care Other General Camps for the Employees (Coimbatore)

Jan 2009 Cornea Donation Awareness Dec 2009 Awareness Session on Cardiac (Indore) Programme (Pune) Dec 2009 Interactive session with Dr Anil Lamba Feb 2009 Artificial Limb donation for disabled (Pune) (Coimbatore)

May 2009 Yi - Hepatitis B Check Up Camp (Kolkata) Below: 8th Consecutive Dental camp by Yi at P J Gupta’s Jul 2009 Health Camp - Akshara school (Chennai) Higher Secondary School, Chennai Bottom: Bengali Cine Star Ms Paoli Dam distributing food Jul 2009 Health Camps (Pune) packets to school children as part of the Yi Kolkata World Food Day Initiative Aug 2009 Health camp at the old age home (Nagaland)

Oct 2009 Eye Check Up Camp (Indore)

Oct 2009 Health Camp (Delhi)

Oct 2009 Health Camp - Akshara school (Chennai)

Dec 2009 Cardiac Check Up Camp (Indore)

Campaigns

Apr 2009 Deworm Gujarat (Ahmedabad)

Jun 2009 Eye Donation Poster Campaign (Indore)

Sep 2009 De-worming Campaign (Chandigarh)

Sep 2009 De-worming Drive (Indore)

Sep 2009 Eye Donation Poster Campaign (Indore) promoting wellness engages students across the length Yi Net events and breadth of the country through Apr 2009 IPS Academy Net Students visited Yi Nets – a platform for dissemination Yi Prayaas Orphanage (Indore) of knowledge and nation building activities by connecting them to the society at large. They Apr 2009 Session with Prahlad Kakkar at PSGIM (Coimbatore) are involved in contests and competitions, trained in written and spoken English, learning Jun 2009 Yi Net Charter Day at Bhavans Vidyamandir (Kochi) missions to corporates, campus cleaning sessions, interactions with the elderly and so on. Jul 2009 UTVi Budget Special (Mumbai) Jul 2009 Yi Net meeting with Globsyn (Kolkata)

Jul 2009 Glendale Net visit to Joyland orphanage & Shanti Hari Towers (Hyderabad)

Jul 2009 Dr Rahul Mirchandani ,Yi National Chairman addressed the KIIT Net students (Bhubaneshwar)

Jul 2009 Session on RTI (Mumbai)

Jul 2009 Yi Net Charter Day at TocH (Kochi)

Aug 2009 Industrial/ Company Visit Silvassa 26-27 September 2009, Kochi (Mumbai) Yi conducted a simulation of the Indian Aug 2009 Visit to the Old Age Home Little Sisters Parliament with participation open to of Poor (Mumbai) youngsters in the age group of 16 to 25. Aug 2009 Sessions on New Trends In Marketing After a rigorous selection process, 150 in the Current Economic Scenario with Dr Rahul Mirchandani (Delhi) sensitising early of the most talented applicants were groomed to conduct the simulation, Aug 2009 Interaction with Ms Bhairavi Jani at which exposed them to the intricacies New Lite School (Kolkata) of Parliamentary procedure, made Aug 2009 Literary Fest at Yi Glendale Net them passionate about governance, its (Hyderabad) responsibilities and the effect it had on Aug 2009 ‘Igniting Young Minds’ - Ms Bhairavi the common man. Jani addresses 4 schools (Guwahati)

Sep 2009 Yi Net presentation at Rajagiri (Kochi) Net Launches: 2009 Sep 2009 Yi Net event E - 360 (Coimbatore)

Yi in the year 2009-2010 witnessed new net Sep 2009 Yi Net Charter Day at CUSAT (Kochi)

launches at the following locations, taking Oct 2009 Interaction with Chief Election the total tally to 59 Nets across the country: Commissioner (Mumbai) Ahmedabad (2), Bhubaneshwar (2), Chennai (1), Oct 2009 Wake Up India’- Dr Rahul Mirchandani, Chittoor (3), Delhi (3), Guwahati (2), Hyderabad National Chair, Yi interaction with (2), Kochi (2), Thiruvananthapuram (1). students of Maria’s Public School, Sarala Birla Gyan Jyoti & Sanskriti 30 July 2009, Delhi (Guwahati)

