f i r e f l i e s f o r c h a n g e

YOUNG

2009-10
report
annual
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INDIANS
 message from...
...the president, CII

Dear Yi Colleagues,

CII’s theme for the year 2009-10 laid emphasis on
Economy, Infrastructure & Governance. I am happy to
note that Young Indians have taken forward CII’s theme
this year by undertaking a number of programmes &
initiatives in these areas. These include a number of
interactive sessions with distinguished luminaries on
the economic downturn, opportunities and strategies
for revival; awareness campaigns to promulgate good
governance & participative citizenship.
The National Youth Policy, 2003 outlines the commitment
of the entire nation to the composite and all-round
development of the young sons and daughters of India
Yi, being an inclusive organisation that focuses on building
itself as the voice of young Indians globally, has evolved
a position of being a key player in the developmental
imperatives for India through innovation & discussion. Yi
has engaged its members in generating awareness on
significant and relevant matters. I congratulate the Young
Indians for their focus, energy and enthusiasm.
Yi has shown its tremendous growth potential this year by
increasing its spread within the country as well as through
its depth of activities. The commitment on part of the Yi
Chairman & Vice Chairman in engaging the youth in the
various activities of Yi is indeed a commendable feat. I

Venu and seeks to establish an all-India perspective to fulfill take this opportunity to felicitate the entire team of Young
Srinivasan their legitimate aspirations so that they are all strong Indians led by Dr Rahul Mirchandani. I believe that in the

President CII & of heart and strong of body and mind in successfully coming years Yi would grow as a strong organisation and
Managing Director, accomplishing the challenging tasks of nation building move forward with a firm resolve of carrying forward its
Sundaram-Clayton and social transformation that lie ahead. For India to stay goal & spirit of ‘We Can, We Will’. I look forward to an even
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in the mainstream of overall development, it is imperative larger engagement of Yi in leading India into the future.
to ensure the effective pursuit of youth development
programmes which promote personality development
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justice, self reliance and national integration. Yi embodies
all these elements and much more.

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...the national chairman, Yi
To all my friends at Yi
Yi has had a superb year. It is with great pleasure that I
present to you our Fourth Annual Report that captures
the breadth and impact of our activities across each of
Yi’s chapters, platforms and initiatives.
I must begin by appreciating the energy, enthusiasm and
zest of every Yi office bearer, Yi member and the team of
Executive members who have collectively made this year
so successful.
This was Yi’s year of scaling up. We launched nine
new chapters during the year at Thiruvananthapuram,
Guwahati, Erode, Vishakapatnam, Goa, Raipur, Srinagar,
Baroda and Madurai. We now have established a
presence in 25 cities with a total of 1200 members.
The choice of these new locations demonstrates our
commitment to ensure that Young Indians even in smaller
towns are provided with access to a platform like Yi that
connects them with Industry and ‘Young in Business’
across India.
In addition, we have a strong and fast growing
membership base of 4000 students drawn from 59 Yi
Student Networks across India, 160 members across
3 corporate chapters and 8500 young farmers
enrolled through 2 Yi Farmers Nets.
We have rolled out a total of 602 events and activities
during the year. This works out to an average of close
to 2 events a day. All of these activities were aligned to
Yi’s platforms and initiatives of education, environment,
employability, governance, art-culture-sport, healthcare,
youth affairs, farmer nets and next practices. Yi’s work
during the year has directly impacted over 6 lakhs
people. This is the first year that we have started tracking
the member engagement and impact numbers for each
of our activities, with the objective of setting specific
benchmarks for us to evaluate the quantitative reach and
qualitative success of our efforts.
Nationally, Yi had a good mix of flagship events. The
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Indian Parliament Simulation at Kochi was a superb
experience for over 150 students who lived the role
of an elected parliamentarian, engaged in rigorously
researched discussion and constructive debate on
15 Indian issues, with the hope of understanding the
parliamentary system and finding possible solutions to
unique Indian problems. This provided extraordinary
leadership training and was a successful experiment to
get youth from 19 cities interested in looking at politics
as a career choice. In addition, the Yi Retreat at Tirupati
had a heady mix of some memorable trekking, adventure
sports and spiritual experiences.
Our Overseas Delegation to the United Kingdom met
with Lord Meghnand Desai at The House of Lords, Sir
Thomas Harris at Standard Chartered Bank and had an
interactive session with the UKIBC Next Gen Entrepreneurs. Rahul
Mirchandani
We also had an interesting session on Innovation and
Entrepreneurship with students at Oxford University. Yi had National
Chairman, CII’s
its first International Road Show in London and briefed
Young Indians &
young overseas Indians on engaging with India as a crucial
Executive Director,
stakeholder. Following this, we hosted a group of exchange Aries Agro Limited
students from Oxford, Cambridge and London School of
Economics in Mumbai and interacted with the UK Deputy
High Commissioner, Ms Vicki Treadell on the Challenges of
Doing Business in India.
Yi also continuously engaged with key persons in
Government including Mr Rahul Gandhi, Mr Arun
Maira, Mr Nandan Nilekani, Mr Shashi Tharoor, Ms
Supriya Sule, Ms Meenakshi Natarajan among many
others. The objective was to keep these key influencers
appraised about Yi, our vision and our goals and seek
opportunities to work together with Government to
initiate and scale up activities and projects. We also had
the opportunity to carry out extensive voting awareness
campaigns before the National & State elections in 5
cities, with the highlight being our interaction with the
Chief Election Commissioner of India, Mr Navin Chawla,
in Mumbai, before the Maharashtra Assembly Elections.
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Our Green-I - Yi Environment contest once again
highlighted ways to make school campuses more
environmentally sensitive. Over a 100 schools developed
working models for building more sustainable buildings.
In the education area, Yi has carried out an extensive
efficacy study for Yi Akshara – our learning resource
centre for school children. The Yi Education team has
also initiated the process of customizing and localizing
Akshara modules. We also have preparatory programs
underway that make children in urban slums ready for
entry to a formal schooling system. World Food Day was
observed across the country with 14 Yi chapters working
together for the first time on a single standardized Yi
Healthcare project on a single day. The Healthcare
initiative also saw sessions and workshops on stress
management, lifestyle diseases, HIV, diabetes, heart
diseases, swine flu, yoga and alternative medicine.
Employability is one of India’s key concerns. Yi has
scaled up its work in the Skills development area
by conducting Yi Labs programs focused on the
hospitality, food and retail sectors. In addition we have
also commenced work on piloting world class skills
certification programs in the Logistics and Agriculture
sectors. These programs will improve the employability
prospects of youth involved in these sectors and also
plug some crucial skills gaps that exist in these areas.
Yi Farmer Nets currently involve over 8500 young,
progressive farmers in knowledge sharing platforms. The
year’s theme for both the networks supported by Aries Agro
Limited and Galla Foods was building a dialogue towards
evolving a framework for Indian Good Agricultural practices
(Indo-GAP). Over 175 knowledge dissemination activities
were undertaken across 11 states impacting over 11000
farmers and rural children from agricultural communities.
These events exposed farmers to best practices using study
tours and workshops, connected them with Agricultural
Universities and also educated Rural school students in over
65 secondary schools on latest agricultural practices that
will help improve productivity and consequently improve the
ecosystem of wealth creation in rural communities. Yi also
surveyed over 800 farmers net members and prepared a
comprehensive document that captured ways that Young
farmers are affected by and coping with Climate Change.
This report was prepared for the Copenhagen Summit.
We also conducted two very successful National Agromax
conferences in Guwahati, Assam and in Hissar, Haryana.
Together these two flagship events had close to 4000
young farmers in attendance and had a galaxy of over 40
speakers and involved 5 State Governments, 9 Agricultural
Universities and many agribusiness corporates. Farmers
were also provided with commodity prices, crop advisories
and weather alerts throughout the year using mobile phone
text messages. Yi has also begun an iterative process

I have had the pleasure of personally visiting 17 of of identifying 10 farmers each year who have achieved

Yi’s chapters during the year. The Coimbatore Vizha, superlative levels of productivity and documenting and

Entrepreneurship conclaves, Yi Kochi’s EnYironmend evangelizing these innovative crop management methods

campaign, Dream City Projects, Regional Retreats, the as ‘Farming Next Practices’.

