Annual Review 2013 | 14

AcceleratingEconomic Growththrough InnovationTransformationInclusionand Governance

2Indias GDP growth rate remained weak in

2013-14 for the second consecutive year

at sub 5%. Several other macroeconomic

challenges faced industry, such as deceleration

of Manufacturing, subdued Services growth,

inlation, high interest rates, and volatility in

the rupee.

In this context, the CII theme for the year

of Accelerating Economic Growth through

Innovation, Transformation, Inclusion and

Governance served us well. A comprehensive

Agenda for Economic Growth including

speciic recommendations for revival was

taken up with the Government. I must say that

policy-makers were receptive to Industry

perspectives and CII views were taken

into account while drating rules for

important legislation such as the

Companies Act and the

Land Acquisition and Resetlement

and Rehabilitation Act.

As the General Elections are to be held

in 2014, CII prepared the Suggested

Election Manifesto for Consideration

of Political Parties which was shared with key

political leaders. Other issues that we took

up during the year were taxation, particularly

the Goods and Services Tax, implementation

of delayed projects, and administrative

clearances. The establishment of the Cabinet

Commitee on Investments for reviving large

stalled projects helped clear many hurdles.

Under Innovation, CII engaged in strengthening

the ecosystem, sparking innovation at

Looking Back

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A comprehensive Agenda for

Economic Growth, including speciic

recommendations for revival, was

taken up with the Government.

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the enterprise level, and providing

encouragement to start-ups. A new award

for Innovation was set up and the Indian

Innovation Initiative has made a good

beginning by supporting 15 start-ups.

The Transformation endeavor gained pace

with the National Volunteer Grid and India

Volunteer Week under the India@75 aegis.

India@75 also set up the India Backbone

Implementation Network in partnership

with the Planning Commission to convert

intention into implementation.

The Governance aspect covered both

corporate governance and political

governance. CII engaged with SEBI on

various issues and continued to work on

CSR and sustainability through the National

Foundation for Corporate Governance.

Corruption was a major national issue

through the year and CII has been actively

taking up transparency and integrity in

governance. A publication on Best Practices

in Management of Ethics in Business,

sharing the experiences of 25 member

companies, was brought out. CII continuously

advocated for clear and transparent policies,

simpliication of procedures and the need for

judicial and electoral reforms.

As the global economy gradually stabilized, I

had the occasion to interact with many global

leaders both at home and overseas. I traveled

to Russia for the India-Russia economic

dialogue and also met with Japanese leaders

in Tokyo. The business missions to Singapore,

the UK and USA were received at high levels,

and I believe that our interactions would

have served to build stronger economic

engagement with our overseas counterparts.

Under the theme of Inclusion, CIIs activities

have now intensiied and would continue

to grow in accordance with the new rules

for CSR under the Companies Act. The CII

Foundation would be the key platform for

engagement of members with civil society.

Womens empowerment and Airmative

Action remained high on the agenda this

year. I am proud of the quick and extensive

response of CII members following the

Utarakhand natural disaster.

The vast range of CIIs activities would not

have been possible without the complete

participation of each and every CII member.

I deeply appreciate the hard work put in by

all Commitee and Council Chairpersons as

also Regional Chairpersons who guided our

initiatives. I especially thank Ajay and Sumit

for their leadership and commitment.

With all best wishes

S. Gopalakrishnan

President, Cll

4The Indian economy is currently passing

through a diicult phase. Some of the

challenges it faces are inlation, high iscal

deicit, decline in GDP growth rate, inadequate

employment opportunities, declining investments,

and so on. The Government has taken steps to

address these issues, and as a result, the Current

Account Deicit is now under control, the rupee

has stabilized and inlation is inally showing a

downward trend.

Let us briely look at the various aspects of the

Indian Economy over the past one year, and

the eforts CII has made to engage with the

government for corrective action.

The countrys overall GDP growth rate is

determined by the performance of the

entire range of diverse industry sectors.

The past year witnessed poor recovery

from the slowdown in 2012-13 and almost

all sub-sectors faced challenges of reviving

growth. Agriculture was the exception,

achieving over 4% expansion driven by

good monsoons.

In Manufacturing, the slowdown was of deep

concern as the growth rate hovered in negative

territory for most of the year. However, the CII

Business Outlook Survey revealed an upturn in

business conidence towards the end of the year,

implying that growth may have botomed out.

Regarding Taxation, CII presented a detailed

submission of anomalies and other issues to the

commitee headed by Dr P. Shome and to the

Revenue Secretary. Several of our concerns were

addressed during the course of the year. The ICTE

sector was especially brought to the atention of

policymakers, as it could have huge beneits for

manufacturing and employment generation.

It is vital to unleash the power of

our entrepreneurial energy through

the MSME sector.

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Moving Forward

President Designates Report

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We also engaged with the Government on

the Mining industry particularly the Drat

Mining Bill of 2011 where several of our

recommendations were viewed favourably.

However, this bill has now lapsed. On the

Steel sector, CII raised issues relating to raw

material supply as well as on imports under

trade agreements. In the Railways sector, CII

continued to work on project implementation,

safety, and freight rates, among others.

Our eforts for the MSME sector have always

taken high priority. This year, CII brought

out a vision document SME Mission 2020.

I am happy to state that a unique platform

Finance Facilitation for the MSME Sector

was established to ofer high-value services

for credit planning and sourcing. The issue of

delayed payments was also taken up strongly

through the year. The CII MSME Council

engaged in policy maters, particularly for

accelerating manufacturing growth through

support to the sector and for expanding

exports from MSME enterprises. I must stress

that it is vital to unleash the power of our

entrepreneurial energy through the

MSME sector, as this sector has consistently

grown faster than the general Manufacturing

sector. It is also the major generator of

jobs and livelihoods, as also a key participant

in exports.

The Infrastructure sector has sufered from

project delays, especially in the Power space.

Apart from project delays, CII took up the issue

of public private partnerships and renegotiation

of contracts. The gap in infrastructure must be

bridged at the earliest with a clear pipeline of

projects. This becomes even more important

in the wake of the fact that Government

expects around USD 470 billion from private

sector investments in Infrastructure during

the current Five Year Plan, even as infra assets

worth USD 160 billion are stranded due to

regulation and life cycle issues.

The Services sector too saw visible

deceleration, although certain sub-sectors

such as inancial services and community

services were seen to be reviving towards the

end of the year, promising an early indication

of growth revival. CII was encouraged that

several of our recommendations on Financial

Services found place in policy announcements.

In other Services including Tourism, Media and

Entertainment, and Healthcare, we continued

to work on key issues to promote a favorable

policy environment.

We strongly took up the issue of foreign

exchange volatility and submited

suggestions with positive results. CII undertook

special events to promote foreign trade,

especially Services exports. We need to look

closely at free trade agreements and revisit

them if necessary, to get a fair deal for local

industry.

As we prepare for a new Government this year,

these issues, as well as several others, would

remain high on the CII agenda. I look forward to

working with members in my new role, to drive

CIIs proactive endeavors for the beneit of our

members and our nation.

Ajay S Shriram

President Designate, CII

6Within the overall context of a changing

Indian industry, CII too is continuously

working to provide services to

members that meet their felt needs. I am proud

to report that during the year, CII could reach

out to members in all regions at the grassroots

level through its various initiatives.

Policy advocacy to improve the overall

climate for doing business is a top priority. CII

continually interacts with members through

its Commitees and Councils to elicit their

perspectives, share ideas and evolve solutions

to economic challenges. During the year, we

presented suggestions to the Central and

State Governments across a range of issues

such as investment environment,

taxation, management of rupee

volatility, inancial sector and others.

It is encouraging that many of our

representations found place in the

policy architecture.

CIIs range of connectivity events bring

together stakeholders on a common

platform to take forward speciic

sectors. This year, CII participated in the Auto

Expo and the Auto Components Show which

were bifurcated due to the high numbers

of people atending. CIIs The Big Picture

centered on media and entertainment and was

CII reached out to members in all

regions at the grassroots level through

its various initiatives.

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Reaching Out

Vice Presidents Comments

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a huge success, as was the CSR Summit, and

many other such events.

Services ofered by the nine CII Centres of

Excellence (CoE) cover a vast spectrum of

training, consultancy and advisory

programmes which can be leveraged by

enterprises of all levels for ataining excellence.

I am particularly happy that our newer CoEs

such as the CII-Triveni Water Institute, and the

CII-Jubilant Bhartia Food & Agriculture Centre

of Excellence have made a mark for themselves

as thought-leaders in new spaces.

