Action For India Forum 2012

Action For India Forum 2012 being led by Sam Pitroda on Saturday Jan 21 at Seminar Hall of  at IIT Delhi from 915 am  to 6 pm is an initiative to bring 100 Young Social Innovators face to face with technologists and senior successful social innovators-- bureaucrat Anil Swarup, entrepreneur William Bissel, social innovator CP Das, energy expert Swati Bhogle, healthcare change agent Dr Ashwin Naik, Self-Help Group pioneer Anish Kumar, skill development agency chief Dilip Shenoy--with a view to help them enhance their social impact by inducting technology.


Program Schedule

08:30 AM Registration & Tea
09:30 AM Introduction & Welcome
Sanjay Kadaveru
09:40 AM Keynote Speech
Sam Pitroda
10:10 AM Young Social Innovators (YSIs) Pitch Session
YSIs introduce their organizations followed by Q&A
11:15 AM Tea
11:35 AM Panel Discussion: Exemplars of Social Innovation
Theme: Successful Social Innovators share their journey of growth and scaling up
Moderator: Sushmita Ghosh (President Emeritus, Ashoka; Member, AFI’s Advisory Board)
Panelists:
  • Anil Swarup, RSBY
  • C P Das, Akshaya Patra
  • William Bissell, Fabindia
  • Anish Kumar, Pradan
Q&A
12:25 PM Panel Discussion: Leveraging Technology for Scaling Impact
Theme: Technology resources YSIs should know about
Moderator: Ed Cutrell (Microsoft Research, Technology for Emerging Markets Unit; Member, AFI’s Advisory Board)
Panelists: Q&A
01:15 PM Lunch
02:15 PM Sector Specific Break-Out Sessions
YSIs split into groups by sector and discuss challenges and opportunities in the sector
03:15 PM Cross Sector Break-Out Sessions
YSIs split into mixed groups and discuss challenges and opportunities for scaling up their organizations
04:15 PM Tea
04:35 PM Presentations from the Sector Specific Break-Out Sessions
YSIs & Sam Pitroda
05:45 PM Announcements of AFI “Growth Prizes” & Next Steps of AFI
05:55 PM Key Learnings
Sam Pitroda
06:25 PM Vote of Thanks
Dr. Shiban Ganju
06:30 PM Networking Reception
07:30 PM Close

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