CII's Young Indians 2011-12 National Annual Report

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YOUNG

INDIA IS ABOUT STANDING TALL

Yi Annual Report for 2011 - 2012


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Yi has been instrumental in skilling & placing 1300 youth

under the aegis of its Employabilityprogram. Under the

Healthcare initiative, over 175000 children have been

dewormed in addition to many other health awareness

programs across the community in different cities. Within

the sphere ofEnvironment, Yi conducts Green I contest to

encourage and motivate school children to bring out

sustainable green campuses through ideas, campaigns for

tree plantation, solid waste management projects,

involving citizens and children in the process. Yi is also in

the process of planting one million saplings across the

country through its One Million Tree Project.

The Next Practices platform of Yi brings an opportunity

for students and members to engage in a structured

discussion to bring out of the box ideas and evolve

solutions to common problems. This is implemented

through the Blue Ocean Dialogue and the Packet of

Seeds. Yi strives to engage members and students in

cultural activities like musical concerts, visiting to heritage

monuments for learning, traditional dinner, celebrating

the 100th year of the Indian National Anthem and

initiatives that connect the youth with areas inclined

towardsArts, Sports and Culture. Yi engages around

10000 people each year during the World Heritage Week.

Yi is one of the proud founders of the G20 Young

Entrepreneurs Alliance which is a collective of leading

entrepreneurially-minded organizations representing the

G20 countries who seek to promote youth

entrepreneurship as a powerful driver of economic

renewal, job creation, innovation and social change and

took a strong delegation from 16 Indian cities to the

Young Entrepreneur Summit at France in 2011. Yi also

hosted the G20 Leadership Assembly in New Delhi in

January 2012 that had the Presidents and Sherpas of the

G20 countries.

Yis international engagement extends to being one of the

proud founders of the Commonwealth Asia Alliance of

Young Entrepreneurs (CAAYE) which is a network of

young entrepreneurs and the organizations that support

them. It has been established to continually promote the

cause of young entrepreneurs in the respective countries

and will convene each year and in advance of the

Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting &

relevant Commonwealth Ministerial forums to provide a

platform to present a united voice of young entrepreneurs.

Yi is also represented on the Boao Youth Forum that hosts

forums for leaders from government, business and

academia in Asia and other continents to share their

vision on the most pressing issues in the region and world

at large.

Yi has organized learning missions to UK, China,

Singapore, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Malaysia, Sri Lanka,

Israel, Turkey, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zambia. It has also

worked with the Planning Commission of India in

conducting consultation workshops across its chapters for

accumulating a youth perspective to be included in the12th Five Year Plan and with the Ministry of External

Affairs, Government of India to facilitate missions of

visiting delegations of young entrepreneurs to India from

around the world.

Yi also undertakes special projects and initiatives at the

chapter level such as celebrating the 100th year of the

Indian National Anthem, volunteering for the Joy of

Giving Week, World Food month and many more.

The National Summit of Yi is a yearly feature that helps

the young minds to connect with people and

organizations that have displayed excellence through their

work and stand out as an inspiration to the youth today.

Retreat to places of tourist and historical importance gives

members an opportunity to meet in an informalatmosphere and network to enhance the organizations

reach and value.

With nine years of glorious past and decades ahead that

promise nothing short, Yi intends to become a larger

movement of young people and promote the attitude of

We Can, We Will.

Young Indians (Yi) is an integral part of the Confederation of

Indian Industry (CII), a non-government, not-for-profit, industry

led and industry managed organisation playing a proactive role in

India's development process. Yi was formed in the year 2002,

with an objective of creating a platform for young Indians to

realise the dream of a developed nation. Yi has around 1200

direct members in 24 city chapters, 80 members through the

Infosys Corporate Chapter (InfYi) and around 12,000 members

through its district chapter, Farmer Nets and Student Nets.

Yi membership includes young progressive Indians between the

age group of 25 & 40 and comprises entrepreneurs, professionals

and achievers from different walks of life. To become the Voice

of Young Indians Globally being the vision of Yi, it provides a

platform for young Indians to participate in and contribute by

becoming an integral part of the Indian growth story.

Yi works effectively for promoting leadership skills for the

development of its members through the learning programs and

missions to companies of global excellence in India and abroad;

the development and engagement of students through its 93

Student Net platforms that has 5578 students; and the Farmers Netplatform that has enrolled more than 8500 young & progressive

farmers providing them with real time agricultural inputs and

know-how.

Yi has successfully conducted campaigns and developed projects

across the focus areas of education, environment, healthcare, next

practices, employability and arts (sports & culture) contributing

positively to its surrounding eco system and the nation. Through

its initiatives like Akshara underEducation, Yi has impacted more

than 15000 students across 57 centers and has successfully

managed campaigns like the SYightboard Project, providing

blackboards to schools across different cities, reaching out to

1070 schools nationally and impacting approximately 2,53,000

children.

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YOUNGINDIA

Young India is about

Standing Tall

When a person thinks of India, the image that instantly appears is perhaps that of lit tle man who

inspired a nation to win its independence in an ingenious and non-violent manner.

Non-violent struggle is one of the most valuable contributions of India to the world. The world

has drawn inspiration and strength from the Indian experience.

This is by no means this nations only contribution. From mathematics to medicine to

astronomy, architecture, irrigation, agricultural practices and the arts, ancient India has set its

stamp of excellence. The wisdom that bloomed in this land sends out its fragrance even today.

Because young India believes th at it can and that it will.

While young Indians have recognized that they are the torchbearers of a great history and

civilization, they have pledged to be worthy of that great heritage and are themselves

successfully working towards making the world a better place. From creating amazing

businesses to definitive contribution to arts, politics, medicine, technology, sports and a host of

other disciplines, the young Indian is the symbol of a new resurgent India that is taking its

rightful place in the comity of nations.

It is to these torchbearers and trailblazers that we dedicate this report.

YOUNG INDIANS ANNUAL REPORT 2011

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Yi Past National Office Bearers

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GV Sanjay ReddyVice-ChairmanG V K Industries Limited

Rajan NavaniManaging DirectorJetline Group of Companies

Jayadev GallaManaging DirectorAmara Raja Batteries Limited

Bhairavi JaniDirectorExecutive DirectorIndia@75

Narayan SethuramonManaging DirectorWS Industries India Limited

Rahul MirchandaniExecutive DirectorAries Agro Limited

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I had an opportunity to work closely with Young Indians

(Yi) during my Presidentship with CII. Yi, as an

organisation has been doing phenomenal work since its

inception in 2002.

I am very glad to be writing this note for the annual report

of Young Indians, an organisation that I hugely admire forthe work they do and the impact they make on the youth

of our country. I was with them in Coimbatore recently to

speak at their National Summit and it was aptly titled

Taking Charge I am sure there was a lot of thought put

into getting this as the theme and I am glad that they had a

theme that was compelling, true to todays time and with

a punch.

I think Yi, as an initiative by CII is a wonderful platform

for young people of this country to work on nation

building and I am sure their scope of activities and impact

numbers are on the rise each year.

We have enormous strengths. We have a terrific

demographic advantage compared to any other nation in

the world. All of you know this. We, by nature, have a

high savings rate compared to most parts of the world. We

have embraced capitalism with some good checks and

balances. We have come some good distance since

liberalization. Our economy is on a sound footing. Our

fundamentals are strong. Our passion for performance is

higher than anywhere else that I have seen. This is our

central story. We must find a way to travel this journey

with great opportunities ahead.

My generations biggest achievement is bringing

economic liberalization to this country and to put India on

the road of progress and process of reforms. But, in my

opinion, the journey has just begun and Young Indians

need to take this forward. And as we take this forward,

there are some areas that I would like to have the

attention of youngsters today:

First, entrepreneurship is important and it is very important

to think big, in numbers and reach. Indias demands will

only get bigger in the years to come and its time that we

cultivate more job givers in the years ahead. I understand

that Yi is already working with over 100 institutions around

the country and this is great. Please continue to do so and

cultivate the habit of thinking beyond limitations amongst

todays students. India is filled with opportunities to those

who believe in it.

