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April July 2005 Volume 2 Issue 2

Yi

Inside

National Chairman / Vice Chairmans Message

Yi Activities

Action accross Chapters

Article by Rajeev Karwal

Launch of Coimbatore Chapter

27 April 2005Yi launched its 9th Chapter on 17

April 2005 at Coimbatore. Mr.

Sanjay Jayavarthanavelu, Whole-

time Director, Lakshmi Machine

Works Limited was appointed as

the Chairman and Mr. Ashwin

Chandran, Director - Operations,

Precot Mills Limited was appointed

as the Chapter Co-chair.

Given the fact that Coimbatore is

very rapidly emerging as the second

Engineering and Information

Technology hub in Tamil Nadu after

Chennai as well as the large number

of educational institutions present

in Coimbatore, Yi is confident that

Coimbatore will very quickly grow

into a Chapter with large, diverse

and active membership.

Yi expressed its gratitude to Mr.

C.R. Swaminathan, Chief Executive,

PSG Industrial Institute and Ms.

Nandhini Rangaswamy,

Chairperson, CII, Coimbatore Zone,

for the initiative taken by them,

which led to the launch of the

Chapter.

Yi hope to launch Chapters in

Indore, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Goa

and one in the North East duringthe remainder of the year.

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Article by Arjun Wallia

Ten takes from Ravi Todi

Yi Governing Council 2005-06

Forthcoming Activities

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BangaloreFirst Yi Bangalore Chapter meeting:

Mr Samir Gupta, Chairman for Yi

Bangalore Chapter conducted the

meeting. The event was attended by

33 members.

Mr B Sumant, National Membership

Co-Chair gave a presentation on Yi

and its activities and plans for 2005

06.

Coregroup meetings of Bridge,

Learning and Youth Affairs were heldto discuss activities/ work plan for

the year.

Coregroup meetings of Economy,

Healthcare and Membership were

held to plan activities proposed for

the year.

Session on Change in trend from

brain drain to brain gain

Unlike the past few years, today

scores of Indians prefer to stay back

in their homeland rather than moving

overseas for jobs, was the unanimous

decision of the panelists at an

interactive session on Brain Drain or

Brain Gain? organised by the Yi

Bangalore Chapter, Confederation of

Indian Industry (CII) in association

with the Oxford Bookstore and the

Christel House India.

India tops the list only next to

Mexico, of countries that receive the

highest remittance from its nationals

residing abroad, Mr Manohar Arcot,

Corporate General Manager, HRD,

Wipro Limited said, quoting the United

Nations Development Programme

report.

Ms Latikha Pai Founder and COO B2K

Corp, sharing her experiences as an

expatriate said that of late the

migration rate of job seekers has

dropped drastically due to availability

of jobs in India itself. But at the same

analysing the reasons for a number

of persons moving abroad seeking

better career prospects, she pointed

out that lifestyle was one. Inefficien

political system and bad infrastructure

has also driven scores of persons to

find a better standard of living

abroad, she said. She also highlighted

the fact that recently Germans and

Australians had shown a keen interest

in being employed in India.

Speaking about leaving ones country

shores for employment, Mr Rahu

Varma, India HR Director, Accenturesaid that he never intends to do so

forecasting the countrys booming

economic growth. He said that jus

like the title of Thomas L Friedmans

book, The World Is Flat. Flatness

describes a great levelling driven by

technology and software that allows

India to collaborate with developed

nations, he added.

Quoting the words of the brain behind

the White Revolution, Mr VergheseKurian, he said, India would emerge

as one of the super power by 2050

along with China and the US.

Mr Samir Gupta, Young Indians (Yi

Bangalore Chapter Chair gave the

introductory remarks. He also

introduced the speakers by giving a

brief profile about them. He said that

the theme of the panel discussion is

not just tongue twisting but also brain

twisting.

Chennai

Visit to Taj Madras Flight Kitchen

Pallavaram on 28th April 2005

Taj Madras Flight Kitchen is a 40

crore annual turnover company. The

company provides packaged food to

all the leading airlines. It provides

evaluation techniques on quality

process and food safety.

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Yi members were taken around the

facility. Members visited the various

departments including facilities like

vegetables cutting, sieving, juice

making, and preparation of bakery

products. All the processed food is

assembled in the storage equipmenthold and then is sorted according to

the needs of different airlines. The

sorted packaged food then goes

through the security check and is

sent to the respective flights. The

food reaches the particular airline

4hrs before the flight schedule.

In case foreign particles are found in

the food the company pays penalty.

12 Yi members joined this visit to

Taj Madras Flight Kitchen.

Yi Net

The 9th standard students of Sri

Sankara Senior Secondary School, Yi

Net are continuing with traffic

regulation outside the school under

the guidance of the former Yi Net

students of 10 th standard.

