CII focus on skill development
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Prof. Prahalad is certain about the potential for India to be the home for at least 30 of the Fortune 100 firms; to increase the country’s share in global trade; become a source of global innovations with new businesses, technologies and business models; and become the world’s benchmark on how to cope with diversity.
Advocating entrepreneurial transformation, the document insists that folding the future in rather than extrapolating the past is fundamental.
Taking small and clear steps – some of them may be experimental – with a sense of urgency and purpose is essential, it states.
As regards the vision itself for India, the six elements that Prof. Prahalad proposes are: shift from abject poverty to income inequality; shift from income levels to life style measurement; changing the price-performance envelope; shift from low tech solution to universal access to high technology solutions; provisioning of products and jobs for ecological vitality; and focus on good governance.
In consonance with India@75 envisioned by Prof. C.K. Prahalad, Paul and Ruth McCracken Distinguished University Professor, Ross School of Business, the University of Michigan, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has embarked on an action plan for implementing practical initiatives at grassroots level with the objective of placing India in a formidable position in the emerging world order.
The action plan focuses on skill development through educational mission and converting the country’s population into a distinct advantage.
By preparing the ground for universal literacy as advocated in the vision document, the CII believes that India will have the largest pool of technically trained manpower.
Prof. Prahalad is certain about the potential for India to be the home for at least 30 of the Fortune 100 firms; to increase the country’s share in global trade; become a source of global innovations with new businesses, technologies and business models; and become the world’s benchmark on how to cope with diversity.
Advocating entrepreneurial transformation, the document insists that folding the future in rather than extrapolating the past is fundamental.
Taking small and clear steps – some of them may be experimental – with a sense of urgency and purpose is essential, it states.
As regards the vision itself for India, the six elements that Prof. Prahalad proposes are: shift from abject poverty to income inequality; shift from income levels to life style measurement; changing the price-performance envelope; shift from low tech solution to universal access to high technology solutions; provisioning of products and jobs for ecological vitality; and focus on good governance.
It was against this background that the CII – Tiruchi Zone conducted an interactive session with Gopal Srinivasan, Chairman, CII Mission on India @75 and Development of Tier II and Tier III cities here on Tuesday.
Referring to the ?Vision 2025’ unveiled for Tamil Nadu last year wherein a macro picture of the State was arrived at based on interactions with 700 persons belonging to various economic and social levels, Mr. Gopal said that the session was meant to kick off the CII’s initiatives at zonal levels to evolve District Development Plans.
Appreciating the active role played by the CII, Tiruchi Zone, he said it would extend its services in advisory capacities to the district administrations of Tiruchi and neighbouring districts including Karur and Thanjavur to get the plans implemented. Senthil Annamalai, Chairman, CII Tiruchi Zone, and Leo J Ananth, Vice Chairman, also spoke.
