Utkarsha 2015

‘Utkarsha’ means to ‘to rise’, and that’s exactly the spirit that this fest hopes to capture. ‘To rise’, above it all, to rise, just enough to see beyond everything that is wrong, out over all the good that exists somewhere, within each human, to rise and reach beyond one’s own selfish interests, to rise above the petty few and reach for the grand that is it all, to rise, and move away and beyond the one that’s always been there, to reach out and discover that which could be and deserves to be, to rise, to the depths beyond and then, reach out to another you.

Utkarsha aspires to bring together local people, business, youth, social organisations, media and visitors from all over India on an annual basis to celebrate our community’s diversity, dynamism and ingenuousness, and to work towards a sustainable model of business for better future prospects. Utkarsha offers the opportunity to promote nation-building, advance social cohesion and boost economic development in the most important industrial belt of India.

1.Panel discussion
2.Avdhaarna – the Social B-Plan competition
3. CSR Modelling – Competition for developing a CSR model
4.Speeches by guests from CSR wings and NGOs
5.NGO Mela – display and selling of products by NGOs in tents
6.Cultural Night

a)Padma Shri SudhaKaul – key note speaker.
b)Mr. Raghavendra K, President – Head HRD, Infosys BPO
c)Mrs. Reena Ravi, Principal Consultant, CSR and Diversity, Infosys
d)Mr. K.K. Upadhyay, CSR Head, FICCI – Aditya Birla Centre for Excellence
e)Mr. Bhoopendra Singh, Project Head, Reliance Foundation
f)Mr. Rajesh Tiwari, Founder, ICCSR
g)Prof. Satyajit Majumdar, TISS
h)Mr. Syed Kazi, Deputy Director, Digital Empowerment Foundation
*more guest speakers to be added*

Flagship Events - Avdhaarna(Social B-plan) and CSR modelling competition - deadline for Round 1 - 28/feb/2015
Informal Events - Nayan(Photography) and Social Take(short film-making competition) - deadline - 04/mar/2015

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Shall be provided only on prior intimation(by 4/mar/2015)