Yi Akshra

Chennai will be the launch pad of

the Yi Akshara programme. The YiEducation members visited Sree

Karpagavalli Vidyalaya Middle School,

Mylapore and SOS Childrens Village,

Tambaram which have been identified

for establishing the primary resource

centre. Mr Srinivas Shastry agreed to

design the classrooms which are to

be utilised as the primary resource

centers. The members also visited

Goodbooks Bookstore, to identify the

teaching and learning aids which will

be used by the students at the

resource centre.

Delhi

Interactive Session with

Mr Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, Member

of Parliament; 19 May 2005: NewDelhi

The new team leading CII-Yis Delhi

Chapter kicked off its annual term

with an interactive session with Mr.

Jyotiraditya Scindia, MP, followed by

dinner.

The evening began with drinks

followed by a formal welcome by Yi-

Delhis new Chapter Chair, Mr. Nikhil

Nath. Introducing Yi to Mr. Scindia

and the new members, Mr. Nath saidthat each of us had the desire to

play a role in bringing about change

and contributing to the development

of our country. Yi provides us a

means to pool our resources and

contribute in a real way. Making a

short presentation on the concept,

Mr. Nath said that at Yi, we believe

that the responsibility of developing

India lies in the hands of the younger

generation. Yi is a platform for

professionals who dream of a great

India. Why is it that every youngster

wants to get on the next plane to

the US? We need to instill pride in

our own country, in our own success

stories and our own companies that

can stand head and shoulders with

the best in the world said Mr.

Nath.

The introduction to Yi was followed

by an overview of the chapters focus

areas for the year Education, Youth

Affairs Yi Net, Economy, and

Internal Learning. Members were

invited to sign up for the areas that

interested them most so that they

could be called upon to become a

part of the organizing committees o

specific initiatives in each of these

areas. Mr. Nath then introduced the

other members of his team.

Picking up the cue from Mr. Naths

introduction, Mr. Scindia emphasized

the power of each action. He gave

his own example of bringing the

Lifeline express to his constituency

and funding the operations conducted

by its doctors which enabled

hundreds of people to live their lives

again as complete human beings

Keeping with the spirit of Yi-Delhis

earlier sessions (Young Achieversseries), the discussion with Mr

Scindia was highly interactive with

many of the 70 attendees asking him

pointed questions about his views

and beliefs on politics, economics

work and personal life. Talking abou

his motto in life, Mr Jyotiraditya

Scindia said that he believes in

walking the talk and follows the

credo of Doing what you believe in

and that if you persevere enough

everything is possible.

Talking about the Youth, he said tha

India has the unique advantage of a

young population while the western

countries are aging rapidly. He

emphasized that Indias young

population combined with the basis

for sustainable growth gives us an

unprecedented runway for economic

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growth. A firm believer in the power

of the Youth, Mr Scindia said that

only opportunities had to be provided

to harness this huge power that we

have with us.

Responding to a question on the

difficulties of being a politician, Mr

Scindia said that the canvas he works

on has become wider in politics from the minutiae of resolving local

issues to large scale infrastructure

project management. Quipping that

challenges are greater in politics than

the professional field, he said that

expectations are also higher from the

young politicians or the babalog as

they are known.

Commending the Yi initiative, he said

that he had been hearing about Yi

for some time and was impressed

with the energy of the Yi members

in the room.

The Yi Delhi focus for this year is

on:

Youth Affairs

Youth affairs is targeted at bringing

about change (real and in mindset)

through inspiration and action in our

schools and colleges. The chapter

brings school into the Yi Net which

in turn provides them with speakers,facilitators and resources. With Yis

support, students in these schools

take up local initiatives in the area of

healthcare, infrastructure and

education. The program has been

successfully implemented in 21

institutions and includes 1500

students.

Delhi Yi Chapter proposes to co-opt

at least 5 to 10 schools and at least

2 to 3 colleges. Regular interactionswith young role models will inspire

the youth. This energy will be

harnessed to facilitate environment,

health and civic sense drives through

student initiatives in Yi Nets.

Education

After research and discussion with

educators across the country, Yi has

identified primary (kindergarten to

grade 5) education as its immediate

focus area. Contrary to popular belief

our research found that primary

education suffered not from the lack

of teachers or facilities but the lack

of materials teaching aids and

learning tools. To address this, Yi

has developed a program called

AKSHARA which will create resource

centres for young children. The

design, content, management

instructions and budgets for the

creating and operation of the centres

has been standardized and packaged

into an easy-to-execute package

costing one lac rupees per centre.

Over the next twelve months, each

Yi chapter will roll out at least five

such centres totalling over 50 centres

and impacting the lives of over fifty

thousand young children across thecountry.

Learning

Yi learning events are aimed at

fostering ideas, creating inspiration,

and personal improvement. Mostly

focused on Yi members, these events

include visits to companies,

interactions with international

missions in India, and closed room

learning sessions with leading young

Indians in government, business andthe arts.