Aero Modelling show, among many other unique events

The pursuit of Innovation and the identification of game
have immense potential for engaging members and the
changing ideas is key to ensuring development of sectors
wider stakeholder communities and should ideally be
and also offer investment opportunities for companies. Yi
scaled up. Our 3 corporate chapters at Infosys, MCX
Next Practices provided a platform to energize young
and Impetus Technologies have done good work in the
inventors to showcase their path breaking technologies
areas of women empowerment, life skills to urban poor,
and prototypes. We did this with the India Innovation
microfinance and healthcare. Yi’s chapters also helped
Initiative (i3) in partnership with Department of Science &
rehabilitation of flood victims in Bihar and provided timely
Technology- Government of India and the CII. Of several
flood relief in Andhra Pradesh.
4 innovations showcased in an exhibition, 10 were picked

Yi Youth Affairs continues to engage students with up by IIM-Ahmedabad for a year long incubation program.

meaningful projects and activities. Our students across We have also partnered with Dell and UTVi for a year long
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communication using periodical Yi Link, the Yi Ning forum
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challenges them to think big and think different. It is also

Yi

and other online social networks set up nationally and at

key to shaping young minds and preparing Yi’s future
each chapter. These have kept the Yi membership, select CII
membership base.
members and other stakeholders up-to-date on Yi’s progress
and plans. The year also saw 5 Yi members invited to emerge as an even stronger and vibrant movement.
CII’s National Council, the apex decision making body of
I also believe that Yi’s steady march forward would have
the CII. Several CII councils and committees have active Yi
been impossible without Ms Shefali Chaturvedi, Director-CII
members represented and are keen on working with Yi on
& Head-Young Indians. Shefali has superbly led an excellent
joint projects and large events.
and most committed team of National Managing Members
The entire year has been very satisfying. Yi’s work has and Executive Members, each of whom have regularly
taken on a structure that begins with Awareness building gone beyond the call of duty to deliver on Yi’s agenda and I
(workshops and conferences that identify things that need would like to thank each of them.
to get done), Action projects (pilot programmes that prove
I would also like to thank every member of the Yi
the ideas generated successfully solve specific problems
Governing Council, every Yi Office Bearer and each Yi 5
and serve specific development goals) and ultimately
member who has volunteered time and energy and been
focus on Advocacy (identifying partners and working with
a part of this past year. For me personally, the year has
government and NGOs to enable scaling up). Moreover,
been a leadership experience unlike any other. I have
each Yi initiative has contributed to reaching our ultimate
grown and learnt from each one of you. Thank you.
goal of India@75: The People’s Agenda.

Yi is unique. It is our collective passion for progress

It has been a personal privilege to work with Ms Bhairavi
that will be the catalyst for a New India. We are building
Jani, Yi’s Vice Chairman, whose determination, grit and
our own destiny. Each of us has a stake in this future.
energy have been the driving force for Yi’s chapters and
Working as a group of friends and colleagues, We Build
initiatives. As I pass on Yi’s leadership to her for 2010, I
India, our home. What could be more fulfilling!
am confident that Yi will grow with each passing day and

Yi-India@75 alignment
Yi has taken significant efforts to align all its platforms and verticals with the vision elements of India@75.
Prof C K Prahalad includes several goals for India@75 - these are represented in the diagram below.
For each of these vision elements and goals for India, the respective Yi initiative and/or platform which
contributes, has been shown. Yi’s platforms and initiatives would play a significant role in furthering
the India@75 vision by either building awareness, carrying out action projects, or, by implementing
advocacy campaigns in the respective areas.
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oung Indians (Yi) is an integral part of the
the organisation Confederation of Indian Industry (CII),
India’s premier business association,
formed in the year 2002, with an objective of
creating a platform for young Indians to realize
the dream of a developed nation. With the
vision ‘To become the voice of young Indians
globally’, its key differentiator is that it engages
Young Indians in areas that focus on ‘Beyond
Just Business’. Yi is a grass root organisation
that focuses on issues of national importance
in the developmental agenda of India through
Advocacy, Awareness & Action & engages
youth through various initiatives, platforms &
peer leadership activities. Yi is instrumental in
developing successful projects across the focus
areas of primary education, environment,
primary healthcare and employability.
Yi’s member base has emerged as a vibrant
group of progressive young Indians who have
come together from diverse backgrounds. It
is an inclusive organisation that has over 1200
direct members in 25 Chapters & includes
young progressive Indians between
age group of 25 & 40 years. Yi motivates a
generational change & inspires pride in every
young Indian by engaging them in shaping the
future of India. Yi is
• An organisation of progressive Young
Indians from all walks of life engaging
1200 members from 25 Chapters across
India, 4000 students from 59 educational
institutions throughout India and 8500
young & progressive farmers from 11
different states.
• An organisation that motivates a
generational change & inspires pride in
every young Indian by engaging them in
shaping the future of India.
• A grass roots organisation that focuses
on issues of national importance in the
developmental agenda of India through
Action, Awareness and Advocacy by
engaging youth through various initiatives,
platforms and peer leadership activities.
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Leadership Engagement for

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Individual Platforms
Development Initiatives

• Education
• Student Nets
• Learning & Farmer Nets
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• Employability
• Next Practices
• Peer Leadership
• Environment

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Mr. Amit Bidasaria, Co-Chair, Yi Indore Chapter, at the launch
of Yi Impetus Corporate chapter in Indore
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he Yi Corporate Chapter was formed with
an aim to engage young employees of
companies towards social development
work and to help align the CSR activities of the
company with Yi’s nation building objectives.
The Yi Corporate Chapter:
• Allows Corporate Chapter employees to
interact with Yi members across the country
• Allows participation in Learning events and
activities of Yi local City Chapter
• Allows access to Yi-organised national
level learning events
• Allows employees to conduct projects in the
Yi focus areas facilitated and mentored by Yi
• Facilitates and supports the work in focus areas
that are chosen by the Corporate Chapter
• Allows alignment of CSR initiative of a
company with the activities of Yi which
can prove to be mutually beneficial
• Helps create sustainable & scalable ’Next
Practices’ through projects that can be
shared through Yi’s India@75 platform
• Helps create social awareness around
social entrepreneurship and enables new
social entrepreneurship ideas
• Promotes thought leadership amongst
employees through engagement in various
processes of nation building
• Provides a platform to work in the various
areas of social issues within the country like
areas pertaining to Education, Life Skills,
Women Empowerment, Micro finance,
Healthcare and Environment
Presently, Yi has three Corporate Chapters:
Infosys Technologies, Bangalore
(INFYi) (100 members)
Impetus Infotech Pvt Ltd, Indore
(30 members)
The MCX, Mumbai
(30 members)
Dr Rahul Mirchandani, Yi National Chairman with Mr
Venkatraman, Executive Director, MCX - SX and Mr Lamon
Rutter, MD & CEO, MCX - SX at the launch of the CII - Yi
Corporate Chapter at MCX, Mumbai
INFYi the Corporate Chapter of Yi with Infosys,
Bangalore has been instrumental in 7
• Organising awareness campaigns on
microfinance
• Organising Zing Programme to connect
rural Bangalore with the urban economy in
Bangalore
• Running many programmes on usage of
IT in helping NGOs in garnering people’s
support for public governance
• Running programmes on better waste
management
• Successfully distributing de-worming
tablets to 3000 students and conducting
free dental camps for children in the city,
under its healthcare initiative ‘AAROGYA’.
• Helping rehabilitate flood victims of Bihar
The Yi - Impetus Corporate Chapter has been
spearheading
instrumental in working in the areas of
• Computer literacy class for old age people
change
under employability initiative, the role of
Impetus is to prepare course and deploy
corporate members for taking classes on
weekends
• Establishing E-libraries for prominent schools
in the city for creating a readily available
database for school children
• Working in the area of developing
infrastructure for various city based NGO
working in the domain of healthcare
• Developing software and database for
mobile ANSH project – a program that
brings together people willing to donate
blood free of cost to the needy
Activities undertaken by MCX, this year
• Donation Drive - distributing old clothes,
toys and books to children in association
with city-based NGO
• Conducted Painting & Rangoli Competition;
‘The FT Group’s support for needy drive in
aid of Helen Keller Institute for Deaf & Blind’
• Organised a National Convention of
‘Global Compact Network’ – encouraging
focus on Human Rights & Anti-Corruption
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pioneering steps From 2nd to 10th January, Yi Coimbatore

Chapter in association with 50
organisations and institutions organised the
other

second edition of Coimbatore Vizha. Vizha 2010

had over 65 events under different sections like
Exhibitions, Sports, Talks & Lectures on Ecology &
Environment, Music & Dance, Health, Cuisine and
many contests spread across a span of 9 days.
Over 4 Lakh people enjoyed and experienced
the spirit of Coimbatore through the Vizha 2010.
Coimbatore Vizha was an effort to celebrate the
spirit of the city – its heritage, industrial legacy,
entrepreneurial spirit, hospitable, honest culture
and the multi-cultural ethnic confluence.
24-25 June 2009
Yi delegation to the United Kingdom
A 15-member Yi Delegation led by Dr Rahul
Mirchandani, National Chairman, visited
London, UK on 24-25 June 2009.
Mr Navin Chawla, Chief Election Commissioner of India
addressing students and Yi Net members at St Xaviers College
in Mumbai
Chief Election Commissioner of India at St Xaviers
College, Mumbai. ‘Youth is the Ambassador for
a Healthy Electoral Process’ was organised to
create awareness amongst the youth on their
role in the electoral process. This was the main
emphasis of Mr Chawla’s address to students
of St Xaviers College, Narsee Monjee Institute
of Management Studies, Government Law
College, K J Somaiya College of Commerce,
AICAR Business School, Vidyalankar and other
institutions who participated in the interaction.

