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KATIE BOFSHEVER

Design Partner, GV

As VP of Digital Media at GV, Katie Bofshever crafts innovative and creative solutions for the digital space, specializing in minority consumers.

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Lightning Talks on Business Goals

Learn to understand and tackle problems from many different points of view. Discussions should highlight business goals, success metrics, technical capabilities and potential challenges, and relevant user research.

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2:00 PM

Opening Credits & Welcome Coffee

Enjoy a fresh cup of coffee before the presentations. We’ll be handing out pamphlets that outline this evening’s details.

David Doe

Designer - Redshoe

R. Harrison

CEO Barkbook

charcha 2020

A platform for India's development sector to come together and engage on the most pressing human development challenges.


free event. no registration required.


Live sessions have concluded. Recordings available on TheQuint and The/Nudge Youtube channels. Follow The/Nudge on social media for more updates.

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R. Harrison

CEO Barkbook

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R. Harrison

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As COVID-19 is wiping away years of our developmental progress in weeks, the ability to reinvent ourselves and rebuild is more critical than ever before. With the development sector grappling with shrinking resources, the way forward requires a coming together of all stakeholders - nonprofits, government, corporates, foundations, academia and philanthropists.


Welcome to charcha. Let's talk!

Events

Plenary Sessions

Convener: The/Nudge Foundation  

Live sessions have concluded. Recordings available on TheQuint and The/Nudge Youtube channels. Follow The/Nudge on social media for more updates.

HEALTH

Host: Piramal Swasthya

Building Resilient Health Systems


Live sessions have concluded. Recordings available on TheQuint and The/Nudge Youtube channels. Follow The/Nudge on social media for more updates.

PHILANTHROPY & FUNDRAISING

Host: Asha Impact | Bridgespan Group | CSIP | The/Nudge 

Philanthropy championing social change in India


Live sessions have concluded. Recordings available on TheQuint and The/Nudge Youtube channels. Follow The/Nudge on social media for more updates.

CLIMATE CHANGE & DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Host: India Climate Collaborative

Reimagining the future: resilience and green recovery


Live sessions have concluded. Recordings available on TheQuint and The/Nudge Youtube channels. Follow The/Nudge on social media for more updates.

ENERGY

Host: Dalberg

What is the role that energy will take in this new world, recognizing the balance between job growth, energy, access, demand and sustainability; and ensuring that we address this challenge keeping the common person at the heart of the debate.

FINANCIAL INCLUSION

Host: Sattva

Ensuring inclusive and equitable access to financial services for all


Live sessions have concluded. Recordings available on TheQuint and The/Nudge Youtube channels. Follow The/Nudge on social media for more updates.

GENDER

Host: Dalberg

Seizing the opportunity to reset, regroup and recommit to gender equality and equity, post COVID-19.

EDUCATION

Host: Michael & Susan Dell Foundation | Central Square Foundation

Robust and innovative educational infrastructure for everyone

SOCIAL INNOVATION

Host: The/Nudge Centre for Social Innovation

Re-imagining social problems and build innovative ways to solve them


Live sessions have concluded. Recordings available on TheQuint and The/Nudge Youtube channels. Follow The/Nudge on social media for more updates.

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Host: The/Nudge Centre for Rural Development

As the economic pain deepens for rural poor, how can we rapidly and inclusively rebuild rural India?

CIVIL SOCIETY AND PROSPERITY

Host: Centre for Civil Society

Transforming lives through active citizenship.

SKILL DEVELOPMENT & ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Host: NSDC | deAsra | GAME | The/Nudge CSDE

What skills will be required post COVID-19? Are we equipped to address the gaps?

WATER & SANITATION

Host: WaterAid India

Ensuring access to clean water and adequate sanitation facilities as drivers of public health.

REGULATORY LANDSCAPE FOR NONPROFITS

Host: Centre for Social Impact & Philanthropy

Analysis of the regulatory environment that nonprofits operate in and recommendations for a vibrant development sector.

THE URBAN INFORMAL ECONOMY

Host: Omidyar Network India | World Resources Institute India

Understanding the needs of urban informal workers to serve them better

LAND & PROPERTY INCLUSIVITY

Host: Omidyar Network India

Inclusive economic empowerment through secure land, property and safe housing.

LAW & JUSTICE

Host: Agami

The biggest gaps and citizen-centered opportunities triggered by COVID-19 for access to justice.

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Clear your calendar - It's going down! Splash Blocks kicks off on April 20th, and you're invited to take part in the festivities. Splash HQ (122 W 26th St) is our meeting spot for a night of fun and excitement. Come one, come all, bring a guest, and hang loose. This is going to be epic!