CII Yi Delhi chapter recently started

the Young Achievers Series which

allows Yi members to interact closely

with leaders in business and other

fields and therefore provides a

platform for members to learn the

inside story and the techniques and

tools that contributed to the success

of these individuals.

Economy

An entrepreneurs conclave will

promote the spirit of enterprise. This

will include a Best Young Achiever

award.

Hyderabad

Yi Learning event

Meeting with Mr. Atul Kasbekar

(Photographer) 25th June, at ISB,

Hyderabad

Yi Hyderabad chapter organised a

meeting with Mr. Atul Kasbekar at

Indian School of Business as a part

of its learning calendar.

Speaking on the occasion Mr. Atu

told the audience how his passion

for photography grew, and how he

got his first break. He stressed on

the point of how much he loved his

job and had never felt like he was

going to work, but always had fun

doing what he does.

He presented a short video showing

the various activities that go into

making a photo shoot successful. He

also made short presentation

showcasing some of his best works

which were categorized into fashion

corporate, fine art etc.

He also spoke about how the

kingfisher calendar was made, and

how Mr. Vijay Mallya had been

helpful in not just sponsoring the

photo shoot but also with some

creative ideas of his own. He was

awarded with the FAB award for this

calendar.

In the interactive session he

answered some of the questions

raised on the changes in the use oftechnology in the field o

photography. He also explained the

difference between a good picture

and a good image. He explained

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about some of the difficulties faced

by a photographer when balancing

the clients set of ideas with his own.

Mrs. Aparna Reddy presented Mr.

Atul Kasbekar with a memento and

thanked him for spending his valuable

time and enriching the members of

Yi and ISB with his experiences and

knowledge.

Visit to Boys Town

Give a man a fish and you feed him

for a day - teach him to fish and you

feed him for a lifetime.

Boys town is an institute working

towards providing the less privileged

children an opportunity to be

independent.

Brother Thomas - Director of the

institute personally showed themembers around the campus. He also

invited the members to join him for

lunch after which the various areas

where we could work together were

discussed.

The institute is run by the Montfort

brothers - their philosophy is to

embrace poverty service and celibacy.

The institute is totally self sufficient

and is run efficienly with a dignity

and pride about itself. They do notaccept charity and donations but will

accept any help one can offer for

the children to make them

indipendant.

Various departments covered

Carpentry

Printing

Fabrication

Refrigeration & air Conditioning

Information Technology Electronics

Services & Maintenance

Computers

Electrical

Electronics - To be started shortly

The institute takes up contract

manufacture and job works and trains

the children on the job which pays

for their functioning. The quality of

the products they produce are good

and readily accepted by the market.

Currently they have hostel facility for

500 children apart from which they

have vocational training programs for

day students as well. They have

1400 applications each year from

which they only accept 500 who are

the needy.

Applications are issued in June,

counseling takes place in July and

the course starts in 1st week of

August

Brother thomas said we could refer

children who could use the services

of the institute.

Specifically Brother

Thomas mentioned three areas where

we could network and assist the

institute:

Maintenance Contracts for Bottling

plants - Coca Cola .. etc Unicorn

Industries based here is a

manufacturer of such plants - i

we could help network - it would

be mutually beneficial

Maintenance Contract for hotels

Introduction to Taj Group fo

maintenance of electrica

equipment, Computers

Refrigeration & ACs, Furniture

etc.

Electronics Department (New)

They have a facility to contrac

manufacture electronic

components - on job work basis

on their premises (20000 sft set

up readily available)

They are looking for tie up with an

electronic component manufacturer to

launch this department. These would

help:

Sustain operating costs

Train people on the job

Generate funds for expansion

Kochi

Brainstorming session on Investmen

Watch - Factors Inhibiting Investment

Climate In Kerala, 12 May 2005

Hotel Avenue Centre, Ernakulam

Young Indian (Yi) Cochin Chapter &

CII Kerala organized a BrainstormingSession on Investment Watch

Factors Inhibiting Investment Climate

in Kerala on Thursday, 12th May

2005 at 1600 hrs. The venue was

Hotel Avenue Centre, Ernakulam.

The Kerala Model of developmen

has been facing setback, as over time

the State has become low growth

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high cost, low productivity, low

investment and low employment

economy. It is felt that State cannot

continue to have high level of social

consumption with slow growth of the

economy, particularly in sectors like

agriculture and industry.

One of the major weaknesses of the

industrial sector in Kerala is the lackof investment. It appears that the

State could not benefit much from

the liberalisation policies followed by

the Government of India as evident

from the very low level of investment

made in the industrial sector. The

position of the State is nowhere near

the neighboring States in attracting

investment, both domestic and

external.

The reasons for the industrial

backwardness and low level of

investment in the state can be

attributed to a host of factors like

high cost of production mainly on

account of higher labour charges,

scarcity of land and its high cost,

psychological fear (psych cost, as

some call it) of entrepreneurs due to

labour unrest, power, lack of

infrastructure facilities, etc.

