COULD RURAL SELF ENTERPRISES BRING BACK THE VERVE IN INDIA’S ECONOMY?: In the rural sector, rising unemployment is complicated by deeply entrenched caste hierarchies though over the last seven decades there have been changes. Entrepreneurship is the marshalling of resources to build something innovative – incremental or paradigm-shifting. In rural India, entrepreneurship is usually tougher due to the lack of a supportive ecosystem of resources and mindsets. How can we bring about a systemic change to make rural India atmanirbhar?

Speakers - Madan Padaki, Co-Founder, GAME

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ARE WE ERODING OUR WEALTH BY NOT MANAGING WASTE?: There is no denying that the launch of Swachch Bharat Abhiyan provided the right impetus for waste management India has improved its sanitation coverage, but even today urban India generates 62 million tonnes of waste (MSW) annually, that is not properly segregated, treated or managed. On top of it, there is mounting medical waste thanks to thousands of PPEs and masks being dumped without treatment in the wake of the pandemic. There are several solutions that have been effectively adopted and we have many success stories. Why then are these not scaled to reach optimal results.

Speakers - Bharati Chaturvedi, Founder, Chintan

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WHEN WATER FLOWS LIKE MONEY: For millions of people in the arid zones of India, clean drinking water is a luxury. What if instead of spending 3 hours trekking every day in search of clean drinking water, they could rely on a Water ATM set up close to a village or an urban shanty? The good news is that more than 36 districts in India already have access to about 450 Water ATMs. But hold your breath: there are as many 640,000 villages in India. There is a very looooooong way to go. How do water ATMs work? How much do they cost? Can villagers really pay -- and are they willing? Can this path-breaking idea really work on a large scale? We speak to some who sell water like it was cash.

Speakers: Akshat Shukla , National head Sarvajal 

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