The Green Business Centre has started

performance ratings in ecology under the

GreenCo Rating System along with its Green

Building Rating System. These Centres

are helping bring world-class standards to

members to boost productivity and cost

competitiveness.

CII publications are emerging as

knowledge-rich, ideas-driven resources.

Economy Watch presents deep analysis

of current economic issues with analytical

insights, and is gaining currency with thought

leaders. Policy Watch on speciic sectors

and issues, is widely appreciated by readers.

Besides, special reports continue to elucidate

on opportunities in diverse sectors during the

course of the year.

The MY CII platform has emerged as an

interactive outreach, providing end-to-end

knowledge services to members in an easy

to use format. Its business matchmaking

services, webinars and online Master Classes

deliver high value to over 1.3 lakh users. I would

encourage members to leverage this strong

tool for enhancing their businesses.

CII reached out to members consistently

through the year through its wide range of

membership services, direct contact meetings

and road shows. Two new initiatives were

launched the irst to ofer special advantages

from members to members, and the second to

make the internal election process smoother.

A membership engagement survey showed

that member satisfaction levels remain high, as

CII meets their expectations.

I believe that the industry-speciic, focused

interventions ofered by CII enable Indian

industry to stay competitive in a fast-changing

world. As I step into my new role, I look forward

to taking these initiatives further.

Sumit Mazumder

Vice President, CII

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Innovation

ADVOCACY Participation in the development of the Science,

Technology and Innovation (STI) 2013 Policy,

prepared by the Department of Science and

Technology (DST), Government of India

Under the aegis of Innovation Council 2013-14, CII

is working on the development of an innovation

policy to address capacity-building at the State

level. The aim is to provide action-oriented

recommendations for Industry, Academia and

Government to work in collaboration within a

State

CII is collaborating with the National Innovation

Council (NInC) to set up State Innovation

Councils (SInCs) to develop State-level innovation

roadmaps and policies. CII has submited

customized recommendations for Delhi, Bihar,

Orissa, Karnataka and Kerala.

ACTIONGlobal Innovation IndexCII, in partnership with INSEAD, France, the World

Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and

Cornell University, USA, publishes an annual Global

Innovation Index (GII). The GII, which ranks world

economies on their innovation capabilities and

outcomes, has, in the past six years, established

itself as a premier reference point among innovation

indices. The 6th edition of GII was launched by the UN

Secretary-General in July 2013.

CII aims to strengthen the innovation ecosystem in India by engaging Industry, Government, Academia

and State-level institutions in goal-oriented programmes and entrepreneurship development missions,

to encourage structured innovation within Industry and Governance, leading towards an

innovation-driven economy.

Junzo Nakajima, Executive Vice-President, Executive Oicer and CEO for Asia Paciic, Hitachi Ltd; Dr Ashwani Kumar, Special Envoy of the Prime Minister of India, and S Gopalakrishnan, President, CII, and Executive Vice Chairman, Infosys Ltd, at the Innovation Summit in New Delhi

Ajay Shriram, President Designate, CII, and Senior Managing Director and Chairman, DCM Shriram Consolidated Ltd; Greg Walters, International Trade and Government Afairs, 3M; Madhav Lal, Secretary, Union Ministry of MSME; Sam Pitroda, Advisor to the Prime Minister on Public Information Infrastructure and Innovation; Zeenat Rahman, Special Advisor for Global Youth Issues, US Department of State, and Dr Naushad Forbes, Chairman, CII National Commitee on Higher Education, and Director, Forbes Marshall, at the CII India Innovation Summit in Chicago, USA

Dr T Ramasami, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, (DST) addressing the i3 2013 National Fair in New Delhi

Dr Bruno Lavin, Executive Director, eLAB, INSEAD; Francis Gurry, Director-General, WIPO) and Prof Soumitra Duta, Dean, Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University, USA, at the launch of the 6th edition of GII in Geneva

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Design

ACTIONThe Design Excellence Awards, initiated in

2011, by CII and the India Design Council,

celebrate the very best of Indian design

commissioned over a period of 24 months.

In 2013 more than 100 entries were received

and 14 awards given by an international jury.

Several CXO sessions were organized in

Chennai, Pune, Mumbai and New Delhi to

engage the best Indian and overseas brains

in Design and in formulating new ideas in

Design practice.

Recognizing Design as a tool for business competitiveness and innovation, the CII National Commitee

on Design strives to extend and promote the use of Design in both public services and businesses, with a

special focus on MSMEs.

Jef Wilmot, Country Head India, PTC;. Deep Kapuria, Chairman, CII National Council of MSME, and Chairman, Hi-Tech Group of Companies; Dr Barry F Cohen, Executive Vice President Strategy, PTC; Lord Kumar Bhatacharyya, Director and Founder, Warwick Manufacturing Group, UK; and Dr R Chidambaram, Principal Scientiic Advisor to the Government of India, at a CXO session in New Delhi

Jamshyd Godrej, Past President, CII, Chairman, CII-NID Design Summit 2013 and CMD, Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Co Ltd; Prof Y.S Rajan, Senior Distinguished Professor, ISRO, and Chairman, Board of Governors, NIT Manipur; John Mathers , CEO, UK Design Council; Udayant Malhoutra, Chairman, CII National Commitee on Design, and CEO, Dynamatics Tech. Ltd; and Prof Pradyumna Vyas, Member Secretary, India Design Council, and Director, National Institute of Design, at the 13th CII-NID Design Summit in New Delhi

CII Innovation Report CII, in collaboration with the Global Innovation

and Technology Alliance (GITA) and Technology

Development Board (TDB), Union Ministry of

Science and Technology, publishes a quarterly

innovation report, India Innovates, capturing

case studies of successful Indian entrepreneurs.

In 2013, two volumes of this report were

published.

India Innovation Initiative i3The India Innovation Initiative, i3, is a

public-private partnership (PPP) between CII, the

DST, and Agilent Technologies, to recognize, incubate

and commercialize innovations. In 2013, around 600

innovations were received from across the country.

Ater a irst level of screening by an online jury, the

top 189 innovations participated in four regional fairs

in Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and Noida. From these,

the top 45 innovations participated in the i3 national

fair in New Delhi in October.

Capacity development programmes are run for

entrepreneurs and individual innovators to help

them commercialize their innovations and build

new start-ups.

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Intellectual Property Rights

ADVOCACY Simplification of Form 27 of the Indian

Patents Act

National IP Strategy: to help the nation align

with and adjust to the frequent changes in the

international IPR regime through

practical and logical relationship with other

laws such as the Competition Law, National

Biodiversity Act, Contract Act 1872 and IT Act.

International cooperation in business

particularly in R & D, for sharing of rights and

economic beneits

Retaining sight of the principles of national

treatment and actionable subsidies.

The CII National Commitee on Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) facilitates a robust IP ecosystem in the

country, and works to increase the number of Indian IP owners through beter IP protection. This year, CII

engaged with the Government to build a strong legislation, enforcement mechanism and conducive policy

framework.

Section 4.4 of National Manufacturing Policy

The newly-drated policy talks about compulsory

licensing in patented products, which is in conlict

with the compulsory licensing provisions of the

Indian Patent Act. CII suggested that the second

para of 4.4 be dropped. Interested parties can use

the provision for compulsory licensing provided in

the Patent Act

Comments on Patent Amendment Rules (2013)

CII felt that the increase in the PCT fees structure

would be detrimental to the Indian innovation

ecosystem, as MSME, academic and research

institutions would ind it diicult to meet

high fees

N N Prasad, Executive Director and Chief of Staf, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva; Anjan Das, Executive Director, CII; Ramesh Datla, Chairman, CII National Commitee on IP, and MD, Elico Ltd; Sanjeev Behari , Chief Commissioner, Central Excise & Customs, and Dr Ganesh Natarajan, Co-Chairman, CII National Commitee on IP, and Vice-Chairman & CEO, Zensar Technologies, at the 7th International Anti-Counterfeiting & Anti-Piracy Conference in Pune

Dr Santosh Mohanty, Vice-President and Head, Corporate IPR Group, TCS; Dr Shantanu De, Associate Director, Head, Intellectual Property, India Oice, Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd; Sudipta Ghosh, Head, IP Management, Wipro Technologies; Dr Madhukar Sinha, Professor, Centre for WTO Studies, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) and Dr Sumitesh Das, Chief, Global Research Programmes, R & D Division, Tata Steel, at the National Intellectual Property Summit in New Delhi

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Restructuring of Indian Patent Office

Given the radically diferent skill requirements

of the trademark and patent oices, and the

operational diiculties being faced by the

oice of Controller General of Patents and

Trademarks, CII suggested the establishment

of an independent oice for trademarks and

GI registry, making the Indian Patent Oice an

autonomous body with inancial autonomy

Guidelines for Examination of

Computer-related Inventions

The drat guidelines for examination of

computer-related inventions need to be

looked into , as they expand the ambit of

non-patentable inventions while interpreting

computer programme per se to include

computer inventions which are sotware-centric

but address a technical problem and introduce

a hardware functionality.Workshop on economic value generation for Indian Geographical Indications for the Northern Region in Lucknow

At the cluster-level IP awareness workshop for leather cluster in Kanpur

CII Mission on Knowledge

The CII Mission on Knowledge develops

a beter understanding of knowledge

management practices, research and

practical applications. Through the annual

Knowledge Summit, the Mission shares

fresh perspectives on how organizations

can leverage Knowledge Management by

efectively managing intellectual capital

to gain a competitive edge in the present

knowledge-driven global economic scenario.

