Development Dialogue 2023

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Development Dialogue (DD)

Development Dialogue brings together people from diverse sectors who share the common purpose of creating sustainable solutions. It is an international gathering of social entrepreneurs, leaders from non-profit and for-profit organizations, government officials, grassroots practitioners and impact investors, coming together to inspire, share insights and forge productive collaborations.

Development Dialogue 2023

The theme of the 14th Development Dialogue is Technology for Impact & Scale. It will focus on a vision of the future where technology enables rural transformation by providing key capabilities to enable faster, cheaper and better services for rural India.

Attendees

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Past Attendees

4265

Delegates

1907

Organizations

459

Speakers

12500

University Students

They Say

Thoughts of DD speakers

"Reimagining is the order of the day. There are lots of issues for which we have to find new solutions. “How do we scale up? How do we reduce our cost? How do we provide better impact? How do we provide better bang for the buck? How do we make our people more productive? What are the new skills that required for the country?” Development Dialogues, are going to play a seminal role in making the entire field of public service, through societal partnerships, through NGOs much more effective".

N.R. Narayana MurthyInfosys

"You first collaborate with the entrepreneurs and the innovators, then with the funding agencies, then with the philanthropic foundations to reach scale and you need a lot of patient capital and you need desk beds like the Sandbox. Once you do all of that, then you parallel start building relationships with the government and the decision makers and then they will take it to the next level".

Dr. Lalitesh KatragaddaIndihood

"The Sandbox ecosystem building is really critical because many people around the world now want to invest for social change. The issue is, despite all the billions of people around the world, we don’t yet have a seriously well-balanced pipeline. And so the way we build that is to enable those young people who are looking around the world and seeing problems as solutions to be solved and finding them, supporting them, so that they build enterprises that then long term, are investible"

Jacqueline NovogratzAcumen

"I think the Deshpande Foundation has done an extraordinary contribution by coming up with the notion of Sandbox and using Hubballi and surrounding districts as live cases of the Sandbox and having very intense interaction of various initiatives, entrepreneurs, with local people, villages and so on. They are able to demonstrate how they can really move the needle in these areas and once they have this proven model, then it is very easy to replicate this and create other sandboxes elsewhere. So it is a great approach to problem solving and social development in India".

Nandan NilekaniInfosys

“1. Government is keen for various collaborations - cited the example of NRLM where multiple stakeholders and schemes converge to create impact. 2. Community participation and ownership is a very important aspect - NRLM is trying to achieve this goal. 3. Emphasised that a sense of pride must be created in the youth about the work they will be doing in the villages. Agreed with Madan in creating agrepreneurship in the village which will create this sense of pride. 4. Mentioned E M Rogers theory of diffusion to the question on why some models work briliantly in some places and why not in some villages. "

Dr. Mamatha B.RNRLM, Karnataka

"I was amazed by the thriving ecosystem for entrepreneurs in Nizamabad, thanks to the love and pride of its people. It made me realize the potential of instilling similar pride in our native towns. Imagine the possibilities if we all bring our resources and networks to create thriving talent ecosystems across Bharat. Thanks to the Kakatiya Sandbox and Deshpande Foundation for their interdisciplinary platform that helped us unravel the complexity of Agriculture."

Venky Ramachandran

"Met brilliant minds and got inspired by the stories at Sangath 23 hosted by TIE Nizamabad! It was great meeting everyone at the Kakatiya Sandbox for Development Dialogue 2023. Desh, Raju, and Phani's work in Nizamabad is exemplary, and we need more leaders like them to improve communities across India. Their entrepreneurship development work could revolutionize labor mobility if replicated in more places."

Anjani Rathor

"Attended enriching Development Dialogue in Nizamabad. Impressed by the volunteer leaders, Deshpande Foundation's persistence, and the Kakatiya Sandbox's binding force. TIE evening was a highlight. Multidimensional thinking with humility is crucial for environmental work. Thankful to Team DD for their great hospitality."

Sandhya Prakash

"I had a very memorable trip to Nizamabad and was truly touched by the energy and hospitality of the Kakatiya Sandbox and Deshpande Foundation team. Their can-do entrepreneurial spirit was infectious and I could sense a strong commitment to solving problems and making a positive impact. TiE Nizamabad, and Sandbox, reaffirm my belief that India's startup ecosystem is thriving. I am grateful for the opportunity to have witnessed it firsthand."