ABP Network Ideas Of India Summit 2023 Draws To A Close. See You Again Next Year

Ideas of India Summit 2023: The second edition of the ABP Network 'Ideas of India Summit' concluded on Saturday, with a wide array of leaders deliberating on what constitutes 'Naya India'.

ABP News Bureau Last Updated: 25 Feb 2023 11:41 PM
Ideas Of India 2023 Draws To A Close

ABP Network’s Ideas Of India Summit 2023 has come to a close now. The two-day event saw a host of eminent personalities sharing their views and ideas for a ‘Naya India’, which was the theme for this year.


In his vote of thanks, CEO Avinash Pandey said the summit will be back next year and promised it will be “even bigger and better”.





Ideas Of India Live - Michelin Star Chef Vikas Khanna Talks About Serving PM Modi

Ideas Of India Live - Chef Vikas Khanna Takes The Stage

Chef-author-filmmaker Vikas Khanna takes the stage.

Ideas Of India Live - ABP Network CEO Avinash Pandey Delivers 'Vote Of Thanks'

Ideas Of India Live - BJP Is Playing Divide-And-Rule Game: Kavitha Kalvakuntla

"The BJP is playing the divide-and-rule game, said BRS leader. "My entire family was fighting on the streets even when Telangana wasn't even a state," she added.

Ideas Of India Live - AAP Was Born On Streets Of This Country To Fight Corrupt Regime: Raghav Chadha

"This party was born on the streets of this country to fight the corrupt regime," said AAP's Raghav Chadha.

Ideas Of India Live - Raghav Chadha, Priyanka Chaturvedi, Kavitha Kalvakuntla, Poonam Mahajan Take The Stage

Raghav Chadha, Priyanka Chaturvedi and Kavitha Kalvakuntla take the stage

Ideas Of India Live - I Am Still Learning: Yami Gautam On Being Part Of Film Industry

Yami Gautam discussed about her roles in industry and said, "I am still learning".

Ideas Of India Live - Bollywood Actor Yami Gautam Takes The Charge

Bollywood Actress Yami Gautam takes the charge for 'Making It Big.'

Ideas Of India Live - India To Become Global Automobile Manufacturing Hub In 5 Years: Nitin Gadkari

"India to become global automobile manufacturing hub in 5 years," said Nitin Gadkari.

Ideas Of India Live - Performance Audit Is More Important Than Financial Audit: Nitin Gadkari

"Financial audit is important but performance audit is more important," said Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways.

Ideas Of India Live - Good Governance And Development Is What We Aim For: Nitin Gadkari

"Good governance and development is what we aim for," said Gadkari.

Ideas Of India Live - Union minister Nitin Gadkari Takes The Stage

Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari takes the charge.

Ideas Of India Live - Our Biggest Property Is Bal Thackeray's Ideology: Eknath Shinde On Shiv Sena

"Balasaheb's ideologies are enough for us to carry his legacy forward, we do not need the party symbol and name," said Maharashtra CM Shinde.


 

Ideas Of India Live - Gadkari Sahab Toh Hamare Hi Hain: Eknath Shinde

While showering his praise on Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari and talking about infrastructure development in Maharashtra, CM Eknath Shinde said, "Gadkari Sahab Toh Hamare Hi Hain."

Ideas Of India Live - We Are Getting Enough Support From Centre: CM Eknath Shinde

CM Eknath Shinde said, "we are getting enough support from centre and Prime Minister Narendra Modi supports us".

Ideas Of India Live - Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde Takes The Stage

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde takes the stage.

Ideas Of India Live - Making A Film In India Is Like Going To 'Chor Bazaar': Shekhar Kapur

"Making a film in India is like going to 'Chor Bazaar'," said Shekhar Kapur on making movie in India.

Ideas Of India Live - Creation Of Content Is Going To Be Worth A Trillion Dollars: Shekhar Kapur

"Technology changes constantly and the way in which content is disseminated today has made films much cheaper. Creation of content is going to be worth a trillion dollars," he said.

Ideas Of India Live - Filmmaker Shekhar Kapur Takes The Stage

Filmmaker and Actor Shekhar Kapur takes the stage

Ideas Of India Live - My Mother Caught Me Making Videos And Posting Them On Social Media: Meethika Dwivedi

While sharing her views, Meethika Dwivedi said, "My Mother Caught Me Making Videos And Posting Them On Social Media".

Ideas Of India Live - Comedian & Content Creators Meethika Dwivedi, Saloni Gaur, RJ Karishma Take The Stage

Comedian and Content Creators Meethika Dwivedi, Saloni Gaur, RJ Karishma take the stage

Ideas Of India Live - Everyone Should Dream Big: Kriti Sanon

"I feel we should dream big and never get satisfied to be able to achieve more," said actress.

Ideas Of India Live - It takes a role like Mimi to get the talent out: Kriti Sanon

"I don't like the term serious actor... it takes a role like Mimi to get the talent out. The character had a lot of range": Kriti Sanon.

Ideas Of India Live - I feel we should dream big: Kriti Sanon

I feel we should dream big and never get satisfied to be able to achieve more: Kriti Sanon

Ideas Of India Live - My journey in films so far has been magical: Kriti Sanon

My journey in films so far has been magical: Kriti Sanon

Ideas Of India Live - Prof Vinay Lal on Hindutva

"Hinduism is like a Banyan Tree, it's very capacious and that is exactly what the ideologues in Hindutva do not like. They do not like its capaciousness. They want a Hinduism very much like the religion of their adversary, they want a monotheistic religion that has one book": Prof Vinay Lal

Ideas Of India Live - Govt's present project in India is to turn us both into proper Indian subjects and proper Hindus: Vinay Lal

The present project in India is to turn us both into proper Indian subjects of the nation-state and into proper Hindus well: Prof Vinay Lal.