It is in this background that Young

Indian (Yi) Cochin Chapter CII Kerala

& is organized the Brainstorming

Session.

The Objective of the Brainstorming

session was to identify the factors

that have a significant bearing on

the Investment Climate and to

develop a Roadmap to stimulate

interest among investors to look at

Kerala as a Potential Investment

Destination.

The Session was moderated by Mr.

Navas Meeran, Vice Chairman, CII

Kerala & Member Yi Kochi Chapter.

A panel of 18 members, composing

of senior members from CII and Yi

discussed and debated on the topic.

The Session was sponsored by

ADFIK, Agency for the Development

of Food Processing Industries in

Kerala, a Government of Kerala

initiative. A report on the discussion,

with an action plan to attract

investment in the state was prepared

and submitted to ADFIK.

Periyar in Coma

Two day photograph exhibition on

the river Periyar, 26 & 27 th May

2005, Gandhi Bhavan, Ernakulam

Oh God, is this the water that people

in Kochi are drinking! was the

reaction from the former Minster, V

M Sudheeran, on being at the

exhibition of photographs on the river

Periyar. The senior Congress Leader

was inaugurating the exhibition,

Periyar in Coma, which was

organized by Yi Kochi Chapter in

association with an NGO, the Periyar

Malineekarana Virudha Samithi

(PMVS) at the Gandhi Bhavan Hall,

Kochi.

The two-day exhibition featured 70

frames by renowned Environmental

photographer, Zainudeen Edayar.

These 70 frames captured thedistress of the river that is catering

to a whole society and the

horrifying images of pollution

that the river suffers from. The

photo journey starts from the

picturistique settings of the

upstream Periyar and moves

towards more disturbing scenes

of the river. Play of colour

as when furnace oil leaked from

one of the industrial unit blend

with the river already yellowed by

chemicals or the blood flushed ou

from the slaughter house creating

patterns in the river - attains an

ironical dimension, where the

photographer communicates the

horrors of pollution through beautifu

images.

The exhibition was open for public

from 1000 hrs to 2000 hrs on 26th

and 27th May. More than 2000

people had a look at the exhibition

Documentaries on Environment were

also played at the venue.

The valedictory function featured a

play, Naalamathe Aani (The Fourth

Nail) based on a novel by the famous

Malayalam writer Anand. The

speakers at the Valedictory function

included Mr. Umang Patodia

Chairman, Yi Kochi Chapter, Dr. K S

Davis (Psychologist), Mr. P K Prakash

(Journalist), Adv. P K Ibrahim

Chairman, Local Area Environmen

Committee, etc.

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Kolkata

Young Idols in Concert; 2 April 2005;

Nazrul Manch; Kolkata

Young Indians Kolkata Chapter

presented a starry musical

extravaganza with four of the top

10 finalist from the popular reality

show Indian Idol. The concert rockedthe crowd at Nazrul Manch on

Saturday 2April 2005

The finalist were Prajakta Shukre,

Harish Moyal, Rahul Saxena and

Vishal Kothari, the four artist belt

out soulful melodies, both old and

new contemporary Bollywood hits

and did a decent job. Harish Moyal

presented a medley forming the first

few stanzas of a number of

chartbusters.

The program came to

an end much to the

disappointment of

the crowd at 9pm.

The program

concluded with the

singing of the

National Anthem

sung by not only

those on stage but

the 3000- odd

audience membersas well.

The YI Kolkata

Chapter is working towards education

as one of their focus area. The

proceeds of this concert would go

towards the support of setting up of

Akshara for primary learning of the

underprivileged children

in the Eastern Region.

Member meeting of YI

Kolkata Chapter; 30th

April 2005

YI Kolkata Chapter had

its first Chapter Meeting

on 30th April 2005 at

ITC Ltd.

The newly appointed

Chairman Mr Ravi Todi

was welcomed by the

members; He was presented a

memento of the Indian flag, to

welcome him to the YI Kolkata

Chapter.

The Chairman was briefed on the

Young idols in Concert event; which

was held in Kolkata on 2nd April

2005. He congratulated the members

for the superb event and welcomed

any suggestions for future fun raising

activities.

The focus areas were

discussed and the

activities pertaining to

each committee were

chalked out. Members

brainstorm on the

activities where the

chapter could take up

and work on. The

Learning event for the

year was also

discussed at length.

Other issues l ike

a t t e n d a n c e ,

membership strength were also taken

up.

YI Akshara, which is a project that

aims at setting up of resources

centres throughout the country, was

discussed. Members identified two

NGO in the city where YI could

associate and take the Aksharaproject forward.

Membership Screening Meet; 11 May

2005

The Chapter decided that there would

be a screening process for new

members. On 11th May 2005

Chairman Mr Ravi Todi, Co Chair M

Rajesh Poddar, and Membership Chai

Mr Pinaki Majumdar were present a

the meeting.

