Excelsior Correspondent
NEW DELHI, Apr 20: Mind-mine Summit, one of India’s most influential ideas exchange platforms organized by the Mindmine Institute, an independent think tank set up by Hero Enterprise commenced its 11th edition in the national capital today.
Senior Ministers in the Government, Industry leaders and Opinion makers across various fields came together to exchange ideas and concepts on day one of the iconic 2 day Summit on this year’s theme of “Disruption – The New Normal for India?”
The Summit was inaugurated by Venkaiah Naidu, Union Minister of Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, in the presence of Guest of Honour, Suresh Prabhu, Minister of Railways.
On the sidelines of the Summit, Sunil Kant Munjal announced an investment of INR 100 crore into the Aavishkaar Bharat Fund floated by Aavishkar, a global pioneer in impact investing and a part of the Aavishkaar-Intellecap Group. The investment reflects Munjal’s commitment to address the key challenges faced by the country today in terms of employment, education & skills, environment, healthcare and financial inclusion.
Inaugurating the Summit Venkaiah Naidu, said, “Addressing public grievances through the social media is one of our top priorities. In fact, our PM has the highest number of followers on Instagram, more than the US President. We live in an era of disruption, which is also embedded in the policy making process of this Government. In fact, the word disruption best suits the way our PM, Narendra Modi functions. While demonetisation is a fight against corruption and ensuring digitalisation of financial transactions, GST is a revolutionary transformation implementing single tax system”.
Guest of Honour, Suresh Prabhu, said, “Indian Railways has ambitious plans in the future. We are looking at an investment of $140 billion in infrastructure in the next 5 years. All meter gauge tracks will be converted to broad gauge. We are working towards a complete digitalisation of Indian Railways which will save billions of dollars. The Railways will spend about Rs 10,000 crore for renewal of tracks and adopt latest technology to detect rail fracture to reduce the accident rate to zero level.”
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