Ideas Of India Live - India is a Nation-state within which there are many nations: Vinay Lal

One can say India is a Nation-state within which there are many nations, this distinction is somewhere elementary but an important distinction to make: Vinay Lal

Ideas Of India Live - Indian govt's present project involves collapse of Civilization into a nation-state: Vinay lal

The government's present project also involves the collapse of Civilization into the nation-state because fundamentally there is a realisation that it is only as a nation-state that you can earn any kind of capital in the world. You can no longer or any kind of cultural capital by proclaiming yourself a great civilisation.. This is the relisation of Mohandas Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse had. He made it very clear that one of the reasons Gandhi had to be eliminated was because he was an obstacle to the emergence of India as a muscular Nation-state: Vinay Lal

Ideas Of India Live - Present project of Indian Govt is to suggest that Indian Civilization has been a Vedic Civilization: Vinay Lal

The present project of the government of India is to trace India's history to 5000 years, it is it to trace it to 12000 years and to suggest that this Civilization has been essentially a Vedic Civilization right from that period of time: Vinay Lal

Ideas Of India Live - A nation-state is different from civilisation: Prof Vinay Lal

A nation-state is different from civilisation. India as a nation-state, is a very young entity and as nation-state, it can only be like any other nation-state. There can be cosmetic differences but it is only one way of being a nation-state, being muscular, being protective of your borders, being intolerant of immigrants: Prof Vinay Lal

Ideas Of India Live - Professor Vinay Lal speaks on The Many Identities of India - The Pluralist Vision

Vinay Lal, Historian and Professor, UCLA speaks on The Many Identities of India - The Pluralist Vision

Ideas Of India Live: Vikas Divyakirti's advice to students to learn from life

Learn from life, learn from your friends. Speak to your friends... Becoming IAS should be a part of your life, it should not become your entire life: Vikas Divyakirti 

Ideas Of India Live - Vikas Divyakirti on Overconfidence vs Underconfidence

Overconfidence is more dangerous when you are in a powerful position. However, if you are living at a normal level, underconfidence can be more problematic: Vikas Divyakirti 

Ideas Of India Live - 'Mugging is only 10-15% of IAS preparation': Vikas Divyakirti 

"Mugging is only 10-15% of IAS preparation, the rest is about understanding": Vikas Divyakirti 

Ideas Of India Live - Vikas Divyakirti on his viral videos and popularity

I don't have any personal life as such anymore. Several senior people like a Union Cabinet Minister told me they learn from my classes: Vikas Divyakirti on his viral videos and popularity.

Ideas Of India Live - I don't like my students touching my feet: Vikas Divyakirti

I want only my son to touch people's feet, to learn that one needs to bow down in life. I am a scientific man, I don't believe in blessings but I feel it brings humility. I don't like my students touching my feet: Vikas Divyakirti.

Ideas Of India Live: Vikas Divyakirti on use of humour in teaching

General attention span is 1 minute, it can be extended 40-50 minutes. We teach for 3 hours so it becomes important to refresh students. We use humour to do it. However, it shouldn't become too distracting and it shouldn't target vulnerable sections of society targeting women, LGBT, caste backgrounds: Vikas Divyakirti

Ideas Of India Live - 'English is overvalued': Vikas Divyakirti

When we take mock IAS interviews, we presume someone with English Hons background may be intelligent and we are proven wrong sometimes. If someone comes with Hindi or Urdu background, it takes him 10 minutes to prove himself worthy: Vikas Divyakirti says 'English is overvalued'.

Ideas Of India Live - Vikas Divyakirti emphasises parental training

If a child dies by suicide, it's the society killing him. Society makes parents its agents, they have their own pressure. They have to understand if they thrust that pressure on their child they are not being good parents. Parents need training: Vikas Divyakirti

Ideas Of India Live - Vikas Divyakirti emphasises parental training

If a child dies by suicide, it's the society killing him. Society makes parents its agents, they have their own pressure. They have to understand if they thrust that pressure on their child they are not being good parents. Parents need training: Vikas Divyakirti

Ideas Of India Live - Vikas Divyakirti on his most satisfying teaching experience

A girl came to me and told me she was raped, she told me I can share the incident with the rest of the world except for my parents. I want to become a police officer to ensure this doesn't happen with anyone else: Vikas Divyakirti on his most satisfying teaching experience.