The 8th edition of the CII Knowledge Summit,

held in February 2014 in Bangalore, with

the theme, Made in India - Using KM to

create a Product Revolution and Proitable

Businesses, explored the opportunities and

challenges of knowledge management in the

era of the Digital Enterprise.

A Master Class on Building Digital

Enterprises was held by the Boston

Consulting Group in collaboration with

Zensar Technologies.

A Round Table, Avoiding KM 2.0 = Failure 2.0 - Focus

on relevance and value, ofered an understanding

of the rapidly evolving tech landscape, and how new

technology can renovate enterprise IT.

Ludger Kuebel-Sorger, Global Leader- Knowledge Management Practice, and Partner, The Boston Consulting Group; Lakshmi Pratury, Host, The INK Conference; Anil Menon, President, Smart+ Connected Communities, and Deputy Chief Globalization Oicer, CISCO; R V Deshpande, Minister for Higher Education & Tourism, Karnataka; Suhas Gopinath, Founder, CEO & Chairman, Globals Inc, and Dr. Ganesh Natarajan, at the CII Knowledge Summit 2014 in Bangalore

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TechnologyTechnology is the backbone of the Indian economy, and plays a key role in CIIs Mission on Sustainable

Growth. The CII National Commitee on Technology works in partnership with the Union Ministry of

Science & Technology, other line ministries and State Governments, to create an enabling environment

for industry to invest in Research & Development and to forge partnerships with global players. The aim is

to increase the countrys gross expenditure in R&D to 2% of GDP by 2016-17 with equal investment from

Government and Industry.

Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, CII; Dr T Ramasami, Secretary, DST; S Jaipal Reddy, Union Minister of Science & Technology and Earth Sciences; Franois Richier, Ambassador of France to India; Dhruv M Sawhney, Past President, CII, Co-Chairman, Indo-French CEOs Forum, and CMD, Triveni Engineering & Industries Ltd, and Venkatesh Valluri, Chairman, CII National Commitee on Technology, and Chairman & President, Ingersoll Rand India, at the India-France Technology Summit in New Delhi

Venkatesh Valluri, Prof Y S Rajan, Senior Distinguished Professor, ISRO, and Chairman, Board of Governors, National Institute of Technology, Manipur, and Neeraj Sharma, Head, Policy, Planning & Coordination Cell, DST, at the Maharashtra State Technology Summit & Technology Platform in Pune

CII DSIR workshop on Facilitating Technology Acquisition in Coimbatore

ADVOCACY A major policy outcome in Technology in 2013 was the

publication of a White Paper on stimulating private

sector investment in R&D in India. It was prepared by

a joint commitee of Industry and Government set up

by the Department of Science and Technology (DST),

and chaired by Mr B Muthuraman, Past President, CII

and Vice-Chairman, Tata Steel Ltd, and

Dr T. Ramasami, Secretary, DST. The other members

of the commitee were Mr S Gopalakrishnan,

President, CII, and Executive Vice-Chairman, Infosys

Ltd; Mr Hari Bhartia, Past President, CII, and

Co-Chairman and MD, Jubilant Life Sciences Ltd;

Mr Naushad Forbes, Chairman, CII National

Commitee on Higher Education, and Director, Forbes

Marshall Pvt Ltd; Prof S K Brahmachari, Secretary,

Department of Scientiic and Industrial Research;

Dr Shailesh Nayak, Secretary, Union Ministry of Earth

Sciences, and Prof K Vjay Raghavan, Secretary,

Department of Biotechnology.

The major recommendations are:

Private sector expenditure on industrial R&D

should be computed on the entire value chain

from laboratory to pre-commercialization trial

production, which is not the case at present.

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It is possible that the extent of private sector

investment in R&D is being underestimated.

Hence, redeining private sector investment

in R&D as per global norms and capturing all

relevant data for reassessing its engagement is

necessary

Make it mandatory for all companies, public or

private, to report and declare their investments in

R&D in the annual report

Need for a comprehensive strategy and

implementation mechanism including risk and

failure management procedures for select sectors

to build global leadership and develop technology

solutions of relevance to Indian society

Current indirect incentives (such as 200%

weighted tax deduction) ofered by the

Government are among the best in the

world. While these should be retained, some

rationalization is required to cover the entire

value chain of industrial R&D and technology

commercialization

The key to research is qualiied human resource.

It is imperative to build a large pool of quality

professionals for industrial R&D and create both

P K Mohanty, Chief Secretary, Andhra Pradesh, presenting the awards for Excellence in Solid Waste Management in Hyderabad

CII-EPO Seminar on European Patent System in Hyderabad

high value and a large volume of employment in

the private sector for research-oriented functions

Public-private-partnerships and

well-designed incentives are required to trigger

commercialization of R&D output.

ACTION The 19th edition of the annual lagship Technology

Summit, held in partnership with the Government,

with France as the Partner Country, in New Delhi

in October, drew more than 300 delegates from

France and over 600 from India. As many as 11 MoU

in Science and Technology were signed between the

two countries, and 115 Expressions of Interest were

signed between Indian and French organizations.

The Maharashtra State Technology Summit &

Technology Platform was held in Pune in September.

Workshops on Facilitating Technology Acquisition,

in collaboration with DSIR, were held in Pune and

Coimbatore.

Technology Partnerships

Andhra Pradesh Technology Development & Promotion CentreThe Andhra Pradesh Technology Development

& Promotion Centre (APTDC) is a one-stop shop

for technology development and promotion,

technology upgradation and the induction of new

technologies in a unique model of partnership.

APTDC, established in 2000 with the joint

participation of CII, the Government of Andhra

Pradesh and the Technology Information, Forecasting

and Assessment Council (TIFAC) provides networked

institutional assistance from global experts and

Governments to Industry and institutions in the

areas of technical problem-solving, clean technology

promotion, technology audit and Intellectual Property

Rights (IPR) services.

Key projects are underway in the areas of

Technology commercialization of waste-to-energy

plants

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Technology missions and interventions for

livelihood generation through utilization of Bamboo

Technological solutions for PET recycling and

granite slurry utilization

Processing municipal solid waste into useful

products such as organic manure, fuel pellets,

and electricity.

IP Facilitation APTDC is the countrys irst IP facilitation centre

ofering end to end IPR facilitation services to

stakeholders across India. It has emerged as a nodal

agency for the promotion and protection of GI

products, and has taken up over 350 assignments in

the ield of Intellectual Property protection, patent

information analysis IP counseling and advisory

services.

APTDC works closely with several Governments

departments for IP policy, training and services.

Sector-speciic basic and advanced training

programmes on IPR were conducted for capacity-

building this year, spanning over agriculture, pharma

and biotech, electronics and IT.

GI Registration was completed for both Narayanpet

handloom sarees and Mangalagiri coton sarees

this year.

Centre of Excellence on Nanotechnology The Centre of Excellence in Nanotechnology

enables Indian industry to adapt green

nanotechnology for reducing environmental

pollution and making resources sustainable.

Established by CII, in collaboration with the

Government of Gujarat, the Centre of Excellence in

Nanotechnology (CoE-NT) at Ahmedabad, works to

Identify the technology requirements of industry

and provide nanotechnology-based solutions

Produce nano-materials by reducing the cost of

production and environment pollution through

Green Chemistry and Green Engineering

Conduct collaborative research with various

organisations

Create awareness among end-users and

consumers on nanotechnology

Support the technology requirement needs of

Industry through networking

Facilitate the training needs of start-up companies.