16 Yi Bowling Championship: Delhi Chapter Oct 2009 Yi-PDPU Cricket League for a Noble organised a Bowling Competition for the school Cause (Ahmedabad) students of Delhi and NCR at BluO, Ambience Oct 2009 Photography session for 10 Student Mall, Gurgaon. More than 10 teams from leading Nets (Kochi) schools of Delhi and Gurgaon participated. Nov 2009 Dell - Idea League Contest (Ahmedabad)

Dec 2009 Street play on Child Labour (Kochi) 4 October 2009, Hyderabad Dec 2009 InSYight (Kochi) Flood Relief Campaign: Students of SSN Jan 2010 SKYiM (Kochi) College, a student net of the Yi Hyderabad Yi annual report 2009-10 Chapter came forward to support the flood Jan 2010 Interactive session with Dr Rahul relief activity in Andhra Pradesh. Mirchandani on Emerging Marketing Trends (Pune) Dr Rahul Mirchandani, National Chairman, Young Indians & Dr. Rahul Mirchandani with Hon’ble Chief Minister of Haryana Executive Director, Aries Agro Limited delivering the inaugural Shri Bhupinder Singh Hooda at the Agro Max, Haryana address at the 5th edition of AGROMAX in Guwahati.

Farmer Nets engage the agrarian Yi Aries Agro Farmers Network organised 3 kinds sector in rural India to enable young of activities every month in each state where 17 Yiand evolving agriculturists to bridge the network operates. These were the information gap using knowledge as a • Suryodaya: A unique Farmers Colloquium catalyst to enhance their livelihood thereby for sharing knowledge on best practices aiding in building a stronger nation. and crop management practices. 11 programmes were organised every month 20 November 2009, Chittoor from July to December in the 10 states of the Launch of the Second National Farmer Net Network’s operation impacting 3455 farmers Dr Rahul Mirchandani, National Chairman, Yi & • Uni Connect: A structured lab-to-land Executive Director Aries Agro Ltd launched the programme that connects university faculty, Farmer Net logo which was followed by signing researchers and students with young farmers. of an MoU between Dr Rahul Mirchandani and 66 sessions were held impacting 3600 farmers Mr Jagan Mohan, General Manager, Galla • BAL Krishak Sambodhan – A series of Foods. With the launch of this second Farmer Guest lectures at rural schools conducted Net at Galla Foods, 589 farmers have become by agribusiness professionals to expose part of the Yi Farmers Net, taking the total students to knowledge of next practices membership to 8500 farmers nationally. which will equip future farmers with comprehensive, current information on 6 October 2009, Guwahati latest agri input practices. Over 4000 5th AGROMAX at Shilpgram students were impacted.

CII’s Young Indians organised the 5th AGROMAX Yi Galla Foods Farmer Network organised at Shilpgram, Panjabari. The seminar witnessed a four-day training session for its farmers on around 350 young farmers, government officials, December 7-11, 2009 at Galla Foods, Chitoor. industry leaders and expert scientists from West The training covered Good Harvesting, Matured Bengal and the seven North Eastern states. stage identification to reduce the ripening loss, Dr Rahul Mirchandani, National Chairman – transportation, Integrated Pest management Young Indians & Executive Director of Aries and Integrated Nutrient management. Galla Agro Limited, addressed the issues related to Foods also conducted a farmer Health Camp in the plant on 27 December, where they released the need of good agricultural practices. the pesticide, fungicide, nutrient, disease management Track sheet and a literature book November 29-30 2009, Haryana on how to manage mango gardens. Agriconclave & Agromax 5 October 2009, Guwahati Yi in partnership with CII & the Government 10 Innovative Farming Practices Contest of Haryana organised the 6th edition of the Agromax Haryana 2009 at Charan Singh Haryana The farming Next practices contest was announced Agricultural University, Hisar. The theme of the at Agromax, Guwahati. The contest aims to Agriconclave & Agromax Haryana 2009 was, identify 10 innovative farming practices across