I don't think I am making India's future, I am only enabling students to join IAS: Vikas Divyakirti, Founder, Drishti IAS

'I don't think I am making India's future, I am only enabling students to join IAS: Vikas Divyakirti, Founder, Drishti IAS

Minorities are defined in India as religious groups which are not Hindu: Prof Mahmood Mamdani

Minorities are defined in India as religious groups which are not Hindu, meaning religion is politicised. There are hundered of minorities in India but they are not of significance politically. This happens in whole of Asia: Prof Mahmood Mamdani

Ideas Of India Live - The Nazi Project is global: Prof Mahmood Mamdani

Now America supported the project for a homeland for Jews outside of Europe. The Nazi Project continued, in my view it's global. Permanent minorities today exist everywhere and the national state is considered a worthy goal: Prof Mahmood Mamdani

Ideas Of India Live - Americans reproduced the Nazi political project in Eastern Europe & in Germany: Prof Mahmood Mamdani

I would caution not to exceptionalise the Nazi project. It was to purify Germany, to rid Germany of all minorities. The first minorities were the Jews but they were not the only minority, there were others. When Nazi party was defeated and Americans came in and the nuremberg trials were held, there was no questioning of politicial project of Nazis, they started identifying individual nazis who committed war crimes... they reproduced the Nazi political project in Eastern Europe by throwing out ethnic minorities and in Germany itself, by not re-integrating jews in Germany: Prof Mahmood Mamdani

Ideas Of India Live - Prof Mahmood Mamdani on Steve Biko's contribution in creating 'black consciousness'

In South Africa, you had anti-apartheid organisations. You had the African National Congress, Gandhi's Indian National Congress, the coloured people's Congress, and the Congress of democrats. The interesting thing is all of them organised their particular race, they accepted as natural the political architecture of apartheid that was true until the 1970s. It's only in 1970, Steve Biko comes and creates black consciousness. He said black is not a color, black is an experience. If you are opressed, you are black and Steve Piko breaks down the racial walls between Indians, coloreds, and Africans: Prof Mahmood Mamdani

Ideas Of India Live - We are not prisoners of history, we are shaped by history: Prof Mahmood Mamdani

I don't think we are prisoners of history, but I think we are shaped by history. There are choices: Prof Mahmood Mamdani

Ideas Of India Live - An immigrant is always both an outsider and an insider: Prof Mahmood Mamdani

An immigrant is always both an outsider and an insider and that privilege allows to be both self-critical and to take all insider claims with a pinch of salt: Prof Mahmood Mamdani

Ideas Of India Live - Academician Mahmood Mamdani discusses 'The Nation State and its Permanent Minorities - From the US to Israel'

Mahmood Mamdani, Academician, Author, Political Commentator and Herbert Lehman Professor of Government at Columbia University discusses 'The Nation State and its Permanent Minorities - From the US to Israel'.

Ideas Of India Live - Inclusive growth is very important: SENCO Gold & Diamonds MD & CEO Suvankar Sen

"Inclusive growth is very important. It has to happen overall through franchises working with kaarigars, training them with technology and upskilling them because it is in their blood but it is about adoption of technology: SENCO Gold & Diamonds MD & CEO Suvankar Sen

Ideas Of India Live - Govt should work for building a Brand India: SENCO Gold & Diamonds MD & CEO Suvankar Sen

Govt should work for building a Brand India which should stand for quality and design. We have a long history of art and craftsmanship: SENCO Gold & Diamonds MD & CEO Suvankar Sen


It's time for Indian jewellery brands to start expanding and the world will want to own a piece of Made-In-India jewellery, he added

Ideas Of India Live - SENCO Gold & Diamonds CEO Suvankar Sen on role of tech in making jewellery for new generation

In terms of digital gold, for the new gen the risk of storing gold goes away. For as low as Rs 250, one can buy gold and we store it for the customer: SENCO Gold & Diamonds MD & CEO Suvankar Sen


There's a lot of demand for Lab-grown diamonds worldwide. In the US, there is a need for such products which are environmentally friendly, we have become the largest exporter of lab-grown cut 7 polished diamonds, he added.

We're working with govt so that consumption goes up for new gen customer: SENCO Gold & Diamonds MD & CEO Suvankar Sen

As an industry we have been working with govt so that consumption goes up for the new gen customer as jewellery is a real asset: SENCO Gold & Diamonds MD & CEO Suvankar Sen

Ideas Of India Live - There is no shortcut to success: Gallant Group Chairman & MD Chandra Agrawal

There is no shortcut to success, it requires hard work and dedication. Your aim for your goals has to be like that of Arjuna. Challenges will come up, but one needn't get disheartened by them: Gallant Group Chairman & MD Chandra Agrawal

Ideas Of India Live: Gallant Group Chairman & MD Chandra Agrawal on GST

With GST, there has been a relaxation with respect to multiple compliances. But the multiple slabs should be reduced to three: Gallant Group Chairman & MD Chandra Agrawal


We are asked to pay the GST amount that we have already paid, the government is imposing on us its incompetency in collecting the amounts. There are no guidelines, there must be some redressal system regarding it, he added.


Those honestly paying taxes will be made to steal from the system if they are made to pay the same amount twice, he stressed.

Ideas Of India Live - Gallant Group MD Chandra Agrawal stresses need for infrastructure

Without infrastructure, any ideas or talk regarding development (Vikas) is futile: Gallant Group MD Chandra Agrawal

Ideas Of India Live - Situation in terms of goods traffic movement needs improving: Gallant Group MD Chandra Agrawal

"The situation in terms of goods traffic movement needs improving. The infrastructure needs boosting up, Why not Vande Bharat train for goods traffic movement?": Gallant Group Chairman & MD Chandra Agrawal

Ideas Of India Live - Industry has a major role to play in making India a $5 trillion economy: Gallant Group Chairman & MD Chandra Agrawal

The growth that India can achieve with agriculture is limited and to be a 5 trillion economy, industry has a major role to play in it. Growth of industry will improve people's standard of living here: Gallant Group Chairman & MD Chandra Agrawal

Ideas Of India Live - Several people in India have started from the ground-up to touch the skies: Gallant Group Chairman & MD Chandra Agrawal Says

Several people in India have started from the ground-up to touch the skies, and the journey of Gallant group is ongoing: Chandra Prakash Agrawal, Chairman & Managing Director, Gallant Group of Industries.