The new members were welcomed

to the meeting and a round of

introduction followed.

After which the chairman briefed

them about what YI as a movement

is, its vision, its objective and wha

it is today.

Mr Rajesh Poddar talked about Y

from its inception and its work til

date.

Mr Pinaki Majumdar wanted someinsights of the members, so they

were ask to briefly talk about what

they felt about Yi, its works and what

they expect from it.

The meeting concluded with a brie

discussion followed on the activities

one was interested in doing which

were in line to Yi objectives and

goals.

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Hope Home Visit; 15 May 2005; Joka

Members of the Kolkata Chapter had

visited Hope Home an NGO that

looks after the underprivileged

children here in Kolkata.

Hope Home was incorporated in

2003. It has been identified as a

movement which is growing, seeking

to transform society in order totransform our nation and build a

strong and vibrant India which will

impact the rest of the world. There

are about 23 children living full time

at Hope Home.

The Hope homes objectives which

are in line with Yi are:

To provide moral and ethical

teaching for the childrens spiritual

upliftment and total personality

development

To provide food, clothings

medical care and other basic

necessities of life.

To prov ide educational and

vocational training to equip the

children with a functional skill so

that they are able to earn a decent

and legal living in the future, being

creatively engaged in nation

building activities.

The main objective of the visit was

to associate YI Akshara with thisMission Academy.

The Hope Home mission academy:

This academy was set up on 2003,

to facilitate; learning at each childs

aptitude. The academy is

committed to character building and

total personality development.

Vocational training and program

operational with computers and fine

arts classes for children are being

carried out.

The children welcome the members

with songs, skit and a dance. It was

pleasant to see the childrens

enthusiasm in participating and

performing to us. It was a very fruitful

visit and we enjoyed being with the

children as much as they did

interacting with us.

Member meeting of YI Kolkata

Chapter, 24 May 2005; Rugby

Pharma; Kolkata

YI Kolkata Chapter had its second

Chapter Meeting on 24th May 2005

at Rugby Pharma.

The Chairman welcomed the

members present for the meeting.

Chairman shared his views and

experiences on the Governing Council

Meeting which was on 10th May

2005; Mumbai. A brief discussionfollowed on this. Members shared

their thoughts and gave there

suggestions on the activities that the

chapter could initiate.

A briefing on the Hope Home visit

was given by Mr Pinaki Majumdar to

the members who could not attend.

A discussion followed regarding the

association of Yi to Hope Home, a

way of taking the Akshara project

forward.

Interactive Sessions with Mr Gerard

Rego on 18 June 2005

YI Kolkata Chapter had organized a

Guest Lecture at ICFAI, a

Management College here in Kolkata

on 18 June 2005; 1000hrs; by Mr

Gerard Rego, CTO of Liqwid Krystal.

The talked was on Innovation and

Entrepreneurship. It was well

attended by students and the session

was very interactive.

Mr Rego is a member of the YI

Bangalore Chapter. After the lecture,

there was an informal meeting with

the YI Kolkata Members, at the

Palladian Lounge at 1230 hrs.

Members interacted with him and they

shared their views and ideas about Yi

and on how can we build the Yi brand.

Mumbai

Meeting with Canadian Minister of

International Trade (Yi)

Yi Mumbai members had their first

Learning event for the year 2005-06

on April 05, 2005. It was an

interaction with Honourable Jim

Peterson, Canadas Minister of

International Trade and a few senior

Canadian government officials

accompanied the Minister, including

Canadas High Commissioner to India,

H.E. Lucie Edwards.

Some of the visiting Members of

Parliament from Canada like Dr Ruby

Dhalla, Madame Johanne Deschamps

Mr Ted Menzies, Mr Deepak Obhra

also joined the meeting.

The Minister interacted with the Y

members to know their point of view

on globalisation and Indias role in

the emerging world economic

scenario. He and other officials

present were keen on understanding

how India and Canada can improve

relations on education, business and

travel.

His view was sought on the growth

of the Indian economy and what he

thought could be restricting factors

to it. He was also briefed about Y

and he has expressed a wish fo

Young Canadians to interact with Yi

Dr Ruby Dhalla who is the youngest

MP in the Canadian Parliament spensome more time with the members

and also expressed her wish and

support for an interaction with Young

Indians in Canada and Young Canadian

Delegation to India or vice versa.

Membership Get-Together: 16 June

2005

Yi Mumbai Chapter organised its first

Membership Get together on June

16 2005, at Vie Lounge, Mumba

which was hosted by Ms BhairavJani and co ordinated by Ms Sweta

Mangal (Learning Chair) & Ms Devita

Saraf (Learning Co Chair).

The get together was organised with

the idea of getting the entire

membership together and also increase

membership by inviting guests. In fact

each member was requested to bring

along a guest who could be the

prospective member of Yi.