‘Towards Building Good Agriculture Practices 10 different crops and reward these farming Next grassroot engagement and Latest Technology’. The two day exposition practices. As a follow-up, a year-long campaign was inaugurated by the Hon’ble Chief Minister to evangelize the branded farming techniques of Haryana, Shri. Bhupinder Singh Hooda. will be conducted where selected farmers will be invited to speak at appropriate forums. Monthwise activity breakup (Total 612)

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Yi annual report 2009-10 he Young Indians Thiruvanantha- puram Chapter was launched on 7 TApril by Lt Gen S K Pillai, PVSM (Retd). The Chapter that has 18 members was launched with the presence of Mr Mahesh Sriram, Chair - Chapters & Membership Growth for Yi and Mr P Ganesh, Vice Chairman, CII Kerala State Council. Mr Vijay Kumar, 21 Chief Operating Officer, InApp Information Technologies and Mr Alex C Augustine, Managing Director, Teknokraaft Info Systems Pvt Ltd are Chapter Chair and Chapter Co- chair respectively of the Thiruvananthapuram City Chapter. Thiruvananthapuram Chapter is the 16th city Chapter of Yi.

The Yi Guwahati Chapter was launched on 8 June at the Vivekananda Kendra, Uzanbazar, Guwahati. The 17th Yi Chapter was launched by Prof Gautam Barua, Director of the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati. On 12 September, Yi launched the 19th Chapter at Erode. The Chief Guest on the occasion was Dr B K Krishnaraj Vanavarayar, Chairman, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Coimbatore Kendra.

On 23 September, Yi launched the 20th Yi Chapter at Vishakapatnam and on 1 October Yi launched is 21st Chapter at Goa. 57 registered members registered for the 21st Chapter launch in Goa on 1 October, 2009.

Shri Brijmohan Agarwal, Hon’ble Minister for Tourism & Culture, Government of Chattisgarh launched Yi’s 22nd Chapter on 10 October, 2009 at Raipur.

New chapters at Baroda and Madurai were launched on 30th January & 1st February respectively.

From the top 1. Yi Thiruvananthapuram Chapter launch 2. Dr Rahul Mirchandani, Chairman Yi –National, addressing members at the launch of the Yi Guwahati Chapter. 3. Yi Goa Chapter launch

