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Organized By: Jain University, Bengaluru and iNurture Education Solutions Pvt. Ltd.,

Bengaluru.

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AT A GLANCE

Day – 01 (29th

January 2016)

INAUGURAL SESSION

“Success is not the key to Happiness, but

happiness is the key to success” with this

quote given by Prof. Nasreen Sayyed,

Coordinator, Dept. Of Commerce, Jain

University started the Two Day

International Conference on

“Demographics – Dividend or Disaster”

anchored by Prof. Madhavi R. (Faculty,

Dept. of Commerce – PG Studies, Jain

University)

PRAYERS OFFERED TO LORD GANESHA

The International Conference began with a

melodious „Ganesh Vandana‟ as a prayer

to Lord Ganesha by the students of Jain

University.

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LIGHTING OF LAMP CEREMONY

After the prayer there was lighting of

the lamp followed by the welcome

address by Prof. Madhavi R. The

eminent dignitaries of Jain University

Dr. N. Sundararajan (Vice Chancellor,

Jain University), Dr. Sandeep Shastri

(Pro-Vice Chancellor, Jain University),

Key note speaker Dr. A. Ravindra

(Former Chief Secretary, Govt. of

Karnataka & Chairman, Smart Cities

India Foundation), Mr. M. I. Ganagi

(Chief General Manager, NABARD)

and his team from NABARD, Dr.

Jayagopal Uchil (Director, Academics

& Planning, Jain University), Mr. S.

Subramanian (Ex-RBI Officer and

Founder Chairman –

FinanceProfessors.com), Dr. N. Usha

Devi (Associate Professor,

Malleswaram Ladies‟ Association First

Grade College for Women &

Conference Director), Prof. R.

Lakshminarayanan (Chief Learning

Officer & Co-Founder, iNurture

Education Solutions Pvt. Ltd.), Dr.

Vinod Kumar Murti (Academic Head,

Financial Services & Business

Analytics, iNurture Education Solutions

Pvt. Ltd.), Mr. Mathew Anthony

(Academic Head, Marketing,

Leadership & Innovation, iNurture

Education Solutions Pvt. Ltd.), Dr.

Chudamani etc. were all felicitated by

Dr. B.A. Vasu (Director, School of

Commerce and Management Studies,

Jain University) and his team.

CURTAIN RAISER – BY TECHNICAL TEAM

After the felicitation ceremony there was a curtain raiser video film by the Technical

Team – briefing the theme of the conference – „Demographics – Dividend or Disaster‟.

At the outset of the international

conference, Vice Chancellor Dr. N.

Sundararajan briefed about how Jain

University started in 1990 as T.

Mahaveer Jain College and has

flourished over the years with now

more than 10,800 students with 5

campuses across the country. He also

added that in Dec 2008 Jain got an A

Grade with NAAC Accreditation and

got reaccredited with a B Grade. Jain

University has incubated 83 projects for

societal and national progress and has

conducted about 1500 conferences by

now. Dr. Sundararajan said

Demographics play a very vital role if

the country has to grow and as such

proper study of Demographic Dividend

is very important. He narrated the

contribution of Demographic Dividend

in various aspects and said that nearly

50% below 25 years age group and 65%

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in the age group of 35 years constitute

the working population and hence

importance of understanding

Demographics is vital. He added that

80 abstracts have been received out of

which 55 paper presenters will be

presenting their research papers in two

days.

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Dr. A. Ravindra, IAS (Retd.), Former Chief Secretary, Karnataka &

Chairman, Centre for Sustainable Development

Dr. A. Ravindra, IAS (Retd.) (Former

Chief Secretary, Karnataka &

Chairman, Centre for Sustainable

Development) the keynote speaker

focussed on Demographics: Dividend

or Disaster? and explained how the

working age population of 15 to 59

years age group has reached to its peak

of nearly 65%. The percentage of 0-14

age group population is rapidly

declining and constitutes only less than

30 % currently, will decline to 20% by

2030-2035. Fertility rate is also

declining as in 1950s it was – 6 children

per women and in 2013 it is 2.3

children per women. Role of Economic

Growth depends on working age group

which is intensifying. Saving is good in

India i.e. 47%. Female labour

population is less in India. Fertility

transition provides women a better

opportunity to engage in labour market.