Ideas Of India Live - I am satisfied with the growth of Gallant Group of Industries: Gallant Group Chairman & MD Chandra Agrawal

 I am satisfied with the growth of Gallant Group of Industries: Chandra Prakash Agrawal, Chairman & Managing Director, Gallant Group of Industries.

Ideas Of India Live - SBS Group Founder Sanjeev Juneja on fulfilling dreams

Having dreams is important, it's important to be adamant to fulfill them, however, choose a middle path... Never make the mistake of walking a traditionally set path: SBS Group Founder Sanjeev Juneja

Ideas Of India Live - We should seize our share of happiness ethically: SBS Group Founder Sanjeev Juneja

We should seize our share of happiness ethically, believe in love and positivity: SBS Group Founder Sanjeev Juneja

Ideas Of India Live - Product is more important than marketing: SBS Group Founder Sanjeev Juneja

Both product and marketing are important, but the product is most important and its positioning is also key: SBS Group Founder Sanjeev Juneja

Ideas Of India Live - Learn from mistakes and then invest in making your brand big: SBS Group Founder Sanjeev Juneja

Do small pilot runs for your products as small mistakes can be manageable. Ensure the product's efficacy, learn from mistakes, and then invest in making it big: SBS Group Founder Sanjeev Juneja

Ideas Of India Live - Result-oriented products become brands: SBS Group Founder Sanjeev Juneja

Result-oriented products become brands and the masses accept them. It's easier to start with one hero product/hero and extend that further. Consistent effort is needed to maintain success: SBS Group Founder Sanjeev Juneja

Ideas Of India Live - SBS Group Founder Sanjeev Juneja on naming 'Kesh King'

Girls are more generous so they can accept 'King', but boys' egos can get hurt if they are asked to apply 'Kesh Queen': SBS Group Founder Sanjeev Juneja on naming 'Kesh King'

Ideas Of India Live - Finding new categories in businesses is way to make new India: SBS Group Founder Sanjeev Juneja

Finding new categories, new businesses the way to make new India: SBS Group Founder Sanjeev Juneja

Ideas Of India Live - Path to success is step-to-step process: SBS Group Founder Sanjeev Juneja

The path to success is step-to-step process, you can't directly step on the last pedestal as you won't learn the lessons that come along the way: SBS Group Founder Sanjeev Juneja

Ideas Of India Live - No institute can teach you what struggle teaches you, SBS Group Founder Sanjeev Juneja says

No institute can teach you what struggle teaches you, SBS Group Founder Sanjeev Juneja says

Ideas Of India Live - SBS Group Founder Sanjeev Juneja discusses 'India Inc. - Building Tomorrow's Economy' with Gul Panag

SBS Group Founder Sanjeev Juneja discusses 'India Inc. - Building Tomorrow's Economy' with Gul Panag.

Ideas Of India Live - Percussionist Bickram Ghosh charms the gathering with his fantastic tabla performance

Percussionist Bickram Ghosh charms the gathering with his fantastic tabla performance

Ideas Of India Live - Sarod Artists Amaan Ali Bangash & Ayaan Ali Bangash perform along with percussionist Bickram Ghosh

Sarod Artists Amaan Ali Bangash & Ayaan Ali Bangash perform along with Percussionist Bickram Ghosh and enthrall viewers with their performance on 'Ekla Chalo Re'.

Ideas Of India Live - Indian rhythm has a tremendous tradition, a fantastic history of understanding it as life: Percussionist Bickram Ghosh

Ryhtmn in its essence cuts across nations, cut across pretty much anything but Indian rhythm, in particular, has a tremendous tradition, has a fantastic history of understanding Rhythm as life. So the whole concept of the circular Ridam which is the taala structure... Indian Rhythm was thought of in that way connecting it to the cosmos because it's a very very old tradition and rhythm in India is a philosophy. It's not just a beat or a groove so in that context the way we see Taala is so refined: Percussionist Bickram Ghosh 

Ideas Of India Live - A Guru or a mentor can only convey the path to you: Sarod Artist Ayaan Ali Bangash

A Guru or a mentor can only convey the path to you but I think the realisation of the sense of responsibility has to come from within. I don't think that can be kind of thrown upon. If you don't feel it, then don't do it: Sarod Artist Ayaan Ali Bangash

Ideas Of India Live - Indian classical music is connected with spirituality: Sarod Artist Amaan Ali Bangash

I think it has to do with culture because our music is more about you know what we have heard from the great Ustads and Pandits, what we learned from them. It's to do with spirituality. I think Indian classical music is connected with spirituality: Sarod Artist Amaan Ali Bangash on the humility of classical artists.