ACTION Collaboration with Nirma University, Ahmedabad,

to share PhD research laboratories with CII

personnel to carry out research projects.

Three sectors have been identiied for initial

research based on feedback from local industry:

textiles, solar cells and herbal formulations.

Nano-formulation of dye Z-907 successfully

developed for use in dye-sensitized solar cells.

Curcumin from turmeric roots developed in

nano-form for use in herbal formulations

Discussions on with private companies, for

collaboration on carbon nano-tubes, and

to convert food colours into nano-form for

applications in the food and pharma industry

Workshop on Green Nanotechnology and

Modern Industries in Ahmedabad

Intellectual Property Facilitation Centres Three Intellectual Property Facilitation Centres

(IPFC) in Mysore, Indore and Ahmedabad,

established with the support of the Union

Ministry of MSME, work to boost the IP culture

among MSMEs, to enable them to compete in the

global market through enhanced intellectual

capital. The IPFCs work in the areas of Patents,

Trademarks, Designs, Geographical Indications

and Copyrights.

At AP-TEC 2013 @ Warangal

Maheshwar Sahu, Co-Chairman, Centre of Excellence on Nanotechnology, and Additional Chief Secretary, Industries & Mines, Gujarat; R Mukundan, Chairman, Centre of Excellence on Nanotechnology, Chairman, CII (WR), and MD, Tata Chemicals Ltd, and Anjan Das, Executive Director, Technology, CII, at an interaction in Ahmedabad

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Global Innovation & Technology AllianceThe Global Innovation & Technology Alliance (GITA)

serves as an efective institutional mechanism for

providing end to end services and support for the

emergence of an innovation ecosystem with demand

pull for industrial innovation and technology

start-ups.

GITA, a notforproit (Section 25) Company,

promoted jointly by the Technology Development

Board (TDB) of the Department of Science &

Technology (DST), Government of India, and CII, is

mandated to carry out bilateral / multilateral R&D

projects with countries interested in doing joint

research with Indian companies.

ADVOCACY Promoting India-UK Partnerships in R&D and

Advanced Manufacturing

Taking forward Indo-UK collaboration to facilitate

Afordable and Accessible Healthcare

Development of Strategic Technologies & Critical

Manufacturing Capabilities for India

R&D in Indias Fuel Sector

ACTION A CII-GITA Report on India-UK Partnerships in

R&D and Advanced Manufacturing was released

during the visit of the CII CEOs Delegation to

the United Kingdom in June. It highlights the

strengths, opportunities and challenges in R&D and

Advanced Manufacturing in India and the UK, while

mapping the comparative sectoral strengths and

complementarities between India and the UK to take

the bilateral partnerships in R&D to a higher plank.

Recent additions in the UK-India collaboration agenda

include advanced manufacturing, bio-energy, smart

grids and energy storage, next generation wireless

systems and applied mathematics. The projects within

this portfolio are led by UK and Indian universities

and research institutions, working in partnership with

businesses and industry in the UK and India.

The report called for collaborative eforts and a

joint policy framework to establish and sustain a

R&D ecosystem in India for the development and

commercialization of technologies in advanced

manufacturing and emerging technology areas,

leveraging the UK model.

Under this initiative, the IndiaUK Collaborative

Industrial R&D Programme - Joint Request for

Proposals (RFP) was announced in November with

Dr Arabinda Mitra, Adviser & Head, International Cooperation (Bilateral), Department of Science & Technology (DST), Vikram Kirloskar, Chairman, GITA, and Vice Chairman, Toyota Kirloskar Motors Pvt Ltd; Dr T Ramasami, Secretary, DST; Dr Devi Prasad Shety, Founder & Chairman, Narayana Hrudalaya Institute of Cardiac Sciences; Deep Kapuria, Chairman, HiTech Group of Companies, and Member, GITA Board; and Harkesh Mital, CoChairman, GITA, and Secretary, Technology Development Board, at the Global Innovation & Technology Alliance Platform in New Delhi

India-Canada Match-making Session on Water Technologies in New Delhi

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Cleantech (including Energy Systems) and Afordable

Healthcare as the focus areas.

The Indo-UK Joint Economic & Trade Commitee

Innovation (JETCO) Joint Working Group on Innovation,

supported by CII, GITA, UK agencies and both

Governments, at a meeting in New Delhi in December,

explored cooperation in afordable and accessible

healthcare. Four subgroups would work on :

Accessible Healthcare enabled by primary and

secondary healthcare delivery solutions

Afordable Diagnostics and Health Monitoring

Devices, with special atention on sensors for

cancer screening, diabetes and cardiovascular

diseases It was in principle agreed to run this as

a programme under the IndiaUK BioDesign

Program

Data-Driven Innovation and Improvement to

support analytics, informatics and medical

research

Cross Agenda (to facilitate the progress of these

three Groups).

In a high-level brainstorming session in Mumbai

in November, CII and GITA, with IIT-Bombay and the

Research and Information System for Developing

Countries (RIS) discussed the role of academia/R&D

institutes and the corporate sector in building

Indian capabilities in Aerospace, Biotechnology,

Nanotechnology, IT and Renewal and Clean Energy.

The suggestions included establishing PPP

models, streamlining processes, and creating R&D

infrastructure to promote high-risk R&D projects

and start-ups. A Cluster approach with collaboration

between Academia, R&D labs and Industry was also

suggested. It was proposed to create smaller groups

led by Industry from each of the identiied sectors,

amalgamating institutions like GITA into the working

of these groups.

CII and GITA, in partnership with the Oil and Natural

Gas Corporation (ONGC) and under the aegis of

the Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas,

organized a Special Conference on Research &

Development in Fuel Sector, during PETROTECH

2014, Indias largest oil and gas conference and

exhibition, in January 2014 in New Delhi. The

conference called for exploring biofuels, electric

vehicles, hybrids and clean fuels.

India-Canada Matchmaking Mission in

Water Technologies

GITA and DST, in collaboration with the Governments

of Alberta, and Ontario, Canada) and ISTP Canada,

organized the India-Canada Matchmaking Mission on

Water Technologies in April in New Delhi.

A 28-member Canadian delegation met with more

than 60 Indian delegates over 92 prescheduled B2B

meetings in the area of water technologies.

Global Innovation & Technology Alliance Platform

The Global Innovation & Technology Alliance

Platform, organized by GITA, in collaboration with the

DST, the Technology Development Board (TDB), and

CII in New Delhi in November, hosted over 200 B2B

meetings for forging business alliances in Science,

Technology and Innovation between India and

partner countries such as Canada, Finland, Israel,

Japan, Norway, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan and

the United Kingdom.

Parallel sessions were held on

Cleantech/Green Manufacturing Technologies

Homeland Security

Pharma/Afordable Healthcare Technologies

Information & Communication Technologies (ICT)

Smart Grids

During the event, GITA launched three new bilateral

industrial R&D programmes between India and

Finland, Spain and UK, respectively.

High-level brainstorming session on Building Indian Capabilities in Advanced Manufacturing, in Mumbai

Kamal Dayani, Industry Commissioner, Gujarat; Prof Y S Rajan,; R Mukundan; and Maheshwar Sahu at the inauguration of the Gujarat Knowledge and Facilitation Centre in Ahmedabad

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Gujarat Knowledge Application and Facilitation CentreCII signed a MoU with the Gujarat Government

during the Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors Summit

in January 2014 for seting up the Gujarat Knowledge

Application & Facilitation Centre (GKAFC), supported

by Gujarat NRE Coking Coal Ltd, a CII member

company.

The GKAFC is envisaged as the prime mover in

Gujarats technological growth, by facilitating

industry, especially MSMEs to become globally

competitive, hand-hold technology-driven ventures,

and cater to the science and technology needs of

Asian nations.

ACTIONGKAFC is forming expert advisory groups on the

following sectors:

Infrastructure: Enhancing the application of

geo-synthetics in the infrastructure sector

Bio-Energy: Showcasing a successful enterprise

for puriication, botling and appropriate utilization

of biogas from industrial and domestic waste

Automobile: Creating infrastructure and

innovative business models batery-operated

two-wheelers

Marine: Promoting sustainable harvesting

of ishery resources of coastal Gujarat and

increasing the aqua culture acreage for sustained

and enhanced marine exports

CII GKAFC MSME Linkages 2013: National

Conference & Exhibition on Technology & Supply

Chain Development for MSMEs, in Ahmedabad

CII GKAFC DSIR Workshop on Facilitating

Technology Acquisition, Ahmedabad.