Second, I strongly believe that young people must attack

corruption in every way possible. Corruption has distorted

India and many decisions, policies and practices. All of us

have witnessed the urge of the youth in supporting people

and movements that have come against corruption and

you must carry on fighting against and attacking it in its

roots; in a democratic way. We must imagine how much

better we would have been if there was no corruption.

Again, working with the students on this is important, to

bring them up as responsible, ethical and transparent

people.

Fourth, you must favour pushing of reforms in the country

without which, India will find it difficult to effectively

fight on a level playing field and get its due share. I think

the various governments in the states and the centre are

keen to involve the youth; you must use this as an

opportunity to make your voices heard and thereby get

the policies that are important and crucial to propel

Indias growth.

I congratulate the Young Indians for all their excellent

work and for showing passion and commitment in nation

building I can only say that there is no other

organisation like Yi in India with so much depth,

diversity, reach, commitment, dedication and involvement

in nation building and coupled with the parentage of CII,

Yi can only grow from strength to strength. I have had the

pleasure of following Yis work closely during the

National Council meetings of CII and on my interaction

with some of their office bearers.

I would like to end my message with a note that I had

written on a plaque that was given to me after my address

at the Yi Summit and it goes as:

Young Indians are doing an outstanding contribution to

India and the building of a stronger India. I would like to

see Yi become a much bigger and a much more inclusive

organisation that will have the power, influence and

independence to shape the minds and policies of India. I

would like Yi to believe in democracy, to believe in doing

good for the society, to take steps in rooting corruption

and to push the reform process in India. The India growth

story needs to be carried forward with vigour by Yi to

make India as the foremost nation in the world by

realising the enormous potential of its people.

May I take this opportunity to stand up and applaud the great

work of Young Indians last year led from the front by Mr

Shankar Vanavarayar as the National Chairman and all those

who formed part of his team. Remember to always think,We Can, We Will and stand to deliver it in all forms!

Thank you.

Message from

President, CII

B MuthuramanPresident, Confederation of Indian Industry &Vice Chairman, Tata Steel Limited

My generations biggestachievement is bringing economicliberalization to this country andto put India on the road ofprogress and process of reforms.

Third, think of the society. Think of Business as a social

entity and as part of the society. The shareholders are not

the only owners of business. The larger society, who may

not have put in money directly, are very much owners of

the business. Yi as an organisation must take this as one of

their important agenda items and this must continue; tohelp people in need, to give comfort and love to the

disadvantaged who are so by not fault of theirs, to educate

and feed as many children as you can and to provide

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The world is going through exciting times in the last few decades

its a boundary less world and full of opportunities and along

comes issues that one needs to tackle and I am glad that India is in

the thick of things playing a proactive role in positively impacting

the economy of the region and perhaps the world at large. With

47% of India's current 1 billion population under the age of 20

and teenagers among them numbering about 160 million, India is

expected to become a younger nation as we proceed into the

21st century. By 2015, Indians under 20 will make up 55% of the

population and their engagement with India and the world is

extremely important.

The Young Indians have had a great last 12 months engaging a

wider section of the society around different parts of the country

and for me, it signifies many things and wish to highlight a few

pointers here;

First, such engagements between youngsters of India is no longer

an option, its a necessity. An interconnected world like today

calls for such engagement models and will bring in people for a

common inclusive agenda. To share best practices, to engage in

new business models like tapping the huge potential in rural India,

to serve a common purpose of basic education and tacklingpoverty and to jointly work towards a better India.

Secondly, reforms are playing an important role in the

world today. We are seeing crisis in some parts of the

world, that directly impacts the other side of the universe

and therefore you must connect and discuss a lot more

on the need for reforms in our country and for the region,

that will take the world forward. The world leaders want

the opinions and involvement of the youth in nation

building.

Thirdly, India needs more entrepreneurs and this is an

important agenda that Yi is working on its very close to

CII as well. CII will continue to play an important role in

pushing this agenda forward and in also working with the

Young Indians on this point. India today has the best

competitive atmosphere for this to happen and Yis must

make full utilisation of this opportunity. How Young

Indians will use their skills to push into new markets will

largely determine Indias emergence as a winner among

other competitive countries.

It is heartening that Yi has acted on all these points

through their initiatives under the verticals of learning,

education, environment, healthcare, arts (sports & culture)and next practices & in the process, engaging the students

and farmers. While my appreciation goes to the excellent

work carried out by Yi in these areas, it is great to note the

amount of work on the international front from being

one of the proud founders of the G20 Young Entrepreneur

Alliance and hosting the G20 Leadership Assembly at

New Delhi, for partnering with the Commonwealth Asia

Youth Centre to form the Commonwealth Asia Alliance of

Young Entrepreneurs, for the mission to Singapore and the

representation at the Boao Forum in Hong Kong and at

the Commonwealth Business Forum, Australia.

It has been a pleasure to have been part of some of these

delegations and to personally witness the energy of Young

Indians and the worlds keenness to engage with the

youth of India. This must be harnessed to share and learn

from the youth around the world. Now that Yi is part of

two global partnerships, I would recommend that these

partnerships and connect are taken by Yi to the next level

of engagement.

India, as a land of diversity, democracy and dynamics has

recorded excellent progress over the past ten years and

the forthcoming decade will test us on many counts on

inclusive growth, economic growth and social growth

and the role of Young Indians will be extremely valuable

we will need equitable growth, low-cost resourceful

innovation & management and focus on next practices

as drivers of growth together with the responsibility of

brand building, ethical progress and sustainable

inclusiveness.

Message from

Director General, CII

Chandrajit BanerjeeDirector GeneralConfederation of Indian Industry

I am glad that India is in the thickof things playing a proactive rolein positively impacting theeconomy of the region andperhaps the world at large.

Yi will continue to be an integral part of CII & we look

forward to engaging with Yi in more platforms in the years

to come. I was present at Yi National Summit last year at

Coimbatore and could experience their energy and

passion to work with commitment and dedication for

India and this was aptly put into demonstration by the

theme of their summit which was Taking Charge. Like I

had mentioned in my message last year, the Young

Indians are sending out a strong signal to inform and

engage as against command and control.

I wish the Yi members to take charge of more areas with

the, We Can, We Will attitude and CII is totally

committed to making it happen. I wish to congratulate

Shankar, Anupama, the entire team of its Governing

Council and all members of Yi around the 24 chapters for

the excellent year they have had and wish them all the

very best for the future.

With the Young Indians and a country that is and will

continue to be young for many more years, none of us in

India and the world can expect any less and its with pride

that I have written this note witnessing the impact that Yi

continues to make for Indias progress.



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Namaskar!

This is an incredible moment in the history of India.

During the next decade, the energy of a 100 million

young Indians will make this planet a finer place. One in

every six working persons will be a Young Indian. Today

the world sees India not only as a repository of the worldswisdom but also as the indispensable engine for its growth

- half a billion young and energetic minds that are heirs to

a rich tradition of creativity, enterprise and wisdom.

The information revolution has thrown open a whole new

world (literally) to the Young Indian. Once lack of capital

and the tyranny of closed doors held him back. Not any

more. Now creativity alone can catapult us to un-

imagined heights. The Young Indian has embraced the

ones and zeros of the digital world and multiplied them

into tens, hundreds, thousands, and millions . . . to

capture new horizons.

I write this message for the Yi Annual Report in a year that

has been momentous, consolidating, energized, far-

reaching, innovative and filled with experiences and

friendships. Everywhere I went the mention of Young

Indians generated immediate interest and the excitement

about what we are doing was palpable. Yi as an

organisation is proud to claim its simple but significant

role in giving Young India the confidence to take on the

world.

Now to the specifics. 2011 - 2012 has been an active,

interesting and inspiring year. We have had close to 500

events and this means that Young Indians and our

Executive Members have been working on high energy

and engaging themselves in the mission of Yi with

passion. When we began the year, our goal was to be

impactful in actions, awareness and advocacy. This

aspiration has been realized, with Yi impacting over

4,00,000 people directly and indirectly. Yi has

consolidated its membership, added another chapter in

Ludhiana and has begun the groundwork for the

formation of more chapters. If I have to sum up the year

so far, I would say it has been a year of targeted high

impact, involved action and decision-making,

international emergence, extensive information-sharing

and life-altering experiences.