Ideas Of India Live - Percussionist Bickram Ghosh on why rhythms are calming

If you think of what is the most powerful relaxation tool that today for many people is chanting, chanting is a cycle of rhythm. Anything that you hear or speak that you like has a rhythm. The rhythm may not be overpowering but the rhythm is there nevertheless. I think that if you get the rhythm right and it vibrates to your heartbeat, there is something very calming about it: Percussionist Bickram Ghosh

Ideas Of India Live - The companionship of music kept me going through difficult times in past 2 years: Shubha Mudgal

The companionship of music kept me going through difficult times in past 2 years, even near-death experiences. It's possible that companionship of music provides unconditional healing and support: Shubha Mudgal

Ideas Of India Live - Percussionist Bickram Ghosh, Classical Vocalist Shubha Mudgal, Sarod Artists Amaan Ali Bangash & Ayaan Ali Bangash on stage

Percussionist Bickram Ghosh, Classical Vocalist Shubha Mudgal, and Sarod Artists Amaan Ali Bangash & Ayaan Ali Bangash discuss 'Art for Heart - The Healing Power of Genius'

Ideas Of India Live - Nandita Das and Mira Nair on their Idea of India

"India is not one India. It's cliched to say 'unity in diversity', but I grew up in an India which was so inherently diverse, there was no desire to put it in any one framework. I never felt the need to kind of even define it because by defining you are kind of limiting India. India is everything. You have the most progressive ideas here and you will have the most traditional and regressive ones," Nandita Das said.


"We are a syncretic culture, we are syncretic country or we were more of one than we are now and that ability to be and take and to absorb and to fluidly encompass its culture, its language, especially for me music is a very important source of just that inspiration that I feed myself with," Mira Nair said.

Ideas Of India Live - Nandita Das on casting Kapil Sharma in Zwigato

"The film is about the small losses of dignity that people face that we don't realise, but you know the small acts of indignation," Nandita Das said.


On casting comedian Kapil Sharma, she added: "I don't have a TV and never watch his show but something popped up as the say serendipitously on my screen when he and Karan Johar were representing some award function I looked at him and said he looks like such a normal person. In the film industry, you have people who really look like actors or there are those who don't but then you kind of know what they are going to do there is a certain predictability that has come because they have been doing all these realistic roles. There was something about him, it was very vulnerable and real. Even though he is no more an ordinary man, the jokes he was making about ordinary people, they had a connect. So I just found this number and reached out to him."

Ideas Of India Live - Nandita Das reveals how 'Zwigato' began as film concept

Nandita Das reveals how 'Zwigato' began as an anthology that didn't materalise and she made it about the story of one delivery man. "It came not only about the food delivery rider but his family, his wife, his children, and many other people who form our world and have remained so invisible, the watchman, the nanny... It's not a blame game on big companies, not a blame game on the consumers. It's really a slice of life in 4 days," she said.

Ideas Of India Live - Salaam Bombay' was a life and death story: Mira Nair

"Salaam Bombay' was a life and death story. No one knew me, no one had the money for me. I got a little Grant of $150,000 from NFDC for which they suck my blood dry, but they gave me the money. I went to a channel in England that matched that money and that was the money with which I started the film. But the point was that I didn't want to apologize for the cinema, I didn't want to say I am from the third world and that's why it looks out of focus. I blew the entire 300,000$ on 35mm cameras, on great diffusion, and good lighting but on the streets with the children, having no money really to finish the film and post-production. Wwhich is where the French came and I would shoot in the morning and at night I would raise money on the phone... It was really difficult and I didn't know from one day to next if we would shoot": Mira Nair


"It was brutal but also beautiful because I got to tell it exactly my way," he added.

There are stories that compel you to tell them: Nandita Das on taking the plunge into direction

"I was a hesitant actor, an actor who thought that films were a means to an end, it just give me opportunities through my films and through the platform that it offered, to talk about things. But I think when you are on various and some sets where you think 'I could tell that story better', I have to admit sometimes you feel that. Also, there are stories that compel you to tell them. For me 'Firaq' my first film happened after the Gujarat carnage in 2002, the first time we saw images on television of that violence and what I was more intrigued by was that when the obvious violence finishes, everything that lingers on": Nandita Das on taking the plunge into direction.

Ideas Of India Live - Filmmakers Mira Nair and Nandita Das discuss their directorial career

Filmmakers Mira Nair and Nandita Das join Vir Sanghvi in discussing "Director's Cut: Telling Original Stories".

Ideas Of India Live: Ola Cabs CEO Bhavish Aggarwal on his idea of India

Vasudeva Kutumbhakam is our ethos and that is the future of India. India has always been a place where multiple ideas are welcome, where you can find the best idea because there is debate and because there is discussion about all formats of contribution to society. Be it technology, Be it science, Be it humanity and that's where I feel India's contribution to the world will be. I feel we are at the early stages of a massive renaissance for India: Ola Cabs CEO Bhavish Aggarwal

Ideas Of India Live - Ola Cabs CEO Bhavish Aggarwal pushes for adopting AI

New types of jobs will get created because of AI and productivity will enhance for the whole economy and that has to be the journey. We should adopt AI and make sure that we are the most productive economy in the world. We don't have to go through the same linear curve, we can leapfrog and become the first adopters of new technology and be more productive that everybody else: Ola Cabs CEO Bhavish Aggarwal

Ideas Of India Live - Ola is not a company where you come for a 9 to 5 job: Ola Cabs CEO

"I am not here to rest, my motivation is not money but to make companies that are transformative and impact the country. This cannot be achieved with a work-life balance. Ola is not a company where you come for a 9 to 5 job.  We are very clear in that our proposition to employees is come join us and change the world, change India, create a legacy for yourself and that's not for the average person," Ola Cabs CEO said.


Businesses exist to create impact and to create impact for all stakeholders starting with society, then shareholders, then customers, employees, everybody, and the culture has to be an input towards creating that output of creating an impact and that's the culture we have," he added.

Ideas Of India Live - Indian govt is most strategic in the world in setting up right policies and encouraging EVS: Ola Cabs CEO

The government has been a big enabler for industry growth. For example, in EV sector, I feel the Indian government is the most strategic in the world in setting up the right policies and encouraging EVS, putting an incentive structure for the customer and for companies like us": Ola Cabs CEO Bhavish Aggarwal


"We try to be ahead of the curve in terms of safety," he added.

