unycc_2022_notes.md

UNYCC 2022 Notes

Date

• 9 April 2022

Time

• 5 - 10 PM

Place

• I.M.S.C Dhanush, NOFRA, Navy Nagar, Mumbai

Disclaimer

• These are my understandings and interpretations. Need not be the truth.

Seven Super Powers to save the world

• Green Tech
• Nutrition
• Mindfulness
• Healthcare Tech
• Women in Power
• Soft Skills
• Conscious Capitalism  

Shombi Sharp (UN resident coordinator in India)

• 700 million people in poverty. 800 million people suffer from hunger. What / how can you do? You are one among the 300 million youths in India. If each one of you changes your behaviour, together you can change the world and save the planet.
• Young people were deeply and disproportionately affected by the
  pandemic.
• World is facing the triple challenge     - Biodiversity loss     - Air pollution     - Climate change
• The need for global cooperation has never been this much important before.

Vice Admiral Ajendra Bahadur Singh (Indian Navy)

• Rising water levels in Oceans
• Coastal cities may lose 30% of the landmass.
• Unorganised sectors will be hit the hardest.
• Young generation should worry and take ownership.
• Ocean-based renewable energies to be explored.
• Ocean transport to be popularised - economic and clean
• Get used to uncertainties, pressurise yourself to look into 20-30 years into the future, prioritise and set plans.

Poonam Mahajan (Member of Parliament - Lok Sabha)

• See yourself as a product. Develop and evolve continuously.
• Be hungry (for success). Not greedy.
• No one is born a leader. Your choices, grit and patience make you one.
• To be a leader     - Face failures     - Accept mistakes     - Learn     - Evolve

Adar Poonawalla (CEO, Serum Institute of India)

• Be humanitarian while chasing profit.
• We cannot automate and take humans completely out of health care.       The human touch is necessary for health care.
• Message to anti-vaxxers   - Read more about vaccines   - Talk to healthcare professionals

Diksha Radha Krishnan (Deputy Director, Centre for Social and Behaviour Change)

• Ability to tell stories is the core of being human.
• Protagonist influences the human mind than the plot of the story.
• Stories help to     - reduce resistance to messages     - visualize different reality     - organise information

Bishow Parajuli (Country Director, UN World Food Program)

• Food is basic human rights
• Many food security programs are existing. But need more reformity, consistency and regularity.
• We are what we eat
• Just rice and dal is not sufficient. Diversification of meals is required.
• If food is balanced, no supplements will be required.

Nikhil Kamath (Co-Founder, Zerodha)

• World will naturally correct quickly.
• Wealth disparity has reached a point for change to happen.
• Draw a line between profit and negative impact.

Amit Mookim (Managing Director, IQVIA South Asia)

• With pandemic 50 million people used teleconsulting.
• Every technology needs human intervention.
• India is a country of contrasts.
• Humans are not just data points.
• Dealing with pandemic was like building rails while the train     is running.     - proper data on ventilators was not available     - supply chains got broken
• 8 million medical shops. Only 2% digitalized
• Less than x% (ready very few) doctors use any kind of software.
• Create value not profit.
• Health care is important because it is correlated to climate change,   sanitization etc.

Payal Singhal (Fashion Designer)

• 85% of clothes reach landfills.
• Fashion is the highest user of logistics (couriers etc).
• To reduce carbon footprint, more meetings are being conducted online   to avoid flight travel.

Charu Noheria (CEO, Practically)

• Entrepreneurship is a lifestyle. Not a label.
• Think twice before you start. Once you start, do not look back.
• Leaders are raised.