4. Mr. Prateek Pandey, Head CII Chattisgarh; Mr. Shaurya Veer Himatsingka, Yi Chapter Chair, Kolkata; Mr. Rajesh Gowardhan, forging ahead Managing Director, Chattisgarh State Industrial Development Corporation; Mr. P Ramesh Kumar, Secretary Industry, Government of Chattisgarh; Shri Brijmohan Agarwal, Minister of Tourism & Culture, Government of Chattisgarh; Mr. Narayan Agarwal, Vice Chairman CII at the launch of the Yi Raipur Chapter governing council members 2009-10 Name Yi Designation Designation Company City Rahul Mirchandani Yi National Chairman Executive Director Aries Agro Ltd Mumbai Bhairavi Jani Yi National Vice Chairman Executive Director SCA Group of Companies Mumbai PLATFORMS Student Nets Mala Patodia Chair - Student Nets Export Executive GTN Enterprises Kochi Ayush Jain Co-Chair - Student Nets Director Indicana Art n Mart Pvt Indore Ltd. Abiram Bhajoria Co-Chair - Student Nets Vice President (Sourcing) CGS Apparels Pvt Ltd Delhi Deepak Subramaniam Co-Chair - Student Nets Vice President-Marketing Multivista Global Ltd Chennai Farmer Nets Rahul Mirchandani Chair - Farmer Nets Executive Director Aries Agro Ltd Mumbai Chintan Shah Co-Chair - Farmer Nets Manager - Marketing Aries Agro Ltd Mumbai Services Next Practices Sumeet Anand Chair - Next Practices Director Taabir Lifestyle Delhi Accessories pvt ltd Rahul Patwardhan Co-Chair - Next Practices Vice Chairman & MD IndiaCo.com Pvt Ltd Pune INITIATIVES Employability Bala Subramaniam Chair - Employability Vice President, CSR Fullerton India Credit Co. Mumbai Ltd. Gayithri Punjabi Co-Chair - Employability Director KG Developers & Chennai Promoters Nihar Shah Co-Chair - Employability Partner Silver Bright Pune Environment Deepa Sathiaram Chair - Environment Partner En3 Consulting Chennai Madan Jerome Co-Chair - Environment Designer Anydesigns Kochi Governance & Value-Based Leadership Meher Pudumjee Chair - Governance & Chairperson Thermax Ltd Pune Value-Based Leadership Healthcare Sudha Iyer Chair - Healthcare Chairperson & Managing Srijana Group Hyderabad Director Shikha Sharma Co-Chair - Healthcare Managing Director Nutri-Health Systems Delhi Private Ltd. Arts, Culture & Sports Aparna Reddy Chair - Arts, Culture & Sports Hyderabad Education Srikantan Suryanarayan Chair - Education Managing Director Tradelinks Ventures Pvt Ltd Kochi Aditya Balasundaram Co-Chair - Education Executive Director CPC (P) Limited Coimbatore Alok Sanghi Co-Chair - Education Director Sanghi Industries Ltd Ahmedabad MEMBERSHIP Membership Engagement Bhairavi Jani Chair - Membership Executive Director SCA Group of Companies Mumbai Engagement Umang Patodia Co-Chair - Membership Managing Director Patspin India Ltd Kochi Engagement Sandeep Maini Co-Chair - Membership Managing Director Maini Materials Movement Bangalore Engagement Pvt Ltd Name Yi Designation Designation Company City Membership Processes Anuj Kothari Chair - Membership Director K N C Intrade Pvt Ltd. Indore Processes Naveen Munjal Co-Chair - Membership Chief Executive Hero Exports Delhi Processes Communication Shankar Vanavarayar Chair - Communication Chief Executive Sri Sakthi Textiles Ltd Coimbatore Rajeev Kamineni Co-Chair - Communication Director Oxford Boom Store & Coimbatore Cha Bar Learning Kumara Guru Chair - Learning Associate Director - Indian School of Business Hyderabad Dean’s Office Kumaar Bagrodia Co-Chair - Learning CEO Leap Vault Mumbai Anupama