Tamil Nadu Technology Development & Promotion CentreThe Tamil Nadu Technology Development &

Promotion Centre (TNTDPC), a joint initiative of

the Government of Tamil Nadu and CII, functions

as an intermediary between Industry, institutes,

Government, international partners and other

potential stakeholders to meet the technological

needs of companies, especially MSME, whilst

developing a stronger business network. The Centre

mainly works in sectors like Agri/Food Processing,

Automotives, IPR and Nanotechnology, but has

expanded its purview to emerging sectors like

Robotics & Automation, Innovation, and Green

Technologies.

Michael Carter, Consul Commercial & Trade Commissioner for Australia to South India; Dr V Krishnamurthy, Chairman, National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council (NMCC); Dr. V.Sumantran, Conference Chairman & Executive Vice Chairman, Hinduja Automotive Ltd, and Ravi Pandit, Chairman & Group CEO,KPIT Cummins Info Systems Ltd, at the Conference on Automotive R&D Trends 2015, in Chennai

GOALS Upgrade technology among MSMEs through

promotion and other means

Assess international technology trends and

disseminate them to MSMEs

Take up Concept-to-Commissioning projects of

technology upgradation and consultancy with

MSMEs

Pro-active technology assessment of clusters

in Tamil Nadu

Create awareness on IPR and provide facilitation

services.

ACTION The Centre is actively working with the Krishnagiri

Food Processing Cluster (KRISHMA), under the

National Innovation Council (NInC), to introduce

innovations in products, processes and services

for accelerating sustainable growth. A pilot

prototype of a solar drying unit is being set

up under this initiative to create zero energy

requirements for the food processing industry

TNTDPC aids the establishment of the

ASEAN-INDIA Technology Information &

Commercialization Centre, a virtual web portal

linking technology transfer/licensing organizations

in ASEAN and India

TNTDPC is a Single Window Solution for

Intellectual Property Rights (IPR, patents,

trademarks, copyrights and G I). The Centre has

conducted more than 130 IP services so far. It also

houses online IPR advisory services for MSME

The Centre educates MSME on the right IT

solutions for their needs.

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India@75

Today an independent entity as a Foundation Trust,

India@75 has seven vision elements:

Education and Skills

Technology and Innovation

Agriculture and Food Security

Business and Economy

Urbanization and Environmental Sustainability

Arts, Literature and Sports

Moral Leadership, Governance and Public

Administration

Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission of India; S. Gopalakrishnan, and Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, CII, at the launch of the India Backbone Implementation Network (IBIN),in New Delhi

Atul Bhatnagar, COO, NSDC; S. Ramadorai, Advisor to the Prime Minister of India in the National Council on Skill Development; Rajan Navani, and Thomas Muthoot, Executive Director, Muthoot Fincorp Ltd, at the Power To Empower 2013 - 14 Award Ceremony in New Delhi

(L-R) Ist Row: Arun Maira, Member, Planning Commission, Member Trustee, India@75 Foundation; Adi Godrej, Immediate Past President, CII, Chairman, Board of Trustees, India@75 Foundation, and Chairman, Godrej Group; Gayatri Prahalad, Member, Apex Council, India@75; S Gopalakrishnan, President, CII, Chairman, Apex Council, India@75, and Executive Vice-Chairman, Infosys Ltd.2nd Row: Rajan Navani, Chairman, National Commitee, India@75, and MD, Jetline Group of Industries; Cyrus P Mistry, Member Trustee, India@75 Foundation, and Chairman, Tata Sons; Javed Akhtar , Member, Apex Council, India@75, and Poet, Lyricist and Scriptwriter; Priya Dut, Member of Parliament; Suresh Prabhu, Member of Parliament; Mahesh Jethmalani, Eminent Lawyer3rd Row: Dr. Raghunath Anant Mashelkar, Chair, National Innovation Foundation,and President, Global Research Alliance; Viren Rasquinha, Hockey Player; Rahul Bajaj, Past President, CII, Member Trustee, India@75 Foundation, and Chairman, Bajaj Auto Ltd.; and Sumit Mazumder, Vice President , CII, and Vice Chairman & MD, TIL Ltd, at the India@75 Call to Action in Mumbai

Transformation

ADVOCACY Volunteerism

Declaration of 12 18 January as National

Volunteering Week, to engage people from all walks

of life, organizations, students and NGOs, to reach

out to millions of people.

Pro Bono Contribution by Corporates

In order to encourage skill-based volunteering from

corporates, India@75 has taken up the cause of

An India that will actively shape the new world order through economic strength, technological vitality

and moral leadership, collaboratively CII adopted this vision of the late Prof. CK Prahalad, validated

it through a pan-India public reasoning exercise, and collated the aspirations of the people in a vision

document aptly titled India@75 - The Peoples Agenda.

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inclusion of Pro Bono contribution by corporates

within the mandated 2% of CSR expenditure.

It is also working on measurement metrics for

standardizing the monetized value of the Pro Bono

efort. If accepted by the Government, this will

create a huge supply of skilled volunteers who would

then be matched with the demand side of grass

root organizations to build capacity, and scale up

operations with enhanced eiciency.

ACTION CII - India@75 Yi Conclave, with the theme, We

Build India on Good Governance, in Kochi in

August

City Connect Panjim Chapter launched in April

Launch of India Backbone Implementation

Network (IbIn), an initiative of the Planning

Commission of India, and adopted by India@75,

in April, in New Delhi

India@75 Scholarship: India@75 and the

Management College and Research Centre

of the Indian Education Society (IES) Mumbai

signed a MoU in April in New Delhi to jointly

identify deserving students for the India@75

scholarship under the Ektaal scheme of

Macquarie University, Australia. The University

has commited AUD11 million for 55 students

over a span of 4 years

Call to Action: Over 100 distinguished Indians

from diverse sectors together pledged, COUNT

ME IN Together we shall do It at the India@75:

Call to Action in Mumbai in November, to help

empower the people of India to be educated,

skilled, progressive, safer and healthier by 2022.

Future India 2022: session during the WPO/YPO

India University Programme for global business

leaders in November in New Delhi

National Volunteering Week: India@75

celebrated Indias First National Volunteering

Week in in January 2014. A team of 122 leaders

worked tirelessly giving their pro-bono time

for months to make National Volunteering

Week a success. The campaign reached out to

approximately 116.5 million people, who are now

motivated to host various volunteering activities

through the year

Pro Bono: India@75, in collaboration with

the Taproot Foundation of USA, undertook

a detailed study of the Pro Bono potential in

India and ascertained it to be USD 10 billion by

the year 2022. A Task Force has been set up to

chalk out a strategy to encourage skill-based India@75 Team with international student volunteers during National Volunteer Week in New Delhi

Virendra Gupta, Deputy Director General, India@75; Rajeev Gupta, Secretary, Union Ministry of Youth Afairs & Sports, and Lalit Gupta, Jt Secretary, Union Ministry of Youth Afairs & Sports, releasing the India@75 National Volunteer Week brochure in New Delhi

volunteering from corporates, and connect them

to grass root organizations on the demand side.

A web portal is being designed and developed by

Infosys to support the initiative. Two pilots will be

undertaken at GE and HP to validate the study

Jobs and Career Counselling Fair: India@75

in collaboration with CII Northern Region and

the Utar Pradesh Skills Development Mission

organized a Career Counseling & Job Fair in

Noida, Utar Pradesh, in January 2014 to link

polytechnics, ITIs and students with local industry.

More than 5000 students atended the fair, and

around 1000 were ofered placement

Power to Empower, Indias 1st Skills Enterprise

Competition, was co-organized by India@75

Foundation and the National Skills Development

Corporation, to encourage students and

entrepreneurs to become part of the large

business opportunity that exists in the skills

development space. In its 3rd edition this year, the

competition received 1004 applications.

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Initiatives for Indian Manufacturing

GOALS Transforming mindsets for creating Visionary

Leaders for Manufacturing

Realizing breakthrough in Supply Chain by

transforming customer-supplier relationships

Sustaining transformation by community

inclusion

Creating village businesses to improve village

development

Enabling aspirational growth by transforming

business processes

ACTION Golden Top 100 Companies (GTC) Mr S Gopalakrishnan, President, CII, and Executive

Vice Chairman, Infosys Ltd, launched the National

Golden Top 100 companies (GTC 100) programme in

Bangalore in July in the presence of

Mr K H Muniyappa, Minister of State (Independent

Charge) for MSMEs. The project is designed to

enable small enterprises to graduate to the level of

medium enterprises, and for medium enterprises to

become large enterprises.

