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  • Hyderabad: ASEAN-India youth summit for commerce, connectivity held

    Hyderabad: ASEAN-India youth summit for commerce, connectivity held

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    Hyderabad: The Union ministry of external affairs, G Kishan Reddy, launched the 4th edition of the ASEAN-India Youth Summit at Leonia Resorts in Shamirpet on Sunday.

    The summit saw the participation of over 100 delegates from the southeast Asian nations of Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Laos, Brunei, Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Myanmar and Thailand, along with 60 delegates from across India.

    Kishan Reddy, while speaking on the occasion said that India is proud to have been in a glorious partnership with ASEAN for 30 years, ever since the Look-East Policy was formulated in the 1990s.

    The minister further said that Asian nations have shared a civilizational legacy rooted in Hindu and Buddhist traditions.

    Detailing the ‘Act East Policy’ previously mentioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Reddy said that the policy is anchored around the ‘3 Cs’-Commerce, Connectivity, and Culture-for strengthening collective engagement.

    He also spoke about the various connections India had with each of the ASEAN countries, in terms of spirituality, religion and worship, and the ancient names of some cities of those countries named in Sanskrit, among others.

    ASEAN secretary-general Kao Kim Hourn, who virtually addressed the event, said that he underscored the need for the youth to play a greater role to bring desirable changes to the Indo-Pacific region to ensure global peace and called upon the delegates to work towards strengthening relations amongst the Asian nations.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Telangana: Social Entrepreneurship Summit – Impulse 2023 held

    Telangana: Social Entrepreneurship Summit – Impulse 2023 held

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    Hyderabad: The Social Entrepreneurship Summit – Impulse 2023 commenced by welcoming over 500 social entrepreneurship practitioners and enthusiasts.

    The annual flagship event of Bala Vikasa Center for Social and Responsible Business (CSRB) was organized in partnership with the Telangana State Innovation Cell (TSIC).

    The event was supported by T-Hub, We-Hub, Nexus Incubator, Social Alpha, AgHub, and Arthayan along with TISS (Mumbai), ISB, CBIT, and Deloitte.

    The Social Startup Expo was inaugurated by BVR Mohan Reddy, Founder-Chairman, Cyient, Anshu Gupta, founder, Goonj, André Gingras and Bala T. Singareddy Gingras, founders of Bala Vikasan under the presence of Dr. Shanta Thoutam, Chief Innovation Officer, Telangana.

    At the event, various panel discussions and interactive workshops social entrepreneurship enthusiasts, including impact investors, incubators, and mentors participated.

    Around 70 startups, exhibited their social innovation products and services like safety devices for mining workers and improve digital literacy, education innovations that improve social-emotional intelligence in children, support equipment for persons with disabilities, health innovations that support people with mobility issues, and many other innovations that contribute to sustainable social change.

    Speaking at the summit, Andre Gingras said, “The social entrepreneur always keeps in their mind that the innovation should benefit the 300 million poor people in India living at a grass root, especially the women should be the center point of their work”

    Dr. BVR Mohan Reddy spoke of how corporates contribute to nation-building through employment generation, wealth creation, foreign exchange earning, and corporate social responsibility.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )