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#HTInsight | India’s development challenges are rarely about lack of intent. They are about complexity. Read more about it: hindustantimes.com/ht-insight/gov… Ankur Bansal ✍️ | #HTPremium

𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐉&𝐊, 𝐆𝐃𝐢 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭!! A landmark 2-day conference kicked off today in Srinagar to reshape the skilling ecosystem in Jammu & Kashmir. 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 & 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫 for this bold initiative led by Department of Skill Development, Govt. of J&K. 𝐊𝐞𝐲𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐡𝐫𝐢 @DullooAtal 𝐉𝐢 : 🔹 Industry must co-create curricula, not remain passive buyers 🔹 Vocational education must start in schools & colleges 🔹 Youth must be nurtured as job creators 🔹 “The illiterate of the future will be those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” — Alvin Toffler From traditional crafts & tourism to emerging digital sectors, the goal is clear: ✅ Equitable ✅Scalable ✅ Market-aligned skilling 𝐆𝐃𝐢’𝐬 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐞: • Strategy & implementation design • District-level models for demand driven training • Monitoring frameworks to track long-term impact • Cross-department convergence 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭- 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝-𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞-𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦. @diprjk #NationBuilding #SkillIndia

Empowering Youth, Shaping Futures Join us for the Jammu & Kashmir Skilling Conference 2025 as we pave the way toward a unified, inclusive, and future-ready skilling ecosystem. 📅 16th–17th July 2025 📍 Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir 📌 Organised by the Department of Skill Development, Government of J&K 🤝 In collaboration with national experts, academia, and industry leaders #SkillingJammuKashmir #SkillIndia #FutureOfWork #ViksitBharat #YouthEmpowerment

“How India’s governance is being reimagined by young professionals” — a powerful op-ed by @gdi_partners’s Founder & CEO, Ankur Bansal, in @htTweets. From policy to grassroots, young India is driving real change. 📰 Read here: shorturl.bz/t1J #NationBuilding #YoungIndia

🚀 “How India’s governance is being reimagined by young professionals” — a powerful op-ed by our Founder & CEO, Ankur Bansal, in @htTweets. From policy to grassroots, young India is driving real change. 📰 Read here: shorturl.bz/t1J #NationBuilding #YoungIndia

Tears. Goosebumps. Inspiration Guaranteed. Karthik is a Prodigy🔥🔥🔥 So many lessons in this video. Watch fully and only then share with your audience... His parents are so so inspiring to raise an Autistic Child. What talent. God bless... #FI

Jan 2022 onwards- Virat Kohli~ 739 runs at 27.32 avg Bumrah ~ 121 wickets at 18.91 avg Pat Cummins~ 721 runs at 28.11 avg 109 wickets at 19.97 avg

Why #Cricket is never ending love affair for men in India because it provides non stop action 1) india lost 3rd ever test to NZ at home 2) Pak won test after almost 3 years 3) none of top 3 cricket nation (Ind, Aus, Eng) in finals of Women’s T-20 final #cricketfans #cricketlover

@ShekharGupta We should set accountability for our support staffs. Why not show basic smartness. We can’t treat this medal depreived country to these stupid mistakes

Vinesh Phogat disqualification on the verge of a gold & a sealed silver is a national sporting tragedy. Shocking failure also by team, contingent bosses & coach. Wrestlers’ weight management issues when fighting on consecutive days are well known. It’s a management disaster.

@Aarushi81209135 @Vatsal_Sanghvi Yes

@ankbansal @Vatsal_Sanghvi Hey I have been a UPSC aspirant as well. Can I please DM you?