Ideas Of India Live - We Intended To Make An Impact, Do Something For Country: Ola Cabs CEO Bhavish Aggarwal

We set up an all-women's factory and also took up many more challenges. We have 3,000 young women working in our factory and the factory that we are building, we have built Phase 1 which we constructed in record time in less than 8 months from buying the land in February 2021, 2 years ago, to making the first scooter in October: Ola Cabs CEO Bhavish Aggarwal.

Ideas Of India Live - Automotive is one of the toughest industries, India's industrial base depends on it: Ola Cabs CEO Bhavish Aggarwal

"Automotive is one of the toughest industries, it is the cornerstone of industrial society... India's industrial base depends on the automotive industry": Ola Cabs CEO Bhavish Aggarwal

Ideas Of India Live - Ola Cabs CEO Bhavish Aggarwal on raising 5 Billion dollar investment in company

We have big ambition, we have raised a lot of money, but the business has also grown. Today, Ola is three businesses, Our ride-sharing business is profitable: Ola Cabs CEO Bhavish Aggarwal on raising 5 Billion dollar investment in the company.

Ideas Of India Live - Ola Cabs CEO Bhavish Aggarwal on quitting his Microsoft Job to start his entrepreneurial journey

My satisfaction was not in just doing a job. I wanted a more creative outlet to build what I wanted to build in terms of a company: Ola Cabs CEO Bhavish Aggarwal on quitting his Microsoft Job to start his entrepreneurial journey with Ola.

Ideas Of India Live - Lessons of hard work, first principles thinking stayed with him: Ola Cabs CEO Bhavish Aggarwal

Ola Cabs CEO Bhavish Aggarwal says lessons of hard work and first principles thinking has stayed with him. 

Ideas Of India Live - We Intended To Make An Impact, Do Something For Country: Ola Cabs CEO Bhavish Aggarwal

"I come from Ludhiana, We had a very middle-class upbringing. We had the intent to make an impact and do something for the country": Ola Cabs CEO Bhavish Aggarwal

Ideas Of India Live - Bhavish Aggarwal, Co-Founder and CEO, Ola Cabs rides in on-stage

Bhavish Aggarwal, Co-Founder and CEO, Ola Cabs rides in on-stage

Ideas Of India Live - Clinical Psychologist Ashis Nandy on Mahatma Gandhi's quote on 'hard-heartedness of the educated'

"The hard-heartedness of the educated is partly because they have a larger wrench of self-justification, it acts as a safety work for them. They have acquired an ideology where fights within for recognition, for the sake of ideology, you are killing for the future of the society": Clinical Psychologist Ashis Nandy

Ideas Of India Live - Everybody Is A Potential Killer, Everybody Is A Potential Victim: Clinical Psychologist Ashis Nandy

"To me everybody is a potential killer and everybody is a potential victim": Clinical Psychologist Ashis Nandy

Ideas Of India Live - Clinical Psychologist Ashis Nandy on rioting

On rioting, Clinical Psychologist Ashis Nandy Clinical Psychologist Ashis Nandy said: "This kind of cruel violence comes when two parties are not strangers but are very close to each other. In Punjab, the Hindus and Muslims were very closely intertwined. Where intimacy and closeness come, that leads to more cruelty and violence"

Ideas Of India Live - Humans are not genetically programmed to kill: Clinical Psychologist Ashis Nandy

"The victims do have their way of internalising what they are victims of and it is our job to give this message to the victims that they are not only victims, they are in some sense, a partial copy of the killers/oppressors. Until they become conscious of this fact, there is no escape from this chain of killing": Clinical Psychologist Ashis Nandy 


Humans are not genetically programmed to kill, he added.

Ideas Of India Live - 'Psychopaths are often psychotic, killing has its own costs': Clinical Psychologist Ashis Nandy

"Psychopaths are often psychotic, killing has its own costs": Clinical Psychologist Ashis Nandy

Most killers in partition violence are all psychologically bent, they are living with their past: Clinical Psychologist Ashis Nandy

In my study of partition violence, we ran into several killers, and over the period of 20-25 years, I have met only one killer who seemed to me a normal functioning individual the rest are different variations of the kind of killers I would expect to meet who are themselves in the process of killing lost: Clinical Psychologist Ashis Nandy


The one exception had the attitude of fighting a war, they were attacked and they hit back, and they resisted. The rest are all psychologically bent, they are living with their past and many of them have not lived a very happy life, he added.

Ideas Of India Live - Violence Takes Enormous Toll On The Killers: Clinical Psychologist Ashis Nandy

Violence takes enormous toll on the killers: Ashis Nandy, Sociologist and Clinical Psychologist

Ideas Of India Live - Those who fail are those who don't even try: NV sir

Those who fail are those who don't even try: NV sir

Ideas Of India Live - NV sir advises students to prepare for boards

If boards are a parameter for the world, we have to perform on criteria agreed upon world over, NV sir said, as he advises students to prepare for boards well.

Ideas Of India Live - Govt regulatory body should be formed for Ed-tech, coaching institutes: NV Sir

Govt regulatory body should be formed for Ed-tech, coaching institutes like other education institutes. There is a need for changing education processes. We have to understand that education processes are changing every 5 years. We have to make students capable of learning and adapting to new changes: NV sir.