18-21 October 2009, Kashmir

Tryst with Kashmir

Yi organised an eight-member special

delegation to Gulmarg and Srinagar. The
delegation met with Mr Omar Abdullah, Chief
Minister of Jammu & Kashmir and Mr Haseeb A
Drabu, Chairman & Chief Executive, J&K Bank.
The Chief Minister expressed his happiness at
Yi UK Mission delegates with Lord Meghnad Desai at the
House of Lords
Yi’s initiatives and requested Yi to consider
opening a Chapter in Srinagar.

Positioned as enterprising brand ambassadors

of New Age India and Indian Business, the
delegation met like-minded Next Gen business,
social and political leaders of UK. The aim of
this delegation was to bring together young
entrepreneurs from both the countries and
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bridges between both ‘Young Businesses’ and
‘Young in Business’. The representatives shared
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strategy, which at present stands on the theme Yi delegation interacting with Mr Omar Abdullah, Chief
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Minister, Jammu & Kashmir

of ‘successful entrepreneurship in scarcity’.
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Interaction with CEC Interaction with Young Political Leaders

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Yi organised an interaction for college students Yi Delhi Chapter organised an interaction with
and Yi net members with Mr Navin Chawla, young political leaders, ‘The Challenges before
L to R: Dr R Rudramoorthy, Principal PSG college of
Technology; Mr Ravi Sam, Chairman, CII Coimbatore Zone;
Mr G Rangaswamy, Trustee PSG college of Technology;
Hon’ble Dr APJ Abdul Kalam & Mr Arjun Prakash, Chairman, Yi
Coimbatore Chapter
Young India’ on 9 May. In the heat of elections,
the session was on the format of a political debate
that included representation from Congress,
Bhartiya Janata Party, Communist Party of India
and an independent candidate. The session
was recorded and telecast by Headlines Today.
Around 80 members and guests attended the
interactive debate.
31 October 2009, Coimbatore
‘DREAM Coimbatore’
The DREAM Coimbatore project was launched
as a prelude to the CII’s District Development
Conference. Painting competitions, essay
writing competitions, short film contests and
photography contests were conducted and
posters distributed. The posters were formally
launched by Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, former
President of India, on 13 August 2009 at PSG
College of Technology, Coimbatore to an
audience of 5000 students.
26-28 November 2009, Mumbai
2nd World Young Leaders Forum
Yi partners the BMW Foundation Herbert
Quandt, in organising the Indo German Young
Leaders Forums in Germany and India. The
Foundation organised the 2nd World Young
Leaders Forum where Yi invited Mr Jamshyd
N Godrej, Chairman and Managing Director,
Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Company
Limited and former President CII and Mr
Nachiket Mor, President, ICICI Foundation for
Inclusive Growth to address participants.
Hon’ble Shri Nandan Nilekani, Chairman of the Unique 9
Identification Authority of India & former Chairman, Infosys
Technologies Ltd at the session on India@75: A Vision of India
as a Global Leader by the Year 2022’
27 November 2009
‘India@75: A Vision of India as a Global
Leader by the Year 2022’
At the 2nd World Young Leaders Forum held
at the YB Chavan Auditorium, the session was
addressed by Hon’ble Shri Nandan Nilekani,
Chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of
India and former Chairman, Infosys Technologies
Ltd, who spoke about the plan and process for
providing the unique identification number for
every Indian citizen. This was followed by a panel
discussion moderated by Mr Rajan Navani,
Managing Director, Jetline Group of Companies
& Chairman, CII Mission on India@75 with panelists
GV Sanjay Reddy, Vice Chairman, GVK Power
& Infrastructure Limited & Founder Chairman,
CII’s Young Indians; Mr Niranjan Hiranandani,
Managing Director, Hiranandani Constructions
Pvt Ltd; and, Dr Uma Ganesh CEO, Global Talent
Track Pvt Ltd, on India@75: A Vision of India as a
Global Leader by the Year 2022.
Engaging with Policy Makers
• Interaction with Omar Abdullah,
Srinagar, 19 October, 2009
• Interaction with Arun Maira, Delhi
3 September, 2009
• Interaction with Supriya Sule, Pune
14 September, 2009
• Interaction with Rahul Gandhi, Delhi,
19 November, 2009
• Interaction with Meenakshi Natrajan,
Delhi, 8 December, 2009

calibrating vision
Yi
conducts learning sessions
eminent personalities for
development of members.
learning programmes include industrial visits,
seminars, workshops and panel discussions on
topics of relevance and interest to the members.
Pathfinder, a strategy cum direction-setting
workshop is conducted at the beginning
of each year. This year the 3rd edition of the
Pathfinder workshop was organised on 14-15
March 2009 at Integrated Institute of Learning
& Management, Gurgaon. 40 Yi members
from the Yi leadership team at the national
and Chapter level participated. The Pathfinder
helped members in charting out the work plan
and processes for the year under the various
platforms, initiatives, organisations and events.
with Bhairavi Jani, National Vice Chair, Young Indians;
self- Mr Toby Burton, Global Education Head, CISCO
The Systems and Dr Ganesh Natarajan, Immediate
Past Chairman, NASSCOM and Vice Chairman
and CEO of Zensar Technologies.
14 September 2009, Pune
Interaction with Ms Supriya Sule
Young Indians Pune organised an interactive
session with Ms Supriya Sule, Member of
Parliament, Lok Sabha. Ms Sule felicitated Yi for
the work it had undertaken in the past & urged
the Yi members to take the onus and work for the
betterment of Pune and the country at large.
14 September 2009, Chennai
Interaction with the US Consulate

This interaction, attended by Yi members &

29 April 2009, Kolkata other officials from the Consulate, was aimed
Interactive Session with Mr Baichung Bhutia at giving valuable inputs to the US Commercial
Consulate on the opportunities that Chennai as
CII Yi Kolkata Chapter organised ‘An
a city offers, other business trends in the country
Evening with Mr Baichung Bhutia’, Captain
and various aspects of conducting business in
Indian Football team. He spoke about
India with the American organisations.
Infrastructural drawbacks in Indian Football.
Over 50 participants attended the session
and interacted with their favourite Indian 19 November 2009, Delhi
footballer. Session on Art of Leadership with Secretary
William S Cohen with Aspen Institute India

3 August 2009, Guwahati The session with the Former United States
An interaction on ‘Empowering Youth through Secretary of Defense expounded the art of
Skill Development’ leadership and the many components of
Leadership like intelligence, self confidence,
Yi Guwahati Chapter organised an knowledge, ability to motivate & inspire,
interaction on ‘Empowering Youth through Skill perseverance, sharing credit, keeping an
Development’ which was chaired by Mr Abhijit open mind, ability to look at things differently
Barooah, Immediate Past Chairman, CII Assam which largely depend on place, time and the
State Council. Other panelists included Ms prevalent culture.

