Organizers

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".

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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 about 9100 members from the private as well as public sectors, including SMEs and MNCs, and an indirect membership of over 300,000 enterprises from 288 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.

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.

With the Theme for 2020-21 as Building India for a New World: Lives, Livelihood, Growth, CII will work with Government and industry to bring back growth to the economy and mitigate the enormous human cost of the pandemic by protecting jobs and livelihoods.

With 68 offices, including 10 Centres of Excellence, in India, and 9 overseas offices in Australia, China, Egypt, Germany, Indonesia, Singapore, UAE, UK, and USA, as well as institutional partnerships with 394 counterpart organizations in 133 countries, CII serves as a reference point for Indian industry and the international business community.

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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.
  • Hub Chapters: 4
  • Satellite Chapters: 2
  • Startups Touched: 500+
  • Startups Mentored / Supported: 150
  • Angel Funded: 7
  • Strategic Funded: 3
  • Investors: 250
  • Mentors: 90
  • Academics : 150
  • Students Sensitized: 35,000+
  • Students Engaged: 1800

Impact initiatives Created by 

  • Nativelead are Nativelead Angels Network – Investing arm of Nativelead
  • Nativelead Startup Circle - Forum for Startups to gain knowledge and network
  • Nativelead Mentor Circle - Forum for mentors with different domain / functional expertise; Nativelead Campus
  • Circle - Dynamic activity groups and Center of Excellence for Innovation & Entrepreneurship inside campuses.
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