Prof. Srinivas, Ms. Vats to discuss India and Japanese approaches to building growth ecosystems
07 January, 2023: The Mizuho India Japan Study Centre (MIJSC), a Centre of Excellence at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore, will host its second webinar on its panel presentation series ‘Meijin-Samvad’ aka ‘Expert-Conversation’. This presentation, titled ‘Is Sustainable Growth A Mirage? Indian and Japanese Approaches to Building Growth Ecosystems’ will be held virtually via Zoom on 13 January 2023 from 4.00 pm to 5.30 pm IST (7.30 pm to 9.00 pm JST).
The panellists include Prof. Hari Srinivas, Global Development Research Center at Kobe, Japan, Ex. Programme Officer at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and Ms. Deeksha Vats, Group Chief Sustainability Officer at Aditya Birla Group. This webinar is part of a discussion series about a specific topic amongst a select group of panellists from India and Japan who share different perspectives on a particular topic, with a large audience.
Sustainability and growth have been traditionally considered as the two ends of a spectrum. Economic growth was always considered to be at the expense of the environment, as resources must be exploited to the fullest in order to ensure economic growth. Considering the resource constraints which are increasingly getting highlighted globally, sustained economic growth is looking more like a mirage. However, this binary approach to sustainability and growth is now being increasingly questioned by experts, who feel that a sustainable growth need not be a mirage. Incorporating sustainability principles within the decision-making process, at the Global / National / Corporate levels requires an interdependent approach, linking all the stakeholders. This approach will help build an ecosystem leading to concrete action for sustainable development. Prof. Srinivas will look at the global and Japanese perspective through his GET (Governance – Education – Technology) Matrix. Ms. Vats will speak from a corporate perspective and also on how contextualising to geography plays a major role in the choices we make.
This webinar will also be live streamed on IIMB's YouTube page.
The registration link for the webinar: https://iim-b.zoom.us/webinar/
Live YouTube Streaming Link: https://youtu.be/1g1rLg1dwIQ
PANEL DETAILS
Prof. Hari Srinivas, trained as an architect and urban planner, is currently Coordinator of the policy think-tank, Global Development Research Center (GDRC) in Kobe, Japan. He has worked in the United Nations System for more than 20 years, predominantly at the United Nations Environment Programme in Osaka, and the United Nations University in Tokyo.
He has held professorships at various Japanese and overseas universities teaching global environmental policy and other topics. He has a Master’s Degree in Urban Development and Management (1991) from the Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok Thailand, and a Ph.D. (1996) from the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan. His work mainly focusses on local environmental issues, working with local governments and national ministries of developing countries. Besides global and urban environmental issues, his current interests range from information management and rural development issues to community innovativeness, disaster management and NGO development.
Ms. Deeksha Vats is a sustainability professional with three decades of work experience in consulting and corporate set-ups. She is currently the Group Chief Sustainability Officer for the Aditya Birla Group (ABG), where she drives the sustainable business transformation agenda across all its locations on strategic, operational, communication and advocacy aspects of sustainability. Prior to this, she led the sustainability agenda at group flagship metals and mining business, Hindalco Industries Limited. At Hindalco, she worked across geographies, functions, and aspects towards mainstreaming sustainability in the business. This was a follow-up to her role where she led the environmental sustainability agenda at Aditya Birla Group on topics of climate change, energy transition, water, waste, emissions, and biodiversity.
Over the years, through her work at prestigious firms like PwC, EY, Engineers India Limited and Chemtex Engineering Limited, she has worked across diverse industry sectors. A regular speaker, panellist at sustainability events, she has been at the forefront of sustainability agenda in India through participation in working groups, industry bodies and expert networks.
For more information, please contact: mijsc@iimb.ac.in
Prof. Srinivas, Ms. Vats to discuss India and Japanese approaches to building growth ecosystems
07 January, 2023: The Mizuho India Japan Study Centre (MIJSC), a Centre of Excellence at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore, will host its second webinar on its panel presentation series ‘Meijin-Samvad’ aka ‘Expert-Conversation’. This presentation, titled ‘Is Sustainable Growth A Mirage? Indian and Japanese Approaches to Building Growth Ecosystems’ will be held virtually via Zoom on 13 January 2023 from 4.00 pm to 5.30 pm IST (7.30 pm to 9.00 pm JST).
The panellists include Prof. Hari Srinivas, Global Development Research Center at Kobe, Japan, Ex. Programme Officer at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and Ms. Deeksha Vats, Group Chief Sustainability Officer at Aditya Birla Group. This webinar is part of a discussion series about a specific topic amongst a select group of panellists from India and Japan who share different perspectives on a particular topic, with a large audience.
Sustainability and growth have been traditionally considered as the two ends of a spectrum. Economic growth was always considered to be at the expense of the environment, as resources must be exploited to the fullest in order to ensure economic growth. Considering the resource constraints which are increasingly getting highlighted globally, sustained economic growth is looking more like a mirage. However, this binary approach to sustainability and growth is now being increasingly questioned by experts, who feel that a sustainable growth need not be a mirage. Incorporating sustainability principles within the decision-making process, at the Global / National / Corporate levels requires an interdependent approach, linking all the stakeholders. This approach will help build an ecosystem leading to concrete action for sustainable development. Prof. Srinivas will look at the global and Japanese perspective through his GET (Governance – Education – Technology) Matrix. Ms. Vats will speak from a corporate perspective and also on how contextualising to geography plays a major role in the choices we make.
This webinar will also be live streamed on IIMB's YouTube page.
The registration link for the webinar: https://iim-b.zoom.us/webinar/
Live YouTube Streaming Link: https://youtu.be/1g1rLg1dwIQ
PANEL DETAILS
Prof. Hari Srinivas, trained as an architect and urban planner, is currently Coordinator of the policy think-tank, Global Development Research Center (GDRC) in Kobe, Japan. He has worked in the United Nations System for more than 20 years, predominantly at the United Nations Environment Programme in Osaka, and the United Nations University in Tokyo.
He has held professorships at various Japanese and overseas universities teaching global environmental policy and other topics. He has a Master’s Degree in Urban Development and Management (1991) from the Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok Thailand, and a Ph.D. (1996) from the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan. His work mainly focusses on local environmental issues, working with local governments and national ministries of developing countries. Besides global and urban environmental issues, his current interests range from information management and rural development issues to community innovativeness, disaster management and NGO development.
Ms. Deeksha Vats is a sustainability professional with three decades of work experience in consulting and corporate set-ups. She is currently the Group Chief Sustainability Officer for the Aditya Birla Group (ABG), where she drives the sustainable business transformation agenda across all its locations on strategic, operational, communication and advocacy aspects of sustainability. Prior to this, she led the sustainability agenda at group flagship metals and mining business, Hindalco Industries Limited. At Hindalco, she worked across geographies, functions, and aspects towards mainstreaming sustainability in the business. This was a follow-up to her role where she led the environmental sustainability agenda at Aditya Birla Group on topics of climate change, energy transition, water, waste, emissions, and biodiversity.
Over the years, through her work at prestigious firms like PwC, EY, Engineers India Limited and Chemtex Engineering Limited, she has worked across diverse industry sectors. A regular speaker, panellist at sustainability events, she has been at the forefront of sustainability agenda in India through participation in working groups, industry bodies and expert networks.
For more information, please contact: mijsc@iimb.ac.in