“Innovation and entrepreneurship coupled with digital revolution
can help India move forward and grow”, said Nitin Gadkari, Minister
of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways speaking on India Aspire:
Reinventing India story through infrastructure revolution at AIMA’s
41st National Management Convention here today.
Innovation and entrepreneurship is the biggest power that can help
India grow, he said while adding social entrepreneurship would have
greater social impact and help in alleviating poverty in India.
“We need development with maximum job creation and right vision,
technology and strong political will can help in achieving the
desired growth”, the Minister said. He also advised management
professionals to take inspiration and ideas from people and their
problems in order to propel the economy.
He also said that there is a great potential for India to train
its manpower as the world is going to need over 5.5 crore skilled
manpower in coming years.
Citing example of making ethanol from agriculture bi-products, Mr.
Gadkari said if it is promoted on large scale, it can help in
reducing country’s dependence on petroleum imports.
Gadkari also released Management Capability Index Report prepared
by KPMG.
Sachin Pilot, Former Union Minister and Rajasthan State Congress
President speaking on ‘Corporate Governance: A New Reality’ said
that everything cannot be legislated, self-regulation and
self-disclosure should be the underlying philosophy of the corporate
culture.
Many corporate governance disasters could have been avoided if
companies believed in self regulation, transparency and heeded to
voice of minority stakeholders, he said.
Talking of CSR provision in the new Companies Act, Mr. Pilot said
that this provision can help the economy substantially by directing
funds to socially relevant projects. However, we need to give a
makeover to CSR initiatives to active role from passive role of just
allocating funds, he added.
In a special session on spirituality in management, Sadhguru Jaggi
Vasudev said “what is wrong with India today is that we have still
not shed our colonial hangover of wanting to import everything in
place of manufacturing ourselves”. Notion of superiority elsewhere
stifles creativity, he added.
Focus on individuals and survival is creating a conflict, Sadhguru
said. He added, “Nurturing to full psychological growth is
important as the whole humanity is in a state of compulsive pursuit
of happiness”.
Earlier, in her welcome remarks, Ms. Preetha Reddy, President AIMA
and Executive Vice Chairperson, Apollo Hospitals Group said that
there is lots of optimism regarding new emerging India and
infrastructure would play a crucial role.
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