Left: Mr Nalin Kohli, National Convenor, BJP Media Cell; Mr Atul Anjan, Secretary, National Council, Communist Party of India; Mr
Rahul Kanwal, moderator of the session and Executive Editor, Headlines Today; Ms Bhairavi Jani, Yi National Co-Chair; Mr Rahul
Chawla, Yi Delhi Chapter Chair; Ms Meera Sanyal, Independent Candidate, Mumbai South Constituency & Chairperson & CEO,
ABN Amro Bank; and, Randeep Singh Surjewala, Power, Public Health & Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Haryana Government, at
10 the Yi Delhi learning session on ‘Challenges before Young India’
Middle: Yi Ahmedabad members at the mission to Coca-Cola Factory at Goblej village in Ahmedabad
Right: Dr Pawan G Agarwal, CEO of the Mumbai Dabbawala Association addressing the Yi Delhi members at a session on
‘Masters of Supply Chain Management’
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Baichung Bhutia at a learning session William S Cohen, Former United States Secretary of Defense
& Mr Gautam Thapar, Chairman & CEO, Avantha Group and
Chairman, Aspen Institute India

Excellence and Learning Missions

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April 2009 Delhi Yi Delhi Mission to DIAL

August 2009 Ahmedabad Yi Manufacturing Excellence Mission to Coca-Cola

September 2009 Guwahati Sarala Birla Gyan Jyoti visited Yi Non Formal School for underprivileged
Children ‘Deepjyoti’ to interact with the school children

Interaction with Indian Diplomats & Policticians

May 2009 Delhi Yi Session on The Challenges before Young India

June 2009 Thiruvananthapuram Felicitation to Dr Shashi Tharoor

August 2009 Coimbatore Meeting with Dr APJ Abdul Kalam

September 2009 Coimbatore Interactive session with Mr Rahul Gandhi

September 2009 Pune Interactive session with Ms Supriya Sule

November 2009 Kochi Interaction with Dr Subramanian Swamy

Interaction with International Delagations, Diplomats & Policticians

April 2009 Indore Yi Session on US Sharing Business Excellence

April 2009 Bhubaneshwar Interaction with members of the Know India programme

July 2009 Chennai Interaction with British High Commissioner

September 2009 Mumbai Interaction with Cambridge, Oxford and London School of Economics, Mr
Alyque Padamsee and the British Dy High Commissioner on Challenges of
doing business with India

November 2009 Delhi Session on Art of Leadership with Secretary Willam S Cohen

January 2010 Mumbai Harvard University Treck

Seminars & Workshops

April 2009 Kolkata An evening with Mr Baichung Bhutia

April 2009 Coimbatore Session with Sadguru Jaggi Vasudev at Isha Foundation

June 2009 Coimbatore Star Trek I – Session with two first generation entrepreneurs

June 2009 Chennai Interaction with Mr Gurumurthy, Corporate Advisor and popular columnist

July 2009 Coimbatore Super Congress – Young for a United World

August 2009 Guwahati ‘Empowering Youth through Skill Development’ - Interactive session with
Dr Ganesh Natarajan, Vice Chairman, Zensar Technologies, Toby Burton,
Global Education Head, Cisco Systems and Ms Bhairavi Jani, National
Vice Chair, Yi

August 2009 Coimbatore Star Trek II – Session with two first generation entrepreneurs

August 2009 Delhi Yi session on Leadership

September 2009 Delhi Session on Supply Chain Management with Mumbai Dabbawala Association

October 2009 Coimbatore Interactive session with Mr M V Subbiah

October 2009 Ahmedabad Young Indians Panel Discussion ‘Entrepreneurship in first 1000 days’

November 2009 Yi National Yi session at the Second World Young Leaders Forum

December 2009 Coimbatore Session on From ‘Millions to Billions’ – Dr Martin Haeming, International
Venture Captialistist

December 2009 Hyderabad Learning session

December 2009 Indore Yi Indore session on Entrepreneur Motivation

expanding horizons “T
he two basic processes of education
are knowing and valuing”. At Yi,
education as a resource is used
to enhance students’ faculties and achieve
their overall growth and development through
myriad initiatives, thereby enriching their
horizons and providing them opportunities for
holistic well being. Unique educational models
and one-to-one student teacher interactions
further hone the learning process.

Yi Akshara

Akshara is a primary learning resource centre.

Currently there are 51 centres at 10 locations organised sports day, and, towards computer
covering 15000 students with 174 Learning literacy, has provided five computers to the
materials in 90 bilingual languages sourced school in addition to introducing the computer
from NGOs across the country that supplement course at primary level. To encourage sports
primary education of class 1 to 5, supported activities a sports kit was provided to the school.
by 200 teachers. Akshara is based on a unique
model where teachers are given training to The spread of Akshara across Chapters and the
impart knowledge to the children. Yi got an activities over the previous year, are as follows:
Akshara evaluation done to check the efficacy
City No of Aksharas Operating
of the programme. The idea behind this survey
Ahmedabad 2
was to assess, across stakeholders, the extent
Bangalore 1
to which the objectives of Akshara had been
Chennai 17
met during the previous year. The survey, that
Chittoor 1
was done in partnership with IMRB international, Coimbatore 7
found the improvement areas that Yi has been Delhi 4
following for its Aksharas. The survey covered Hyderabad 2
400 participants from eight Chapters comprising Kolkata 2
parents, teachers, principals and Yi members. Kochi 10
The conclusion of the report was: Mumbai 2
Pune 2
• The key objective of Akshara – ‘to facilitate
students to achieve decent outcomes in their
Activity
learning and increase interest in the school’
– was well achieved by this programme Apr 2009 Yi Kids Art Camp
Jun 2009 Inauguration of Yi non formal school
• Students had shown a marked improvement
for underprivileged children
across most aspects of learning
Jun 2009 Old school bag collection campaign
• Teaching had become easier, given the
Jul 2009 Rangwasa School Project (Indore)
higher interest levels/participation among
students Jul 2009 Launch of 2nd Yi Akshara
Jul 2009 Yi Aero Modeling Show
12 Yi Indore Rangwasa Project Aug 2009 Launch of 3rd Yi Akshara

Yi Indore Chapter adopted a school named Sri Aug 2009 Launch of Yi Akshara
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Satya Sai Seva High School at Rangwasa Village. Oct 2009 Support for 4th, 5th & 6th Yi Akshara
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and an aero modeling show for the students. Jan 2010 E-Library at Bright Public School
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Yi also planted 100 trees around the school, (Indore)


T
he biggest gift a nation can impart to
its citizens is employment. Yi recognises
the initiative of healthy employment
and actively contributes to generation of
fresh opportunities. Leadership development
programmes, skill enhancing workshops,
livelihood awareness programmes and so on
enable the youth to rediscover their innate
potentials and contribute actively to the Gross
Domestic Production as a vital human resource.
Dr. Reddy’s Foundation (DRF) under a specific
program called LABS has formulated a process
of ensuring employment to the underprivileged
youth. LABS (Livelihood Advancement Business
School) promotes tailor-made programmes
targeted at youth in the age group of 18-
30 years from economically weaker sections
of society, enabling them to gain access to
opportunities for sustainable livelihoods. 1688
students have been skilled so far.
Courses that were offered to the students under
this programme:
• Customer Relation & Sales (Pune, Mumbai,
Chennai)
• Hospitality (Pune, Mumbai, Chennai )
• IT enabled Services (Pune , Mumbai )
• Bedside Patient Assistance (Pune)
• White Good Services (Chennai)
Trained students have been placed at Shoppers
Stop, Pizza Hut, Mc Donalds, CA Firms, Ruby Hall
Hospital, Sancheti Hospital, Sun N Sand Hotels,
Aurora Towers, Eureka Forbes, Airtel, Bakers
Basket, Goel Ganga Group, Corianthan Clubs,
Dominos, KFC and HDFC Tele-calling.
Yi Pune
Yi Pune Chapter’s Yi PCC LABS successfully
completed its tenth batch of LABS (Livelihood
Advancement Business School) on 15 April 2009.
Yi Pune’s LABs has successfully completed the
three batches of training this year . A valedictory
session of the twelfth batch was held on 8
January 2009 at LABS Center, Swargate, Pune.
A ‘Yi Kids Art Camp’ was also organised from
the 13th to the 15th of April for children within
the age group of 4 to 14. A valedictory session
was held on 30 Dec 2009 within the campus of
Zensar for the first time.
Yi Mumbai
Five batches of 700 youth have been trained
so far in LABs Mumbai in the fields of hospitality
and Customer relation and IT. The sixth batch of
40 youth are undergoing training in Mumbai. 13
Yi Chennai
Yi Chennai Chapter started its first batch
of Yi LABS for 100 under-privileged youth.
The inaugural programme of the LABS was
conducted on 18 May 2009. Sessions on team
building, management of finance, etiquette and
manners, Communicative English & Personality
Development were organsied for the students
undergoing training at the LABS training centres.
Yi & youthnet sericulture training program
Yi Kohima along with Youth Net and Department
of Sericulture, Govt of Nagaland, facilitated a
Training Program for 14 youngsters on ‘Spinning
nurturing talent
of Yarn’ at the District Sericulture Training
Centre at Dimapur, from 22nd June to 1st July
2009. YouthNet in partnership with Yi and the
Department of Sericulture Nagaland is in the
process of setting up a ‘Reeling and Spinning
of silk yarn’ unit at YouthNet office Kohima,
with an objective to generate employment
opportunity, where all the 14 members would
be trained and will be part of the unit.
Below: Yi PCC LABS – Valedictory Session of IX Batch
Bottom: Mr Anand Pakkurti, Chairman, Yi Chennai at the
inauguration of the Yi LABS Centre in Chennai
towards sustainability
Children at the Tree plantation drive organised on the world Lakshmipat Singhania Academy, Kolkata – Winners of the
environment day at the Indian School of Business, organised Green – I contest 2009, receiving the award from Mr K Rosaiah,
by Yi Hyderabad Chapter Chief Minister Andhra Pradesh

