Experts will discuss livelihoods, health, education, finance, housing and sanitation, and sustainable energy access
09 April, 2018, Bengaluru: Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, in association with the SELCO Foundation, will host the ‘Impact/Failure (IF)’ Conclave on April 13 and 14 (Friday and Saturday).
The objective of the conclave is to provide an open platform for an in depth and transparent discussion on the role of failure in development and to celebrate the learnings that emerge from them. The learnings can in turn help work towards desired outcomes and solving time-sensitive developmental problems that plague our society. Opening the dialogue on failure will act as an opportunity to take the stigma out of failures, take more risks, draw analogies and innovate.
Participants will include practitioners, students, entrepreneurs, academics, funders, investors, etc.
The conference will feature a multitude of experts and speakers who will engage in panel discussions and track sessions cutting across themes like livelihoods, health, education, finance, housing and sanitation, and sustainable energy access. The participants will consist of individuals and organizations who understand the importance of transparency to ensure effectiveness and efficiency while addressing time-sensitive issues of poverty and climate change.
Some of the speakers include Prof. M.S. Sriram, Visiting Faculty at the Centre for Public Policy, IIM Bangalore, Prof. Sourav Mukherji, Chairperson, Centre for Teaching and Learning, IIM Bangalore, Rohini Nilekani, Founder and Chairperson, Arghyam, Co-Founder, Ek Step and Pratham, Anshu Gupta, Founder, Goonj, Rob Stoner, Deputy Director, Science and Technology, MIT Energy Initiative and Founding Director, Tata Center for Technology and Design, Ananth Padmanabhan, CEO, Azim Premji Philanthropic Initiatives, Jeffery Prins, Program Manager, IKEA, Vishwanath Giriraj, Additional Chief Secretary, Maharashtra (retd), Anish Kumar, Co-lead, Transforming Rural India Foundation (TRIF), Sankar Datta, Researcher and Livelihoods Expert, ex-member of the Working Group of the Planning Commission for the 12th Five Year Plan, Thulasiraj R.D., Aravind Eye Care System, Anjali Sastry, Lecturer, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Thomas Pullenkav, Director, SELCO Solar Pvt Ltd and Senior Advisor, SELCO Foundation, Harish Hande, Founder, SELCO Solar Pvt Ltd and Founder and CEO, SELCO Foundation, Malathi Krishnamurthy Holla, international para athlete from India, Vishwanath S, Director, Biome Environmental Solutions Pvt Ltd, and Sanjiv Phansalkar, Fellow, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
Experts will discuss livelihoods, health, education, finance, housing and sanitation, and sustainable energy access
09 April, 2018, Bengaluru: Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, in association with the SELCO Foundation, will host the ‘Impact/Failure (IF)’ Conclave on April 13 and 14 (Friday and Saturday).
The objective of the conclave is to provide an open platform for an in depth and transparent discussion on the role of failure in development and to celebrate the learnings that emerge from them. The learnings can in turn help work towards desired outcomes and solving time-sensitive developmental problems that plague our society. Opening the dialogue on failure will act as an opportunity to take the stigma out of failures, take more risks, draw analogies and innovate.
Participants will include practitioners, students, entrepreneurs, academics, funders, investors, etc.
The conference will feature a multitude of experts and speakers who will engage in panel discussions and track sessions cutting across themes like livelihoods, health, education, finance, housing and sanitation, and sustainable energy access. The participants will consist of individuals and organizations who understand the importance of transparency to ensure effectiveness and efficiency while addressing time-sensitive issues of poverty and climate change.
Some of the speakers include Prof. M.S. Sriram, Visiting Faculty at the Centre for Public Policy, IIM Bangalore, Prof. Sourav Mukherji, Chairperson, Centre for Teaching and Learning, IIM Bangalore, Rohini Nilekani, Founder and Chairperson, Arghyam, Co-Founder, Ek Step and Pratham, Anshu Gupta, Founder, Goonj, Rob Stoner, Deputy Director, Science and Technology, MIT Energy Initiative and Founding Director, Tata Center for Technology and Design, Ananth Padmanabhan, CEO, Azim Premji Philanthropic Initiatives, Jeffery Prins, Program Manager, IKEA, Vishwanath Giriraj, Additional Chief Secretary, Maharashtra (retd), Anish Kumar, Co-lead, Transforming Rural India Foundation (TRIF), Sankar Datta, Researcher and Livelihoods Expert, ex-member of the Working Group of the Planning Commission for the 12th Five Year Plan, Thulasiraj R.D., Aravind Eye Care System, Anjali Sastry, Lecturer, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Thomas Pullenkav, Director, SELCO Solar Pvt Ltd and Senior Advisor, SELCO Foundation, Harish Hande, Founder, SELCO Solar Pvt Ltd and Founder and CEO, SELCO Foundation, Malathi Krishnamurthy Holla, international para athlete from India, Vishwanath S, Director, Biome Environmental Solutions Pvt Ltd, and Sanjiv Phansalkar, Fellow, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.