Discussion on the book "Decisive Decade"- 27 Oct 2021

KIRAN KARNIK

Discussion on the theme of the Book WEDNESDAY, 27 OCTOBER 2021 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

S SANDILYA CHAIRMAN, EICHER GROUP & CHAIRMAN, MASTEK LTD

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FORMER PRESIDENT, NASSCOM & DIRECTOR, CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS, RESERVE BANK OF INDIA

PROGRAMME

6:00 PM

Welcome Address

Mr Suresh Raman Sr Vice President, Madras Management Association Vice President & Regional Head, Tata Consultancy Services Chennai

E-Launch of the Book and Address by the Author

Mr Kiran Karnik

Special invitee in conversation with the author

Mr S Sandilya

Former President, NASSCOM & Director, Central Board of Directors, Reserve Bank of India

Chairman, Eicher Group & Chairman of Mastek Ltd

Q&A Session

7:00 PM

Vote of Thanks

Gp Capt R Vijayakumar (Retd), VSM Executive Director Madras Management Association

Synopsis What will India look like in 2030? Will we have harmony and equity or de-generate into a chaotic failed State? Will it be a strong, aggressive, totalitarian ‘hippo’ or an agile, peaceful and likable ‘gazelle’?

Decisive Decade seeks answers through a critical analysis and a projection of nine crucial areas that will shape India 2030. These are: democracy and politics, security, health, education, economy, demography, society, jobs and livelihoods, and technology.

India, the book asserts, is at a crossroads. The 2020s will be the decisive decade determining our long-term future. While alternative scenarios are painted, with the idea of stirring debate and dialogue, the book takes an optimistic view. It aims to create a shared national vision towards which it charts out a road-map.

Using his experience and observations, Kiran Karnik joins the dots and integrates the diverse topics into a holistic view. He takes an objective but hard-hitting view of the country, and suggests that our primary goal must be to create a happy country.

Take a journey into the future through this book.

In this unputdownable book, Kiran Karnik combines his amazing insights and uncanny observational powers to show that 2020s will be a make-or-break decade for India.

Speaker Kiran Karnik describes himself as a ‘public un-intellectual’, a non-academic with a strong interest in public policy

Decisive Decade

and strategy. Columnist and author, his latest book is “

India 2030: Gazelle or Hippo” (Rupa

Publications, 2021).

In the course of a career of over four decades, he has had the unique experience of straddling the diverse spheres of government, business and civil society with equal comfort and accomplishment. He is widely recognized for his work in the IT sector, as President NASSCOM from 2001 to 2008, and for helping to put fraud-hit Satyam

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Computers back on track as Chairperson of its government-appointed Board.

Earlier, he led Discovery Channel in India and S. Asia, and UGC’s Consortium for Educational Communication. Prior to that, he spent over two decades in India’s space programme. He was a member of the RBI Board and has been on many key government committees, including the Scientific Advisory Council to Prime Minister and the National Innovation Council. He is now involved with a number of educational and civil society organisations.

Karnik is a Distinguished Alumnus awardee from IIM Ahmedabad, and has been conferred many other awards, including the Padma Shri.

Mr Sandilya is a Commerce Graduate from Madras University and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He started his career in 1969 with DCM group of companies at their Group Headquarters in the Finance function followed by Union Carbide where he worked for five years in three locations namely Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai in Systems as well as Finance and Accounts.

Mr Sandilya joined Eicher in 1975 when it was a very small company manufacturing Agricultural tractors in its factory at Faridabad.

He has been a part of the growth journey of the Group and held various positions in different business units. He was the Managing Director of Eicher Motors Limited, the Commercial Vehicles Manufacturing business unit of the Group till 1998 before moving to the Group Office to take responsibility for Group

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Finance and Strategic Planning in addition to being the MD of Eicher Motors. He took over as Group Chairman and CEO in April 2000. He is the Non-Executive Chairman from 2006 after superannuation.

He is Non-Executive Chairman and Independent Director of Mastek Limited, an IT Services company and

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