C
onservation and preservation of the
environment is the moral duty of
every conscientious citizen. Through
events on saving energy to summits on global
warming, from waste management workshops
to plantation drives, wildlife conservation
to Green Buildings, Yi believes in catching
them young that this learning stays with them
through life. It offers a platform to people to
offer perspectives on the environment as well
as sensitise them towards their social and moral
responsibilities towards the environment.
Chandigarh: Yi Chandigarh organised an
awareness session on climate change at the
Regional Institute of Cooperative Management.
Screening of documentaries, ‘An Inconvenient
Truth’ and CII’s ‘Climate Change and how it
affects our health’, was the outlining agenda.
27-29 November 2009, Indore
Wildlife Conservation: Towards wildlife
conservation sensitisation, Yi Indore organised
a three-day members retreat to Kanha Kilse,
Tiger Reserve.

9 September 2009, Hyderabad

29 August, 2009, Delhi
Green-I Contest: Yi organised the third edition
Environment Awareness
of the Green-I contest 2009 along with the Indian
Yi Delhi organised a session on ‘How to Grow
Green Building Council & Carrier. The Green-I is an
Your Own Fresh Air’. Mr. Kamal Meattle, Chief
annual contest that aims at creating awareness
Executive Officer, Paharpur Business Centre &
and instills environmental responsibility among
Software Technology Incubator Park, gave a very
future citizens of the country. This year’s topic
vehement presentation on the topic of energy
was ‘Evaluating various measures that can be
conservation. He apprised the members on the
taken to reduce the school’s carbon footprint’.
aspects of water scarcity and global warming
The contest received 130 entries from schools
and its impact on India. He shared that the need
across India. Lakshmipat Singhania Academy
of the hour was to look at educating people,
from Kolkata won the first prize followed by
particularly children, about the initiatives that
Vasant Valley School from New Delhi.
can be taken to reduce the carbon emissions
and environmental hazardous activities.
Celebrating World Environment Day
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Ahmedabad: Yi Ahmedabad undertook an Eco Steps
environmental awareness programme at Vaisamo Eco Steps is a green advocation and activity
Kids Foundation with 60 underprivileged students portal developed and launched by Yi
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o promote health and wellness of every
Seminars and workshops
individual is Yi’s sincere and heartfelt
Apr 2009 Healthcare Workshop (Hyderabad)
endeavour. Yi emphasises on health
and healthcare across all Chapters through May 2009 Workshop on Diabetes (Mumbai)
free camps, blood donation camps, awareness May 2009 Yoga and Healthcare (Indore)
sessions on AIDS, CPR, deworming drives,
Jun 2009 Workshop on Disaster Management &
accessibility to free condoms and many more. First Aid (Mumbai)

Jul 2009 Basic Life Support - Healthcare

16 October 2009 (Chennai)
World Food Day Jul 2009 CPR Session (Coimbatore)

Yi, in an endeavour to increase public Jul 2009 Yi Organic Dinner (Chandigarh) 15

awareness towards the world food problem and Aug 2009 Awareness Session on Swine Flu
strengthening solidarity in its struggle against (Coimbatore)
hunger, undertook a feeding initiative across
Aug 2009 Awareness Campaign On Swine Flu
the country. In all 10,947 people (orphanages, (Chandigarh)
old age homes, municipal schools) were fed
Aug 2009 Stress Management workshop
across the country in 17 cities. (Mumbai)

Sep 2009 Interactive session with Dr Anil Lamba

Health camps organised by Yi (Pune)

Sep 2009 Meeting with MGM Dean on

Blood Donation Camps (BDC)
Healthcare programs (Indore)
Mar 2009 Yi NIT Net BDC (Bhubaneshwar)
Nov 2009 Visit to Sri Ramachandra Medical
Apr 2009 Yi-NIFT BDC (Ahmedabad) College and Research Institute
(Chennai)
Aug 2009 Yi - PDPU BDC (Ahmedabad)
Nov 2009 Disaster Management Workshop
Sep 2009 BDC (Chandigarh)
(Mumbai)
Sep 2009 BDC (Delhi)
Dec 2009 AIDS awareness Rally (Raipur)

promoting wellness
Jan 2010 BDC (Raipur)
Dec 2009 Comprehensive Preventive Eye Care
Other General Camps for the Employees (Coimbatore)
Jan 2009 Cornea Donation Awareness Dec 2009 Awareness Session on Cardiac (Indore)
Programme (Pune)
Dec 2009 Interactive session with Dr Anil Lamba
Feb 2009 Artificial Limb donation for disabled (Pune)
(Coimbatore)

May 2009 Yi - Hepatitis B Check Up Camp

(Kolkata)
Below: 8th Consecutive Dental camp by Yi at P J Gupta’s
Higher Secondary School, Chennai
Jul 2009 Health Camp - Akshara school (Chennai)
Bottom: Bengali Cine Star Ms Paoli Dam distributing food
Jul 2009 Health Camps (Pune) packets to school children as part of the Yi Kolkata World
Food Day Initiative
Aug 2009 Health camp at the old age home
(Nagaland)

Oct 2009 Eye Check Up Camp (Indore)

Oct 2009 Health Camp (Delhi)

Oct 2009 Health Camp - Akshara school (Chennai)

Dec 2009 Cardiac Check Up Camp (Indore)

Campaigns

Apr 2009 Deworm Gujarat (Ahmedabad)

Jun 2009 Eye Donation Poster Campaign (Indore)

Sep 2009 De-worming Campaign (Chandigarh)

Sep 2009 De-worming Drive (Indore)

Sep 2009 Eye Donation Poster Campaign (Indore)


sensitising early
Yi
engages students across the length Yi Net events
and breadth of the country through
Apr 2009 IPS Academy Net Students visited
Yi Nets – a platform for dissemination
Prayaas Orphanage (Indore)
of knowledge and nation building activities by
connecting them to the society at large. They Apr 2009 Session with Prahlad Kakkar at PSGIM
(Coimbatore)
are involved in contests and competitions,
trained in written and spoken English, learning Jun 2009 Yi Net Charter Day at Bhavans
Vidyamandir (Kochi)
missions to corporates, campus cleaning
sessions, interactions with the elderly and so on. Jul 2009 UTVi Budget Special (Mumbai)

Jul 2009 Yi Net meeting with Globsyn (Kolkata)

Jul 2009 Glendale Net visit to Joyland

orphanage & Shanti Hari Towers
(Hyderabad)

Jul 2009 Dr Rahul Mirchandani ,Yi National

Chairman addressed the KIIT Net
students (Bhubaneshwar)

Jul 2009 Session on RTI (Mumbai)

Jul 2009 Yi Net Charter Day at TocH (Kochi)

Aug 2009 Industrial/ Company Visit Silvassa

26-27 September 2009, Kochi (Mumbai)

Yi conducted a simulation of the Indian
Parliament with participation open to
youngsters in the age group of 16 to 25.
After a rigorous selection process, 150
of the most talented applicants were
groomed to conduct the simulation,
which exposed them to the intricacies
of Parliamentary procedure, made
them passionate about governance, its
responsibilities and the effect it had on
the common man.
Aug 2009 Visit to the Old Age Home Little Sisters
of Poor (Mumbai)
Aug 2009 Sessions on New Trends In Marketing
in the Current Economic Scenario with
Dr Rahul Mirchandani (Delhi)
Aug 2009 Interaction with Ms Bhairavi Jani at
New Lite School (Kolkata)
Aug 2009 Literary Fest at Yi Glendale Net
(Hyderabad)
Aug 2009 ‘Igniting Young Minds’ - Ms Bhairavi
Jani addresses 4 schools (Guwahati)