The time spent for child bearing and

rearing responsibilities can be diverted

as productive labour. Therefore it is

expected that female labour force

participation increases with

demographic shifts. The overall female

labour force participation rate remains

low even in those states with rapid

fertility transition. Female work

participation is one of the lowest even

in states with early fertility transition

like Kerala. Lack of employment

opportunities (growth without

employment) is an important reason for

the poor work participation of females

in the country. India is a highly

heterogeneous country. Demographic

Indicators vary hugely across states.

Demographic dividend of 1% GDP

growth compounded year by year if

working age population is productively

employed. He further added that three

main factors critical to Demographic

Dividend are Human Capital

(investment in education, skill

development), Health (Healthier means

Wealthier) and Governance (Reforming

Institutions).

PLENARY SESSION – I

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“Converting the Demographic Dividend of a Young India into a

Formidable Asset”

Moderated By: By Mr. S. Subramanian, Ex-RBI Officer and Founder Chariman-

FinanceProfessors.com

Mr. Subramanian started his session

saying that - Development of Human

Resource is very vital for progress in

the world. Human Population have to

be developed. Three key issues need to

be addressed i.e. Literacy, Governance

and Health. If people are not converted

into Productive Work Force then there

will be Tsunami of Disaster. In this

regard Policy Interventions are

necessary.

“Demographics & Empowerment of Youth in the Globalizing World”

– By Dr. Sari Matilla, Full-Time Visiting Faculty IIM Bangalore

Dr. Sari Matilla

(Full-Time Visiting Faculty IIM

Bangalore)

Dr. Sari Matilla started her session with

a comparative study of Finland and

India. She said that Finland is a small

country with 5.3 million populations

which is One Tenth of India. India is a

large country next to China. She

narrated that Finland was the first

country which was hit by the

demographic shock. She added India is

a young country now but what about 50

years down the line. Majority of us will

have to survive on pensions as by then

India will be a country with majority of

old people. Dr. Matilla said that Finland

is a highly educated country where even

sweepers and cleaners are highly

qualified. She emphasized that

Education and Learning are different.

Even you become engineers she said

that it is futile if you don‟t know how to

grow a potato. One must give

importance to cultivating the earth.

Education basically means – in

harmony with nature. No matter when

you start but you can go ahead to a

great extent. She said people do Ph.D.

in their 70s as well. It is observed with

the current demographics that people‟s

life has become longer and longer and

healthier and healthier. Women‟s

participation in work except agriculture

is new. You can‟t develop a nation

without a woman. You have to look at

what‟s happening in other parts of the

world. She further told that there are

two types of Education – Vocational

Education and Higher Education. As far

as vocational education is concerned,

people stay in education system for 2 to

3 years and learn a broad range of skills

which is different from higher

education.

Young generation is sound in

technological skills. The skills they

need to learn comprise of: Soft Skills &

Life Skills. Mere size of youth is not a

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sign of growth. Many crafts are

disappearing and that‟s where our

culture is disappearing. Young

population is elsewhere too (Turkey,

Philippines) and hence they need to

gain global and international cross

cultural exposure. She emphasized that

experiential learning is very important

and the older we become the more it is

useful. Depressed people have a lot of

repressed anger. We need to feel safe

i.e. psychological safety. Counselling is

important as lot many youth are facing

depression and committing suicides.

Passion and purpose of doing becomes

increasingly important. Everyone has a

talent and it has to be found and

developed.

She raised a question to the audience –

“Are we asking women what they want

their future be? Inclusitively means

people need to be a part of planning and

implementing future. Future is here and

there is no other future. Today‟s skills

may obsolete tomorrow. Hence is said

that “The Future is yours. Claim it”.

