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During the inaugural sessionof AIMA's NationalLeadership Conclave,

Harshavardhan Neotia, President,

All India ManagementAssociation and Chairman,Ambuja Neotia Group; informedthe audience that MSMEs are thelifeline of the economy as theycontribute towards the GDP, andmore importantly, towards jobs.

"It is possible to achieve highereconomic growth briefly bypumping capital into moreproductive machines. The bestsolution to make jobs moreaccessible is to makeentrepreneurship less painful. It's

important to leave some roomfor the small enterprises togrow," said Neotia.

After Neotia's speech, SanjayKirloskar, Senior Vice President,AIMA and Chairman &Managing Director, KirloskarBrothers Ltd., addressed theopening session. He spokeabout the potentialperformance of the nation vis-a-vis digitisation, education andhealthcare.

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In a session moderated byVikram Chandra, Founder,Editorji Technologies, speakers

Sanjiv Mehta, Chairman andManaging Director, HindustanUnilever Limited; Sanjiv Singh,Chairman, IndianOil Corporation;and Sanjiv Bajaj, ManagingDirector, Bajaj Finserv, deliberatedon how fintech is changingbanking and finance and how theexisting leaders are responding to

this change.During a plenary session,

Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Founder& CEO, Paytm, and AdityaGhosh, CEO - India and SouthAsia, OYO Hotels & Homes,talked about the new kind ofenterprises and jobs that can becreated in the digital economy.The session was chaired bySunil Kant Munjal, Co-Chairman, 5th NationalLeadership Conclave andChairman, Hero Enterprise.

Sanjay Kirloskar, Senior Vice

President, AIMA and Chairman& Managing Director, KirloskarBrothers Ltd; Patu Keswani,Chairman and ManagingDirector, Lemon Tree HotelsLimited; Akshay Bhalla, Partner,COO - Markets and Strategy,KPMG in India; Kewal Handa,Non-Executive Chairman, UnionBank of India; and NikhilSawhney, Vice Chairman andManaging Director, TriveniTurbine Ltd., discussed India'sexpansion strategy and itsagenda to secure its national

interest globally. Nayantara Rai,Chief of Bureau, ET Now, wasthe moderator of the session.

In a session moderated byRajdeep Sardesai, ConsultingEditor, India Today Group;experts TN Ninan, Chairman,Business Standard Pvt Ltd; V KBajaj, Director, Today'sChanakya; TK Arun, Editor-Opinion, The Economic Times;and Sunil Jain, Managing Editor,Financial Express sharedinsights on how in this age oftechnological and geopolitical

disruption and economicuncertainty, the country needsthe government to provideenlightened and agileleadership.

In a special session, RajatGupta, Management Expert,Author and Former ManagingDirector, McKinsey & Co, shared

his life, experiences andlearning.

Panelists Vineet Agarwal,Managing Director, TransportCorporation of India Ltd; BinduSubramaniam, Singer, Song-writer, Educator and Co-Founder SaPa in Schools;Vedant Kanoi, Co-Founder &

CEO, Foodcloud; and AnubhavNath, Director, Ojas Artdiscussed ways on how theyoung prepare to lead thenation. The session wasmoderated by Syna Dehnugara,Features Editor, CNBC-TV18.

The event ended after severalinsightful sessions.

(L-R): Patu Keswani, Chairman and Managing Director, Lemon Tree Hotels Limited; Nikhil Sawhney,Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Triveni Turbine Ltd; Akshay Bhalla, Partner, COO Marketsand Strategy, KPMG in India; Nayantara Rai, Chief of Bureau, ET Now; and Kewal Handa, NonExecutive Chairman, Union Bank of India

Experts from different walks of life deliberated on various challenges andopportunities that the digital revolution is offering to the global economy inorder to create a new world order

Embracing digitisationfor global dominance

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(L-R) Anubhav Nath, Director, Ojas Art; Syna Dehnugara, Features Editor, CNBC-TV18; Bindu Subramaniam,Singer, Song-writer, Educator and Co-Founder SaPa in Schools; Vineet Agarwal, Managing Director, TransportCorporation of India Ltd and Vedant Kanoi, Co-Founder & CEO, Foodcloud

India’s Mission for the New Decade

Sunil Kant Munjal, Chairman, Hero Enterprise in conversation with Rajat Gupta, ManagementExpert, Author and Former Managing Director, McKinsey & Co

Sundaram R recipient of AIMA- Dr. J S Juneja Award forCreativity and Innovation forMicro, Small & MediumEnterprises with Dr J S Juneja,Past President – AIMA,Chairman, Global ProjectsPvt Ltd

Release of AIMA-KPMG report on Social and Economic Impact of Digital Transformationin India

In her welcome address, RekhaSethi, DG, AIMA, familiarised theaudience with the day's agenda.

Later, the AIMA-Dr. J S JunejaAward for Creativity and

Innovation for Micro, Small &Medium Enterprises waspresented to Sundaram R,Managing Director and CEO,Aerospace Engineers Private

Limited. AIMA-KPMG report on'Social and Economic Impact ofDigital Transformation in India'was also released on theoccasion.

(L-R) TN Ninan, Chairman, Business Standard Pvt Ltd; TK Arun, Editor- Opinion, The Economic Times; V K Bajaj, Director, Today'sChanakya; Sunil Jain, Managing Editor, Financial Express and Rajdeep Sardesai, Consulting Editor, India Today Group

(L-R) Sanjay Kirloskar, Senior Vice President, AIMA and Chairman & Managing Director, KirloskarBrothers Ltd; Harshavardhan Neotia, President, AIMA and Chairman, Ambuja Neotia Group andRekha Sethi, Director General, AIMA

(L-R): Sanjiv Singh, Chairman, Indian Oil Corporation; Sanjiv Mehta, Chairman and Managing Director, Hindustan Unilever Limited;Sanjiv Bajaj, Managing Director, Bajaj Finserv and Vikram Chandra, Founder, Editorji Technologies

(L-R): Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Founder & CEO, Paytm; Sunil Kant Munjal, Co-Chairman, 5th NationalLeadership Conclave and Chairman, Hero Enterprise; and Aditya Ghosh, CEO - India and SouthAsia, OYO Hotels & Homes

At the 5th National Leadership Conclave, organised by All India Management Association,dignitaries deliberated on emerging business models and India's potential as a global player

Technological upgradecentral to India’s mission

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