India @ 75: Next Steps

1. India @ 75: Next Steps C.K.Prahalad Paul and Ruth McCracken Distinguished University Professor The University of Michigan July 30, 2009

2. Agenda For the Session • India @ 75 Agenda • The Journey so far: Lessons learned • Choice of “Big Issues” from India@75 • Approach to Action • Moving Forward

3. India @ 75 Actively Shape the Emerging World Order Through Economic Strength Technological Vitality Moral Leadership

4. The Potential of India

5. What India can be in 2022 1. World’s Largest Pool of Trained Manpower: 200 million college graduates (~16%) 500 million trained, skilled workforce (~40%) Universal Literacy 2. World’s Leaders in Industry and Commerce 30 of Fortune 100 from India 3. India Accounts for 10 % of World Trade A broad scope of products and services 4. India as a Source of Global Innovations New Businesses, New Forms of Organization, New Technologies

6. What India can be in 2022 5. Focus on the Bottom of the Pyramid as a Source of Innovations for the World (Leaders in Health, Education, Energy, Transportation, Sustainable Development for all) 6. A Flowering of Art, Literature, and Science ( 10 Nobel Prize Winners from India) 7. A New Moral Voice for People Around the World India as a country where Universality and Inclusiveness is widely practiced. India becomes the most Benchmarked country for its capacity to accept and benefit from its diversity

7. The Journey

8. India@75 Journey Getting it Done Development of National Vision: The Peoples’ Agenda Developing State Level India @ 75 Perspectives, 5,000 people, 77 workshops, 17 District Level Plans Task Force Meetings’ Meeting with Political Leaders State Level Bureaucrats National Presentation, Video Links CII, Yi, BCG and CII Mission Focus Groups, 4000+ People All Socio-economic Strata, Test the Idea India@75 Speech, New York June – Nov. 2008 Jan.-April 2009 August 2009 ---- Sept. 23 2007 May 8, 2008

9. Key Aspects of India@75 informing Public Debate and Policy India is a young country with 70% of the population below the age of 35. To reap the “demographic dividend”, The Indian National Congress believes that there is an urgent need to put in place an extensive skill development programme so that the employability of the youth is enhanced Congress Manifesto 2009 India is currently estimated to have a total workforce of 500 million, which is expected to grow by 20 million every year over the next 10 years. India’s demographic dividend can be realized only if the country invests in developing skills to make our youths employable President’s address to Lok Sabha

10. India@ 75 Methodology • Not “Business as Usual” but Innovation • Stretch Goals: Aspiration > Resources • Fold the Future in • Focus on Big Issues: e.g. Skills, Sustainability • A sense of Urgency • Focus on World Class • Focus on Scale • Non-Negotiables in Economic Development • New Social Compact: • Private Sector- Govt.- Civil Society • 10.Excitement, Energy, Engagement, Empowerment

11. The “Sandbox” for Economic Development Global Scale Environmentally Sustainable Rule of Law, Individual Rights Innovationswithin These Constraints New Price- Performance Levels Social Equity Focus Market Based

12. The “Sandbox” for Economic Development Global Scale Environmentally Sustainable Rule of Law, Individual Rights Accountability for Performance Business, Politicians, Civil Society, Bureaucrats New Price- Performance Levels Social Equity Focus Market Based

13. India@75: Big Issues Skill Development Inclusive Urbanization Sustainable Development 500 Million 300 New Cities ? “More for Less for More”* * RA Mashelkar

14. Let us Focus on Skill Development Goals Implications 500 million Scale 12 years Urgency World Class Rigorous Monetizable Relevant Inclusive Affordable, Accessible Consistency New Delivery Systems Innovation; Next Practices

15. Innovation Sandbox for Skill Development Global Standards Consistency Scale Inclusion

16. Skill Development “Innovation Sandbox” Global Standards Learning Platforms Techno logy Rigor, Relevance Focused Resources Consistency Scale Empowerment Student Retention, Excitement Standards, Assess- ment Low cost, Remote Delivery Inclusion

17. Moving Forward

18. Starting Points: • India @ 75 has received broad acceptance among • CII leadership, YI, people at large, media, • bureaucrats, and politicians. The idea has Traction. • India’s development has been asymmetric. Deployment • of India @ 75 will be different in different States and • in Districts within States. We will start with a • District as the focus for deployment effort. • Highly decentralized deployment requires a focus on • quality. We need integrity to the concepts (non- • negotiables as in TQM) and unique, locally • relevant projects and priorities. It is National and • Local at the same time.

19. Starting Points: 4. India @ 75 provides opportunities for a large number of experiments. The type of experiment depends our imagination 5. India @ 75 deployment needs clarity to objectives and clarity to metrics. For example: Number of children not in School….. 6. India @ 75 needs continuity. Volunteers must commit time for a period of say 2 years. Further, we should work with teams of Volunteers 7. Building a local Coalition is key. Volunteers, CII, local NGOs, Bureaucrats and Politicians must be engaged

20. Starting Points: • Volunteers must internalize the message of India @75. • It is not about “more of the same”. It is about • Change. It is about Aspiration. It is about challenging • “ground realities”. It is about an unshakable belief • in India, Indians and its role in the world. This is not • for those who say: “I agree, but……” • 9. It is about sacrifice. It is about subordinating “private • benefits to public benefits”. It is asking “what you can • do for the country; not what it can do for you”* • 10. It is about celebrating our privilege. Privilege comes • with Obligations. * John F. Kennedy

21. Transformation Requires: Imagination Passion Courage Humanity Humility Intellect Luck !