Friends, so much has been done and much more will be

happening in the future. The passion for India, belief in

the future and faith in possibilities is what makes things

happen and this is very true for Yi too. This is the soul, but

its the inspiring involvement and leadership of hundreds

of Young Indians that breathes life into the soul. Many ofyou have shown and stood up for something that I believe

is the enduring truth and vision of Yi, and that is placing

India above the Individual. From Tiruvananthapuram to

Kashmir and Nagaland to Goa, Young Indians have stood

tall to declare that the nation is above self. I salute this

commitment and urge you to inspire many more so that

we may quickly realize our dream of a Strong India. I

have resisted the inclination to mention many of your

names and the many excellent projects/actions only

because of the fact that Yi is more about "We".This is a

moment to reflect and rejoice about what we have

achieved and also to resolve for greater commitment in

the years to come.

Here I must mention the enabling role of CII and also the

spirited executive team that worked brilliantly. The beliefof CII President Mr. Muthuraman and support of

Mr. Chandrajit Banerjee has only encouraged me to do

more. Many in CII saw promise in us and specially the

commitment of Virendra Gupta, Mahesh and now

Thulasiraj.

Not too long ago I received a call to align with Yi. It has

been a journey of evolution, learning and an amazing

array of experiences, people, projects and thoughts. I

cannot forget the people who got me and encouraged me

on this great trip. I have been fortunate in the support and

friendship of many and this had made it easy and possible

to achieve our goals. The Yi Core Group's strength behind

the rganization, the encouragement from my immediate

predecessors and of course the amazing relationship that I

had with the Governing Council and working relation

with the Secretariat. With all of this behind me, I would

not have done much without the belief of my family, who

almost gave me up to Yi during the year. Also friends and

the organizations that I work and represent held Yi in such

high esteem that they saw my absence as a righteous

commitment for the Nation.

They too placed Nation above! It would be interesting to

look back on my social media interactions during the year

which in a way, document this landmark year of my life.

The year to come will be fascinating, I am sure, with an

even more passionate and impactful organization being

put together by Anupama and Srikant. Anupama has beenof constant support and had given me the liberty to act.I would like to conclude by reminding ourselves that we

are truly a historic generation. We are witnessing history

in the making, and indeed, *we* are making history!

Decades ago the Mahatma gave a call for Poorna Swaraj

and a generation gave us our rightful liberation and now is

the time, friends, for our generation to move India into the

next orbit. Our time has come and it is in our hands to

make the future, one that will ensure for every citizen and

the nation true freedom, dignity and progress. The time to

quote our rights has passed and it is now the moment to

talk about our duties. Yi, my friends, is our medium to

script our dreams and make them real for India. Let us not

only build a nation or a region but show the world that

there is an Indian way and that this is the way of the

future.

For India, and for the World, We can, We will!

Jaihind!

Message from

National ChairmanYoung Indians

Shankar VanavarayarNational ChairmanYoung Indians

Yi as an organisation is proud toclaim its simple but significant rolein giving Young India the confidenceto take on the world.



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I am very happy to be writing this note for the Yi annual

report 2011-12 and I must confess that this has certainly

been a strong year for Yi on all fronts. I want to share

with you all that my association with Yi has been of

immense value to me. I have always believed in the

potential of Yi as an organization and I am proud to say

that in the past four years of my association with Yi,starting as the founding chairperson of the Yi

Chandigarh chapter to now, I am witness to Yis strong

growth. New chapters and verticals have been added,

the number of people we impact has increased, and the

nature of our impact on the eco-system has also

magnified. We were already on our way to becoming a

force in India but that did not stop us from taking on the

international challenge. Now, we are exceptionally

well-placed in the international area as well. All this has

been possible because of the passion and commitment

of the young people of India, who have come forward

and volunteered to be part of Yi. They have not

hesitated to contribute their ideas and time, for

developing this nation.

As Yi continues to grow and evolve itself, it is importantthat we look at ways to increase its reach and influence

in our eco-system. In this regard partnerships with key

organizations can play an important role. As an

organization we were born when India was changing at

an unprecedented pace. Our journey has been short,

but it is unique in many ways. We have much to share

with our potential partners -- our diverse experiences,

our challenges and our successes. Today we are well

positioned to forge a mutually beneficial bond with our

partners and together create a strong impact. Shankar

and his team have worked hard at the integration of Yi

with CII in all the chapters and at Yi national. I hope to

take it further.

We are all aware of CIIs work on various areas for the

business sector and beyond. It is only natural for Yi to

capitalize on their phenomenal work as it is parented,

mentored and supported by CII. To this effect, I am glad

to share with you that the base is strong and we have

got outstanding support from Mr Chandrajit Banerjee,

and his senior team of Deputy Director Generals andSenior Directors in CII. The office bearers of Yi chapters

will continue to be part of the CII Zonal / State Council

and collaborate with the CII office bearers at each

location to exchange ideas. We have much to learn

from each other.

I have been part of the National Council Meetings last

year along with Shankar and have had the pleasure of

speaking about our work and sharing the Yi highlights.

It is humbling to say the least whendistinguished industry veterans take the time to

understand what Yi is doing. It is most encouraging to

receive their complements and their suggestions on

what can be done better. Showcasing Yi work,

informally and formally at the highest Council of CII is

important for Yi and we hope to continue to avail of this

opportunity.

Our international work has seen a new high as has been

mentioned by many others in this report and as you will

see in the pages to follow. Today we have direct linkswith Yi like organizations in 28 different countries, and

it is only getting stronger. We have a unique

opportunity before us, to extend the reach and depth of

our international linkages and make Yi The Voice of

Young Indians Globally. We intend to continue to

expand this area in the coming year and we hope that

this effort will benefit each member of Yi.

The other days in the national calendar and the national

events that we do each year will continue with the same

spirit whether it is the national summit or the national

retreat or if it is the world environment week. These

days have been observed by all chapters in the past year

and celebrated with great enthusiasm. I strongly believe

that the all chapters are an integral part of national andnational is part of all chapters; together we complete Yi.

I would like to congratulate Shankar, all the members in

the GC, and each and every member for their

contributions in making Yi such a great organization.

We have had a wonderful and meaningful 12 months,

thanks to all of you. It was an absolute pleasure working

with Shankar. He is a true friend and more than that, a

great Young Indian. His dedication and commitment to

Yi will always be remembered and appreciated by all of

us. I shall look forward to his advise on Yi in the future.

I look forward to working with each one of you and

with the leadership of CII, in the year to come, to make

Yi an organization that all of us are truly proud of. I am

sure Shankar will be involved in Yi just like the other

past Yi national chairmen we have had. A very warmwelcome to Srikant Suryanarayanan, in his new avatar

as the National Vice Chairman of Yi I am looking

forward to working with him.

I will be meeting all of you shortly. Let us together

work towards increasing the relevance and impact of Yi

and make it an organization that is valuable and

meaningful to all its stake holders. Your involvement

and encouragement will be my best support.

We can, We will.

Message from

National Vice ChairpersonYoung Indians

Anupama AryaNational Vice ChairpersonYoung Indians

As an organizationwe were born when India waschanging at anunprecedented pace



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Mumbai

Dabbawallahs

Out of the many things that comes to ones mind when we

think of Mumbai, surely there are the Dabbawallas a word

with the closest meaning of lunch box delivery man.

Though this profession seems to be simple, it is actually a

highly specialized service in Mumbai which is over a century

old and has become integral to the cultural life of this city.

Dr. Pawan Agrawal is an ardent and dedicated professional

who holds a PhD on the supply chain management skills the

Dabbawallas.He basically takes these session were the

operation process of Mumbai's dabbawalas is shared with

the participants. The process which makes them competitive

at the customers' end but united at the delivery end, ensuring

their survival over a century and more. Dr Agrawal also

explaines the two basic principles which is followed by each

& every Dabbawala Work is worship and Customer is God

and this has made them achieve Six Sigma, they proud to say

that Mumbai Dabbawala Association is the only in Country

who has achieved the Six Sigma rating.

