Team RML has been invited to speak at various seminars / conferences in India and across the globe to share the journey of its unprecedented innovation and its financial and emotional impact on the farming community. Some of the events ...

 

December-2010

Academy of Indian Marketing and American Marketing Association \r\nTopic: Emerging Markets in the New World Order - The Paradigm Shift: Plenary Session 'Bottom of the Pyramid' \r\nLocation: Delhi \r\nA 3-day conference hosted by the Academy of Indian Marketing (AIM) and supported by American Marketing Association (AMA). Attended by Deans and Directors of top B-schools, corporates like Britannia and Pepsico, the conference focused on issues and perspectives unique to emerging markets.\r\n

December-2010

United Nations Development Programme Symposium on Inclusive Market Development \r\nTopic: Building Inclusive Businesses - Best Practices and Learning’s from RML \r\nLocation: UN University, Tokyo \r\nThis symposium was the first high profile in-depth workshop on inclusive business models attended by leading Japanese corporations and development institutions. It was a forum to share knowledge of the UNDP in Inclusive Market Development (IMD) and promoting the private sector engagement in IMD through discussion on challenges and opportunities of BOP business in the Japanese context \r\n

November-2010

MART, Prerna and SOIL (School of Inspired Leadership) \r\nTopic: Building Conscious Business - From Shareholder to Stakeholder Value Creation \r\nA discussion with 50 CEO – CXO professionals from both developmental and corporate sectors to contribute their views on\r\n \r\n The need and relevance of conscious businesses \r\n The framework of conscious leadership centric organizations \r\n \r\n

November-2010

German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) \r\nTopic: ICT for Rural Economic Development; Panel discussion: The Role of Mobile Phones for Rural Economic Development \r\nLocation: Berlin \r\nOrganized by GTZ on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) in Berlin, the conference focused on topics like e-agriculture, ICT business innovation, ICT-backed financial service development, and universal access to ICT infrastructures. RML experience and impact was shared at this forum\r\n

November-2010

7th Convention of Grameen Gyan Abhiyan - Rural Knowledge Movement (Mission 2007: Every Village is a Knowledge Centre) \r\nTopic: Information Communication Technology and Sustainable Development. \r\nLocation: Mumbai \r\nA convention organized by the Grameen Gyan Secretariat, M S Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai and University of Mumbai, the convention focused on the role of ICT - food, health and livelihood in an era of climate change where speakers addressed topics like ICT for eliminating hunger and poverty, for sustainable development and for delivery platforms.

November-2010

4th Indian Horticulture Congress \r\nTopic: Bridge the gap between Producer & Supplier, to provide a common platform between Governments, Corporates & Academic Sector. \r\nLocation: Delhi \r\nAn international event organized by the Horticulture Society of India to promote horticulture in India, RML addressed the topic ‘Bridging the gap between Producer & Supplier, to provide a common platform between Governments, Corporate & Academic Sector’. Inaugurated by Mr. Sharad Pawar, Minister for Agriculture, 900 experts / delegates from various Government organizations, Industry associations, National and International NGOs and corporate professionals attended the event. \r\n

October-2010

NASSCOM IT.biz, India's Premier ICT Event 2010 \r\nTopic: ICT at the Bottom of the Pyramid – Huge need & opportunity \r\nLocation: Bangalore \r\nIT.biz 2010 with its core theme ‘Billion Strong: Empowered by ICT’ covered various topics related to technology, one of them being ICT at the BOP. The event had participation of over 125 Expert Speakers, 1000 Delegates, 125 Exhibitors, 5000 business visitors, 6 Countries, 12 States representing over 750 Organizations.

May-2010

London Business School 8th Annual India Business Forum \r\nTopic: Climbing the Pyramid: The Quest for Inclusive Growth in India \r\nLocation: London \r\nA conference where the theme revolved around issues that India needs to address if it is to become an economic superpower with a focus on the 'bottom of the pyramid'. Speakers included Mr. Kishore Biyani, Founder and Chairman of Future Group, Dr. Karmakar, Managing Director, NABARD, Dr. Deepak Jain, Dean, Kellogg School of Management, Tarun Khanna, Professor, Harvard Business School, and Sir Andrew Likierman, Dean, London Business School.\r\n

April-2010

London Business School 3rd Annual India Business Forum \r\nTopic: Social Enterprise India 2020 - Global Prominence & Challenges within \r\nLocation: Delhi \r\nThe conference speakers represented prominent intellectuals cutting across private and public companies, policy makers and academics, like Sir Richard Stagg, British High Commissioner to India, Hon. Mrs. Sheila Dikshit, Chief Minister of Delhi, Dr. Rajiv Lall, CEO and Managing Director, IDFC and many more. Three key issues, Social Enterprise, Healthcare, and Infrastructure, were intensely debated wherein RML addressed the topic 'Social Enterprise: The New Wave Corporate?'\r\n

April-2010

IFC (International Finance Organization), Washington DC \r\nTopic: Starting and Scaling Inclusive Business Models \r\nLocation: Washington DC \r\nRML was invited as one of the few formal speakers at this meeting to share learning’s and reflections on: \r\n \r\n Developing a better understanding of the ways public and private donors and development finance institutions (DFIs) can work with large firms to start and scale inclusive business models more effectively. \r\n Identify opportunities where collaborative action among these actors could be catalytic in driving the inclusive business agenda forward \r\n \r\n

April-2010

World Bank - South Asia Task Team Leaders \r\nTopic: RML Success Story \r\nLocation: Delhi \r\nA workshop aimed to raise awareness of the World Bank Group staff (South Asia Region) of the transformational role mobile technologies can play in improving service delivery, efficiency and transparency of governments. It showcased mobile-enabled innovations in a number of sectors including RML to help identify emerging lessons learned and ways to scale up for achieving operational efficiencies and development impact.

January-2010

Rural Marketing Association \r\nTopic: Innovation in Rural Distribution \r\nLocation: Delhi \r\nA workshop organized to provide an opportunity to learn and share insights on how companies in the FMCG, consumer durable, telecom, agribusiness, automobile and other sectors have created successful distribution systems.

December-2009

LIRNEasia (LIRNEasia is a regional ICT policy and regulation think tank active across the Asia Pacific) \r\nTopic: Research –> Policy –> Knowledge-based economies \r\nLocation: Colombo \r\nHeld in Colombo, the conference was mainly focused on micro level findings and intricacies of ICT markets and future potential for mobile technology. There was an overall spotlight on making technology more accessible to the masses. RML shared its learning’s on the use of ICT for agriculture.

April-2009

London Business School 7th Annual India Business Forum \r\nTopic: Innovative India - Creating Value and Opportunities \r\nLocation: London \r\nKey Indian business leaders, academia and experts gathered to discuss how innovation can further transform India's economy, especially, in light of current market and social realities. The conference also highlighted initiatives critical to the development of India's social and economic infrastructure in industries such as healthcare, agriculture, and education, as well as the evolving role of the Indian government.

December-2007

London Business School 2nd Annual India Business Forum \r\nTopic: Exploring Business Opportunities in Rural India \r\nLocation: Delhi \r\nThe Conference Panel discussions covered a number of issues including rural entrepreneurship, retailing, consumer goods, agricultural, micro-finance / insurance and infrastructure with the core being on key issues in setting up, running and scaling up sustainable businesses in rural India. Leading academia, heads of multinational businesses, successful entrepreneurs, policy experts and ministers in government attended this conference.