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  India needs to progress on many dimensions to attain its goal of Viksit Bharat by 2047. As per World Bank's recent white paper titled "World Development Report 2024", there are three dimensions along which a developing economy is to grow, escape the middle-income trap and become a developed country with an average per capita income of its citizens approaching the level in today's developed nations. These three dimensions are Investment, Infusion and Innovation. A large & diverse country like India must progress on all three dimensions simultaneously.  Further, Innovation is a multi-dimensional phenomenon.  It must function on all 4 domains – science & technology, economics & business, society & governance, art & culture.  It must be both disruptive & accretive in each domain.  While we seek disruptive and accretive innovations that will make India a technological and economic superpower, we must also ensure India shows the world that pr...

L to R: Author Anita George; Chief Guest Geetanjali Vikram Kirloskar; Former Diplomat Ambassador & now the celebrated author of ‘Swallowing the Sun’ Mrs Lakshmi Puri, and Athlete Anju Bobby George. I must admit I am a little humbled sharing the stage with you Lakshmi, yet grateful to have this opportunity of engaging here with a personality who has not only achieved a lot, but is also a friend - for whom I deeply care for, & respect (as did Vikram). Lakshmi Puri.  A distinguished diplomat, former Ambassador, in leadership positions at the UN, leader in the first global organization to promote gender equality, recipient of the Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Human Rights, & others.  And, Now an author who has earned literary acclaim with her debut novel “Swallowing the Sun”.  But as I said before, to me above & beyond, a friend. Some people's grace transcends intimacies, niceties, or, as you Lakshmi yourself put it, "the pantomime of diplomacy." Lakshmi I remem...