Yi had 11 highly successful and enthusiastic sessions in

Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Indore, Hyderabad, Bangalore and

Vizag, impacting 934 Yi members with in a time span of

seven months of this learning series.

Ahmedabad, 21 November 2011

Vadodara, 22 September 2011

LEARNINGLearning is evolution in its simplest form a

continuous process of knowledge assimilation

towards a better tomorrow. Yi has always prided

itself not just on our achievements towards

Nation Building but also in the value we add to

each of our members.

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Learning

Sessions

A speaker series on Conserving Tiger, Indias

National Animal by Mr Shekar Dattatri was

conducted in different Yi chapters.Mr Shekar Dattatria renowned wildlife

conservationist, filmmaker, writer and much

more to his profile. The series covered a wide

range of topic on truth about tigers and

addressed questions such as : Why have Indias

tigers declined so drastically? What exactly are

the problems facing their conservation? And are

there any solutions to the crisis? These and

many other questions are answered succinctly

in The Truth about Tigers series. The sessions

provided useful pointers on how ordinary

citizens and youth including school childern

can contribute towards saving the tiger.Yi had 4

highly successful and enthusiastic sessions

impacting 450 Yi members in Pune,

Coimbatore, Madurai, contributing in spreading

the awareness about tiger conservation as ahigh priority project to the Yi nets and cities

across India.

Yi (Kolkata Chapter) organised an interactive

session with Mr Simon Galpin, Director

General, Invest Hong Kong and Ms Amy Ying,Head of Innovation & Technology Sector, Invest

Hong Kong on Tuesday, at Hotel Hyatt

Regency, Kolkata. The topic of the session was

Doing Business in Hong Kong. InvestHK is

the department for foreign direct investment,

under the policy purview of the Commerce and

Economic Development Bureau of the Hong

Kong SAR Government. The other speakers

present were Mr Ravi Todi, Director, Bengal

Tools Ltd, Mr Partha Kundu, Pricewaterhouse

Coopers, and Mr Romit Dasgupta, Director,

Globsyn Group. It was an excellent opportunity

for the members to interact with the senior

officials of Invest Hong Kong and explore

business opportunities there.

In a constant endeavour to engage with the youth from

all facets, we at Yi (Mumbai Chapter) organized a visitof the Young Parliamentary delegation from Africa. A

strong 26 delegation Member of Parliaments of the

Youth wings from Mali, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Namibia,

Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia, Malawi, Ghana,

Botswana, Rwanda and Tanzania visited.

A detailed presentation on Yi initiatives and activities

was shared with them and it was overwhelming to see

their appreciation for Yi organization. The delegation

witnessed the activities being achieved year on year

by Yi Mumbai Chapter and highly appreciated the

effort of the group in Mumbai to make a difference.

Many voiced their feedback of not having an

organization like Yi to work at the grass root level

completely driven with private partnership. They

shared with us their views on African Youth beingtomorrows leaders in their respective countries by

fostering entrepreneurship, providing government

funded low interest seed capital for start ups and

encouraging youth to take up developmental project

in the ministry.

A keen desire to strengthen the relationship between

Indo African youth forums where an exchange of

culture, aspiration and leadership can be adopted and

practiced was voiced by most of them.

Session on Visit ofLearning session with

Mr Shekar DattatriInvest Hong Kong Young Parliamentarians

from Africa, Essar House

CII & Yi Members of Coimbatore Chapter interacted and

spent an evening with Ms Vasundhara Raje, Leader ofOpposition, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly on 27 May 2011

at Isha Foundation. The session was a casual interaction, with

Ms Raje addressing on the different communities of

Rajasthan and their standards of living. She also gave insights

in to the Rajasthan State policies and also spoke on her view

and notions towards various aspects which was informative.

Ms Raje spok at length on the role of youngsters in coming

up with administrative responsibilities in running states and

national. She said that one of the main areas that the

youngsters must mainly concentrate on will be to balance the

imbalance in the country saying that is this was not

addressed adequately and fast enough, this may engulf into a

large issue in the country. She made a detailed report on the

initiatives undertaken by her at Rajasthan and the impact that

it had on the young population in the state.

Interaction with

Ms Vasundhara Raje

Session with Dr Madhavan Nair,

Former Chairman of ISRO, held at Kochi

Interactive session with Mr Raymond Peter IAS,

Pricipal Secretary to Govt. of Ap, Dept. Social Work at Hyderabad

Session with Mr Paranjoy Guha Takurtha,

Independent Journalist, held at Chennai

Session with Ms Rajshree Pathy, CMD,

Rajshree Sugars & Chemicals, Coimbatore

Kolkata, 15 November 2011

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Infotech Enterprises provides leading-edge engineering

solutions, including product development and life-cycle

support, process, network and content engineering to

major organizations worldwide. With nearly two decades

of continuous growth, Infotech leverages a "GlobalDelivery and Collaborative Engineering" model to achieve

measurable and substantial benefits for our clients.

A warm welcome was waiting for YI members at Infotech

Enterprises Limited. Upon the arrival, Mr Viswanath

Machiraju, Manager - Strategic Initiatives, Infotech

Enterprises Ltd and Mr Kshitij Sharma, Deputy Manager,

Marketing, Infotech Enterprises Ltd took YI members for a

walk through the CoEs explaining rail signals, Boeing, etc.

where they provide the best technology services and

solutions to industry and governments worldwide.

Dr B V R Mohan Reddy, Chairman & Managing Director

gave a presentation titled Building Sustainable Global

Companies" sharing his experience of making Infotech

one of the top 05 IT companies in the country. He alsofocused on the best technology services and solutions

which Infotech Enterprises Ltd provides to industry and

governments worldwide.

Dr Reddy also brief that Infotech Enterprises Limited, head

quartered at Hyderabad, India, is listed in the Bombay

Stock Exchange (BSE) and National Stock Exchange (NSE)

under the name INFOTECENT.

Established in 1945, our core automotive and farm

equipment businesses have grown into market leaders

whose triple bottom line ethic is driving industry trends

towards technological innovation, social responsibility,

and constantly improving customer satisfaction.

The plant visit to Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) was also

a great learning experience. The presentation given by top

managements depicted that it is a major automobile

manufacturer of utility vehicles, passenger cars, pickups,

commercial vehicles, and two wheelers. In addition to

world class manufacturing facilities, the plant invested in a

solar heating system to reduce the carbon footprint and a

rain water harvesting system to conserve water. Moreover,

the plant has a zero discharge plant and all the buildings

will be energy efficient with a total power requirement of

only 3 MVA.

The Plant visit was appreciated by one and all from the Mission.

Mr Sahil Mathur, Head of Operations domain addressed

Yi Members and handled their user related queries. He

also educated members various applications and spams

downloaded on Facebook.

Mr Vick, Head of Marketing & Advertisement domain

briefed that Hyderabad centre would house online

advertising and developer support teams and provide

round-the-clock, multi-lingual support to the socialnetworking site's users and advertisers globally.

Facebook - one of the worlds largest social network

website with over 800 million active users has over

2,000 employees and 15 offices across the globe. In Asia

it has its operations in Hyderabad, India.

Ms Rajani Yathati, Executive Assistant, Facebook along

with Facebook team cordially welcomed the Yi members

and introduced them to the employee friendly and casual

working environment of Facebook office.

Ms Rajani took Yi Members for a tour to the Facebook

office which was later followed by an interactive session

with senior management which helped mission members

to understand the operations of Facebook.

Mr Abhishek Nag, Head of Platform operations of

Facebook interacted with Yi Members and also informed

that Hyderabad is world's fourth Facebook office.

Facebook has decided to make Hyderabad its first address

in Asia, with plans to set up a centre in the city to support

its growing number of users, advertisers and developers in

India and across the globe, he said.

Yi Hyderabad organized a national level Learning mission

to Facebook, Indian School of Business, Infotech

Enterprises and Mahindra & Mahindra on 20-21 Jan 2012

at Hyderabad.

The objective of this Mission was to provide a learning

platform to Yi members and help them to understand the

best Practices adopted by these companies and how these

companies have successfully managed to evolve businessexcellence models in their respective sectors.

The charged up team headed for the exciting day with lots

of fun & bonding.