Sep 2009 Yi Net presentation at Rajagiri (Kochi)

Net Launches: 2009
Sep 2009 Yi Net event E - 360 (Coimbatore)

Yi in the year 2009-2010 witnessed new net Sep 2009
launches at the following locations, taking Oct 2009
the total tally to 59 Nets across the country:
Ahmedabad (2), Bhubaneshwar (2), Chennai (1),
Oct 2009
Chittoor (3), Delhi (3), Guwahati (2), Hyderabad
(2), Kochi (2), Thiruvananthapuram (1).
30 July 2009, Delhi
16 Yi Bowling Championship: Delhi Chapter Oct 2009
organised a Bowling Competition for the school
students of Delhi and NCR at BluO, Ambience Oct 2009
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Interaction with Chief Election
Commissioner (Mumbai)
Wake Up India’- Dr Rahul Mirchandani,
National Chair, Yi interaction with
students of Maria’s Public School,
Sarala Birla Gyan Jyoti & Sanskriti
(Guwahati)
Yi-PDPU Cricket League for a Noble
Cause (Ahmedabad)
Photography session for 10 Student

Mall, Gurgaon. More than 10 teams from leading Nets (Kochi)

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relief activity in Andhra Pradesh. Mirchandani on Emerging Marketing

Trends (Pune)
Dr Rahul Mirchandani, National Chairman, Young Indians &
Executive Director, Aries Agro Limited delivering the inaugural
address at the 5th edition of AGROMAX in Guwahati.
Yi
Farmer Nets engage the agrarian
sector in rural India to enable young
and evolving agriculturists to bridge
the information gap using knowledge as a
catalyst to enhance their livelihood thereby
aiding in building a stronger nation.
20 November 2009, Chittoor
Launch of the Second National Farmer Net
Dr Rahul Mirchandani, National Chairman, Yi &
Executive Director Aries Agro Ltd launched the
Farmer Net logo which was followed by signing
of an MoU between Dr Rahul Mirchandani and
Mr Jagan Mohan, General Manager, Galla
Foods. With the launch of this second Farmer
Net at Galla Foods, 589 farmers have become
part of the Yi Farmers Net, taking the total
membership to 8500 farmers nationally.
6 October 2009, Guwahati
5th AGROMAX at Shilpgram
CII’s Young Indians organised the 5th AGROMAX
at Shilpgram, Panjabari. The seminar witnessed
around 350 young farmers, government officials,
industry leaders and expert scientists from West
Bengal and the seven North Eastern states.
Dr Rahul Mirchandani, National Chairman –
Young Indians & Executive Director of Aries
Agro Limited, addressed the issues related to
the need of good agricultural practices.
November 29-30 2009, Haryana
Agriconclave & Agromax
Yi in partnership with CII & the Government
of Haryana organised the 6th edition of the
Agromax Haryana 2009 at Charan Singh Haryana
Agricultural University, Hisar. The theme of the
Agriconclave & Agromax Haryana 2009 was,
‘Towards Building Good Agriculture Practices
and Latest Technology’. The two day exposition
was inaugurated by the Hon’ble Chief Minister
of Haryana, Shri. Bhupinder Singh Hooda.
Dr. Rahul Mirchandani with Hon’ble Chief Minister of Haryana
Shri Bhupinder Singh Hooda at the Agro Max, Haryana
Yi Aries Agro Farmers Network organised 3 kinds
of activities every month in each state where 17
the network operates. These were
• Suryodaya: A unique Farmers Colloquium
for sharing knowledge on best practices
and crop management practices. 11
programmes were organised every month
from July to December in the 10 states of the
Network’s operation impacting 3455 farmers
• Uni Connect: A structured lab-to-land
programme that connects university faculty,
researchers and students with young farmers.
66 sessions were held impacting 3600 farmers
• BAL Krishak Sambodhan – A series of
Guest lectures at rural schools conducted
by agribusiness professionals to expose
students to knowledge of next practices
which will equip future farmers with
comprehensive, current information on
latest agri input practices. Over 4000
engagement
students were impacted.
Yi Galla Foods Farmer Network organised
a four-day training session for its farmers on
December 7-11, 2009 at Galla Foods, Chitoor.
The training covered Good Harvesting, Matured
stage identification to reduce the ripening loss, grassroot
transportation, Integrated Pest management
and Integrated Nutrient management. Galla
Foods also conducted a farmer Health Camp in
the plant on 27 December, where they released
the pesticide, fungicide, nutrient, disease
management Track sheet and a literature book
on how to manage mango gardens.
5 October 2009, Guwahati
10 Innovative Farming Practices Contest
The farming Next practices contest was announced
at Agromax, Guwahati. The contest aims to
identify 10 innovative farming practices across
10 different crops and reward these farming Next
practices. As a follow-up, a year-long campaign
to evangelize the branded farming techniques
will be conducted where selected farmers will be
invited to speak at appropriate forums.
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Yi Chapters

Yi New Chapters

Yi Corporate Chapters

Yi Student Nets present

across Chapters
PUNJAB
Yi Farmer Nets
Chandigarh

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UTTARAKHAND Presence of Yi Farmer
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Delhi

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he Young Indians Thiruvananthapuram
Chapter was launched on 7 April by
Lt Gen S K Pillai, PVSM (Retd). The
Chapter that has 18 members was launched
with the presence of Mr Mahesh Sriram, Chair
- Chapters & Membership Growth for Yi and
Mr P Ganesh, Vice Chairman, CII Kerala State
Council. Mr Vijay Kumar, Chief Operating 21
Officer, InApp Information Technologies and
Mr Alex C Augustine, Managing Director,
Teknokraaft Info Systems Pvt Ltd are Chapter
Chair and Chapter Co-chair respectively
of the Thiruvananthapuram City Chapter.
Thiruvananthapuram Chapter is the 16th city
Chapter of Yi.

The Yi Guwahati Chapter was launched on 8

June at the Vivekananda Kendra, Uzanbazar,
Guwahati. The 17th Yi Chapter was launched
by Prof Gautam Barua, Director of the Indian
Institute of Technology, Guwahati. On 12
September, Yi launched the 19th Chapter at
Erode. The Chief Guest on the occasion was
Dr B K Krishnaraj Vanavarayar, Chairman,
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Coimbatore Kendra.

forging ahead
On 23 September, Yi launched the 20th
Yi Chapter at Vishakapatnam and on 1
October Yi launched is 21st Chapter at Goa.
57 registered members registered for the 21st
Chapter launch in Goa on 1 October, 2009.

Shri Brijmohan Agarwal, Hon’ble Minister

for Tourism & Culture, Government of
Chattisgarh launched Yi’s 22nd Chapter on
10 October, 2009 at Raipur.

New chapters at Baroda and Madurai were

launched on 30th January & 1st February
respectively.