Arya Co-Chair - Learning Director Mobera Systems Chandigarh Rohit Rajendran Co-Chair - Learning Executive Director Premier Spg & Wvg Mills Coimbatore Pvt Ltd MEMBERSHIP GROWTH Chapters & Membership Growth Mahesh Sriram Chair - Chapters & Executive Director Bharat Travel Service Chennai Membership Growth P Ltd Paul Jacob Co-Chair - Chapters & Director Modarchs Consultants Chennai Membership Growth Chennai (P) Ltd Corporate Chapter Gayathri Sriram Chair - Corporate Chapter Managing Director UCAL Auto Private Ltd Chennai Charulatha Bansal Co-Chair - Corporate Managing Partner Buzzaar Mumbai Chapter Yi online Nikhil Nath Chair - Yi Online Chief Executive Knowcross Solutions Delhi Private Limited Anurag Mundra Co-Chair - Yi Online Director M & B Switchgears Pvt Ltd Indore Special Interest Groups Women Engagement Monica Trivedi Chair - Women Engagement Freelance Journalist Pune Mahua Moitra Co-Chair - Women Member Indian National Congress Kolkata Engagement Yi Alumni Kartik Sriram Chair - Yi Alumni President & CEO Rapsri Engineering Bangalore Industries Ltd. Overseas Indians Mahesh Sriram Chair - Overseas Indians Executive Director Bharat Travel Service P Ltd. Chennai Yi 100 Rajan Navani Chair - Yi 100 Managing Director Jetline Group of Pune Companies Arjun Wallia Co-Chair - Yi 100 Managing Director Walsons Services Pvt Ltd. Delhi Rahul Chawla Co-Chair - Yi 100 CEO & Founder Signet Corp Delhi ORGANISATION Partnerships & International Relations Narayan Sethuramon Past National Chairman Managing Director W S Industries (India) Ltd Chennai & Chair - Partnerships & International Relations Finance Raghu Kailas Chair - Finance Managing Director Ucal Exports Private Ltd Chennai Ram Sukumar Co-Chair - Finance Director Indium Software (India) LtdChennai Branding Strategy Jay Galla Imm Past National Chairman Managing Director Amara Raja Batteries Ltd. Hyderabad & Chair - Branding Name Yi Designation Designation Company City Organisational Governance Rajan Navani Chair Organisational Managing Director Jetline Group of Pune Governance Companies Intergration with CII Rahul Mirchandani Chair - Intergration with CII Executive Director Aries Agro Ltd Mumbai Planning & Policy Yi Core Group EVENTS Rahul Chawla Chair - Event CEO & Founder Signet Corp Delhi Vishnu Raju Co Chair - Event Managing Director Exciga Corp Hyderabad Rajeev Nair Co Chair - Event Managing Director Stallions System & Solution Kochi P Ltd SPECIAL INVITEES Rajeev Karwal Invitee Founder Milagrow Business & Delhi Knowledge Solutions Pratima Kirloskar Invitee President The Indus Pune Entrepreneurs(KBL) Huzaifa Khorakiwala Invitee Executive Director Wockhardt Ltd Mumbai PAST NATIONAL CHAIRS G V Sanjay Reddy Yi Past National Chairman Vice Chairman GVK Industries Ltd Hyderabad Narayan Sethuramon Yi Past National Chairman Managing Director W S Industries (India) Ltd Chennai Rajan Navani Yi Past National Chairman Managing Director Jetline Group of Pune Companies Jayadev Galla Imm Past National Chairman Managing Director Amara Raja Batteries Ltd. Hyderabad Chapter CHAIRS/CO CHAIRS Ahmedabad Jay Ruparel Chair - Yi Ahmedabad ED & COO Azure Knowledge Center Ahmedabad Madhur Todi Co-Chair - Yi Ahmedabad Managing Director DhanVyavastha Ahmedabad Bangalore Amitha Singh Chair - Yi Bangalore Director 3HEAD Design Bangalore Bhubaneshwar Aditya Dash Chair - Yi Bhubaneshwar Director Suryo Papers Pvt. Ltd. Bhubaneshwar Sanjoy