The get together was well attended

by 41 guests, of which 17 were non

members and most of them very keen

on joining Yi.

Mr Narayan Sethuraman, Yi Nationa

Vice Chairman & Usha Harikrishnan

from the Delhi office were also

present.

Mr Ashish Bhasin, Yi Mumbai Chapte

Chair welcomed the guests followed

by a presentation by Mr Kamalji

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the Mumbai Chapter Work Plan 2005-

06. At the end of the presentation Yi

Bridge film was played.

The get together turned out to be a

very interactive session with some

members sharing their whole

experience of joining Yi and also

encouraged the guests to join the Yi

gang!!.

Pune

A governing council meeting of the

YI Pune Chapter was held on 10

June. Dr Nitin Kareer, Municipal

Commissioner, Pune Municipal

Corporation interacted with members

at this meeting. During the over two

hour interaction Dr. Kareer presented

his vision for the city of Pune and

together areas were identified where

YI could work with the Corporationfor the betterment of the city. A

number of new initiatives in all the

focus areas of YI emerged as a result

of this meeting. Certain YI members

took on the responsibility to clearly

outline and define the various

initiatives. Also the ongoing initiatives

would be further stregthened. The

Pune Chapter is currently working on

3 Initiatives Tsunami, Employability

and Street Children.

Tsunami Initiative

YI Pune members supported the

Rotary Club of Pune Riverside in the

rehabilitation of Puddupetai village,

close to Cuddalore to provide boats,

nets, GPS systems etc to help with

the livelihood of the affected villagers.

They contributed Rs. 3,01,000/-

towards this purpose. This initiative

was drawn to a close, however, a

group of YI members would continue

to monitor and report the progressof the villagers of Puddupetai.

Employability Initiative

One of the major concerns for our

country is the creation of employment

and entrepreneurship. At the same

time it is critical that the employable

youth are trained with the necessary

skill sets to be able to succeed in

securing jobs when they are made

available. If we are to achieve high

economic growth it is critical that ahigh caliber work force with multiple

skill sets is made available to

industry. Dr.

Reddys Labs

under a specific

program has

formulated a

wonderful process

of ensuring the

same. YI Pune is

working with them

by using theirmodel to create

worthy employable

candidates from economically weaker

sections of our society. Dr Nitin

Kareer agreed to provide space at

the Maulana Azad Smarak Building

in Koregaon Park to further the Yi

Lab project in Pune.

Initiative for Sustainable Development

of Street Children

There are an estimated 100 million

street children in India comprising of

abandoned children and those who

have run away from home, tribal

families settling on city streets,

children from slums etc. The idea is

to make a world of a difference to

their lives. YI Pune is working towards

making a permanent change in shaping

the lives of street children in the city

of Pune beginning with the street

children at one major road intersection

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in the city.

Delhi and

Hyderabad provide

night shelters to

street children

wherein Gov

provides schooling

and one meal to

these children. Thesame could be done in Pune as well

Dr Kareer suggested that Yi suppor

a shelter for street children in Pune

YI would provide the necessary

volunteer base including the YI Net

students and work on a sustainable

model for the meals. PMC would

provide class rooms at night and also

build extra toilets for night use. This

would give a significant boost to this

initiative.

Yi Pune Chapter is also in touch witha local residential school in Pune run

by Dr Jadhav. Dr Jadhav is highly

committed and is doing excellen

work. He has agreed to enrol more

children in his school supported by

YI. Dr Parag Sancheti an active Y

member and Healthcare Chairperson

volunteered to organise free Health

check up camps for the children at

the Wagholi school.

Learning Events

Visit to Reliance Infocom, Dhirubha

Ambani Knowledge City (DAKC). Y

members visited DAKC on Saturday

9 July 2005. Reliance Infocomm has

laid 22 Lakhs Kms of Fibre Network

in India till date and still growing at

an alarming speed. Dhirubhai Amban

Knowledge City (DAKC) is spread

over 175 acres of land and about

6000 plus employees are working in

DAKC at any given point of time.

Highlights of the visit were:

At DAKC members were able to

see how 20,00,000 plus Kms of

Fibre Network gets monitored from

single location with the lates

technology in the world and how

2000+ cities and 50,000 villages

will be connected

The facility of National Network

Operation Centre (NNOC)

Visit to Internet Data Centre (IDC)


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Recently, I went to Guangjou

for some official work. What

hit me instantly was massive infrastructure all

around. From Airports to customs clearance facilities to

express ways to hotels to no of taxis to the massive

exhibition halls, one was simply wondering about the

method and the pace with which the Chinese Govt is

pushing for a larger ever slice in the world economy.

Everything has Govt participation and Govt imprint. There

are many companies that are worlds largest producers, in

their chosen areas and most of them have huge State or

Central Govt investment. Govt invests because of one

common passion that unites all of Chinas politicians, the

passion for economic growth. The Govt investment

encourages the entrepreneurs and companies to think scale.