Ideas Of India Live - Clearing IIT or becoming doctor is not criteria for success: NV sir

Clearing IIT or becoming doctor is not criteria for success, it is to be disciplined and focus on one goal: NV sir.


The day we begin to love our struggle, we will begin achieving, he stressed highlighting the difference between struggle and sadness. 

Ideas Of India Live - We shouldn't be seen as competitors of schools, we should be seen as specialists: NV Sir

We are experts in science-based competitive exams. We shouldn't be seen as competitors of schools, we should be seen as specialists: NV Sir


"Kota is not a factory, it has made impressive contribution of engineers and doctors to the country," he added.

Ideas Of India Live - NV Sir on being fired for too popular among students

NV Sir reveals the time when he was fired from an institute for being too popular among students. He called it a "turning point" in his life and about 2,000 students gathered in front of his house insisting that they want to be taught by him.

Ideas Of India Live - A Teacher Should Carve Stars From Average Students Who Have Zeal: NV Sir

"A teacher should carve stars from average students who have zeal: NV sir.

I was scared of physics when I was preparing for IIT, I scored 0, now I want every student to score full marks: NV sir

I was scared of physics when I was preparing for IIT, I scored 0 in my first test. I worked hard and now I want every student to score full marks: NV sir.

Ideas Of India Live - Nitin Vijay takes the stage

Nitin Vijay ‘NV Sir’, CEO & Founder, Motion Education Pvt. Ltd. takes the stage to discuss 'Friction, Action, Reaction - How to Conquer Failure'

Ideas Of India Live - Climate change itself is a kind of war against the world's poor: Amitav Ghosh

Climate change itself is a geopolitical contest, it's a kind of war against the world's poor: Amitav Ghosh

Ideas Of India Live - Amitav Ghosh on disruption in Punjab

Punjab has been very much disrupted not only by climate change but also by certain patterns of agriculture. The green revolution was seen to be a huge boon, but now it turns out to be one of the phenomena, the unintended consequences of which have been disastrous in the long run: Amitav Ghosh




Ideas Of India Live - If a major cyclone hits Mumbai, it would be catastrophic: Amitav Ghosh

"The most important impacts of climate change is that the Arabian sea is heating up incredibly fast, the Bay of Bengal is also heating up fast but the Arabian Sea heating up even faster, so cyclones are essentially heat engines. You will have noticed that in the last 10 years, there have been many more cyclones in the Arabian Sea region": Amitav Ghosh


"Image what will happen if a major category 4 or 5 hits Mumbai... Mumbai has no protection at all. If a major cyclone hits Mumbai, it would be catastrophic," he added.

Ideas Of India Live - Author Amitav Ghosh on Mumbai

Mumbai was 6 islands. The Portuguese had that the common sense not to build on Islands, they actually made their base in Vasai, which is on the mainland. But the British tried to reclaim parts of Mumbai and joined the 6 islands together over the period of 100 years or so. Now these islands were reclaimed from the sea. The water never gives anything up willingly and these islands are going to go back to the sea: Author Amitav Ghosh on Mumbai.

Ideas Of India Live - India has wholeheartedly adopted model of extractiveism in relation to environment: Author Amitav Ghosh

Unfortunately what we see today is that India has wholeheartedly adopted this model of a kind of extractiveism in relation to the environment which is going to lead to absolute disaster. You can just see it again in Bombay, the Coastal Road you know which is going ahead despite the fact that we know that this coast is incredibly threatened by sea level rise: Author Amitav Ghosh

Ideas Of India Live - Author Amitav Ghosh on Capitalism

"Capitalism is the greatest market failure of all time. you know especially in relation to climate change. How can you actually expect people who are told that greed is good and people who are told that you know just go out there and make money for your shareholders to care about the environment & land, they obviously don't": Author Amitav Ghosh said.


"A lot of capitalists talk a lot of greenwashing," he adds.

Ideas Of India Live - Climate change manifests itself as slow violence, incredible demographic shift: Author Amitav Ghosh

The difficulty with climate change is that climate change doesn't always manifest itself in extreme events rather it's what has been called slow violence, people are driven away from their lands over long periods of time, and an incredible demographic shift has occurred in India which unfortunately passes largely unnoticed": Author Amitav Ghosh

Ideas Of India Live - There is incredible suffering in India because of climate change': Author Amitav Ghosh

"We are in the centres which have made in today's India a dynamic economy but all around the margins of this country there is incredible suffering that is coming because of climate change": Author Amitav Ghosh

Ideas Of India Live - 'Climate change is real just like death is real': Author Amitav Ghosh

"Climate change is real just like death is real": Author Amitav Ghosh

Ideas Of India Live - Author Amitav Ghosh takes the stage

Amitav Ghosh, Author discusses 'The Great Derangement: Facing a Climate Catastrophe' with Gul Panag

Ideas Of India Live - Narayana Murthy's advise to Young India

"My fervent plea to the youngsters in the country is that they should realize that performance is the only instrument they have, therefore, they should work very very hard they should be ultra-disciplined and they should have high aspirations and make this country truly realize it's potential": Narayana Murthy.