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Clean and Simple

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Events

Rural Development

creating sustainable livelihoods for rural India pulling households out of extreme poverty

Education

building robust and innovative educational infrastructure for everyone

Health

Ensuring universal affordable access to healthcare systems

Social Innovation

philanthropy championing social change in India

Water & Sanitation

ensuring access to clean water and adequate sanitation facilities as drivers of public health.

Social Innovation

The sector will need new talent to do this heavy lifting. Whom do we need? What are the areas we will need to focus on?

Poverty Alleviation

Empowering people living in poverty with sustainable alternate livelihoods

Financial Inclusion

Designing economic and social policies inclusive of people living under poverty

Climate Change & Disaster Management

Building resilient communities to mitigate climate change induced disasters

Energy

Enabling access to affordable, reliable and sustainable energy for all

Skill Development & Entrepreneurship

What will be skills required Post COVID 

Gender

Achieving gender equality and empower all women and girls

Speakers

Dr. Ajay Mathur

DG, TERI

Dr. Ajay Mathur is Director General of TERI - The Energy & Resources Institute, and a member of the Prime Minister's Council on Climate Change.He has been a key Indian climate-change negotiator, and was also the Indian spokesperson at the 2015 climate negotiations at Paris. He is a global leader on technological approaches to address climate change; recently, he joined the global group of industrial, financial and think-tank leaders to co-chair an Energy Transitions Commission which will suggest ways for companies and countries to move towards climate-friendly energy futures.

Dr. Devi Shetty

Chairman and Founder , Narayana Health

Devi Prasad Shetty is an Indian cardiac surgeon and entrepreneur. He is the chairman and founder of Narayana Health, a chain of 21 medical centers in India. He has performed more than 15,000 heart operations.

Dr. Indu Bhushan

CEO, Ayushman Bharat

Dr. Indu Bhushan serves as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB - PMJAY) and the National Health Authority (NHA), Government of India.
Dr. Bhushan is a bureaucrat-turned-economist with a career spanning 35 years across a multitude of sectors. He served for nine years in the IAS prior to leaving government service. Thereafter, he worked as Senior Economist with the World Bank Group prior to moving to ADB

Kaushik Basu

Professor of Economics, Cornell University

Kaushik Basu is an Indian economist who served as Chief Economist of the World Bank from 2012 to 2016. He is the Carl Marks Professor of International Studies and Professor of Economics at Cornell University, and began a three-year term as President of the International Economic Association in June 2017.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

Chairperson & MD, Biocon

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw is an Indian billionaire entrepreneur. She is the chairperson and managing director of Biocon Limited, a biotechnology company based in Bangalore, India and the former chairperson of Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.

Manish Kumar

MD & CEO, National Skill Development Corporation

Dr. Manish Kumar is the Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of National Skill Development Corporation. He is responsible for providing a strategic vision to NSDC in ensuring that the team moves cohesively towards achievement of Skill India Mission. Prior to joining the NSDC, he was working with World Bank. Manish earlier served in the Indian Administrative Services, occupying many responsible positions.

Muhammad Yunus

Social entrepreneur

Muhammad Yunus is a Bangladesh based social entrepreneur, banker, economist, and civil society leader who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for founding the Grameen Bank and pioneering the concepts of microcredit and microfinance. These loans are given to entrepreneurs too poor to qualify for traditional bank loans.

Rajiv kumar

Vice-Chairman, NITI Aayog

Rajiv Kumar is an Indian economist and is currently the vice-chairman of the NITI Aayog. He is the chancellor of the Gokhale Institute of Economics and Politics in Pune and founding director of Pahle India Foundation, a non-profit research organisation that specialises in policy-oriented research and analysis.

Ricky Kej

Composer, Music producer and Environmentalist

Ricky Kej is an American composer, music producer and Environmentalist. In 2015, he won a Grammy at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards for his album Winds of Samsara in the Best New Age Album category.

Vikram Mehta

Executive chairman, Brookings India

Vikram Mehta is an Indian business executive turned analyst. He enjoyed a long career working for various petroleum majors in Europe and India and retired as CEO of Shell India. He is now the chairman of Brookings India

Speakers

Dr. Abhay Bang

Founder, SEARCH

Ajay Chowdhry

Chairman of the Board of Governors of IIIT Naya Raipur and Chairman of the Electronics Sector Skills Council of India

Amit Chandra

managing director,

Bain Capital

Arun Seth

board member, narayana health & jubilant life sciences

anita Bhatia

Deputy Executive Director for Resource Management, Sustainability and Partnerships

Ashish Dhawan

Founder and Chairman, Central Square Foundation

barkha dutt