Jagriti Yatra 2011 Vinay Neekhra

Ravi Agarwal

1 Train

12 Destinations

15 Role Models

15 Days

450 Youths

9000 kms

A Journey of discovery and transformation...

Addressing the middle India

• Has roof, food on the table

but often lacks the

employment opportunities.

• From Job seekers to job

creators.

• Enterprise led development.

Awakening the entrepreneurial spirit…

Day 1 - IIT Bombay

Dr.RA Mashelkar • Some Indians are doing well, when will India do well?

• 1.2 billion minds not mouths.

Three „S‟ for a successful enterprise

Speed

Scale

Sustainability

Three „T‟

Talent

Technology

Trust

Innovation is about getting more from less.

Dr.RA Mashelkar(contd…) India adventure capital fund

PMs Innovation Fund

Tata Capital Innovation Fund

Govt of India Inclusive Innovation Fund

There is no limit to human achievement except the

limits he puts on himself.

Effect of collaboration

n(n-1)/2

For IIIT- 1200X(1199)/2~720000%

“Innovator is someone who doesn’t know it

can’t be done”-Dr.RA Mashelkar, Padhma Bhushan

Day 3- Hubli(Dharwar) - SELCO

SELCO(Solar Electric Lighting Company)

Four basic necessities

Roti, Kapda, Makaan & Roshni

Problems of poor do not come as a homogenous lot.

Economic, Social, Environmental sustainability

Day 4 - Infosys, Bangalore

Entrepreneur Antarprerna…

Dr.Narayan Murthy, Infosys

C.L.I.F.E.

Customer Focus

Leadership by example

Integrity and transparency

Fairness

Excellence

Infosys-designing solutions for foreign countries

Foreign companies designing solutions for India

Day 5 – Arvind Eye Care, Madurai

Dr.V

Became an entrepreneur at 58.

Driven not only by passion but also by

compassion.

“Intelligence and capability are not enough,

there must be joy of doing something

beautiful”

-Dr.G Venkataswamy (Dr.V)

Day 6 – Kanchipuram, Chennai

Gouthami, Travel Another India

Promotes rural tourism

Responsible Tourism Venture

Enriching lives along roads less travelled

Polka Village Story

Panel Disc-Agriculture and sustainability

Organic Farming

Is more sustainable

Value Chain System in agriculture

Is important

Can‟t expect farmer to do everything

Information about the demand

No market research on how much people eat

Farmers don‟t know how to set the price

Day 7-Naandi & Naval Dock, Vishakhapatnam

Manoj and Neena, Naandi Naandi Foundation

PPP Model

Provides mid-day meal

Asia‟s largest kitchen

Combination of livelihood and agriculture

Mahindra Pride School

Business school for the unemployed

Both, monetarily and spiritually, this is far more meaningful than

all the soaps you can sell in your life.

If they know that you are connected to the community more than

they are then naxalites will be your friends.

Youth has to take this country in their hands.

Day 8 – Gram Vikas, Brehmapur, Orissa

Joe Madiath, Gram Vikas

Working in tribal villages since 40 years.

250,000 people in 701 habitations of 21 districts in Orissa

Working in-

Water and Sanitation

Health

Women Empowerment

Education

Energy

Built 60,000 (Deenbandhu)biogas plants in Orissa

85% of total achievement

100 % inclusive growth

There cannot be 1 family left out

Excluded bureaucracy

Joe Madiath(contd…)

A village model which is much more sustainable and relevant way to live.

Gram Vikas School 600 tribal kids

Residential

Excellent academic records

National level weight lifters

“I am in this job because I am very selfish. I get the most amount of satisfaction in doing this and that’s why I do this.”

-Joe Madiath, Gram Vikas

Day 10

Nidan, Patna

Arbind Singh, Nidan

Empowering the informal workers, women and

children

Financial Services

Education using current government infrastructure

“From the slums of Bihar to the streets of Delhi,

Nidan gives informal workers more than a voice. It

gives them ownership of their collectives.”

–Sally oshery, President, Skoll Foundation

Day 11&12–Deoria,UP

Barpar Village, Deoria, UP

Business Plan competition in 8 different areas

Wanted to give demand driven solutions

Stayed in the village

Interacted a lot

Lack of leadership and awareness

Create Community Centered model to enable local

change

Youth migration

Promote local employment and build sustainable local

economy

Day 13

Goonj, Delhi

Changing Face

Anshu Gupta, Goonj, Delhi

Concentrates on clothing as a basic need

Cloth for Work Charity takes away the dignity of people, so gives clothes as

incentive

Repositioning cloth as a development resource instead of a traditional charitable give away.

