Second C K Prahalad Memorial Lecture 2013 delivered by   S Ramadorai Vice Chairman, Tata Consultancy Services & Advisor to the Prime Minister in the National Skill Development Council on Skills Development     Saturday, August 3; 2013: 10:30 – 12:00 hrs  Park Sheraton, Chennai

Aspen Institute India and Confederation of Indian Industry cordially invite you to the Second C K Prahalad Memorial Lecture 2013.  Dr C K Prahalad (1941-2010), management guru, teacher, thinker and visionary was passionate in his belief of India’s inherent potential and its chosen destiny. He  strongly felt that a country with a billion people - with 500 million young certified skilled technicians -  should not look outward for “best practices” but innovate “next practices”. His belief in the Indian capacity for innovation, given its diversity and interrogative intellectual traditions made him celebrate Indian achievement and achievers. In all of these he also demonstrated his belief that innovation should focus on those at the bottom of the pyramid. His contributions in management like ‘competitive advantage’, strategy as stretch’, fortune at the bottom of the pyramid’ and ‘co-creation’ will continue to excite students and colleagues to walk those roads. Mr S Ramadorai, Vice Chairman, Tata Consultancy Services & Advisor to the Prime Minister in the National Skill Development Council, will deliver the Memorial Lecture.   Mr M V Subbiah, Former Chairman, Murugappa Group will Chair the proceedings.

WHEN Saturday, August 3; 2013: 10:30 – 12:00 hrsRegistration begins at 10:00 hrs. Please be seated by 10:15 hrs.  WHERE Mowbrays and Chamiyars Hall, Park Sheraton TTK Road, Chennai 600018 RSVP Friday, August 02, 2013 by 17:00 hrs Please respond by clicking here

Keynote Speaker S. Ramadorai, Vice Chairman, Tata Consultancy Services & Advisor to the Prime Minister in the National Skill Development Council In February 2011, S Ramadorai stepped into public service when the Indian Government appointed him as the Advisor to the Prime Minister in the National Skill Development Council, in the rank of Cabinet Minister. The Council, which is headed by the Prime Minister, seeks to develop a strategy for Skill Development at the National level with a view to address the skill deficit. Ramadorai, continues as the Vice - Chairman of Tata Consultancy Services Ltd, a company he has been associated with for the past 41 years. Ramadorai is also the Chairman of other Tata companies - Tata Elxsi Ltd, Tata Technologies Ltd and CMC Ltd.  He is on the Boards of a number of non Tata companies and educational institutions - Hindustan Unilever Limited, Bombay Stock Exchange and the MIT Sloan School of Management (EMSAB). In recognition of Ramadorai’s commitment and dedication to the IT industry he was awarded the Padma Bhushan (India's third highest civilian honour) in January 2006. In April 2009, he was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for his contribution to the Indo-British economic relations. His academic credentials include a Bachelors degree in Physics from Delhi University (India), a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electronics and Telecommunications from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (India) and a Masters degree in Computer Science from the University of California – UCLA (USA). In 1993, Ramadorai attended the Sloan School of Management’s highly acclaimed Senior Executive Development Program.