Unpacking the Role of CSR in Building Women’s Livelihoods
Future of Livelihoods
March 15, 2023
India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
Starting with the Keynote address by the Chief Guest, Smt Smriti Zubin Irani, Hon’ble Union Cabinet Minister for Women and Child Development and Minority Affairs, Government of India, the event addressed emerging gaps in women’s labor force participation, the inclusion of women with disability in the workforce, and the far-reaching impact of climate change on their livelihoods in the next decade.
Helmed by AIF’s award-winning flagship Livelihoods Program – Market Aligned Skills Training, ‘Future of Livelihoods’ brought together 130 sectoral experts, policymakers, academicians, and corporates to cogitate on building back a better world for women by unpacking the evolving role of CSR in promoting their livelihoods. Co-organized by Market Aligned Skills Foundation, the event brought together ecosystem partner National Skill Development Corporation (N.S.D.C.) as co-hosts, Madhya Pradesh Rural Livelihood Mission as Special Partner, and iForest (International Forum for Environment, Sustainability, and Technology), Skill Council for Green Jobs and Wadhwani Foundation as Knowledge Partners.
The eminent panels consisted of foremost thought leaders and ecosystem stakeholders such as Ashish Chaturvedi, Head – Environment, Energy and Resilience, UNDP; Poonam Chandok, Head – HR, L&T Energy; Praveen Saxena, CEO, Skill Council for Green Jobs; Richa Singh, VP HR – D&I and CSR, Max Life Insurance; Vivek Misra, Director – Customer Support and India lead for Disability ERG, Microsoft; Sunil Dahiya, Executive Vice President Skilling, Wadhwani Foundation; Madhu Bala Sharma, Sr. DEI Business Partner – International Markets, Amazon; Rupali Kathuria, Lead, Social Impact for South Asia at Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth, Mastercard; Rishikesh Patankar, CEO, CSC Academy; Nithyanandam Yuvraj Dinesh Babu, ED – Power and Utilities and Climate Change Assurance & Sustainability Services, E&Y and Kamesh Sanghi, Director, Livelihoods, American India Foundation (AIF) among others distinguished speakers.