With scale comes the cost advantage and that is moving

factories from world over to China. The kind of trade

promotion that the Chinese Govt machinery is undertaking

the world over is to be seen to be believed. According to

me China is the 2nd country after US which has shown the

world how good economic power or potential can be

beautifully intertwined with political muscle. I would give50-50 marks to both Private business and Govt in this

massive progress made by China.

On the other hand, if we see India we see most of the

market and trade development being led by the private

sector initiative. The infrastructure and the policy

framework lag way behind and only act as an obstacle to

the development of markets and trade. Even the availability

of normal roads, electricity, water which are the bare

necessities for normal economic growth are way behind

the threshold levels. Govt according to me has made little

contribution in the Indian progress so far. At best it has

played the role of a facilitator in a few industries. Still

Indian industry has made progress I would personally give

90% credit to the private enterprise and vision of economic

leaders of modern India. Its only in the last decade that

the Govt has woken up the enormity of the task and

wants to move things faster but due to the coalition

counter forces and the state-center issues the progress

yet is quite slow.

But, if China has a lot of lead on infrastructure and current

economic status, India has a massive wealth of English

speaking, well-educated and cheaper workforce. India has

proven its world no 1 status in IT/BPO services, automobile

components on both cost and quality fronts. Irrespective of

that how ever I feel that China is well on its way to become

the factory to the world. Larger number of enterprises will

globalize much faster in China than India.

However, the sheer size of the domestic markets and the

competitive advantages of both countries cannot be

ignored by any progressive business organization. Clearly,

there is much to gain even by basing or outsourcing theproducts or services from the country where it is most

economic.

And if China is emerging as a factory to the world, India

has the potential to be the 2nd factory even while retaining

its tag as the back office to the world.

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India is a vast & diverse county

with 29 states (last I counted)

with over 1500 different

languages and dialects spoken

throughout the country. Its an

economy on the march and in various

ways in transition.

Objectively speaking, I would tend

to agree that in actual there are two

Indias, the rich India and the poorIndia. The rich India is optimistic,

positive and is looking at competing

in the global scenario not

withstanding the handicap and lack

of infrastructure. Most are actually

looking for opportunities in these

challenges. The poor India however,

is stuck in a time warp, where

standards of living and education

have not increased in past few

decades or maybe even a fewcenturies, the people in this India,

due to obvious reasons, have

probably given up all hopes. In fact,

most of us have not even seen these

parts; we have read and heard about

it in the likes of Time magazines,

BBC and other such news mediums.

So since some are fighting an

aspirational battle and others are

fighting a survival battle, clearly there

cannot be one common set ofsolutions for both. Being an active

democracy, this becomes harder and

more complex.

Some of us, who are privileged, must

have the dual responsibility towards

competing and winning in the Global

scenario yet helping the unprivileged.

All Indian citizens must become

thought and action leaders and must

India has been too long

on the run way.

now our time has come to fly!!

not ask only of what their country

can do for them but must think of

how they can contribute to their

country. The likes of CII Yi and other

such platforms are created as

enablers of this very purpose.

The task at hand for the country is

comparable to converting a large

desert with a few oasis in it to a

beautiful garden of global standards.To plant grass & trees all through

the desert, would almost be an

impossible and never ending task.

Possibly, none or very few economies

would have those kinds of resources

and funds to do so.

However, the task has to be done.

Armed with enormous amounts of

positive energy, enthusiasm,

determination and clarity of vision,

the Thought and Action leaders could

create Oasis of excellence, in their

own areas of interest and expertise,

which must be capable of competing

Globally. More importantly, these

Oasis must Inspire, Motivate and

Develop thousands of more thought

and action leaders to create many

more such oasis. These Oases while

competing and winning globally must

also fulfill their ethical, moral and

social obligations, within their own

ecosystem and towards the country.

Most Indians after going abroad,

especially doctors, technical and IT

professionals have created a certain

respect for all Indians. Also, created

new mini Indias in most parts of the

world. Indians are now perceived as

being adaptive, articulate, intelligent,

well educated, and hard working

globally competitive professionals

This will lead to respect in other areasand opening of other opportunities

The time for Young Indians has come

India has been on the run way too

Long now the time has come to

fly!

We must think of ourselves as

Thought & Action leaders with an

important mission at hand. India has

too long been on the runway. We

need to be the engineers, design &maintenance experts, pilots, crew

etc., who must make this aircraft

called India fly. And fly high!

One Generation can change the

growth trajectory of a nation and we

must be this generation for India

With the world getting closer and

flatter, advantages will no longer in

the future be only with the powe

nations and companies but wouldalso be with the enterprising

individuals and teams who cross al

boundaries and parameters. They wil

shape the new world. India must be

a significant player in this new world

We Young Indians from all over the

world must come together and must

make this happen! [Within the next

10-15 year so we can enjoy it too!