Yi National Learning Missionto Facebook, Indian School of Business,Infotech Enterprises andMahindra & Mahindra Ltd.Hyderabad, 20-21 Jan 2012

The Fun & Entertainment part at Runway9 was very well

executed by the all the Yi members. The adventure of Go-

karting in Indias first and largest international standard

Go-karting track / circuit was enjoyed by the YI members

to full extent.

The mission then visited The Indian School of Business -

the premium business was evolved from the need for a

world class business school in Asia.

The Indian School of Business evolved from the need for a

world class business school in Asia. Our founders- some

of the best minds from the corporate and academic

worlds- visualised the leadership needs of emerging Asian

economies. They recognised that the rapidly changingbusiness landscape would require young leaders with an

understanding of evolving economies, but also with a

global perspective.

Mr Kumara Guru, Head- Mohali Integration, ISB in his

presentation depicted ISBs commitment & role in creating

leaders through its innovative programs, outstanding

faculty and thought leadership.

Mr Guru gave a walk around guided tour of the campus;

spread over 260 acres, a beautiful site with large boulders,

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A Yi Excellence Mission to Renault Nissan & Hyundai

Motors India Ltd was organized on the 10th of June, 2011.

More than 40 participants from Yi & CII participated in

this mission.

Hyundai Motor India Limited (HMIL) is a wholly owned

subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Company (HMC), South

Korea and is the largest passenger car exporter and the

second largest car manufacturer in India. HMIL presently

markets 8 models of passenger cars across segments. The

A2 segment includes the EON, Santro, i10 and the i20,

the A3 segment includes the Accent and the Verna, the

A5 segment includes the Sonata Transform and the SUV

segment includes the Santa Fe.

Renault Nissan Automotive India Private Ltd is a relatively

new facility that is currently manufacturing Micra & a yet

to be released sedan version of the same. The participants

interacted with Mr Kou Kimura, Managing Director &

CEO of Renault Nissan who briefed them about the plant

& answered the queries of the members.

This was followed by a visit to the well-established plant

of Hyundai Motors India Ltd. Members got the

opportunity to visit the famous final assembly line of this

fully integrated state-of-the-art manufacturing plant.

Kinfra International Apparel ParkTrivandrum, 30 July 2011

Mission to KIAP is a subsidiary of Kerala Industrial InfrastructureDevelopment Corporation(KINFRA), a Statutory body under

Govt. of Kerala. KIAP was established as a part of theGovernment of Kerala's commitment for the growth ofindustries in Kerala. KIAP provides world-class infrastructurefacilities exclusively for garment manufacturing units. ApparelPark at Thiruvananthapuram is one among other Parkspromoted and assisted by Govt. of India under "Apparel Parksfor Exports Scheme".

Chapter members from Yi Kochi came to Trivandrum for a crosschapter visit. Trivandrum members also joined them for anindustrial visit to KINFRA Industrial park and visited GoodwillPolymers, Vasudeva Vilasam Ayurveda and Textport Industries.The day was filled with information and fun for the memberswho learned about the industries and their process andproducts. The day ended with a joint dinner at Kovalam.

MMD is the countrys premier dairy products producer,

with excellent and hygienic manufacturing facilities, and

effective logistics that will lead the milk from the farmer in

a cold chain to the consumer of the product to give them

the best quality natural products of International standards

in the perfect packing in the most modern factory, giving

them value for money.

Yi Erode Chapter organizes a Family Mission to Milky

Mist Dairy [MMD] on 16th July 2011. Nearly 15 members

with their family were present at the Mission. Milky Mist

Dairy is the South Indias premier dairy products

producer, with excellent and hygienic manufacturing

facilities. The visitors were taken around the factory andwere explained the process of manufacturing, packing of

the final product etc.

MMD DiaryErode, 16 July 2011

Mission to

Akshaya Patra Foundation at Vizag was launched three

years ago in Auto nagar and its Head office is at

Bangalore. It runs a mid-day meal program for Govt.

Schools, Hospitals, etc... Feeding over 5000 childrens in

vizag. 50 employees help in the kitchen to prepare the

food. It has various equipments for preparing food like 4

rice cookers each has capacity of preparing 110 kg of rice,

grinding machine, rice filter machine, etc YI Members

found it very useful.

The history of Akshaya Patra Foundation starts with a story

of compassion. Looking out of a window one day in

Mayapur, a village near Calcutta, His Divine Grace A.CBhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada saw a group of children

fighting with street dogs over scraps of food. From this

simple, yet heart breaking incident, came the determination

that: No one within a ten mile radius of our center should

go hungry. It is his inspiration which helped them to create

The Akshaya Patra Foundation as it is today.

It began this initiative with the vision that No child in

India shall be deprived of education because of hunger.

In June 2000, it started our mid-day meal program in

Bangalore by feeding 1500 children in 5 schools. At that

time there was no State run school meal program in

Karnataka. Within a few short weeks they had received

hundreds of requests from teachers who expressed the

dire need of such a scheme. This over whelming response

was the impetus for the growth of The Akshaya Patra

Foundation. In November 28, 2001 the Supreme Court of

India passed an order which mandated that: "Cooked mid-

day meal is to be provided in all the government and

government-aided primary schools in all the states."

Akshaya Patra was called in to give testimonies to the

Supreme Court in order to implement the mandate. By the

time the Ministry of Human Resource Development

(Department of School Health and Education) extended its

support to this noble cause in 2003, Akshaya Patra was

already reaching out to 23,000 underprivileged children

through the support of our donors.

Akshaya Patra FoundationVizag, 3 March 2012

Visit toExcellence MissionRenault Nissan & Hyundai Motors India Ltd.Chennai, 10 June 2011

Times of India PressAhmedabad, 5 August 2011

Mission to

The Times Group (also referred as Bennett, Coleman and

Co. Ltd.) is the largest media conglomerate in India and is

headed by brothers Samir and Vineet Jain. The company

has eleven publishing centres, fifteen printing centres,

fifty-five sales offices, Over 7000 employees, five dailies,

including two of the largest in the country with approx 4.3

million, copies circulated daily, two lead magazines,

twenty-nine niche magazines reaching 2468 cities and

towns, thirty-two Radio Stations, two Television News

Channels, one Television Life Style Channel and turnover

in excess of USD 1 billion.

Yi Ahmedabad Chapter organised a Learning Mission to

the Times of India Press. The Times of India (TOI) is anIndian English-language daily middle-market newspaper.

According to Audit Bureau of Circulations, it has the

largest circulation among all English-language newspapers

in the world, across all formats (broadsheet, tabloid,

compact, Berliner and online). It is owned and published

by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. which is owned by the

Sahu Jain family and Mission was initiated by

Ms Aakanksha Mamtora, Chair-Learning, Yi Ahmedabad

Chapter. The objective of the Mission was to learn how a

printing press works, its logistics and how the last minute

breaking news gets incorporated in the Newspaper. 10 Yi

Ahmedabad Chapter members participated in the Mission.

Keventer Group entered into a franchisee agreement with

the food and beverage giant - PARLE to manufacture,

package, distribute and market its well-known brands

namely FROOTI - a popular mango drink, Appy and Appy

Fizz- the in-style apple drinks and Bailey packaged

drinking water. With their past ventures on high pedestals,

Keventer Agro now moved to greener pasture. This time

over, success came in the form of the food export

division. The division exports food products such as

Mango Pulp, Guava Pulp, Sesame Seeds, and Bakery

Ingredients to various customers across the globe.

Yi Kolkata Chapter organized Thrilling Experience around

the Factory of Keventer Agro Ltd. makers of Frooti. That

was a great opportunity as the visit gave the members

learning more on Metro/Dairy & Frooti brands and how

the wonderful product is made, right from production to

marketing. Surely the factory visit was a great learning

experience for all of the members and made them able to

appreciate on a better scale on how a consumer product

is manufactured before it reaches the market shelf.

