India Lies In You

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Come January 30th, 2010 and we will witness the third edition of India Lies in You. The event was conceptualized as a melting pot for ideas and suggestions to empower every Indian to work for the upliftment of India. The format, unique in every aspect, centres around a movie and the underlying theme of that movie.
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Manthan (1976)

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This year, the event is centred around the film, Manthan. Possibly the only film ever to be sponsored by Indian farmers, Manthan follows the progress of a team who set out to start a milk co-op in rural Gujarat. Led by a veterinary surgeon (a character based on the now famous Dr Kurian), the milk co-op workers soon find their path blocked both by greedy middlemen intent on exploiting the villagers.
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Panelists for ILIY '10

THE MODERATOR OF THE PANEL DISCUSSION
Yogita Limaye: Senior Correspondent - Anchor CNN-IBN
Yogita Limaye is a Desk Editor CNN-IBN ,anchors news bulletins. She has reported live on the 26/11 terror attacks, Assembly and Lok Sabha Elections, the Swine Flu outbreak, the MNS anti-north Indian tirade in Nashik to hosting a plethora of discussion-based shows. She is a graduate in electronics engineering from the Maharashtra Institute of Technology,Pune, and holds a diploma in Broadcast Journalism from the Asian College of Journalism, Chennai.
G Muralidhar : Chief Mentor, Akshara Network
Editor-in-Chief, ?Livelihoods? E-monthly
G Muralidhar is a Development/Livelihoods Management Professional/Thought Leader with an intense and diverse experience portfolio, with an outreach of influence exceeding 20 Million families, Rs.100,000 Million outlay, in Development/Livelihoods/Poverty Reduction domain for more than 20 years.
He has been a known Institution Building Facilitator and involved in designing institutional models, forms & structures, piloting and restructuring ? GCC, NTGCF/FES, Outreach, Naandi, SERP and associated People?s Institutions and Support Organizations
He has worked with Naandi, Outreach, NTGCF, GCC, IRMA and NDDB. He has also founded and co-founded various organisations like EfE Foundation, SAGA, Sagurwa, CCD, Kovel Foundation, Sahayog CCN.
Anagha Sarpotdar: Campaign against Sexual Harrassment, India Centre for Human Rights and Law, Mumbai

She is one of the most active and vocal volunteers working in the area of violence against women and children since 1999. She has focussed on the various rights of women at the work place. She has been fighting numerous cases of sexual harassment and other acts of injustice towards women in the work place. As more women move out of their homes to work, her contribution and work becomes a great service to them. She is also an external consultant to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) for an assignment on Sexual Harassment at the Workplace and is also working on research, documentation and casework on socio-legal aspects of violence against women.
Mr. Sonu Tyagi: President, Ravli Gram Vikas Samiti Ravi Kalan - Ghaziabad.UP

Mr. Sonu Tyagi has established the Ravli Gram Vikas Samiti Ravi Kalan. The main motive behind the formation of this committee is to use human and other resources for the development of the village and its people. The committee will focus on bringing rural youth forward and thus tackling problem of unemployment. The committee will also co-operate and try to solve personal as well as professional problems of the farmers, students and females of the village.
Mr. Sonu Tyagi heads one of the most reputed and leading PR, Media and Marketing Communications agency based in New Delhi with its offices in Mumbai and other cities. He is known for his excellence in PR, Corporate communications and rural marketing services. He will be the editor of soon-to-be-launched magazine focusing on rural people.
Venkat Krishnan N: Director, GIVE INDIA Foundation and Co Founder, Eklavya Education Foundation

The mission of Give India is to create a strong ?giving? culture where Indians donate 2% of their income every year to give the poor a chance. It aims to create a vibrant ?philanthropy marketplace? to ensure that the most efficient and effective nonprofits get access to the most resources. Mr. Venkat Krishnan?s foundation is dedicated to create a "giving culture" in India by providing people with opportunities to contribute to good causes, with very high standards of transparency and accountability.
In 1996, he co-founded Eklavya Education Foundation (http://www.eklavya.org/ ) along with 3 other IIMA alumni. Venkat set up and ran the Eklavya School. The school used innovative pedagogical approaches to help children learn rather than be taught. The school also ran a novel programme integrating children from the slums and from some of the wealthiest families of Ahmedabad city into the same classrooms.
Sachin Tendulkar: Sr. Program Manager at Mineral Foundation of Goa.

He is currently working with Mineral Foundation of Goa it’s a non-profit organization management industry. He also worked are Project Scientist (Agriculture) wit Goa state council for science & technology. He was Resource faculty for Goa Institute of Rural Development, Centre for Environmental Education, Goa, different educational institute, clubs on promotion of Self Help Group, Water conservation, Solid Waste Management, environmental issues.
Ramesh Kulkarni: Author of 2 films "The American Way...","The Purpose of Life".

Ramesh Kulkarni has worked in the IT sector for 20 years and has lived in USA for 10 years. He has worked as Vice president,General manager , Chief Operating officer - COO of corporate as well as Startup IT companies in India and USA.
Ramesh has made 2 films
1) “The American Way..” for eradicating material poverty in India and then globally.
2) “The purpose of life...” for eradicating poverty of the mind of the human race. His companies aim is to usher UTOPIA on this planet by eradicating both material poverty as well poverty of the mind. The American Way. Connecting the dots... explores how USA creates and retains wealth and provides a roadmap for India to become a developed nation Details of the campaign is available at his website www.rohanintl.com