Panda Co-Chair - Yi Bhubaneshwar Doctor Panda Medical Centre Bhubaneshwar Chandigarh Mohit Chitkara Chair - Yi Chandigarh Vice President Chitkara Educational Trust Chandigarh Navita Mahajan Co-Chair - Yi Chandigarh Education Consultant Chandigarh Chennai Anand Pakkurti Chennai Chapter Chair Director Enpro Hitech Distributors Chennai Private Limited Deepa Sathiaram Co-Chair - Chennai Partner En3 Consulting Chennai M Sivaramakrishnan Co-Chair - Chennai Managing Director Ucal Machine Tools Ltd Chennai Chittoor N Praveen Chair - Chittoor Chairman & CEO TeleDNA Chittoor Coimbatore Arjun Prakash Chair Coimbatore President Effica Automation Coimbatore Jayanthra Jayachandran Co-Chair Coimbatore CEO & Director Angler Technologies India Coimbatore P Ltd Delhi Rahul Chawla Chair - Yi Delhi CEO & Founder Signet Corp Delhi Akshay Bhalla Co-Chair - Yi Delhi Partner J C Bhalla & Company Delhi Erode Senthil Kumar Duraisamy Chair, Erode Chapter Director Sakthi Masala Pvt Ltd Erode Name Yi Designation Designation Company City V P S Radhakrishnan Co-Chair Erode Chapter Properitor Mangalmoorthy Starch Erode Industries Goa Tejendra (Nikhil) Lawande Chair, Goa Proprietor & Managing Mountain Builders M/s. R S Goa Partner Lawande Jennifer Lewis e Kamat Co-Chair Goa Structural & Repair BDK Consultants Goa Consultant Guwahati Ajay Agarwal Chair - Guwahati Partner Singhi & Co Guwahati Atreyee B Thekedath Co-Chair - Guwahati Webcom India Guwahati Hyderabad Nirav Modi Chair - Yi Hyderabad Director E Logic Solutions India Pvt Hyderabad Ltd Rishabh Agarwal Co-Chair - Yi Hyderabad Director Karen Woo-Sin Ltd. Hyderabad Indore Shashank Agarwal Chair - Yi Indore Chartered Accountant Worth Corporate Solutions Indore Pvt. Ltd. Amit Bidasaria Co-Chair - Yi Indore Director V S N International Indore Kochi Jacob Joy Chair - Yi Kochi Director (Operations) J J Confectionery(P) Ltd. Kochi Naveen Philip Co-Chair - Yi Kochi Managing Director Popular Mega Motors (I) Kochi Ltd. Kohima Hekani Jhakalu Chair - Yi Kohima Director YouthNet Kohima Zaren Oduyo Co-Chair - Yi Kohima Entrepreneur Kohima Kolkata Shaurya Veer Himatsingka Chair - Yi Kolkata Executive Director India Carbon Ltd Kolkata Mumbai Kamaljit Rastogi Chair - Yi Mumbai Head - Products ,Vice Financial Information Mumbai President, Network & Operations Pvt. Ltd. (FINO) Sweta Mangal Co-Chair - Yi Mumbai Co-Founder 1298 Ambulance Mumbai Puducherry Mr K Amarnath Chair - Yi Puducherry Vice President Hotel Surguru Puducherry Srikanth Sivaraman Co-Chair - Yi Puducherry General Manager SNAM Alloys Pvt Ltd Puducherry Pune Monica Trivedi Chair - Pune Freelance Journalist Pune Sunaina Gera Co-Chair - Pune Product Developer Gera Developments Pvt Pune Ltd Raipur Dinesh Agrawal Chair - Raipur Managing Director RR Ispat Limited Raipur Srinagar Aqil Nedou Chair - Srinagar Director Nedous Hotels Srinagar Waseem Trumboo Co-Chair - Srinagar Director Trumboo Industries Pvt Ltd Srinagar Thiruvananthapuram Vijay Kumar Chair - Thiruvananthapuram Chief Operating Officer InApp Information Thiruvananthapuram Technologies Alex C Augustine Co-Chair - Managing Director Teknokraaft Info Systems Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram Pvt Ltd Vishakapatnam Srinivas Mahesh Chair - Vishakapatnam CEO Weblogix Vishakapatnam Shyam Kumar Kolluru Co-Chair - Vishakapatnam VP- Business Development Symbiosys Technologies Vishakapatnam executive and managing members