Subsequently, during an awareness programme

in Gurgaon for the founding companies, three

roadmaps were launched:

SME transformation through mentorship

Transformation through New Product

Development

Manufacturing Excellence

CII is hand-holding the participating companies

to enable them realize their dream of accelerating

CII works to enhance the competitiveness of Indian Manufacturing by applying transformation

technologies and processes for building capabilities of organizations and competence of managers,

thereby contributing towards the objectives of Indias new National Manufacturing Policy.

growth by 2 to 3 times over the next couple of

years.

Visionary Leaders for Manufacturing (VLFM) ProgrammeThe VLFM Programme in India, conducted under

the guidance of Prof Shoji Shiba, world-renowned

authority on Breakthrough Management, has now

impacted more than 1000 people.

Thirty companies from India Inc are participating

in the 7th batch of the VLFM Senior Managers

Course, a 6-module, year-long programme, to train

60 senior managers as visionary leaders, equipped

with the skills to take their organizations into a

diferent growth trajectory.

Prof Shoji Shibas book, 7 Dreams to Reality:

Transforming Indian Manufacturing, published by

Penguin Books, was launched across Indian metro

cities and in USA, jointly by CII and the Japan

International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The book

presents seven symbolic successes, selected from

more than 200 published VLFM success stories,

giving clear directions for the transformation of

Manufacturing industry in the present economic

scenario.

1000 Visionary SME Programme Ten plants of Indian companies have enrolled,

along with about 25 SME suppliers, in Batch 4 of

the 1000 Visionary SME Programme, to transform

their relationship and create unprecedented

1000 VSME Programme

Impact 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 Cumulative

Companies impacted 1 28 43 32 33 137

Change Leaders developed 6 41 109 138 142 436

VLFM Programme

Impact 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 Cumulative

Companies impacted 27 23 30 27 23 35 30 120

Change Leaders

developed48 48 48 51 60 80 55 390

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TT Ashok, Co-Chairman, CII National Council on MSMEs, and MD, Taylor Rubber Pvt Ltd; Deep Kapuria, Chairman, CII National MSME Council, and Chairman, Hi-Tech Gears Ltd, ; K H Muniyappa, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) of MSME; S Gopalakrishnan, President, CII, and Executive Vice Chairman, Infosys Ltd, and Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, CII, at the launch of the GTC 100 Programme in Bangalore

Shinya Ejima, Chief Representative, JICA India Oice; Ajay Shankar, Member Secretary, NMCC; Deep Kapuria; and S N Tripathi; Joint Secretary, Union Ministry of MSME, at the launch of the 1000 Visionary SME Programme in New Delhi

business results. The programme is concurrently

running in Gurgaon, Pune and Chennai, under the

guidance of Mr T Furuhashi, a Japanese expert on

the Toyota Production System.

Project Village BuddhaIn a unique initiative, the Village Buddha project,

under the guidance of Prof Shoji Shiba, will

use appropriate principles and practices from

Manufacturing Industry for village development,

making Indian Industry a partner in inclusive

growth.

The Village Buddha team conducted deep-dive

immersion studies in villages at Kirloskarwadi and

Shirwal in Maharashtra, Manesar and Gurgaon

in Haryana, and Padivedu in Tamil Nadu, to

understand the wide variety of developmental

and CSR work being undertaken by Corporate

India, and align it with the aspirations in the fast

changing rural ecosystem.

Tamaki Tsukada, Minister Economy, Embassy of Japan; Dr Sarita Nagpal, Principal Adviser, CII; Subodh Bhargava, Past President, CII, and Chairman, Tata Communications Ltd. Dr H P Kumar, CMD, NSIC; and Prof Shoji Shiba, Chief Adviser, VLFM Programme, at the launch of the book, 7 Dreams to Reality: Transforming Indian Manufacturing, in New Delhi

Arun Maira, Member, Planning Commission of India; Hidetoshi Irigaki, Director General, Industrial Development and Public Policy Department, JICA Japan, and Prof Shoji Shiba, with VLFM programme participants at the 5th VLFM Learning Convention in New Delhi

Village Buddha team on an exploratory visit to rural Maharashtra

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This year, 19,290 SC/ST students were granted

scholarships. Over 74,000 scholarships have been

granted since 2007.

46,140SC/ST youth were imparted skill development

training this year. Over 1.70 lakh SC/ST candidates

have undergone skill development training since 2007.

48, 440 SC/ST candidates have been given

employment in member companies this year till

December 2013. Over 80,000 new employments have

been given since April 2011.

ACTION Tracking This year, special emphasis was given on improving

the tracking mechanism, a critical area with the

potential to hugely impact Industrys performance.

CII counseled companies to set up a rigorous system

for tracking numbers and sharing data. CII regional

oices are tracking the interventions, especially from

members in SC/ST dominated districts.

Scaling up InterventionsEducation

In addition to over 19, 000 scholarships granted this

year, CII members extended their support to 8000

Airmative Action for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes communities is a voluntary commitment

by Indian companies to help the Government and civil society in the national endeavour to ensure equal

opportunity to these marginalized citizens. CII has formulated a Voluntary Code of Conduct on Airmative

Action for its member companies, and has identiied four focus areas, the 4Es, for concrete steps:

Education/ Scholarships Employability/Skill Development Entrepreneurship/Supplier Diversity

Employment

students from the SC/ST community through

academic support, student adoption and

infrastructure support.

Educational & Career Counseling

Career and Educational Counseling was provided

to 100 students from the deprived sector at

Pudukotai, Tamil Nadu, in June.

Employability

Some notable initiatives include

Train the Trainers: A programme for ITI

instructors covered 160 institutes in and

around Pune

Skill Gurukuls: CII and Pan IIT Alumni, in joint

collaboration, are seting up residential Skill

Training Centres in the Gurukul model in

SC / ST dominated districts. There are 14

existing gurukuls and 16 more are proposed.

A Gurukul in Pankhpal, Jajpur, Odisha, was

inaugurated in April by Mr Jairam Ramesh,

Union Minister for Rural Development,

to ofer training in construction related

multi skills

Skill Development Centres: Skill development

InclusionAffirmative Action

Ranjit Singh, Head, CSR, Maruti Suzuki; Kartik Bharat Ram, Co-chair, CII (NR), Airmative Action Commitee, and Jt MD, SRF Ltd; Farhad Forbes, Co-Chair, CII Special Task Force on Airmative Action, and Director, Forbes Marshall; Vjay Chadda, CEO, Bharti Foundation, and Sameer Chaturvedi, CEO, Jaipur Rugs, at a Conference on Airmative Action in New Delhi

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for discuss efective ways to implement

Airmative Action.

Workshops: Regional workshops for HR

managers to sensitize and help them understand

the ways and models to implement AA are

proposed.

Publication: Endeavour is published by each of

the four CII Regions, to share best practices on

Airmative Action from CII member companies.

Career and Educational Counselling for SC and ST students in Tamil Nadu

Students receiving hospitality training under the CII-NSFDC Programme in Nawanshahar, Punjab

At the Ignite -Entrpreneurship Development Programme in Andhra Pradesh

centers in partnership with members are

operational in Chhindwara and Balasore.

Entrepreneurship

Supplier Diversity/ Vendor Development meets

were organized in New Delhi, Bangalore, Jaipur,

Bhiwadi and Haridwar

CII Southern Region, in partnership with the

Bharatiya Yuva Shakti Trust (BYST) and Titan is

currently running a project to create and sustain 25

SC/ST entrepreneurs within a period of two years.

PPP Models A Skill Development Training Programme has been

initiated in 5 SC dominated districts in partnership

with the National Schedule Caste Finance

Development Corporation, Union Ministry of Social

Justice and Empowerment:

Nawanshahar and Faridkot in Punjab

Cooch Behar and Midnapore, in West Bengal

Bagaha, Bihar

The trained candidates will be placed with members

companies. So far, 500 candidates have been

trained, and 750 candidates will receive training in

the second phase.

CII partnered the DICCI and Government

organisations to hold 21-day long Residential

Entrepreneurship Development programmes in

Vjayawada, Tirupati, Vishakhapatnam, Warangal and

Hyderabad, impacting 800 SC/ST youth.

