India’s leading thought leaders, changemakers, and innovators deliberated over solutions for climate resilience, rural prosperity, and sustainable development.
Global Dialogue for Nation-Building
Mumbai, India—January 29, 2025: Manthan 2025— The Global Dialogue for Nation-Building (19) concluded at Imaginarium, Awas, Alibaug, Maharashtra, marking yet another landmark platform for the world’s leading changemakers, thought leaders, and innovators. The Wellbeing Summit hosted by Global Vikas Trust discussed ideas on creating solutions to India’s developmental challenges with special emphasis on rural prosperity, climate action, innovative resource management, youth leadership, and impactful partnerships.
Global Vikas Trust under the visionary leadership
Hosted by Global Vikas Trust under the visionary leadership of Shri. Mayank Gandhi, Managing Trustee, and Shri. Sushil Jiwarajka, Chairperson of the Advisory Board, Manthan 2025 employed an invaluable platform for rigorous dialogue on the future of India’s development journey and how various sectors could benefit from collaborative collaboration for an all-inclusive growth model. The summit was the starting point to chart how India can capitalize on its strengths, address the challenges that lie ahead, and create a just and sustainable future for all citizens of the country.
Innovator Media: Shri Sushil Jiwaraka “This summit is a beacon of hope, bringing different voices and a shared vision. It’s a chance to put our heads together and come up with actionable solutions to the challenges ahead.”
Participation from various leading speakers and experts,
The summit saw participation from various leading speakers and experts, such as Rajendra Singh, Waterman of India; Satya Tripathi, General Secretary, Global Alliance for Sustainable Planet; Raamdeo Agrawal, Co-Founder & Chairman—Motilal Oswal Financial Services Limited; Vishal Tulsyan, Founder, CEO & MD, IC Member, Motilal Oswal Private Equity; Ravi Jhunjhunwala, Chairman, HEG Limited; Arun Purwar, Former Chairman—State Bank of India; Govind Agarwal, Director—AlfAccurate Advisors; Sanjiv Saraff, Joint Managing Director—BOB Capital Markets Ltd.; Ashish Singh, IAS—Government of Maharashtra; Shailesh Haribhakti, Chartered Accountant—ESG; and many others. Their ideas, rooted in real-world experience, helped to catalyse important discussions about development and sustainability in India.
Key Sessions & Discussions
The opening session, Framing the National Challenge—Rural Prosperity and Climate Crisis, set the tone with a panel discussion, chaired by Sushil Jiwarajka, featuring Rajendra Singh, Satya Tripathi, and Raamdeo Agrawal. Panelists discussed the rural prosperity and climate nexus, illustrating how rural sectors can grow the country while mitigating and adapting to the impacts of climate change in the process.
“Together, we are paving the way towards meaningful change at this summit, a beacon of hope that unifies and empowers diverse voices working for a vision that we all share, remarks Shri Sushil Jiwarajka, Chairperson of the Advisory Board—Global Vikas Trust, Ex-chairman FICCI, Hon. Consul General of Greece (Western India). It’s a chance to ideate and build concrete solutions for the obstacles that await.”
At the session Stories from the Ground, Mayank Gandhi shared exciting examples of ground-impacting changes. It provided an opportunity for attendees to sample solutions from the real world that are being implemented to shape the future of India.
Other highlights sessions included:
- Scaling Creative Resource Management (Chaired by Vishal Tulsyan, Founder, CEO & MD, IC Member, Motilal Oswal Private Equity): A discussion on how we mobilize creative resource management towards scalable impacts, especially in the context of the resources required for resilient growth.
- Partnerships: National & Global Session} (Nashit Khan, IAS—Government of Maharashtra): Focuses on unlocking the power of partnerships to share expertise and resources to build scalable solutions for sustainable development.
- From Soil to Harvest: Sustainable Agricultural Practices (Nandkishore Kagliwal, Chairman & Managing Director, Nath Industries Ltd): Methodologies to address sustainable agriculture practices for balanced growth and productivity in India’s food security.
- Die With Zero (Hosted by Amitabh Jaipuria, founder and CEO—Accelerate Indian Philanthropy): A session with a philosophical flavor, it prompted attendees to rethink wealth and legacy and on getting the most out of experiences and contributing to the social good.
- Forward Linkages (Vivek Bharti, Executive Director—Corporate Affairs, PepsiCo India): Innovative distribution models and technology-enabled access to the market for farmers.
- Climate Challenge & Role of India (by Satya Tripathi, Secretary General of the Global Alliance for Sustainable Planet): The session reflected on how India can emerge as a leader in the areas of sustainable development, green technologies, and climate-smart agriculture.
- The Young Will Inherit the World (Chaired by Vivek Bhargava, Co-founder—Consumer.ai): A Train the Trainer Session on Youth Contribution to Rural Development and Climate Action:
- Climate Finance (Satya Tripathi, General Secretary, Global Alliance for Sustainable Planet): An urgent dialogue on innovative financing mechanisms and logistical partnerships to generate global investment on the ground.
- The summit concluded with two touching sessions: The Way Forward by Vallabh Bhansali, Chairman—Enam Group, and Free Flowing Interactions & Conclusions by Mayank Gandhi, Managing Trustee—Global Vikas Trust; Sushil Jiwarajka, Chairperson of Advisory Board—Global Vikas Trust; Ex-chairman FICCI; Hon. Consul General of Greece (Western India); Vallabh Bhansali, Chairman—Enam Group; Satya Tripathi, General Secretary, Global Alliance for Sustainable Planet; and Raamdeo Agrawal, Co-founder and Chairman—Motilal Oswal Financial Services Limited. The conversations provided an opportunity for the delegates to share highlights from the summit and for everyone to express (new) commitments to nation-building.
- The event concluded with a soulful rendition of the National Anthem, signifying the commitment of all to the cause of creating a clean, green, sustainable, equitable, and resilient future in India.
About Global Vikas Trust
GVT (Global Vikas Trust) is an NGO that strives to bring meaningful change to rural India. GVT, with its core motive built around the premise of sustainable agriculture, aims and serves to empower small and marginal farmers, enabling them to step out of the poverty cycle and reach economic growth. Their flagship impact project is fruit tree plantation—GVT aims to transform farmers into fruit tree cultivators, which not only boosts their incomes but also encourages sustainable agricultural practices. GVT works in 4,000+ villages and more than 33,000 acres in 27 districts across Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, impacting 22,000+ farmer families in India. As of Jan 2024, Global Vikas Trust has planted more than 4,50,00,000 trees.
Global Vikas Trust
In GVT has also been involved in various water conservation activities, which include the widening of riverbeds, construction of check dams, and Global River Aquashafts (GRAs), thus boosting water resources and improving the development of villages.
Krishikul is a farmer training and demonstration center introduced by Global Vikas Trust to offer hands-on training and exposure to modern technologies and practices in agriculture.
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