This Aug 15, Join the World's Best Minds for India’s Progress

*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* [View this email in your browser]( We are all capable of making and inspiring change. But to make real progress it would involve bringing the numerous stakeholders committed to a cause together under one forum. And how big a forum does one need to develop a blue-print for India’s development journey? One would say that a fairly large one involving diverse stakeholders to address the multiple objectives of sustainable growth. And that is exactly what The/Nudge Foundation is pioneering with [The/Nudge Forum (global edition)]( being held online this Independence Day. Nobel laureate, bureaucrats, lawmakers, civil society leaders, academicians, grassroots workers, industry leaders, CSR & foundation heads and philanthropists and more will come together at one forum to discuss, debate, and share India’s development journey so far, and suggest the way forward. And you can join them too and be a part of this discourse. Virtual | Non-stop for 24 hours | Starting 00:00 IST | August 15 [Register Now]( The/Nudge Forum (global edition) on August 15, 2020, 24 hours, non-stop. In partnership with The Rockefeller Foundation and the Skoll Foundation. India made significant strides in progress towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in the past two decades, with concerted efforts from the government, markets, and civil society. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has hit us hard. According to some estimates, 200 million people will be pushed to poverty this year. The problems have taken a different form and magnitude. Agility is needed to tackle them. It is more important, now than ever, that all stakeholders come together for India's development. Responding to the need for a convening platform that brings together all stakeholders for India's development, The/Nudge Foundation has launched The/Nudge Forum. This platform, over the next decade, will inspire collaboration in the development sector. The/Nudge Forum hosted its inaugural event in May 2020, providing a platform for 560 development experts in more than 150 hours of discussion on India's development agenda. Titled 'charcha2020', this convening engaged more than 300,000 people on India's developmental challenges. Now, The/Nudge Foundation is taking this platform to a global audience. On August 15, our 74th Independence Day, The/Nudge Forum (global edition), in collaboration with The Rockefeller Foundation, and the Skoll Foundation will run a non-stop 24-hour global convening. From 00:00 to 23:59, in a never-done-before format. Global experts and stakeholders will speak, listen, engage, network and more - to discuss India's development journey so far, and our way forward. Speakers and participants include Nobel Laureate Prof. Abhijit Banerjee, Don Gips (Skoll Foundation), Rajiv Shah (The Rockefeller Foundation), Tim Hanstad (Chandler Foundation), Cheryl Dorsey (Echoing Green), Dr Soumya Swaminathan (Chief Scientist, WHO), philanthropists Vinod Khosla, Desh Deshpande, Smt. Rajashree Birla, civil society leaders Reema Nanavaty (SEWA), Madhav Chavan (Pratham), Chef and humanitarian Vikas Khanna, Vani Kola (Kalaari Capital), Journalist Faye D’ Souza, Grammy winner Ricky Kej, and 40+ leaders from across the world. These luminaries will be holding fort on multiple topics including India's fight against poverty, geo-political trends, economic stimulus, the future of education, philanthropic capital, technology, how we can be citizen change-makers and more. [Register now]( to Listen | Engage | Network With Global Experts On India's Development Journey This Independence Day. 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