by admin | May 25, 2021 | Corporate, Corporate Buzz, Economy, Finance, Markets, News
ARISE – a new propeller for India’s Growth
“Need for a low Tax framework ”– Dr Ajit Ranade
By Maeeshat News,
CII organized Seminar on ARISE: Accountability, Reforms, Innovation, Sustainability and Employment, the initiative of CII western region to ARISE for the nation. It is in line with the India@75 movement which is a vision towards building a Vibrant and Prosperous India. The Session was inaugurated by Mr Tushar Arun Gandhi, the Great Grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and Trustee to the Gandhi Peace Foundation.
Speaking on the aspects of ARISE, Mr Tushar Gandhi, spoke on social welfare and economic equality. He further added that there is lack of awareness amongst people with regards to prevailing welfare policies. Also urged industries to follow the known Gandhian philosophy of ethical business practices.
“Need for a low Tax framework” – Dr Ajit Ranade, Chief Economist and President, Aditya Birla Group, Further Dr. Ranade added that low tax framework will not only add more tax payers but also help in elimination tax frauds. Developing a modern tax regime will help in collecting a bigger kitty for social reforms.
Mr Piruz Kambhatta, Chairman, CII Maharashtra Western Region Council, & Chairman & Managing Director, Rasna Pvt Ltd gave a wonderful message on Accountability by quoting Mahatma Gandhi “Welfare of the Society is not just a responsibility of the Government alone but of Businessmen too”.
“India can be the food factory of the world “ – Mr B.Thiagarajan, Chairman CII Maharashtra State Council & Joint MD, Blue Star Ltd. Adding on the Accountability & employment aspect of ARISE, he further spoke about the role of govt to act as facilitator in Ease of Doing Business today’s business house are very well understand their responsibility towards the society.
Mr Shailesh Haribhakti, Fellow Chartered Accountant & Chairman, DH consultants & Managing Partner Haribhakti & Co, spoke about a common platform for checking the creditability of worthy MSMEs He further added that the greatest advantage of India is the capacity to deliver any services. The political & legal systems should operate in such a way that the right data falls in right hands.
The inaugaural session was followed by a Session themed Panel discussion which probed deep into each aspect of the ARISE theme through Industry Champions in each sector.
Mr Anirman Ghosh, Chief Sustainability Officer, Mahindra & Mahindra, was of the opinion “India is Shining” but the only problem is proper usage of funds & resources. Land, Labour & Capital needs to be managed efficiently and at optimum levels.
Prof. Y.S. Rajan, Indian Professor, Scientist & administrator & Honorary distinguished professor in ISRO. Quoted that one cannot have a common solution for all problems. One single solution cannot to used to across the pyramid. ‘Innovation is not a subject of just having young vibrant minds, it is about asking the right questions at the correct time’ – said Prof Y S Rajan at the CII Seminar on ARISE.
The seminar on ARISE, CII Western Region Theme for 2018 – 2019, organised at the Mayfair Banquet, on 12 November 2018, Mumbai and was well accepted by the industry and Academia alike, with a good participation and a very interactive Q&A session where they pondered on the issues of Accountability, Sustainability and innovation.
by admin | May 25, 2021 | B-School, Web Exclusive
Anees Kutty of Evergreen Education Foundation speaking at Hotel Conrad in Pune
A large number of academicians participated in the meet intiated by Anees Kutty of Ever Green Foundation
PUNE: The great grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and acclaimed author Tushar Gandhi on Sunday launched a scathing attack on the education system in the country and said that it was creating the dumbest generation in the history of the nation. Painting an alarming picture about the downward slide in education, he said, “ We are trying to turn students into robots who are regimented in their thinking. Do we really need that?” Tushar Gandhi questioned while addressing a mammoth gathering of over 150 educationists from all over country during the National Edu-StartUp Conference 2016 organized by educationist Anees Kutty of Evergreen Education Foundation at Hotel Conrad in Pune on Sunday.
Gandhi who was the keynote speaker further lambasted higher ( university ) education in the country terming it as commodified. “ Attempts are being made for complete centralization of education and it should not be done .
Education has to be customised according to the needs of the people in a truly democractic way as espoused by Mahatma Gandhi. It must be liberating and not aimed at making slaves ,” he said.
Gandhi further added “ The education system is controlled by insensitive bureaucrats and illiterate politicians who have no concern for human values and ethics. Hence, the education being imparted under their supervision has not only dumbed the old and new generation but has become a factory of producing slaves looking out for jobs in the market ,” he added.
Taking a dig at the engineers, Gandhi said that the time has come for promoting liberal arts as an important area of education. “ Liberal Arts and Humanities provides a solid base for relearning and becoming rationalist thinking beings. An engineer is required to be thinking for the society and not a factory slave ,” he suggested.