National/Chapters Name Designation

National Shefali Chaturvedi Head – Young Indians

National Mercy Solomon Managing Member

National Nagalakshmi Yeshwanth Executive Member

National Theja P Executive Member

National Gaurav Kashyap Executive Member

Ahmedabad Sudhakaran Nair Executive Member

Bangalore Rita John Executive Member

Bhubaneshwar Deepak Kumar Singh Executive Member

Chandigarh Rajneet Ghumman Executive Member

Chennai Vidya Lakshmi Executive Member

D Thulasiraj / Executive Member

Coimbatore Pavithra R Executive Member

Delhi Shipra Saxena Executive Member

M Subramanian / Erode S M Manoharan Executive Member

Guwahati Pryankarjit Baruah Executive Member

Hyderabad Tapati D Executive Member

Indore Tushar Mishra Executive Member

Kochi Linoy Thenayan Executive Member

Kolkata Suparna Chakraborty Executive Member

Mumbai Alisha Ojha Executive Member

Nagaland Chuba Ozukum Executive Member

Pune Mansi Kapoor Executive Member

Raipur Sahil Batra Executive Member

Thiruvananthapuram Linoy Thenayan Executive Member

Vishakapatnam Vinay Iyer Executive Member about CII about young indians

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) works to create and Young Indians (Yi) is an integral part of the Confederation of sustain an environment conducive to the growth of industry Indian Industry (CII), India’s premier business association. The in India, partnering industry and government alike through agenda was to create a platform for young Indians to realise the advisory and consultative processes. dream of a developed nation. Yi has over 1200 direct members in 24 city Chapters and 1 district Chapter. Its 160 members in CII is a non-government, not-for-profit, industry-led and industry- 3 corporate Chapters and 12,000 members in district Chapter, managed organisation, playing a proactive role in India’s 2 Farmer Nets and 59 Student Nets include young progressive development process. Founded over 114 years ago, it is India’s Indians between the age group of 25 - 40 years. Its vision: “To premier business association, with a direct membership of over become the voice of young Indians globally”. 8500+ organisations from the private as well as public sectors, including SMEs and MNCs, and an indirect membership of Yi works effectively for promoting leadership skills for the over 90,000 companies from around 396 national and regional development of its members through learning programmes; sectoral associations. development and engagement of students in schools and colleges through Student Nets and Farmer Nets with 8389 CII catalyses change by working closely with government young and progressive farmers. on policy issues, enhancing efficiency, competitiveness and expanding business opportunities for industry through a range Yi has focused in areas of primary education, environment, of specialised services and global linkages. It also provides a primary healthcare and employability, contributing positively platform for sectoral consensus building and networking. Major to its surrounding eco system and the nation.. emphasis is laid on projecting a positive image of business, assisting industry to identify and execute corporate citizenship Yi partners with organisations including the Government, programmes. Partnerships with over 120 NGOs across the Companies, Civil society organisations. On the international country facilitate initiatives in integrated and inclusive arena, Yi engages with the BMW Foundation to promote the development, including health, education, livelihood, diversity “Indo German Young Leaders Forum” for young leaders from management, skill development and water, to name a few. Germany and India to come on a common platform. Young Indians have partnered with CII on the Mission on India@75: Complementing this vision, CII’s theme for 2009-10 is ‘India@75: The Emerging Agenda, which reflects its aspirational role to Economy, Infrastructure and Governance.’ Within the agenda facilitate the acceleration in India’s transformation into an to facilitate India’s transformation into an economically vital, economically vital, technologically innovative, socially and technologically innovative, socially and ethically vibrant global ethically vibrant global leader by year 2022. With six years of leader by year 2022, CII’s focus this year is on revival of the glorious past and decades ahead that promise nothing short, Economy, fast tracking Infrastructure and improved Governance Yi intends to become a larger movement and promote the positive attitude of “We Can, We Will”. With 64 offices in India, 9 overseas in Australia, Austria, China, France, Germany, Japan, Singapore, UK, and USA, and www.yionline.org institutional partnerships with 213 counterpart organisations in 88 countries, CII serves as a reference point for Indian industry and the international business community. studio-A

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Fireflies are spectacular. They are the only living beings that have the ability to glow and spread light in the dark. They always live in large groups and when they unite, their collective energy creates a natural spectacle and has the power to illuminate even the deepest, darkest abyss. With their inborn abilities and unity, fireflies have the skill to lead by showing the way. And while doing so they dazzle, excite and inspire. Young Indians are very similar. In our quest for being change agents who work collectively to shape India’s future, we unite, like fireflies, using our inborn talent and our acquired skills to challenge the status quo and energize people and communities. In the process, we lead the change we want to see. Together, we are ‘Fireflies for Change’.