From the top

1. Yi Thiruvananthapuram Chapter launch
2. Dr Rahul Mirchandani, Chairman Yi –National, addressing members at the launch of the Yi Guwahati Chapter.
3. Yi Goa Chapter launch
4. Mr. Prateek Pandey, Head CII Chattisgarh; Mr. Shaurya Veer Himatsingka, Yi Chapter Chair, Kolkata; Mr. Rajesh Gowardhan,
Managing Director, Chattisgarh State Industrial Development Corporation; Mr. P Ramesh Kumar, Secretary Industry,
Government of Chattisgarh; Shri Brijmohan Agarwal, Minister of Tourism & Culture, Government of Chattisgarh; Mr. Narayan
Agarwal, Vice Chairman CII at the launch of the Yi Raipur Chapter
 governing council
members 2009-10
Name Yi Designation Designation Company City
Rahul Mirchandani Yi National Chairman Executive Director Aries Agro Ltd Mumbai
Bhairavi Jani Yi National Vice Chairman Executive Director SCA Group of Companies Mumbai
PLATFORMS
Student Nets
Mala Patodia Chair - Student Nets Export Executive GTN Enterprises Kochi
Ayush Jain Co-Chair - Student Nets Director Indicana Art n Mart Pvt Indore
Ltd.
Abiram Bhajoria Co-Chair - Student Nets Vice President (Sourcing) CGS Apparels Pvt Ltd Delhi
Deepak Subramaniam Co-Chair - Student Nets Vice President-Marketing Multivista Global Ltd Chennai
Farmer Nets
Rahul Mirchandani Chair - Farmer Nets Executive Director Aries Agro Ltd Mumbai
Chintan Shah Co-Chair - Farmer Nets Manager - Marketing Aries Agro Ltd Mumbai
Services
Next Practices
Sumeet Anand Chair - Next Practices Director   Taabir Lifestyle Delhi
Accessories pvt ltd
Rahul Patwardhan Co-Chair - Next Practices Vice Chairman & MD IndiaCo.com Pvt Ltd Pune
INITIATIVES
Employability
Bala Subramaniam Chair - Employability Vice President, CSR Fullerton India Credit Co. Mumbai
Ltd.
Gayithri Punjabi Co-Chair - Employability Director KG Developers & Chennai
Promoters
Nihar Shah Co-Chair - Employability Partner Silver Bright Pune
Environment
Deepa Sathiaram Chair - Environment Partner En3 Consulting Chennai
Madan Jerome Co-Chair - Environment Designer Anydesigns Kochi
Governance & Value Based Leadership
Meher Pudumjee Chair - Governance & Chairperson Thermax Ltd Pune
Value-Based Leadership
Healthcare
Sudha Iyer Chair - Healthcare Chairperson & Managing Srijana Group Hyderabad
Director
Shikha Sharma Co-Chair - Healthcare Managing Director Nutri-Health Systems Delhi
Private Ltd.
Arts, Culture & Sports
Aparna Reddy Chair - Arts, Culture & Sports Hyderabad
Education
Srikantan Suryanarayan Chair - Education Managing Director Tradelinks Ventures Pvt Ltd Kochi
Aditya Balasundaram Co-Chair - Education Executive Director CPC (P) Limited Coimbatore
Alok Sanghi Co-Chair - Education Director Sanghi Industries Ltd Ahmedabad
MEMBERSHIP
Membership Engagement
Bhairavi Jani Chair - Membership Executive Director SCA Group of Companies Mumbai
Engagement
Umang Patodia Co-Chair - Membership Managing Director Patspin India Ltd Kochi
Engagement
Sandeep Maini Co-Chair - Membership Managing Director Maini Materials Movement Bangalore
Engagement Pvt Ltd
Name Yi Designation Designation Company City
Membership Processes
Anuj Kothari Chair - Membership Director K N C Intrade Pvt Ltd. Indore
Processes
Naveen Munjal Co-Chair - Membership Chief Executive Hero Exports Delhi
Processes
Communication
Shankar Vanavarayar Chair - Communication Chief Executive Sri Sakthi Textiles Ltd Coimbatore
Rajeev Kamineni Co-Chair - Communication Director Oxford Boom Store & Coimbatore
Cha Bar
Learning
Kumara Guru Chair - Learning Associate Director - Indian School of Business Hyderabad
Dean’s Office
Kumaar Bagrodia Co-Chair - Learning CEO Leap Vault Mumbai
Anupama Arya Co-Chair - Learning Director Mobera Systems Chandigarh
Rohit Rajendran Co-Chair - Learning Executive Director Premier Spg & Wvg Mills Coimbatore
Pvt Ltd
MEMBERSHIP GROWTH
Chapters & Membership Growth
Mahesh Sriram Chair - Chapters & Executive Director Bharat Travel Service Chennai
Membership Growth P Ltd
Paul Jacob Co-Chair - Chapters & Director Modarchs Consultants Chennai
Membership Growth Chennai (P) Ltd
Corporate Chapter
Gayathri Sriram Chair - Corporate Chapter Managing Director UCAL Auto Private Ltd Chennai
Charulatha Bansal Co-Chair - Corporate Managing Partner Buzzaar Mumbai
Chapter
Yi online
Nikhil Nath Chair - Yi Online Chief Executive Knowcross Solutions Delhi
Private Limited
Anurag Mundra Co-Chair - Yi Online Director M & B Switchgears Pvt Ltd Indore
Special Interest Groups
Women Engagement
Monica Trivedi Chair - Women Engagement Freelance Journalist Pune
Mahua Moitra Co-Chair - Women Member Indian National Congress Kolkata
Engagement
Yi Alumni
Kartik Sriram Chair - Yi Alumni President & CEO Rapsri Engineering Bangalore
Industries Ltd.
Overseas Indians
Mahesh Sriram Chair - Overseas Indians Executive Director Bharat Travel Service P Ltd. Chennai
Yi 100
Rajan Navani Chair - Yi 100 Managing Director Jetline Group of Pune
Companies
Arjun Wallia Co-Chair - Yi 100 Managing Director Walsons Services Pvt Ltd. Delhi
Rahul Chawla Co-Chair - Yi 100 CEO & Founder Signet Corp Delhi
ORGANISATION
Partnerships & International Relations
Narayan Sethuramon Past National Chairman Managing Director W S Industries (India) Ltd Chennai
& Chair - Partnerships &
International Relations
Finance
Raghu Kailas Chair - Finance Managing Director Ucal Exports Private Ltd Chennai
Ram Sukumar Co-Chair - Finance Director Indium Software (India) LtdChennai
Branding Strategy
Jay Galla Imm Past National Chairman Managing Director Amara Raja Batteries Ltd.  Hyderabad
& Chair - Branding
Name Yi Designation Designation Company City
Organisational Governance
Rajan Navani Chair Organisational Managing Director Jetline Group of Pune
Governance Companies
Intergration with CII
Rahul Mirchandani Chair - Intergration with CII Executive Director Aries Agro Ltd Mumbai
Planning & Policy
Yi Core Group
EVENTS
Rahul Chawla Chair - Event CEO & Founder Signet Corp Delhi
Vishnu Raju Co Chair - Event Managing Director Exciga Corp Hyderabad
Rajeev Nair Co Chair - Event Managing Director Stallions System & Solution Kochi
P Ltd
SPECIAL INVITEES
Rajeev Karwal Invitee Founder Milagrow Business & Delhi
Knowledge Solutions
Pratima Kirloskar Invitee President The Indus Pune
Entrepreneurs(KBL)
Huzaifa Khorakiwala Invitee Executive Director Wockhardt Ltd Mumbai
PAST NATIONAL CHAIRS
G V Sanjay Reddy Yi Past National Chairman Vice Chairman GVK Industries Ltd Hyderabad
Narayan Sethuramon Yi Past National Chairman Managing Director W S Industries (India) Ltd Chennai
Rajan Navani Yi Past National Chairman Managing Director Jetline Group of Pune
Companies
Jayadev Galla Imm Past National Chairman Managing Director Amara Raja Batteries Ltd.  Hyderabad
Chapter CHAIRS/CO CHAIRS
Ahmedabad
Jay Ruparel Chair - Yi Ahmedabad ED & COO Azure Knowledge Center Ahmedabad
Madhur Todi Co-Chair - Yi Ahmedabad Managing Director DhanVyavastha Ahmedabad
Bangalore
Amitha Singh Chair - Yi Bangalore Director 3HEAD Design Bangalore
Bhubaneshwar
Aditya Dash Chair - Yi Bhubaneshwar Director Suryo Papers Pvt. Ltd. Bhubaneshwar
Sanjoy Panda Co-Chair - Yi Bhubaneshwar Doctor Panda Medical Centre Bhubaneshwar
Chandigarh
Mohit Chitkara Chair - Yi Chandigarh Vice President Chitkara Educational Trust Chandigarh
Navita Mahajan Co-Chair - Yi Chandigarh Education Consultant Chandigarh
Chennai
Anand Pakkurti Chennai Chapter Chair Director Enpro Hitech Distributors Chennai
Private Limited
Deepa Sathiaram Co-Chair - Chennai Partner En3 Consulting Chennai
M Sivaramakrishnan Co-Chair - Chennai Managing Director Ucal Machine Tools Ltd Chennai
Chittoor
N Praveen Chair - Chittoor Chairman & CEO TeleDNA Chittoor
Coimbatore
Arjun Prakash Chair Coimbatore President Effica Automation Coimbatore
Jayanthra Jayachandran Co-Chair Coimbatore CEO & Director Angler Technologies India Coimbatore
P Ltd
Delhi
Rahul Chawla Chair - Yi Delhi CEO & Founder Signet Corp Delhi
Akshay Bhalla Co-Chair - Yi Delhi Partner J C Bhalla & Company Delhi
Erode
Senthil Kumar Duraisamy Chair, Erode Chapter Director Sakthi Masala Pvt Ltd Erode
Name Yi Designation Designation Company City
V P S Radhakrishnan Co-Chair Erode Chapter Properitor Mangalmoorthy Starch Erode
Industries
Goa
Tejendra (Nikhil) Lawande Chair, Goa Proprietor & Managing Mountain Builders M/s. R S Goa
Partner Lawande
Jennifer Lewis e Kamat Co-Chair Goa Structural & Repair BDK Consultants Goa
Consultant
Guwahati
Ajay Agarwal Chair - Guwahati Partner Singhi & Co Guwahati
Atreyee B Thekedath Co-Chair - Guwahati Webcom India Guwahati
Hyderabad
Nirav Modi Chair - Yi Hyderabad Director E Logic Solutions India Pvt Hyderabad
Ltd
Rishabh Agarwal Co-Chair - Yi Hyderabad Director Karen Woo-Sin Ltd. Hyderabad
Indore
Shashank Agarwal Chair - Yi Indore Chartered Accountant Worth Corporate Solutions Indore
Pvt. Ltd.
Amit Bidasaria Co-Chair - Yi Indore Director V S N International Indore
Kochi
Jacob Joy Chair - Yi Kochi Director (Operations) J J Confectionery(P) Ltd. Kochi
Naveen Philip Co-Chair - Yi Kochi Managing Director Popular Mega Motors (I) Kochi
Ltd.
Kohima
Hekani Jhakalu Chair - Yi Kohima Director YouthNet Kohima
Zaren Oduyo Co-Chair - Yi Kohima Entrepreneur Kohima
Kolkata
Shaurya Veer Himatsingka Chair - Yi Kolkata Executive Director India Carbon Ltd Kolkata
Mumbai
Kamaljit Rastogi Chair - Yi Mumbai Head - Products ,Vice Financial Information Mumbai
President, Network &
Operations Pvt. Ltd. (FINO)
Sweta Mangal Co-Chair - Yi Mumbai Co-Founder 1298 Ambulance Mumbai
Puducherry
Mr K Amarnath Chair - Yi Puducherry Vice President Hotel Surguru Puducherry
Srikanth Sivaraman Co-Chair - Yi Puducherry General Manager SNAM Alloys Pvt Ltd Puducherry
Pune
Monica Trivedi Chair - Pune Freelance Journalist Pune
Sunaina Gera Co-Chair - Pune Product Developer Gera Developments Pvt Pune
Ltd
Raipur
Dinesh Agrawal Chair - Raipur Managing Director RR Ispat Limited Raipur
Srinagar
Aqil Nedou Chair - Srinagar Director Nedous Hotels Srinagar
Waseem Trumboo Co-Chair - Srinagar Director Trumboo Industries Pvt Ltd Srinagar
Thiruvananthapuram
Vijay Kumar Chair - Thiruvananthapuram Chief Operating Officer InApp Information Thiruvananthapuram
Technologies
Alex C Augustine Co-Chair - Managing Director Teknokraaft Info Systems Thiruvananthapuram
Thiruvananthapuram Pvt Ltd
Vishakapatnam
Srinivas Mahesh Chair - Vishakapatnam CEO Weblogix Vishakapatnam
Shyam Kumar Kolluru Co-Chair - Vishakapatnam VP- Business Development Symbiosys Technologies Vishakapatnam
executive and
managing members
National/Chapters Name Designation

