Organizer

Young Indians (Yi) is a movement for Indian Youth to converge, lead, co-create and influence India’s future.

As an integral part of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), a non-government, not-for-profit, industry led and industry managed organisation playing a proactive role in India's development process.

Formed in the year 2002, Yi has created a platform for young Indians to work towards realizing a dream of a developed nation. It has a growing, inclusive membership across all geographies and demographics with over 2700 direct members in 43 chapters, and 19000 students YUVA members from colleges. The Yi membership includes young progressive Indians between the age group of 21 and 45 years and comprises of entrepreneurs, professionals and achievers from different walks of life.

Youth Leadership

Yi is one of the proud founders of the G20 Young Entrepreneurs Alliance (G20 YEA) & Commonwealth Alliance of Young Entrepreneurs – Asia Pacific (CAYE- Asia Pacific) & engages the youth through international missions to many countries around the world to understand and learn from the best practices and cultures.

Nation Building

Yi engages its members under its projects as MASOOM, Gift an Organ and Road Safety. Yi also works under the broad categories of education, environment, healthcare, employability, arts (sports & culture), rural initiatives, accessibility & disaster management contributing positively to its surrounding eco system and the nation.

Thought Leadership

Yi engages its members through a Contributory Movement of Constructive Action, Collaborative Reasoning and Collective Voice. Yi conducts learning sessions with industry experts to impart experiential learning through interactions and discussions. Yi Leadership Academy (LA) upholds the founding principles, values and instill the same in Yi membership through Yi Leaders Fellowship Program.

With seventeen years of glorious past and decades ahead that promise nothing short, Yi intends to become a larger movement of young people with a conviction in “We Can, We Will”.

For 125 years, CII has been working on shaping India's development journey and, this year, more than ever before, it will continue to proactively transform Indian industry's engagement in national development.

CII

Confederation of Indian Industry

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) works to create and sustain an environment conducive to the development of India, partnering Industry, Government and civil society, through advisory and consultative processes.

CII is a non-government, not-for-profit, industry-led and industry-managed organization, with around 9000 members from the private as well as public sectors, including SMEs and MNCs, and an indirect membership of over 300,000 enterprises from 286 national and regional sectoral industry bodies.

CII charts change by working closely with Government on policy issues, interfacing with thought leaders, and enhancing efficiency, competitiveness and business opportunities for industry through a range of specialized services and strategic global linkages. It also provides a platform for consensus-building and networking on key issues.

For more than 125 years, CII has been engaged in shaping India’s development journey and works proactively on transforming Indian Industry’s engagement in national development. CII charts change by working closely with Government on policy issues, interfacing with thought leaders, and enhancing efficiency, competitiveness and business opportunities for industry through a range of specialized services and strategic global linkages. It also provides a platform for consensus-building and networking on key issues.

Extending its agenda beyond business, CII assists industry to identify and execute corporate citizenship programmes. Partnerships with civil society organizations carry forward corporate initiatives for integrated and inclusive development across diverse domains including affirmative action, livelihoods, diversity management, skill development, empowerment of women, and sustainable development, to name a few.

As India completes 75 years of Independence in 2022, it must position itself for global leadership with a long-term vision for India@100 in 2047. The role played by Indian industry will be central to the country’s progress and success as a nation. CII, with the Theme for 2022-23 as Beyond India@75: Competitiveness, Growth, Sustainability, Internationalisation has prioritized 7 action points under these 4 sub-themes that will catalyze the journey of the country towards the vision of India@100.

With 62 offices, including 10 Centres of Excellence, in India, and 8 overseas offices in Australia, Egypt, Germany, Indonesia, Singapore, UAE, UK, and USA, as well as institutional partnerships with 350 counterpart organizations in 133 countries, CII serves as a reference point for Indian industry and the international business community.

Tamil Nadu Startup and Innovation Mission, branded as StartupTN, a Section 8 Company functioning under the aegis of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Department, Government of Tamil Nadu, is the Nodal Agency for Startups and Innovation in the State.

StartupTN

Tamil Nadu Startup and Innovation Mission, branded as StartupTN, a Section 8 Company functioning under the aegis of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Department, Government of Tamil Nadu, is the Nodal Agency for Startups and Innovation in the State. StartupTN is striving towards nurturing and strengthening a benevolent Startup Ecosystem in Tamil Nadu and positioning the State as the top Startup Ecosystem in the country and among the top 20 Startups Ecosystems globally.

StartupTN is working towards creating 10,000 new Startups in the next four years while inculcating the culture of Inclusive Mass Entrepreneurship to play an active role in reaching Tamil Nadu’s USD 1 Trillion economy vision by the year 2030. To achieve this goal and making the State the Knowledge Capital and Innovation Hub, it is taking strides to partner with Startups, entrepreneurs, innovators, incubators, investors, industry bodies, mentors, Government agencies and other Stakeholders in the State and the global Tamil Diaspora.

Nativelead Startup Circle is a forum for the regional Startup companies and aspiring entrepreneurs to network; gain knowledge; get access to brainstorming partners, potential markets, coworking spaces in multiple cities and other general business services.

Nativelead

Nativelead is a Non-Profit Organization, a Socio-Economic initiative to build a positive new-age entrepreneurial ecosystem in non-metro towns based on a four pronged approach – Enabling, Nurturing, Incubating and Investing.

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