charcha 2020

Civil Society and Prosperity

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KATIE BOFSHEVER

Design Partner, GV

As VP of Digital Media at GV, Katie Bofshever crafts innovative and creative solutions for the digital space, specializing in minority consumers.

2:00pm

Understand

Lightning Talks on Business Goals

Learn to understand and tackle problems from many different points of view. Discussions should highlight business goals, success metrics, technical capabilities and potential challenges, and relevant user research.

R. Harrison

CEO Barkbook

David Doe

Designer - Redshoe

2:00 PM

Opening Credits & Welcome Coffee

Enjoy a fresh cup of coffee before the presentations. We’ll be handing out pamphlets that outline this evening’s details.

2:00 PM

Opening Credits & Welcome Coffee

Enjoy a fresh cup of coffee before the presentations. We’ll be handing out pamphlets that outline this evening’s details.

2:00 PM

Opening Credits & Welcome Coffee

Enjoy a fresh cup of coffee before the presentations. We’ll be handing out pamphlets that outline this evening’s details.

Civil Society and Prosperity

Transforming lives through active citizenship

May

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#charcha2020

As COVID-19 is wiping away years of our developmental progress in weeks, the ability to reinvent ourselves and rebuild is more critical than ever before. With the development sector grappling with shrinking resources, the way forward requires a coming together of all stakeholders - nonprofits, government, corporates, foundations, academia and philanthropists.

Welcome to charcha. Let's talk!

May 14

3 PM

India Development Review PANEL: STRENGTHENING THE INFLUENCE OF CIVIL SOCIETY

A conversation about the pathways that India's social sector can explore to reframe the power equation between samaaj, sarkaar, and bazaar (civil society, government, and the market).

Moderator: Smarinita Shetty
Speakers: Vidya Shah, Vijay Mahajan, Arun Maira

5 PM

Every Youth a Jagrik: Every Space Nurturing Jagriks by The vartaLeap Coalition

A collaborative panel-conversation on nurturing youth leadership for social change. Sectoral experts will share their 3 wishes from key members of sectors other than their own; towards shifting the norm to Every space nurturing 'A jagruk nagrik (an active citizen). The audience will get a chance to share their wishes too.

Moderators : Ashraf Patel, Kanika Sinha
Panelists: Shailendra Sharma, Abhishek Mazumdar, Sunish Jauhari, Dhuwarakha (Dayaladev) Sriram, Bindi Dharia, P Sivakumar, Aditi Neema, Raduraraju Rohit Verma, Pranjali Sharma

May 15

10 aM

pOLITICS WITHOUT ROMANCE: AN INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC CHOICE

Public choice: how interests, incentives, and information align to produce public policy outcomes

Speaker: Yazad Jal

11 aM

iNDIA'S PUBLIC WEALTH: IN SERVICE OF THE PUBLIC Welcome and introduction agenda

Mission 10-20-30 for India's Prosperity and sharing Mineral Wealth for Future Generations

Moderator: K. Yatish Rajawat

Panelists: Rajesh Jain, Rahul Basu

3 pm

MAXIMISING CIVIL SOCIETY IMPACT: A PROBLEM OF TRUST DEFICIT

Panel discussion on maximising the development sector’s impact through systematically addressing trust deficits.

Panelists: Indian School of Public Policy Scholars- Yash Razdan, Sohom Bhowmik, Saru Gupta, Priyanka Mehta, Kaustubh Ulhe

4 PM

Fighting Poverty With Charter Cities

Fireside Chat with Curated Audience Q&A on 'The future of Governance for the Cities of tomorrow and the role of Civil Society'

Moderator: Akash Kumar

Speaker: Dr. Mark Lutter

5 PM

EMPOWERING THE POOR

Panel discussions on Triumph & Tragedy of Indian Agriculture, Challenges of the Informal and Invisible Workers, Direct Cash Benefits - Pro Poor & Pro Market

Moderator: K. Yatish Rajawat

Panelists: Barun Mitra, Parth Shah, Shruti Rajagopalan

6 PM

How Liberty Takes People out of Poverty

A Fire side chat

Moderator: Luis Miranda

Speaker: Dr Tom Palmer

May 16

11 aM

Paradoxes of the Pandemic: A vartaLeap

This pandemic has brought with it a flurry of dilemmas that we are navigating every day. Unearth some of these paradoxes through a learning dialogue in this online retreat through this (un)webinar.

Moderator: Arjun Shekhar

Panelists: Shankar Venkateswaran, Avinash Kumar, Sohini Bhattacharya, Piyush Ghosh, Kejal Salva, Kanika Sinha

Speakers

Arjun Shekhar

Co-founder, Pravah, ComMutiny - The Youth Collective, Vyaktitva, The vartaLeap Coalition

Arun maira

chairperson- HelpAge International

Ashraf Patel

Co–founder, ComMutiny – The Youth Collective, Pravah, The vartaLeap Coalition

DR TOM PALMER

Executive Vice President for International Programs, Atlas Network | Senior Fellow, Cato Institute

DR. MARK LUTTER

Founder and Executive Director, Charter Cities Institute

Avinash Kumar

Executive Director, Amnesty International India

BARUN MITRA

a free thinker, had founded the Liberty Institute, now defunct.

Bindi Dharia

Deputy Director, Center for Social Impact & Philanthropy, Ashoka University

Dhuwarakha Sriram

Adolescent Specialist/ GenU lead; UNICEF

K. YATISH RAJAWAT

CEO, Centre for Civil Society

luis miranda

Chairman, Centre for Civil Society | Chairman, Indian School of Public Policy

DR. P. SIVAKUMAR

Assistant Professor, Department of Development Studies, RGNIYD

KANIKA SINHA

Convenor, ComMutiny – The Youth Collective |
Co-Founder, The vartaLeap Coalition

KEJAL SALVA

Convener, Connecting Communities, The Blue Ribbon Movement

Parth Shah

Founder, Centre for Civil Society | Co-Founder, Indian School of Public Policy

PIYUSH GHOSH

Founder - Director, The Optimist Citizen

SHAILENDRA SHARMA

Principal Advisor (Hon) to the Director Education, Govt. of Delhi
Member - The vartaLeap Coalition

RAHUL BASU

Research Director, Goa Foundation
Member, The Future We Need

smarinita shetty

co-founder and CEO - IDR

rajesh jain

Founder - Netcore Solutions. Technology and Prosperity Entrepreneur

SHRUTI RAJAGOPALAN

Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center at George Mason University

Sohini Bhattacharya

President & CEO, Breakthrough

SUNISH JAUHARI

Ex country leader, Ashoka | Founder CEO, CoRPS | Co-Founder - The vartaLeap Coalition

AKASH KUMAR

Academic Programs Lead, South Asia Students for Liberty

vijay mahajan

CEO, the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation | Director, the Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies

Yazad Jal

DIRECTOR, CCS ACADEMY - CENTRE FOR CIVIL SOCIETY

vidya shah

CEO of EdelGive Foundation

KAUSTUBH ULHE

ISPP SCHOLAR

PRIYANKA MEHTA

ISPP scholar

SARU GUPTA

ISPP SCHOLAR

SOHOM BHOWMIK

ISPP SCHOLAR

Yash Razdan

ISPP SCHOLAR

Aditi neema

Jagrik - The vartaLeap Coalition

pranjali sharma

Jagrik - The vartaLeap Coalition

RUDRARAJU ROHIT VARMA

Jagrik - The vartaLeap Coalition

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