“Demographics and Education” – By Prof. R Lakshminarayanan, Chief

Learning Officer & Co-Founder, iNurture Education Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Prof. R Lakshminarayanan

(Chief Learning Officer & Co-

Founder, iNurture Education

Solutions Pvt. Ltd.)

Empower – Educate – Employ was the

quotation made by Prof. R.

Lakshminarayanan as he started his

session. He quoted the example of

Adolf Hitler and said that Adolf Hitler

emphasized more on education. He said

that the young generation has changed

so much in the fundamental. He

exhumed some of the changes as:

Material Scarcity but fulfillness and

Material Plenty but no fulfillness.

Patient building of career (indeed life)

Vs Hurry and sense of urgency. Respect

for Authority Vs Defiance. Prof.

Narayanan shared the example of

Sherry Turkle and showed some

clippings of 3 idiots video. He shared

the example of Kaleidoscope and said

how the life is changing in the same

way as that of a Kaleidoscope, only you

twist your wrist and see so many

different images. He further narrated

that he admires teachers and the

teaching profession. Teaching is a

thankless job. In learning and teaching

– learning is important. He said that

“Every Lock has a key” and as such

teachers should a great responsibility of

Bringing back the Joy of Discovery. He

has related Students as Customers,

Education as Service, Teachers as

Brand Managers, Universities (and

iNurture) as the factory and Store. He

further added that Education is a

Collaborative Process and as such there

should be a Shift from Teaching to

Learning, from One-Way

Communication to Dialogue, from

Memory fun to Knowing to doing and

learn the Theory of Application. He

concluded by saying that teaches used

to be called as Upa–Adhyaya which

means Co-learner and hence they

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should act a facilitator. He said the 3Ps

of education should be Passion,

Persistence and Professionalism. In the

years to come, those people won‟t be

called as illiterate who don‟t know

things but those who don‟t have a urge

to learn, unlearn and relearn. Finally he

showed the clippings of the song Papa

Kahete Hain Bada Nam Karega. This

was followed by a Lunch Break.

Post Lunch Session

“Demographics and Education”

Special Address: Dr. Charan Singh, RBI Chair Professor of Economics,

IIM Bangalore

Dr. Charan Singh started his interaction

with the audience by showing a picture

of an Elephant who has a dream to fly.

In the second picture he showed a small

cub and he said that the same is the case

with India we have the DNA and we

will make it, but we need to understand

that as an Elephant cannot fly we need

to understand the ground realities. He

compared the Conditions for Growth

with the Conditions for Development.

He said conditions for growth are

Macro Stability Institutions, Openness,

Education where as the conditions for

development are Reduction in Poverty,

Reduction of Unemployment. The

global economy is expected to witness a

shortage of young population of around

56 million by 2020. India will be the

only country with a youth surplus of 47

million. As per the Labour Bureau

Report 2014, the current size of India‟s

formally skilled workforce is small,

approximately 2 per cent. This number

contrasts poorly with smaller countries

like South Korea and Japan that report

figures of 96 and 80 per cent

respectively. At all-India level, around

6.8 per cent persons aged 15 years and

above are reported to have received/ be

receiving vocational training. Around

64% of India‟s population is expected

to be in the age bracket of 15–59 years

by 2026, with only 13% of the total

aged above 60 years. Regarding India‟s

work force working age population to

increase from approximately 761

million to 869 million during 2011–

2020. India is poised to become the

world‟s youngest country by 2020, with

an average age of 29 years, and account

for around 28% of the world‟s

workforce. The total number of people

who need to be trained by 2022 ranges

between 249 and 290 million across

differing skill requirement scenarios.

Around 12 million people are expected

to join the workforce every year over

the next decade.

