India’s National Competitiveness Forum is a discussion platform, which is aimed to set the agenda for India’s growth and competitiveness by engaging top leaders, renowned thinkers and government leaders. The discussions are aimed to understand the underlying levers that can act to increase or impede the trajectory of India’s growth and competitiveness. Participants will have the opportunity to engage with stakeholders from the private sector, government and NGOs, and more. Some of the themes that would be discussed are enhancing India’s competitiveness, identifying the next drivers for job creation, enhancing productivity, ease of doing business, stimulating business environment at the state level, the role of firms in enhancing state competitiveness & policy imperatives at both state and union level. We are looking at bringing out a robust agenda for interaction, sharing knowledge, and highlighting strategic issues through our deliberations. 

Key Speakers

Suresh Prabhu

Union Railway Minister, Government of India

Piyush Goyal

Minister of State with Independent Charge for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy and Mines, Government of India

Bibek Debroy

Member, NITI Aayog

Shri Amitabh Kant

CEO, Niti Aayog

Michael E Porter

Professor, Harvard Business School

Ajay Mehra

Managing Director, Airbus

Krish Iyer

President & CEO, Walmart India

Siraj Chaudhry

Chairman - Cargill India Private Limited

Michael Green

CEO, Social Progress Imperative

Naveen Jindal

Chairman, Jindal Steel & Power

Amit Kapoor

Chair, Institute for Competitiveness

Wilfried Aulbur

Managing Partner, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants

Ganesh Natarajan

President, HBS Club of India & Chairman 5F World

Santhosh Babu

Founder & Managing Director, OD Alternatives

Aseem Soni

CEO & Board Member at Modern Food Enterprises Pvt Ltd.

Srivatsa Krishna

IAS, Chief Executive & Secretary, Coffee Board, Ministry of Commerce, GOI

Richie Ahuja

Regional Director – Asia, Enviornmental Defense Fund

Hisham Mundol

Executive Director, Child Protection, Country Head, India

Agenda

08:00 AM – 9:30 AM: Registration for National Competitiveness Forum

09:30 AM – 9:35 AM: Introduction  by Amit Kapoor, Chair, Institute for Competitiveness

09:35 AM – 9:45 AM: Keynote by Wilfried Aulbur, Managing Partner, Roland Berger Pvt Ltd.

9:45 AM – 10:00 AM: Keynote by Hon’ble Minister Shri. Piyush Goyal,Minister of State with Independent Charge for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy and Mines, Government of India

10:00 AM – 10:15 AM: Opening Keynote by Bibek Debroy, Member, NITI Aayog

10:15 AM – 10:20 AM: Introduction of Prof. Michael Porter by Amit Kapoor, Chairman, Institute for Competitiveness

10:20 AM – 11:20 AM: Keynote by Prof. Michael E. Porter 

The Idea of Competitiveness

11:20 AM – 11:50 AM: Fireside Chat with Naveen Jindal, Chairman, Jindal Steel & Power

11:50 AM – 12:05 PM: Q & A with audience

12:05 PM – 12:10 PM: Keynote by Hon’ble Minister Shri. Suresh Prabhu, Union Minister of Railways, Government of India

12:10 PM – 12:50 PM: Panel Discussion: How India can enhance its competitiveness

Discuss the next drivers for job creation, enhanced productivity, business environment at the state level, the role of firms in enhancing state competitiveness & policy imperatives at both state and union level

• Ganesh Natarajan, President, HBS Club of India & Chairman 5F World

• Ajay Mehra, Managing Director, Airbus

• Siraj Chaudhry, Chairman – Cargill India Private Limited

• Krish Iyer, President & CEO, Walmart India

• Srivatsa Krishna, IAS, Chief Executive & Secretary, Coffee Board, Ministry of Commerce, Government of India

Moderated by Supriya Shrinate, Chief Editor-News, ET Now

12:50 PM – 1:00 PM: Keynote Address by Santhosh Babu, Founder & MD, OD Alternatives

1:00 PM – 1:45 PM: Networking Luncheon

1:45 PM – 1:55 PM: Keynote by Shri Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog

1:55 PM – 2:15 M: Michael Green, CEO, Social Progress Imperative, in conversation with Shri Amitabh Kant, CEO NITI Aayog

2:15 PM – 2:55 PM: Keynote by Michael E. Porter on “Social Progress” 

Social Progress is all about measuring success by going beyond GDP

2:55 PM – 3:15 PM: Q & A with the audience

3:15 PM – 3:55 PM: Panel Discussion: Social Progress

• Nitya Khemka, Director, Nand & Jeet Foundation

• Richie Ahuja, Regional Director – Asia, Environmental Defense Fund

• Aseem Soni, CEO and Board Member at Modern Food Enterprises Pvt Ltd.

• Hisham Mundol, Executive Director, Child Protection, Children’s Investment Fund Foundation

Moderated by Anurag Batra, Chairman, BW Businessworld

3:55 PM – 4:00 PM: Closing Remarks 

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