Keventer AgroKolkata, 24 September 2011

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HEALTHIn a country where people die due to hunger,

malnourishment and lack of basic healthcare, can we

come up with a model for healthcare where good quality

healthcare is accessible to all our citizens. Is healthcare

all about only curing the ill? What about prevention,

what about nourishment to our children and what about

issue of obesity, diabetes and heart diseases? How can

we be a healthy nation? Yi as an organization proved its

commitment, diversity and potential, by celebrating this

World Health Day in 21 chapters, from Srinagar to

Vadodara and from Nagaland to Madurai, marked with

fervor and enthusiasm. Yi also launched a new initiative

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Yi (Srinagar Chapter) organized an outing for children with multiple disabilities to

mark the World Disability Day. Two Special schools, Angels Care and Chotay

Taray Foundation were identified and these children were taken to Nigeen Club

followed by a boat ride in the Nigeen Lake. The tour of the club, boat ride and

lunch were facilitated by Department of Tourism Government of Jammu & Kashmir.

Ms Tasleema, Principle, Chotay Taray Foundation said that programs and outing

which are focused on children with multiple disabilities are need of the hour. This

is high time now society should accept these children and should treat them

equally she said. The children were very happy and enthusiastic about the boat

ride in the Nigeen Lake as it is very rear that this type of activity is organized by any

other organization. The principals of the schools were very thankful to Yi for

organizing this outing.

World Disability DaySrinagar, 2 December 2011

Yi (Bangalore Chapter) organized a Seminar on Preventive Healthcare; The Need of

The Hour on 13 October 2011.

The Seminar was focused on Preventive Healthcare, Corporate Wellness Practicesand Yoga with an objective to understand simple and achievable ways to create a

healthy, happy and more productive work force.

Dr Balachandra H Keni, Medical Director, Sagar Hospitals, Dr Raghavendra, Head of

Preventative Medicine, Sagar Hospitals, Dr R Nagarathna, Dean, Division of Yoga and

Life Sciences of Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana University and

Ms Sindhu Subhashini, Senior Manager, People Function, MindTree Limited guided

the audience to understand simple ways to lead a healthy life.

Preventive Healthcare - The Need of The HourBangalore, 13 October 2011

Yi (Chennai Chepter) organised a free Dental camp to commemorate the WorldNo Tobacco Day. The camp was held at Katrambakkam, Keevalur, Puduped and

Samandarambed villages near Sri Perambadur.

The Yi dental camp was supported by a team of 20 experienced Doctors and

Nurses offering the villagers free dental check-ups for problems related to

tobacco chewing, smoking cigarettes etc. Dental decay and early stages of

cancer was diagnosed in villagers through this camp. The villagers were also

educated on the hazards of tobacco by showing pictures to the adults and

adolescents. Those requiring treatment were taken to a nearby hospital to avail

free treatment for their problems. Dr Vinod Prem Anand, Chair, Healthcare, of

Yi (Chennai Chapter) was also present.

World No Tobacco Day Dental CampChennai, 31 May 2011

On the occasion of World Health Day, Yi (Goa Chapter) under its Health care

initiative organised an Interactive Session on "Eat Right to Live Right" with

Dr. Vandana Kakodkar, a consulting Dietitian and a Post-Graduate in

Nutritional & Dietetic course from Nirmala Niketan, Mumbai University.

The interactive session which dealt with topics like Nutritious diets,

Classification of Food Groups on the relative concentration of their nutrients,

Principles of Healthy eating, Fast Foods and its consequences etc. Topics like

exercise and overweight issues were also highlighted and discussed. The

session was attended by 20 Yi Members who were very keen on dietary issues

and actively participated in the discussions.

"Eat Right to Live RightSessions on

Goa, 7 April 2011

Young Indians (Madurai Chapter) along with Devadoss Multispeciality

Hospital & Aparajitha Corporate Services (P) Ltd, Madurai organised a

Preventive Health Check up Camp on 11th September 2011 atCheckanurani area in Madurai city in order to spread the importance and

need to preventive Healthcare & how to live a healthy life.

Mr Venkatesh Kumar, Head - Finance, Aparajitha Corporate Services (P)

Ltd inaugurated the health camp.

More than 600 localities from the Checkanurani area participated and

got benefited from this Camp.

Health Checkup CampMadurai, 11 September 2011

Yi (Pune chapter) celebrated the World Health Day and joined the national

initiative of Fitter India Campaign. Ms Sheetal Navani Yi Pune, Health

Chair, initiated the activity. Ms Neeru Goyal Pranayam teacher instructed

the audience present on the Dos and Donts of pranayama. The audience was

given a demonstration of the basic pranayama and this followed the teachers

advice and performed pranayam accordingly. Ms Padmini Sundaram Chair,

Healthcare Yi (Pune Chapter) delivered the vote of thanks.The session ended

up very well and received a good response.

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The Fire Brigadiers are extensively trained primarily to put out hazardous fires that threaten

civilian populations and property, to rescue people from car incidents, collapsed and burning

buildings and other such situations. The increasing complexity of modern industrialized life with

an increase in the scale of hazards has created an increase in the skills needed in firefighting

techniques and a broadening of the firefighter-rescuer's remit. They sometimes are even in a

situation to provide emergency medical services at the scene of accident.

Knowing the importance the Young Indians (Coimbatore Chapter) in association with KG

Hospital organized a CPR & First Aid demonstration session for the fire brigadiers of Coimbatore

Region in the office of fire brigadiers in Coimbatore. Dr Farooq, Cardiologist spoke about the 7

essential steps to be followed during a CPR session and made a demonstration for the

understanding of the fire brigadiers. Dr Mohan Gandhi, Physiotherapist advised them about life

habits. The session benefitted 50 fire brigadiers.

CPR & First Aid Session for Fire BrigadiersCoimbatore, 27 June 2011

Distribution of First Aid Kits

Yi (Ahmedabad Chapter) celebrated World Health Day at Ahmedabad by distributing

First Aid box to the kids of the laborers working at a construction site near the PDPU.

The objective behind distributing the first aid box was to create awareness about the

importance of keeping the provision of emergency care for an illness or injury until actual

medical treatment can be accessed, if needed. One needs to learn to handle common

injuries and wounds. Cuts and scrapes, for example, should be rinsed with cool water, to

stop bleeding, apply firm but gentle pressure, using gauze etc. Therefore, the SPT

students of the PDPU Net took the initiative of distributing the First Aid box. The

students also explained the workers about how and when to use of First-Aid Box. The

laborers were very thankful to the initiative taken by the students. 15 Yi Student NET

members participated in the health awareness drive.

Ahmedabad, 7 April 2011

A organised a daylong session on Yoga & Aerobics and a free consultation on

nutrition advisory, on Vedic Wellness for its members at the renowned

Elemention Gym, in Delhi. The interaction was coordinated by Dr Shikha Sharma

and her team of nutrition experts from Nutri-Health. A team of nutritionists

provided expert health care advise on nutrition, diet plan, high cholesterol &

hypothyroid. Members also availed the benefit of free and exquisite massage at the

Elemention Gym, ranging from Swedish, Balinese Deep Tissue, Aromatherapy &

Inch Loss massages.

The vedic wellness session was aimed at guiding the Yi Delhi members about

nutrition and various eating habits on the basis of ancient vedic teachings. A team

of expert doctors studied the profiles of members and gave them guidance on the

basis of a psychometric analysis and eating habits of the individuals. The session

was greatly appreciated by the Yi Delhi members who got a chance to understand

the essence of fitness and wellness from within.

Session on Yoga & AerobicsDelhi, 7 April, 2011

Yi (Vadodara Chapter) organized an interactive session with Ms Kinita Kadakia,

Nutritionalist from MEAL Pyramid, Mumbai. The theme for the session was

weight loss and nutrition 24*7. Ms Kinita is a renowned nutritionist and works for

Cricket players of Indian Cricket Academy, Bengaluru. She is a professional writer

and panelist to Dainik Jagran, Timeout Mumbai, Times online and Times of India

She is also lecturer at various colleges and institutes. Ms Kadakia was on a

subsidiary committee of Commonwealth games 2010.

Kinita spoke about healthy food habits for day to day lifestyle. The session aimed

to provide answers related to health, nutrition and fitness. She also addressed on

the issues related to daily health care and fitness secrets of athletes, the challenges

faced by the athletes in maintaining their health regime. There were around 70

participants in all including Yi members and Yi Non members.