Dr. Charan Singh (RBI Chair Professor of Economics,

IIM Bangalore)

On a lighter note Dr. Charan Singh said

that Employment is the key condition

for marriage. He explained the

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relevance of the MSME Sector and said

that there is lack of managerial

competence. Campuses have not been

able to produce entrepreneurs. Female

participation is low in India as

compared to immediate neighbours. In

general India is a big market with

Glocalization. It has favourable

demographics with strong desire but no

action in its part. There is a lacking of

fierce competition which leads to be

ahead of others. E.g. Google algorithms

are the fastest. He narrated that students

need to ask Questions for which they

should have out of the box thinking,

risk taking ability and inability to face

failures. He added “Failure teaches

much more than a success”. In India

incubators are very few, mentors are

very few and Stanford Silicon Valley

Phenomenon is missing. He gave the

example that Chinese go for replication

and American go for Innovation.

Shallow belief in luck and strong belief

in cause and effect leads to success.

Success is not accidental. Our identity

is Indians – Be Proud, Guard and

Improve your identity. World respects

strength and Government and

Entrepreneurs together can provide it.

He quoted the example of Pokhran

where Americans learnt from India. He

emphasized that focus should be on

unorganized sector as we are creating

people who manage jobs but not

creating entrepreneurs. Job is assured

for you if you want to do a job.

Majority of young students waste their

life for Civil Services Examination and

when get rejected had to compromise

somehow with some trivial job. They

should be encouraged to do some

innovations and create companies like

Google and Apple.

Dr. Charan in his concluding remark

gave example of Two Sets of Fishes.

There were two boxes in which the

fishes were kept. In one box fishes were

over fed, as a result the fishes became

were fat and gradually became dull and

lazy. Gradually they got diseased. On

the other hand in the other box less food

was provided to the fishes so the fishes

had to struggle for food and as a result

remained lean and thin thus remained

fit and active. Thus the human minds

should remain fit and active like the

lean fishes.

After Dr. Charan Singh‟s valuable

insights there was a Tea Break.

Post Tea Break

Dr. Vinod Kumar Murti

(Academic Head, Financial Services

and Business Analytics, iNurture

Education Solutions Pvt. Ltd.)

Paper Presentations by various paper

presenters took place after tea break

which was moderated by Dr. Vinod

Kumar Murti (Academic Head,

Financial Services and Business

Analytics, iNurture Education Solutions

Pvt. Ltd.). Thus the First Day of the

Conference came to an end.

DAY – 02 (30th

JANUARY 2016)

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The Second Day of the International Conference started with the Research Paper Presentation

Session in which the research paper presenters who came from all over India presented their

papers. This was followed by Plenary Session – II.

PLENARY SESSION – II

“Sectoral Challenges & Opportunities for Reaping the Demographic

Dividend”

In the Plenary Session – II, at the outset

Mr. Mathew Anthony (Academic Head,

Marketing, Leadership & Innovation,

iNurture Education Solutions Pvt. Ltd.)

introduced Mr. S. Rajendran (General

Manager, Acer), Dr. Sandeep Shastri (Pro

Vice Chancellor, Jain University) and Mr.

Vivek Kulkarni (Former IT Secretary,

Karnataka Govt. Founder and Chairman,

Brickwork India)

Mr. Mathew Anthony

(Academic Head, Marketing, Leadership

& Innovation, iNurture Education

Solutions Pvt. Ltd.)

Demography: Dividend or Disaster? – By Mr. S. Rajendran

Mr. Vivek Kulkarni (from left), Mr. S.

Rajendra (at the centre) & Dr. Sandeep

Shastri

Mr. Rajendran stated his address to the

audience by saying that Youths have a

privilege in context to India as far as

Demographic Dynamics is concerned. He

said that 1/3rd

of the population is under 15

years of age, and less than 50 % is under

24 years of age. Showing the graph on the

slide he explained that the Bulge is good

for another 30 plus years. He said that

youth is the asset to exploit and nurture.

Demographics have two fold benefits –

Productivity and Consumption.

