Nothing is impossible ifwe have a strongpolitical will, appropriate
vision, fast track decisionmaking process, 100 per centtransparency and zerotolerance against corruption,said Nitin Gadkari, Minister ofRoad Transport & Highways;Shipping and Water Resources,River Development and GangaRejuvenation, Government ofIndia. "Water is the most costeffective transport solution anda lot of projects have alreadytaken off in seven rivers. Inroad transport our motive is toimprove the quality and reducethe cost of construction," headded.
The guest of honour, Babul
Supriyo, Minister of State forHeavy Industries and PublicEnterprises, Government ofIndia, in his keynote address,said that patience andsolidarity towards honestendeavours of the governmentare required. "If change is theonly constant then courageousdecisions need to be taken andthe government is workinghard in that direction," he said.
Sunil Kant Munjal, President,AIMA and Chairman, The HeroEnterprise, set the tone for thedeliberations to follow for twodays. Elaborating the theme, hesaid: "It's not just thecompetition one has to workon in the industry but alsothink of who is getting to thefuture first." He said that forAIMA it was a year to celebrateas well as think of its future and
how to link it closer to India'sfuture. "It is said that onlychange is constant but thepace of change is alsochanging. And this rapidchange is giving us enormousopportunities and at the sametime some completely newchallenges," he added.
Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITIAayog, Government of India,said that we are in the midst ofbiggest technologicaltransitions the world has everseen and we need to pushthese limits in many areas. Butwe cannot grow withoutgender parity; predictability,consistency, and clarity ofpolicies over a long period oftime; and penetration into theglobal market. "India needs tohave optimism, courage, gutsand determination to push for
change and that changethrough technology will enableIndia to grow rapidly," heasserted.
Earlier, Sudhir Jalan, Co-Chairman, Diamond JubileeNMC and Chairman, NeoFoods Pvt. Ltd., and RekhaSethi, Director General, AllIndia Management Association,addressed the audience.
Before T.V. Mohandas Pai,Senior Vice President, AIMAand Chairman, Manipal GlobalEducation Services, concludedthe inaugural session, theSpecial First Day Cover andPostage Stamp tocommemorate AIMA'sDiamond Jubilee Year wasreleased.
AIMA's Diamond JubileeConvention Souvenir was alsoreleased on the occasion.
India being one of thefastest growingeconomies has made its
presence felt globally in thescheme of things. But moreneeds to be done. It’s timeto reimagine itself andovercome the challengesfor rapid growth anddevelopment. After thewelcome address by SanjayKirloskar, Chairman &Managing Director, KirloskarBrothers Ltd., Rajiv Kumar,Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog,Government of India, spoke
about how the institution isworking towards bringing inpositive changes both at thepolicy as well asimplementation level.
The electronic and socialmedia have brought in amajor change in the societyin how people think, absorband react. With informationbeing available at the clickof a button, it has also ledto severe complications asfar as credibility of thesources are concerned.Arnab Goswami, Founder &Editor-in-Chief, Republic TV,in a candid conversationwith T.V. Mohandas Pai,
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Rajiv Kumar, Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog, Government of India and Sanjay Kirloskar,Chairman & Managing Director, Kirloskar Brothers Ltd
Arnab Goswami, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Republic TV andT V Mohandas Pai, Senior Vice President, AIMA and Chair-man, Manipal Global Education Services
AIMA Past Presidents, Office Bearers and other dignitaries Distinguished speakers and delegates at AIMA’s Diamond Jubilee National Management Convention
Preetha Reddy, Executive Vice Chairperson, Apollo HospitalEnterprise Ltd and Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Film Direc-tor, Producer, Screenwriter
(L-R) Supriya Shrinate, Executive Editor – News, ET Now; Raamdeo Agrawal, Jt.Managing Director, Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd and Akhil Bansal, DeputyCEO, KPMG in India
Release of Special First Day Cover and Postage Stamp to commemorate “AIMA’s Diamond Jubilee Year”. (L-R) Rekha Sethi, Director General, All India Management Association; Sudhir Jalan, Co-Chairman, Diamond JubileeNMC and Chairman, Neo Foods Pvt Ltd; Babul Supriyo, Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, Government of India; Sunil Kant Munjal, President, AIMA and Chairman, The Hero Enterprise; Amitabh Kant,CEO, NITI Aayog, Government of India; T V Mohandas Pai, Senior Vice President, AIMA and Chairman, Manipal Global Education Services and Sujit Kumar Chowdhury, Postmaster General Delhi Circle, New Delhi
Sudhir Jalan, Co-Chairman, Diamond Jubilee NMC and Chairman, Neo Foods Pvt Ltd; Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport & Highways; Shipping and Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Government of India and Sunil Kant Munjal, President, AIMA and Chairman, The Hero Enterprise
Time for breakthrough ideas and actionPolicy makers, people from media fraternity and corporate world discussed ways and means to make India future ready
Folding the Future In: Reimagining India
THE DIAMOND JUBILEE NATIONAL MANAGEMENT CONVENTION OF AIMA WAS AN ENGAGING PLATFORM WHERE THOUGHT LEADERS DISCUSSEDCHALLENGES, OPPORTUNITIES AND GROWTH STRATEGIES FOR THE NATION
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Baba Ramdev, Yoga Guru and Founder, The Patanjali Group of Institutions and Rajat Sharma, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief,India TV, during Aap Ki Adalat at AIMA
Senior Vice President, AIMA andChairman, Manipal Global EducationServices, spoke about various subjectsclose to his heart and how he hasevolved over the years in the mediaindustry.
Raamdeo Agrawal, Jt. ManagingDirector, Motilal Oswal FinancialServices Ltd. has built one of India’smost successful and largest investmentservices group, shared his views withSupriya Shrinate, Executive Editor –News, ET Now, on what does futurehold for the Indian economy and stockmarket in the next couple of years.Akhil Bansal, Deputy CEO, KPMG inIndia, concluded the session.
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, FilmDirector, Producer, Screenwriter, is atrend setter in India as well as abroadas far as film making is concerned.During a conversation with PreethaReddy, Executive Vice Chairperson,Apollo Hospital Enterprise Ltd., hetalked about his new films – MerePyare Prime Minister and Fanney Khan.
In a live session of Aap ki Adalat,Baba Ramdev, Yoga Guru and Founder,The Patanjali Group of Institutions, wasinterrogated by Rajat Sharma,Chairman and Editor-in-Chief, India TV,and he defended himself against allthe allegations in his trademark style,regaling the audience.
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