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ENVIRONMENT

There was a time when people thought of the

environment, they thought of its beauty; but now as

the natural beauty of the earth that disappears, many

people around the world have awoken to the realities

of just how fragile our earth actually is. Yi offers aplatform to people to offer perspectives on the

environment as well as sensitise them towards their

social and moral responsibilities towards the

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Yi Chandigarh and Attero Recycling Pvt Ltd in presence

of Chandigarh Administration launched the citys first E

Waste Project to mark the World Environment Day.

Mr Vijoy Kumar Singh, IAS Secretary, Finance &

Environment, Chandigarh Administration said that the

project will be a benchmark for many more such

initiatives.

Further to this effort, the administration will also put up

stations to measure benzene levels in air especially in

high traffic areas, shared the Environment Secretary

Detailing about the project said Mr Rohit Aggarwal,

Chair (Environment), Yi Tricity Chandigarh Under this

project, which is first of its kind, eight nodal points have

been identified in the city where e waste can be

dumped and will be further collected and processed by

Attero Recycling plant based in Roorkee from time to

time in an environment friendly manner.

World Environment Day is observed on June 5 every

year to promote awareness on the importance of

preserving our biodiversity, the need to identify

problems related to the environment and ways to take

corrective action. Yi offers a platform to people to offer

perspectives on the environment as well as sensitise

them towards their social and moral responsibilities

towards the environment. Yi has organized various

events & sessions and undertaken campaigns such as

nature treks for members, sessions on water

management and tree plantation drives.

World Environment Day has received tremendous

support from Yi chapters pan India, various awareness

campaigns Seed-Ball making, plantation drive; nature

walks; and much more - were organized to spread the

message and to improve the quality of life of all living

beings on this planet without harming nature. All the

activities are carried out to spread eco-awareness and

increase green footprint.

World Environment Day E-waste ProjectChandigarh, 4 June 20115 June

Yi (Chennai Chapter) organized an interesting visit to

the Adyar Tholkappia Poonga for around 112 children

between the age group of 8 12 years from the

Government Home for Girls.

Through this visit, was expected to encourage and

promote education to children of the ecological system

and diverse environmental issues, currently available

species of lives in water and land, plants and trees

through interactive gardens.

To make the visit more interesting and informative forthe children, Yi organized a team of 9 Storytellers to

benefit. The children received special facts about birds,

bugs & bees through stories told and souvenirs like

stickers to make it fun. Kids were also provided caps to

beat the heat and snacks and water at the end of the

visit.

Visit to Adyar Tholkaapiyar PoongaChennai, 4 June 2011

Young Indians (Raipur chapter) in association with Hira

Group inaugurated the 'CII-Yi Square' at Urla Industrial

Area, Raipur. Mr Ranaveer Sinha, Chairman CII Eastern

Region & Managing Director, Telcon was the Chief

Guest on this occasion.

The foundation stone of this beautiful & lush green

square was laid on 27 August 2010 on the last visit of

Mr Sinha in Raipur.

In purview of hygiene and well being of the Urla

residents the inauguration of a public toilet was alsodone. During the final moments of the visit, Mr. Sinha

had an interactive session with the Yi Raipur Members

during which he appreciated various Yi initiatives taken

till date and also discussed about the future initiatives to

be undertaken by Yi.

Inauguration of CII-Yi SquareRaipur, 15 November 2011

Yi (Coimbatore Chapter) in association with Astral Consulting Pvt Ltd

organized an environment cleaning drive in the reserved forest area of

Anuvavi Subramaniyar Kovil (near Kanuvai), Coimbatore. The drive

involved around 120 people gathering at the foothills of the temple and

cleaning the surrounding areas littered with plastics and other non

biodegradable objects. The drive lasted for 7 hours by the end of which

there were around 20 kilos of waste that was collected and disposed in

an appropriate manner. The groups were split into three different

directions and each one was guided by a leader from the forest

departments who took them through the dense terrain.

Cleaning DriveCoimbatore, 27 May 2011

Yi (Delhi Chapter) along with kids came together and started the process ofseed ball making and made more than 250 seed balls that would be sent to

the Yi Delhi nets for students to take this project up. Yi Delhi would

undertake tree plantation on a 2 acre land near the banks of Yamuna where

the seed balls would be dispersed around the monsoon season. Yi (Delhi

Chapter) on the World Environment Day also organised a small but

significant painting competition for the children of Delhi members, who

not only got an idea of seed ball making but also came up with beautiful

paintings on the theme of 'Environmental Conservation'. In total more than

25 members attended this session which was a mix of Yi members, their

family and kids.

Seed Ball MakingDelhi, 5 June 2011



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Save the Sparrow is an emergency initiative taken up to

support and save the Little Feathered Friends in various

ways. House Sparrow Passer domesticus is one of the small

gregarious bird which is closely associated with human

habitations and is distributed in most part of the world.

The decline of population works with combinations of

factors like pollution & loss of habitat generally and

specifically the bushes and bio fences, non availability of

food sources like grains as well as insects, urbanization

towards breeding ground etc.

Save the Sparrow InitiativeCoimbatore, 15 August 2011

Yi (Erode Chapter) made One Lakh Seed Balls with the

Students of CS Academy in the month of August 2011. It

is a part of the Yi National Plant a Life Campaign, formerly

known as One Million Tree project.

The Plant a Life campaign, which targeted the plantation

of a million trees this year, aims to ramp up its plantationnumbers exponentially to Ten Million Trees next year and

One Hundred Million Trees annually by the year 2015.

The process takes a fraction of time or cost of other

methods to cover large areas & is also applicable in small

areas. It also replenishes the soil nutrients. The clay

mixture consists of 60% red clay. Clay is used because it

can compactly hold seed after it is dried.

Any variety of plants can be used. The variety of flora is

kept in mind while doing afforestation. In Erode, nearly 19

varieties of seeds which are locally available & suitable for

afforestation in Sathyamangalam Forest areas were used.

One Lakh Seed balls MakingErode, 20 August 2011

The Green-I contest is an initiative of Young Indians(Yi),

supported by the Indian Green Building Council and

Carrier Aircon, to create the much needed awareness on

environmental responsibility to the school children and

future generations of India. The intent is to encourage

students to think about conservation and sustainability

measures that can be incorporated within their

school/community and the winning school gets to

showcase the implementation of ideas for the present and

future generations of their school. The winning school

gets a grant of Rs. 7.5 lakhs to incorporate various greenmeasures proposed by them and to be implemented

within their own campus.

The Green I 2011 competition is the fifth edition of the

initiative. The contest topic for the year is By the year

2030, you need to make your school one of the premier

institutions in India that is not only green & sustainable

through its campuses & activities but also a leading school

in imparting environmental education to students. The

ultimate goal of the education shall be to embed respect

for the environment into the DNA of the future citizens of

Green I Contest 2011New Delhi, 19 October 2011

the country, How would you go about planning the

metamorphosis of your school from its current position

towards achieving this goal? Also highlight how you

propose to use the Green-I grant money of Rs. 7.5 lakhs

towards achieving this goal.

The contest invitation was sent to over 2300 schools

across 25 cities all over India. The contest received an

overwhelming response from all parts of the country. Yi

received over 100 entries from schools across cities.

A preliminary review of the submissions was done by 01

October 2011, of which 5 top teams, Sardar Patel

Vidyalaya, New Delhi; Vasant Valley School, New Delhi;

Sai International School, Bhubaneswar, Sri Aurobindo

International School, Hyderabad and Choithram School,

Indore have been selected for the finals that happened on

19 October 2011 in conjunction with the International

Green Buildings Congress at New Delhi.

The winner for the Green I Contest for the year 2011-12 is

Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, New Delhi.

This seed balls are made with the help of the Students of

CS Academy School. Nearly 585 students & 100 staffs

were involved in the project of making One Lakh Seed

Balls.

The Stake holders of the Project were Young Indians

(Erode Chapter) Government & Local Administration, CSAcademy School & Corporates that came forward to be

part of this exciting journey.

