Organized Retail: Impact on Bottom of the Pyramid (Friday, 16 November 2007)
Close to 97% of IndianRetail market is currently ‘unorganized’. This implies high inefficiencies and also exploitation of the stake holders at the ‘bottom of the pyramid’. Other viewpoint is that organizing retail will drive multiple stakeholders out of livelihood. Government regulations at the federal level are not very clear and the stand taken by respective state governments is very diverse in the current scenario. This panel will explore all these different aspects and highlight the opportunities the Billion Population of India and the 350M ‘middle class’ Indian population holds in the future.
11.30 to 11.40
Track Chair
Sarath Naru, VenturEast Fund Advisors
11.40 to 12.00
Keynote
12.00 to 12.40
Panelists
S Sivakumar, IBD/ Agri Business, ITC Ltd.*
Panelists
Dr. Madhukar Gangadi, MedPlus
Panelists
Kanika Subbiah, Saffron Associates, LLC
Panelists
Sambasiva Rao, Heritage Foods
Panelists
Damodar Mall, Incubations and Innovations at Pantaloon (Future Group)
