India 75: Next Steps

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India _at_ 75 Next Steps
C.K.Prahalad Paul
and Ruth McCracken Distinguished University
Professor The University of Michigan
July 30, 2009
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Agenda For the Session

• India _at_ 75 Agenda
• The Journey so far Lessons learned
• Choice of Big Issues from India_at_75
• Approach to Action
• Moving Forward

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India _at_ 75 Actively Shape
the Emerging World Order Through
Economic Strength Technological Vitality
Moral Leadership
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The Potential of India
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What India can be in 2022
1. Worlds Largest Pool of Trained Manpower 200
million college graduates (16) 500 million
trained, skilled workforce (40) Universal
Literacy 2. Worlds 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
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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
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The Journey
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India_at_75 Journey
Getting it Done
Development of National Vision The Peoples
Agenda
Developing State Level India _at_ 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_at_75 Speech, New York
June Nov. 2008
Jan.-April 2009
August 2009 ----
Sept. 23 2007
May 8, 2008
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Key Aspects of India_at_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. Indias demographic dividend can be
realized only if the country invests
in developing skills to make our youths
employable Presidents address to Lok Sabha
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India_at_ 75 Methodology

• Not Business as Usual but Innovation
• Stretch Goals Aspiration gt 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

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The Sandbox for Economic Development
Global Scale
Environmentally Sustainable
Rule of Law, Individual Rights
Innovations within These Constraints
New Price- Performance Levels
Social Equity Focus
Market Based
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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
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India_at_75 Big Issues
Skill Development
Inclusive Urbanization
Sustainable Development
500 Million
300 New Cities ?
More for Less for More
RA Mashelkar
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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
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Innovation Sandbox for Skill Development
Global Standards
Scale
Consistency
Inclusion
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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
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Moving Forward
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Starting Points

• India _at_ 75 has received broad acceptance among
• CII leadership, YI, people at large,
  media,
• bureaucrats, and politicians. The idea
  has Traction.
• Indias development has been asymmetric.
  Deployment
• of India _at_ 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.

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Starting Points
4. India _at_ 75 provides opportunities for a large
number of experiments. The type of
experiment depends our imagination 5.
India _at_ 75 deployment needs clarity to objectives
and clarity to metrics. For example
Number of children not in School.. 6.
India _at_ 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
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Starting Points

• Volunteers must internalize the message of India
  _at_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
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Transformation Requires
Imagination Passion
Courage Humanity Humility
Intellect Luck !