Address At The CII Leadership Conclave, Bangalore

I. Discuss: What I will be remembered for?

II. Profile of Developed India

My visualization of that Developed India is the profile, which I would like to share with you today.

1. A Nation where the rural and urban divide has reduced to a thin line.

2. A Nation where there is an equitable distribution of energy and quality water.

3. A Nation where agriculture, industry and service sector work together in symphony, absorbing technology thereby resulting in sustained wealth generation leading to higher employment potential.

4. A Nation where education is not denied to any meritorious candidates because of societal or economic discrimination.

5. A Nation which is the best destination for the most talented scholars and scientists all over the world.

6. A Nation where the best of health care is available to all the billion population and the communicable diseases like AIDS/TB, water and vector borne diseases, Cardiac diseases and Cancer are extinct.

7. A Nation where the governance uses the best of the technologies to be responsive, transparent, easily accessible and simple in rules, thereby corruption free.

8. A Nation where poverty has been totally alleviated, illiteracy and crime against women are eradicated and the society is unalienated.

9. A Nation that is prosperous, healthy, secure, peaceful and happy.

10. A Nation that is one of the best places to live in, on the earth and brings smiles on a billion plus faces.

These are the ten dimensional transformations needed for a Developed India and we have to work for.

Let us start the discussion.

Case Studies: Vision, Mission and Goals -realization

I. 30 Million Tonnes to 200 million tonnes food production with potential to touch 400 Million tonnes by 2020.

II. $ 28 Billion Software Business with focus on $200 Billion by 2008

III. Any type of Launch Vehicle can be built, any type of Spacecraft can be built, Nation getting ready for planetary missions.

IV. Electricity can be generated through Nuclear reactors, Fast Breeder reactors will start producing electricity, thorium based reactors will emerge - 40,000 MGW

V. Energy security to Energy Independence by 2030.

VI. Self reliance in Strategic Systems

VII. Business with value system

VIII. 7000 PURAs to transform the Rural India

Economic development and prosperity

Since the audience may consist of members from the industry, corporate institutions and government establishments and students, I would like to talk to you about linkage of nation's economic development and prosperity Creative leadership.

- Nations Economic development is powered by competitiveness.

- The competitiveness is powered by knowledge power.

- The knowledge power is powered by Technology and innovation.

- The Technology and innovation is powered by resource investment.

- The Resource investment is powered by revenue and return on Investment.

- The Revenue is powered by Volume and repeat sales through customer loyalty.

- The customer loyalty is powered by Quality and value of products.

- Quality and value of products is powered by Employee Productivity and innovation.

- The Employee Productivity is powered by Employee Loyalty, employee satisfaction and working environment.

- The Working Environment is powered by management stewardship

- Management stewardship is powered by Creative leadership.