The same seedballs were dispersed at the

Sathyamangalam Forest area with the help of students of

CS Academy. Nearly 100 students & 10 staff members of

the institutions were present along with Mr Arun, Deputy

Conservator of Forest, Erode District.

This event would not have been possible if not for the

passion of the members and their vision to make a

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Yi (Pune Chapter) in association with Cybage & Teach for

India, in an initiative spearheaded by Ms Ritu Nathani, Co

Chair (Pune Chapter) had successfully handed over 100

Green Boards at Pune's Muncipal Corporation (PMC)

schools. While Teach for India helped Yi identify the

PMC schools where Green board were required, Cybage

Pvt Ltd stepped in to supplement Yi with the requisite

funds. The initiative was highly appreciated by the school

teachers and the parents. It is expected that the green

boards will impact many children in bringing quality

education.

We appreciate Teach for India project undertaken by the

government of India. This project is run in pune municipal

corporation schools and works for underprivileged childrenand educates them in Marathi, Urdu & English. Yi executive

members personally visited all the PMC schools and spoke

to the TFI fellows and to the principals of schools.

Green Board Installation

Yi (Indore Chapter) organized a campaign of Operation

Black Board which was a unique program, aimed at

improving the blackboard facilities in underprivileged

schools, where blackboards were not sufficient or were

not in good condition, affecting the quality of education.

Yi Indore Chapter members donated 118 Black Boards at

46 Municipal Schools in Palasia Region, Indore for the

welfare of 9214 students throughout Indore between

September 2011 and February 2012 .

Mr Praveen Agarwal, Chair Yi (Indore chapter) Chair,

Mr Ankit Mittal, Co-Chair - Yi (Indore Chapter),

Mr Anuj Kothari, National Chair (Environment),

Mr Basant Dhanuka, Director, Justice Vishnu Sadashiv Kokje,

Former Governor of HP, Dhanuka Cold Storage Pvt Ltd,Municipal School Students and their faculty were present

during the program.The schools that received these green

boards were thankful to the Yi members for their contribution.

Anganwadi falls under Integrated Child Development

Services (ICDS) Scheme. The Integrated Child

Development Services (ICDS) Scheme is a Centrally

Sponsored Scheme implemented by the States/UTs. ICDS

is the foremost symbol of Indias commitment to her

children Indias response to the challenge of providing

pre-school education on one hand and breaking the

vicious cycle of malnutrition, morbidity, reduced learning

capacity and mortality, on the other. The scheme offersservices like supplementary nutrition, immunization,

health check-up, referral services, pre-school non-formal

education and nutrition & health education.

The Anganwadi Adoption project was proposed by

Government of Gujarat, Ministry of Health and Family

welfare to achieve effective co-ordination of policy and

implementation with the help of organizations working in

the city for social development; hence it was taken up by

Yi Vadodara chapter that has adopted two Aganwadis

from the city for one year. In continuation of this

adoption, the chapter has a dedicated team of 5 members

for effective implementation of this project.

Yi Black Board Donation Campaign

Adoption of Anganwadi

Indore, 28 September 2011

Vadodara

Pune, November 2011

EDUCATIONOur passion to educate every child in India cannot

stop at passing the RTE bill. We must as Indian go

beyond that. We must look at new model and ways to

bring quality to education to all, we must work

towards creating access to education that can prepare

our children to be global citizen of tomorrow.

The chapter plans to provide nutritive food to children

and women of aganwadi once in a month. Each aganwadi

has approximately 50 beneficiaries including kids and

lactating women from lower socio economic background.

The objective of this project was to improve the

nutritional and health status of children in the age-group

0-6 years, to lay the foundation for proper psychological,

physical development of the child and to enhance the

capability of the mother to look after the normal health

and nutritional needs of the child through proper nutrition

and health education.36 | Yi Annual Report 2011-2012


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Yi Goa Chapter in association with Society of Indian

Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), New Delhi and

Institute of Driving & Traffic Research (IDTR), Dehradun

organised a Soft Skills and Defensive Driving TrainingProgram for the North Goa Tourist Taxi Owners

Association on 1st and 2nd October 2011 from 09.00 am

to 12.30 pm and 1.30 pm to 4.30 pm at Palmarinha

Resort, Calangute Goa. The Training program was held in

2 batches per day.

Since driving is a complex task that requires drivers to

deal with constantly changing variables skillfully &

consistently; remaining collision free, has much more to

do with skill than with luck as accident risk has increased

manifold due to mistakes of other road users.

The Soft Skills and Defensive Driving course is an

effective tool that can be used to help to achieve higher

level of safety. The course was imparted by Road Safety

personnel from IDTR, Dehradun managed by MarutiSuzuki India Ltd (MSIL). This program was not about

teaching driving but designed to impart experienced

drivers the kind of practical information that really makes

a difference in traffic collision avoidance and improving

their soft skills. The course is customized for Indian

driving conditions and helps in identifying the risks well

in time and take precautions to remain collision free on

the road and finally to make every effort to reduce the

considerable economic and social loss to society on

account of road accidents & fatalities. The program aimed

to impart knowledge in the area of Self Esteem,

Soft Skills and Defensive DrivingTraining ProgramGoa, 1 - 2 October 2011

Yi (Pune Chapter) under its Employability Vertical

successfully continued the roll out of the CII-Yi ITI

Finishing School. This programme, a 30 hour module

designed by us along with industry, is executed in

Government ITIs by industry experts and which Yi helps

execute and monitor. It is a unique example of Public

Private Partnership.

The programme which was launched in Dec 2010, has

been replicated till date at 4 Pune District GovernmentITIs benefitting over 2000 ITI techniciancs by imparting

Grooming, Work Culture, Role Play modules all delivered

by industry veterans voluntarily in a Time bound manner.

The certification is jointly with ITI and the programme has

received accolades and various ITIs across the state have

now come ahead requesting us to start it in their campuses.

CII Yi ITI Finishing SchoolPune, December 2010

EMPLOYABILITYSkills are India's means to providing self reliance to many

who have not had access to formal education or have had a

limited exposure to it. Skills are India's answer to creating a

mechanism through which greater participation in its growth

story can be offered to its people. To skill India's youth islike giving them wings to fly. Young Indians realised this

need and began working in areas like employability and

entrepreneur engagement.

Interpersonal skills, management of aggression & stress,

road rules & regulation, defensive driving and vehicle

maintenance which will take us forward towards lowering

the incidence of road accidents.

A total of 225 taxi owners/drivers from North Goaparticipated in the training programme. The sessions

were presided by Mr Puneet Khurana, Deputy Director,

IDTR Dehradun, Ms Meenakshi Kukreja, Associate

Director, SIAM and Dr Jennifer Lewis e Kamat, Chair

Young Indians, (Goa Chapter).

The training program was supported by Mr Agnelo

Fernandes, Member of Legislative Assembly, Calangute

Constituency and Mr Suraj Morajkar, Member, Yi, (Goa

Chapter) Member CII Tourism Panel and Managing

Director, Sun Estate Developers.

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YOUTH AFFAIRSYoung Indians and its Students Nets is a platform and a

place where the youth can meet, envision and find ways

towards a magnificient India. Some of us have the privilige

for many such oppurtunities but let us remember that

millions that live today without energy, consumables or

even one square meal a day.... We as a generation of

Indians who have inherited freedom, stability and

awareness must rise above ourselves and build a better

India and a better world.



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Young Indians (Kochi Chapter), organized InspYiration

Summit 2012 on 25th February, 2012 at Hotel Taj

Gateway, Kochi. The summit, an endeavor to ignite the

minds of business leaders, young entrepreneurs and

students, had an overwhelming response with over 350

delegates attending the summit.

The summit was inaugurated by Mr K V Thomas, Hon'ble

Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of

Consumer Affairs, food and Public Distribution, Govt. of

India. Mr T Balakrishnan, Managing Director, INKEL &

Kerala High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd (KHSRCL), Mr G

Vijayaraghavan,Member, Kerala State Planning Mr ShaffiMather, founder of 1298 Ambulance, Dr Pawan Agrawal,

President, Mumbai Dabbawallas Education Centre, Mr C.

Balagopal, Managing Director, Ter

Documents

CII's Young Indians 2011-12 National Annual Report