National Shefali Chaturvedi Head – Young Indians

National Mercy Solomon Managing Member

National Nagalakshmi Yeshwanth Executive Member

National Theja P Executive Member

National Gaurav Kashyap Executive Member

Ahmedabad Sudhakaran Nair Executive Member

Bangalore Rita John Executive Member

Bhubaneshwar Deepak Kumar Singh Executive Member

Chandigarh Rajneet Ghumman Executive Member

Chennai Vidya Lakshmi Executive Member

D Thulasiraj / Executive Member

Coimbatore Pavithra R Executive Member

Delhi Shipra Saxena Executive Member

M Subramanian /
Erode S M Manoharan Executive Member

Guwahati Pryankarjit Baruah Executive Member

Hyderabad Tapati D Executive Member

Indore Tushar Mishra Executive Member

Kochi Linoy Thenayan Executive Member

Kolkata Suparna Chakraborty Executive Member

Mumbai Alisha Ojha Executive Member

Nagaland Chuba Ozukum Executive Member

Pune Mansi Kapoor Executive Member

Raipur Sahil Batra Executive Member

Thiruvananthapuram Linoy Thenayan Executive Member

Vishakapatnam Vinay Iyer Executive Member

about C I I about young indians

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) works to create and
sustain an environment conducive to the growth of industry
in India, partnering industry and government alike through
advisory and consultative processes.
CII is a non-government, not-for-profit, industry-led and industry-
managed organisation, playing a proactive role in India’s
development process. Founded over 114 years ago, it is India’s
premier business association, with a direct membership of over
8500+ organisations from the private as well as public sectors,
including SMEs and MNCs, and an indirect membership of
over 90,000 companies from around 396 national and regional
sectoral associations.
CII catalyses change by working closely with government
on policy issues, enhancing efficiency, competitiveness and
expanding business opportunities for industry through a range
of specialised services and global linkages. It also provides a
platform for sectoral consensus building and networking. Major
emphasis is laid on projecting a positive image of business,
assisting industry to identify and execute corporate citizenship
Young Indians (Yi) is an integral part of the Confederation of
Indian Industry (CII), India’s premier business association. The
agenda was to create a platform for young Indians to realise the
dream of a developed nation. Yi has over 1200 direct members
in 24 city Chapters and 1 district Chapter. Its 160 members in
3 corporate Chapters and 12,000 members in district Chapter,
2 Farmer Nets and 59 Student Nets include young progressive
Indians between the age group of 25 - 40 years. Its vision: “To
become the voice of young Indians globally”.
Yi works effectively for promoting leadership skills for the
development of its members through learning programmes;
development and engagement of students in schools and
colleges through Student Nets and Farmer Nets with 8389
young and progressive farmers.
Yi has focused in areas of primary education, environment,
primary healthcare and employability, contributing positively
to its surrounding eco system and the nation..
Yi partners with organisations including the Government,

programmes. Partnerships with over 120 NGOs across the Companies, Civil society organisations. On the international

country facilitate initiatives in integrated and inclusive arena, Yi engages with the BMW Foundation to promote the

development, including health, education, livelihood, diversity “Indo German Young Leaders Forum” for young leaders from

management, skill development and water, to name a few.
Complementing this vision, CII’s theme for 2009-10 is ‘India@75:
Economy, Infrastructure and Governance.’ Within the agenda
to facilitate India’s transformation into an economically vital,
technologically innovative, socially and ethically vibrant global
leader by year 2022, CII’s focus this year is on revival of the
Economy, fast tracking Infrastructure and improved Governance
With 64 offices in India, 9 overseas in Australia, Austria, China,
France, Germany, Japan, Singapore, UK, and USA, and
institutional partnerships with 213 counterpart organisations in
88 countries, CII serves as a reference point for Indian industry
and the international business community.
Germany and India to come on a common platform. Young
Indians have partnered with CII on the Mission on India@75:
The Emerging Agenda, which reflects its aspirational role to
facilitate the acceleration in India’s transformation into an
economically vital, technologically innovative, socially and
ethically vibrant global leader by year 2022. With six years of
glorious past and decades ahead that promise nothing short,
Yi intends to become a larger movement and promote the
positive attitude of “We Can, We Will”.
www.yionline.org

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Young Indians
c/o Confederation of Indian Industry
249-F, Sector 18, Udyog Vihar, Phase IV, Gurgaon - 122015, India
Tel: (+91-124) 401 4060-67 • Fax: (+91-124) 401 4057 / 3875 • Web: www.yionline.org

f i r e f l i e s f o r c h a n g e

Fireflies are spectacular. They are the only living beings that have the ability to glow and spread light in the dark. They always live
in large groups and when they unite, their collective energy creates a natural spectacle and has the power to illuminate even the
deepest, darkest abyss. With their inborn abilities and unity, fireflies have the skill to lead by showing the way. And while doing so
they dazzle, excite and inspire. Young Indians are very similar. In our quest for being change agents who work collectively to shape
India’s future, we unite, like fireflies, using our inborn talent and our acquired skills to challenge the status quo and energize people
and communities. In the process, we lead the change we want to see. Together, we are ‘Fireflies for Change’.