FICCI Programme 2015 at New Delhi

Draft Programme as on 4th Sept

September 10, 2015 FICCI, Federation House, New Delhi
0915 – 1000 hrs	Registration with Tea & Coffee
1000 – 1130 hrs	Opening Session: Moderation by Ms Shobha Mishra Ghosh, Sr. Director, FICCI
1005 – 1010 hrs	Welcome Address Dr Jyotsana Suri, President, FICCI
1010 – 1020 hrs	Theme Address Mr RCM Reddy, Chairman, FICCI SDF and MD IL&FS Education and Skills
1020 – 1030 hrs	Special Address Mr. Andreas Schleicher, Director of the Directorate for Education and Skills, OECD.
1030 – 1040 hrs	Special Address Dr. Kamal Hassan, Chairman, Media & Entertainment, Sector Skill Council*
1040 – 1055hrs	Keynote Address by Mr. Mohan Das Pai, Chairman, Manipal Global Education Services Pvt Ltd
1055 – 1105 hrs	Address by Guest of Honour Shri Sunil Arora, Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
1105 – 1120 hrs	Inaugural Address Shri Rohit Nandan, Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship
1120 – 1125 hrs	Concluding Remarks and Vote of Thanks Mr Sanjeev Duggal Co-Chair, FICCI SDF and CEO & Director of Centum Learning
1125 – 1200 hrs	Tea Break

1200 – 1315 hrs	Skill India for Digital India CEOs interaction with the Ministers
	“Digital India” with a budgetary outlay of INR 100,000 crore (USD 16 Bn) is the next phase of India’s developmental journey. The success of India’s IT-ITES industry is testimony to the digital technologies transformational abilities impacting the lives of all Indians across the socio- economic strata. Digital India will play a critical role in the success of all most all the flagship initiatives of PM Modi. The 3 critical industries for Digital India are IT-ITES, Electronics and Telecom and identifying the skills required across the value chain is extremely critical. The skills required are broadly for developing physical digital infrastructure; manufacturing and maintenance of electronics; computing, IT and software products; business process and management. If we examine the NOS defined by the 3 SSCs there are few roles at NSQG level IV &level V. The challenge is to identify the new high and low end skills emerging due to the government’s digitisation initiatives in rural and urban India, develop programs that can be taken up by class 10th  and 12th  pass students, broadcasting the opportunities available at rural and urban areas and creating a channel of talent for the industry to absorb. A herculean task which can happen only through concerted joint efforts of the government, industry and academia. The session debates on the multiple strategies to make India digital literate and recommends a roadmap to achieve the same within a given time frame.
	Chief Guest Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister, Communications & Information Technology Government of India Guest of Honour Mr J S Deepak, Secretary, Department of Electronics and Information Technology, GoI* Moderator Mr Bijay Sahoo, President-HR, Reliance Industries Ltd. Panellists: ·    Mr. R Chandrashekhar, President ,NASSCOM ·    Mr. Mohan Das Pai, Chairman, Manipal Global Education Services Pvt Ltd ·    Mr Sanjay Kapoor, CEO , Micromax Informatics Limited ·    Mr Sanjeev Kumar Gupta, Managing Director - H&PS, Government Relations and Corporate Affairs, Accenture India
1315 - 1400 hrs	Lunch

1400 - 1515 hrs	Skill India for Make in India CEO interaction with the Ministers
	India’s growth story is closely hinged with the share of manufacturing. The services sector currently accounts for about 55 per cent of GDP while manufacturing share is just 16 per cent and accounts for only 12 per cent of the employment. Just as Japan, Singapore, Korea, China have grown on the back of manufacturing, India has to strive and take manufacturing to 25 per cent of GDP that will create 100 million jobs. Hence the importance of ‘make in India’ drive. While “Make in India” occupies prominence in the national agenda as an important goal, the future trajectory of India’s development depends largely on “Skilling India”. Manufacturing and technology alone would not lead to the desire growth if appropriately skilled manpower is not readily available. Skill India would drive the creation of skills for a vast segment of population to be absorbed in manufacturing sector. The session will debate on skills required to make manufacturing competitive and achieve Prime minister’s aim of zero-defect, zero-effect for creating sustainable manufacturing that includes recycling of waste and water.
	Chief Guest Smt Nirmala Sitaraman, MoS, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, GoI Moderator Mr RCM Reddy, Chair, FICCI Skill Development Forum and MD IL&FS Education and Skills Panellists: ·    M. S. Unnikrishnan, MD & CEO, Thermax India ·    Mr Manish Sharma, MD India and South Asia, Panasonic India Private Limited ·    Mr Kishore Jayaraman, President, India & South Asia at Rolls Royce ·    Mr. Juvencio Maeztu, CEO, IKEA