SENSEX Exposed: 43 Years of SENSEX Data That Will Blow Your Mind: 🔰 Over the past 43 years, there have been approximately 11,000 trading days. 🔰 Positive and negative returns were observed as follows: - Daily: 53% positive, 47% negative - Weekly: 56% positive, 44% negative - Monthly: 61% positive, 39% negative - Quarterly: 64% positive, 36% negative - Yearly: 72% positive, 28% negative - 3 years: 89% positive, 11% negative - 5 years: 96% positive, 4% negative - 10 years: 100% positive, 0% negative 🔰 The SENSEX delivered a (CAGR) of 15.5% over the last 43 years. 🔰 Historical CAGR for different periods: - 1980-1990: 21.6% - 1990-2000: 14.3% - 2000-2010: 17.8% - 2010-2020: 8.8% - 2020-2022: 24.8% 🔰 Taking into account an average dividend yield of 1.4%, the compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of BSE Sensex is approximately 16.9%, resulting in a value of around 80,000. 🔰 The longest period of consecutive positive returns was from 1994 to 2003, spanning 9 years. 🔰 Since 2002, there have been no single-year rolling returns negative over any 7-year period, implying no loss if money was invested for a minimum of 7 years. 🔰 Actively managed equity funds have shown the following CAGR returns over 20 years: - Hybrid: 15.96% - Diversified: 16.25% - ELSS: 18.20% - All Funds (excluding LIC and few AMCs): 16.41% 🔰 SENSEX was at 3800 in June 1996 (26 years back). Over the last 26 years, the average equity mutual fund delivered 18% CAGR. 🔰 If SENSEX had performed as well as the average mutual fund scheme: - At 16.4% CAGR, SENSEX should be around 1,70,000 levels. - At 18% CAGR, SENSEX should be around 2,38,000 levels. (H/t - 100xGain)

@carlosmontes1 @NewsX Thanks. Super helpful

@ankbansal @NewsX jbs.cam.ac.uk/2023/why-india…

#IndiaLeadsDPI | Academics at Cambridge University have developed a ‘Playbook’ on how India’s digital public infrastructure such as Aadhaar and UPI can serve as a model for countries across the world. NewsX speaks to Carlos Montes @carlosmontes1 who has co-authored the Playbook with Jaideep Prabhu, on what they’ve found about how India’s digital infrastructure has transformed the daily lives of over a billion people. @CambridgeJBS @Cambridge_Uni @carlosmontes1 @JaideepPrabhu @KamiarMohaddes @ilah108 Watch the full telecast with @ilah108 on #NewsX youtu.be/LdIYdAHp-fc

A new documentary Bradman and Tendulkar, is now available for the first time to international audiences. A full-length documentary, it compares the lives, striking similarities and never-before-shared details of two of cricket’s biggest names. Free on youtube.com.au/abcaustralia

@mulagostarr @Fruit_noops This year there is reduction of ~28% in stubble burning incidences in Punjab despite ~2% increase in paddy acerage

@Fruit_noops 100%

Such a great paper! Stubble burning creates awful air pollution; here, they stopped it for $37/acre. I’ve been awaiting this one—anyone who’s visited Delhi knows how bad this gets. Air pollution is the #3 cause of early mortality, along with a zillion other bad things

@mulagostarr @Fruit_noops Stubble situation as well as Delhi air is getting better each day, Kevin

@Rssamul @Devinder_Sharma @Amul_Coop @IndianDairyAsso Sodhi ji- unlike India, farmers are amongst rich groups in NZ. So in that context, it’s not bad, no?

Very interesting example of how poor cows and their owner farmers have to pay for rich urban folks so they can enjoy gas emissions luxuries.@Amul_Coop @IndianDairyAsso

@brianligg @mulagostarr Agree with you, Brian. What it requires is putting the intent of policy on the ground through execution excellence by using tools, process change, behaviour change, and practical and nimble solutions which can scale

@mulagostarr Not sure what you define as bad ass but in our experience as a small organisation in South Africa the critical parts are not just the "policy change" but supporting with practical tools and processes to help government put the change into action on the ground

i've been talking to a lot of social sector organizations for whom there is a make-or-break policy issue looming. they typically have neither the team, talent, nor strategy they need. who are the badass policy change players who can help us understand how to build what it takes?

@leopoldasch @ftxfuturefund @SBF_FTX @willmacaskill @ketanrama Will you be opening up your applications again soon?