By Arjun Wallia


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I decided to take up my current position because its an ideal platform to give back

something to the society.

One word to describe you Dream Merchant

Greatest Achievement Am no one to judge any such. But am by and large accepted

as an empathetic friend.

Failures I learnt from Life-my greatest teacher.

I admire Straight talk, sincerity, honesty & diligence

In my spare time I catch up on reading and listening music to recharge and

rejuvenate myself..

Youth to me Are sleeping giants.

My mantra for Life is Do unto others what you would like them to do unto you

My vision for India To be a self sufficient global superpower-before long!

Message for the youth Leave indelible footprints on the sands of time.

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Yi Governing Council 2005-06

Ms Anuja Mariwala KohliGourmet Seasonings BusinessCo-chair - National Education

Committee

Mr Vishal BaliVice President - OperationsWorkhardt HospitalsChair - National HealthcareCommittee

Mr Mahesh SriramExecutive DirectorBharat Travel Service P Ltd.Co-chair - Yi Bridge Chair

Mr Rajan R NavaniDirectorJetline Group of Companies

National Economy Chair &Chapter Chair - Pune Chapter

BangaloreMr Samir GuptaDirectorPulsatum Healthcare Pvt. Ltd.Chapter Chair

Ms Ashima DangDirector, New AvenuesChapter Co-Chair

ChennaiMr Harish LakshmanVice-President, Exports & OperationsRane TRW Steering Systems Ltd.Chapter Chairman

CoimbatoreMr Sanjay JayavarthanaveluWholetime DirectorLakshmi Machine Works LtdChapter Chair

Mr Ashwin ChandranPrecot Mills LtdChapter Co-Chair

DelhiMr Nikhil NathChief ExecutiveKnowcross Solutions Private Ltd.Chapter Chairman

Mr Sumeet AnandChief ExecutiveLe Bon IndiaChapter Co-chair

HyderabadMr N Sri Vishnu RajuChairman & CEOExciga CorpChapter Chairman

Mr G V Sanjay ReddyExecutive DirectorGVK Industries

National Chairman - Yi

Mr Narayan SethuramonJoint Managing DirectorWS Industries (India) Ltd.Vice Chairman andChairman -Yi Summit

Ms Avantika DalmiaDirector, Public Relations IntegratedBrand-Comm Pvt Ltd.

and

Ms Bhairavi JaniChief Executivei3plCo-Chairs National Learning

Committee

Mr Kartik SriramPresident & CEORapsri Engg Industries LtdChair National MembershipCommittee

Mr B SumantCategory Manager - Foods DivisionITC Ltd.Co-Chair National MembershipCommittee

Mr Ashwani SinglaChief Executive Officer

Genesis Public Relations Pvt. Ltd.Co-Chair, Yi Summit

Ms Sudha P IyerManaging DirectorHaritas Health ServicesChair E-Yi, Youth Affairs &Yi Bridge

Mr Sivakumar JayaramanProduct ManagerOracle IndiaCo-Chair - E-Yi

Mr Shaffi MatherDirector

Mather Projects & Constructions Ltd.and Director Ziqitza Health Care Ltd.Chairman Yi Retreat

Mr Arjun WalliaManaging DirectorWalsons Services Pvt. LtdChair - External Affairs &Public Policy

Ms Gayathri SriramDirectorUCAL Auto Private LtdChair - National EducationCommittee

National

Mr Siddharth Sanghivice PresidentSanghi Industries Ltd

Chapter Co-chair

KochiMr Umang PatodiaManaging DirectorPatspin India LtdChapter Chairman

Mr Rajeev NairManging DirectorStallion Systems & Solutions LtdMembership Chair

KolkataMr Ravi TodiManaging Director

Shrachi Group of CompaniesChapter Chair

Mr Rajesh PoddarAssistant Company SecretaryITC Ltd.Chapter Co-chair

MumbaiMr Ashish BhasinDirector-Integrated MarketingAction Group, Lintas India Pvt. LtdChapter Chair

Mr Kamaljit RastogiDirector, Asia Pacific

Aurionpro Solutions Pvt LtdChapter Co-chair

PuneMr Adit RathiManaging DirectorPolybond India Pvt LtdChapter Co-chair

Mr Pradeep KanakiaExecutive DirectorKPMG

Mr Banmali AgrawalaManaging DirectorWartsila India Ltd

Mr Anil ChawlaCEO - Commercial FinanceGE Capital India

Mr Rajeev Karwal

Chapter Office Bearers

Special Invitees


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Indians. An integral part of CII, Yi is all about dreams, hopes and passion. Yis main

message is Country before Self and Pride and Patriotism. Yi believes that Young Indians

can contribute to the community and the society at large if there is a participative action

towards a shared vision for India. Yi has a stirring, action-oriented motto We can We

will. Yi aspires to become a large group of young Indians from different walks of life

playing an active role in the development of India. Being a fledgling organisation, just about

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