Prime Minister Narendra Modi requested young CEOs to continually forge a partnership with the government to help amass the development agenda and make it a mass movement.
“I want #ChampionsOfChange to become soldiers of a prosperous & developed India. You are my team to take India forward,” the NITI Aayog tweeted, quoting the Prime Minister.
On Tuesday, Modi addressed as many as 200 young CEOs at a program organized by NITI Aayog. These CEOs were bracketed into six groups which were asked to identify key problems in six different areas.
They brainstormed through the day and interacted with secretaries of various ministries and departments besides ministers to chart out a policy blueprint, which was then presented before the PM.
“Create a digital platform where you can invite new people and interact with them,” he said. The key decision-making team of the government has listened to the presentations made by the CEOs and the 360-degree view of issues that have been presented before them will surely help in policy-making, he said. “You are my team, and we need to work together to take India forward,” the PM added.
Pioneered by the NITI Aayog, Champions of Change initiative is an initiative powered by the Indian government. It had divided the CEOs into groups which brainstormed on different issues: doubling of farmers’ incomes, creating cities of tomorrow, make in India, reforming the financial sector, world class infrastructure, and New India-2022.
The first edition of this initiative was held last week when a set of young entrepreneurs discussed similar issues which the country faces. The CEOs group included Rajiv Bajaj of Bajaj Auto, Nikhil Nanda of Escorts, Bunty Bohra of Goldman Sachs, Sanjay Nayar of KKR, Priya Nair of Hindustan Unilever, Avni Biyani of Future Retail, Sangeeta Reddy of Apollo Hospitals, Sanjeev Bikhchandani of Naukri.com and Sumant Sinha of ReNew Power.