Productivity contributes to GDP and

Consumption also contributes to GDP. He

added that Europe, China and Japan are

ageing countries. China has reversed

Single Child Policy. Mr. Rajendran

explained the formula E= MC2, where E

stands for Employability, M stands for

Manufacturing (Job Creation), C stands for

Contemporariness (Education) and

Coaching (Vocational Training). He

emphasized that Skill Development

Programs should be encouraged. With

respect to Indian Economy, he elaborated

that as far as GDP contribution is

contribution Agriculture constitutes 17%,

Service constitutes 57% and Industry

constitutes 26%. As far as Labour

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Employment is concerned Agriculture

constitutes 49%, Services constitute 31%

and Industry constitutes 20%. He further

gave the example of NID (National

Institute of Design) Ahmedabad who

promote students towards entrepreneurship

and create contemporary industry

requirements like cycles, walkers etc. He

told that cycles that can be converted into

boats have been designed and

manufactured by the students as

technology innovation. He said women

form hardly 20% of the workforce who

can be fruitfully engaged. Vocational

Training should be imparted and skilling

the workforce should be done through

apprenticeship.

Higher Education in a Global Context: Defining Priorities, Determining

Standards, Developing Strategies

– By Dr. Sandeep Shastri, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Jain University

Dr. Shastri started his address to the

audience stating that there are 40 million

places in higher education. But for

providing quality education there should

be tie-up between Govt. and Private

organizations. He said there are 60%

enrolments in private educational

institutions. But students still prefer

Government Jobs. He said that there

should be a Learner Centric Approach and

quoted the example of Karnataka Youth

Policy. There is a requirement of

reconnection to human technology. He

discussed the issue of scale and issue of

Locale (link to scale is locale). Dr. Shastri

also emphasized on priorities, strategies

and plan. If these are proper, execution

becomes easy.

Dr. Sandeep Shastri

(Pro Vice Chancellor, Jain University)

Demographics & Employment Opportunities in Services

– By Mr. Vivek Kulkarni (Former IT Secretary, Karnataka Govt. Founder

and Chairman, Brickwork India)

Mr. Vivek Kulkarni

(Former IT Secretary, Karnataka Govt.

Founder and Chairman, Brickwork India)

Mr. Vivek Kulkarni started his

presentation showing the India‟s Pyramid

and compared it with Japan. He compared

India‟s Pyramid in 1950 to that of 2050

and said that as the country grows old with

more number of old people 85% of the

income will be spent on medical expenses.

He highlighted that less than 20% of

Engineers in India are employable. He

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discussed about Moon Lighters who are

people who do two jobs as they don‟t get

sufficient money from one job in the

morning and work for another job in the

night.

Mr. Kulkarni Sir highlighted on the jobs

which will gradually perish in the years to

come and said that BPOs, Clerical Jobs etc

will gradually perish as there will be

robots which will take over and reduce the

work force. This is a big threat to many of

the vocations. Only jobs of dentists,

massage therapist etc will be more secure.

This session was followed by a Tea Break.

Post Tea Break Paper Presentations

Post Tea Break various Doctoral Paper Presentations and various other Research Paper

Presentations were conducted in different conference halls followed by question answer

session in which questions were raised to the participants by Chair persons. This was

followed by Lunch Break

Post Lunch Panel Discussion Session

Post Lunch, a conference briefing of the previous day events and Plenary Sessions was done

by Prof. Mathew Anthony (Academic Head, Marketing, Leadership and Innovation, iNurture

Education Solutions Pvt. Ltd.). This was followed by Panel Discussion Session.

Panel Discussion – Demographics and Digital India

At the onset of the Panel Discussion

Session Mr. Sujay Nair (iNurture

Education Solutions Pvt. Ltd.) introduced

Mr. Ramesh Vemuganti (Chanakya

Consulting, Hyderabad), Ms. Lata

Subramaniam (Former HR Head, IBM)

and Mr. Bijou Kurien (Board Member – L

Capital Asia & Mentor; Former President

& CE – Life style, Reliance Retail Ltd.;

COO Titan Watches) and highlighted on

Digital Transformation.

