8th Annual India Business Forum London Conference

Climbing The Pyramid: The Quest For Inclusive Growth In India

12TH MAY, 2010, London Business School

Registration : 8:30 am

Dress Code: Business Formal

The next phase of India's growth is critically linked to whether corporates, banks, and other players can tap into both rural and urban under-developed market segments across the country.

The conference will explore a range of avenues for the Indian growth story, from FDI and joint venture opportunities to creating economic value through social enterprise. The keynote speakers and panellists will present ideas and case studies relating to the opportunities and hurdles faced by the overarching quest for inclusive growth in the world's largest democracy.

Throughout the day, we hope to include the audience in a lively debate on how to capitalize on the Indian growth story and the investment opportunities it represents and how we should unlock value at the bottom of the pyramid.

Keynote           Welcome   Keynote 1   Keynote 2     Sir Andrew Likierman, Dean, London Business School   B. K. Chaturvedi, Member, Planning Commission, Government of India.   Prof. Tarun Khanna, Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at the Harvard Business School

Opening Panel: Setting the Scene The conference will have an opening panel to establish a context for the day. This panel will ask the question why does inclusive growth matter? Key stakeholders (government, academics, corporates, and the social sector) will establish a framework of the necessary elements for inclusive growth while highlighting the critical challenges that exist. The panel will consist of distinguished industry leaders, policy makers, academics and business thinkers who have seen the potential and limits of inclusive growth first-hand and have influenced government- and industry-level policies.           Professor Andrew Scott, Joint Chair of Economics, London Business School   Prof. Tarun Khanna, Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at the Harvard Business School   Ajit Rangnekar, Dean, Indian School of Business               Jo Johnson, Associate Editor, Financial Times   Rajat M. Nag, Managing Director General, Asian Development Bank

Panel 1: Banking Across the Pyramid - Inclusiveness & Growth in Financial Services India has one of the most extensive financial systems comprising of commercial and cooperative banks, microfinance institutions and Self-Help Groups (SHGs). Yet the vast majority of rural poor does not have access to formal financial services and insurance necessary for poverty reduction and wealth creation. At the same time, financial service penetration amongst the higher income classes is still growing rapidly; most multinationals (in partnership with local industrialist houses) have entered the market but have yet to fully develop their strategies.           Malcolm Harper, Chairman, M-CRIL (Micro-Credit Ratings International Ltd.)   Dr. K.G. Karmakar, Managing Director, NABARD   Prof. Narayan Naik, Professor of Finance, London Business School. Director of BNP Paribas Hedge Fund Center                           Anubha Shrivastava, Managing Director, Asia, CDC   Manish Khera, CEO, Financial Information Network & Operations Ltd (FINO)   Anurag Agrawal, Senior Vice President, Investment Banking, Intellecap

Panel 2: The Big Indian Shopping Spree: Consumer Goods & Retail Savvy consumer goods companies have already found ways to adapt their products to the hugely underserved rural consumer marketplace. Representatives from leading FMCG companies and retailers will discuss their initiatives to meet the consumption needs of the rural and urban population. Confirmed speakers include…           Kishore Biyani, CEO, Future Group   Pradeep Kashyap, CEO, MART   Chet Kuchinad, Head of Human Resources, Asda/ Wal-mart                           Satyen Patel, Former: MD, Nike South East Asia; Director, International Business Development, Pepsi Cola International; Director, Strategic Development, GrandMet; Exec Vice Chairman, Cambridge Solutions Ltd.   Anand Raghuraman, Partner & Managing Director, Boston Consulting Group, India   Rajesh Chandy, Professor of Marketing, London Business School

Panel 3: Power to the People - Energy & Infrastructure Experts and innovators will discuss ways in which clean energy innovations can be harnessed to benefit rural and underdeveloped populations and address the question of distributing electricity in a sustainable and efficient manner. Infrastructural requirements relating to rural development will also be debated. Confirmed speakers include…           Richard Price, Partner, Shearman & Sterling.   Mungo Park, CEO, Innovator Capital   Tassos Vlassopoulos, General Manager, Marketing for GE Energy, Europe.                             Sanmit Ahuja, Chief Executive, eti Dynamics.   Ashutosh Shastri, Director, Enerstrat Consulting.

Closing Keynote                 Professor Dipak C. Jain, Former Dean, Professor in Entrepreneurial Studies and Marketing, Kellogg School of Management

Closing Panel: India's Turning Point - Is Inclusive Growth Possible?             Paul Beckett, Bureau Chief, South and Southeast Asia, Wall Street Journal   A.S. Lakshminarayanan, Vice President and Head of Europe for Tata Consultancy Services   Amit Kaushik, Chief Operating Officer, Pratham India                           Andres Falconer, Managing Director, Ashoka Support Network   Ujwal Thakar CEO, Give India and Former CEO, Pratham India   Amit Mehra, Founder and Managing Director, Reuters Market Light.