Evergreen Education Foundation President Anees Kutty outlined the core agenda of the conference and said that the conference was at creating a uniform integrated curriculum from Kashmir to Kanniyakumari based on the cardinal principles of Creativity and Experiential Learning to the core Academic Curriculum.
He further said “ Our aim is to revolutionize education in India by providing worthwhile informative sessions for educators, educationists and students attending the conference and more importantly following it up with Practical methods. The conference also hopes to promote those start-ups that are completely and fully focused on improving the education sector through innovation ,” he added. The utcome of the conference will be reduced into a handbook and sent to HRD Ministry.
Amongst the other distinguished speakers were Vishwas Mahajan,Manjiri Desai, S G Suryah, Allan Das, Kirthi Jaykumar and Akash Chandran. Former Minister Shashi Tharoor addressed the gatheing via webinar.
Evergreen Education Foundation was instituted in the year 1997 under the aegis of Mr. P Mohammed Kutty whose vision was to provide young students from the minority and backward communities’ quality education. For this his eldest son Anees Kutty, a Professor of Mathematics began to work with him. By then Mr. Anees Kutty had established himself as a Math wizard in Pune and was coaching students for the National Defence Academy, India’s most prestigious academy for Defence Coaching in Pune.
It was at this point that both father and son decided that it was time to “Reach the Unreached” sections of society. It was in pursuance of this dream that both Father and son decided to work for the community and for the underprivileged sections of society. In furtherance to this they instituted a small school in Wagholi area in Pune for Muslim students. They work for orphans and students. The duo has since helped hundreds of students from the backward communities by providing them access to quality education and coaching.
by admin | May 25, 2021 | Interviews
Tushar Gandhi (Photo Credit You Tube)
The simmering controversy over intolerance in India is not only affecting the nation’s image globally but has emerged as a “new Partition in progress”, which is splitting the country based on ideological differences, feels Tushar Gandhi, great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi.
The author and peace activist is concerned not because he is a descendant of the Mahatma, but as a citizen of a democracy which is sliding into a “mobocracy”.
He not only agrees with those who have likened the current situation to Emergency, Tushar says the hatred is being spread much more effectively.
“It (Emergency) was brutal, it was an evil but what is happening today is also an evil. The problem is the venom that is being spread is being spread much more effectively than by the dictatorship that was during Emergency,” asserted Tushar, who finds the Narendra Modi-led central government’s silence on recent events like the lynching of a Muslim man in Dadri of Uttar Pradesh over beef, the murder of Kannada rationalist scholar M.M. Kalburgi, “unacceptable”.
“Even if they were incapable of actually solving the crime they could have made at least an appearance of being disturbed by it but their silence actually emboldened the radical elements.”
He is appalled at the growing divisiveness.
“Today you just make one statement and you are hit by an avalanche of hate. The way divisiveness is growing in our country, we are being split completely asunder and it not on cast lines or religious lines.
“We have experienced that on an ongoing basis, but this time the split is ideological and it’s being orchestrated and encouraged and its almost as if a new Partition is in progress in our democracy,” Gandhi told IANS over the phone from Mumbai.
Active on his Twitter handle, Tushar admits he has stopped retaliating to hate comments that his posts against intolerance attract.
“In a democracy there can’t be a predefined manner of protest… everyone has the right to protest in the manner they dim fit. As much as they have the right to protest, those who feel offended by it also are free to raise their voices but there should be decorum,” the columnist said.
The recent spate of “award wapasi”, which has created a storm across the country with a section from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party dubbing it as damaging for India’s image globally, is to Tushar a “dignified and polite” way to protest.
“Those who are criticising them are doing nothing except to demonise them and assassinate their character, question their motives. This in itself reflects the intolerant attitude that is being encouraged… that is becoming the norm of the society,” Tushar pointed out.
And even though they are being labelled as a “minority”, Tushar highlights that in a democracy even one voice of dissent counts.
“I believe in a democracy even one voice of dissent is important because it raises a concern which needs to be addressed and democracy is not about a brute majority or mobocracy… we are becoming a mobocrac… and all dissent is being smothered by numbers,” he lamented.
The RSS, Tushar avers, is an agent of division and “unfortunately they are succeeding much more today than in the past”.
Most importantly, scathing comments such as “anti-national” and “Pakistani agent” made by BJP and and Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) leaders on superstar Shah Rukh Khan tarnishes India’s image of a secular country globally, believed Tushar.
“…it not only affects India’s relationship with Pakistan… with Pakistan its an acknowledged fact that we are hostile… for all the pretensions that we make for being friendly and all that, the hostility between the two nations is very thinly disguised.
“But it affects our image internationally in this age of IT and the global village concept,” he added.
(Sahana Ghosh can be contacted at sahana.g@ians.in)
