SKOCH Summit

The primary role of SKOCH Summit is to act as a bridge between felt needs and policy making. Most conferences act like echo-chambers with all plurality of view being locked out. At SKOCH, we have specialised into negotiating with different view-points and bringing them to a common minimum agenda based on felt needs at the ground. This socio-economic dimension is critical for any development dialogue and we happen to be the oldest and perhaps only platform fulfilling this role. It is important to base decisions on learning from existing and past policies, interventions and their outcomes as received by the citizens. Equally important is prioritising and deciding between essentials and nice to haves. This then creates space for improvement, review or even re-design. Primary research, evaluation by citizens as well as experts and garnering global expertise then become hallmark of every Summit that returns actionable recommendations and feed them into the ongoing process of policy making, planning and development priorities.

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84th SKOCH Summit
Governance

84th SKOCH Summit –
State of Digital Governance

  • 22nd November 2023
    14:00 - 17:20
    New Delhi
Dr Gursharan Dhanjal Mr Akhil Arora Mr Ashish Kumar Singh Mr Abhishek Sharma Dr Jatinder Kaur Arora Mr Amit Kumar Sinha Dr Sumita Misra Mr M Raghunandan Rao Dr Venkatesh Mahadevapur Venkataramanaiah Dr Arjun Singh Saini Dr L Prashanthi Mr Dilip Maruti Zende

The 84th SKOCH Summit, titled "State of Digital Governance" on November 22, 2022, featured critical discussions on leveraging technology for public service delivery and agricultural transformation. The first session on State of Digital Governance included Principal Secretaries and CEOs from Rajasthan, Odisha, J&K, Punjab, and Uttarakhand, who debated the latest innovations in IT&C, e-governance, and state-level digital agencies. A subsequent, focused panel on State of Digital Governance - Agriculture brought together Additional Chief Secretaries and Directors from Haryana, Telangana, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Maharashtra to discuss digital interventions in areas like watershed development, horticulture, and agricultural research. The summit served as a platform for recognizing numerous e-governance and development projects with the SKOCH Order-of-Merit.

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81st SKOCH Summit
Governance

81st SKOCH Summit –
State of Governance

  • 12th April 2022
    10:30 - 18:00
    New Delhi
Dr Gursharan Dhanjal Mr Manohar Agnani Ms Vandana Yadav Mr Ashutosh Vithal Samant Mr Anilkumar Vasantlal Shah Mr Prakash Chandra Pandey Mr Pushkar Singh Mr Bhushan Mohan Mr Sunit Mathur Mr Annamaneni Gopal Rao Mr Prasanna Kumar Motupalli Mr Samir Chandra Roy Dr Shefali Dash Mr Adil Khan Mr Trilok Chand Gupta Ms Archana Singh Mr Suhas Jadhav Mr Dilip K Brahmbhatt

The 81st SKOCH Summit – State of Governance highlights India’s progress in strengthening governance and development outcomes across critical sectors. The summit opens with discussions on the evolving governance landscape, followed by focused sessions on education, forest, and environmental management driving sustainable growth. Panels on energy and transport explore innovations in infrastructure, renewable resources, and digital governance shaping state performance. The event culminates with the prestigious SKOCH Award and SKOCH Order-of-Merit recognitions, celebrating exemplary initiatives and institutions contributing to inclusive, efficient, and transparent governance in India.

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65th SKOCH Summit
Industry

65th SKOCH Summit –
Atmanirbhar Bharat: Go Global With Local

  • 20th June 2020
    09:00 - 18:00
    New Delhi
Mr Sameer Kochhar CA Rohit Vaswani CA Arun Ahuja Mr Anil Bhardwaj Dr Deepali Pant Joshi Mr Kunal Vaid Mr Amit Gupta Varun Dabriwal Naveen Goswami Dr Deepak B Phatak Mr Varun Chatterji Mr Anantha Kinnal Dr John L Gustafson Smita Purushottam Mr Ashwani Mahajan Dr Gursharan Dhanjal Dr B M Mishra Ms J Innocent Divya Ms Sonal Goel Dr M Hari Jawaharlal Mr Rachit Raj Dr Satendra Singh Mr Gandham Chandrudu Mr Amit Khatri Mr Arun Mahesh Babu Mr Arun Dongre Mr Sandeep Nanduri Ms M Pallavi Baldev Dr Ajit Kumar Mishra Dr Rajesh Guleri

Self-reliance is a survival imperative. for has several dimensions. For MSMEs it means the twin objectives Of producing for local consumption and also producing for exports. For Hi-Tech it is a question of national security as well as global leadership. In a world dominated by big-tech. India has to lead and not be digitally colonised- The wireframe of governance needs to be strengthened at all three levels of center, state and local bodies.

This is imperative for pushing the Atmanirbhar agenda as policy. implementation. finances and success are all dependent on governance. Keeping this in mind, the 65th SKOCH Summit tries to show the path towards the light at the end Of the tunnel.

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47th SKOCH Summit
Others

47th SKOCH Summit –
ModiNomics | One Generation Change

Mr Sameer Kochhar Mr Ashishkumar Chauhan Mr R Chandrashekhar Mr Sumit Bose Mr Kishor Chitale Mr Veer Sagar Dr Deepak B Phatak Mr Abhijit Tannu Mr Ashok Pal Singh Mr Subodh Kaushik Mr Mitesh Thakker Mr Jason Tan Mr Rohan Mishra Mr M K Yadava Dr Rajesh Kumar Mr Rajiv Ranjan Prasad Dr Manisha Sharma Mr Jaiveer Singh Dhanda Ms Shivani Yadav Ms Preeti Sinha Dr N C Saxena Dr M Ramachandran Dr Gursharan Dhanjal Dr V N Alok Mr R K Bajaj Mr Nirmal Bansal Dr Gulshan Rai Mr G Srinivasan Mr M V Tanksale Mr V Umashankar Mr Rajesh Goel Mr Bhupesh Rathore Ms Chhavi Bhardwaj Mr Debarshi Dutta Mr R K Srivastava Mr Parihar Ms Sonal Goel Mr Kaushlendra Vikram Singh Mr Karmveer Sharma Mr Sanjay Jaju Mr Ashish Upadhyay Mr Pawan Kumar Bajaj Mr Ajay K Thakur Mr Pawan Kumar Agarwal Dr Poonam Malakondaiah Dr Anil Kumar Mr Naveen Jain Mr Ambrish Bakaya Mr P J Joseph

“One Generation Change” framed reform as a promise measurable in a single lifetime: defeat poverty, formalise the economy, and compound opportunity through institutions that work. The summit connected the big levers—demonetisation and a less-cash economy, digital banking & insurance, universal health assurance, learning revolution, MSME reboot, and urban governance reform—into one productivity narrative: policy must travel through technology and institutions to become prosperity.

Rather than treating sectors in silos, the programme argued for a whole-of-economy design. Financial rails and digital identity needed to meet welfare delivery; land, labour and credit reforms had to unlock job-generative, sustainable growth; and city planning and implementation had to translate ambition into everyday services. The emphasis was on execution architectures—the pipes, standards, and accountability loops that turn intent into outcomes.

In spirit, the summit served as a blueprint and a benchmark: if reforms are to deliver within a generation, they must be coherent, citizen-centred, and evidence-audited. By weaving macro vision with delivery detail—from universal basic income debates to food security and sustainable agriculture—ModiNomics was presented not as a slogan, but as a systems agenda for inclusive, durable change.

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