Outreach Conference: CII Northern Region organized a

Conference on Airmative Action along with a

buyer seller meet in November in New Delhi

Webinars: 8 webinars were organised last year

with the aim to provide a platform to members

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CII FoundationThe CII Foundation was set up in 2011 to enable Industry to support inclusive development by undertaking

a wide range of developmental and charitable activities and initiatives pan India. Serving as a meaningful

bridge between marginalized communities and donors, especially corporates, the strategic direction for

the Foundation was developed and adopted during the year.

The core areas of intervention are :

Education

Gender Equality and Women Empowerment &

Safety

Skilling, Employment and Livelihoods

Environment Sustainability, including water

Public Health & Sanitation

Disaster Management

In this efort, the Foundation works together with

corporates, Governments, communities, and civil

society institutions to channelize their collective

resources towards social and community

development. It provides Corporate sector and

other donors a platform to participate and create

large scale and long term impact in development

and also work towards illing in the gaps that exist

in the Corporate sectors CSR arms, and broaden

its participation in the development space.

The activities for the year included projects on

Making villages self-suicient for their water

needs in Maharashtra

Disaster Relief & Rehabilitation Operations in

Utarakhand

Anganwadi Adoption Programme in

West Bengal

Programmes on Livelihood and Employability

for SC/ST students

Disaster Relief Initiative at Utarakhand

Water management programme in Sanjul Village in Maharashtra

CII Foundation-Symbiosis Finishing School Programme for SC/ST students in Pune

Aganwadi Adoption Programme in West Bengal Recruitment drive under the CII Relief and Rehabilitation initiative in Utarakhand

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facilitate knowledge exchange; help corporates and

NGOs identify partners for CSR implementation; and

create enabling platforms for Industry-NGO connect.

Discussion platforms and interactive meets were

held with stakeholders from Industry, Government

and NGOs

Knowledge and information materials in the

form of Guidelines for identifying NGO Partners

presented a set of indicative parameters and

norms to assist industry in identifying NGOs as

implementing partners for their CSR projects.

Catalogue of Development Projects by Grassroot

NGOs: a compilation of around 150 ready for

implementation projects proposed by NGOs

working at the grassroots, from across the

country, to showcase possibilities for corporates

and not-for-proits to work together.

GOALS Promote and facilitate CSR as an actionable

business agenda for corporates

Evolve efective models of Industry-NGO

partnerships

Catalyze development of conducive policies for

making CSR a movement

ACTIONConducive Policy on CSRCompanies Act 2013 Rules on CSR

This year saw the passage of the Companies Bill

which, among other things, necessitates companies

to spend on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).

Accordingly a set of CSR Rules are being framed by

the Government as to how and where such spends

can be applied. CII compiled recommendations from

Industry which emphasized that the rules should

provide an enabling framework rather than a narrow

and prescriptive one. Accordingly, a new set of drat

rules were developed and currently await notiication.

Promoting CSR in Industry Against the backdrop of Clause 135 in the Companies

Act 2013, which makes CSR a core function within

industry and emphasizes the role of the corporate

sector beyond proit, CII organised advocacy

platforms, and created knowledge pieces and

publications to enable, promote and encourage

industry involvement in CSR. These included

CSR in Practice: a compilation of CSR initiatives

and strategies of over 40 CII members pan India

and their success stories

Handbook on Corporate Social Responsibility

in India: a guidance document to facilitate

the development of the CSR mandate within

organizations, which provides a framework that

companies can use to plan and implement their

CSR activities, addressing why CSR and how to

put CSR into action.

Promoting Industry-NGO PartnershipsCII created a platform for promoting dialogue and

interface between Industry and Civil Society to

CII engages with Government, industry and Civil Society Organizations to take its agenda of inclusive,

sustainable growth forward. CII assists its members in meeting their social development aspirations

by connecting Industry with Government and civil society, including NGOs, to carry out efective

programmes for social uplitment

Corporate Social Responsibility

Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, CII; Sachin Pilot, Union Minister of State (I/C) for Corporate Afairs; Rakesh Bharti Mital, Chairman, CII National Council on Development Initiatives, and Vice Chairman & MD, Bharti Enterprises; and M J Joseph, Additional Secretary, Union Ministry of Corporate Afairs, at the CSR Summit in New Delhi

Syeda Saiyidain Hameed, Member Planning Commission of India; Pradeep Bhargava, Chairman, CII Industry-Civil Society Interface Commitee, and Director, Cummins Generator Technologies; and Onno Ruhl, Country Director India, The World Bank at the CSR-CSO Bridge 2013 in New Delhi

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DiversityPromoting diversity for Inclusion among member companies was a priority for CII this year.

GOALS Promote inclusion with special focus on

persons with special abilities through corporate

participation.

Catalyze women empowerment by addressing

the issue of gender equality both at the

workplace and at the community level.

ACTIONPromoting employment and self-employment

opportunities for PwDs (Persons with Disability)

CII engaged with the corporate sector, civil society

organizations, training institutes, Government and

individual experts, besides PwD themselves, to

promote employment of PwDS. The deliberations

brought forth some good practices and initiatives

undertaken by industry members and also

emphasized the need to apply Universal Design in

order to provide a barrier-free environment for PwDs.

CII was a member of the National Selection

Commitee for the National Awards for

Empowerment of PwDs, which recognizes

outstanding PwDs and institutions who have done

exemplary work for the cause of PwDs.

National Task Force on the Safety

and Security of Women

CII constituted a National Task Force on the Safety

and Security of Women in 2013 to deine industrys

role in mitigating and tackling crimes against women

efectively. Together with senior industry leaders and

leaders of some prominent women groups, the Task

Force arrived at a set of recommendations ofering

both short and long term actions and solutions

in this respect. The recommendations have been

shared with CII members for adoption.

CII is promoting the recently-passed Sexual

Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention,

Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 that seeks to

protect women from sexual harassment at their

place of work.

Advocacy for a gender-sensitive, inclusive and

equitable work environment

CII organized interactive platforms to facilitate

Bhairavi Jani, Director, SCA Group; Bim Bissell, Advisor to the Board & Founder, Fabindia; Meher Pudumjee, Co Chair, CII Women Empowerment Commitee, and Chairperson, Thermax Ltd; Madhur Bajaj, Chairman, CII Women Empowerment Commitee, and Vice Chairman, Bajaj Auto Ltd, and Guru Shovana Narayan, Kathak Maestro, at the CII National Conference on Unleashing Opportunities for Femonomics in the Corporate Sector, in New Delhi

Piruz Khambata, Chairman, CII (WR) CSR Sub-Commitee, and Chairman, Rasna Pvt Ltd.; P M John, Chairman, Cheshire Homes India, and Shjo Joseph, National Livelihoods Coordinator, Cheshire Disability Trust, Bangalore, at the Seminar on Inclusive Employment in Mumbai

Shweta Shrof Chopra, Partner, Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shrof & Co; Mini Menon, Executive Editor, Bloomberg TV; Subodh Bhargava, Past President, CII, and Chairman, Tata Communications Ltd; Meenu Vadera, Founder Director, Azad Foundation, and Sakha (Cabs for Women) and Sunita Cherian, Vice President Human Resources, Wipro Ltd at the CII National Conference on Femonomics in New Delhi

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Development of Backward Districts

dialogue between women achievers and stakeholders

from diverse backgrounds on the role of women in

the overall economic progress as consumers and

decision makers and how this role can be secured

and further augmented.

Recognizing Women Leaders at the

Community Level

The Woman Exemplar Award, instituted in 2005

by CII, is an annual initiative to promote and

acknowledge women working at the grass-root level

who have, against all odds, excelled and contributed

signiicantly to the development process in India. The

Award presentation, in three categories: Education

& Literacy, Health and Micro Enterprise, is a key

highlight of the CII Annual Session.

The 2013 Awards were given away by Mr Rahul Gandhi,

Vice President, Indian National Congress. The award

comprises of a gold plated medallion, a citation and a

cash reward of Rs 1,50,000/- for each Awardee.

S Gopalakrishnan, President, CII, and Executive Vice Chairman, Infosys Ltd; Rahul Gandhi, Vice President, Indian National Congress; Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, CII, and G Muniammal, CII Woman Exemplar Awardee Micro Enterprise category, at the CII Woman Exemplar Award Presentation Ceremony in New Delhi

At the suggestion of the Government of India,

CII has taken up training activities through

residential programmes in 12 selected backward

districts, most of which are afected by let wing

extremism. The idea is to create employment and

self employment opportunities for under-served

youth living in the afected areas. The youth trained

belong to SC/ST/OBC families which are below the

poverty line.

