that IMT has developed and implemented ground-up - something that has been vindicated when the 'I'M The Change Initiative' was recognised globally by the United Nation's Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME).
that IMT has developed and implemented ground-up - something that has been vindicated when the 'I'M The Change Initiative' was recognised globally by the United Nation's Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME). All our social projects are in alignment with one or more of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that the UN adopted in September 2015," she added.
Following which, it was a moving talk by Anshu Gupta where he touched upon a range of topics including misallocation of resources, government subsidies, alternative currencies, menstrual hygiene, and lack of drinking water and electricity among the urban poor, etc.
The celebrated social entrepreneur, in his hard-hitting talk, pulled no punches as he talked about the recent event of Kailash Satyarthi's Nobel Prize getting tolen.
He pointed out the gross misallocation of resources in the country as chandeliers in airports somehow rank higher on the policymakers list rather than clean drinking water at train stations. "One of the best airports in the world, the one in Mumbai, coexists with one of the largest slums in Asia- Dharavi," he said.
Himself, a student of a government subsidised college, Anshu Gupta stressed upon the need to give back to the society once one has reaped the benefits of a subsidised education. On the issue of farm subsidies, he questioned its economics as the real price of agricultural products would raise the prices out of reach of the common man. Hence, farm subsidies were more of a case of the farmers subsidising the produce for the common man rather than the government helping the farmers.
Citing the alarmingly high number of farmer suicides, he stressed on the ineffectiveness of farm subsidies as an economic measure. He also talked about developing alternative currencies for development- labour, skill, time and material.
He said, "Our initiative is that of creating a parallel economy - not cash based but trash based." He was talking about the initiative called Cloth For Work started by 'Goonj', where villagers work on infrastructure projects providing skill and labour, and in return compensated with clothes and food grains. Sharing anecdotes and personal experiences, Anshu Gupta talked about clothing (lack of clothing) as an essential development goal in developmental agenda. (MORE) PRN AKN AKN
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