Ms. Latha Subramaniam (from left),

Mr. Ramesh Vemuganti (second left),

Mr. Bijou Kurien (third left) &

Mr. Sujay Nair

Demographics: Skill Development for Industry (Navigating the journey)

– By Mr. Ramesh Vemuganti (Corporate Trainer & Visiting Professor)

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Mr. Ramesh Vemuganti

(Corporate Trainer & Visiting Professor)

Mr. Ramesh started the discussion by

saying that Digital transformation has

taken place and as a result of this, services

can be availed in lesser time. He gave the

example of Passport Services, ATM

Machines etc and said that skilling has

changed. He laid emphasis on Employ-

Empower-Educate. He further added that

before anything else preparation is the key

to success. Preparation leads to

performance and this leads to results.

Attitude and knowledge are as important

as preparation. Kerala has done a lot for

skill development in the fields of Banking,

Healthcare and Infrastructure. He

discussed SMAC area i.e. Social Media

Analytics and Cloud. He said in the years

to come “Your Network will be your Net

Worth” and added that future belongs to

the person who embraces the change. He

quoted that “Success is the sum of small

efforts, repeated day in and day out.” – By

Robert Collier. He concluded by saying

that Focus on Interactive Skills in Digital

India.

Demographics and Digital India – By Ms. Lata Subramaniam, Former HR

Head, IBM

Ms. Lata from IBM quoted that people are

gearing for change. IBM is looking

forward to create employability and ways

how do we skill India. She added that HR

team of IBM have taken up Innovation

Steps by going to Three Tier towns to

develop the Diploma Holders. She quoted

the examples of Value Jam and Talent Bin

an initiative taken by IBM. Questions were

also raised by the audience stating that as a

consequence of digitalization, human

touch is fading away which is having its

own repercussions on digitalization on

which madam said that technological up

gradation is good but excess use of

anything is deleterious.

Ms. Latha Subramaniam

(Former HR Head, IBM)

Demographics and Digital Driven Business Employment Opportunity

– By Mr. Bijou Kurien

Mr. Bijou Kurien

(Board Member - L Capital Asia &

Mentor; former President - Lifestyle,

Reliance Retail Ltd)

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Mr. Kurien elaborated that, vocations for

young generation is entirely different than

what we perceive. Questions were raised

by the audience that India is land of

villages and as such people residing in

rural areas are not that tech savvy and are

not exposed to technology and digital

gadgets and hence it is not immediately

possible to transform everyone. The

answer to this way very beautifully given

that Old generation needs to be made

aware about digitalization and digital

India. In his concluding remark Mr. Kurien

referred to a slide which says – Out of the

same paper you can make a Book, a

Ticket, a Boat or a Plane. Destiny is not

what you get but what you make out of

what you have. With this concluding note

the panel discussion came to an end.

Conference Theme Declaration for - 2017

Followed by Panel Discussion Prof.

Mathew Anthony (Academic Head,

Marketing, Leadership and Innovation,

iNurture Education Solutions Pvt. Ltd.)

invited Mr. Ramkumar C.B. who unveiled

the Theme for the Conference going to

Commence in “January 2017 – “Impact

of Climate Change on Economic

Development - Opportunities and

Challenges”.

Mr. C. B. Ramkumar

(Founder & Managing Director

Green Dreams for the Planet – an

Environmental Awakening &

Sustainability Action enterprise)

Thanking Note & Valedictory Function

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Participants, Paper Presenters & Organizers of the International

Conference

In the valedictory function the best three paper presenter were felicitated and were awarded

cash prices in which 1st price was shared by Prof. Asra from iNurture Education Solutions

Pvt. Ltd. Jain University, Bangalore. Second Price was shared by Prof. Sapna Nabsaiya and

Prof. Puneet from iNurture Education Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Jain University, Bangalore. Last but

not the least vote of thanks was presented by Dr. B.A. Vasu followed by Group Photographs.

Thus the Two–Day Conference – “Demographics – Dividend or Disaster” came to an end.

Certificates were distributed to all the conference participants and the research paper

presenters.