1515 - 1630 hrs	Skill India - Industry Invests CEO’s Panel
	In a globalized economy, a large pool of skilled workers is indispensable for attracting foreign direct  investment. The Key initiatives of Make In India, Digital India, Smart Cities, Swachh Bharat and Clean Ganga will be achieved only if there is highly developed skill ecosystem in the country. Skill  shortages  can  affect the productivity  and  growth  of  a  business,  delay  projects,  create ongoing vacancies, increase wage levels. The primary challenge faced by 76 per cent of Indian businesses is the shortage of technical or specific skills; India Inc takes an average of 96 days to recruit skilled workers.  With manpower of 1.24 billion, it is ironic that we suffer from dearth of talent.  Businesses  would  need  to  plug  these  skill  gaps  with  people  from  outside  the organisation as best they can. But in the longer term, they need to invest in internal training programmes to mould the people, as this would help them deliver on strategy, innovate and ultimately grow. This session will deliberate on the ways to speed up the skill development transition through active industry engagement to achieve the aspiration of the society.
	Chairman Mr Pawan Agarwal, JS, MSDE, GoI Moderator Mr Sanjeev Duggal, Co-Chair, FICCI Skill Development Forum and CEO & Director of Centum Learning Panellists: ·    Ms Naina Lal Kidwai, Group General Manager and Country Head , HSBC Bank Limited ·    Mr. Shishir Jaipuria, MD, Ginni Filaments Limited ·    Mr Fahrettin Gulener, President , Ermetal Group Companies, Turkey
1630 - 1645 hrs	Tea/Coffee Break

1645 - 1800 hrs	PPP for Scale- Challenges and Strategies in Skill Development Parallel Panel Discussion
	The scale and expertise required for the skilling India is an arduous task. There are number of private players engaged by the Government schemes and they are playing key role in skill- building through public-private partnerships. However the market realities remain challenging and business environment in skills still need to be made attractive. A need for comprehensive framework  is  very  much  required  which  will  help  the  government  to  make  the  skills environment more business friendly. The session will discuss on the following key points: ·    Delayed access to funds ·    Pricing / Rates – Rationalization of cost norms is not encouraging ·    Short term contracts prevent scaling up ·    No uniformity in the implementation guidelines /scheme conditions/ assessment certification framework
	Chair Mr. Rajesh Agrawal, JS, MSDE, GoI Moderator T Muralidharan, Co-Chair FICCI SDF and Founder and Chairman, TMI Academy Panellists: ·    Mr L.N Gupta, Principal Secretary,  Skill Development & Technical Education Department, Government of Odisha ·    Mr Narshima Rao, Head, Swiss Indo Chamber of Commerce and MD, Burckhardt Compression (India) Pvt Ltd ·    Mr Dilip Chenoy, MD & CEO, National Skill Development Corporation ·    Ms. Shabnam Sinha, Senior education and institutional development specialist, World Bank ·    Dr. Sandra Rothboeck, Senior Skills and Employability Specialist (Consultant),ILO

1645 - 1800 hrs	Skill India: Entrepreneurship for Job creation Parallel Panel Discussion
	Entrepreneurship is the key economic driver in any Developed Nation. India too needs entrepreneurs -Job Creators and not only Job Seekers. The whole area of skills is focused on the Employability Platform and hence in spite of producing highly skilled manpower all are not being employed. So after acquiring skill one should have an option of Employability and Entrepreneurship. The challenge in scaling up entrepreneurship or reviving cooperatives and producer organizations is not the lack of ideas or good models. Wealthy individuals, investors and foundations must be willing to take risks and invest in the right entrepreneurs and NGOs. The session will debate on policies needed to facilitate entrepreneurship development within the Training Institutions /Academic institutions and Universities in India.
	Chair & Moderator Dr Anup K Pujari, Secretary, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, GoI Co Chair Sh. S.N Tripathi, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises * Panellists: ·    Ms Jyotsana Sitling, JS, MSDE, GoI ·    Dr Arun Varma, Vice President , IL&FS Skills ·    Prof (Dr.) Gurinder Singh, Group Addl. Vice Chancellor, Amity University ·    Mr Shashi Chimala, Head, National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN) ·    Mr Clement Chauvet, Project Manager, UNDP
1800 - 1820 hrs	Wrap up Mr. Narayanan Ramaswamy, Partner & Head, Social Sector, KPMG Concluding Remarks ·    Mr RCM Reddy , Chair FICCI SDF ·    Mr Sanjeev Duggal, Co-Chair, FICCI SDF ·    Mr T Muralidharan, Co-Chair, FICCI SDF
1830 hrs onwards	Networking Dinner