Village communities are motivated to identify the pressing development needs of their own area.

They are encouraged to do shramdaan ( community labour) and get material in return, with dignity; as a reward.

Some Examples Village school in Rs.80 in Sitamarhi

240 ft x 6 ft bamboo bridge made on river Sukhsar in Bihar with no money involved.

Anshu Gupta(contd…)

Sensitizing urban women about the plight of countless women; forced to use sand, ash, rags, newspapers etc. during menses

Women also learn about how to make clean cloth sanitary napkin

“We are not doing any service by giving our discarded clothes, infact the person who is wearing them is doing a service to us by using our waste as a resource.”

“What you need in this country is action. When you couple action with a thought, it becomes an initiative.”

What can one youth do…to answer this, consider you want to marry your boyfriend/girlfriend, what will you not do?

Ministry of External Affairs, Delhi

William Besell, Fabindia

What most humans might see as hurdles stopping them, an

entrepreneur sees them as challenges.

India‟s greatest strength is the quality to innovate.

Ravi Gulati, Manzil

Quality of a good educator is that he should love company of kids.

Profit as a small surplus is important to ensure sustainability. So,

having profit as a motive is like driving car to burn petrol.

(In context of foreign policy of India)”When you are increasing

your prosperity the world around should feel happy about it

and not see it as threat.”

-Ranjan Mathai, Foreign Secretary of India

Day 14 – Tilonia, Rajasthan

Bunker Roy, Barefoot College, Tilonia

A college without boundaries.

Student Parliament

7-14 yrs old ministers, 14 Schools, 7000 students

“Please tell her that I am the prime minister”

Caste System

Put hand pumps in lower caste communities only

Zokhim Chacha

“Now that you have shown Barefoot College working in

practice, lets see if the Professors and researchers can make

it work in theory”-Dalai Lama

“We went to Tilonia thinking we will teach them something but

were humbled by their wisdom.”- Shashank Mani, Chairman,Jagriti Yatra

Zokhim Chacha

Day 15 – Sabarmati

Ashram & SEWA, Ahmedabad

A perfect ending…

Sabarmati Ashram Purity of the place

Enterprises running on Gandhian ideas and values

Be the change you wish to see in the world

Ekatva-Dance Drama show The spirit of Oneness

Connect nature and people around

16 children

SEWA

94% female labor force in unorganized sector

“Khud aur khuda humesha dekhte hain”

-Anar, Manav Sadhna, Sabarmati Ashram

What we learnt…

Do what you would like to do but fuel with...

Purpose

Love

Compassion

Integrity

Patience

Perseverance

Indosys and Infosys

Need more of „Indosys‟ than „Info(reign)sys‟

Problems not limited to India

Similar problems being faced globally

We don‟t want fish, we want to know how to fish.

We have to find rural solutions to rural problems.

Questioned some basic assumptions-Is money necessary for survival?

We are just 1 species out of 1 trillion

Some ex-Yatris

Ashmeet worked in US for 7 years, after the Yatra came back to

India and started Jagriti Agrotech, works on organic farming.

Devika, final year BE CS student from BITS P didn‟t sit for

placements, wants to explore non-profit organizations

“Agar har koi Microsoft, Google ke glass cubicle mein baithega to ye

desh kaun badlega, iske liye kaun kaam karega”

Manu, Sky ke Paar- helps kids to find their passion and ensures

that they do not end up doing only engineering like every other

Indian.

IIIT and Jagriti Yatra

Engineering is supposed to equip you with tools

to solve problems. India being a country where so

many problems need to be solved, engineers

have tremendous opportunity to exercise their

knowledge.

IIIT aims to build IT equipped social reformers.

Krantikaris not Karmcharis

Our Sponsors

Mr. Anumukonda Ramesh

Flocked in

Special thanks to Ms.Kavita Vemuri

Thank You

Kuch badal raha kuch badlega

Tab badlega jab badlenge

Kuch dekha hai kuch dekhenge

Kuch likha hai kuch likh denge

Yaaron Chalo, badalne ki rut hai

Yaaron Chalo, badalne ki rut hai!

-Jagriti Geet by Prasoon Joshi