Ideas Of India Live - Narayana Murthy on whether he advises his son-in-law UK PM Rishi Sunak

"I think in 2015 when our son-in-law (UK PM Rishi Sunak) entered politics, Sudha (Murthy) and I on one side and Rishi's parents on the other side, we had a discussion and we decided, we communicated to both our daughter Akshita and son-in-law that as a matter principle, we will never ever discuss political issues with them, we have kept our relationship only to our personal one": Narayana Murthy

Ideas Of India Live - Narayana Murthy on work-from-home and moonlighting

"If you want to build a culture of an organisation, that culture building is only possible if we all come together in physical form so I am not enthusiastic about working from home. Moonlighting is unethical, you cannot be part of two Institutions because there may be classified information that may go from company A to company B": Narayana Murthy on work-from-home and moonlighting.


 

Ideas Of India Live - Majority of students need a lot of internal coaching before they become employable: Narayana Murthy

"I would say from my own experience of having worked with properly 150 thousand employees that there is probably top 10 to 20% of the students who are smart, bright and they fit in very quickly and very easily that's not they are not the problem. But the majority of the students coming out of the Indian education system, they are exam-oriented they have been brought up on the staple diet of coaching classes they do not study throughout the year, they wake up and in the examination, they come in and solve some problems and they forget about it. These youngsters need a lot of internal coaching before they become employable," Narayana Murthy.

Ideas Of India Live - An idea which has true value to India, which has market in India can find funding: Narayana Murthy

"I have no doubt at all that an idea which has true value to India, which has market in India, and which is handled by entrepreneurs who have the desire to control their costs so that as early as possible, they will take the company to a positive cash flow situation, I think they will definitely find funding": Infosys Founder Narayana Murthy. 

Ideas Of India Live: Infosys Founder Narayana Murthy on obtaining funding in intense competition

"I am quite used to the situation where there is extreme competition for obtaining funding in an environment of intense competition. Couple of years ago, all kinds of investors coming to India that made money elsewhere easily and they wanted to invest huge sums in India. Now today, that funding has dried up therefore, our entrepreneurs who are very bright and very smart will have to realise that the threshold for obtaining funding has been raised. So now, they will have to establish their differentiation vis-a-vis other ideas in the market place": Infosys Founder Narayana Murthy. 


 

Ideas Of India Live - Entrepreneurs should start using ideas that haven't been thought of anywhere else: Infosys Founder Narayana Murthy

"My hope for the country and my desire for our entrepreneurs is that they should start using ideas that have not been thought of anywhere else in the world and then say these are our problems and therefore we will be the first one in the world to start thinking of our problem," Infosys Founder Narayana Murthy. 

We all want India to be known as a country that signifies Vasudhaiva Kutumbhakam: Infosys Founder Narayana Murthy

"We all want India to be known as a country that signified the age-old Sanskrit saying Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam,  Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinah. India's leadership has to be based on extraordinary principles. We have to conduct ourselves as people with wisdom, compassion, people who have done well in seething opportunities," Infosys Founder Narayana Murthy.

Ideas of India Live: Day 2 Begins With Infosys Founder N Murthy Discussing 'A New Corporate Culture - The Leader's Guide'

The second edition of the ABP Network "Ideas of India Summit" returns on Saturday with N R Narayana Murthy, Founder, Infosys speaking on 'A New Corporate Culture - The Leader's Guide'


Ideas of India Live: Day 2 Of Summit To Kick Off With Infosys Founder Narayana Murthy

After a successful Day 1, the second edition of the ABP Network "Ideas of India Summit" returns on Saturday with N R Narayana Murthy, Founder, Infosys speaking on 'A New Corporate Culture - The Leader's Guide'.


A wide of array of leaders will deliberate on what constitutes 'Naya India'. The speakers on Day 2 include Nitin Gadkari, Bhavish Aggarwal, Kriti Sanon, Nandita Das, Shekhar Kapur, Vinay Lal, Yami Gautam, and Mira Nair.

Background

Ideas of India Summit 2023: After a successful Day 1, the second edition of the ABP Network "Ideas of India Summit" returned on Saturday with a wide of array of leaders who will deliberate on what constitutes 'Naya India'. The speakers on Day 2 inlcuded Nitin Gadkari, Narayana Murthy of Infosys, Bhavish Aggarwal, Kriti Sanon, Nandita Das, Shekhar Kapur, Vinay Lal, Yami Gautam and Mira Nair.


Young political heavyweights Poonam Mahajan, K Kavitha, Priyanka Chaturvedi and Raghav Chadha also shared their individual political party’s plans for the elections ahead.


The second edition of the ABP Network "Ideas of India Summit", held on February 24-25 in Mumbai, saw all speakers share their thoughts on "Naya India", which was the theme for this year, and how our country, which is now the fifth-largest economy, can position itself as a developed nation by 2047.


Where does India stand at this moment in world history, with just a year left for the 2024 Lok Sabha election? A busy calendar is lined up for India, with elections to nine states, a resurgent southern India, a revitalised political opposition and a whole new generation impatient to lead across sectors.


India, which is presently the fifth-largest economy, has set its sights to become a developed nation by 2047. To achieve that goal, the government has prioritised infrastructure development and ramped up efforts towards 'Make in India', which is geared towards facilitating global investment into the country and strengthening local manufacturing and employment. 


Sanjeev Juneja, founder, SBS Group of Companies, spoke on the topic "Building Tomorrow's Economy" along with Chandra Prakash Agrawal, chairman and managing director, Gallant Group of Industries, and Suvankar Sen, MD and CEO, SENCO Gold and Diamonds.


The session ended with Michelin Star Chef Vikas Khanna sharing his inspiring story, and put forward his thoughts on India.


In his vote of thanks, ABP Network CEO Avinash Pandey said the summit will be back next year, and it will be "even bigger and better".   

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