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 About
TERI BCSD
Introduction
Programme
Background
paper
CEO
Alert
Report
of a research study
About TERI BCSD India
Working towards sustainable development
TERI BCSD India (Corporate Roundtable for development of strategies
for environment and sustainable development) is the regional
network partner of the WBCSD (World Business Council for Sustainable
Development) in India. 52 leading Indian companies of India
from various sectors are members of the roundtable. The roundtable
is housed in TERI. It is a network of motivated and socially
conscious corporates, coming together to identify key problem
areas in the field of corporate environmental management and
sustainable development, and to develop strategies for addressing
the same.
Introduction
India today is going through an extraordinary crisis because
of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. The disease has gone beyond being
a health problem and has acquired social and economic dimensions
with serious implications for the country. It has become a
developmental challenge, which needs an exceptional response.
Recent reports say that India has more than 5 million HIV
cases and the occurrence of HIV/AIDS cases is the highest
in the 18-40 years age group, which constitutes the most economically
productive workforce of the country. The disease is slowly,
but surely, spreading to the general population from the high-risk
groups. If the situation is left unchecked, the epidemic has
the ability to damage the economy and leave an impact which
will take years to reverse. For industry, this could be of
particular concern because it could lose productive workforce
to HIV/AIDS and also face an adverse effect because of the
overall deterioration of the business climate. The success
of businesses is based on the well-being and health, not only
of employees, but also of customers, investors, suppliers,
and the communities in which they operate. By acting against
HIV/AIDS businesses will be satisfying their corporate and
ethical responsibility. The private sector has a great contribution
to make in supplementing the national efforts against HIV/AIDS.
But since the epidemic is spreading fast, the private sector
has to also upscale its efforts to match the present needs.
This seminar is one such effort to take stock of the existing
response and explore further engagement of the Indian industry
in stemming the spread of HIV/AIDS.
Objectives
Provide an interface for companies active in prevention of
HIV/ AIDS to share experiences and discuss challenges.
Identify
the issues, gaps, and concerns with regard to the supply chain
and discuss the approach to be adopted.
Discuss
the expanding scope of the involvement of IT industry in strengthening
the government response to HIV/AIDS.
Initiate
activities to strengthen the industry response to HIV/AIDS.
Issues addressed
How does business make a better contribution to the fight
against HIV/AIDS?
What are
the emerging challenges in the business response to HIV/AIDS?
How should
corporates extend the scope of HIV/AIDS activities to the
supply chain?
How to
use technology better to fight HIV/AIDS?
What have
been the national and international best practices in the
corporate sector?
Programme
| Day 1 (5 September 2005) |
| 9.00 - 10.00 a.m. |
Registration |
| Inaugural session |
| 10.00 - 10.10 a.m. |
Welcome address
Dr R K Pachauri
Director General, TERI |
| 10.10 - 10.40 a.m. |
Special address
Dr S Y Quraishi
Director General, National AIDS Control Organisation,
GOI
Mr Iyad Malas
Director, IFC South Asia Department, International Finance
Corporation
Ms Meenakshi Datta Ghosh
Principal Adviser (Health, Nutrition & Family Welfare),
Planning Commission, GOI
[presentation]
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| 10:40 - 10.55 a.m. |
Business address
Mr Onkar S Kanwar
Chairman and Managing Director, Apollo Tyres Ltd.
[presentation]
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| 10.55 - 11.00 a.m. |
Vote of thanks |
| 11.00 - 11.30 a.m. |
Tea |
| Session 1: Corporate Voice |
| 11.30 a.m - 12.30 p.m. |
Chairperson
Mr
Iyad Malas
IFC South Asia Department, International Finance Corporation
Presentation on
“ The Unilever experience in developing
a management framework”
Mr
Julian Stanning
HIV/AIDS Program Adviser, Unilever
[presentation]
Members of the panel
Mr
L. Baskaran
Deputy Chief (Safety), Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
Ltd.
[presentation]
Mr
S.K.Roongta
Steel Authority of India Ltd.
Mr
Amitabh Sengupta
General Manager, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.
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| 12.30 - 1.15 p.m |
Q & A Session |
| 1.15 - 2.15 p.m. |
Lunch |
| Session 2 : Supply Chain and
HIV/AIDS: Including the excluded |
| 2.15 - 4.00 p.m. |
Chairperson
Mr Robert Clay
Director ( Office of Population, Health
& Nutrition), USAID
Members of the panel
Mr
K K Kaul
Executive Director, DCM Shriram Consolidated Ltd.
[presentation]
Dr
T Rajgopal
Vice President, Occupational Health, Hindustan Lever
Ltd.
[presentation]
Mr
Sushil Ramola
CEO, Polyester Films Business, SRF Ltd.
[presentation]
Mr
A K Bansal
Sr. Vice Presiden t- Finance & Secretary, TCI Ltd.
[presentation]
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| 4.00 - 4.30 p.m. |
Tea |
| Session 3: Interactive Session |
| 4.30 - 5.30 p.m. |
Chairperson
Ms Sabine Durier
Program Leader, IFC Against AIDS, IFC
Presentations on
“Cross sector partnerships for paradigm shift
in Industry’s approach towards HIV/AIDS”
Mr Viraf Mehta
Chief Executive, Partners in Change
[presentation]
“Enterprises’ response
to HIV/AIDS : ILO Experience”
Mr M Afsar
National Programme Coordinator (HIV/AIDS & the World
of Work), ILO Sub regional Office for South Asia, New
Delhi
[presentation]
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| 7.00 p.m. onwards |
Networking Dinner and Reception
Venue: IHC Hub, IHC, Lodhi
Road, New Delhi |
| Day 2 (6 September 2005) |
| Session 4: ICT for HIV/AIDS:
Are we leveraging enough? |
| 9.30 - 11.00 a.m. |
Chairperson
Dr
Prasanta Bandyopadhyay
DFID-HLSP
Members of the panel
Mr
Syed Ali Athar
Head, Social and Development Sector, NIS Sparta Ltd.
[presentation]
Mr
Aniruddha Brahmachari
Program Officer, HIV & Development Unit, UNDP
[presentation]
Ms
Kavitha David
Manager Rural health and Educational services, ITC Ltd.
[presentation]
Col
L S Gill
President, WHARF
[presentation]
Mr
P Rajendran
Chief Operating Officer, NIIT Ltd. |
| 11.00 - 11.30 a.m. |
Tea |
| Session 5: Concluding Session |
| 11.30 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. |
Chairperson
Ms Meenakshi Datta Ghosh
Principal Adviser (Health, Nutrition & Family Welfare),
Planning Commission, GOI
Presentation on
“A roadmap for action - corporate
HIV/AIDS programs in India”
Ms Sabine Durier
Program Leader, IFC Against AIDS, IFC
[presentation]
Special Address
Mr Ashok Alexander
Director-India, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
[presentation]
Concluding Remarks
Ms Meenakshi Datta Ghosh
[presentation]
Vote of thanks |
| 12.30 - 1.30 p.m. |
Lunch |
For further details, please contact:
Ms Swetha Dasari , TERI
Darbari Seth Block, IHC Complex
Lodhi Road, New Delhi . 110 003
India
Tel. 2468 2100, Ext. 2520
E-mail : swethad@teri.res.in
Fax 2468 2144 or 2468 2145
India +91 Delhi (0) 11
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