The interventions have been mostly concentrated

in the Eastern Region of the country in the States

of Bihar, Chhatisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha and West

Bengal, as well as in Andhra Pradesh. Two Districts

have been selected for intervention in each State,

in consultation with the State Government at the

level of Chief Secretary.

The main focus of the work is on providing skills

to people and making them employable. Before

starting the intervention, CII carried out a

socio economic study of each District, with skill

mapping exercises to bring out speciic areas

where employment could be created based on

local natural resources. Training is also provided

on sectors which ofer good opportunities for

employment, such as Retail.

One of the mechanisms used in this work is to take

advantage of the good oices of Pan IIT where

NABARD provides inancial support (refundable)

to the trainees while a member/s provides

employment.

While the focus has been primarily on capacity

building, in certain Districts, especially in Andhra

Pradesh, CII has taken up programmes for adult

literacy, skill training and support, drinking water,

etc and is also helping women become

self employed (e.g. provision of sewing

machines, etc.).

In the last three years, nearly 3000 youth have been

trained in construction, retail, hospitality, BPO,

welding, tailoring, etc.

Moving forward, the aim is to escalate the initiative

in a big way to empower youth in the country.

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GovernanceCorporate Governance and Regulatory Affairs

This was a landmark year for the business

environment considering that the framework of

corporate law was overhauled and the existing

Companies Act, 1956 was replaced with the

Companies Act, 2013. The new Act brings many

governance practices, hitherto let to best judgment,

within the purview of the law and also introduces

many new concepts such as CSR, Performance

Evaluation, Contractual Appointment of Independent

Directors, and the Codiication of Role, Function and

Duties of Independent Directors. Accordingly, all

CII eforts were directed towards ensuring that the

new law and the implementation guidelines being

Having been at the forefront of the Corporate Governance movement in India for close to two decades

now, CII remains commited to promoting good governance amongst its members. To this efect, various

initiatives aimed at improving governance practices were undertaken during the year.

framed under the new Act are not disruptive and

the business environment does not become unduly

restrictive and compliance-oriented.

ADVOCACY Through sustained eforts to ensure that the new

regulatory framework is pro-industry, detailed

inputs were submited to the Union Ministry

of Corporate Afairs on the implementation

guidelines for the provisions under the

Companies Act, 2013. Industrys concerns were

highlighted and corrective action suggested on

the speciic subjects of CSR; public deposits;

Renuka Kumar, Joint Secretary, Union Ministry of Corporate Afairs; Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, CII; Sachin Pilot, Minister of State (I/C) for Corporate Afairs; Uday Kotak, Chairman, CII National Council on Financial Sector Development and Executive Vice Chairman & MD, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd, and M J Joseph, Additional Secretary, Union Ministry of Corporate Afairs; at the CII National Conference on Companies Act, 2013 in Mumbai

P R Ramesh, Chairman, Deloite India; Chandrajit Banerjee: U K Sinha, Chairman, Securities & Exchange Board of India, and K V Kamath, Past President, CII, and Chairman, CII Council on Corporate Governance & Regulatory Afairs, at the 9th International Corporate Governance Summit in Mumbai

Jamie Allen, Secretary General, Asian Corporate Governance Association; Amal Ganguli, Independent Director; Rostow Ravanan, CFO, Mindtree Ltd; and M J Joseph, at the CII Session on Governance Reforms in New Delhi

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The National Foundation of Corporate Governance

(NFCG) was set up in October 2003 by the Union

Ministry of Corporate Afairs in partnership with

CII, the Institute of Company Secretaries of India

(ICSI) and the Institute of Chartered Accountants

of India (ICAI) to foster a culture of good Corporate

Governance both at the level of individual

corporations and for the economy as a whole. In

2010, the Institute of Cost Accountants of India

(ICAI) and National Stock Exchange (NSE) and in

2013 the Indian Institute of Corporate Afairs (IICA)

were included in NFCG as trustees.

The NFCG works closely with accredited and

partner institutions to provide a platform for

quality discussion and debates in areas of

Corporate Governance, CSR and Sustainability.

During the year, the NFCG supported various

lagship events organized by CII in the areas of

Corporate Governance, CSR and Sustainability

such as the CSR-CSO Bridge 2013; the 9th

International Corporate Governance Summit

2013; the Conference on Companies Act 2013;

and the National Summit on CSR.

In addition, the NFCG also supported more than

18 international and national level seminars,

conferences, and orientation programmes

organized by its accredited and other partner

institutions in these areas.

Further, four research studies instituted under

the aegis of NFCG, were completed by the

accredited and partner institutions.

Sachin Pilot, Union Minister of State (I/C) for Corporate Afairs; Simon Walker, Director General, Institute of Directors, UK; B Muthuraman, Past President, CII, and Vice Chairman, Tata Steel Ltd; Naved Masood, Secretary, Union Ministry of Corporate Afairs, and Chandrajit Banerjee, Managing Trustee, NFCG, and Director General, CII, at the NFCG Conference on Corporate Governance, in Chennai

loans & investments; cost; RPTs; electoral trusts;

depreciation; penal provisions, and private

companies, to name a few.

Atention was paid to improving the ease of

doing business in the country through a study

highlighting the areas that need improvement in

business processes.

On Competition Law, CII stressed the need for

providing incentives to companies for instituting

competition compliance programmes within the

Indian competition law framework. Responding to

CIIs representation, the Government announced

amendment in the Combinations Regulations

exempting intra-group mergers of two or more

enterprises within the same group.

CII engaged with the Securities & Exchange

Board of India (SEBI) and submited vital inputs

on the subjects of Corporate Governance;

Employee Stock Option Schemes, Insider Trading

Regulations, etc.

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Accounting StandardsWith the constant changes introduced in the ield

of Accounting, the CII Commitee on Accounting

Standards this year focused on analyzing the

notiications, circulars and exposure drats issued

by the Union Ministry of Corporate Afairs and

ICAI, with the emphasis on harmonizing and

consolidating them, so as to ensure smooth

functioning of Industry. It also represented

industry views on the subject to the authority /

Institution.

ADVOCACY Based on inputs received from members, CII

submited representations on the exposure drats

on Accounting Standard 1, Accounting Standard

5, Accounting Standard 20 (earning per share),

Accounting Standard 22 (deferred tax) and the

ICAI announcement on Presentation of Foreign

Currency Monetary Item Translation Diference

Account in the Balance Sheet.

Dispute Resolution With an increasing number of Indian companies

engaged in complex global businesses, Alternate

Dispute Resolution (ADR) is emerging as a

Shardul Shrof, Chairman, CII National Commitee on Legal Services, and Managing Partner, Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shrof & Co.; Dr Michael Pryles, President, SIAC Court of Arbitration, and Ashok Sharma, President, Indian Corporate Counsel Association, at the Conference on Arbitration India: Technology, Media & Telecommunications, in New Delhi

Prof. Dr. Chandrashekhar J Rawandale, Director, Symbiosis Law School; Shardul Shrof; Justice Gyan Sudha Misra, Supreme Court of India, and Dr. Lalit Bhasin, Chairman, CII Task Force on Dispute Resolution, and Managing Partner, Bhasin & Co. at the Conference on Dispute Resolution in New Delhi

popular mode of resolving commercial disputes.

The CII Task Force on Dispute Resolution focused

on creating awareness of ADR practices amongst

corporates and also establishing the CII Centre

for Alternative Dispute Resolution to provide

an institutionalized mechanism for resolving

commercial disputes among the parties amicably,

economically and quickly through mediation

and arbitration.

CII, over the year, organized conferences to

promote ADR practices as a quick and economical

mode of setlement of disputes.

CII CFO ForumThe CII CFO Forum provided a platform for

deliberations on contemporary issues facing the

modern-day CFO, creating various sub groups to

look into select topics in a more focused manner.

The sub groups, ater deliberation, prepared

papers on Tax Administration reforms, Company

Law (Accounts, Audit & Related Party Transaction);

Best Practices for Globalizing Indian Companies,

and Corporate Reporting. The indings of these

papers will be deliberated at a bigger Forum.

Regulatory Affairs

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ACTIONFor the last three years, CII has been actively working

in the area of Ethics in Governance. A Code of Business

Ethics was prepared in 2011 and circulated to all

members for