SESSIONS SPEAKERS TIME
Inauguration & Welcome address Dr. Kaustuv K. Bandyopadhyay Director, PRIA 1030-1050 hrs
Keynote Session 1:
 

“Learnings from COVID-19 experience” - Sharing of ideas and perspectives on:

¨ What we did well and what we fell short on?
¨ Why is it important to work together and collaborate to go further?
¨ Addressing Development Challenges and SDGs going forward
  • Smt. Rajashree Birla – Chairperson,
  • Aditya Birla Centre for Community Initiatives and Rural Development
  • Dr. Yasmin Ali Haque – India Representative, UNICEF
  • Shri Subroto Bagchi – Chairman, Odisha Skill Development Authority
  • Dr. Rajesh Tandon – Founder President, PRIA
  • Shri Amitabh Kant – CEO, NITI Aayog
 1050-1215 hrs (15 min each speaker)
Introduction to Collaborative Projects Dr. Kaustuv K. Bandyopadhyay 1215-1230 hrs

Parallel session 1:

Presentation of Collaborative projects and discussion on Rural Livelihoods, Migration sessions and Covid-19 Response

¨ What went well?
¨ What did not work?
¨ What does it take to work together?
  • Rural Livelihoods Agriculture Production Cluster Project (Odisha) - Govt. of Odisha, BRLF, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation & CSO Partners
  • Migration Challenges - Aajeevika Bureau, Samarthan – Centre for Development Support, and Martha Farrell Foundation
  • COVID-19 Response and Beyond – India Development Review, RCRC Coalition,Migrants Resilience Collaborative, COVID Action Collaborative
1230-1400 hrs (90 min each session)
Lunch 1400-1430 hrs
Keynote Session 2:

“Learnings from COVID-19 experience” - Sharing of ideas and perspectives on:

¨ What we did well and what we fell short on?
¨ Why is it important to work together and collaborate to go further?
Addressing Development Challenges and SDGs going forward
  • Introduction by Dr. Kaustuv K. Bandyopadhyay
  • Smt. Vidya Shah – Chairperson & CEO, EdelGive Foundation
  • Shri. Anshu Gupta – Founder and Director, Goonj
  • Shri. N.N. Sinha – Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development
  • Shri Binoy Acharya – Board Member - VANI; Founder Director, Unnati
 1430-1545 hrs
(12-15 mins each speaker; interaction)
Parallel Session 2:

Presentation of Collaborative projects and discussion on Education, Environment & Livelihoods, Health & Nutrition and Youthand Mental Health

¨ What went well?
¨ What did not work?
¨ What does it take to work together?
  • Introduction by Dr. Kaustuv K. Bandyopadhyay
  • Education – Govt. of Maharashtra, SEWA, Samvedna, UBS (TBC), Akashwani, and Pratham
  • NRM & Livelihoods - West Bengal ‘Usharmukti’ – Govt. of West Bengal, BRLF & CSO Partners
  • Chhattisgarh Mega Watershed – Govt. of Chhattisgarh, BRLF, ABF & CSO Partners
  • Health and Nutrition – DWCD (Govt. of Odisha), Care-India, and PHRN
  • Youth and Mental Health – Rural Development Trust, PRIA Youth, and Youth for Mental Health
1545-1745 hrs
(90 min each session)
SESSIONS SPEAKERS TIME
Welcome and opening comments/Summary of Day 1 Key takeaways Dr. Nivedita Narain Integrator, PRADAN 1000-1030 hrs
Future of Collaborations

Conversations with key representatives of stakeholder groups

  • Shri Jagadananda – Mentor & Co- Founder, CYSD
  • Smt. Mirai Chatterjee – Director, Social Security, SEWA
  • Shri Hari Menon – Country Director, India and Lead - Policy and Govt Relations, South & Southeast Asia, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  • Shri Anurag Behar – CEO, Azim Premji Foundation
  • Smt. Devanshi Vaid – Co-founder & Director, India Development Review
  • Dr. Muniraju – Deputy Adviser, Voluntary Action Cell, NITI Aayog
  • Shri Dilip Chenoy – Secretary General, FICCI
  • Moderator/ Facilitator – Shri Vijay Mahajan – CEO, Rajiv Gandhi Foundation; Co-founder PRADAN
 1030-1230 hrs
SAMAGAM 2020 Declaration & Vote of Thanks

Shri Narendranath Damodaran – Executive Director (PRADAN), Harshvrat Jaitli – CEO (VANI) with partners from NITI Aayog & FICCI

 1230-1330 hrs