CSR Conference in Asia
YMCA Tourist Hostel
Tentative Programme
Friday, 9 December 2005
9.00 – 9.30
9.30 – 10.30
Plenary Session
Registration and Welcome
Welcome - Mr. Simon Scarff, Chairperson, Business Community Foundation
Lighting of the Inaugural Lamp
Objectives for the Workshop - Dr. B. Shadrach, Director, OneWorld South Asia
Chief Guest - Shri B.S. Lalli, Secretary, Panchayati Raj Ministry will represent
the Hon'ble Minister
Corporate Responsibility: The Asian perspective
 What are the global dynamics of corporate responsibility? Mr. Mark
Runacres, Deputy High Commissioner, British High Commission
 The Asian Context: need to build strong institutions, understanding the
cultural context, encouraging leadership. Tarun Tejpal, Tehelka
Foundation
 Case study, Col.V.G. Deshmukh, Head, JBGVS Bajaj Auto
10.30 –10.45
10.45 – 11.30
Moderator: Mr N.S Katoch, Cadbury
Tea break
Panel Discussion: Corporate Responsibility- A Business necessity in Asia?
How can Asian business pursue competitiveness and growth on a global stage
whilst ensuring resource enhancement, environmental protection and social
development? How can corporate responsibility contribute to business success?
- Ms.Janet C. Blake, British Telecom
 BT Lifelines in Asia - India and Australia (including Katha project &
the Pune school) CSR – UK
- Ms. Madhu Kanoria, KCI
- Mr. Richard B. Saldanha, Head Times Foundation
- Mr. Navin Bhatia, Vice President & Head-Corporate Business, NIS-Sparta
- Mr. L. Raghavan Iyer, Sr. Mentor, BYST
Moderator - Mr Arun Seth, Managing Director, British Telecom India
11.30 – 13.00
The state of corporate responsibility progress in Asia
In this session we’ll assess the state of play. Which countries are doing
the most – and what are the emerging good policy frameworks. Short
presentations followed by a Q&A session. Hear independent, agenda-free
10 minute viewpoints on these regions:
o Singapore: Ms.Ho Yun Ping, Centre for CSR, Singapore
o India: Mr. Sachin Joshi, Center for Social Markets
o Nepal: Mr. Rajiv Pradhan, Lotus Opportunities
o Thailand: Mr. Jiranya Ratchinda, Kenan Asia
o Pakistan: Ms. Ambreen Waheed, Responsible Business Initiative
o Bangladesh: Mr.Sharmin S Arifa, CARE- Bangladesh
13.00- 13.45
13.45- 14.45
Moderator: Dr. K.Vijaya Lakshmi, Development Alternatives
Lunch Break
CSR Communication
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Mr.Rahul Nainwal, IVolunteer
Mr. Kannan, SPIC India
Youth Reach
M: Mr.S.K Singh, Sambhav
14.45- 15.00
15.00- 16.00
NGO-Corporate
partnership
Internal policies
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Mr.Dinesh
Agarwal,
NTPC
 Mr. Sandeep
Deshmukh,
Sampradaan
 Mr. Harry
Sethi, FICCISEDF
M: Dr. Archna
Kumar, Lady Irwin
College
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Ms. Rashmi
Paliwal, Head,
Balloons
Ms.Kalpana,
Gokaldas
Images
Mr. Ajay
Sharma,
Abhinav
Outsourcing
M: Sanjeev
Gupta,KRBL
Tea Break
 Corporate Responsibility Management approaches
A series of brief introductions to vital corporate responsibility issues
along with potential management responses and toolkits.
Mr. Ram Babu, Associate Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers
 Environmental management:
How can a business manage its environmental impacts? This section
covers corporate environmental management including tools like the ISO
14001 framework
Ms. Jill Carr Harris, LEAD
Moderator: Mr. Tarun Kumar, Xaar India
16.00- 17.15
Mission 2007: Response from the Private Sector
A Q & A session
with Corporates
Key Note Address & Moderator – Prof. S. Arunachalam, OneWorld South Asia
Trustee & Distinguished Fellow, MSSRF
Ms. Jayanti Ravi, Director, National Advisory Council, PM’s Office
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Government’s macro perspective on how a Multi Stake Holder Partnership could
be taken forward
Mr. Saurav Srivastava, Chairman Emeritus, NASSCOM & CEO XANSA
- How can MNCs and Corporates spot opportunities and trends to serve India’s poor
Corporates needs to stop thinking of India’s population at a Burden, and look at it as an
Opportunity – then a whole new world opens up.
Mr. V.V. Rajasekhar, Chief Information Officer, ITC Ltd. India
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Millions Use Internet Kiosks to Improve Farming, Health – and now Education
Mr. Jangoo Dalal, Country Manager, CISCO
- How should you change your business model to make it affordable to the Bottom-ofthe-pyramid. Is there a ‘Bottom of the Pyramid’ mental model ?
Mr. Shivendra Sharma, Executive Director, PlaNet Finance India
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Enhanced Livelihoods – eradication of poverty through profits
Saturday, 10 December 2005
09.00-11.30
OSWA Session
MDGs
Ms. Leena De Chakravarty, Manager, Business Development, Hole-inthe-Wall Education Ltd., NIIT
- Improvement of Literacy levels – Education focused at the rural and urban poor.
Dr.B.G. Mukhopadhyay, Dy. General Manager, Corporate Relations,
NABARD
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The NABARD Perspective
Mr. Sanjay Nath Singh, Resident Executive, Tata Steel Ltd. Delhi
- CSR Tata Steel.
Mr. Praveen Kumar, Strategic Adviser, N-Logue, Delhi.
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How can corporates see opportunities in providing Education & Health Care to
rural/urban markets
Dr. Abhay Bang, Director, Society for Education, Action & Research in
Community Health (SEARCH)
- Reducing child mortality in rural communities
11.30- 11.45
11.45-12.45
Tea Break
Corporate responsibility models for Asia
This interactive session will explore the development of CR models that are
applicable at regional or country levels. Is there a need for a dedicated
country-specific model for India/ South Asia?
CR Models in Asia – Similarities and differences
 Jasuri Jiravistakul, Kenan Institute Asia
Developing a CR model for India
 Viraf Mehta, Partners in Change
12.45- 13.00
Moderator : Mr. Mathew Cherian, CEO HelpAge India
Soft Launch of Lifelines India Project
13.00- 13.30
13.30
OneWorld South Asia/British Telecom/CISCO
 Next Steps for CSR - Amita Joseph, Director, BCF
 Vote of Thanks – Veronica Peris, Prog. Coordinator OneWorld
South Asia
Lunch